Quo Vadis

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1951. Collection of 4 vintage black-and-white still reference photographs from the 1951 film. Manuscript annotations in ink (noting lengths of fabric) on the verso of one still. Featured are Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Marina Berti, and Leo Genn.

Based on Henryk Sienkiewicz's 1895 novel, about the love between a young Christian woman named Lygia (Kerr), and Marcus Vinicius (Taylor), a Roman patrician, circa 64 A.D. Nominated for several Academy Awards. Elizabeth Taylor was set to play Lygia, until production changed hands, and instead she makes a cameo as a prisoner. Sophia Loren also makes a cameo, her first American film credit.

Set in Rome, shot on location in Italy.

8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light creases and toning overall, and two stills with brief stains.

[Book #134367]