Robert Rossen ISLAND IN THE SUN Original photograph of Dorothy #151318

Description

Island in the Sun (Original photograph of Dorothy Dandridge from the 1957 film)
Author:
Robert Rossen (director); Alec Waugh (novel); Alfred Hayes (screenwriter); James Mason, Harry Belafonte, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Joan Collins (starring)
Title:
Island in the Sun (Original photograph of Dorothy Dandridge from the 1957 film)
Publication:
N.p. N.p., Circa 1957
Description:
Vintage reference photograph taken during filming on location for the 1957 film, showing actress Dorothy Dandridge dancing the limbo, supported by actor Stephen Boyd, at the island of Grenada's annual limbo contest.
Based on the 1955 novel by Alec Waugh. A white plantation owner's son on the fictional Caribbean island of Santa Marta competes with a young Black labor politician for political office. Controversial upon release for its frank discussion of race relations, and for its portrayal of several interracial relationships.
Shot on Grenada and Barbados.
8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly edgeworn.
Seller ID:
151318
Subject:
1950s Cinema, African-American Interest, Film Still Photographs, Films with Literary Sources, Mystery and Crime, Photographs, Romance
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Baltimore, MD
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