DAVIS BETTE: (1908-1989) American actress, Academy Award winner. A.L.S., Bette, four pages, 8vo, New York City, n.d., to Stanley Woodward. Davis writes a largely social letter to her friend, explaining that a mutual acquaintance had seen Woodward recently, ´and that means only one thing, that you´re back from your trip - and looking very beaming - so I surmise you had a very jolly time - for a change´, further stating ´You asked me if I´d write you and remind you about the etching for Marie - and so I am.....its such a grand idea for a wedding present - So any time you have a little extra time - just send it along and I´ll have it framed, and Marie will have a present from the Davis´s and Woodwards, mostly the Woodwards´, also enquiring as to how Woodward´s family are, before concluding by remarking ´Can´t wait to get back to Newton and see you all again . it certainly was grand to see you for as short a time as I did´. Some very light, extremely minimal age wear, VG

Stanley Woodward (1890-1970) American artist, a lifelong friend of Bette Davis. The actress had been a neighbour to Woodward and his wife in Newton, Massachusetts, since 1926, shortly after Davis had graduated from high school.