Wesley Ruggles' Arizona; Starring Jean Arthur, with William Holden ...and a Cast of Thousands (bound in copper)
Hollywood, CA; Nd(ca.1940): Columbia Pictures. First Edition. 0blong Quarto. Item #014137
35 pages. A unique copy of which a handful were bound in thin copper plate supplied by Phelps Dodge Corporation of Globe, Arizona. The movie was William Holden's first major film and the movie was made in Tucson. Sadly, the old movie sets burned down and have been replaced with a much more modest one. Book measures 31 x 36 cm and is full of photographs with scenes from the movie and excerpts from the script. It was originally from a novel by Clarence Budington Kelland and issued in serial form in the Saturday Evening Post. Claude Binyon wrote the screenplay and Wesley Ruggles directed the film. Covers just a bit bowed, a few spots of staining and the name "Pedro in pencil to upper board. A very good copy.
Price: $325.00