Newberry Library - Glass, Mary Ellen, Ben Hecht incoming correspondence, 1952

User-Contributed Transcription 40-39 48th St.
Long Island City 4, N.Y.
July 21, 1952

[GLASS]

Mr. Ben Hecht
c/o Mr. Jule Styne
[200[?]] st. 57th st.
N.Y.C.

Dear Mr. Hecht,
I am hoping that you will
remember me from the monologues I used to
do on Nick Kenny's Radio Program about
eleven years ago. My mother met you when
she was taking part in a Page and you were
doing at Madison Square Garden. You then advised
her I was another "Helen Hayes" (jokingly, of course).
At any rate she was encouraged and as a result
I have since then appeared in 4 Broadway productions,
the first one was the "Theatre Guild's" [?]
Voyage in which I played "[Lars[?]]" and the
last one was "Annie Get Your Gun". I
appeared in all the children's roles as I grew
older during its run. I believe Rodgers &
Hammerstein were quite satisfied with
my work.

Before I acquired the role of
"[?]" my mother wrote to you and you

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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 58 Folder 1276

BibID 992595638805867

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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