Lilies of the Field

Sidney Poitier (starring)
Ralph Nelson (director)
William E. Barrett (novel)
James Poe (screenwriter)
Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Isa Crino (starring)

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1963. Collection of 18 vintage reference photographs, all but one borderless, and 4 vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film. Two with provenance stamps on the verso.

Based on the 1962 novel, following an unemployed African American handyman conscripted by a group of Eastern European nuns into building a chapel for them in the Arizona desert. Nominated for five Academy Awards and winning one for Best Actor for Sidney Poitier, making him the first African American man to receive an Oscar.

Set and shot on location in Arizona.

18 photographs 9.5 x 7 inches, four photographs 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.


[Book #148780]