KIM NOVAK (1955) Early career portrait

Vintage original 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm.) black-and-white single weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo. There are four creases on this still: one across the top left corner, one fully across about two-inches (5 cm.) from the top, a diagonal across the lower third and one at the left side edge. None are noticeable without close inspection. Very good.

An exquisite scene portrait of Kim Novak for the heist melodrama 5 AGAINST THE HOUSE. At the time, studio head Harry Cohn had taken a keen interest in bit player Novak, and this would be her first role as leading lady