F SCOTT FITZGERALD~ SIGNED LETTERS~INA CLAIRE- LOVE AFFAIR For Sale
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F SCOTT FITZGERALD~ SIGNED LETTERS~INA CLAIRE- LOVE AFFAIR:
$35000.00
F SCOTT FITZGERALD~TWO LETTERS~INA CLAIREFITZGERALD, F. Scott. Archive of Two (2) AutographLetters Signed
To actress Ina Claire:
1). Autograph Letter Signed (\"F. Scott Fitzgerald\") in black fountain penink on Wilmington, DE, n.d., on Du Pont Biltmore letterhead. 6\" x 9 1/2\",1 page (recto only). Very good (minor signs of handling).
Scholars have long known that Fitzgerald was fascinated with actress InaClaire from the moment as a teenager he first saw her on the stage. Whathas not been revealed before now is that Claire attended one of theFitzgerald\'s notorious parties at the Ellerslie estate in Delaware, where theFitzgeralds resided from 1927 to 1929. From the lobby of the BiltmoreHotel in Wilmington, Fitzgerald sends this letter to the actress.
\"Fabulously beautiful Creature / Faultlessly groomed I shall be on hand alittle after five and in one of my fleet of swift Rolls-Royces whisk you in a3 1/2 minutes to our palace of delights upon the limpid Delaware. Athousand Cercassian girls and eunuchs will perform a march while we dine(at 6) upon bats wings and Chateau Yquem 1909.\"
2). Autograph Letter Signed (\"Gene Marky\") in black fountain pen ink onEdgemore, DE, n.d. (but the morning after the previous letter was written),on \"Ellerslie\" letterhead,8 1/2\" x 11\", 1 page (recto only).
Letter to Ina Claire, apologizing for his previous night\'s behavior.
All the promise of the previous lot\'s letter evaporates in the first line of thisnote, written the next morning in the fog of a hangover.
\"Whether I passed out or was even more offensive I don\'t know - the onlything in my favor was that I had a dim foreboding of catastrophe fromabout the time the Hergesheimers left, & I wanted to get you home as soonas possible. What ho~! But nevertheless less I like you too much to endurethe lousy impression you will inevitably carry away & this iswa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa (& all that sentence & old fashioned timehonored unacceptable, unwelcome inevitable apology, that you candoubtless fill out for yourself).\"
WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT CLAIRE AND MARKEY DATED AT ONE TIME; ALSO THAT THEY JOINTLY WROTE AN ARTICLE ENTITLED \"BRIGHT ALLEY\" THAT APPEARED IN THE HARPER\'S BAZAARISSUE OF FEBRUARY, 1927. THIS MAY EXPLAIN FITZGERALD\'S USE OF MARKEY\'S NAME.
Ina Claire (1893-1985), born Ina Fagan, October 15, 1893, Washington,DC; died February 21, 1985, San Francisco, California; effervescent, blondstar of sophisticated Broadway comedy in the late 1920s; American actressfilm and Broadway; films include: \"The Awful Truth\" 1929; \"The RoyalFamily of Broadway\" 1930; \"Rebound\" 1931; \"Ninotchka\" 1939;\"Claudia\" 1943. Married to actor John Gilbert 1920-1931.
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