BIB_ID
454067
Accession number
MA 23840.992
Creator
Merchant, Ismail, sender.
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 31.6 x 15 cm
Notes
The "Chaudhuri film" is "Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization (1972).
"Helen's transcript" is of an interview that became the centerpiece of "Helen, Queen of the Nauch Girls" (1973), a portrait of the mixed-race actress and dancer Helen (born Helen Jairag Richardson in Burma in 1938), wife of screenwriter Salim Khan and mother of actor Salman Khan.
"Flashman" was a planned film adaptation of George MacDonald Fraser's novel, to be directed by Richard Lester; the project fell through.
Aerogramme addressed to Mrs. R. Prawer Jhabvala, 1-A Flagstaff Road, Delhi 6, India and postmarked January 20, 1972.
"Helen's transcript" is of an interview that became the centerpiece of "Helen, Queen of the Nauch Girls" (1973), a portrait of the mixed-race actress and dancer Helen (born Helen Jairag Richardson in Burma in 1938), wife of screenwriter Salim Khan and mother of actor Salman Khan.
"Flashman" was a planned film adaptation of George MacDonald Fraser's novel, to be directed by Richard Lester; the project fell through.
Aerogramme addressed to Mrs. R. Prawer Jhabvala, 1-A Flagstaff Road, Delhi 6, India and postmarked January 20, 1972.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Expressing relief on both his and Ivory's part for having finally heard from Jhabvala; telling her he is in London for "a couple of weeks to sort out various things" with the BBC regarding the Chaudhuri film; updating her on the work on "Savages"; telling her he will telephone her mother "Mrs. Prawer" and their mutual friend Catherine [Freeman]; telling her "Tony [Korner] will be sending you Helen's transcript very soon"; telling her he is trying to get a new project off the ground in London but it is "difficult," and "Flashman seems to be moving at a snail's speed."
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