Autograph Note Signed ("Bette"), 1 p., 18mo, on monogrammed card stationery. Bette Davis was honored by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 1989, where Joe Mankiewicz, who had directed her in All About Eve (1950), reminisced about how he was warned by others before first directing Davis: "She will rewrite and she, not you, will direct." He went on to say that his experience directing her was nothing but joyful. In her thank-you note, Davis writes: "Please forgive how long it has taken to organize this momento [sic] of Lincoln Centre [sic]. I send it with much love & much thanks. Bette." Together with a black lacquer presentation box with a cover featuring a photograph of the occasion with Davis, Mankiewicz, and the other stars who honored her, Ann-Margret, Jimmy Stewart, and Geraldine Fitzgerald. Box: 7.5 x 6 in.; note: 6.25 x 4.25 in.
Autograph Note Signed ("Bette"), 1 p., 18mo, on monogrammed card stationery. Bette Davis was honored by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 1989, where Joe Mankiewicz, who had directed her in All About Eve (1950), reminisced about how he was warned by others before first directing Davis: "She will rewrite and she, not you, will direct." He went on to say that his experience directing her was nothing but joyful. In her thank-you note, Davis writes: "Please forgive how long it has taken to organize this momento [sic] of Lincoln Centre [sic]. I send it with much love & much thanks. Bette." Together with a black lacquer presentation box with a cover featuring a photograph of the occasion with Davis, Mankiewicz, and the other stars who honored her, Ann-Margret, Jimmy Stewart, and Geraldine Fitzgerald. Box: 7.5 x 6 in.; note: 6.25 x 4.25 in.
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