Trapeze

Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida, Burt Lancaster (starring)
Carol Reed (director)
Max Catto (novel)
Liam O'Brien, James R. Webb (screenwriters)

N.p. United Artists, Circa 1956. Vintage United Artists promotional photograph postcard for the 1956 film, signed by Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida. Postcard text on verso printed in German.

Based on the 1950 novel, "The Killing Frost," by Max Catto. Aspiring trapeze artist Tino Orsini (Curtis) convinces the now crippled Mike Ribble (Burt Lancaster) to teach him the deadly triple somersault, until the beautiful and manipulative acrobat Lola (Lollobrigida) arrives.

Shot on location in France.

3.5 x 5.5 inches, with deckled edges. Near Fine, with light edgewear and a small crease to the bottom right corner. Verso with some residual ink traces and a spot of dried adhesive.


[Book #155550]