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William Wyler LIBERATION OF L.B JONES Original pressbook for the 1970 #155986

$ 39.6

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Industry: Movies
  • Object Type: Pressbook
  • Original/Reproduction: Original

    Description

    The Liberation of L.B. Jones (Original pressbook for the 1970 film)
    Author:
    William Wyler (director); Jesse Hill Ford (novel, screenwriter); Stirling Silliphant (screenwriter); Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Hershey, Roscoe Lee Browne, Lola Falana (starring)
    Title:
    The Liberation of L.B. Jones (Original pressbook for the 1970 film)
    Publication:
    Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1970
    Description:
    Vintage pressbook for the 1970 film.
    Based on the 1965 novel "The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones" by Jesse Hill Ford. A wealthy African American funeral director suspects a white policeman of having an affair with his considerably younger wife, leading to a series of violent interactions with the police force, who seek to avoid public exposure of the interracial affair. Director William Wyler's final film.
    Set in the fictional town of Somerset, Tennessee, and shot on location in Humboldt, Tennessee.
    7 pages, side stapled. 11 x 17 inches. Very Good plus, lightly creased at the edges.
    Seller ID:
    155986
    Subject:
    1970s Cinema, African-American Interest, Directors, Film Pressbooks, Films with Literary Sources, Mystery and Crime
    Royal Books
    Baltimore, MD
    Royal Books is located in the midtown area of Baltimore, Maryland. Since 1996, we have specialized in rare books and paper relating to twentieth century literature, genre fiction, the arts, and popular culture, with a particular emphasis on cinema.
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