MILDRED PIERCE Original photograph of Michael Curtiz on the set of the #149678

Description

Mildred Pierce (Original photograph of Michael Curtiz on the set of the 1945 film)
Author:
Michael Curtiz (director); James M. Cain (novel); Ranald MacDougall (screenwriter); Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth (starring)
Title:
Mildred Pierce (Original photograph of Michael Curtiz on the set of the 1945 film)
Publication:
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1945
Description:
Vintage reference photograph of director Michael Curtiz wielding a megaphone on location for an suburban exterior shot for the 1945 film. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso providing detail regarding same.
Based on James M. Cain's 1941 novel, which follows a newly divorced woman as she begins a career as a baker to provide for her family, to the shame of her spoiled, ungrateful firstborn daughter. A career-reviving role for Joan Crawford, who won an Academy Award for her performance, following her 1943 departure from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Shot on location in Glendale, Los Angeles, and Malibu, California.
7.25 x 9.25 inches. Very Good, with light dryness and cracking to the finish, and light wear to the bottom corners.
National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 860. Selby US Canon. Grant US. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir.
Seller ID:
149678
Subject:
1940s Cinema, Directors, Film Noir, Film Still Photographs, Films with Literary Sources, Mystery and Crime, On the Set, Photographs
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