THE NORTH STAR. A Motion Picture About Some Russian People
New York: The Viking Press, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. The printed script for the film THE NORTH STAR starring Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Erich Von Stroheim, and Farley Granger in his debut performance. Nominated for 6 Academy Awards including for Hellman's script. The House Committee on Un-American Activities would later cite THE NORTH STAR as one of three noted examples of pro-Soviet movies made by Hollywood. This copy is INSCRIBED "For Jed & Kenneth/with much love" and SIGNED by the author as "Lillian" to American pro-Soviet journalist Kenneth Durant and his wife, poet Genevieve "Jed" Taggard, who died at the age of 54 in 1948. A fine association copy. Durant's ink stamp at the top of the front free endpaper. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with some internal staining and foxing, not visible on the exterior. Item #020244
Price: $500.00