Nicholas Ray and Betty Utey on the stones in Rome

Rome, Italy: Union Photos, Circa 1958. Vintage borderless black-and-white press photograph of director Nicholas Ray and his wife, Betty Utey, in Rome, during in their first year of marriage. Copyright rubber stamp for Union Photos on the verso, with brief annotations in manuscript pencil.

Ray (1911-1979) was an American director, known for his film "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955), whose talents ran as deep as his habits of drugs and alcohol abuse. His status as a "cult" director has grown since his short time with James Dean, and his work in experimental film, like "We Can't Go Home Again" (1976), and his trademark use of color, has influenced filmmakers from French New Wave to New Hollywood. Ray and Utey were married in 1958 and divorced in 1964.

7 x 9.25 inches. Diagonal crease at the top edge, else Near Fine.

[Book #139446]