Letter from James Ivory, New York, New York, to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, London, England, 1977 March 29 : autograph manuscript signed.

Telling her they have begun editing "Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures," "but in a room with no windows, which I hate"; describing an awkward social situation he finds himself in with Cary and Edith: the couple are throwing "an intimate dinner party" to which Ivory and Jhabvala are invited, but they refuse to invite Merchant; wondering "how can we go without Ismail?" but also how he can avoid alienating the Welches when he needs to use their paintings in the film; relating a series of plumbing disasters at the house in Claverack over Easter weekend; pointing out that she will be in London when "Roseland" opens, and asking her to "buy up all the papers" for the reviews; expressing his satisfaction with the venue in London, Screen on the Hill, and its proprieter, Romaine Hart; saying he replied to a letter from Jhab with a cable, which he suspects will "drive him [Jhab] crazy"; telling her that her second check from London Weekend Television has also bounced, using a little drawing of a bouncing check.