The Oscar.

SALE, Richard.

$850.00

Item Number: 127539

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963.

First edition of the author and director’s explosive novel, later adapted into the 1966 film of the same name starring Tony Bennet, Bob Hope, Hedda Hopper, and Frank Sinatra. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Ysidra and Thelusa amigos viejos con amor Richard Sale.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Author photograph by Mary Loos.

Here is the definitive, behind-the scenes look at Hollywood - the actors fighting to preserve their tenuous positions against newcomers; the hangers-on of the great - private detectives, agents, lawyers, flacks and boyfriends; the all-seeing, all-knowing columnists... It is set against the glamour of the movie world - the fast drives of Palm Springs, the gambling rooms at Las Vegas, the luxury yachts moored off Catalina, the pervading odor of big money and instant fame - the constant lure of the biggest prize of all, the Oscar, and the climactic night of its award. The novel was adapted into the film of the same name in 1966 written by Harlan Ellison, Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse, and starring Stephen Boyd, singer Tony Bennett (in his film debut), comedian Milton Berle (in a dramatic role) Elke Sommer, Ernest Borgnine, Jill St. John, Eleanor Parker, Joseph Cotten, Edie Adams, Peter Lawford, Broderick Crawford, Ed Begley, Walter Brennan, and Jack Soo. Also appearing as themselves are Bob Hope, Hedda Hopper, Merle Oberon, Frank Sinatra, and Nancy Sinatra.