Rare original 10x8-inch black and white candid shot, shown on the set of Two Weeks in Another Town (1962), shown with star Kirk Douglas and producer John Houseman, boldly signed in blue marker, probably in the 1970s or 1980s.  In good condition, with press notations printed on the verso and the gentlest hint of edge wear.  The esteemed director, who was a master of the Technicolor musical, was Oscar-nominated for An American in Paris (1951) and won for Gigi (1958).  He is also remembered for Cabin the Sky (1943), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), The Clock (1945), Madame Bovary (1949), Father's Little Dividend (1951), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), The Band Wagon (1953), Brigadoon (1954), Kismet (1955), Lust for Life (1956), Tea and Sympathy (1956), Designing Women (1957), Some Came Running (1958), Bells Are Ringing (1960), The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963), and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970).  In 1945, he married favorite star Judy Garland, with whom he fathered Liza Minnelli the following year.

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