Literature on Film.

$1,000 · Offered by Biblio

An assembled collection of 122 different promotional booklets designed and printed exclusively for sale at movie theatres in Denmark, ca. 1949-1970. Each booklet is illustrated with stills from the productions, list of credits, and a plot synopsis. These booklets were a unique form of film promotion exclusive to Scandinavia, and unlike, for example, publicity in America, these booklets were actually sold by the theaters. The films covered here are listed by the English title of the book on which each film is based— although most of these films were re-titled for the Scandinavian market. Collectively this group is a fine resource for research into Hollywood use and adaptation of literature for mass entertainment, of performance art, and of graphic design, since many of the booklets used (and changed) graphics created for the original American advertising (e.g., posters). The group includes: 1001 Nights (Arabian Nights) 1984 (Orwell); 20,000 Leagues under the Sea (Verne) 4:50 from Paddington (Christie) A Gentleman Goes to Town (Kellands) A Streetcar Named Desire (Williams). THREE versions. All the King's Men (Warren) Anna Karenina (Tolstoi) Auntie Mame (Dennis) Barabbas (Lagerkvist) Beggar's Opera, The (Gay) Best Man, The (Vidal) Big Clock, The (Fearings) Blithe Spirit (Coward) Breakfast at Tiffany's (Capote) Bridges at Toko-ri (Michener) Butterfield 8 (O'Hara) Caine Mutiny, The (Wouk) Call of the Wild [Charlton Heston version] (London) Captain Blood (Sabatini) Cavalcade (Cowar

• Year: 1949

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