American Historical Ephemera & Photography

Silver gelatin photographs, most 8 x 10 in., or smaller, featuring portraits, informal views, and film stills of actors and actresses, many from the Golden Age of Hollywood (generally very good to near excellent condition, some with corner and edge wear). Many include typed or penciled captions to verso as well as ink stamps from the publisher or photographer. Highlighted subjects include:

Clark Gable (4), including portrait with ink stamp to verso crediting Russell Ball, MGM, and film still with Joan Crawford. -- Film still from The Shining Hour showing Joan Crawford dancing with Tony De Marco. -- Robert Montgomery (5), including view with Clark Gable. -- Clint Eastwood (4) -- Richard Greene. -- Frederic March. -- Richard Barthelmess (3). -- Spencer Tracy in Shanghai Madness. -- Sean Connery as James Bond. -- Tallulah Bankhead (2). -- Dolores Costello in Glorious Betsy. -- Randolph Scott and Fred Astaire (2). -- Randolph Scott (3). -- Tab Hunter (2). -- Robert Taylor. -- Johnny Weissmuller. -- Charles Starrett. -- Rock Hudson. -- Joel McRea. -- Dennis Morgan. -- Tom Brown (4). -- John Boles (16). -- Dana Andrews. -- Norman Foster. -- Neil Hamilton (3), including film still with Constance Bennett. -- Hurd Hatfield. -- Troy Donahue. -- William Haines (2). -- Warren Beatty. -- Tom Brown. -- Tommy Lee Jones. -- Roger Moore (2). -- Tom Selleck. -- Tom Skerritt. --  Eddie Quillan. -- Richard Chamberlain (3). -- Richard Gere. -- George Hamilton (3). -- Christopher Reeve. -- Film still from All the Right Moves, including Tom Cruise and Craig T. Nelson. -- Film still from WUSA, showing Paul Newman and Anthony Perkins. -- Film still from The Carpetbaggers.

[With:] 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. photograph of Thomas Harper Ince. Washington, DC: Harris & Ewing. Ince (1880-1924) was an American silent film-era filmmaker who was best known as the "Father of the Western," and was responsible for making over 800 films. He revolutionized the motion picture industry by creating the first major Hollywood studio facility. Ince died under mysterious circumstances aboard media tycoon William Randolph Hearst's private yacht.

[Also with:] Mr. Hackett as Solomon Swap. 7 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. hand-colored print (toning). -- German postcard featuring silhouette of woman in profile, 1928.