Guys and Dolls (Original photograph of Jean Simmons and Joseph L. Mankiewicz on the set of the 1955 film)
by Joseph L. Mankiewicz (director, screenwriter); Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine (starring); Ben Hecht (screenwriter); Abe Burrows, Jo Swerling (book); Frank Loesser (music)
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About This Item
N.p.: N.p., 1955. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1955 film, showing director Joseph L. Mankiewicz handing a cup of coffee to actress Jean Simmons. Provenance label on the verso, along with manuscript ink annotations.
Based on the 1950 Broadway musical, which was in turn based on Damon Runyon's short stories "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure." A gambler wins a bet that he can get a Christian missionary to travel with him to Havana, where the pair begin to fall for each other. Nominated for four Academy Awards.
Set in New York and Havana.
10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
Based on the 1950 Broadway musical, which was in turn based on Damon Runyon's short stories "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure." A gambler wins a bet that he can get a Christian missionary to travel with him to Havana, where the pair begin to fall for each other. Nominated for four Academy Awards.
Set in New York and Havana.
10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
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- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc. (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 154966
- Title
- Guys and Dolls (Original photograph of Jean Simmons and Joseph L. Mankiewicz on the set of the 1955 film)
- Author
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz (director, screenwriter); Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine (starring); Ben Hecht (screenwriter); Abe Burrows, Jo Swerling (book); Frank Loesser (music)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- N.p.
- Place of Publication
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- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Film Still Photographs | Photographs | 1950s Cinema | Film Musicals | Musical | Comedy | Romance | Films Based on Plays | Gambling | Con Men, Grifters, and Hustlers | On the Set | Directors | Actors
- Bookseller catalogs
- Film Still Photographs; Comedy; Gambling; Photographs; On the Set;
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