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The Chase, 1966
A collection of material relating to The Chase, including:
- 7pp. of hand-written notes in Brando's hand in black or blue ballpoint pen, the notes discussing the characterizations and themes of the film, the notes beginning Since one finds that one is compromised by money and the latteral [sic] benefits of the high eschelons [sic] of economic status (very slowly), it is difficult to observe the ageing process at work in one self...it's similar with deals one makes with society for money, security, maturity, prestige etc. It's a slow death, like having the life bitten out of you by a duck - it takes forever but you finally die (Calder's wife)..., the notes continue exploring a similar theme: we often don't realise that we are paying debts against the loans of advantage, the seeming advantage of more money and higher position...... Calder's delusion is that he can accept the perfumed bribe of increased affluence and remain whole as Calder...as he was written in former scripts, he was a weak man, that weakness has largely been removed..., Brando goes on to express his disbelief in the plot of the film: What is the play about it is difficult to say ...a composit [sic] view of decadence through the worship of money and power...or, the intoxication of affluence..., and suggesting alternative themes that could be introduced into the script: it might be of use if Calder's wife was Mex Anglo American and his daughter was subjected ...to the ills of our cast system...; accompanied by corresponding typescript notes, 48pp. of mimeographed typescript, the notes giving Brando's comments on the themes of the film and areas of the script that he believes could be improved;
- two typescript letters, signed, one from Sam Spiegel's secretary dated 22 April, 1965 enclosing two final drafts of the script, the other from Lew Thornburn dated 9 April, 1965 enclosing a Medical certificate in conjunction with the cast insurance for THE CHASE...;
- a typescript letter, signed, from Sam Spiegel, dated 6 July, 1965, on Sam Spiegel headed stationery, the letter asking to see Brando ...as soon as you finish shooting this afternoon..., 1p.;
- 11 black and white publicity stills, the majority showing Brando on or off set, all with Columbia Pictures Corp. ink-stamp to reverse, all -- 10x8in. (25.4x20.3cm.);
- four black and white proof head and shoulder publicity photographs of Brando, all ink-stamped on the reverse Columbia Pictures Corp. Unretouched Proof, in Producers Photo Lab Inc. envelope inscribed in pencil in an unknown hand Proofs for Brando, all -- 5x4in. (12.7x10.2cm.);
- and a paperback book The Chase, New York: Signet Books, 1966 (a lot)
A collection of material relating to The Chase, including:
- 7pp. of hand-written notes in Brando's hand in black or blue ballpoint pen, the notes discussing the characterizations and themes of the film, the notes beginning Since one finds that one is compromised by money and the latteral [sic] benefits of the high eschelons [sic] of economic status (very slowly), it is difficult to observe the ageing process at work in one self...it's similar with deals one makes with society for money, security, maturity, prestige etc. It's a slow death, like having the life bitten out of you by a duck - it takes forever but you finally die (Calder's wife)..., the notes continue exploring a similar theme: we often don't realise that we are paying debts against the loans of advantage, the seeming advantage of more money and higher position...... Calder's delusion is that he can accept the perfumed bribe of increased affluence and remain whole as Calder...as he was written in former scripts, he was a weak man, that weakness has largely been removed..., Brando goes on to express his disbelief in the plot of the film: What is the play about it is difficult to say ...a composit [sic] view of decadence through the worship of money and power...or, the intoxication of affluence..., and suggesting alternative themes that could be introduced into the script: it might be of use if Calder's wife was Mex Anglo American and his daughter was subjected ...to the ills of our cast system...; accompanied by corresponding typescript notes, 48pp. of mimeographed typescript, the notes giving Brando's comments on the themes of the film and areas of the script that he believes could be improved;
- two typescript letters, signed, one from Sam Spiegel's secretary dated 22 April, 1965 enclosing two final drafts of the script, the other from Lew Thornburn dated 9 April, 1965 enclosing a Medical certificate in conjunction with the cast insurance for THE CHASE...;
- a typescript letter, signed, from Sam Spiegel, dated 6 July, 1965, on Sam Spiegel headed stationery, the letter asking to see Brando ...as soon as you finish shooting this afternoon..., 1p.;
- 11 black and white publicity stills, the majority showing Brando on or off set, all with Columbia Pictures Corp. ink-stamp to reverse, all -- 10x8in. (25.4x20.3cm.);
- four black and white proof head and shoulder publicity photographs of Brando, all ink-stamped on the reverse Columbia Pictures Corp. Unretouched Proof, in Producers Photo Lab Inc. envelope inscribed in pencil in an unknown hand Proofs for Brando, all -- 5x4in. (12.7x10.2cm.);
- and a paperback book The Chase, New York: Signet Books, 1966 (a lot)