Tod browning director (6 risultati)

Double-weight publicity photograph from the 1931 film, showing actress Jean Harlow. Originally shot circa 1930 by Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones, and later struck from the negative circa 1980s by author and Hollywood historian David Chierchetti. With original borders from the negative still present, a trademark of Chierchetti's somewhat "punk" style of photo development. Ray Jones was 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. "Blonde Bombsell" Jean Harlow was one of the defining actresses of pre-Code American cinema and a leading sex symbol of the early 1930s. Harlow was only in the film industry for nine years before her untimely death of kidney failure in 1937 at the age of 26, while filming the romantic comedy "Saratoga" with Clark Gable. Her best remembered films include "Hell's Angels" (1930), "Red-Headed Woman" (1932), "Dinner at Eight" (1933), "Reckless" (1935), and "Suzy" (1936). 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1928 silent film, showing actress Mary Nolan. With a mimeo snipe to the verso, along with manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout. A bitter magician in charge of a small outpost in Zanzibar, paralyzed by the man who wooed and killed his wife, seeks to exact revenge upon the philanderer and the girl that he believes is their offspring. He attempts to do so by carrying out the African tradition of burning a man's daughter at the stake after a man has died, though only after killing his rival does he realize the daughter is his. One of Browning and Chaney's best joint efforts, a tragically grim film depicting a lurid Africa. Set in Zanzibar. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, slightly wavy, with light toning.…

Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1928 silent film, showing actor Lon Chaney swallowing a sword. Manuscript ink annotations regarding layout on the verso, along with a provenance stamp. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Having been abandoned by his wife and paralyzed by her lover, a bitter magician vows to exact revenge upon the philanderer and the girl that he believes is his rival's daughter. He attempts to do so by carrying out the African tradition of burning a man's daughter at the stake after a man has died, though only after killing his rival does he realize the daughter is his own. One of Tod Browning and Lon Chaney's best joint efforts, a tragically grim film depicting a lurid Africa. Set in Zanzibar. 8.5 x 10.75 inches. Very Good plus.…

Vintage double weight matte-finish reference photograph from the 1939 film, showing actors Robert Young, Henry Hull, and Florence Rice. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on Clayton Rawson's 1938 novel "Death from a Top Hat." A retired magician sells illusions for use in magic shows, and makes a hobby of exposing fake psychics-an enterprise which draws him into a murder plot. Director Tod Browning's final film. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage double weight publicity photograph from the 1931 pre-Code film, showing actress Jean Harlow in a low-cut dress and sparkling earrings. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1930 W.R. Burnett novel, about a prizefighter whose unfaithful wife tricks him into hiring her lover as his new manager. "Blonde Bombshell" Jean Harlow was one of the defining actresses of pre-Code cinema and a leading sex symbol of the early 1930s. Harlow was only in the film industry for nine years before her untimely death of kidney failure in 1937 at the age of 26, while filming the romantic comedy "Saratoga" with Clark Gable. Her best remembered films include "Hell's Angels" (1930), "Red-Headed Woman" (1932), "Dinner at Eight" (1933), "Reckless" (1935), and "Suzy" (1936). 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…

70 vintage double weight reference photographs from the 1933 film, including seven of cast and crew at work on the set, three of which feature director Tod Browning. Also included is a later print of a fourth image of Browning on the set. From the estate of Tod Browning, housed in a Kodak photographic paper box with his name in manuscript pencil on the lid. Based on an unpublished play by John W. McDermott, about a pair of construction workers, one a romantic, the other a ladies' man who tries to prevent his friend from rushing into marriage with a con artist ex out to steal his friend's nest egg, with dangerous consequences. A lesser known film, and rare comedy, from Browning. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. For complete collation details, please inquire.…