Portnoy's Complaint

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph, with bottom margin, of director Ernest Lehman, Richard Benjamin, and cinematographer Philip H. Lathrop (back to camera) on the set of the 1972 film. Provenance stamp of collector, historian, and author "Frank Driggs" on verso.

Based on the 1969 novel by Philip Roth. The fourth Roth novel (after "Goodbye, Columbus" in 1972) to be adapted for the screen, and the sole directorial effort for noted screenwriter Ernest Lehman ("North by Northwest," "The Sweet Smell of Success," "Sabrina," "West Side Story," The Sound of Music," and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?").

Alexander Portnoy (Benjamin), sees a therapist and goes on one long tirade after another about his family, his childhood, his sexual fantasies and desires, his problems with women, and his obsession with his own Judaism.

Set in New York.

8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light creasing and edgewear.

[Book #150944]