ALS signed “Marlon,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 7.25, no date but circa late 1940s. Handwritten letter to French actress Solange Podell, with whom he had shared a romantic relationship. In full: "I have tickets in the box office for you for Wednesday (tomorrow) if you could come back after the show we could have dinner together. I'm sorry not to have called you for such a long time but I've been very upset and nervous." In fine condition.
Solange Podell (1927-2020) was a cabaret dancer and actress who had minor roles in several movies in France in the early 1940s. On the advice of an American talent scout, she moved to Hollywood for a year before coming back east to New York City where she began taking classes at the Actor’s Studio. On a Broadway evening in 1947, she was told to go backstage during a production of A Streetcar Named Desire to meet the rising young actor who played Stanley Kowalski. Podell and Brando quickly formed a relationship, but their ambitions and careers took them on different paths: Brando would reprise his role as Kowalski on the big screen and earn an Academy Award nomination, and Podell turned to photography, learning from Richard Avedon and graduating from the Famous Photographer's School before settling in Monaco and being appointed the official photographer of the Principality Tourism Office. Over 5,000 of Solange's photos are now archived at the Palais Princier for their aesthetic quality and historical value.
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