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Vintage borderless publicity portrait photograph of actor Buster Keaton Jr. in his shirtsleeves, issued to promote the 1928 silent comedy film. Contemporary dealer stamp on the verso. The last film Keaton would make with United Artists before moving to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was a commercial and critical failure upon release, but has since been reevaluated as one of Keaton's masterpieces. From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 6.25 x 9.5 inches, archivally mounted in a white mat measuring 11 x 14 inches. Very Good, with moderate wear at the bottom corners.…

Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1931 film, director Charles Reisner working with actresses Charlotte Greenwood and Leila Hyams. With a snipe printed on the verso noting same, along with a stamp stating "Country of origin USA." A romantic farce in which two philandering husbands are taught a lesson by their wives, who run off with their husbands' money with a notion to begin affairs of their own. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, with light creasing to the corners.…

Vintage color promotional flyer for the 1939 film, with a theater stamp on the verso for "Roxy Theatre / Argyle, Minn / Oct. 29-30 / Mat. Sun.," circa 1939. The bi-fold flyer features a one-color pink "It's a Date!" recto with Ann Sheridan, and a full color interior spread featuring Sheridan, film stills, and illustrations, with an unprinted verso for a theater's information, as found here with the Roxy Theatre's stamp. Based on the short story "Echoes That Old Refrain" by Corey Ford, published in The Saturday Evening Post, May 29, 1937. Sheridan stars as a divorced glamour girl who returns to her college for the annual Winter Carnival and falls in love with an old boyfriend, Richard Carlson, now a tweedy professor. Set in and shot on location at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. 6 x 6.75 inches, Bi-fold. Faint toning and light creasing on the verso, else Near Fine.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1928 silent film, an amazing shot showing crowds of onlookers gathering at the harbor to welcome a steamer ship. The effete son of a hardened steamer captain falls in love with the daughter of his father's rival. Keaton's last independent film made under his creative control, before his move to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer later in the year. The film is perhaps best remembered today for Keaton's most famous stunt, in which the facade of a house falls down around him, while he avoids being flattened by inadvertently standing underneath an open window. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good, with three pinholes to the margins, and a diagonal chip to the top left corner. Complete collation details available on request. National Film Registry.…

Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1944 film, both showing Spike Jones and his City Slickers, a comedy musical group that featured prominently in the film. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Based on the 1940 Broadway play by Sol and Ben Barzman and Louis Lant, a wartime comedy about a shipyard worker who wins a date with a Broadway star. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine.…