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Vintage studio still photograph from the 1942 film. Based on the true story of songwriter Paul Dresser and a woman he dated, known professionally as Sallie Walker. A biopic about Dresser and singer Sally Elliot, detailing their meeting, the formation of their business relationship, and eventual engagement. Set in New York City, shot on location in Calabasas, California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…

Seven studio still photographs from the 1977 film. A young orphan, raised by his dysfunctional hillbilly family, befriends a goofy dragon in this live-action animated musical. It was the first animated Disney film in which none of the legendary "nine old men" were involved in the animation process. Ken Anderson created the beloved dragon, loosely modeling him after historical Asian imagery. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Poor, with a synopsis typed on the verso of three, a stamp to the verso of three, and light warping overall. Soiling, red manuscript annotations, and dampstaining throughout. …

Vintage reference photograph from the 1953 film. With manuscript ink annotation identifying the title of the film on the verso. A man boards a river boat heading towards New Orleans with the intention of gambling. He wins a very expensive diamond necklace, not realizing it is a family heirloom to the woman he is interested in. Set in Mississippi. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…

Collection of four vintage studio still photographs from the 1944 film noir. Two photographs with blind stamps at the verso bottom right corner. Based on the 1943 novel of the same name by Graham Greene. A man recently released from a mental hospital ends up entangled in a Nazi spy ring after taking the advice of a palm reader. Set in England. Two photographs trimmed, about 7.75 x 10 inches, Very Good plus. Two photographs 8 x 10 inches, one stained along the bottom margin else Very Good plus. Grant US. Criterion Collection 649. Selby US Canon. Spicer US.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1932 film, showing a menacing Preston Foster holding a gun. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. A pre-Code prison melodrama based on the 1930 Broadway play by John Wexley, about the convicts on death row. The play would be adapted again in 1959, starring Mickey Rooney. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage keybook photograph from the 1944 film, showing actress Marjorie Reynolds frozen in the shadow of a giant swastika. Based on Graham Greene's 1943 novel. While en route to London after being released from a mental institution, a man is accidentally caught up in a nefarious Nazi scheme, and finds himself pursued by German secret agents. Set in England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly toned at the edges, with two punch holes along the left edge. Criterion Collection 649. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Spicer US.…

Two vintage reference photographs from the 1932 film, showing actors Paul Muni, George Raft, Karen Morley, Purnell Pratt, and others. Based on the 1930 book by Armitage Trail, which was in turn based on the true exploits of notorious Prohibition-era mob boss and bootlegger Al Capone. Along with "Public Enemy" (released only a few months prior), generally considered to be the quintessential American gangster film, one that Capone himself came to embrace and even screen in his home. Set in Chicago. Both photos 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine and Very Good plus respectively. First photo (Muni and Morley dancing) has two short closed tears at the top edge, repaired with conservator's tape on the verso. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Scorsese, A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Penzler 101. Grant US.…

Archive of 68 vernacular photographs, housed in a contemporary photo album, each photo with descriptions in silver manuscript ink just below it, and distributed in three sections as follows: (1) 34 photos taken on the set of "The Dawn Patrol" (Howard Hawks, 1930), an aviation drama set during World War I. Included are shots of planes in flight, and several others of star Douglas Fairbanks Jr. With manuscript annotations to the album pages identifying most of the photographs; (2) 16 vernacular photographs taken on the set of the pre-Code film "The Life of the Party" (Roy Del Ruth, 1930), and 18 vernacular photographs of the sinking of the RMS Tahiti off cost of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands on August 16-17, 1930, taken from the nearby SS Ventura. The front cover of the photo album identifies the photographer as J.N. Boucher, and he appears four times in the album, twice dressed as a pilot in "The Dawn Patrol" section, and twice in "The Life of the Party" section, in one standing in front of a Vitaphone truck, along with a man identified as Dolph Thomas, who worked as an uncredited sound engineer on the film. Photographs variously sized, generally between 3.5 x 2.5 and 5.25 x 3.25 inches, Very Good plus. Photo album Good only, with several pages detached a few loose photographs.…