December 11, 2024

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Our e-list #7 features newly-added items to our photography offerings, including beautiful oversized prints, television publicity, film noir collections, silent film, documentary and African American cinema.

ELAINE MAY DIRECTING | A NEW LEAF (1971) BTS photo

A New Leaf was Elaine May's first film as director, for which she also starred and contributed the screenplay. Here she is behind-the-scenes... view more.

KAY FRANCIS [ca. 1932] Oversized portrait

A portrait of Kay Francis, then at the pinnacle of success, in a typically sumptuous gown with cigarette in her left hand... view more.

DR. STRANGELOVE | JACK D. RIPPER [1964] Oversized photo by Bob Penn

A portrait of Sterling Hayden as the paranoid brigadier general Jack D. Ripper, from Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 dark satire Dr. Strangelove... view more.

DR. STRANGELOVE | MISS FOREIGN AFFAIRS [1964] Set of 5 photos by Bob Penn

Actress Tracy Reed in the role of Miss Foreign Affairs, the mistress of General “Buck” Turgidson, from Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 dark satire Dr. Strangelove... view more.

(African American film) HALLELUJAH [1929] Photo archive

A classic early talking film, Hallelujah is only the second Black cast feature film made by a major Hollywood studio... view more.

THE SET-UP (1949) Set of 13 photos

Director Robert Wise’s devastating film noir set in the world of boxing, with Robert Ryan as the defiant boxer... view more.

JAMES DEAN [ca. 1953-55] Archive of oversized photos

A set of seldom seen candid images of James Dean in an unusual format, larger than the already oversized format of 11 x 14″ (28 x 36 cm)... view more.

CONRAD VEIDT, LIL DAGOVER | THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI [1921] Photo

A seminal image of somnambulist Cesare (Conrad Veidt) attacking Jane (Lil Dagover) in her bed, from the 1920 German silent horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari... view more.

BELA LUGOSI, BORIS KARLOFF | THE BLACK CAT [1934] Photo

Bela Lugosi points a gun at Boris Karloff in this dramatic moment from director Edgar Ulmer’s Art Deco-designed masterpiece... view more.

Charles Beaumont (screenwriter) THE TWILIGHT ZONE – “LONG DISTANCE CALL” (1961) TV photo

A portrait of actor Bill Mumy as Billy Bayles in this famous Twilight Zone episode about a little boy whose grandmother has given him a toy telephone... view more.

CLARA BOW [ca. 1928] Oversized portrait by Richee

Clara Bow was one of silent cinema’s definitive Jazz Age leading ladies. This portrait, taken at the height of her fame, is in immaculate condition... view more.

THELMA TODD (ca. 1929) Oversized portrait by George P. Hommel

Starting in films in 1927, Thelma Todd was making some 20 features and shorts by 1929 alone. A girl of great intelligence, she started her working career... view more.

THE SCARLET LETTER (1926) BTS photo ft. Lillian Gish, Victor Sjöström

In this rare behind-the-scenes moment, we witness a tense exchange between Lillian Gish and director Victor Sjöström... view more.

ZENITH TELEVISION REVEALS ITS NEW LOGO [ca. 1954] Promotional photo

Publicity photo promoting the new Zenith logo and latest television model in 1954. The original 1923 logo was changed in 1954 and... view more.

Alfred Hitchcock’s STAGE FRIGHT [1950] Advertising art photo

Jane Wyman registers terror as she holds an embrace with Richard Todd against a backdrop of the theatre stage, audience and a looming Marlene Dietrich... view more.

PAULA PRENTISS [ca. 1960] Oversized cheesecake photo

One of the last stars ever to be put under contract to a major studio, MGM put Paula Prentiss under contract in 1960 — but only after she arranged to marry her live-in boyfriend Richard Benjamin... view more.

NORMA TALMADGE, GILBERT ROLAND | THE WOMAN DISPUTED [1928] Oversized photo by Russell Ball

Though not blatantly sexual, it would be portraits and scenes such as this which would give a sense of torrid storytelling in pre-Code Hollywood... view more.

MONTEREY POP (1968) Photo archive

Artists featured in this group include: Pete Townshend, Otis Redding, Bob Hite, Jefferson Airplane and Country Joe McDonald... view more.

MARY ASTOR [ca. 1936] Dodsworth-era portrait by Kenneth Alexander

Mary Astor is seen in her prime in this lovely portrait taken by Samuel Goldwyn portrait photographer Kenneth Alexander... view more.

MARILYN MONROE | SOMETHING’S GOT TO GIVE (1962) Bathing suit test photo

This image of a happy Marilyn Monroe appears to have been released early in anticipation of her upcoming film Something’s Got to Give... view more.

MARILYN MONROE | SOMETHING’S GOT TO GIVE (1962) Rare scene photo

Monroe is featured here in the scene in which her character returns home after several years marooned on an island... view more.

LEONARD NIMOY [ca. late-1960s] Oversized profile portrait

Leonard Nimoy started his long and illustrious career in the early 1950s in television and remained a TV favorite for more than fifty years... view more.

JULIE ANDREWS | THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY (1964) Oversized portrait

A lovely portrait of Julie Andrews used to publicize her appearance in the film which she made between her two mega musicals... view more.