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Axelrod, George, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (Random House, 1st ed., 1st printing, 1956). LOC 56-6818. George Axelrod (1922-2003) had the gift. He started in radio, then moved into TV, producing program scripts and gags for Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. His 1952 play, “The Seven Year Itch”, ran for three years and was a blockbuster hit film with Marilyn Monroe. Axelrod followed that with “Rock Hunter” about a fan magazine writer who sells his soul to the Devil (in the person of a literary agent; Axelrod wrote the dedication, “Ten percent of this play is dedicated to Irving Lazar,” his own agent) in return for success as a playwright.

The show ran for over a year and was adapted into a much-altered movie in which bombshell actress Jayne Mansfield was the only thing left from the original. Axelrod went on to do successful adaptations for The Manchurian Candidate, Breakfast At Tiffany’s, and other films).

Hardcover, 145 pp, 8.25” x 5.75”, unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. HBB price: $50.

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