BIB_ID
457902
Accession number
MA 23840.1571
Creator
Merchant, Ismail, sender.
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 31.6 x 15 cm
Notes
"Judy" may be costume designer Judy Moorcroft; "Keith" may be wardrobe assistant Keith Morton; "Wiley," is probably actor Wiley Wood; and "Peter" may be producers' assistant Peter Ansin. All these people were part of the crew of "Quartet."
Aerogramme addressed to Mrs. Ruth Jhabvala, Apt. 14G, 400 E. 52nd St., New York, N.Y.C. 10022 U.S.A., postmarked October 19, 1980.
Aerogramme addressed to Mrs. Ruth Jhabvala, Apt. 14G, 400 E. 52nd St., New York, N.Y.C. 10022 U.S.A., postmarked October 19, 1980.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Describing London as "extremely peaceful"; telling her he just "saw Alan Bates, Judy, Keith, Wiley and Peter off" on a flight to Paris and is very grateful for the help of "wonderful friends" with shipping all the necessities for the ["Quartet"] shoot; saying he himself will be leaving for Paris this afternoon, hoping the shoot will go well, and expressing the hope that she will be able to come to Paris too; promising to "telephone you from Paris to keep you informed"; expressing frustration with the "appalling" issues keeping Tony [presumably Tony Korner?] from staying in their apartment; asking that Joan Sullivan send him a "retyped script of 'The Bostonians' so that we can get someone to make a preliminary budget" by January.
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