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i cnet aidan « ot tlt gett ies a leben Rabel attle ae KR Mai atten ee a j : “e a ; a : - fam _ UNITED i. Sp "OVERNMENT Rs mee Seed a a To + Mr. erg par: : October 7, EE : [om 7 M. A. bohes Se i Lote ly ata. 7 Powe a cee, *, : 3b _ , , a oo - ons ee a OAT Us | DESILU PLAYHOUSE TELEVISION SHOW be EE" Balves Se By letter of October 3, 1986, By President wheat sila. Productions Inc.| sent the Director a copy of the script for “Lepke}' a oe ayhouse television feature which his company plans to begin photographing Jon October 16, 1959. Call ia os Arnaz. expresses the hope that the Director will like the e seript and will convey his reaction to Arnaz," REVIEWOF SCRIPT: ee oor a The acri t‘of “Lepke" was written by Adr i The script prominently features Walter Winchell who acts as narrator. The last days of Lepke'sfreedom are __ portrayed and show the brutal manner in which he directed “Murder Incorporated." Lepke's contempt for other people's lives is strikingly conveyed through scenes — [bt i gangland murders ordered by him. His cruelty toward not only his enemies but his own associates is depicted and his desertion by his criminal associates _ transmitfs the moral tone that crime does not Payee F ‘The Director is mentioned 0 on 14 of the script's 87 pages ‘and each .. reference is favorable and respectful. ‘The story relates that the Director is W agreeable to the suggestion that Walter Winchell act as go-between in the Lepke surrender but that no strings are attached and no promises are made that Lepke will receive a light Federal sentence and not be turned over to the State of New York. The perpon of the ‘Director is shown’ only as a shadow in the car waiting for 7G. ito arrive. No words are spoken by the Director according to the es yg] oy a 4 » 3H _ OBSERVATIONS: ee re, ere REC a2. IF ~ - : LE Ss ome ar os fe. 95 “Sor g 1959 ETL «, athe ‘script is an interesting forcetui one and nd treats the Director * the F avorany. ar Fee : : F246 The attached letter be sent Deai Ariaz ‘thanking n yf 4 Plateteshin ‘Beript ag D Director's attention. marie 1° _Bnclesures JRE! (3)