THE LETTERS OF NUNNALLY JOHNSON
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Selected and edited by Dorris Johnson and Ellen Leventhal. Foreword by Alistair Cooke. 16 pp. photographs. A celebrated American filmmaker, Nunnally Johnson (1897-1977) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Screenplay in 1940 for The Grapes of Wrath and the Directors Guild of America Best Directors Award in 1956 for The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. This collection include his letters to Ben Hecht, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Helen Hayes, George S. Kaufman, Groucho Marx, Harold Ross, and many others. Inscribed by editor Dorris Johnson (nee Bowden, 1914-2005), the actress who married Nunnally Johnson in 1939, to fellow actress Gloria Stuart on the front flyleaf. A bit of foxing to the top edge. The dust jacket is lightly edgeworn; otherwise very good. Very Good / Very Good. Item #55853
ISBN: 0394506723
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Price: $50.00