The Cardinal

Otto Preminger (director)
Henry Morton Robinson (novel)
Sam Shaw (photographer)
Robert Dozier (screenwriter)
Tom Tryon, Romy Schneider, Carol Lynley (starring)

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1963. Vintage borderless double weight photograph of Romy Schneider and Tom Tryon on the set of the 1963 film. With production stamp and manuscript annotations on the verso.

Based on the 1950 novel of the same name by Henry Morton Robinson, detailing the life of Stephen Fermoyle (Tom Tryon), a young American priest who must face personal moral dilemmas, the rise of Naziism, and bigotry while he rises into power within the church. The story is based in part on the career of Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman, archbishop of New York (1939–1967).

Shot on location in Boston.

8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with lightly scalloped edges.


[Book #144462]