King Vidor OUR DAILY BREAD Original photograph of the film's premiere #151124

Description

Our Daily Bread (Original photograph of the film's premiere at the Chicago World Fair, 1934)
Author:
King Vidor (director, story); Elizabeth Hill, Joseph L. Mankiewicz (screenwriters); Karen Morley, Tom Keene, John Qualen, Barbara Pepper (starring)
Title:
Our Daily Bread (Original photograph of the film's premiere at the Chicago World Fair, 1934)
Publication:
Los Angeles: United Artists, 1934
Description:
Vintage press photograph of the film's premiere at the Chicago World Fair, at the "Century of Progress" exhibition, on July 30, 1934. The premiere was reported as being attended by 15,000 people, including international celebrities, civic and industrial leaders, newspapermen, and five governors. In early October, 1934 the film had a special White House screening, attended by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
In the midst of the Depression, a young couple flee the city to a farm, where they and others establish a collective. Produced independently by director King Vidor after he failed to secure studio backing, and one of the most significant films of the era.
10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
National Film Registry. Godard, Histoire(s) du Cinema. Rosenbaum 1000.
Seller ID:
151124
Subject:
1930s Cinema, Film Still Photographs, Great Depression, Photographs, Press Photographs, Social Justice, Radical, and Proletarian Interest, Women Screenwriters
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