Audrey Hepburn as Baroness Mary Vetsera for the 1957 NBC Television production Mayerling

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MAYERLING, 1957
Audrey Hepburn as Baroness Mary Vetsera for the 1957 NBC Television production Mayerling
ten gelatin silver hair and makeup test shots
one shot with overdrawing in black and white pencil to amend the hairstyle (recto)
sheet 4 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. (10.5 x 7.9 cm.)
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Lot Essay

Mayerling, based on the tragic love affair and suicide pact between Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his teenage commoner mistress, Baroness Mary Vetsera, was filmed as a lavish ninety-minute episode of the American TV series Producer's Showcase with a $600,000 budget and a cast of over a hundred. Audrey and husband Mel Ferrer played the lead roles over three weeks in early 1957, and the final production was aired only two weeks later on 4 February, 1957. It would be their last joint appearance.

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