LOWELL THOMAS - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 02/01/1955 - HFSID 31695

LOWELL THOMAS
Signed, typed letter setting up a meeting with a friend "to talk something over."
Typed Letter Signed: "Lowell Thomas", 1 page, 7x10½. Pawling, New York, 1955 February 1. On his personal letterhead to "Rush". In full: "Mary Davis tells me that you would like to talk something over. I am all for that. Please give me a ring at the Hotel Carlyle in New York (Rh 4-1500) some morning around ten, or here in the country at Pawling 3681 some evening at eight-thirty. I would like to hear what you are doing these days." Lowell Thomas (1892-1981), co-founder of Capital Cities broadcasting, began his network radio evening newscasts on September 29, 1930 and continued until May 14, 1976, a mark unparalleled in the broadcast industry. Millions were familiar with his distinctive radio sign-off: "So long until tomorrow." In 1935, Thomas became the voice of Fox Movietone News, the newsreel service widely distributed throughout movie houses in the United States. He narrated the newsreels for the next 17 years (1935-1952) and was heard weekly by an audience of almost 100 million people. Thomas also narrated This is Cinerama (1952), the first movie made in the Cinerama process, and wrote the screenplays for a number of 1975 Lowell Thomas Remembers documentaries that spanned the years 1930 to the early 1960s. He was also the author of over 50 books on travel, comment and adventure, including 1924's With Lawrence of Arabia. The addressee, "Dear Rush", was Charles J. Russhon (1911-1982) a US Air Force photographer and later a liaison on the early James Bond films. Lower horizontal fold touches the lower portion of the "L" of Lowell. Creased at upper left blank corner, pinhead-size stain at lower right blank margin. Fine condition.