Re: Karajan's Bata film contract?

[Robert Clements <clemensr@mailhost.world.net>]

Junichi Miyazawa wrote:
> 
> It's me, Junichi.  A self-response:
> 
> Just the same as other GG letters in those days,
> the mail to Paul Myers might have been
> dictated by telephone.
> 
> If it was, what about reading it as
> "Karajan's *barter* film contract".
> Does it make sense?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Junichi

Since i don't know of any _Bata Studios_ to explain away the reference, 
it's possible... barter deals - more commonly known as _contra deals_ - 
aren't exactly unheard of in the film industry.

The only question i would have is: what could Herbie possibly offer GG at 
that time? GG had well & truly given up touring by this stage, so it 
couldn't have been European concert dates & i can't really see the old 
Nazi stooping to leading the orchestra in a GG concerto disc (with or 
without the complication that GG was a CBS artist & HvK was on DG).

The only thing i could possibly think of was that GG was planning a (TV?) 
project; & was hoping that Herbie would reciprocate the appearance. 
Possible, i guess - HvK once made himself up as a rather Ayran-looking 
Mexican bandit to appear on film (he was as obsessed with his image as 
any Hollywood starlet) - but it doesn't seem an obvious casting for any 
GG project....

All the best,


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