CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA

Original 9 3/4 inch x 7 1/4 inch Black and White Still of VIVIEN LEIGH, FRANCIS L. SULLIVAN, FLORA ROBSON & ABOUL WAHAB in the 1945 Gabriel Pascal Drama CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA, written by George Bernard Shaw

Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains pop off the screen in vivid Technicolor in Gabriel Pascal’s version of Shaw’s 1901 play about love and politics in ancient Rome and Egypt. At the time the most expensive British film ever produced (complete with real imported Egyptian sand), Caesar and Cleopatra is a lavish epic, featuring standout performances by its two stars.

Photo by Wilfrid Newton with his stamp on the reverse. Born in London in 1909 Newton entered the film industry as assistant in the Stills Department of the Gaumont Company in 1927. He worked there for nine years and then went to Ealing Studios, where he built and managed the Stills Department until 1942. He joined Two Cities at Denham and then specialist photographer to the J. Arthur Rank Organisation. His film credits include The 39 Steps, Jew Suss, Next of Kin, Henry V, Caesar and Cleopatra and Hamlet

The still is in very good condition with a synopsis and credit list tacked to the reverse.