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1931rif. WALTER-FILM007590Paramount. No binding. Fine. Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1931. Vintage original 11 x 14" 28 x 36 cm lobby card. Two archival paper remnants on verso. Card is in impeccable condition fine. Tabu was the great German director F. W. Murnau's last film he died shortly before its premiere due to a car accident and one of the final masterpieces of silent film. Murnau traveled to Bora Bora with documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty with whom he worked on some early versions of the script but disputes arose and Flaherty bowed out. Wikipedia Lobby cards from this film are genuinely rare. This card with the film's two protagonists in the center turns up almost never. Paramount
1931rif. WALTER-FILM007590Paramount. No binding. Fine. Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1931. Vintage original 11 x 14" 28 x 36 cm lobby card. Two archival paper remnants on verso. Card is in impeccable condition fine. Tabu was the great German director F. W. Murnau's last film he died shortly before its premiere due to a car accident and one of the final masterpieces of silent film. Murnau traveled to Bora Bora with documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty with whom he worked on some early versions of the script but disputes arose and Flaherty bowed out. Wikipedia Lobby cards from this film are genuinely rare. This card with the film's two protagonists in the center turns up almost never. Paramount books
rif. WALTER-FILM007820Paramount. No binding. Near Fine. Los Angeles: Paramount 1930. Vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photo. Minor wear small edge crease at lower right corner 1930 holograph note on verso. Near fine. Star Gary Cooper poses at center with director Roland V. Lee at left surrounded by crew on location for the pre-Code war romance film A Man from Wyoming. The handwritten notes on verso indicate "10 days ranch pontoon bridge" and dated April May 1930. This came from the collection of one of the crew members likely present in the photo. This story took place during the United States entry into World War I. By 1930 Americans were ready to take in stories about the horrific war Paramount unknown
rif. WALTER-FILM007820Paramount. No binding. Near Fine. Los Angeles: Paramount 1930. Vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photo. Minor wear small edge crease at lower right corner 1930 holograph note on verso. Near fine. Star Gary Cooper poses at center with director Roland V. Lee at left surrounded by crew on location for the pre-Code war romance film A Man from Wyoming. The handwritten notes on verso indicate "10 days ranch pontoon bridge" and dated April May 1930. This came from the collection of one of the crew members likely present in the photo. This story took place during the United States entry into World War I. By 1930 Americans were ready to take in stories about the horrific war Paramount unknown books
1985rif. Q-0931787033FASA Corporation 1985-03-15. paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! FASA Corporation paperback
rif. WALTER-FILM006420Paramount. No binding. Fine. Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1947. Vintage original 8 x 10"" 20 x 25 cm. black-and-white print still photo coded ""10008-110"" fine. This is a great film noir image. Burt Lancaster and Lizabeth Scott stand tensely by a newsstand as its vendor hawks a newspaper with Lancaster's image identified as that of a killer wanted by the police. Silver Ward. Ursini Porfiro p. 146. Grant p. 330. Paramount unknown
rif. WALTER-FILM006420Paramount. No binding. Fine. Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1947. Vintage original 8 x 10"" 20 x 25 cm. black-and-white print still photo coded ""10008-110"" fine. This is a great film noir image. Burt Lancaster and Lizabeth Scott stand tensely by a newsstand as its vendor hawks a newspaper with Lancaster's image identified as that of a killer wanted by the police. Silver Ward. Ursini Porfiro p. 146. Grant p. 330. Paramount unknown books
1929rif. WALTER-FILM007805Paramount. No binding. Just About Fine. Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1929. Vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm black-and-white photo. Strips of non-restoration brown paper on verso overall just about fine. Director Josef von Sternberg's last silent film The Case of Lena Smith is ranked by film historians as among the lost masterpieces of the silent era and the holy grail for archivists who sift through film repositories. In 2003 Japanese film historian Komatsu Hiroshi unearthed a four-minute fragment of The Case of Lena Smith in Manchuria China reviving interest in the film. Wikipedia The little surviving fragment contains some utterly dazzling imagery. Paramount
