The Pride and the Passion (UA, 1957), Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, and Sophia Loren 8" x 10" Key Set Phot...

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The Pride and the Passion (UA, 1957), Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, and Sophia Loren 8" x 10" Key Set Photographs (50+), Contact Prints (30+), and 4" x 5" camera negatives (30+) by Ken Danvers. Vintage gelatin silver glossy 8" x 10" key set photographs (50+) and 4" x 5" camera negatives (30+) on Kodak safety film in original glassine sleeves with glossy 8" x 10" (2) and 4" x 5" contact prints (30+) of Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, and Sophia Loren in The Pride and the Passion by Ken Danvers, with key set number in ink on the recto, PHOTO BY / Ken Danvers credit and Stanley Kramer Films wet stamps with print number in ink on the verso. Comes with a COA from Heritage Auctions.

More Information: Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, The Pride and the Passion dramatized Napoleon's 1810 campaign in Spain, built around the epic spectacle of a massive cannon hauled across the country by Spanish guerrillas and British forces. Though unevenly received, the picture was a milestone in Hollywood's embrace of widescreen historical epics in the 1950s and is remembered today for its remarkable cast: Grant as the British officer, Sinatra as the Spanish insurgent leader, and Loren in her first English-language starring role. Behind-the-scenes tensions and the much-publicized romantic entanglement between Loren and Grant added to the production's notoriety. Key set photographs and original negatives, including a long portrait sequence of Loren, by Danvers, a respected unit photographer on many mid-century Hollywood epics, provide rare documentation of this ambitious international production and its celebrated stars at a pivotal moment in their careers.


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