
Lot 60
A page from Norman Taurog's log book for It Happened at the World's Fair, signed by Elvis Presley
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A page from Norman Taurog's log book for It Happened at the World's Fair, signed by Elvis Presley
1p, 4to, 1963. Director Norman Taurog, who helmed such classics as Skippy, Boys Town, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Broadway Melody of 1940, Presenting Lily Mars and a series of a films starring Elvis Presley including Blue Hawaii, Girls! Girls! Girls! and Spinout, kept a logbook of all of his films, having various members of the cast and crew sign the page for each film. This is the album leaf for It Happened at the World's Fair (MGM, 1963), signed by the art director E. Preston Ames, cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg, sound technician Larry Joseph, and star Elvis Presley. It is also additionally inscribed and signed on the verso by Presley bodyguard Joe Esposito. It Happened at the World's Fair stars Elvis as the pilot of a cropduster and is set against the background of the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle.
8 1/2 x 11 in.
8 1/2 x 11 in.
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