WISE ROBERT: (1914-2005) Lot n° 651

WISE ROBERT: (1914-2005) American film director and Academy Award winner whose credits include the musical films West Side Story (1961) and The Sound of Music (1965). Signed and inscribed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of Wise in a head and shoulders pose, the portrait issued by Universal Studios to promote the science fiction thriller film The Andromeda Strain (1971) which Wise directed and was based on Michael Crichton´s novel of the same title. Signed in bold black ink by Wise to a light area of the background, ´Dear Esther - Many thanks for the last 8 years - Here´s to the next 8! Love, Bob Wise´. Some minor areas of discoloration to the edges and with a couple of very light, extremely minor surface creases, about VG