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An Katherine H. Webb (Hutchinson)
London, 20.4.1947
Ms. o. U., ÖNB
Dear Mrs. Webb,
I am about to start on an extensive journey; so may be I had better put my house
in order.
As I think I mentioned to you before, the copyrights and subsidiary rights
in my old books published before 1941 belong to my wife, Mrs. L. F. Neumann,
under a Settlement dated 30 th May 1941. That applies, among the books re-issued
by Hutchinson’s, to BY THE WATERS 0F BABYL0N as well as to A WOMAN
SCREAMED for which you are preparing a contract. I think it will be more satisfactory
for that contract to be made out for my wife directly, and for your accountants
to let her have a separate account. Will you please advise them accordingly? […]
Am 20.4.1947 richtet RN einen zweiten Brief an Webb (ÖNB): „it occurs to me that it
has never been stated in our correspondence which part of my 15% commission of
the profits of HUTCHINSON INTERNATIONAL AUTHORS is to be regarded as a cover
for my Expenses and which part as Profit Pending more detailed accounts, which it
might take me some time to produce, please regard the agreed minimum of 500
pounds as Expenses and what there may be due to me over and above that figure as
Profits.“ – Siehe dazu den Brief von Katherine Webb vom 20.10.1944.
[Von Charlie Chaplin] [?]
London, 22.5.1947
Telegramm an RN (Orbey, France, Hotel Lac-Blanc), ÖNB
Life begins at fifty
Chaplin
Das Telegramm ist mutmaßlich als freundliche Mystifikation zu bewerten.
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