Day nineteen of our daily readings from “Dear Los Angeles,” a collection of letters and diary entries from 1542 to 2018, while all of us quarantine in 2020.
Today’s entry from 1925 is from a letter written by Valeria Belletti. She wrote many letters during her time as Samuel Goldwyn’s secretary, and would’ve remained unknown if not for being published by Cari Beauchamp (who’s book this excerpt is taken from). She mentions encounters with several notable names, and we’ve included their photos below.
We love you, Los Angeles!
Valeria Belletti was rescued from obscurity by Cari Beauchamp
Samuel Goldwyn
William Randolph Hearst
Vilma Banky
Anton Grot