Paramount

1949 · ref. L069427 — NP Paramount Pictures Inc 1949. First Edition. Unknown. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall large. Slight browning to edges; slight browning to acetate and album matting. 12 leaves rectos only except for 1 newspaper clipping recto/verso; unpaginated. Series of 8 film stills in all from the Paramount picture released in 1949 directed by Cecil B. DeMille from a script by Jesse L. Lasky Junior and Fredric M. Frank starring Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature plus supplementary photographs showing Ms. Lamarr's peacock feathered cape 2 from the studio both from November 1948; one with designers Jeanne Wheeler and Jane Moore working on the costume and one with Jane Moore alone working with the feathers; and one excerpted from the Los Angeles Times taken by Iris Schneider of the entire costume and the Norman Rockwell portrait of Samson from the 'De Mille Dynasty Exhibition' undetermined date; with the added bonus portrait photograph of Lamarr 3/4 right profile pose undetermined photographer and date with 'HL-DL-62' in white in lower left corner boldly signed and inscribed by Lamarr in lower right corner: 'To Jane -- With every good wish -- Hedy Lamarr / 1948'. A genuine token of affection of a star for a notable costume designer Ms. Moore being a protegee of Edith Head at Paramount with relevant supplementary matter; sold as a unit. Lamarr 1913-2000; born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; Austrian-born leading lady of the 1930's and 1940's; noteworthy for her nude appearance in the 1933 Czech film 'Extase' or 'Ecstasy'; in Hollywood from 1937 on 'Algiers' 1938; 'Boom Town' 1940; 'White Cargo' 1942; 'Samson and Delilah' 1949; 'My Favorite Spy' 1951; etc.12 b/w Photographs including Film stills. NP [Paramount Pictures, Inc?] unknown