rif. WALTER-FILM007776Paramount. No binding. Just About Fine. Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1929. Set of 12 vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm black-and-white photos one with mimeographed text on verso three with the film's title stamped on verso overall just about fine. Josef von Sternberg's first talking film. Some historians credit his importance in the evolution of gangster films with his UNDERWORLD 1927. This was by any standard the first significant talking gangster film. It tells the story of a criminal facing execution who wants to kill the man in the next cell for being in love with his former girlfriend. Sternberg experimented with asynchronous sound effects which served to augment or supplement the visual effects or as he framed the process "To be correctly and effectively used the sound had to bring to the image a quality other than what the lens included a quality out of the range of the image. Sound had to counterpoint or compensate for the image add to it – not subtract from it." Rather than the external and complementary musical accompaniment of silent films Sternberg's scores arise organically with the mise-en-scène and form a key component of the film. The music off-screen does not recede in deference to the on-screen dialogue but competes with it. Off-screen voices comment on the visual action but are not identified visually until later in the film sequence contributing to an "unrealistic cadence" that characterizes the film's dialogue. Film historian Andrew Sarris describes it as "a startling experiment. his use of sound and music for mood effects and the very unreality of his style seems to justify the unusual density of his sound track." Sternberg also uses sound expressionistically such as the erratic start-stop of a sewing machine or the "sinister" squeaking of a dog's ball toy squeezed by the condemned criminal in the hours before his death. Wikipedia Paramount unknown
rif. WALTER-FILM007767Paramount. No binding. Very Good. Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1928. Set of 5 vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm black-and-white photos. Two have mimeographed text on verso another has film's title mimeographed on verso. One is a linen-backed keybook photo two have title written in ink in blank bottom margin. One has a marginal chip at top right overall very good. Josef von Sternberg's gloomy romantic drama with George Bancroft Betty Compson and Olga Baclanova is now considered one of the final classics of the silent film era. Paramount unknown
1928rif. WALTER-FILM007745Paramount. No binding. Very Good. Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1928. Set of 9 vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm black-and-white photos one trimmed for publication one the portrait of Evelyn Brent with chipping and a long tape repair on verso one with mimeographed text on verso and five linen-backed keybook photos. Overall very good or better. The Drag Net is a lost gangster film from Josef von Sternberg. These photos provide a tantalising glimpse into what once existed. Film historian John Baxter provides a synopsis: "Captain Timothy 'Two Gun' Nolan George Bancroft is appointed head of the New York detective force and as his first act rounds up every criminal in town – the 'drag net' of the title. Gang boss 'Dapper' Frank Trent William Powell stands bail for all of them including 'The Magpie' Evelyn Brent as independent minor gang-leader with complex alliances. Nolan is particularly impressed by the girl who affects caps of black-and-white feathers and is attended by her own bodyguard of gunmen. She and the detective have a number of sexually charged encounters before her release. Setting out to get Trent Nolan moves in on his hideout assisted by his friend 'Shakespeare' Leslie Fenton. Trent armed with a machine gun kills Shakespeare but makes Nolan believe it is his shot that has done so. Nolan for motives as obscure as those which motivated the futile round-up of the gangs resigns his commission and becomes a drunk. Found unconscious by Trent he is offered as the pièce de résistance at a gangland banquet which 'The Magpie' attends. Pitying the humiliated man she discovers that he did not kill his friend reveals the fact to him and is reformed and wounded in the downfall of Trent killed by Nolan in his steel-shuttered apartment." Paramount
1928rif. WALTER-FILM007765Paramount. No binding. Just About Fine. Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1928. Set of 3 vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm black-and-white linen-backed keybook photos just about fine. Emil Jannings at left of first photo won the first Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 1929 ceremony for his performances in this film and in The Way of All Flesh -- the only year multiple roles were considered. Paramount
rif. WALTER-FILM007618Paramount. No binding. Near Fine. Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1935. Vintage original 14 x 17" 36 x 44 cm jumbo lobby card. Small diagonal crease at extreme upper top reinforced with archival paper on verso overall near fine. Marlene Dietrich Lionel Atwill and Alison Skipworth in a scene from Josef von Sternberg's final collaboration with Dietrich. Paramount unknown
