ALS signed twice, “George,” four pages, 8.5 x 11, August 20, 1955. Letter to actress Ava Gardner. In part: “For the past two weeks—from early morning until late at night—you’ve been ever present with me. Not in person, alas, but in Projection Room Number One…You can gather that we’ve been running and re-running our picture—back and forth, and upside down. If I do say so—as shouldn’t—it’s pretty damned exciting. We should all be very happy about it. As for you, your performance ‘holds up’ wonderfully. No matter how often I re-run this bit or that, I’m never bored with it. In fact, the more I see it, the more depth, dignity and feeling I find in it. Seeing a performance this way is the acid test, believe me. As you know, I had neither the time nor strength to look at the assembled film in England. When I saw it here, even though I realized it was in the roughest cut, I was thrown. It was muddled, unclear—points lying about helter-skelter—no construction, no clarity. But thanks to my brilliant organization, my extraordinary gift as a film editor, my……well anyway, due to an intensive, concerted effort by Pan, Jane Loring, and three (count ’em) cutters, order is being brought out of almost chaos. It seems harder to put back points and emotions that had evaporated than if we’d started here from scratch. The important thing is that now we know where we’re going.” In fine condition. Gardner received a BAFTA Film Award nomination for Best Foreign Actress for her role as Victoria Jones in the film. A terrific association between these Hollywood legends with superb overall content. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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