Francis Coppola to Marlon Brando
During the shooting of 'Apocalypse Now', director Francis Ford Coppola wrote the following letter to actor Marlon Brando. With apology, Coppola mentions that he has been incommunicado because he was re-writing Brando's character
Albert Einstein to FDR
The letter from expelled German scientist Albert Einstein to Franklin D Roosevelt, is said to be one of the letters that opened the nuclear arms race.
Frank Lloyd Wright to Aline Saarinen
Fifteen years after he began designing what has since become a cultural icon, Frank Lloyd Wright sent the following written plea to Aline Saarinen; associate art critic at the New York Times and wife of fellow renowned architect, Eero Saarinen. Construction of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum was nearing completion but Wright was understandably at the end of his tether due to creative differences with the museum's director, James Sweeney.
Howard Huges to William Durkin
On December 23, 1946, five months after the plane crash that almost killed him, world-famous aviator and movie producer Howard Hughes wrote the following heartfelt letter of thanks to the man who saved his life
David Attenborough to BBC
Between the years of 1954 and 1963, in what was his first major presenting job at the BBC, David Attenborough fronted Zoo Quest, a documentary series that saw him traipse around the globe in search of various animals.
Abraham Lincoln to Horace Greeley
During the heart of the Civil War, Horace Greeley, the editor of the influential New York Tribune, addressed an editorial to Lincoln implying that Lincoln's administration lacked direction and resolve
Tito to Macedonian Comrades
Josip Tito rose from modest origins to lead his restless and deeply divided homeland for over four decades. Unaccompanied among Eastern-Bloc leaders, he declined to bow to Stalin's every caprice,
Sonny Rollins to Coleman Hawkins
Your recent performance at the 'Village Gate' was magnificent!! Quite aside from the fact that you have maintained a position of dominance and leadership in the highly competitive field of 'Jazz'
David Koresh to his Lawyer
As far as our progress is concerned, here is where we stand: I have related two messages, from God, to the F.B.I.; one of which concerns present danger to people here in Waco.
Otis L. Guernsey to Alfred Hitchcock
Late theatre critic and arts editor Otis L. Guernsey wrote the following letter to Alfred Hitchcock in 1957. In it, he effectively handed over the rights of a movie idea he had already suggested to the director
Bill Chapin to his Love
Letters between soldiers and their loved ones form a natural library of first person and eye witness accounts of war. They are an excellent written record with precise dates covering
Vincent Gogh to Albert Aurier
In January of 1890, six months before his death, a lengthy review of Vincent van Gogh's work appeared in the highly influential French gazette, Mercure de France.
K D Nichols to J R Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer led the scientific efforts which produced the first atomic bomb for the United States, in 1945. Despite his brilliant achievements at the Manhattan Project
David Bowie to his first fan
In September of 1967, aged 20 and yet to make much of an impression on the music scene, British singer-performer David Bowie was so enthused to receive his first American fan letter that he immediately typed
Anne Bronte to Reverend Thom
In 1848, the Reverend David Thom of Liverpool wrote to Anne and complimented her and her sisters on their extremely gratifying novels; but in particular, he extolled Anne's furtherance of the philosophy of 'Universal Salvation'.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
