Editore: Columbia Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1946
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Vintage studio still photograph from the 1946 film. Based on the 1857 novel "The Companions of Jehu" by Alexandre Dumas. In the days leading up to the French Revolution, a baron steals the king's tax profits to give them back to the poor. Set in France. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.
Editore: RKO Radio Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1943
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Vintage black-and-white studio photograph from the 1943 film noir. Based on the 1942 novel "Black Alibi" by Cornell Woolrich. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good condition, with edge creasing and a few closed tears, and with two cello tape repairs to the verso. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Rosenbaum 1000.
Editore: Universal Pictures, Universal City, CA, 1943
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Two vintage photographs from the 1943 film, including one studio still photograph showing actors Lon Chaney Jr. and Ramsay Ames, and one reference photograph showing Chaney Jr. alone. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. The first film in Universal's "Inner Sanctum" series. Universal struck a deal with publishers Simon and Schuster in 1943, obtaining screen rights to their "Inner Sanctum" radio series, with Chaney Jr. slated to star. "Calling Dr. Death" would set the standard for the series, including the classic introductory sequence of a fortune teller who warns the audience of impending, albeit cinematic, doom, and the recurrent "stream of consciousness" voiceover. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, lightly faded. Weaver, Universal Horrors.
Editore: Universal-International, Universal City, 1960
Da: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Two vintage reference photographs from the 1960 film, one showing actor Phillip Terry emerging from a swamp, the other showing Terry and actors Coleen Gray and John Van Dreelen, watching Estelle Hemsley, who is in costume as an African priestess. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the copyright stamp of still photographer John Nelson-Sullivan. An endocrinologist travels with his aging, alcoholic wife to Africa, where they discover a secret drug to restore youth-one which, however, requires the user to sacrifice a man in order to acquire the fluid from his pineal gland. Released as a double feature with the Hammer production "The Brides of Dracula." 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall.