We The Living [Noi Vivi]

Rome and Los Angeles: Scalera Studios / Angelika Films, 1942 and 1986. Three vintage postcard photographs from the 1942 Italian film, and four vintage studio still photographs from the 1986 restoration and re-release of the film.

Of particular note among the studio still photographs is an image of writer Ayn Rand taken by Leonard McCombe, capturing Rand waiting to testify on communism in Hollywood to the House Un-American Affairs Committee on October 20, 1947.

"We the Living" was Rand's first published statement against communism, and its faithful adaptation by director Goffredo Alessandrini, released as two separate films, caused a predictable stir all over Europe. The initial release never left the continent, and was shuttered in a vault for over 25 years. It was then rescued by Rand herself in the late 1960s, restored, and made its US premiere at the Telluride Film Festival in 1986.

Studio still photographs: 8 x 10 inches. Fine.

Postcard photographs: 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Near Fine.

All materials housed together in a white glassine sleeve.

[Book #162587]