Around the World in Eighty [80] Days

N.p. N.p., Circa 1956. Vintage contact sheet from the 1956 film, showing four images taken on the set. Two images show producer Mike Todd, with the other two showing actors Shirley MacLaine, Cantinflas, David Niven, and Robert Newton.

Based on Jules Verne's 1873 novel, and the first American adaptation (after Richard Oswald's 1919 German film), about two men who make a high-stakes bet that, using new modes of transportation, they can circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. The second film produced in Todd's proprietary 70mm Todd-AO widescreen process, preceded by "Oklahoma!" in 1955.

Nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning five, including Best Picture and Best Screenplay.

Shot on location in Japan, England, California, New Mexico, Thailand, Spain, Colorado, Paris, China, Oklahoma, and Bangladesh.

10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, moderately edgeworn.

[Book #161555]