Jan van der Vliet shares a note he got from Olivia deHavilland’s secretary back in 2010 when he was going to Paris on a trip and thought: why not write to Olivia and see if he could stop by … knowing his chance were slim to none she would say yes, he wrote a nice letter and received this reply:
Thanks for sharing, Jan!
— David DeWitt
The Real Person!
September 10, 2019 at 9:44 am
Thanks for daring, Jan!
The Real Person!
September 12, 2019 at 5:13 pm
Wouldn’t it be grand talking to the great Olivia about Errol? Would be the highlight of my life!
Tim
September 12, 2019 at 10:25 pm
Here’s hearing from you, Don Jan.
Congratulations, you’ll always have this letter from Paris.
Emily’s now a full-fledged veterinarian in Colorado, in case you’re ever going West, Jan Man.
Dame de Havilland has been in vogue for many years, of course, but here’s a specific instance of her being in Vogue in the early Sixties, speaking, often “pince-sans-rire” (those French have a word for everything) of her life in Paris. Maybe you can memorize her all her humorous observations of France for if you do ever meet her, Jan!
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Tim
September 13, 2019 at 4:25 am
Well, Don Jan, you’ll always have (the envelope and letter from) Paris:
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