BIB_ID
451150
Accession number
MA 23840.652
Creator
Ivory, James, sender.
Display Date
Mumbai, India, 1970 September 8
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 aerogramme (2 pages) ; 26.8 x 18.8 cm
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
Saying he thinks he now has "a scrawny old man's neck"; relating the Maestro's (i.e Satyajit Ray's) praise of Bombay Talkie; saying that Ismail Merchant went to Los Angeles and San Francisco to enter the film in the Festival, but that he "can't really read his writing"; describing the opportunity as "an homage in my home town" and fantasizing about the event; saying he won't be leaving until Tuesday or Wednesday, and that he hopes to meet Sasha Bruce in London.
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