GREASE (1978) ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH, US

This American musical romantic film was directed by Randal Kleiser, and stars John Travolta as Danny, Olivia Newton-John as Sandy, and Stockard Channing as Betty Rizzo. It has become a summertime favourite at outdoor cinemas, with people singing along to its fantastic soundtrack. Grease is most definitely the word.

Hand inscribed on the bottom blank area of the photograph 'John Travolta, Grease, Hollywood, California, Alan Pappe, 1977'. Alan Pappe was commissioned to take photographs on set for use on the film's soundtrack album cover. This was one of the photographs taken when on set.  Pappe was a special project stills photographer and made his name in Hollywood. He worked with industry greats including John Huston, Federico Fellini, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, and Barbra Streisand.