Mogambo

Beverly Hills, CA: MGM, 1953. Vintage borderless photograph of Ava Gardner with the camera-crew on the set of the 1953 film. With mimeo snipe, press agency stamps, and manuscript annotations in blue ink.

The remake of the 1932 MGM film Red Dust, adapted from the play of the same name. Victor Marswell (Clark Gable) owns and operates a safari guide company. Eloise Kelly (Ava Gardner) is there to meet the former owner of the company, and in his absence she falls for Victor. Linda Nordley (Grace Kelly) is the wife of Marswells client, an anthropologist who wishes to travel deep into the jungle. Eloise goes along with them, and quickly tensions run high as both Linda and Eloise are attracted to Victor.

Shot on location in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

10 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine.

[Book #144185]