Vintage original 7.25 x 10.25 in. letterhead featuring correspondence from motion picture screenwriter and producer of films and radio programs, JERRY WALD, to fellow screenwriter and columnist, JIMMY STAR.
Dated January 9, 1932 and typewritten on stationery from The Park Central hotel in New York City, he provides details of various happenings regarding Paul Whiteman, Peggy Healey, Con Conrad, Kate Smith, Dixie Lee and Bing Crosby, as well as others. This letter was signed by Jerry Wald in pencil ("Cordially - Jerry Wald") and is in fine+ condition.
Jerome Irving Wald (September 16, 1911 – July 13, 1962) was an American screenwriter and a producer of films and radio programs. He began writing a radio column for the New York Evening Graphic, while studying journalism at New York University. This led to him producing several Rambling 'Round Radio Row featurettes for Vitaphone, Warner Brothers' short subject division (1932–33). Wald's first feature credit was for the Warners movie Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934); he provided the story along with Paul Finder Moss at Warners. Wald provided the story (along with Philip Epstein) for Universal's Gift of Gab (1934). Wald then signed with Warners, where would be based for many years. He worked on the script for Maybe It's Love (1935) and the Rudy Valee musical, Sweet Music (1935).
Jimmy Starr (3 February 1904 – August 13, 1990) was an American screenwriter and columnist. Starr worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood during the 1930s. From the 1940s he worked as a film writer and columnist, providing reviews and insights into the film world, and made occasional appearances in cameo roles in film. His novel, "The Corpse Came C.O.D.," was made into a 1947 film. After retirement from the Hollywood scene, Starr moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where he worked for many years as Director of Advertising and Public Relations for Ramada Inn, which was then headquartered in Phoenix. He gave many of his personal papers and photographs to Arizona State University in the 1970s.