Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1949/February/14 (#01)

Series:    

Type:  transcript - Transcript copy of a letter, i.e., re-typed or re-written after orignal and often by another person. Often typed version of a holograph orignal.

To/From:   from DeMille, Cecil B. / to Maurice O'Connor 

# of pages:  1

Published in:  

First Lines:  "Thank you for your letter of January 26th which I have delayed answering only because I wanted"

Contents:  [see "Fox, James" Series 24 for original letter from DeMille to Fr. Maurice O'Connor, Church of Saint Margaret Mary, Duluth, MN] reason why he does not feel there would be "wide popular appeal" for a movie made of The Seven Storey Mountain / O'Connor's comparison of people in modern society to Samson - DeMille's upcoming Samson and Delilah

Language:  English

Source or donor:  Gethsemani Abbey Archives

Date received:  2013/12/01

Date added:  2018

Unique identifier:  Section A- "DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959:"    1949/February/14 (#01)