Robert Frank (b. 1924)

Movie Premiere - Hollywood, 1956

Details

Robert Frank (b. 1924)
Movie Premiere - Hollywood, 1956
gelatin silver print, printed 1970s
signed, titled and dated in ink (in the margin)
13 x 8 5/8in. (33.1 x 21.8 cm.)

Literature

'Robert Frank,' U.S. Camera 1958, U.S. Camera, 1957, p. 98; Frank, Les Américains, Delpire, 1958, [pl. 9], p. 23; Frank, The Americans, Grove Press, 1959, [pl. 9], n.p., and in all subsequent editions

Lot Essay

The premiere for Otto Preminger's film, The Man with the Golden Arm, was more than a simple celebration of a film's release with a popular star in attendance - Frank Sinatra in this case. It was also a historic moment in the battle against Hollywood censorship. Preminger opened the film in defiance of the Motion Picture Association's Production Code Administration ban against movies dealing with narcotics. The film was so successful that the Code was changed and filmmakers were henceforth allowed greater freedom than they had experienced in decades.

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