Ismail Merchant
and James Ivory
made their approach to RPJ
(whose novel The Householder they wished to film) through a telephone call from a strange woman pretending to be her mother-in-law.
Long, Robert Emmet. The Films of Merchant Ivory. Harry N. Abrams, 1991.
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Friends, Associates
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
She lived on terms of close friendship with Ivory
and with Merchant
(who died in May 2005), but also with a social circle of German expatriates, most of them refugees.
Literary responses
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
The film did well at the box-office, received enthusiastic reviews, and won three Academy Awards (including one for best screen adaptation).
Sucher, Laurie. The Fiction of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: The Politics of Passion. Macmillan, 1989.
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Long, Robert Emmet. The Films of Merchant Ivory. Harry N. Abrams, 1991.
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It received wide coverage, including a piece in People magazine, which was...
Residence
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
RPJ
moved from India to live in New York's East 50s; her film partners Ismail Merchant
and James Ivory
shared the apartment right below hers.
Long, Robert Emmet. The Films of Merchant Ivory. Harry N. Abrams, 1991.
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Crane, Ralph J. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Twayne, 1992.
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Sucher, Laurie. The Fiction of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: The Politics of Passion. Macmillan, 1989.
After this RPJ
's output of screenplays for Merchant-Ivory Productions
was steadily maintained. She collaborated with James Ivory
in the fairy-tale-style The Guru, 1969, and the intense and atmospheric Bombay Talkie, 1970. Her...
Textual Production
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Notable among RPJ
's television scripts was the four-part London Weekend Television
series adapted from Paul Scott
's The Raj Quartet in 1978; it was shown both on the wide screen and on tv, entitled...