Dam Busters. A small group of ephemera relating to the film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave, premiered 16 May 1955, including a signed copy of Michael Redgrave's autobiography Mask or Face: Reflections in an Actor's Mirror, 1st edition, 1958, signed on the title-page and additionally signed for Barnes Wallis on front free endpaper, 'For Barnes Wallis with every good wish from his onetime Alter Ego - Michael Redgrave', with an autograph letter signed from Redgrave to Wallis tipped on to the page below with sellotape, 'How splendid of you to buy my book! Did you see the TV "Monitor" programme the Sunday before last? They ran a bit of "The Dam Busters" and we talked about the acting problems involved. Your ears should have been burning!', then talking about his time at Stratford and saying that there is still time for Wallis to come up, 2 pages, oblong 8vo, part of original dust jacket(?) pasted to front pastedown, original cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, a signed Christmas card from Michael Redgrave to the Wallises, a programme of the world premiere performance and a group of 18 photographs of various sizes from the premiere including some duplicates, mostly featuring Barnes Wallis himself (Qty: 21) Provenance: From the family of Barnes Wallis, by direct descent.
Dam Busters. A small group of ephemera relating to the film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave, premiered 16 May 1955, including a signed copy of Michael Redgrave's autobiography Mask or Face: Reflections in an Actor's Mirror, 1st edition, 1958, signed on the title-page and additionally signed for Barnes Wallis on front free endpaper, 'For Barnes Wallis with every good wish from his onetime Alter Ego - Michael Redgrave', with an autograph letter signed from Redgrave to Wallis tipped on to the page below with sellotape, 'How splendid of you to buy my book! Did you see the TV "Monitor" programme the Sunday before last? They ran a bit of "The Dam Busters" and we talked about the acting problems involved. Your ears should have been burning!', then talking about his time at Stratford and saying that there is still time for Wallis to come up, 2 pages, oblong 8vo, part of original dust jacket(?) pasted to front pastedown, original cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, a signed Christmas card from Michael Redgrave to the Wallises, a programme of the world premiere performance and a group of 18 photographs of various sizes from the premiere including some duplicates, mostly featuring Barnes Wallis himself (Qty: 21) Provenance: From the family of Barnes Wallis, by direct descent.
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