Letter from Lillian Gish, New York, New York, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1950 September 23 : typescript signed.

Stating that she likes Shearing, but doesn't agree with him as she doesn't think "there should be mysteries between friends"; explaining that her prolonged silence over the summer was due to their "transient way of living" and her sister Dorothy's medical crisis which lead her to undergo surgery for her stomach ulcers; noting that Dorothy is doing well following the operation; remarking that she is glad that Wagenknecht did not come down to see the play (i.e. R.C. Sherriff's "Miss Mabel") as it was "in pretty bad shape" with many of the cast not knowing their lines ("particularly Harry Bannister"), and adding that the director, Arthur Sircom, plans to fly to Europe to discuss rewriting the third act with the playwright; informing him that the agent Mal Boyd has been in California "ever since my return" and that he is to be operated on for a kidney ailment and also suffers from stomach ulcers and remarking that he "apparently cannot take the pace of radio and television", adding that she has not spoken to him about Wagenknecht's idea, and that, "with his failing health, I hardly think he would be the man to handle anything".