Somebody Up There Likes Me. [Vintage Press Photo]
Culver City, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1956. Vintage glossy black-and-white photo (measures 8" x 10"), printed to verso in blue ink.
Vintage black-and-white publicity photo for Robert Wise’s Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956). Adapted from the autobiography of middleweight boxing champion Rocky Graziano, the film stars Newman as the troubled New York boxer, tracing his rise from a childhood of poverty and petty crime on Manhattan’s Lower East Side to becoming world champion. The role was originally intended for James Dean, whose death in a car crash in 1955 led MGM to cast Newman, then a relatively unknown actor. His performance earned widespread critical acclaim and proved a breakthrough in his career, establishing him as one of Hollywood’s leading young stars. Also featuring Pier Angeli, Sal Mineo, and a young Steve McQueen in one of his earliest screen appearances, the film won two Academy Awards for cinematography and art direction. Captioned to verso in blue ink. Numbered 1691-84 in the print and to verso. Minor creasing to top left corner. Near fine. Item #13678
$35.00