Alfie

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1966. Two vintage black-and-white borderless still photographs from the 1966 UK film. Press photos, with layout annotations in the British style (millimeters) on the verso of one still, and a stamp on the verso of the other still.

Based on Bill Naughton's 1966 play, set in sexy, swinging 1960s London, about a young, working class chauffeur who decides to change his womanizing behavior after a tuberculosis diagnosis and the birth of his son. Director Lewis Gilbert breaks the fourth wall in this film, with Caine directly addressing the camera in attempt to gain sympathy from the audience (a technique used again by Gilbert in "Shirley Valentine," 1989). Gilbert also addressed the then-taboo issues of pregnancy and abortion in an uncommonly candid style.

Set in London, shot on location there and in Middlesex, England.

8 x 10 inches, borderless. About Near Fine.

[Book #133573]