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A letter from Dudley Nichols to Maureen O'Hara concerning This Land is Mine
29 November 2016, 12:00 EST
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A letter from Dudley Nichols to Maureen O'Hara concerning This Land is Mine
Typed letter signed ("Dudley Nichols"), 1 p, 4to, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., stationery, Los Angeles, CA, December 4th, no year (circa 1942-1943), folded in sixths, framed, note in ink to bottom of letter: "Written to Maureen O'Hara re: Courtroom scene / in 'This Land is Mine' – with Charles Laughton- / Produced by Dudley Nichols," some notes to verso in pencil.
Academy Award® winning screenwriter Dudley Nichols wrote and (without credit) produced Jean Renoir's wartime drama This Land is Mine (1943). Set in Nazi-occupied France, the film starred O'Hara and Charles Laughton; it was their last film together. In this enthusiastic letter, Nichols writes to O'Hara: "Dear girl, I have looked for long at your face / while you lived the courtroom scenes, and I love / you very much for giving me such great pride / in humanity. In these times we need to be reassured / that there will always be in the world beautiful / faces that mirror fine hearts."
Frame: 10 x 13 in
Academy Award® winning screenwriter Dudley Nichols wrote and (without credit) produced Jean Renoir's wartime drama This Land is Mine (1943). Set in Nazi-occupied France, the film starred O'Hara and Charles Laughton; it was their last film together. In this enthusiastic letter, Nichols writes to O'Hara: "Dear girl, I have looked for long at your face / while you lived the courtroom scenes, and I love / you very much for giving me such great pride / in humanity. In these times we need to be reassured / that there will always be in the world beautiful / faces that mirror fine hearts."
Frame: 10 x 13 in


















