Max Catto Novel (7 results)

Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1955 film, one showing actors Mai Zetterling and Nigel Patrick, the other showing Zetterling alone. Based on the 1953 novel by Max Catto. A US sergeant aids a German woman in smuggling a group of orphans out of the country to Brazil in order for the children to start life anew. Set in post-WWII Berlin, shot on location in London and Berlin. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine, lightly creased to the bottom left corner. Grant US. Lee, The Heist Film. Spicer US.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1961 film. Based on the 1958 novel by Max Catto. A precursor to the popular disaster films of the 1970s, about a volcanic eruption on a small island in French Polynesia, Set on the fictional island of Talua, shot on location in Maui, Hawaii, and in Fallbrook, California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good, with old cello tape at the corners. …

Vintage reference photograph from the 1956 film, showing actress Gina Lollobrigida. Based on Max Catto's 1950 novel "The Killing Frost." An aspiring trapeze artist convinces a former aerialist-unable to perform after a fall-to teach him the deadly triple somersault. All is well until the arrival of a manipulative, seductive acrobat, capturing the hearts of both men. Shot on location in France. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine.…

Two vintage photographs from the set of the 1957 film, one showing actors Rita Hayworth and Jack Lemmon relaxing between takes, the other showing Hayworth and actor Robert Mitchum waiting while the camera crew sets up on a boat. Mimeo snipe to the verso of the second photograph. Based on the 1954 novel by Max Catto, about two smugglers whose partnership is tested when they agree to transport an undocumented woman to a Caribbean island. Photographs 5 x 7 and 8 x 10 inches. Light curling and faint diagonal creasing to the corners. Very Good plus.…

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film, showing director Ronald Neame talking to actor Robert Mitchum between takes. Based on the 1961 novel by Max Catto, about a con artist who finds himself the subject of religious fervor in a small African village after he is found injured and unconscious in the reeds on the banks of a river. Shot on location in Kenya, at Lake Naivasha and the Amboseli National Park. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film, showing actress Carroll Baker laughing in a makeshift bath on the set. Based on the 1961 novel by Max Catto, about a con artist who finds himself the subject of religious fervor in a small African village after he is found injured and unconscious in the reeds on the banks of a river. Shot on location in Kenya, at Lake Naivasha and the Amboseli National Park. 9.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine.…

Two vintage reference photographs from the 1957 film, both showing actress Rita Hayworth dancing, surrounded by extras clad in Trinidadian costume. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, and both with agency stamps on the versos. Based on the 1954 novel by Max Catto, about two smugglers whose partnership is tested when they agree to transport an undocumented woman to a Caribbean island (who turns out to be Rita Hayworth). 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly age toned.…