(ARTISTS) BEATON CECIL Archive of approximately 50 letters m

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(ARTISTS.) BEATON, CECIL. Archive of approximately 50 letters, mostly Autograph Letters Signed, "Cecil," to Anita Loos. Format and condition vary. Vp, [1950-79]

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Salisbury, 8 May [circa 1956]: ". . . Here everything was going along quite smoothly . . . until the telephone rang & I got the news that [Victor William] Peter Watson had died--You can imagine how this has upset me because with all the complications he brought into my life, he made more of an impression than anyone . . . ever has . . . ."
Salisbury, 10 September 1976 [from postmark]: ". . . I like the idea of a book done on me--especially if it makes money. But I don't know how to begin it! I know of people who would do it after my death, but I take a long time in preparing my decease. . . ."
Kensington, [circa 1953]: ". . . I have heard many times of you . . . the progress of '[Gentlemen Prefer] Blondes' sounds most exciting . . . it should be a great success . . . ."
Los Angeles, 1 April [1960s]: "My present sentence is very different from that of 1930! Then, I was all agog to get inside a film studio--now I have to clock in each day at Warner Bros.--& the weekend takes on a new importance! . . ."