Original photograph of Elmer Bernstein recording the soundtrack to The Man with the Golden Arm, circa 1956

Elmer Bernstein (subject)

N.p. N.p., Circa 1956. Vintage photograph of composer Elmer Bernstein conducting an orchestra in rehearsal for the soundtrack to Otto Preminger's "The Man with the Golden Arm," circa 1956. With two stamps for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.

Bernstein worked as a composer for film and television throughout the mid-to-late twentieth century, composing and conducting soundtracks for this film, as well as "The Ten Commandments" and , "The Magnificent Seven" (1960), "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962), "The Great Escape" (1963), "True Grit" (1969), "Ghostbusters" (1984), and many others.

8.25 x 10 inches. Near Fine.


[Book #150593]