BIB_ID
449703
Accession number
MA 23840.603
Creator
Merchant, Ismail, sender.
Display Date
Mumbai, India, 1970 March 16
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 21.6 x 21.6 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope addressed to "Mrs. Ruth P. Jhabvala, 1-A Flagstaff Road, Delhi 6", postmarked "17-3-1970".
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Detailing his concerns that at the current rate of filming, the film will be at least two hours long and "masses of footage will go in the bin"; updating her about the film's budget, which is being exceeded; telling her that after this film is done, "I will not indulge myself in making a film with Jim. He is irresponsible and unsure of himself"; promising to send more photographs from other scenes soon.
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