Steinbeck, John Typed Letter Signed ("John") to Burgess Meredith , regarding his plannedtrip to Europe, the premier of the film THE PEARL, the state of politicalaffairs in the U. S., etc 175 East 78th St., New York City, may 6, [1947] A fin, UNPUBLISHED letter from Steinbeck to his close friends Burgess Meredith and Paulette Goddard, : "We had a little bit of horror the other nlght. The Ratheons [?] gave a little reception at the RitzCarlton for President Aleman of Mexico. The prize bit of this evening was to be the world premier of my picture THE PEARL which I have been making for two years and a half. So they set up a screen and started the picture. First the FBI insisted that a big spot light be kept on the face of Aleman and you had to look at the screen through lt (incidently it made him a perfect target if anyone had wanted to shoot him. Then the power went not off but down enough so that all you could see were some dark shadows moving on a darker screen. It was quite something. Third it was in spanish which not ten eople in the audience understood. You can see that it was one of my greatest personal triumphs. I was sitting ln back but Gwyn says that in the middle of this horror Aleman leaned over and patted me on the shoulder and said, "Now don't you worry. It's going to be all right." Nothing so beautiful has ever happened to me. I am glad to hear that you are both so happy in your work. I have had a kind of a year of frustrations and disappointments, all my own fault but keen nevertheless. Thats one of the reasons I want to get out with some goat herder and vinyardists in the Greek countryside. I guess Milly is working on the Red Pony. I haven't heard anything to the contrary. New York is rainy and pleasant to me. Everythlng is moist and you don't dry out. But there is a dreadful nervousness. Congress just cut off all the state departments revenue for radio and magazines and gave J Edgar Hoover every cent he asked for. That seems to be the trend. Everybody is calling everybody else a communist. A group of Senators is going out to investigate Hollywood and to try to get laid. Louella Parsons has taken a strong stand against communism..." UNPUBLISHED 11-1/4 x 7-1/4 inches. 1-1/2pp. on personal stationery. Slightly waterstaining. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith Price: USD 4,000.00 other currencies   order no. 29902    inquire

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