BIB_ID
451148
Accession number
MA 23840.650
Creator
Merchant, Ismail, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1970 September 2
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 20.2 x 14.7 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope addressed to Mrs. R. Prawer Jhabvala 1-A Flagstaff Road Delhi 6, postmarked "24 8 70". The letter has been affixed to the envelope.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Thanking her for her letter; expressing his frustration with the difficulty of making films but saying success will come some day soon; saying Columbia, United Artists, and Universal have all turned down Bombay Talkie; saying people in America are "panicky" and "unsure" of their kind of films; mentioning that the film will be showing in San Francisco, and inviting her to come.
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