The Member of the Wedding

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1952. Collection of 36 vintage reference photographs from the 1952 film, including 35 bordered and one borderless. Most with provenance stamps and labels on the versos, and four with printed mimeo snipes affixed to same.

Based on Carson McCullers' beloved 1946 novel, which McCullers also adapted for Broadway in 1950, starring actors Ethel Waters and Julie Harris, who reprised their roles for the film. A young, lonely tomboy dreams of escaping her small southern town with her brother and his fiancée. Harris was 27, more than double the age of the fictional Frankie Addams, at the time of the film's production.

Set in the American South.

35 photographs 10 x 8 inches, one 7.5 x 9.25 inches. Generally Very Good plus to Near Fine, a couple with annotations in manuscript ink on the margins.

[Book #170434]