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Letter from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, to James Ivory, Mumbai, India, 1970 February 3 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
449038
Accession number
MA 23840.509
Creator
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, sender.
Display Date
Delhi, India, 1970 February 3
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 22.0 x 17.5 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope stamped, addressed to "Mr James Ivory, Taj Mahal Hotel, Apollo Bunder, Bombay-1", postmarked.
At top of sheet: "How did the murder come out?".
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Expressing her sadness that he didn't have time to call this morning because "there was so much I wanted to ask you" about the filming, which is about one-third complete with "one of the biggest things (premiere party) safely out of the way"; confirming that she is sending three copies of new dialogue and asking for his opinion ("Is it all right? Not too much - by which I mean both in quality and quantity?"); offering to write more dialogue for other scenes to give him options; discussing the scene in the recording studio between Hari and Vikram; planning a visit to "come and see what you've got" before she begins re-writing; asking about "the swami film" and who will be in it.