Letter : the Garden of Allah, 8152 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Calif., to John Biggs, [late 1937].

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Letter : the Garden of Allah, 8152 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Calif., to John Biggs, [late 1937].

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Mentions that he is setting up housekeeping and expects his furniture soon. Is making $1000 per week, with raises expected. Has just finished script of Three comrades and mentions collaborator E.E. Paramore. Has been on the wagon a year, Scottie is at Miss Walker's and Zelda is in Asheville, "no better, no worse." Mentions 1936 as nightmare, with a "long build up to it, a complete depression of spirit."

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