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Letter from James Ivory, New York, New York, to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, 1980 March 16 : typescript signed.

BIB_ID
457896
Accession number
MA 23840.1567
Creator
Ivory, James, sender.
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 27 x 18.4 cm
Notes
According to James Ivory's attached note, "the Unfortunate One" refers to actor Charles McCaughan.
Aerogramme addressed to Mrs. R. Prawer Jhabvala, 32, Alipur Road, Delhi, India 110054; postmarked [month and date illegible], 1980.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Describing his return to Claverack from Plattsburgh in a snowstorm, then the visit to Plattsburgh itself, and a mini Merchant Ivory film festival; reporting on his "social notes"-- attending a gathering for Hedda Stern where Georgia O'Keefe was also in attendance, and spending a weekend at Claverack with "the Unfortunate One" and enjoying his stories; expressing a desire to explore Henry James' later work; describing the pre-production flurry of activity, with Merchant quarrelling with unions, Connie negotiating with SAG, and Jeremiah off to London.