BIB_ID
449216
Accession number
MA 23840.280
Creator
Merchant, Ismail, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1966 September 20
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 aerogramme (2 pages) ; 30.5 x 18.3 cm
Notes
Month from postmark.
Aerogramme addressed to Mr. Cyrus Jhabvala, 1-A Flagstaff Road, Delhi 6, India, postmarked September 20, 1966.
Aerogramme addressed to Mr. Cyrus Jhabvala, 1-A Flagstaff Road, Delhi 6, India, postmarked September 20, 1966.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Describing his "pleasure seeing Ruth arrive with Jim at the Kennedy airport," and how both Ruth and Jim fell asleep during the New York Film Festival; wishing Ruth could stay longer and that Jhab was there too; saying Ruth and Jim have been working on the sequel script [to "Shakespeare Wallah," which was never produced], and he is trying to raise money; telling Jhab that he has shipped two prints of "Shakespeare Wallah" to India, and that they are finishing up the accounts statement, which he will send soon; sending love to him and the children.
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