My Ten Years As a Counter Spy

Published by New York Viking Press 1959

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Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA

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First Edition, First Printing. Signed presentation copy from Boris Morros inscribed: “Pat, Hope you will enjoy this simple story. We live in a great country. Let’s make it the strongest. Sincerely, Boris. Xmas, 1958”. Laid in is a printed Christmas illustrated gift tag presenting the book from Mr. & Mrs. Morros. The book was officially published January 1, 1959. Fading to spine, else very good in bright dust with a few small tears. Boris Morros’s life was a strange tale of a man who was successfully working in Hollywood while at the same time being a spy for Russia who eventually turned and became a double agent for the FBI. Morros was a Russian born (1891) independent film producer, composer and musical director, In the U.S. from 1922. Morros, who was employed by Paramount Pictures, worked there in several capacities. Morros was the musical director for John Ford’s Stagecoach (1939), W.C. Field’s Poppy (1936), Ernst Lubitsch’s Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (1938) and dozens of other films. As a producer he created such films as The Flying Deuces (1939) with Laurel and Hardy and Second Chorus (1940) with Paulette Goddard and Fred Astaire. Morros also worked with such directors as Cecil B. DeMille, Lewis Milestone, Raoul Walsh and many others. Morros was also the music director at Paramount, where he conducted the music of such composers as George Antheil, among others. Morros was revealed as a Soviet spy (recruited in 1934 and code-named "Frost") and FBI double agent (from 1947). This book was filmed in 1960 as "Man on a String" and directed by Andre De Toth with Ernest Borgnine in the role of Morros, with actors Colleen Dewhurst, Kerwin Matthews, Gleen Corbett, Alexander Scourby, etc. …

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Title
My Ten Years As a Counter Spy
Author
MORROS, BORIS
Publisher
New York Viking Press 1959
Edition
1st Edition

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