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Collectible Ephemera

Letterheads suggest privileged access to the companies and people whose names are printed, and sometimes embossed, at the tops of these single sheets of paper. For businesses, they function as official, if not legally binding, documents, lending authenticity to whatever has been handwritten or typed below.  --

Here we have a item kept safely for years in a file with like material, all regarding the need for sound effects in the 1960s. Unfortunately the previous owner, a wonderful and talented musician, teacher, band leader, writer and more, had the hardest time finding the sound of a Buffalo stampede for a theatrical play she wrote. Famous in her own right, Betty Masoner kept this file, including the play she wrote with multiple letters asking for help with this.

This is the letterhead showing the response from the Sound Director at Disney and signed by Robert O. Cook, (1903 – 1995), finally finding direction to the sound effects she was after. Mr. Cook was an American sound engineer. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Sound Recording. He worked on nearly 100 films between 1946 and 1977. Some of his work ... The Parent Trap (1961), Bon Voyage! (1962) and Mary Poppins (1964). and more.

(Another letterhead from Cinesound is listed)

The letter measures 11 by 8.5 inches. Is in very nice condition. Slight fold marks due to mailing, Right edge shows very minor soft edge wear to lower right corner and mid top When held to the light, Walt Disney Production can be seen. . It shows the letterhead at the time for Walt Disney Productions 500 So. Buena Vista St. Burbank, California - Cable Address Disney. .Dated April 7, 1967.  Please see photos for condition and email with any questions.