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WALTER-FILM000681No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 8 x 10"" 20 x 25 cm. black-and-white single weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo USA. Greta Garbo Charles Bickford Marie Dressler George F. Marion dir: Clarence Brown MGM. For Garbo's first All-Talking picture film MGM had the world wait more than two years into the sound movie process before allowing her to be heard. They chose Eugene O'Neill's famous play as her vehicle and it was a super hit. This scene still includes Garbo as Anna and veteran actor George F. Marion as her father. Marion adapted the play and wrote the screenplay. Garbo was nominated for the Academy Award as best actress for her very first talkie. This was a stark and minimalist version of the famous play far different from most MGM films of the time. Though the film creaks Garbo's work is still astonishing. At a time when the Academy Awards were still under construction Garbo was actually nominated twice in the same year she received a separate nomination for Romance. Still is coded 456-145. Writing in pencil on verso. Crease at top blank white margin near right side likely form paper clip. Minor edge and corner wear NEAR 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-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-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-FILM000258No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 41 x 27"" 104 x 69"" one sheet poster USA. Gig Young Jean Hagen Polly Bergen dir: Richard Fleischer; MGM. Promoted by MGM as the first 3-D Western this poster appropriately has the expected ""coming at you out of the screen"" graphics. Folded no pinholes there is a bit of fold wear at upper fold and a tiny tear in top blank margin overall 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-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
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
WALTER-FILM000919No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 8 x 10"" 20 x 25 cm. black-and-white single weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo USA. Elizabeth Taylor George Murphy Mary Astor Spring Byington S. Z. Sakall Gene Lockhart Jimmy Lyndon dir: Robert Z. Leonard; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Elizabeth Taylor displays her natural teen beauty in this lovely portrait with Jimmy Lyndon. Lyndon gave Elizabeth her first screen kiss. She was joined by as cast of MGM veteran character actors for this story of a delicate girl protected by her family. Photo includes the original typed publicity blurb on the verso and the stamped still number of 1395-82. Minor crease at top right corner ABOUT FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000918No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 7 1/2 x 9 1/2"" 18 x 23 cm. black-and-white single weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo USA. Roddy McDowall Donald Crips Dame May Whitty Elizabeth Taylor Nigel Bruce dir: Fred M. Wilcox; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Elizabeth Taylor made her MGM debut in this just her second film. She would make films for MGM for the next 25 years with an occasional trip to another studio. Even at this young age her adult beauty was present. The star was Pal the female collie who played the hero of seven films about the adventures of Lassie. The blank white margins of this photo have been slightly trimmed for publication. It is coded 1261-36 and has minor corner creasing and horizontal scratches top to bottom on the right half of the photo and some loss of emulsion along the top right edge. These do not show when viewing the photo straight on VERY GOOD. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000733No binding. Fine. Photo Vintage original 11 x 14"" 28 x 35 cm. black-and-white double weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo USA. Elizabeth Taylor Frank Morgan Tom Drake Selena Royle Harry Davenport dir: Fred Wilcox; MGM. Originally titled as indicated on the typed blurb on verso Hold the High Torch 14-year-old Elizabeth Taylor played a girl who rescued the orphaned Lassie and when separated the dog is drafted into K-9 duty in the trenches from which it suffers battle fatigue. Always the lover of animals in this behind-the-scenes image with Frank Morgan Tom Drake Lassie and a baby lamb. The still is ink stamped ""S1339-28"" on the verso as well. There is a tiny crease at the bottom right corner FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000734No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 8 x 10"" 20 x 25 cm. black-and-white double weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo USA. Elizabeth Taylor Frank Morgan Tom Drake Selena Royle Harry Davenport dir: Fred Wilcox; MGM. Originally titled as indicated on the typed blurb on verso Hold the High Torch 14-year-old Elizabeth Taylor played a girl who rescued the orphaned Lassie and when separated the dog is drafted into K-9 duty in the trenches from which it suffers battle fatigue. Elizabeth was always the lover of animals in this scene still she shares the moment with Frank Morgan and Lassie. The film was in Technicolor. The still is numbered ""S1339-35"" on the lower right corner and there is a typed description blurb on the verso. Minor crease at top center blank white margin and tiny creases at top left and bottom right corners NEAR FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000920No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 10 x 8"" 25 x 20 cm. black-and-white single weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo USA. William Powell Elizabeth Taylor Fernando Lamas Gig Young James Whitmore dir: Richard Thorpe; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Perhaps the title was a bit of a commentary on star Elizabeth Taylor. Amongst what she had and loved were horses and here she is once again with a beauty. The original typed blurb on the verso though refers to her as the beauty and the horse as beast. The movie was a low budget for MGM remake of the Norma Shearer classic A FREE SOUL and was about a spoiled rich girl the daughter of a powerful lawyer who becomes involved with a mobster. Still is coded 1598-24. Minor handling ABOUT FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000921No binding. Very Good. Photo Set of 2 vintage original 4 x 5"" 10 x 12 cm. black-and-white single weight glossy silver gelatin print still photos USA. The iconic wedding gown which Helen Rose designed for Elizabeth Taylor for her first wedding lasted far longer than the marriage. It became the most requested bridal gown design throughout the decade and even today the basic gown is popular. At the time she was most popular with movie audiences wearing a similar gown for the MGM film FATHER OF THE BRIDE. This dress with its 22"" waist let out at some point from the original 20"" sold a few years ago at auction at Christie's London. Taylor was just 18 when she married Hilton the first of her 8 marriages. It last just 205 days with the 24-year-old Hilton. Though they had met each other in late 1949 they did not know each