High Noon (1952)
Rev. Gene Phillips Letters, 1970-2004
PAGE 6-7: Letter from Fred Zinnemann to Rev. Gene Phillips, Aug. 30, 1971.
Zinnemann continues a conversation he and Phillips had evidently had in-person about a script and/or a biographic work. Zinnemann provides comments and mentions the films The Nun’s Story (1950), From Here to Eternity (1953), High Noon (1952), Man for All Seasons (1966), and The Sundowners (1960).
PAGE 48: Letter from Fred Zinnemann to Rev. Gene Phillips, Jun. 30, 1988.
Zinnemann begins stating that he would be “delighted” to be a dedicatee in Phillips’ latest book and sharing the honor with George Cukor. He also refers to two articles from American Film magazine both titled “Dialogue on Film:” one by Carl Foreman (Apr. 1979) and the other by Stanley Kramer (Apr. or May 1973). He then says Phillips is perhaps aware of “the entire affair” about High Noon (1952) that it is “probably too late to do much about it anyway” and Zinnemann “just thought [he] would mention it.” He concludes saying he was “fascinated” by the clip from the New York Times Book Review, says he is sorry to hear about Mankiewicz, and “did not expect anything different from Sam Spiegel.”