KISS THE BOYS GOOD-BYE

by Clare. . Broun Boothe, Heywood, Clare Boothe Luce

$125 · Offered by Johnnycake Books

First edition

NY: Random House, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon copy of pre-Luce Boothe's play that followed The Women . Intended as a political allegory about Facism in America according to Heywood Broun in the forward, the comedy was short-lived but made into a film in 1941 directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Mary Martin, Don Ameche and Oscar Levant. The plot was inspired by the search for an actress to play Scarlett

• Binding: Hardcover

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