HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Autograph letter signed ("Ernest") to Jane Mason in Havana; [the Nordquist L-Bar-T Ranch, Cooke, Montana], 19 September [1932]. 4 pages, folio, in light blue ink on two sheets of tan paper, fold creases; with the envelope, hand-addressed by Hemingway and with his name signed in full in return address . HEMINGWAY ON HOLLYWOOD For the first two pages of his letter Hemingway writes of hunting trips in Montana and of arrangements for his son Bumby's proposed visit. He then continues: "That was a masterly and exhaustive treatise on fish and fauna of the Caribbean -- Damned fine report. It was a rotten shame to find the Bubi dog [the Mason's pet] killed. The late Mr. Kipling wrote a poem on the subject -- will look it up -- we feel very badly -- it is a damned shame. About Holywood [sic], daughter, that is your decision to make. If you will always want to go there it is best to go young and give yourself all the breaks -- I wouldn't think you would like it. But I have never been there and know nothing about it and there are plenty of things people tell you that you won't like that you like very much when you try them. It seems like a hell of a big little [word indecipherable] to open but then if I could get down to 118 lbs. [Jane's weight] and hadn't been Cecil Beaton-ed for a long time and were Mrs. George Grant Mason Jr., the notorious Vanishing Cold Cream beauty of our times [referring to a famous magazine advertisement Jane did] fed up on the tropics and with my dog killed, why Hollywood by any other name would smell as sweet. Please send the 118lb pictures [Jane had dieted down to that weight] and then drink a little Crystal -- Wish we could help you break training. So anyway you decide [about going to Hollywood] let us hear from you. Especially let us hear from you and very much luck to you and to your family. Anytime you are broke you can sell the enclosed MSS. [not present, probably of "The Light of the World"] and buy one good meal and a skiff (maybe) and we can all follow the garbage scows together...thank you for the fish information...Those giant dolphins (Jesus what a handler of English language is poor old Papa)." Jane Mason did go to Hollywood for a screen test, but nothing came of it.
HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Autograph letter signed ("Ernest") to Jane Mason in Havana; [the Nordquist L-Bar-T Ranch, Cooke, Montana], 19 September [1932]. 4 pages, folio, in light blue ink on two sheets of tan paper, fold creases; with the envelope, hand-addressed by Hemingway and with his name signed in full in return address . HEMINGWAY ON HOLLYWOOD For the first two pages of his letter Hemingway writes of hunting trips in Montana and of arrangements for his son Bumby's proposed visit. He then continues: "That was a masterly and exhaustive treatise on fish and fauna of the Caribbean -- Damned fine report. It was a rotten shame to find the Bubi dog [the Mason's pet] killed. The late Mr. Kipling wrote a poem on the subject -- will look it up -- we feel very badly -- it is a damned shame. About Holywood [sic], daughter, that is your decision to make. If you will always want to go there it is best to go young and give yourself all the breaks -- I wouldn't think you would like it. But I have never been there and know nothing about it and there are plenty of things people tell you that you won't like that you like very much when you try them. It seems like a hell of a big little [word indecipherable] to open but then if I could get down to 118 lbs. [Jane's weight] and hadn't been Cecil Beaton-ed for a long time and were Mrs. George Grant Mason Jr., the notorious Vanishing Cold Cream beauty of our times [referring to a famous magazine advertisement Jane did] fed up on the tropics and with my dog killed, why Hollywood by any other name would smell as sweet. Please send the 118lb pictures [Jane had dieted down to that weight] and then drink a little Crystal -- Wish we could help you break training. So anyway you decide [about going to Hollywood] let us hear from you. Especially let us hear from you and very much luck to you and to your family. Anytime you are broke you can sell the enclosed MSS. [not present, probably of "The Light of the World"] and buy one good meal and a skiff (maybe) and we can all follow the garbage scows together...thank you for the fish information...Those giant dolphins (Jesus what a handler of English language is poor old Papa)." Jane Mason did go to Hollywood for a screen test, but nothing came of it.
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