Greene (Graham) An archive of correspondence with Peter Duffell, comprising: 3 A.L.s. and 18 T.L.s. from Greene, 2 T.L.s. dictated by Greene and signed in absence (?by his sister and secretary Elisabeth Dennys), 2 T.L.s. from Elisabeth Dennys, 3 T.L.s. from Josephine Reid and 8 copies of typed letters from Duffell to Greene, together 48pp., including Greene discussing Duffell's adaptation of England Made Me "I thought the performances of Finch, Ackland and Hordern were first rate and the camera work excellent ... thank you so much for staying so faithfully close to my story", the possibility of Duffell directing The Honorary Consul, along with a number of suggested script changes for the same, Greene's casting preferences for the film "I've no objection to Robert Redford if you have to have an American", "Plarr will make or break the film... one doesn't want a really burnt out character like [Richard] Burton who anyway is too old. Ideally I want Jack Nicholson", Greene's opinions on action in films "action can be psychological and the better for that. I suspect audiences will soon tire of the tomato sauce. One of the good things about The Conversation was that one could say in their terms that the film lacked action - to disguise this there had to be one scene of tomato sauce and one in bed", the possibility of Otto Preminger making Honorary Consul "I was glad that Preminger had got Stoppard but I am unhappy about Preminger. What I rather hope is that he and Stoppard find it impossible to get on together and that Preminger eventually abandons the idea. I would much prefer the combination of Losey and Pinter who are both very keen", Vienne after the war "the Vienna of The Third Man had already disappeared to a great extent when I went back with Carol Reed three months after I had done the story... I suppose you poor man playing the zither would have been unable to play The Third Man tune without paying a large fee to Karas" and an attempted adaptation of Leo Perutz's Marquis of Bolibar, folds, v.s., 1973-85. ⁂ A superb archive that details the personal and professional relationship between the two men, initiated by Greene in writing to the director to congratulate him on his adaptation of England Made Me (a film which Greene maintained was the only adaptation of his work that he admired). Greene and Duffell then attempted to collaborate on two new projects: The Honorary Consul and an adaptation of The Marquis of Bolivar (see next lot).
Greene (Graham) An archive of correspondence with Peter Duffell, comprising: 3 A.L.s. and 18 T.L.s. from Greene, 2 T.L.s. dictated by Greene and signed in absence (?by his sister and secretary Elisabeth Dennys), 2 T.L.s. from Elisabeth Dennys, 3 T.L.s. from Josephine Reid and 8 copies of typed letters from Duffell to Greene, together 48pp., including Greene discussing Duffell's adaptation of England Made Me "I thought the performances of Finch, Ackland and Hordern were first rate and the camera work excellent ... thank you so much for staying so faithfully close to my story", the possibility of Duffell directing The Honorary Consul, along with a number of suggested script changes for the same, Greene's casting preferences for the film "I've no objection to Robert Redford if you have to have an American", "Plarr will make or break the film... one doesn't want a really burnt out character like [Richard] Burton who anyway is too old. Ideally I want Jack Nicholson", Greene's opinions on action in films "action can be psychological and the better for that. I suspect audiences will soon tire of the tomato sauce. One of the good things about The Conversation was that one could say in their terms that the film lacked action - to disguise this there had to be one scene of tomato sauce and one in bed", the possibility of Otto Preminger making Honorary Consul "I was glad that Preminger had got Stoppard but I am unhappy about Preminger. What I rather hope is that he and Stoppard find it impossible to get on together and that Preminger eventually abandons the idea. I would much prefer the combination of Losey and Pinter who are both very keen", Vienne after the war "the Vienna of The Third Man had already disappeared to a great extent when I went back with Carol Reed three months after I had done the story... I suppose you poor man playing the zither would have been unable to play The Third Man tune without paying a large fee to Karas" and an attempted adaptation of Leo Perutz's Marquis of Bolibar, folds, v.s., 1973-85. ⁂ A superb archive that details the personal and professional relationship between the two men, initiated by Greene in writing to the director to congratulate him on his adaptation of England Made Me (a film which Greene maintained was the only adaptation of his work that he admired). Greene and Duffell then attempted to collaborate on two new projects: The Honorary Consul and an adaptation of The Marquis of Bolivar (see next lot).
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