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Vintage studio still photograph from the 1945 film. Based on the 1912 play "Die Zarin" by Lajos Biro and Melchior Lengyel. A lieutenant starts an affair with Catherine the Great, despite his fiancée being one of her ladies-in-waiting. Set in 18th century Russia. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with pinholes at the corners, some c…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1997 re-release of the 1943 film, showing Akim Tamiroff, Franchot Tone, and Anne Baxter. Based on Lajos Biro's 1917 play "Hotel Imperial: Szinmu negy felvonasban." During World War II, a British soldier passes himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered by Nazis, later becoming entr…

Vintage borderless reference photograph of actress Mary Morris from the 1940 film. With provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1924 film of the same name directed by Raoul Walsh, about the fantastical adventures of legendary thief Abu and the rightful sultan of Bagdad. Producer Alexander Korda's most successful film in the…

Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1955 film. Based on A.E.W. Mason's 1902 novel "The Four Feathers," previously adapted by Korda in 1939 under the title "The Four Feathers." A British lieutenant resigns in order to remain with his fiancee, but this choice brands him a coward, leading him to travel to the Sudan to f…

Two vintage reference photographs from the 1934 film. An historical drama based on the life of Catherine the Great, mostly focusing on her tense relationship with her husband until she is crowned empress following a coup d'etat she helped stage against her him. Set in Russia and England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion…

Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1936 film, one of Charles Laughton in the lead as artist Rembrandt van Rijn and three of Gertrude Lawrence as Rembrandt's lover Geertje Dircx. In 1933, 3 years prior to "Rembrandt," director Alexander Korda and Charles Laughton made "The Private Life of Henry VIII" firmly establishi…

Zustand: Near Fine. dj. First edition. First printing of this educational survey that combines advice on screenwriting and directing with the scenario scripts for the films "A Kiss for Cinderella," "The Last Command," and "The Scarlet Letter." "Patterson was one of the earliest university lecturers on motion pictures," notes the…

First edition. With 49 text illustrations, mostly full page photographic reproductions. Text in Hungarian. In publisher's printed wrappers. (8), 260 p., and two plates. Richly illustrated travel memoir of the Hungarian zoologist and ethnologist, Lajos Bíró who travelled to Papua New Guinea at the end of the 19th century. Lajos B…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. Thin octavo. Text in Hungarian. Green cloth decorated in gilt. A very nice, about fine copy. Basis for the 1924 film *Forbidden Paradise* directed by Ernst Lubitsch and featuring Pola Negri, Rod La Rocque, and Adolphe Menjou, and with Clark Gable, uncredited in his second film as a s…

1 S. 8vo. S/W-Portrait im ¾-Profil. - Der ungarische Schriftsteller und Dramatiker war seit den 1920er Jahren auch als Drehbuchautor tätig, übersiedelte später nach London und war dort für die London Film Productions von Alexander Korda tätig. Im ersten Jahr der Academy Awards (1929) erhielt Bíró eine Oscar-Nominierung für sein…

Vintage publicity photograph from the 1927 silent film, showing actor Emil Jannings enjoying a large cracker and a glass of milk. While transporting $1000 in securities, a bank clerk from Milwaukee falls for a blonde seductress, who proceeds to rob him of his valuables, ruining his life. Winner of the first Academy Award for Bes…

Vintage reference photograph of director Zoltan Korda on the set of the 1955 film, wearing a mask to guard himself from the sun. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with distributor's stamps. Based on A.E.W. Mason's 1902 novel "The Four Feathers," previously adapted by Korda in 1939 under the title "The Four Feathers…

Vintage reference photograph of producer Alexander Korda on a camera crane on the set of the 1934 film. London Film stamp and mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the classic 1908 novel by Baronness Emmuska Orczy, in turn based on the 1905 play by Orczy and Montagu Barstow. Actor Leslie Howard's performance is by many to be the de…

Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1940 film, showing a camera crew capturing a boat scene with actors Conrad Veidt and June Duprez. Based on the 1924 film directed by Raoul Walsh, about the fantastical adventures of legendary thief Abu and the rightful sultan of Bagdad. Producer Alexander Korda's most successf…

In original illustrated wrapper. 79 p. Biro wrote the Hotel Imperial, upon which the 1927 American silent film was based. The screenplay was written by Jules Furthman. The film was directed by Mauritz Stiller in 1927, and starred Paola Negri, James Hall, George Siegmann, Max Davidson and Otto Fries. Cover chipped, small missing…