BENJAMIN THAU Typed letter, 1 page, on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures letterhead Culver City, California, July 18, 1947 to director George Cukor Signed: "Benjamin Thau" Cukor is to receive directorial credit for film Woman of My Own. Together with envelope addressed to George Cukor at 9166 Cordell Drive, Hollywood 46, California pictorial MGM address, upper left; Special Delivery, stamped Registered with three cancelled stamps (Scott #804, 811, 825) On verso: postmarked Los Angeles, Calif., July 18, 1947, Metropolitan Sta. Condition: very good Benjamin Thau (aka Benny, Ben) was an American businessman who became an MGM casting director and in 1956 replaced Dory Schary as head of the studio for a short time, before being replaced by Sol C. Siegel in 1958. Thau had an intimate affair with actress Greer Garson during his early years at MGM. Born: 1898; died: 1983, Los Angeles, California. |
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