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Auction History Result 1a165 CARL FOREMAN 8x10.25 still 1952 nominated for Academy Award for his High Noon screenplay! Date Sold 10/14/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10 1/4" [20 x 26 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) Carl Foreman was a writer from the 1940s to the 1980s. He rose to prominence when he wrote the script for Cyrano de Bergerac in 1950. In 1951, he was working on High Noon as screenwriter and associate producer, and he was called before the HUAC, where he admitted to being a member of the Communist party in his youth, but he refused to "name names", and he was blacklisted. He had completed the screenplay for High Noon (which many see as an allegory about the isolation of those who refused to name names), but Stanley Kramer forced him to sell his share of the production company (Kramer later claimed that Foreman was threatening to name him as a former Communist, while Foreman claimed that Kramer was scared that the movie would be ruined if Foreman remained part owner). Foreman moved to Europe, where he had great success on movies such as The Bridge on the River Kwai (which won him an Oscar) and The Guns of Navarone. He returned to the U.S. shortly before his death in 1984. He was 69. Important Added Info: Note that this still was consigned to us by legendary collector/dealer Marty Davis! Marty was hired in 1972 to evaluate the entire collection of W. Ward Marsh (1893-1971), who was the film critic for the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper from 1919, until his retirement in 1970. In 1919 Marsh wrote his first of 23,000 movie reviews for the Plain Dealer. Marsh died less than a year after his retirement in 1970. His library, and photographic and memorabilia archives were given to the proprietor of Cleveland's finest bookstore. Marty Davis was the first person with a background in film history and collectibles to examine the archives. He worked for three to four hours a day, for six months, and his compensation was his pick of the archives. This still is from the W. Ward Marsh archives, and it was stamped on the back by Marty Davis to indicate that it came from this legendary collection. Condition: very good to fine. The still is in very nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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