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Audrey Hepburn

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Audrey Hepburn

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Auction Date:2011 Nov 09 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
TLS signed “Audrey,” one onionskin page, 8.5 x 11, March 22, 1965. Letter to George Cukor, with Hepburn underlining several words within the letter. In full: “I thought youds NEVER ask. Think it over!!! I’ve been thinking about nothing else!! Of course we are going to stay with you. I was fully aware of the ‘kennel’ all along and only insincere discretion stopped me from suggesting it myself. And only the same kind of sentiment made me half heartedly write Henry for those measly reservations at the Beverly Hills Hotel. So, thank you dearest George; I am thrilled.

Mama was planning to arrive in LA on Saturday in order to get settled in before my arrival and so as not to make the trip too tiring. Is this all right? Do you think you could get your previous guests to check out by twelve noon? Myself will be appearing about tea-time on Sunday if this is convenient.

Now less important things. Your marvellous paragraphs on the mystery of the nominations are only superb and I have tucked your letter away for safe keeping along with the other precious epistles such as that from proper Hepburn and some equally adorable ones from such special people as Cathleen Nesbit and Deborah.

Am in the middle of ‘The Avengers’ so by the time I hit Cordell I shall have done all my homework and be able to bring you a full report on all my readings.

My loving thanks for the time you’ve taken and the sweet care you have devoted to setting my heart and mind at peace. With the possible exception of one Melchor Gaston Ferrer, no-one has ever quite cared that much about my emotional well-being.”

Hepburn also adds two handwritten postscripts, one at the bottom of the page, and the other along the left edge. They read, “P.S. Just found out I should be landing in L.A. at 3 p.m.—T.W.A. 009 from N.Y. on Sunday 4 April HOSANNAH!” and “P.P.S. I forgot to mention that’s 4 April 1965!!” In fine condition, with scattered black ink marks to text and borders.

As Hepburn prepared to arrive in Los Angeles for the 1964 Academy Awards, in her March 22 letter she accepted Cukor's invitation to stay with him at his Brentwood mansion since her "measly reservations at the Beverly Hills Hotel" met with her disapproval. She hints at "the mystery of the nominations”—controversy had surrounded the 1964 Academy Awards for which My Fair Lady received 12 nominations, minus one glaring omission, Hepburn herself. When Cukor cast her for the role of Eliza Doolittle instead of the unknown Julie Andrews (who immortalized the role on Broadway), the Academy bypassed Hepburn for nomination on the grounds that she failed to perform her own singing. Katharine Hepburn, the "proper Hepburn," wired her words of encouragement. Ironically, Andrews, took the Oscar home for another performance, Mary Poppins, at the 38th Academy Awards held April 5, 1965. The two rivals met for the first time that evening, and Hepburn said to Andrews, "Julie, you should have done it, but I didn’t have the guts to turn it down.” The two "Elizas" became friends that night.
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