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WALTER-FILM000086No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 27 x 38"" 70 x 98 cm. poster Sweden. Lon Chaney Loretta Young Nils Asther Gwen Lee dir: Herbert Brenon MGM. Lon Chaney ran the gamut in the story which spanned a 25-year period in the life of the circus clown known as Pagliacci the clown who could not laugh. Perhaps his finest film performance he also guided 14-year-old Loretta Young in her first featured role. One of the finest silent films based on story by David Belasco. This poster by the artists of Sweden is spectacular with its circus theme colors and deco presentation. On linen NEAR FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000317No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 41 x 27"" 103 x 68 cm. one sheet poster USA. Lana Turner John Garfield Leon Ames Cecil Kellaway Hume Cronyn dir: Tay Garnett; MGM. A classic poster of the film noir genre. An unhappily married woman and a drifter plan and carry out the murder of her husband. It is one of the best remembered most atmospheric and sexually tense films even within the restraints of the Production Code of this period genre. It took twelve years to bring the notorious James M. Cain novel to the screen because of the code restrictions. The film and the presentation of this poster were not typical MGM fare of the period but the studio proved themselves as adept at the noir genre as Warner Brothers. The film cemented Lana Turner's star status and critics accepted her as a serious actress. Author Cain felt she was the perfect choice for Cora. Beautiful example of this poster which has become hard to acquire. It is on linen with just minimal fold line touch-up. Outstanding ABOUT FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000324No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 36 x 14"" 90 x 35 cm. insert poster USA. Jean Harlow William Powell Myrna Loy Spencer Tracy Walter Connolly Charley Grapewin dir: Jack Conway; MGM. One of the finest screwball comedies of the 1930s. A most popular genre this time given the opulent MGM treatment with all-star cast Cedric Gibbons' art direction and Lawrence Weingarten as producer. When a false news story about a high society woman is hatched the newspaper man his jilted fiancé and his lawyer set out to make the story true before she can sue for libel. George Oppenheimer Howard Emmett Rogers and Maurine Watkins adapted the Wallace Sullivan story which was so popular that MGM resurrected it in a remake some ten years later. Though Harlow and Powell were a couple in real life at the time audiences wanted more and more of the Powell/Loy team and this was the fifth of their 14 films together. Jean Harlow loved the costumes made for her by Dolly Tree and when she died a year after the making of this film she was entombed in the gown Tree made for her role of Gladys Benton. Poster was folded and it has now been paper-backed and cleaned. The folds have been lightly addressed. There was a 4"" 10 cm. crease just above the top third fold from the left edge in and one 2"" 5 cm. tear at the bottom margin at the lower portion of Jean Harlow's shoulder both professionally addressed. Pinholes addressed at corners VERY GOOD. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000172No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 27 x 41"" 71 x 101 cm. one sheet poster USA. Fifi D'Orsay Reginald Denny Cliff Edwards Yola d'Avril Sandra Ravel dir: Harry Beaumont; MGM. Very Art Deco pre-Code poster this is one of the rarely seen rotogravure-style one sheets which MGM made as alternates to their normal posters. On linen VERY GOOD. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000076No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 40 x 60"" 102 x 153 cm. poster USA. Elvis Presley Joan O'Brien Gary Lockwood Vicky Tiu Yvonne Craig dir: Norman Taurog; MGM. Filmed at the Seattle World's Fair of 1962 this is a time capsule. Great musical moments from Elvis. Elvis is seen as he appears in the film holding a Reveille guitar. This special poster was approved by MGM as a merchandising piece to cross promote the guitar and the film in music stores. A facsimile of Elvis'-signature appears boldly at the left. Poster was originally folded but it was on thin paper and it was in very clean condition to begin with. NEAR FINE on linen. unknown books
