The Talk of the Town [Three's a Crowd]

George Stevens (director)
Sidney Harmon (story)
John Miehle (photographer)
Irwin Shaw, Sidney Buchman (screenwriters)
Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Coman (starring)

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, Circa 1942. Vintage reference photograph of a supine Cary Grant surrounded by Jean Arthur, director George Stevens, and crew from the set of the 1942 film. Mimeo snipe on verso, here under the working title "The Talk of the Town."

Political activist Leopold Dilg (Cary Grant) is framed when a lumber mill burns down and a man is killed. Escaping prison, he hides out in former schoolmate (and sweetheart), Nora Shelley's (Jean Arthur) house, currently being rented to the newly arrived law professor Michael Lightcap (Ronald Coleman). Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography.

Set in fictional Lochester, New England.

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

Byrge & Miller, The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography (1934-1942).


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