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VIALE BRUNO BUOZZI, 59 - TEL. 875.388 ROMA JULIA FILM S.P.A. 10/25/59 RE. PICTURE ''WORLD BY NIGHT" DEAR MR. ENTRATTER, BEFORE LEAVING LAS VEGAS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS. IN THE MEANTIME, I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED TO FILM HERE IN LAS VEGAS WHEN WE ARRIVE NOVEMBER THE 27th. 1. SOME SHOTS OF THE SANDS CASINO FULL OF PEOPLE GAMBLING. WE WILL DISCUSS TOGETHER WITH YOU AND AL FREEMAN WHICH WILL BE THE BEST TIME AND THE BEST WAY TO FILM INSIDE THE CASINO AND FOLLOW YOUR SUGGESTIONS. 2. DOWNTOWN: ONE SHOT AT NIGHT WITH THE CAMERAS TRAVELING ALONG THE PAVEMENT DIRECTED TOWARDS THE WINDOWS OF THE "LAS VEGAS CLUB" WITH PEOPLE GAMBLING AT THOSE SLOT MACHINES BUILT AS COW-BOYS. WE MIGHT AFTERWARDS GET INSIDE FOR A FEW CLOSE-UP SHOTS. SAME THING FOR EITHER THE "PIONEER" OR THE "NEVADA CLUB". 3. VARIOUS SHOTS DRIVING DOWN THE STRIP WITH THE CAMERA ON A TRUCK FILMING ALL THE MOST BRILLIANT AND FAMOUS NEON LIGHTS. ON TOP OF THAT THERE ARE TWO MORE THINGS THAT WE MIGHT BE SHOOTING HERE. FIRST ONE IS THE FILMING OF A^BMUXjm^gllJEE&SEK CALLED PRINCESS'.E0?╤?·T17E ARE NOW DEALING WITH. IN THIS CASE, WE WOULD ? PROBABLY ASK YOU THE AUTHORIZATION TO FILM HEROILmL?·OgiSEJ)F . THF. SANDS LOUNGE WHERE THE ORCHESTRA PLAYS WITH PEOPLE LOOKING ON * AT HER SITTING AT THE BAR. WE WOULD ONLY USE A SMALL PART OF THE LOUNGE, AND AS USUAL, WE WOULD AGREE WITH YOU AND AL FOR THE BEST WAY AND TIME TO SHOOT IN THERE. SECOND THING IS QNE.?╟?IMPOJTMT,,,STM* * A BIG NAME, WE WANT TO PLACE IN L&S VMS JOT MORE EXACTLY ON THE ^ SANDS STAGE. IT MIGHT BE DEAN MARTIN OR SOMEBODY ELSE. AFTER ^ HAVING SPOKEN TO AL FREEMAN, WE DECIDED IT WOULD BE BETTER TO WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT FOR THE DECISION, SO AS NOT TO GET INVOLVED INTO BIG TROUBLES WITH AGENTS AND DATES AND SO ON. ANYHOW, MR. AEVOVTTI OR I WILL ARRIVE HERE SOME DAYS AHEAD JUST TO BE SURE THAT <y ^EVERYTHING NEEDED WILL BE READY FOR NOVEMBER THE 27th, WE WILL / ?╟÷BE NEEDING for a period of abqutjjne week eight, ,dquble.ROOMS AMBl * < EIGHT SINGLE ONES. DO YOU TOINK IT WliX M lJbSSIBLE TO BOOK AT THE SANDST^TT^THIIIlS ANYTHING URGENT YOU WANT ME TO KNOW YOU CAN ALWAYS WIRE ME AT THE ITALIAN ADDRESS, OR, FROM NOVEMBER FIRST, GET IN TOUCH WITH MY ASSISTANT LUCIANO ERCOLI. WHO WILL BE LIVING AT THE BAEBIZQ2L Pf.A7,A HOTEL IN NEW YORK. TOfXNG TO HEAR FROM YOU, ONCE AGAIN RECEIVE MY BEST THANKS AND FRIENDLIEST REGARDS. YOURS, JULIA FILM S.P.A IL PROCURATQRE FRANCESCO MAZZEI