Cain novel of the same name and produced by Jerry Wald and Jack Warner. She left MGM for Warner Brothers in 1943 and then, despite rumors that her career was over, convinced director Michael Curtiz, who had just won the Oscar for “Casablanca,” to cast her in the lead role as “Mildred Pierce.” The murder mystery film was adapted to the screen from the James M. Her reign as so-called “Queen of the Movies” spanned the entire Great Depression era. After rocketing to stardom in MGM’s pictures “Sally, Irene and Mary,” “Our Dancing Daughters” and “Untamed,” Crawford became one of the biggest movie stars of the day, the flapper ideal for the modern woman. Joan Crawford currently ranks in the American Film Institute’s top ten actresses in the history of cinema. Oscar statue awarded to Joan Crawford for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role as the title character in the 1945 film “Mildred Pierce”. Joan Crawford’s Best Actress Academy Award Oscar For ”Mildred Pierce” - Considered One of the Greatest Performances by an Actress in the History of Cinema Sanders Auctions has sold the following similar items: Sanders Auctions can obtain up to this amount or more for you: Harry Houdini The Master Mystery 1919 One Sheet Serial Movie Poster. Episode 1 was released on November 18, 1918, by Octagon Films.īelow is a recent realized price for a Harry Houdini The Master Mystery 1919 one sheet serial movie poster. The film stars Harry Houdini, Marguerite Marsh, Ruth Stonehouse, Edna Britton, William Pike, and Charles Graham. The film was directed by Harry Grossman and Burton L. The Master Mystery is a 1918 American mystery silent serial film told in 15 installments. Sell Your Harry Houdini The Master Mystery 1919 One Sheet Serial Movie Poster UPDATE: I've been able to determine that this playbill is from 1916.FREE VALUATION. To buy, auction, sell or consign your Harry Houdini The Master Mystery 1919 one sheet serial movie poster that is for sale, please email your description and photos to of Nate D. One wonders if fragments of this version, which probably had all the French title cards chopped off, is what’s now housed in stock film archives as miscellaneous Houdini footage (and most recently appeared on Kino’s Houdini The Movie Star DVD collection ). While Houdini showed footage of his escapes as part of his stage show, this is the first playbill I’ve ever seen advertising a performance of stand alone Houdini footage, and it’s the only advertisement I’ve ever seen for Merveilleux Exploits. Here the movie title has been translated as The Celebrated Houdini. It is CLEARLY Les merveilleux exploits de Houdini à Paris, a film Houdini made in France for Film Lux in 1909. It’s a playbill for Houdini the movie, making it quite possibly the first Houdini “movie poster.”Īccording to the Nore Lodge website, Princes Hall, a variety theater on Tylers Ave in Southend-on-Sea, changed its name to Princes Picturedrome (as we see in the ad) in 1908 when it converted to all movies.įurthermore, look at that plot description. This English playbill, which appears on page 26 of Walter Gibson’s The Original Houdini Scrapbook and recently went up for auction on eBay (unsold), is NOT a playbill for Houdini the man, as has been represented. Being a fan of Houdini’s movie career, I can’t believe I’ve never noticed this until now (and maybe I’m alone in this, so collectors forgive me if this is old or obvious news to you).
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