Intriguing and important TLS from the influential Italian-born American film director, producer and screenwriter, writing about his films. Capra reflects on seeing his 1933 drama The Bitter Tea of General Yen again recently in the 1930s, calling it a poetic gem from his early experimental years; mentions his 1931 comedy-drama Platinum Blonde starring Jean Harlow and Loretta Young, noting that the seeds of his later films were planted there; and remarks that lead actor Robert "Bobby" Williams—who tragically died of a ruptured appendix/peritonitis right as Platinum Blonde was released—would have become a superstar. La Quinta, California, May 10, 1972; 1 p., 4to. Together with the original postmarked envelope, both fine.
Born Francesco Rosario Capra in Italy and raised in Los Angeles from the age of five, Capra has been called by film historians such as Ian Freer "the American Dream personified."
Intriguing and important TLS from the influential Italian-born American film director, producer and screenwriter, writing about his films. Capra reflects on seeing his 1933 drama The Bitter Tea of General Yen again recently in the 1930s, calling it a poetic gem from his early experimental years; mentions his 1931 comedy-drama Platinum Blonde starring Jean Harlow and Loretta Young, noting that the seeds of his later films were planted there; and remarks that lead actor Robert "Bobby" Williams—who tragically died of a ruptured appendix/peritonitis right as Platinum Blonde was released—would have become a superstar. La Quinta, California, May 10, 1972; 1 p., 4to. Together with the original postmarked envelope, both fine.
Born Francesco Rosario Capra in Italy and raised in Los Angeles from the age of five, Capra has been called by film historians such as Ian Freer "the American Dream personified."