BRIEF ENCOUNTER

Original 10 inch x 8 inch Still of CELIA JOHNSON & TREVOR HOWARD in a rowing boat fixed to a raft with DAVID LEAN, camera and film crew on Regent’s Park Lake in London filming a scene for the 1945 David Lean Romantic Drama BRIEF ENCOUNTER, based on the one-act play “Still Life” by Noël Coward.

After a chance meeting on a train platform, a married doctor (Trevor Howard) and a suburban housewife (Celia Johnson) begin a muted but passionate, and ultimately doomed, love affair. With its evocatively fog-enshrouded setting, swooning Rachmaninoff score, and pair of remarkable performances (Johnson was nominated for an Oscar), this film deftly explores the thrill, pain, and tenderness of an illicit romance, and has influenced many a cinematic brief encounter since its release.

The still is in very good condition with a small crease in the lower right corner border.