BIB_ID
450826
Accession number
MA 23840.642
Creator
Ivory, James, sender.
Display Date
Mumbai, India, 1970 July 26
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 aerogramme (2 pages) ; 26.8 x 18.8 cm + envelope
Notes
Aerogramme addressed to Mrs. R. Prawer Jhabvala, 1-A Flagstaff Road, Delhi 6.
The film being discussed is Bombay Talkie.
The film being discussed is Bombay Talkie.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Thanking her for "the view of the British Embassy" and saying that he hasn't yet read Penelope Gilliatt's story; lamenting various technical issues caused by "the carelessness of technicians", resulting in "the negative and sound tracks of our film being contaminated all the time"; complaining about Ismail Merchant's angry outbursts; describing a dream in which Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal divorced.
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