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Document 56946

HELEN KELLER
Thanking the producer of her film biography and the actress who narrated the documentary.
Comprises: (1) TLS: "Helen Keller" in pencil, 1p, 7¼x10½. Westport, Conn., 1953 October 11. To Nancy Hamilton, New York City, New York. In full: "You and Katharine are angels!. As Polly and I read your letter, the blush was transferred from your dear face to our cheeks.. What have we done that we should receive such gifts in a monetary form from you -- and the documentary film not yet made public? We thank you both for the cheques, but still more for the precious friendship that puts a sweetness into our lives.. What pleasure, and what a treat we have in store for us tonight, watching Margot Fonteyn's marvellous display of spiritual power and beauty of motion! With our big love folded in this wee note, I am, Affectionately your friend." Lightly creased in top blank margin. Fine condition. (2) Original typed envelope. Fine condition. (3) Printed Invitation, unsigned. For "the World Première/of/'THE UNCONQUERED'/HELEN KELLER IN HER STORY/A Film Biography/as told by/KATHARINE CORNELL/on/Tuesday Evening, June 15th, 1954/at/8:45 P.M./THE GUILD THEATRE" in New York. 4p, 6x9. Horizontal fold, stain in blank area on front cover and on blank back cover, else fine. Helen Keller's film biography, produced by NANCY HAMILTON and narrated by KATHARINE CORNELL, actually premiered on May 7, 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama on the same day that her home, "Ivy Green" in Tuscumbia, was made a permanent shrine to the blind and deaf mute who touched the world. The film, renamed Helen Keller in Her Story, won a 1955 Oscar for best feature length documentary. POLLY THOMPSON, a Scotswoman who had joined Keller's household in 1914, served as her devoted nurse-companion until her death in 1960. Three items.

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