Typed letter signed : New York, to John [Steinbeck], [1952] Feb. 8.

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Typed letter signed : New York, to John [Steinbeck], [1952] Feb. 8.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/778564966

Praising the film Viva Zapata!, noting that it is the first time he has ever sat through a double showing of a movie. Remarking on his own interest in Mexico (noting that his wife is Mexican), and praising the film as truly magnificent. Noting that "it took the combined forces of all the real artists connected with the production" but that "superior films start with superior screenwriting."

1 item (1 p.) ; 28 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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