Double-sided black frame which shows both the front and back covers of the Brown Derby menu and the inside of the menu with food choices; Joe Mankiewicz's visage is pointed out with a "return to sender" stamp on the front cover. Together with a silver hourglass frame (lacking glass) from actress Capucine engraved, "Dear Joe / The Sand is pure Sand... / not ordinary gold dust...! / I thought it would / amuse you! / Much love / Capucine." Mankiewicz directed Capucine in The Honey Pot (1967); a printed invitation from Truman Capote to Mankiewicz inviting him to the infamous "Black and White Dance," inscribed by Capote, "in honor of Mrs. Katharine Graham" (publisher of The Washington Post); a brown leather, well-worn 3-ring binder with 10 of Mankiewicz's films from 1949 to 1955 and "Joseph L. Mankiewicz" embossed on the cover, with "To / Giuseppe / From / 'The Eastside Gang'" embossed in gilt to the inner sleeve; a large brown leather box; and a brown leather humidor with "JLM" embossed in gilt to the cover. Large box: 18.75 x 15.75 x 4 in.; Brown Derby menu: 20.75 x 14.5 in.; hourglass: 8.5 x 3.5 in.
Double-sided black frame which shows both the front and back covers of the Brown Derby menu and the inside of the menu with food choices; Joe Mankiewicz's visage is pointed out with a "return to sender" stamp on the front cover. Together with a silver hourglass frame (lacking glass) from actress Capucine engraved, "Dear Joe / The Sand is pure Sand... / not ordinary gold dust...! / I thought it would / amuse you! / Much love / Capucine." Mankiewicz directed Capucine in The Honey Pot (1967); a printed invitation from Truman Capote to Mankiewicz inviting him to the infamous "Black and White Dance," inscribed by Capote, "in honor of Mrs. Katharine Graham" (publisher of The Washington Post); a brown leather, well-worn 3-ring binder with 10 of Mankiewicz's films from 1949 to 1955 and "Joseph L. Mankiewicz" embossed on the cover, with "To / Giuseppe / From / 'The Eastside Gang'" embossed in gilt to the inner sleeve; a large brown leather box; and a brown leather humidor with "JLM" embossed in gilt to the cover. Large box: 18.75 x 15.75 x 4 in.; Brown Derby menu: 20.75 x 14.5 in.; hourglass: 8.5 x 3.5 in.
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