Edward dein director (6 resultados)

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1946 film. Based on the 1857 novel "The Companions of Jehu" by Alexandre Dumas. In the days leading up to the French Revolution, a baron steals the king's tax profits to give them back to the poor. Set in France. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1944 film, showing actors J. Carrol Naish, Acquanetta, and Eddie Hyans. Provenance stamp on the verso. A follow-up to the 1943 film "Captive Wild Woman," featuring ape-turned-human woman Cheela, or Paula. Hot on the heels of the successful 1942 RKO Radio Pictures release "Cat People." 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, lightly toned.…

Vintage black-and-white studio photograph from the 1943 film noir. Based on the 1942 novel "Black Alibi" by Cornell Woolrich. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good condition, with edge creasing and a few closed tears, and with two cello tape repairs to the verso. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Rosenbaum 1000.

Draft script for the 1943 film. Copy belonging to associate producer Ben Pivar, with his ownership name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. First film in the "Inner Sanctum" series. Universal struck a deal with publishers Simon and Schuster in 1943, obtaining screen rights to their "Inner Sanctum" mysteries, set to star Lon Chaney, Jr. (fresh off his classic monster roles), and this film marked the first installment. Ben Pivar purchased freelance writer Edward Dein's original screenplay, and selected Reginald Le Borg to direct. The film would set the standard for the series, including the introductory sequence of a crystal ball gazer who warns the audience of impending, albeit cinematic, doom, and the recurrent "stream of consciousness" voiceover. Chaney is neurologist Mark Steele, married to a beautiful and unfaithful wife Maria (Ames). Distraught over his wife's infidelity, he suffers a blackout, only to wake up to interrogators (Naish) questioning him about his wife's murder. He believes he may have been the murderer, until he hypnotizes the despondent wife of Maria's last lover, Stella (Patricia Morison), who confesses. Gray card titled wrappers, rubber-stamped production No. 7140, dated September 2, 1943, with credits for screenwriter Dein. 108 leaves, ribbon copy typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good bound with three gold brads. Wrapper now encapsulated in mylar. Weaver, Universal Horrors.…

Two vintage photographs from the 1943 film, including one studio still photograph showing actors Lon Chaney Jr. and Ramsay Ames, and one reference photograph showing Chaney Jr. alone. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. The first film in Universal's "Inner Sanctum" series. Universal struck a deal with publishers Simon and Schuster in 1943, obtaining screen rights to their "Inner Sanctum" radio series, with Chaney Jr. slated to star. "Calling Dr. Death" would set the standard for the series, including the classic introductory sequence of a fortune teller who warns the audience of impending, albeit cinematic, doom, and the recurrent "stream of consciousness" voiceover. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, lightly faded. Weaver, Universal Horrors.…

Two vintage reference photographs from the 1960 film, one showing actor Phillip Terry emerging from a swamp, the other showing Terry and actors Coleen Gray and John Van Dreelen, watching Estelle Hemsley, who is in costume as an African priestess. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the copyright stamp of still photographer John Nelson-Sullivan. An endocrinologist travels with his aging, alcoholic wife to Africa, where they discover a secret drug to restore youth-one which, however, requires the user to sacrifice a man in order to acquire the fluid from his pineal gland. Released as a double feature with the Hammer production "The Brides of Dracula." 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. …