Joseph Jean Hecht (4 results)
More imagesGuys and Dolls (Original oversize photograph of Marlon Brando on the set of the 1955 film)
Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine (starring); Joseph L. Mankiewicz (director, screenwriter); Ben Hecht (screenwriter); Abe Burrows, Jo Swerling (book); Frank Loesser (music)
Published by Dell Publishing, N.p., 1955
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage oversize satin finish borderless photograph of actor Marlon Brando on the set of the 1955 film. Stamp of Dell Publishing on the verso, with annotations in manuscript pencil crediting photographer Peter Basch. Based on the 1950 Broadway musical, 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. From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 11 x 14 inches, with wide top and bottom margins, archivally matted in a 16 x 20 inch 8-ply white mat. Very Good plus, with a small splash on the bottom edge.
More imagesGuys and Dolls (Original photograph of Jean Simmons and Joseph L. Mankiewicz on the set of the 1955 film)
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)
Published by N.p., N.p., 1955
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage 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 Mis…s 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.
More imagesGuys and Dolls (Two original photographs taken on the set of the 1955 film)
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)
Published by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Beverly Hills, CA, 1955
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerTwo vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1955 film, one showing director Joseph L. Mankiewicz with actors Jean Simmons and Stubby Kaye and wardrobe designer Irene Sharaff, and the other showing Sharaff, Mankiewicz, and choreographer Michael Kidd. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Based on the 1950 Broadway musical, 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, one with three hole punches on the left edge.
More imagesGuys and Dolls (Four original candid photographs of Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and composer Frank Loesser from the 1955 film)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (director, screenwriter); Ben Hecht (screenwriter); Abe Burrows, Jo Swerling (book); Frank Loesser (music); Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine (starring)
Published by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Beverly Hills, CA, 1955
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFour vintage candid reference photographs from the 1955 film, showing variously, actors Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, composer Frank Loesser, and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz on the set. The first photo, double weight, shows Marlon Brando, as Skye Masterson, surreally socking one of his gangster companions in the nose. The seco…nd photo shows Brando rehearsing "Luck Be a Lady," with sheet music in hand, and with the song's composer Frank Loesser at the piano. The third photo shows Sinatra and Brando in a candid moment. The fourth photo, single weight, shows director Joseph L. Mankiewicz and dancer Carey Leverette relaxing contemplatively, Mankiewicz sitting and smoking his pipe, Leverette inside a large industrial exhaust pipe. 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 serial 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. All photos: 8 x 10 inches. Very Good to Near Fine overall, variously with a few pinholes and very shallow creasing.
