Around the World in 80 Days (Original photograph of Mike Todd, Shirley MacLaine, and Cantinflas at the premiere of the 1956 film)

  • N.p.: N.p., 1956
By Shirley MacLaine, Cantinflas (subjects, starring); Michael Todd (producer, subject); Michael Anderson (director); Jules Verne (novel); James Poe, John Farrow, S.J. Perelman (screenwriters); David Niven, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1956. Vintage photograph of actors Shirley MacLaine and Cantinflas with producer Mike Todd at the premiere of the 1956 film, held on October 17, 1956, at the Rivoli Theatre in New York. Mimeo snipe on the verso.

Based on Jules Verne's 1873 novel, and the first American adaptation (after Richard Oswald's 1919 German film), about two men who make a high-stakes bet that, using new modes of transportation, they can circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. The second film produced in Todd's proprietary 70mm Todd-AO widescreen process, preceded by "Oklahoma!" in 1955.

Nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning five, including Best Picture and Best Screenplay.

10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

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