195121029ECulver City CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1951. Two original vintage black & white photographs of the script department at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studios each measuring 10 14†x 8â€. Both photos are about fine with just a bit of handling to the edges. One marked 9315 shows a woman standing at a long table hand-assembling individual screenplays one page at a time. The description printed on the verso reads: “SCRIPT DEPARTMENT.Pictured is the mimeograph room where a girl is ‘picking up’ a complete screen play.†The other is marked 9344 and shows a woman typing at a small wooden desk with floor-to-ceiling shelves all around her each section packed with layers of printed material. The description on the verso reads: “SCRIPT DEPARTMENT.Pictured is the script file room where scripts manuscripts and production stills are catalogued for future use.†Both photos share the following text also on the verso reading in full: “M-G-M STUDIO GLAMOUR CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.Actually a city in itself with its nearly 5000 employees representing a total of 117 arts and crafts and 253 different skills it it located in the heart of Culver City which is surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. Its area has grown from its original 40 acres to 187 acres comprising six different lots. Lot 1 contains 195 buildings including offices 30 massive sound proof stages an industrial center dressing rooms commissary property department motion picture and still laboratory projection rooms music library and scores of other departments important to the making of motion pictures. A tour of Lots 2 and 3 where most exterior sets are kept standing is virtually a world tour.†Both photos are enclosed in a custom blue cloth clamshell box with a gilt-stamped leather label. A rare look at the inner workings of the movie industry. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer hardcover books
WALTER-FILM000024No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 14 x 22"" 35 x 55 cm. window card poster USA. Greta Garbo Fredric March Freddie Bartholomew Maureen O'Sullivan May Robson Basil Rathbone Reginald Owen dir: Clarence Brown: MGM. Based on Tolstoy's novel Garbo's favorite writer Salka Viertel adapted the book along with S.N. Behrman and Clemence Dane for what many feel is the definitive film version. Anna must come to terms with the social repercussions when she allows herself to fall in love while married and with a child. Technical aspects of this film were far advanced and Garbo's understated performance earned her the New York Film Critics Award for Best Actress. Cedric Gibbons designed the impeccable period sets. Child actor Freddie Bartholomew was prominently billed on this poster. Unrestored poster has some minor stains chips and tack holes but colors are bright and poster is overall very pleasing to look at NEAR FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000530No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 22 x 28"" 55 x 70 cm. half sheet poster USA. Sterling Hayden Louis Calhern Jean Hagen James Whitmore Sam Jaffe Marilyn Monroe dir: John Huston MGM. Classic film noir about a heist which after being successfully executed unravels with tragic consequences. Though John Huston intended the role of Angela Phinlay for Lola Albright Marilyn Monroe won the role and it was the first in which her great dramatic abilities were explored. Poster features Monroe prominently thanks to agent Johnny Hyde's work in placing her there amongst the films MGM contract players. Poster is paper-backed. There are creases at all four corners. A few small inter tears have been addressed in the lower left side photo area. There was a long horizontal crease or tear from the mid left side to the mid-point of the poster which has been addressed. Corner pinholes addressed. Displays beautifully VERY GOOD-FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000283No binding. Fine. Fine Art Print Vintage original 41 x 27"" 102 x 68 cm. one sheet poster USA. James Mason Shelley Winters Sue Lyon Peter Sellers Lois Maxwell dir: Stanley Kubrick; MGM. One of the most iconic movie posters of all-time. Very controversial was the novel by Vladimir Nabokov who did the adapted screenplay about a 40-something French literature professor and his obsession for the 12-year-old daughter of his landlady. Very controversial to this day is the film. The censors were after the script from day one and Lolita's age had to be raised to 14. In the end Kubrick un-credited actually wrote much of the script as presented on screen. Nevertheless it was Nabokov who received the Academy Award nomination for Best Writing - Screenplay based on material from another medium. This famous image of Sue Lyon as Lolita wearing the heart-shaped sunglasses is a portrait by Bert Stern. The image was used for publicity only; cat-eyed sunglasses were used in the film. Amongs those considered for and offered the role of Humbert were Marlon Brando David Niven Cary Grant and Errol Flynn who passed before production started. Amongs the other Lolita potentials were Joey Heatherton and Haley Mills; in both cases their well-known fathers vetoed the casting! Peter Sellers based his peculiar voice on that of Stanley Kubrick. Poster is folded and appears to be unused. There is only the minutest of edge and fold wear FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000422No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 11 x 14"" 28 