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Letter from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, to James Ivory, [1963] August 1 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
448970
Accession number
MA 23840.261
Creator
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, sender.
Display Date
Delhi, India, [1963] August 1
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 aerogramme (2 pages) ; 22.2 x 18 cm
Notes
Year from contents.
Aerogramme addressed to Mr. James Ivory + Ismail Merchant, 143, East 62nd Street, New York 21, U.S.A., and postmarked August 1, 196? (last digit unclear).
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Saying Jhab received a recent cable from Merchant and Ivory and "started jumping up and down and contacting all sorts of people," presumably regarding the ongoing affair with Columbia Pictures; asking for word on the Venice Film Festival, and about some photos requested by the publisher of "The Householder" screenplay; admitting to being "a little disturbed" at the idea of their next film project being another adaptation of an existing property; explaining why she she feels they should create something original instead, which she feels she'll be ready to do in three or four months; passing on news of Prayag, Shashi, and Jennifer.