Steinbeck Cable to Burgess
Telegram from Steinbeck in Paris to Burgess Meredith in London.
Paris: July 9, 1947.
Price: $750.00
About the item
Four strips of teletyped text affixed to "Post Office Overseas Telegram" form, received at the Central Telegraph Office in London. 1 vols. 5-3/8 x 7-1/2 inches. Very good.
Item #29905
While Steinbeck is in Paris on his tour of Europe, he wires his friend at the Claridge Hotel in London: "IN REGARD TO STAGE AND SCREEN ANNIE LAURIE IS | THE QUEEN GOOD LUCK - JOHN - "
Annie Laurie Williams was their agent; at the time Meredith was playing on the London Stage in "Winterset."
[with:] MEREDITH, Burgess. Telegram (retained copy) to Steinbeck from London to Paris at the Hotel Lancaster, 8 July, 1947:
"CANNOT CONTACT CAPA TRIED INCESSANTLY STOP | CABLE WHEN POSSIBLE TELEPHONE YOU PASTURES OF HEAVEN DEAL | VERY HOT LOVE BURGESS"
(At the time, Steinbeck was working with Capa on stories for the Herald Tribune).
