Add MS 74362

Rattigan Papers. Vol. lxxv. Plot outline and correspondence relating to the filming of 'The sound barrier', 1950-1953. Partly autograph, partly typewritten, including copies.

ff. 78. 328 x 205mm.

includes:

• ff. 7-77, passim Sir David Lean, KCVO; film director: Correspondence of Sir D. Lean or his secretary and Sir T. M. Rattigan: 1950-1953: Partly signed, partly typewritten copies.
• ff. 16-19, 33, 64 Augustus Dudley Peters, literary agent: Mary Herring, secretary to Sir T M Rattigan: Rattigan Productions: Correspondence, including enclosures, of A. D. Peters, and other members of his staff, with Sir T. M. Rattigan or his secretaries, M. Herring and others, both Peters and Herring being directors of Rattigan Productions: 1937-1962: Partly signed, partly typewritten copies.
• f. 31 Sir David Lean, KCVO; film director: Edward Bowyer, aeronautical engineer: Letter to Sir David Lean from Edward Bowyer: 1951: Typewritten copy.
• ff. 32, 66 Sir David Lean, KCVO; film director: Sir Geoffrey De Havilland, aircraft designer: Letters to Sir David Lean from Sir Geoffrey De Havilland: 1951-1952: Typewritten copy.
• ff. 40-42 Sir David Lean, KCVO; film director: John Justin, actor: Letter and memorandum to Sir David Lean from John Justin: 1951: Typewritten copy.
• f. 47 Sir Alexander Korda, film producer: Correspondence of Sir A. Korda with Sir T. M. Rattigan: 1948-[1955]: Partly typewritten copy.
• f. 62 Lucian Stephens: Letters to Sir T. M. Rattigan: [1949-1952].
• ff. 75, 76 Mary Herring, secretary to Sir T M Rattigan: Charles Brackett, President, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Letter from C. Brackett, President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, giving guidance to Sir T. M. Rattigan on his being nominated for an award, with a reply by his secretary, M. Herring: 1953: Partly signed, partly typewritten copy.
• f. 78 A. T. Chenhalls, FCA: Mary Herring, secretary to Sir T M Rattigan: Charles Sterne Forsyth, known as Bill Forsyth, of A T Chenhalls, Chartered Accountants: Rattigan Productions: Correspondence, including enclosures, of C. S. Forsyth, acting as a partner of the firm of Clenhalls or as a director of Rattigan Productions, with Sir T. M. Rattigan or M. Herring, his secretary: 1946-1977: Partly signed, partly typewritten copies.