JOHN VAN DRUTEN - LETTER - SIGNED - WRITER - HERLIHY - JOHN CROMWELL - DIRECTOR

Description

WRITER TO WRITER
John Van Druten
to
James Leo Herlihy
Typed letter, 1 page, Monday, March 5, no year
with nine handwritten words in green ink.  8 1/2 x 11.
Not signed.  Condition is much better than the scan.
Discussing John Cromwell ***. Van Druten's  first screenplay
Unfaithful
(1931),  was directed by Cromwell.
Herlihy was evidently seeking a director
and sought Van Druten's opinion of  Cromwell.
Condition: light handling
** American author (1927-1993) best known for "Midnight Cowboy," basis for the
1969 Academy Award winning film starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman.
*** John Cromwell (1886-1979) was an American film and stage director. 50 Film
credits including:
Of Human Bondage
,
The Prisoner of Zenda
,
Algiers
.
John Van Druten was an English playwright and screenwriter. Film credits include
Gaslight
(1944) for which he received an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Other
film credits include
Raffles
(1939),
Johnny Come Lately
(1943),
Cabaret
(1972) - based
on Van Druten's play,
I Am a Camer
a.
Born: 1901, London, England; died: 1957, Indio, California
George Houle
Houle Rare Books & Autographs
Palm Springs, California
SINCE 1976
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