STEINBECK John (1902-1968)

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STEINBECK John (1902-1968)
Signed autograph letter, signed « John », Stockholm 25 July [1947], to Oliver BURGESS MEREDITH; 1 page in-4 format, letterhead “Hotel Plaza Stockholm”; in English. Unpublished letter from Steinbeck who writes from Stockholm before his trip to USSR with the photographer Robert Capa. Oliver BURGESS MEREDITH (1907-1997) was an actor and friend of Steinbeck’s, victim of McCarthyism and placed on the blacklist of the cinema industry. “Dear Burgess: Your letters were received just before I left Paris. The French are a very immoral people. But Honest Jake Pfaff made Gwyn a very beautiful dress - walk upstairs and save $5. Stockholm is a fine town. There is a report here that you are going to play Winterset here. Is this true? We leave Monday for Uncle Joe’s cabin. I have no idea what we will find there but I hope it is all right. Capa is in good shape. Now he is in the country photographing farmers and farmers daughters I guess. I hope your opening [WINTERSET at the Gaiety in Dublin, Ireland] is triumphant and it is bound to be. I wish it were my play [Steinbeck’s abandoned play The Last Joan]. For two days I have been out amongst the archipelago sporting about in a boat and I feel very good. Boats are fine things. If you need to get word to me it can be c/o Joe Newman, Herald Tribune bureau, Moscow. Try it! It will be interesting to see whether it gets through. Good luck and love to Paulette [Goddard]
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