Beschreibung:

Comprising 2 telegrams from Spencer Tracy, one responding to Mankiewicz sending him a script of Jefferson Selleck dated August 29, 1952, and a congratulatory telegram, possibly on the birth Mankiewicz's son, Chris; an Autograph Letter Signed ("W.C. Fields"), 2 pp, dated December 14, 1924, with original transmittal envelope; 3 Autograph Postcards Signed ("Roddy") and a Christmas card from Roddy McDowell; an Autograph Letter Signed ("Beverly") from Beverly Cross, along with 2 Christmas cards; 2 Typed Letters Signed ("Tony") from Anthony Quinn, 3 pp, in which Quinn writes: "Ingrid Bergman and I want to find something to do together next year. We both agree it would be great to do it with you," with a mimeographic response from Mankiewicz; an Autograph Signed Letter ("Dick") from Richard Widmark; an Autograph Letter Signed ("Petrus") from Peter Ustinov who writes: "I'd rather work with you than with anybody--you know that--not only out of admiration, but out of fun, and even more important, out of a uniformity of purpose"; an Autograph Letter Signed ("Finlay") from Finlay Currie; a Typed Letter Signed ("Kirk") from Kirk Douglas; a Typed Note Signed ("Jerry") from Jerry Lewis and a Christmas card; an Autograph Letter Signed ("Hume") from Hume Cronyn to Rosemary Mankiewicz and a funeral service program for Cronyn; an Autograph Letter Signed ("Peter Sellers"); 2 Autograph Letters Signed ("James," "James Mason") from James Mason; 2 Autograph Letters Signed, 1 Typed Letter Signed, and 1 Autograph Note Signed ("Rex") from Rex Harrison, along with an Autograph Letter Signed ("Rachel") from his wife, Rachel Roberts; and a Typed Letter Signed ("Sidney") from Sidney Poitier. Together with an archive of letters from directors comprised of an Autograph Letter Signed ("Marty Scorsese"); a telegram and an Autograph Note Signed ("Fred (Zinnemann)") who writes: "I think of you often." a Typed Letter Signed ("George") from George Cukor who writes: "It was mighty fine to catch up with dat ole debbil Oscar--nach langem Leiden [after much suffering]." with a mimeographed response from Mankiewicz; a Typed Letter Signed ("Mike") from Mike Nichols; and a telegram to Billy Wilder from Mankiewicz. Together with a formal invitation to the White House from President Jimmy Carter dated November 17, 1977; a letter and a group of xerographic letters from biographers; a group of xerographic letters from John Houseman and Darryl F. Zanuck; and a mimeographed copy of a 7 pp letter that Mankiewicz wrote to Zanuck, dated October 30, 1962, in which he expresses his dismay and anger over Zanuck's comments to the press about Cleopatra which contradicted the comments Zanuck made to Mankiewicz's face. Various sizes