BIB_ID
449602
Accession number
MA 23840.527
Creator
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, sender.
Display Date
Delhi, India, 1970 March 17
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.8 x 13.5 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope stamped, addressed to Mr. James Ivory, Taj Mahal Hotel, Apollo Bunder, Bombay 1, postmarked "20-3-70".
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Asking him to please acknowledge receipt of this letter and a previous letter; asking if the movie is going to be the right length and whether the additional scenes she's been suggesting are going to make the film too long, in which case "I shall feel so ashamed I shouldn't dare look Ismail in the face again. But I shall blame you most for misleading me"; stating that "you know as well as I do that if it wasn't for Ismail we'd never have been able to make this film, never" and so they must respect "the limits he has set you".
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