Letter from James Ivory, Florence, Italy, to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, 1985 March 16 : autograph manuscript signed.

Reflecting on the cast for "Room with a View"; wondering if she is getting his letters, as she never addresses them in hers; enumerating and commenting on the enclosures in this letter: an article from the New York Times regarding the sale of the New Yorker to S.I. Newhouse; a letter from Iowa "which you absolutely must reply to" [not present]; "another of those sad handbills for a missing youth in New York-- these attractive young men are disappearing at a rate like the 60's or 70's drop outs of the East; what happens to them?" [see MA 23840.1614b]; and a letter from Charlotte Bartlett [see MA 23840.1614a]; telling her "all your stuff arrived" and he is reading the "Three Continents" script; outlining his travel plans for the next few weeks-- Florence, New York, possibly Paris (for the opening of "The Bostonians"), London; noting that Merchant will be going to California to escort Vanessa Redgrave to the Academy Awards, and eventually they will all meet up in London-- Ivory Merchant, Ruth, Jhab, and Ava; describing a recent location scout for Windy Corner in "A Room with a View."