Korda, Sir Alexander, 1893-1956 (Knight, film producer and director)

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Letter from Sir Winston Churchill to Siegfried Sassoon (via Eddie Marsh), 25 June 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/9/5/15

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Typed letter from Churchill (Chartwell, Westerham, Kent) to Marsh stating that Sassoon's views that the film story of T.E. Lawrence should be dignified and accurate agreed with those of Alexander Korda. The letter was forwarded to Sassoon by Marsh, with an added note.

Dates: 25 June 1935

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Papers of Siegfried Sassoon / Correspondence / Letters to Sassoon concerning T.E. Lawrence

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Letters to Sassoon concerning T.E. Lawrence, 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/9/5

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Letters relating to Alexander Korda's proposed film based on Lawrence's desert exploits and to a proposed memorial for Lawrence. The series includes single letters by Winston Churchill (sent via Eddie Marsh), A.W. Lawrence, Florence Hardy and Colonel W.F. Stirling (who was to work with Sassoon on the script), and a telegram from Korda. It also includes six press cuttings. Originally housed in an envelope marked 'Letters etc ref. TE Lawrence & Lawrence Film' (MS Add.9852/9/5/1).

Dates: 1935

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Papers of Siegfried Sassoon / Correspondence

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Telegram from Alexander Korda to Siegfried Sassoon, 5 July 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/9/5/19

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About rescheduling a meeting.

Dates: 5 July 1935

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Papers of Siegfried Sassoon / Correspondence / Letters to Sassoon concerning T.E. Lawrence

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Korda, Sir Alexander, 1893-1956 (Knight, film producer and director)

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Sir Winston Churchill to Siegfried Sassoon (via Eddie Marsh), 25 June 1935

Letters to Sassoon concerning T.E. Lawrence, 1935

Telegram from Alexander Korda to Siegfried Sassoon, 5 July 1935

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