Tall Story

Jane Fonda Anthony Perkins (starring)
Joshua Logan (director)
Howard Nemerov (novel)
Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse (play)
Julius Epstein (screenwriter)

Burbank, CA: Mansfield Productions / Warner Brothers, 1960. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1960 film. Based on the novel, "The Homecoming Game," by Howard Nemerov and the Broadway play adaptation by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse.

Jane Fonda's first screen role, a lighthearted comedy and a considerable departure for Joshua Logan, whose previous credits had included "Sayonara" (1957) and "South Pacific" (1949). At Custer University, Ray Blent (Anthony Perkins) is an honor student and college basketball star. June Ryder (Jane Fonda) has come to the university to study home economics and to find a husband. Both students and faculty are scandalized by Ryder's unashamed pursuit of Blent. She joins the pom-pom giorls and attends all the classes taken by Blent to ensure she has maximum contact with him. Everyone is aware of her designs on the sexually naive Blent, except for him. She succeeds in convincing him that she has an intelligent, inquiring mind that he admires, although this is all done through deception. She eventually gets Blent to fall for her and propose marriage. However, they need several thousand dollars to set up a home.

8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.


[Book #131630]