eMoviePoster.com
Auction History Result 2h901 GUYS & DOLLS 2 candid 8.25x10 stills + letter '55 Rocky Marciano with Brando & Simmons! Date Sold 11/13/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 2 Original Vintage Theatrical 8 1/4" x 10" [21 x 25 cm] Movie Stills (Learn More) Guys and Dolls, the 1955 Joseph L. Mankiewicz New York City romantic gambling Broadway dance musical ("It's a living breathing doll of a musical!"; "Samuel Goldwyn presents America's Own Musical!"; based on the play by Abe Burrows & Jo Swerling; about a professional gambler who bets an operator of an illegal craps game that he can take a beautiful Salvation Army worker to Cuba with him for dinner!) starring Marlon Brando (as Sky Masterson), Jean Simmons (as Sister Sarah Brown), Frank Sinatra (as Nathan Detroit), Vivian Blaine (as Miss Adelaide), Robert Keith (as Lt. Brannigan), Stubby Kaye (as Nicely-Nicely Johnson), B.S. Pully (as Big Jule), Johnny Silver (as Benny Southstreet), Sheldon Leonard (as Harry the Horse), The Goldwyn Girls, and Larri Thomas (as the sexy Cuban dancer who flirts with Brando in Cuba, and gets in a fight with Simmons!). Note that Sam Levene was the original Nathan Detroit in the first stage version of "Guys and Dolls", but he was replaced for the movie by Frank Sinatra, because producer Sam Goldwyn did not consider Levene a big enough name, and Goldwyn also refused to let Sinatra play Sky Masterson, who would have been wonderful, and instead Goldwyn cast Marlon Brando (which led to much friction between Brando and Sinatra)! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that these two great candids show Rocky Marciano play boxing with Marlon Brando and talking with beautiful Jean Simmons. The photo with Brando has "PLEASE CREDIT ST. HILAIRE" stamped on the back. The two photos come with a letter from Samuel Goldwyn Productions from June 2, 1955, which starts out "Dear Editor" (showing it was sent to newspapers along with these stills, telling about the boxing champ visiting the set right after he recently defended his title (the letter mentions that Rocky said about Brando, "He's got real style. He could have been a great guy in the fight game.", and he said about Simmons, "She's got great class. She's a real doll." The winner of these stills will receive the letter as well (not pictured). Also note that these stills measure 8 1/4" x 10" [21 x 25 cm]. Condition: very good to fine. The stills and the letter are in excellent condition! Learn More about condition grades 
Postal Mailing Address:
Bruce Hershenson, P.O. Box 874, West Plains, MO 65775. (For our UPS or FedEx address, click here) phone: +1 417 256-9616 fax: +1 417 257-6948 E-mail: Contact Us Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (CST) |
|||||||||||||
