An amusing typed letter signed from the great songwriter to his friend, the actor Monty Woolley. December 18, 1936. Porter writes to send Woolley money for a new suit: "If you can't get anything magnificent for $100, let me know I will supply the deficit." He adds affectionately, "It was very nice to get your drunken telegram this morning and to realize that you haven't improved in the least," going on to report on the weather, his work on the film Rosalie, and his plans for Christmas: "It's going to be one of those evenings where everybody gives a present to everybody else and it's going to cost us all a hell of a lot of money by the time they get out of the house." He signs, "Cole." 1 p. Folding creases, some very light wrinkling and toning; overall fine. 8.5 x 11 inches (21.6 x 28 cm).

Rosalie, an MGM film adaptation of the 1928 stage musical of the same name, was released in December 1937. The film follows the story of the musical, but replaces most of the Broadway score with new songs by Cole Porter. The story involves the romantic entanglements of a princess in disguise and a West Point cadet.