[FILM] NORRIS, Charles (novel); STAHL, John M. (director) KENT, Rockwell (illustration)

Original Film Program for the World Premier Presentation of 'Seed'

Los Angeles: 1931. First Edition. Small folio (22.5cm); single sheet of lavender card stock, folded once at center to create a 4pp program, printed and illustrated in black and gold. A Fine example.

Film program for the 1931 premiere of Seed at the Fox Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles. The film, directed by John M. Stahl, was based on the 1930 novel by Charles G. Norris, dealing with the decline of an American family, notably, a promising young author and his wife who move to New York. The novel also dealt, very frankly, with the issue of birth control usage (or lack thereof), and its effect on the socio-economic standing of the protagonist and his family. The program is styled after the dustjacket on Norris' novel, promintently featuring the terrific cover illustration by Rockwell Kent on the front cover, and reproducing a modified version inside. An attractive, uncommon piece of Kentiana.

Price: $125.00

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