Word: traven
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Traven Mystery...
...John Huston says that he "was pretty certain" that I was Traven himself [the author of the novel], which would mean that he had "hired" Traven for $100 (not $150 as he says) a week, that same Traven who a few months earlier had been offered between $750 and $1,000 a week...
...John Huston allows your correspondent to write: "Many of Traven's suggestions for the movie treatment were so intelligent and knowledgeable (a terrible word) that Huston was fascinated, and wanted to meet him.". . . How, then, is it that Mr. John Huston can say that he "was pretty certain" that I was Traven, when at one instant he says that Traven's suggestions fascinated him and with the same breath he declares "Groves made no worthwhile suggestions." Who is who now, and what is what...
...Says Producer John Huston: "On my recommendation, an offer was made to Traven some years ago to collaborate with me on the script of Treasure and Traven accepted. [But he insisted] that he would have to come northward to Hollywood in stages, acclimatizing himself latitude by latitude, and that that would take months, so negotiations were abandoned...
...Personally, I would deplore any definite proof that Groves and Traven are one. Traven has worked very hard at being mysterious ... in a world where too much is known about too many...