BIB_ID
451178
Accession number
MA 23840.654
Creator
Merchant, Ismail, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1970 September 13
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 31.5 x 20.2 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope addressed to Mrs. R. Prawer Jhabvala, 1-A Flagstaff Road, Delhi 6, India, postmark illegible.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Saying that he is sorry to hear about Mrs. [Mehraben] Jhabvala (i.e. Ruth's mother-in-law) and reminiscing about her; saying he went to see Chabrol's The Butcher (i.e. Le Boucher); describing going to the Palm Court at the Plaza Hotel for coffee and the waiter spilling coffee on him; expressing sadness about Bombay Talkie which he thinks "is a very good film but have had no luck with the distribution".
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