ZSA ZSA GABOR - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 09/06/1973 - HFSID 272782

ZSA ZSA GABOR
This typed letter is signed by the actress in black ink
TLS: "love and Kisses/ Zsa Zsa", 2p, 7¼x10½, separate sheets. West Los Angeles, California, 1973 September 6. On imprinted stationery to "Dear Radie". In full: "Now that you have written all kinds of things about 'Blythe Spirit,' I'd like to send you my last critique from Mystik, Connecticut. As far as Marie Alden is concerned, the critic was right. She was dressed very poorly, and I kept on begging her to be more glamorous and even went so far as to buy her two outfits. She simply did not want to invest anything in her character. As for the lighting, I always had a ghost-green spot on me and so did Ruth in the third cast. Jimmy Burrows directed the play very well (you know that he is Abe Burrow's son) and I really had nothing to do with the lighting anyway. I would like you to know that on the summer circuit we were the only show to make real money in Syracuse, Rochester, and Mystik even though we followed very important names. I really worked very hard those five weeks, and I'm very proud of our success. And you know, dear Radie, being an old friend, you should understand that. Hope to see you soon". RADIE HARRIS (1904-2001) was a long-time entertainment journalist for the "Hollywood Reporter". She wrote her "Broadway Ballyhoo" column from 1940 to the 1990s. Harris, who was also the talent coordinator for the 1943 film, Stage Door Canteen, received a special citation of merit from the Publicists Guild of America in 1982. She had obviously reviewed Gabor's performance in a summer stock production of Blythe Spirit. A minor actress but major Hollywood celebrity, Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917-2016) was Miss Hungary in 1936. She moved to the United States just like her sisters Eva and Magda. Zsa Zsa made her film debut in Lovely to Look At in 1952, the year she gave a well-received performance in Moulin Rouge. She starred in the cult favorite Queen of Outer Space (1958) as well as other features. On television, she's best known as a frequent guest on The Hollywood Squares (1966-1975). She was a popular figure on the talk show circuit, making numerous appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Late Show with David Letterman. Known for her trademark "dahlink", she also made frequent headlines with nine marriages, politically incorrect furs, and spats with the police. Her husbands included hotelier Conrad Hilton (1942-1947), actors George Sanders (1949-1954), Jack Ryan (1976-1982), and Felipe de Alba (1983, annulled), and German Frédéric von Anhalt (1986-present), who purchased the title of Prince Frederic of Anhalt via an adoption. Lightly creased with folds, upper horizontal fold at the upper loops of the "l" of love and the "K" of Kisses. Pinhead-size stain at lower left blank margin, light stains on first page. Otherwise, fine condition.