BIB_ID
458835
Accession number
MA 23840.209a
Creator
Ivory, James, author.
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
2 items (2 pages) ; 15.1 x 27.7 cm, and 19.2 x 26.6 cm
Notes
Notes are written on two large manila envelopes, one of which has had its verso removed.
Items accompanied a bundle of letters from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala to James Ivory from 1965 and 1966.
Items accompanied a bundle of letters from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala to James Ivory from 1965 and 1966.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
First envelope reads: Ruth Jhabvala / 1965 / January to May-- Finishing / up "Shakespeare Wallah"-- the / reshoots, the music recording, / first screenings"
Second envelope reads: Ruth Jhabvala letters -- 1965-66 / Covers the period from when we left for the Berlin Film Festival in June, through the year of the great successes of "Shakespeare Wallah," into the summer of '66 when she made a trip to England & the US and her return to India, and the release of the film there. / Also much mention of working on a sequel to "Shakespeare Wallah," ("A Lovely World") and the "Ustad film," which in time became "The Guru," our next production.
Second envelope reads: Ruth Jhabvala letters -- 1965-66 / Covers the period from when we left for the Berlin Film Festival in June, through the year of the great successes of "Shakespeare Wallah," into the summer of '66 when she made a trip to England & the US and her return to India, and the release of the film there. / Also much mention of working on a sequel to "Shakespeare Wallah," ("A Lovely World") and the "Ustad film," which in time became "The Guru," our next production.
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