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SUSPICION, WWII French adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock movie with Cary Grant and cast members signatures by Adolf Hitchcock, and RKO studio writers working on different versions and adaptations including Nathanael West and Boris Ingster - 1944

by Adolf Hitchcock, and RKO studio writers working on different versions and adaptations including Nathanael West and Boris Ingster

SUSPICION, WWII French adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock movie with Cary Grant and cast members signatures by Adolf Hitchcock, and RKO studio writers working on different versions and adaptations including Nathanael West and Boris Ingster - 1944

SUSPICION, WWII French adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock movie with Cary Grant and cast members signatures

by Adolf Hitchcock, and RKO studio writers working on different versions and adaptations including Nathanael West and Boris Ingster

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[ALFRED HITCHCOCK 'SUSPICION' ADAPTATION WITH CARY GRANT SIGNATURE: RADIO PROGRAM SCRIPT; U. S. OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION WWII; ACTOR SIGNATURES] "SUSPICION" –from the R.K.O. picture "SUSPICION", TIME: 30:00, Production: Gerald Kean, DATE: 11/30-44, Jean Geiringer, Jacques Surmagne, original ribbon script in French, with Cary Grant signature under the heading "Cast Report" for payment by the U. S. government for limited involvement in doing the introduction to the radio play, Cary Grant introduced the program in French, saying he hoped the audience enjoyed listening to it as much as he enjoyed playing the leading role in the Hitchcock film; Georges Rigaud plays the role Grant played in the movie, with Jeanine Crispin playing the role that Joan Fontaine played, besides Rigaud and Crispin, other actors whose signatures are in the "Cast Report" are Janine/Jeannine Crispin, Georges Rigaud, Andre Charlot (noted French impresario of revues in London who collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock and others when he went into bankruptcy during the Depression – wikipedia), Bernard DeRoux, Albert Petit, Marjorie Bellini, Suzanne Schwing, Jacques Lory, Theodore Kampanetz, and others with indecipherable signatures for a total of ten including Grant; signatures of 10 actors and actresses beginning with Cary Grant under the heading "Cast Report" above Name & Address - Social Security Number for payment by the U. S. government for their involvement in the program; 8-1/2" x 11", bound by staples at left edges in legal-size paper folder, 33 pages, annotated with editing of script and timing and director annotations; one-of-a-kind item with all signatures authenticated by seller with lifetime guarantee /// NOTES: GERALD KEAN (sometimes Keane), 1915-2002, during a long and diverse career in the media during the heyday of radio and the emergence of television eventually supplanting radio, he held top positions not only with the United Nations, but also the U. S. military news division during World War II and radio programming in the decades after the War, notably working with the legendary Himan Brown in writing many radio scripts under different pen names for Brown's classic radio show "CBS Radio Mystery Theater"; "[Pierre Crenesse, U. S. director of the French Broadcasting System] got Gerald Kean, one of the top brass of the United Nations Radio, to work with him in an effort to make of 'This Is Paris' a disking that is as commercial as it is authentic…" (Gay 'Paris' Nostalgically In Vox's Vibrant, Authentic LP Wax, Saul Carson, Billboard, Feb. 23, 1952, p. 3); "Gerald Kean, acting director for United Nations Radio…" (Set Radio-TV Institute Plans, Billboard, March 8, 1952, p. 7) /// CONDITION: well-preserved, light wear working copy heavily annotated.

  • Bookseller Henry Berry, books/ephemera US (US)
  • Format/Binding Manuscript in manila binder
  • Book Condition Used
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Publisher U. S. OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION
  • Date Published 1944
  • Keywords WWII radio script, Alfred Hitchcock French adaptation