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1987 Death of film director John Huston...
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1987 Death of film director John Huston...

Item # 731441 ·

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 28, 1987

  • John Huston death (1st report)
  • Movie filmmaker - director - actor
  • The Maltese Falcon - The African Queen
  • Best title to be had ?

The top of the front page has a four column headline: "Hard-Living Film Legend John Huston Dies in Sleep" with subhead and related pictorial.  (see images) Nice to have this report in a newspaper from the capital of the entertainment industry.
Complete 1st section only with all 42 pages, very nice condition.

Background: John Huston stands as a titan of American cinema whose five-decade directorial career defined foundational Hollywood genres, from pioneering film noir with The Maltese Falcon (1941) to establishing the modern heist blueprint with The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and crafting quintessential adventure epics like The African Queen (1951) and The Man Who Would Be King (1975). Renowned for his unsentimental focus on flawed antiheroes driven by greed and obsession—most famously showcased in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), which earned him Academy Awards for Directing and Screenwriting—Huston also created an unprecedented cinematic legacy as the only director to guide both his father, Walter Huston, and his daughter, Anjelica Huston, to Oscar-winning performances. Beyond his 37 feature films as a director, his imposing onscreen persona birthed one of cinema's most chilling villains in Noah Cross in Chinatown (1974), cementing his status as both a master storyteller and a legendary character actor.

Category: The 20th Century
Price
$62
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.