John Steinbeck to [ Eugene Solow ]

Extent:
4 p.
Scope and content:

[Discusses Annie Laurie [Williams]handling "the business in hand," Solow's girlfriends, buying a house, The Wayward [movie], [ Humphrey Bogart], plans to marry Elaine Anderson Scott; briefly discusses Burning Bright[the play and the book], and article ["Critics, Critics Burning Bright] which he wrote for Saturday Review of Literature, Betty, the phone strike, [Elia] Kazan's problems with A Streetcar Named Desire, Viva Zapata!, a trip [to Bermuda], Jules Buck, starting his long novel [ East of Eden], Solow and Joan Crawfordas sponsors of his relationship with Elaine, attending the ballet [by Le Grand Ballet du Marquis] de Cuevas, seeing Gadg [Elia Kazan], weather; mentions Harold [Kleinert] Guinzberg, New York City, Broadway, Denmarkand Vienna; two notes to John Steinbeckand Elaine Anderson Scott, are on the back of the envelope in [ Eugene Solow's ] hand.]

Physical description:
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Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
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Contact for questions and access:
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