Cole Porter TLS regarding MGM's "The Cole Porter Cavalcade"

A typed letter signed by American songwriter and composer Cole Porter (1891-1964). 2ppm measuring 7.25" x 10.75", Los Angeles, dated September 19, 1953. On watermarked cream stationery, signed "Cole." Porter wrote New York theater producer Cy Feuer (1911-2006) from his home in Los Angeles on September 19, 1953. He enclosed "the list of tunes which Metro intends to use for my Cavalcade picture". Handwritten "File" in upper left corner in an unknown hand. In near fine condition, with expected paper folds. Isolated minor wear to corners and edges. Boldly signed.

The "Cavalcade picture" referred to Metro Goldwyn Meyer's upcoming musical biopic "The Cole Porter Cavalcade". Musical comedy duo Betty Comden (1917-2006) and Adolph Green (1915-2002) eventually wrote the script. Porter's list, which reads like a resume, featured fifteen of his greatest Broadway sensations: "What is This Thing Called Love, Night and Day, I Get a Kick Out of You, Begin the Beguine, Ridin' High, My Heart Belongs to Daddy, Friendship, Don't Fence Me In, Blow, Gabriel, Blow, Why Shouldn’t I? You do Something to Me, Let's Do It, Katy Went to Haiti, De Lovely, and Just One of Those Things." As this list demonstrates, Porter's musical output was prolific during the late 1920s and 1930s. He averaged between one to three smashes almost every year between 1928 and 1939, with some hits appearing in the same musical.

Cole Porter was a classically trained musician who composed music and lyrics for Broadway and Hollywood alike. His Broadway career peaked in the 1930s, with the aberration of Kiss Me, Kate in 1948, but Porter continued composing movie scores well into the late 1950s. Cy Feuer and his partner Ernest H. Martin (1919-1995) were theatrical producers. Their biggest successes were Guys and Dolls (1950) and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961).

This item comes with a Certificate from John Reznikoff, a premier authenticator for both major 3rd party authentication services, PSA and JSA (James Spence Authentications), as well as numerous auction houses.

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