THE DIRECTOR’S LOT; A GROUP OF SIXTEEN PHOTOGRAPHS (QTY)

Comprising:

-Five large black and white vintage photographs of Lewis Gilbert directing Operation Daybreak on location in Prague, 1974, all either 27 x 37 cm., or 37 x 27 cm., and two smaller black and white prints of the same subject, both – 19 x 24 cm.;

- A black and white contact sheet of photographs by Peter Small of Gilbert in conversation at The National Film Theatre, 25 October 1995 – 30.5 x 24 cm.;

- A colour photograph of Diana Princess of Wales with Anthony Andrews meeting Lewis and Hylda Gilbert at the premiere of Haunted, 26 October 1995 – 15 x 21.5 cm.;

- A colour snapshot of Roger Moore and Gilbert in Cannes, circa 1990s – 13 x 18 cm.;

- A vintage black and white still of a young Gilbert in an unidentified film – 19.5 x 25.5cm., with a later print of a black and white still of Gilbert in The Divorce of Lady X, 1938, with Lawrence Olivier – 12.5 x 18 cm.;

- A black and white still of Gilbert receiving his BAFTA for ‘Best Film’ for Educating Rita from Diana Ross in 1984 – 20 x 25.5 cm.;

- Two black and white press stills of Gilbert as Captain if the football ‘Showbiz XI’ and a later print of a 1940s photograph of Gilbert RAF uniform;

- A personalised leather script folder, the front and back covers hand tooled with an image of a director’s chair, the front with Lewis Gilbert’s name on the back of the chair, the back cover with the name in Japanese script, the interior with a leather marker with Gilbert’s name again in Japanese script, initialled lower left T.S., probably Japanese actor Toshira Suga, who appeared as Drax’s henchman Chang in Moonraker, 1979;

- A file of documents labelled in an unidentified hand, possibly Gilbert’s Legals / Agreements / Paramount, containing paperwork on various subjects dating from 8 November 1966 to 13 January 1969, including a file copy of a letter from Gilbert to George ‘Bud’ Ornstein at Paramount Pictures in London, 20 November 1967, confirming that I have been offered the film rights in “CABARET”……it is a very easy film to cast, with a marvellous part for Julie Christie…,1p.; and a memo to Gilbert on Adventurers Film A.G. headed stationery, 13 January, 1969, relaying information from two telexes received by the office from Charles Bludhorn at Paramount informing Gilbert that I am pleased to advise you that Martin Davis, Bobby Evans and myself are in full agreement for you to do Roman Holiday for Paramount…1p.

- A BAFTA ‘21^st Academy Awards Presentation’ souvenir brochure and corresponding ticket for the event at Grosvenor House, London, 18 March 1990 – Gilbert had been nominated for Best Film for Shirley Valentine, as had Willy Russell for ‘Best Adapted Screenplay’ and Pauline Collins won the BAFTA for ‘Best Actress’; Gilbert, much to his surprise, was presented with the Michael Balcon Lifetime Achievement Award; recalling in his autobiography All My Flashbacks, that he and Hylda had decided to leave the ceremony just before the Balcon award was presented as they were tired….”Quick” I said to Hylda, “some old buffer’s going to get up and drone on forever.  If we don’t shift, we’ll be here until three in the morning…., on leaving they heard a list of his films being reeled off by Princess Anne who was presenting the award…..In a total daze I walked down the aisle and up onto the stage….”I’m so tired” I said to Princess Anne “I was just about to slip out”…”You wouldn’t have got far”, she said. “We have people on the doors for that”.

Photographs Sold Without Copyright

Bellmans is grateful to Wallace and Hodgson for their assistance with cataloguing the Lewis Gilbert Film Script and Production Archive.