(HOLLYWOOD) OLIVIER LAURENCE; AND LEIGH VIVIEN Archive of ov

Sale 1930 - Lot 54

Price Realized: $ 3,450

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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000

(HOLLYWOOD.) OLIVIER, LAURENCE; AND LEIGH, VIVIEN. Archive of over 30 Signed items, mostly Autograph Letters Signed, to their friend columnist Radie Harris, also includes Typed Letters Signed, Photographs Signed and a few telegrams. On a variety of personal matters, but with lots of information about their current projects and Hollywood gossip. Format varies. Vp, vd

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The Olivier material includes a 16 March 1959 letter discussing a movie he is working on, "The rumors about this film I know have been roaving about like flying wombats" [though missing the second page of the letter]; a 13 July 1956 telegram inviting her to a Marilyn Monroe press conference; an undated letter writing "I knew Jack [Merivale?] during G.W.T.W. slightly & he weekly lent us his yacht on the Hudson during R. & J."; a 1 February 1958 typed letter offering her seats to opening night "if you promise not to yawn too many times, having seen it so much"; a 25 January 1965 typed letter about The Crucible, writing "It went splendidly on Tuesday thank God, and now I can give proper attention to the rest of our programme"; a 26 February 1952 typed letter discussing their busy schedule and thanking her for "the beautiful puff in the L. A. Times."; and more. <