x 35 cm. title lobby card USA. Mae Murray John Gilbert Roy D'Arcy Tully Marshall dir: Eric von Stroheim; MGM. A classic silent film and one of the best of the genre. Also one of the most notorious because of its tempestuous production. A prince must woo a wealthy widowed dancer in order to keep her money in the country. Based on the Franz Lehar operetta and trotted out twice more in later years by MGM the problems Stroheim caused in production particularly with star Murray whose temper was equal to his and with executive Irving Thalberg were such that this would be the last film he would direct for MGM. One of the most expensive and decadent films of the silent era and orgy scene had to be severely cut for censorship reasons. Shot in 1924 Joan Crawford and Clark Gable reportedly appeared as extras. The card has a large pin hole at the top left corner which has been reinforced with archival tape on the verso. There are pin holes at the right and bottom left corners as well as a chip to the bottom left corner. There is light spotting and smudging over all the card VERY GOOD. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000003No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 11 x 14"" 28 x 35 cm. lobby card USA. Greta Garbo John Gilbert Ian Keith Lewis Stone Elizabeth Young C. Aubrey Smith Reginald Owen Cora Sue Collins dir: Rouben Mamoulian; MGM. The pet project of Greta Garbo who came out of a year of self imposed exile after refusing the poor scripts that MGM was attempting to saddle her with to play the historic Queen of Sweden. Loyal and bound to her country when she experiences romance she decides to give up her throne to follow her heart. This card depicts the scene in which she tells her people of her choice to abdicate. The card was once in an album and there are light stains on back which do not show through at all pinholes in outer image one minor border chip mended with archival paper NEAR FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000667No binding. Fine. Fine Art Print Vintage original 11 x 14"" 28 x 35 cm. lobby card USA. Clark Gable Jean Harlow dir: Sam Wood; MGM. pre-Code sizzler written by Anita Loos specifically to highlight the dramatic abilities of Jean Harlow. Though she is toned down from her previous work in Red Dust and Red Headed Woman she engages in some of the most sexually charged scenes of the time with Clark Gable including a scene where they share the same bath water walk around in their robes and share a torrid kiss within minutes of having met each other. He is a small time con she falls in love with him they have a baby born in prison and she goes to prison for his botched crime. Things do work out in the end of course! This was the third pairing for Gable and Harlow and they would go on to make two more films together. In this card Harlow swathed in Adrian finery despite her lower bracket income visits Gable during his prison stint. Pinholes in corners FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000023No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 14 x 17"" 35 x 43 cm. sepia-tinted photo no. 2 USA Greta Garbo Fredric March Freddie Bartholomew Maureen O'Sullivan May Robson Basil Rathbone Reginald Owen dir: Clarence Brown: MGM. Very unusual and beautiful oversize lobby display piece for this classic Garbo film based on Tolstoy's novel. Garbo's favorite writer Salka Viertel adapted the book for her as did S. N. Behrman and Clemence Dane for what many feel is the definitive film version. Anna must come to terms with the social repercussions when she allows herself to fall in love while married and with a child. Technical aspects of this film were far advanced and Garbo's understated performance earned her the New York Film Critics Award for Best Actress. Greta Garbo as Anna Karenina reclines while she and Fredric March playing Vronsky share a romantic moment. This was at one time one of a numbered set of eight oversized photos. There has been light professional conservation to this rare photo NEAR FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000022No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 14 x 17"" 35 x 43 cm. sepia-tinted photo no. 3 USA Greta Garbo Fredric March Freddie Bartholomew Maureen O'Sullivan May Robson Basil Rathbone Reginald Owen dir: Clarence Brown: MGM. Very unusual and beautiful oversize photo for this classic Garbo film based on Tolstoy's novel. Garbo's favorite writer Salka Viertel adapted the book for her as did S. N. Behrman and Clemence Dane for what many feel is the definitive film version. Anna must come to terms with the social repercussions when she allows herself to fall in love while married and with a child. Technical aspects of this film were far advanced and Garbo's understated performance earned her the New York Film Critics Award for Best Actress. This photo is a montage featuring a portrait of Greta Garbo as Anna Karenina set against a backdrop of a philandering Fredric