Phil Carey Anita Ekberg SCREAMING MIMI Collection of four original 1957 #148749

Description

Screaming Mimi (Collection of four original photographs from the 1958 film)
Author:
Anita Ekberg, Phil Carey, Gypsy Rose Lee, and Harry Townes (starring); Fredric Brown [Frederic, Frederick] (novel); Gerd Oswald (director); Robert Blees (screenwriter)
Title:
Screaming Mimi (Collection of four original photographs from the 1958 film)
Publication:
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1957
Description:
Collection of four vintage photographs from the 1958 film. Mimeo snipe and Columbia Pictures copyright stamp with credit for photographer Van Pelt on verso of all photographs.
One of the weirdest and most wonderful of the Columbia B-noirs, and a very faithful adaptation of Fredric Brown's byzantine 1949 novel, with Anita Ekberg (pre-"La Dolce Vita") put to good use as a dancing siren, and the Red Norvo Trio performing icy strains of modern jazz both live and on the soundtrack.
8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
Lyons US. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Grant US.
Seller ID:
148749
Subject:
1950s Cinema, Film Noir, Film Still Photographs, Jazz and Blues, Music, Mystery and Crime, Photographs
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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