JOE PASTERNAK - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 02/18/1954 - HFSID 20395

JOE PASTERNAK
The musical producer invites radio/TV host George Sanders and spouse to his home for lunch and cocktails
Typed Letter signed: "Joe" in green ink, 1p, 8½x11. Culver City, California, 1954 February 18. On letterhead of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures to George Sanders, Station KRKD, Los Angeles. In full: "Dorothy and I would consider it a great pleasure if you would come to our house for a buffet luncheon and cocktails on Sunday, March 7th, - from 1:00 P. M. to 7:00 P. M. - and have some fun. The invitation - naturally - includes your wife, or a guest. DIRECTIONS: From Los Angeles or Hollywood - out Sunset to the main Bel Air gate (at the Firehouse station), turn left on Bellagio, which is the first street inside gate - to 10451 - the third house on the right side of the street. Phone: Arizona 81725 - if you should get lost. Sincerely" [signature] RSVP - to office Texas 03311 - Sta. 438". Hungarian-born film producer Joe Pasternak (1901-1991) was producing musicals in Austria and Germany before the rise of the Nazis led to his emigration to the U.S. His gift for making musicals come together continued to serve him well in Hollywood, where he was able to successfully manage a wide variety of talent: from Kathryn Grayson and Mario Lanza, to Elvis Presley (Girl Happy, 1965) and Connie Francis. He scored many Hollywood film successes, including Three Smart Girls (1936), Destry Rides Again (1939), and The Great Caruso (1951). Pasternak produced two musicals in 1954 (The Student Prince and Athena), and was no doubt hoping to garner publicity and good will with events like this one. George Sanders was a radio/TV interview host in Los Angeles, and later in Portland, and an avid autograph collector. Two vertical and one horizontal fold. Gently worn and creased. Lightly toned. Otherwise, fine condition.