March playing Vronsky. This was at one time one of a numbered set of eight oversized photos. There has been light professional conservation to this rare photo NEAR FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000020No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 14 x 17"" 35 x 43 cm. sepia-tinted photo no. 5 USA. Greta Garbo Fredric March Freddie Bartholomew Maureen O'Sullivan May Robson Basil Rathbone Reginald Owen dir: Clarence Brown: MGM. Very unusual and beautiful oversize lobby display piece for this classic Garbo film based on Tolstoy's novel. Garbo's favorite writer Salka Viertel adapted the book for her as did S. N. Behrman and Clemence Dane for what many feel is the definitive film version. Anna must come to terms with the social repercussions when she allows herself to fall in love while married and with a child. Technical aspects of this film were far advanced and Garbo's understated performance earned her the New York Film Critics Award for Best Actress. Greta Garbo as Anna Karenina and Fredric March as Vronsky on an afternoon outing. This was at one time one of a numbered set of eight oversized photos. There has been light professional conservation to this rare photo NEAR FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000953No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 10 x 13"" 25 x 32 cm. black-and-white double weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo USA. Marie Dressler Wallace Beery Robert Young Maureen O'Sullivan dir: Mervyn LeRoy; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A wonderfully rare behind-the-scenes look at these engaging character stars on the set of TUGBOAT ANNIE. Both had recently won Academy Awards and were amongs the top box office stars of 1933. A very rare still format showing a sweet moment between the co-stars. The attached paper blurb on the verso reads ""Together again Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery seen together in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture ""Tugboat Annie"" catch forty winks between scenes in their latest picture."" They had made MIN AND BILL a few years before. Still is coded ""MG30776"". Dressler suffering from cancer at this time would die a year later. Minor creasing along the top blank white margin and at the four corners NEAR FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000127No binding. Fine. Fine Art Print Vintage original 11 x 14"" 28 x 35 cm. lobby card. USA Norma Shearer Robert Montgomery Reginald Denny Una Merkel Jean Hersholt dir: Sidney Franklin; MGM. Married to boy wonder and top MGM executive Irving Thalberg Norma Shearer ruled the MGM lot in 1931. She had just won an Academy Award for Best Actress as well. Thalberg sought out the very best in novels plays and original material for Shearer. That included Broadway. Noel Coward wrote and starred in his play which played on Broadway along with Gertrude Allen and Laurence Olivier and it ran till Sept. 1931. The MGM film was released two months later with Shearer and an all-MGM cast. A true comedy of errors as only Noel Coward could write embellished here by the MGM artists such as Cedric Gibbons sets and Adrian's clothing. It was all in the latest Art Deco fashion FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000456No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 11 x 14"" 28 x 35 cm. glossy title lobby card USA. Gene Kelly Donald O'Connor Debbie Reynolds Jean Hagen Millard Mitchell Cyd Charisse dir: Gene Kelly Stanley Donen; MGM. The quintessential MGM musical the favorite of many with its lighthearted look at the movies' transition to ""talkies."" Great songs of that era highlighted the film. So popular has it become that it is now a major stage musical. Nice glossy paper card captures the spirit of the film. There is a bit of edge wear and slight creases at corners ABOUT FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000025No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 11 x 14"" 28 x 35 cm. lobby card no. 4 USA. Greta Garbo Fredric March Freddie Bartholomew Maureen O'Sullivan May Robson Basil Rathbone Reginald Owen dir: Clarence Brown: MGM. The ballroom scene from this classic Garbo film based on Tolstoy's novel. Garbo's favorite writer Salka Viertel adapted the book for her along with S. N. Behrman and Clemence Dane for what many feel is the definitive film version. Anna must come to terms with the social repercussions when she allows herself to fall in love while married and with a child. Technical aspects of this film were far advanced and Garbo's understated performance earned her the New York Film Critics Award for Best Actress. Cedric Gibbons designed the impeccable period sets. There is one small marginal mended chip overall NEAR FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000595No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 11 x 14"" 28 x 35 cm. lobby card USA. Warner Baxter Myrna Loy Charles Butterworth