| Description | The file contains: postcards and letters from: Mary Riley; Leslie Hardcastle; David Hannay, Ray Milne; Simon Relph; Kevin Brownlow, Charles Rees, Victor Thompson, David Gothard (some undated, some authors unidentified). A fan letter from a young girl after seeing Bill Douglas in Granada's 1961 production of ''The Younger Generation'; Christmas card from neighbour Sonia Shea; postcards from John Kobal and Peter Hall; postcard from Chris Hale mentions contacting BBC and Channel Four Visions show; Fred from The Cinema Bookshop; letter from Homi Hormasji (might have been at film school with Bill Douglas); invitation to Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Production Programme into Europe (1990); correspondence from and to Juilet McKoen; letter from actor Bill Russell discusses published script of 'Comrades' (1991); Christmas card from Slovenian director, Tony Frelih; letter from Molly Newton to Bill Douglas; letter and Christmas card from author Charles Palliser (1989); postcard from fan after watching Bill Douglas on "The Younger Generation"; card to Douglas from Anthony (unknown surname) discussing Truffaut and Dickens; Invitation to MGM Gala Premiere of 'Red Dust' (1980) with the Prince of Wales in attendance; postcard from Rashid (aspiring filmmaker); note after telephone call from Minnie Douglas; misc contact details; Yvonne and Homi Hormasji (aspiring filmmaker); Note to Peter from Anne Bartholomew; letter from Peter to Simon Crocker (1992); letter from Doug Buckley to Peter Jewell; postcard from Bill Douglas to Arthur Christheld where he talks about his 'big TV break' on 'The Younger Generation'; letter from Dannis (surname unknown) re: book on Charles Dickens; letter and cards to Peter Jewell from Claude Whatham; Michael Posner; advert for friend, Michael Upton, exhibition given along with newspaper clipping telling of his son (Byron Upton's) death; address details for Anna Searle (dated February 1981); address details to Bill Douglas from Monika Stritzl; business card from Yehunda Stav (journalist, Israel); business card from Shunyata filmmaker; Christmas card from Bill Barnes includes photograph of Peter Jewell. Letters from the 1980s from Murray Melvin; Letters from Mick Audsley in 1980-1; Correspondence with director Anthony Page, in particular regarding his documentary on Rudolf Nureyev, with a draft of a letter to Nuryev from Douglas; Eric Rhode; from the USA Randy Thomas, Ruth Rovner and Priscilla Moritz; John Kobal; Ian Knox; Richard Tanner, with a story he wrote in 'Esquire' magazine on being an extra in Woody Allen's 'Stardust Memories';members of the public with story ideas.
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| AdminHistory | Bill Douglas kept in contact with numerous friends, colleagues and peers throughout his life. |