Immediate Source of Acquisition

This film stills were purchased from William Reese Company by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library in July 2018.

The screen play was purchased from Royal Books by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 11 July 2022.

Content Description

Screenplay by Peter Viertel and a representative selection of seventeen original 8 x 10 inch black and white glossy stills, with studio cutline in lower border for publicity to promote this adaptation of Hemingway's Pulitzer-Prize winning novella, based on the screenplay by Peter Viertel, starring Spencer Tracy as the Old Man, a role for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, under the direction of John Sturges.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Ernest Hemingway
• Screenplays
• film stills