The Pride and the Passion: Museum Object and Cultural History
The Pride and the Passion: date made: 1957. depicted (sitter): Sinatra, Frank. depicted (sitter): Grant, Cary.
The object in the museum catalogue
Part of the Dell “Movie Classics" series, this comic book is an adaptation of the 1957 film The Pride and the Passion. Directed by Stanley Kramer, the movie is set during the Napoleonic wars in Spain and stars Carey Grant, Sophia Loren, and Frank Sinatra. It’s plot was based on the 1933 novel, “The Gun”, written by C.S. Forester.
Sinatra, in the character of "Miguel," is featured prominently on the comic;s cover. Grant is featured in an insert.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1957
- depicted (sitter): Sinatra, Frank
- depicted (sitter): Grant, Cary
- Associated Name: Loren, Sophia
- maker: Dell Publishing Company, Inc.
- Object Name: comic book
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 1/4 in x 7 1/4 in; 26.035 cm x 18.415 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York City
- Subject: Comics
- Subject: Entertainment
- Subject: Music
- Subject: Movie
- ID Number: 2015.0215.0445
- accession number: 2015.0215
- catalog number: 2015.0215.0445
- Credit Line: David J. Girson and Eileen Miller Girson
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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