Lot 1318
Rodgers, Richard (1902-1979) Typed Letter Signed "Dick" on personal letterhead, New York, February 23, 1967, 1p., 10½ x 7¼ in. To novelist and playwright Edna Ferber, dishing some dirt on film and stage producer Joshua Logan and others. In part: "…The Logan interview amuses me but I don't find it surprising. The same account credits our boy with having written 'Mr. Roberts' and doesn't mention Tom Heggen, the author of the novel and the play, any more than Oscar and I are mentioned in connection with 'South Pacific'….Leland Hayward's stationery mentions 'South Pacific' as one of his many productions. It was produced by Rodgers and Hammerstein and Hayward had a piece of it. It's all part of the same approach that used to turn every chorus girl into a Floradora girl and every little dancer into a Ziegfeld girl. It should be gratifying to both of us to know that this is a snappy correspondence between George Sand and Mozart." Whew! After these sizzling comments, he adds some delightful personal lines to Miss Ferber.
Estimated Value $600 - 800.
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