Six items: vintage fountain pen signature, “Greetings from Cecil B. deMille,” on a light blue 5.75 x 4.5 album page; glossy 10 x 8 promotional photo for The Remains of the Day, signed in blue felt tip by James Ivory and Ismail Merchant; TLS by John Cromwell, signed “John,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 3, 1977. In part: “What used to be called, ‘bread and butter letters,’ in my case I presume should be called, ‘roast beef and Yorkshire pudding’”; TLS by Harry Joe Brown, signed “Harry Joe,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Serviceman’s Morale Corps letterhead, May 11, 1943. Letter to MGM exec Eddie Mannix, soliciting donations; DS, signed “Morton DaCosta,” one onionskin page, 8.5 x 11, December 7, 1955, regarding royalties from the ‘Plain and Fancy’ theatre company; and a DS signed “Robert E. Wise,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, July 2, 1952. Agreement between Aspen Pictures and Mark Robson for him to “direct the motion picture now entitled ‘Return to Paradise.’” In overall very good to fine condition. RR Auction COA.
