Savage Messiah

Ken Russell (director)
H.S. Ede (book)
Christopher Logue (screenwriter)
Dorothy Tutin, Scott Antony, Helen Mirren (starring)

N.p. N.p., 1972. Vintage two color program and invitation to a preview screening for the 1972 film. Preview screening held at the MGM Theatre in Culver City on Tuesday, October 17, 1972.

Based on the 1971 biography by H.S. Ede. A fictionalized account of the fervent relationship between French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and Polish writer Sophie Brzeska, who was more than twice his age.

Shot on location in Somerset, Bristol, and Dorset, England.

Bi-fold program: 9 x 9 inches. Very Good, with some light soiling and bruising on the verso, a pinhole at the top center of both leaves, and a cello tape shadow near the fore-edges of both pages of the interior spread.

Invitation: 4 x 9 inches, recto only. Very Good plus, with two pinholes at the top center, and light creasing and edgewear.


[Book #161146]