Mae Clarke Phillips Holmes C. Henry Gordon dir: W.S. Van Dyke; MGM. Art Deco opulence in the MGM/Cedric Gibbons art direction Alexander Toluboff and Edwin B. Willis as associates was the highlight of this film and of this exquisite card featuring Myrna Loy and Warner Baxter. This was the story of a crooked lawyer whose specialty is getting mob members off for their crimes. Loy plays his girlfriend but as this film is not only pre-Code for her it is also pre-Nora Charles also basically a prostitute. Her gowns were by Adrian nonetheless. Included was the new hit song by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields"" Don't Blame Me"". Fast-paced script by the team of Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett and fast-paced direction by MGM team player W.S. Van Dyke made this film a perfect example of a 1930s big city gangster film. Minor restoration to creases and pinholes at corners ABOUT FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM001122No binding. Fine. Photo Set of fourteen 14 vintage original 8 x 10"" 20 x 25 cm. photos USA. Charlton Heston Leigh Taylor-Young Edward G. Robinson dir: Richard Fleischer; MGM. One of the classic science-fiction films of the 1970s about a dystopian future where oceans are dying and climate change has resulted in massive pollution and lack of adequate food. All the photos have mimeographed descriptive text on verso FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000393No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 7 x 10"" 20 x 25 cm. black-and-white borderless glossy silver gelatin print still photo UK. Vanessa Redgrave Sarah Miles David Hemmings John Castle Jane Birkin Verushka dir: Michelangelo Antonioni; MGM. The story of a mod London photographer who believes he has photographed a murder. Forever controversial and even hated particularly when first released it is Antonioni's comment on society particularly of the time and human nature. The film was made by MGM in the UK under a newly-created company called Premier Productions. Because this company had no agreement with the Production Code office as MGM did the frontal nudity and explicit scenes were allowed to remain in the film. Some of these nude scenes included the famous international models cast in the film. Hemmings' character also shot fashion photography with them. The best and sexiest photos from the film like this one were produced in the UK the film's country of origin as they were far too racy for use in the US back then. Still labeled ""BU-30"" features one of the most famous models of all time Peggy Moffitt. She immortalized herself in the 1960s as designer Rudi Gernreich's main model her Kabuki-style make-up and asymmetrical hair cut designed by Vidal Sassoon also helped. She appeared in twelve films between 1955-67. Creasing at top of still and at top and bottom right borders VERY GOOD-FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000559No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 13 x 10"" 33 x 25 cm. black-and-white double weight matte print still photo USA. Paul Muni Luise Rainer Walter Connolly Tilly Losch Charley Grapewin Jessie Ralph dir: Sidney Franklin; MGM. Pearl S. Buck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the struggles of Chinese farmers was given a spectacular production by MGM which went on to win several Academy Awards including for Best Actress to Luise Rainer. In production for three years it would be Irving Thalberg's last credited production and would be released after his untimely death. Initially the studio wanted to film on location in China. The repressed Chinese national government at the time wanted this too but insisted on full censorial control which MGM refused. So the Chinese farmland was built on 500 acres in Chatsworth CA which at the time was open space. In still 730-140x we have Luise Rainer and Paul Muni on the location set. Minor handling crease at bottom left corner ABOUT FINE. unknown books
1939WALTER-FILM002189Vintage original 10 x 8"" 25 x 20 cm. black-and-white photo USA. Dir: Victor Fleming; MGM. <br /><br />Extremely scarce photo of gifted African American character actor Oscar Polk. Here he is pictured on the Selznick lot during filming of the epic classic film GONE WITH THE WIND. Besides this film Polk's credits include THE GREEN PASTURES CABIN IN THE SKY and two Oscar Micheaux films. <br /><br />The studio has printed on back some descriptive text labeling his character as ""FAITHFUL AND TRUE"" minor creasing NEAR FINE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer books
1929WALTER-FILM004270No binding. Near Fine. Fine Art Print.<br /><br />Los Angeles: MGM 1929. Vintage original 11 x 14" 28 x 36 cm. lobby card USA. Backed with conservation paper NEAR FINE. <br /><br />Cecil B. DeMille produced and directed this recently re-discovered pre-Code film in which a socialite marries a convicted murderer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer books
