KATHRYN FORBES

Typed letter, 2 pages, June 13, 1947, Burlingame, California

to producer Harriet Parsons ** in Los Angeles

Together with stamped "Special Delivery" envelope

Signed: "Kathryn"

During the filming of her book "I Remember Mama" Forbes agrees to some changes

 to the script including changing Steiner Street to Larkin Street. She comments on

 screenwriter DeWitt Bodeen, authors Edwin Corle and John Van Druten.

 

Condition: very good

**  Harriet Parsons (1906-1983) was an American film producer, director and

magazine writer. Daughter of famed gossip columnist Louella Parsons.

Kathryn McLean (born Anderson) was best known by her pen name Kathryn Forbes. She was an

 American writer and memoirist. Her best-known work: "Mama's Bank Account" was published 

in 1943. It was the basis for John Van Druten's 1944 play I Remember Mama. The 1948 film version 

of the play starred Irene Dunne as Mama and Barbara Bel Geddes as her daughter. 

Born: 1908, San Francisco, California; died: 1966, San Francisco, California.