frederic wakeman novel (4 risultati)

Condizione: Very Good. Black and white press photograph, promotional device resembling lobby card. 8'' x 10''. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. CINEMA [Front of House Press Photograph].

Condizione: Very Good. Black and white press photograph, promotional device resembling lobby card. 8'' x 10''. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. CINEMA [Front of House Press Photograph].

Revised Final script for the 1957 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. Eight reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films, including "Mildred Pierce" (1945), "Humoresque" (1946), "Key Largo" (1948), and "Flamingo Road" (1949). In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox, and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Peyton Place" (1957), and "Sons and Lovers" (1960). Based on the 1945 Broadway play by Luther Davis, in turn based on Frederic Wakeman's 1944 novel "Shore Leave." Three Naval pilots on a four-day leave in San Francisco attempt to ignore the distant call of war, instead drinking, dancing, and seducing local women. Set and shot on location in San Francisco. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present, dated April 5, 1957, noted as Revised Final, with credits for screenwriter Julius Epstein, director Stanley Donen, novelist Frederic Wakeman, and playwright Luther Davis. 158 leaves, with last page of text numbered 143. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 4/25/57 and 5/3/57. Pages Near Fine, binding Near Fine.

Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1947 film, showing actors Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr, Gloria Holden, and Adolphe Menjou sitting around a nightclub table, with director Jack Conway and two crew members in the foreground. With a mimeo snipe on the verso and manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout. Based on the 1946 novel. A World War II veteran wants to return to his former life as an advertising executive, but finds the business world has changed while he was away. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, with light edgewear.