Maureen O'Hara: A Letter From Dudley Nichols concerning This Land is Mine Typed letter signed (Dudley Nichols), 1 p, 4to, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., stationery, Los Angeles, CA, December 4th, no year (circa 1942-1943), folded in sixths, framed, note in ink to bottom of letter: 'Written to Maureen O'Hara re: Courtroom scene / in 'This Land is Mine' - with Charles Laughton- / Produced by Dudley Nichols,' some notes to verso in pencil. Frame: 10 x 13 in Footnotes: Academy Award® winning screenwriter Dudley Nichols wrote and (without credit) produced Jean Renoir's wartime drama This Land is Mine (1943). Set in Nazi-occupied France, the film starred O'Hara and Charles Laughton; it was their last film together. In this enthusiastic letter, Nichols writes to O'Hara: 'Dear girl, I have looked for long at your face / while you lived the courtroom scenes, and I love / you very much for giving me such great pride / in humanity. In these times we need to be reassured / that there will always be in the world beautiful / faces that mirror fine hearts.' Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing