Published by Ealing Studios, London, 1947
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Vintage program for the 1947 film. With original four-color illustrations throughout by Edward Ardizzone. A scarce and very expressive piece from Ealing Studios at the height of its glory. Based on the 1839 novel by Charles Dickens. Considered one of the most Dickensian of all Dickens adaptation, with a dark mood and attention to the author's lowdown characters throughout. 10.75 x 8.5 inches. Saddle-stapled, 16 pages. Faint foxing on the page edges and rear wrapper, else about Near Fine.
Published by United Artists, Beverly Hills, CA, 1960
Photograph
One vintage studio still photograph and one vintage reference photograph from the 1959 film. Based on the 1955 play by Ray Lawler. Two sugarcane cutters have spent the past sixteen years with the same women during their annual vacation to Sydney. On the seventeenth year they arrive to find one of the women married. Set and shot on location in Sydney, Australia. 10 x 8 inches. Small chip missing at the bottom right corner of the studio still, else Near Fine.
Published by N.p., N.p., 1956
Photograph
Collection of eleven vintage reference photographs from the 1956 film. Included are five photographs of director Charles Vidor, actors Grace Kelly and Alec Guinness, and other cast and crew members on the set. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Based on the 1920 play by Ferenc Molnár, about a young princess who is caught between the man her mother wishes her to marry and her own love interest. Released the same day Grace Kelly became princess consort of Monaco. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
Five vintage reference photographs from the 1956 film, including one showing actor Alec Guinness and director Charles Vidor with a camera crew on the set. Based on the 1920 play by Ferenc Molnár, about a young princess who is caught between the man her mother wishes her to marry and her own love interest. Released the same day Grace Kelly became princess consort of Monaco. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine to Fine.