The Subterraneans (Original photograph from the 1960 film)

Author: Ranald MacDougall (director); Jack Kerouac (novel); Rober Thom (screenwriter); Leslie Caron, George Peppard, Janice Rule, Roddy McDowall (starring)
Title: The Subterraneans (Original photograph from the 1960 film)
Publication: Beverly Hills, CA: MGM, 1960

Description: Original vintage photograph of Janice Rule and Gerry Mulligan from the 1960 film. With a type written description, and manuscript annotations in red crayon and graphite on the verso.

From one perspective, a fairly one-dimensional representation-perhaps even a caricature-of Beat culture, but culturally fascinating in that it was made at the height of the Beat era, with A-list talent by a top studio, and, until Walter Salles' 2012 adaptation of "On the Road," was the only feature-length film ever made from a Kerouac novel. Kerouac was paid $15,000 by MGM for the rights to the book, and bought his first home with the proceeds, on Long Island.

Shot on location in San Francisco.

10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Seller ID: 144198

Subject: 1960s Cinema, Beat Literature and Interest, Counterculture, Film Still Photographs, Films with Literary Sources, Jazz and Blues, Photographs



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