other well. Taylor divorced him on grounds of mental cruelty and though his family was wealthy she refused alimony and took back her maiden name. The wedding here took place on May 6 1950 at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills. There were some 600 guests and enjoying the publicity MGM picked up the tab. These two original news photos are ink stamped on the verso ""For more of these pictures write WORLDWIDE 63 Central Ave Ossining New York."" Pencil notations on verso slight wear ABOUT FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000643No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 11 x 14"" 28 x 35 cm. lobby card USA. Tallulah Bankhead Robert Montgomery Hugh Hubert dir: Harry Beaumont; MGM. After a brief stint in silent films the theatre world was charmed by the voice and manner of Tallulah Bankhead; a return to film with talkies however did not bring her any further success. She starred in several soap opera melodramas this one for MGM plush with Deco furnishings and Adrian costumes. Neither MGM nor her character Carol Morgan seemed to be aware there was a depression on as she romped from man to man in this pre-Code melodrama. Today FAITHLESS is a camp classic -- and this rare card represents the playgirl before her walk down the primrose path. Beautiful color highlights this card featuring Hugh Herbert Tallulah and Robert Montgomery. There is a bend at the upper left corner a chip at the lower right corner a tiny tear on the blank white border at the upper right and a neatly mended 1"" 2.5 cm. tear starting at the blank white margin and into the black of the star credit box none of this is very serious and the card looks really nice VERY GOOD. unknown books
1937288577Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1937. Stapled Pamphlet. Good binding. The color lithographed Souvenir Brochure that was sold in movie theaters as a keepsake of the blockbuster hit. This is a stapled pamphlet. Along with is a folded leaf of the same size of "Facts About the Production". This has black and white photographs of David Selznick; Margaret Mitchell Victor Fleming and several "On the Set" informal images. We have not seen this "Fact" leaf before. The brochure has colored drawings of the principals as well as some of the secondary characters. It is noteworthy that no black character is depicted. The great Hattie McDaniel is nowhere to be found nor is Butterfly McQueen. A sad commentary. Both brochures are folded in half with creases. Good binding. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 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
WALTER-FILM000660No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 27 x 41"" 68 x 102 cm. one sheet poster USA. Tom Neal Jo Ann Sayers Arthur Hohl Truman Bradley Clem Bevans dir: Fred Zinnemann; MGM. MGM had their star-making process well-assembled by 1939 and this applied to directors as well as all other creative jobs at the studio. Up-and-coming directors cut their teeth on the short films which would fill out the bill for an evening in the theatre with newsreels cartoons and the feature. Academy Award-winning director Fred Zinnemann proved himself competent by making a long list of shorts between 1937 and 1942. Amongst the shorts series at MGM were the Crime Does Not Pay-series entries. This story concerned the corruption involved in exploiting unskilled labor. Tom Neal would spend years in shorts and playing supporting roles until 1945 when he landed the lead in the top noir Detour. He is the character at the right on the poster. On linen NEAR FINE. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000561No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original black-and-white single weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo USA. Harry McCoy Julia Faye Mary Thurman A. Edward Sutherland Malcolm St. Clair dir: Walter Wright; Keystone Film Company. Very unusual art direction and costuming make this somewhat bizarre still from a Keystone comedy short charming. The film is most likely lost. Interestingly it featured two soon-to-be prominent film directors as actors Malcolm St. Clair as the Butler and A. Edward Sutherland as the Wealthy Maiden's Suitor. The wealthy maiden was played by Mary Thurman and the verso is stamped with her name above the title. She was a Mormon who came to Los Angeles with her family as a teen was discovered by Mack Sennett and became one of his original bathing beauties. Her career is largely forgotten as she died in 1925 at age 30 while filming in Florida. She is at center. Creases at all corners. The top right and bottom left corner are chipped VERY GOOD-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-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
1953WALTER-FILM000887Vintage original 10 x 8" 25 x 20 cm. black-and-white double weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo USA. Joan Crawford Michael Wilding Gig Young dir: Charles Walters; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. <br /><br />After a ten-year leave from her alma-matter 1925-43 Joan Crawford returned to MGM to make a Technicolor musical. She was allowed free reign on her hair make-up and costume choices. The studio celebrated her return and newbie contract players such as Pier Angeli were excited to meet her. <br /><br />Here Angeli assists Joan with her coif during a visit. Angeli appears to be taking great care since the style is most likely achieved with hair pieces woven into Crawford's own hair. Sydney Guilaroff the stylist Crawford found in New York City in the 1930s and brought to MGM is credited with her styling. <br /><br />Immaculate photo includes the original typed information blurb on the verso the dated "June 24 1953 Advertising Administration Hollywood" approval stamp and the original penciled still number which is "1631x40" FINE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer books
WALTER-FILM001054No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 8 x 10"" 20 x 25 cm. black-and-white single weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo USA. Judy Garland Billie Burke Fanny Brice Allan Jones Reginald Owen dir: Edwin L. Marin; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. When in late 1937 MGM acquired the rights to THE WIZARD OF OZ with the intent of it being a vehicle for their rising musical star Judy Garland the star making machinery went into fast action. Featured in several films prior the studio created this lower budget musical for her sent her on a US personal tour announced her casting in OZ in Feb. 1938 moved her to star status on their roster and set the script and music writers to their task of turning L. Frank Baum's fantasy book into a musical. There were months of pre-production and so long did it take that Garland finished two more films before starting OZ. This story initially titled THE UGLY DUCKLING gave Judy great comic and dramatic moments as well as songs in the form of ballad swing and minstrel -- utilizing all her grand talents. Here she is with leading lady Lynn Carver who plays her sister. Still is coded 1020-13 and has minimal edge wear ABOUT FINE. unknown books
