George Stevens TALK OF THE TOWN Collection of seven original keybook #148848

Description

The Talk of the Town (Collection of seven original keybook photographs from the 1942 film)
Author:
George Stevens (director); Sidney Harmon (story); John Miehle (still photographer); Irwin Shaw, Sidney Buchman, Dale Van Every (screenwriter); Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman (starring)
Title:
The Talk of the Town (Collection of seven original keybook photographs from the 1942 film)
Publication:
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1942
Description:
Collection of seven vintage keybook photographs from the 1942 film. Mimeo snipe and "Approved Advertising Advisory Council Apr 21 1942 Hollywood" stamp on verso of each.
Political activist Leopold Dilg (Cary Grant) is framed when a lumber mill burns down and a man is killed. Escaping prison, he hides out in former schoolmate (and sweetheart), Nora Shelley's (Jean Arthur) house, currently being rented to the newly arrived law professor Michael Lightcap (Ronald Coleman).
Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography.
Set in fictional Lochester, New England.
8 x 11 inches, images 4.5 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine.
Complete collation details available on request.
Byrge & Miller, The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography (1934-1942).
Seller ID:
148848
Subject:
1940s Cinema, Academy Awards, Comedy, Film Still Photographs, Keybook Photographs, On the Set, Photographs, Politics, Romance, Social Justice, Radical, and Proletarian Interest
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