1928rif. WALTER-FILM007745Paramount. No binding. Very Good. Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1928. Set of 9 vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm black-and-white photos one trimmed for publication one the portrait of Evelyn Brent with chipping and a long tape repair on verso one with mimeographed text on verso and five linen-backed keybook photos. Overall very good or better. The Drag Net is a lost gangster film from Josef von Sternberg. These photos provide a tantalising glimpse into what once existed. Film historian John Baxter provides a synopsis: "Captain Timothy 'Two Gun' Nolan George Bancroft is appointed head of the New York detective force and as his first act rounds up every criminal in town – the 'drag net' of the title. Gang boss 'Dapper' Frank Trent William Powell stands bail for all of them including 'The Magpie' Evelyn Brent as independent minor gang-leader with complex alliances. Nolan is particularly impressed by the girl who affects caps of black-and-white feathers and is attended by her own bodyguard of gunmen. She and the detective have a number of sexually charged encounters before her release. Setting out to get Trent Nolan moves in on his hideout assisted by his friend 'Shakespeare' Leslie Fenton. Trent armed with a machine gun kills Shakespeare but makes Nolan believe it is his shot that has done so. Nolan for motives as obscure as those which motivated the futile round-up of the gangs resigns his commission and becomes a drunk. Found unconscious by Trent he is offered as the pièce de résistance at a gangland banquet which 'The Magpie' attends. Pitying the humiliated man she discovers that he did not kill his friend reveals the fact to him and is reformed and wounded in the downfall of Trent killed by Nolan in his steel-shuttered apartment." Paramount books
1929rif. WALTER-FILM007805Paramount. No binding. Just About Fine. Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1929. Vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm black-and-white photo. Strips of non-restoration brown paper on verso overall just about fine. Director Josef von Sternberg's last silent film The Case of Lena Smith is ranked by film historians as among the lost masterpieces of the silent era and the holy grail for archivists who sift through film repositories. In 2003 Japanese film historian Komatsu Hiroshi unearthed a four-minute fragment of The Case of Lena Smith in Manchuria China reviving interest in the film. Wikipedia The little surviving fragment contains some utterly dazzling imagery. Paramount books
rif. WALTER-FILM007618Paramount. No binding. Near Fine. Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1935. Vintage original 14 x 17" 36 x 44 cm jumbo lobby card. Small diagonal crease at extreme upper top reinforced with archival paper on verso overall near fine. Marlene Dietrich Lionel Atwill and Alison Skipworth in a scene from Josef von Sternberg's final collaboration with Dietrich. Paramount unknown books
rif. WALTER-FILM007767Paramount. No binding. Very Good. Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1928. Set of 5 vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm black-and-white photos. Two have mimeographed text on verso another has film's title mimeographed on verso. One is a linen-backed keybook photo two have title written in ink in blank bottom margin. One has a marginal chip at top right overall very good. Josef von Sternberg's gloomy romantic drama with George Bancroft Betty Compson and Olga Baclanova is now considered one of the final classics of the silent film era. Paramount unknown books
1928rif. WALTER-FILM007765Paramount. No binding. Just About Fine. Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1928. Set of 3 vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm black-and-white linen-backed keybook photos just about fine. Emil Jannings at left of first photo won the first Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 1929 ceremony for his performances in this film and in The Way of All Flesh -- the only year multiple roles were considered. Paramount books
rif. WALTER-FILM007776Paramount. No binding. Just About Fine. Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1929. Set of 12 vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm black-and-white photos one with mimeographed text on verso three with the film's title stamped on verso overall just about fine. Josef von Sternberg's first talking film. Some historians credit his importance in the evolution of gangster films with his UNDERWORLD 1927. This was by any standard the first significant talking gangster film. It tells the story of a criminal facing execution who wants to kill the man in the next cell for being in love with his former girlfriend. Sternberg experimented with asynchronous sound effects which served to augment or supplement the visual effects or as he framed the process "To be correctly and effectively used the sound had to bring to the image a quality other than what the lens included a quality out of the range of the image. Sound had to counterpoint or compensate for the image add to it – not subtract from it." Rather than the external and complementary musical accompaniment of silent films Sternberg's scores arise organically with the mise-en-scène and form a key component of the film. The music off-screen does not recede in deference to the on-screen dialogue but competes with it. Off-screen voices comment on the visual action but are not identified visually until later in the film sequence contributing to an "unrealistic cadence" that characterizes the film's dialogue. Film historian Andrew Sarris describes it as "a startling experiment. his use of sound and music for mood effects and the very unreality of his style seems to justify the unusual density of his sound track." Sternberg also uses sound expressionistically such as the erratic start-stop of a sewing machine or the "sinister" squeaking of a dog's ball toy squeezed by the condemned criminal in the hours before his death. Wikipedia Paramount unknown books
