Collection of twelve photographs, many of them candid, of the Mexican singer and actress, including an original photograph on Kodak paper of her and husband Lewis A. Riley attending the theatre and an NBC promotional photograph with Robert Culp for the I Spy episode "Return to Glory." Various sizes and formats, ranging from 9 x 6.25 cm and 20 x 25.5 cm (3.5 x 2.5 in and 8 x 10.5 in). In very fine condition. Read More...
Large original photograph of the American poet and lecturer who wrote passionately on behalf of the "common man" and who earned national recognition in 1899, when his immensely popular poem of social protest "The Man With the Hoe" was published in the San Francisco Examiner. Photographed by E. Willard Spurr of Pasadena, with his blind-stamp at the foot and stamp to the verso. Small mounting remnants to the verso; overall fine. 16.25 x 18 inches (41.5 x 51 cm). Read More...
Trio of promotional photographs from Columbia Pictures' 1945 adventure film A Thousand and One Nights, a comedy set in the world of the One Thousand and One Nights folktales and which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction. Two of the three photographs depict stars Cornel Wilde and Adele Jergens in a romantic embrace, with typed press captions mounted to verso. Photographer's stamp of Cronenweth to verso of both. The third photograph shows Wilde by himself, perhaps sitting up in imitation of an eager dog. In fine condition. 8 x 10 inches each (20.3 x 25.4 cm.). Read More...
Original period promotional photograph from the 1937 MGM film Parnell, starring Gable as the Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell. The film is notable for being Gable's least successful theatrical release, and it was included in the 1978 book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (And How They Got That Way). 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm.). Read More...
Original 1977 photograph of the important American musical composer around the time of "Side by Side Sondheim." Publication stamps of the Chicago Sun Times and press clipping affixed to verso. Some wear to edges, and light publication surface scoring, else fine. 8 x 9.9 inches.
An original Reutlinger carte de visite photograph of the operetta composer and composer of "Les Contes d'Hoffmann." Slight stain to the lower right of the mount; otherwise in fine condition. 2.5 x 4 inches (6.3 x 10.6 cm).
Original CDV bust photograph of the great violinist. 2.5 x 3.75 inches [6.2 x 9.8 cm]. Corners clipped with mounting remnants on verso obscuring the photographer's imprint, otherwise fine. Vieuxtemps was one of the most imporant musicians of the 19th century. As one of the greatest of all violin virtuosos, he was compared to Paganini by both Schumann and Berlioz. As a composer, he was an important reformer of the concerto and in this regard, according to Grove, "can be compared to Liszt."