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Moses, Lydia, Bertha, and Olga, to Rose, Ben Hecht incoming correspondence, 1958-1979

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Open book Moses, Lydia, Bertha, and Olga, to Rose, Ben Hecht incoming correspondence, 1958-1979

Title Moses, Lydia, Bertha, and Olga, to Rose, Ben Hecht incoming correspondence, 1958-1979

Creator Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964

Date 1958-1979

Place Germany, Germany--Berlin, Illinois--Chicago, Palestine, United States

Language English

Subjects Authors, American, Chicago Daily News, Inc, Dramatists, American, Irgun tsevaʼi leʼumi, Screenwriters

Description Ben Hecht was a novelist, playwright, and screenwriter.

Format Correspondence

User-Contributed Transcription Roma, Italia
Monday
August 28

Dear Rose,
What a difference a day (or 2) makes!
After writing this letter to you, I took the bull
by the horns, checked out of the hotel &
found a lovely one right down the street.
They didn't have a single ready for me so
they put me into a lovely double for the
price of a single. An additional bargain
is that my window overlooks an
open cinema and at night I see
"free movies." To boot, I encountered
(during one of my many hikes) a very
nice, charming gentleman (he's probably
around 40, or a bit older) who has volunteered
his time to show me around Rome. I
refused his first offer for dinner but upon
getting to know him a little better (over a
few cups of capucino) I've decided it's
all quite "proper." He's really quite
interesting, not at all the type I
fall for -- he's nothing too much
to look at, but very soft spoken, intelligent,

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Archival Collection Title Ben Hecht papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection, Society of Collectors

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Call Number Midwest MS Hecht Box 60 Folder 1494

BibID 992595638805867

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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