rif. WALTER-FILM006357Paramount. No binding. Just About Fine. Hollywood: Paramount Pictures ca. 1934-1936. Vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm. black-and-white print still photo blank bottom left corner reinforced on verso with archival paper just about fine. A strong photo of actress Katherine DeMille during the two-year period when she was under contract to the studio of Cecil B. DeMille for whom she was the adopted daughter. Paramount unknown
rif. WALTER-FILM006357Paramount. No binding. Just About Fine. Hollywood: Paramount Pictures ca. 1934-1936. Vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm. black-and-white print still photo blank bottom left corner reinforced on verso with archival paper just about fine. A strong photo of actress Katherine DeMille during the two-year period when she was under contract to the studio of Cecil B. DeMille for whom she was the adopted daughter. Paramount unknown books
rif. WALTER-FILM007819Paramount. No binding. Near Fine. Los Angeles: Paramount 1929. Vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photo. Minor soiling to edges crease at bottom right corner 1929 holograph note on verso. Near fine. Rare is this image of cast with crew so many waiting to be identified with many of the top artists at Paramount Studios. The film is notable for being both the debut of Jeanette MacDonald and the first talkie film made by Ernst Lubitsch. The picture was also released in a French-language version called Parade d'amour. Maurice Chevalier thought he would never be capable of acting as a royal courtier and had to be persuaded by Lubitsch. This huge box-office hit appeared just after the Wall Street crash and did much to save the fortunes of Paramount Studios. The major players of this groundbreaking early sound musical are present in the front row including Lupino Lane Lubitsch MacDonald Chevalier and likely cinematographer Victor Milner at left behind Jeanette. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. He and Lubitsch are mentioned in the handwritten note on verso. The notations also specifically indicate the filming dates of June July and August 1929. Paramount unknown
rif. WALTER-FILM007819Paramount. No binding. Near Fine. Los Angeles: Paramount 1929. Vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photo. Minor soiling to edges crease at bottom right corner 1929 holograph note on verso. Near fine. Rare is this image of cast with crew so many waiting to be identified with many of the top artists at Paramount Studios. The film is notable for being both the debut of Jeanette MacDonald and the first talkie film made by Ernst Lubitsch. The picture was also released in a French-language version called Parade d'amour. Maurice Chevalier thought he would never be capable of acting as a royal courtier and had to be persuaded by Lubitsch. This huge box-office hit appeared just after the Wall Street crash and did much to save the fortunes of Paramount Studios. The major players of this groundbreaking early sound musical are present in the front row including Lupino Lane Lubitsch MacDonald Chevalier and likely cinematographer Victor Milner at left behind Jeanette. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. He and Lubitsch are mentioned in the handwritten note on verso. The notations also specifically indicate the filming dates of June July and August 1929. Paramount unknown books
rif. WALTER-FILM007507Paramount. No binding. Very Good-. Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1930. Vintage original 35 5/8 x 14" 90.5 x 35.6 cm insert poster. Folded three times as issued with small copyright text at bottom missing poster is trimmed by approximately 3/8 in. at bottom. Some normal wear at foldlines one marginal chip overall very good-. Tom Sawyer was the first talking film adapted from Mark Twain. It starred Jackie Coogan and was directed by John Cromwell. The film was the third screen adaptation of the Twain novel following silent versions released in 1907 and 1917. The picture was made on location at the Paramount Ranch in Agoura California. Wikipedia Paramount unknown
rif. WALTER-FILM007507Paramount. No binding. Very Good-. Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1930. Vintage original 35 5/8 x 14" 90.5 x 35.6 cm insert poster. Folded three times as issued with small copyright text at bottom missing poster is trimmed by approximately 3/8 in. at bottom. Some normal wear at foldlines one marginal chip overall very good-. Tom Sawyer was the first talking film adapted from Mark Twain. It starred Jackie Coogan and was directed by John Cromwell. The film was the third screen adaptation of the Twain novel following silent versions released in 1907 and 1917. The picture was made on location at the Paramount Ranch in Agoura California. Wikipedia Paramount unknown books
