Typed Letter, signed “Peggy Mitchell Marsh” , to George Cukor, thanking him for a gift of perfume, and discussing the reception of a performance

by Tallulah Bankhead by Margaret Mitchell

$7,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

One page, on personal letterhead. 4to. light creasing and toning, esle fine. Item #252027 Mitchell thanks Cukor for the gift of Mary Chess perfumes, and especially the “mimosa”:“I had tried someone’s brand of mimosa many years ago, but it was heavy enough to be used as an anesthetic for a major operation. This brand is so sweet and faint and the lovliest part about it is that it reminds me of old mimosa

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