Rare Original Australian Daybill Poster The Snows Of Kilimanjaro
The Snows of Kilimanjaro is a 1952 American Technicolor film based on the short story of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. The film version of the short story was directed by Henry King, written by Casey Robinson, and starred Gregory Peck as Harry (Humphrey Bogart, Richard Conte and Marlon Brando were all reported to be under consideration for Peck’s role) Susan Hayward as Helen, and Ava Gardner as Cynthia Green (a character invented for the film). Considered by Hemingway to be one of his finest stories, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" was first published in Esquire magazine in 1936 and then republished in The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories (1938).The film was nominated for two Oscars at the 25th Academy Awards, for Best Cinematography, Color and Best Art Direction, Color. Helped by a star-studded cast, the film was one of the most successful films of the early 1950s and earned $12.5 million at the box office, very high for that period.
