Ronald Neame MAN WHO NEVER WAS Original photograph of Gloria Grahame #145939

Description

The Man Who Never Was (Original photograph of Gloria Grahame from the set of the 1956 film)
Author:
Ronald Neame (director); Ewan Montagu (novel); Ricky Smith (still photographer); Nigel Balchin (screenwriter); Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Robert Flemyng (starring)
Title:
The Man Who Never Was (Original photograph of Gloria Grahame from the set of the 1956 film)
Publication:
N.p. Sumar Productions, 1956
Description:
Vintage studio photograph of Gloria Grahame on location, from the 1956 film. Mimeo snipe and French 20th Century Fox Stamp on verso.
Based on Ewen Montagu's 1954 book, based on a true story about a British attempt to trick their German enemies, using the name and credentials of a dead man as bait. The real intelligence plan was called "Operation Mincemeat," and was devised to deceive the Axis powers into thinking "Operation Husky," an invasion of Sicily, would take place elsewhere.
8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light creases.
Seller ID:
145939
Subject:
1950s Cinema, Actors, British Cinema, Cannes Film Festival, Film Still Photographs, Films with Literary Sources, On the Set, Photographs, War Film, World War II
Royal Books
Baltimore, MD
Royal Books is located in the midtown area of Baltimore, Maryland. Since 1996, we have specialized in rare books and paper relating to twentieth century literature, genre fiction, the arts, and popular culture, with a particular emphasis on cinema.
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