Oversized Portraits Of Pre-Code Hollywood Stars
Walter Film recently acquired a remarkable collection of studio portraits of some of the major stars of Pre-Code Hollywood. These oversized black-and-white double weight glossy silver gelatin portraits of the following:
LGBTQ Lesbian Archive (1901-2004)
WOMEN IN FILM, THEATER & MUSIC
As the photograph of Katharine Hepburn above signifies, this is a collection of lesbian and bisexual women in film, theater and music. It spans a full century, starting with Maud Adams in 1901 and working its way up through a Chantal Akerman film of 2004.
WALTER FILM CATALOG 53/2024
Catalog 53 Features > A number of scarce movie scripts, among them THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD (1964), THE WILD BUNCh (1968), THELMA AND LOUISE (1990), and THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1992). > An entire section devoted to the career of preeminent queer filmmaker Kenneth Anger, includ…
Lena Horne: African American Icon
In honor of Black History Month we celebrate the ”What Becomes A Legend Most” icon, Lena Horne. When Lena Horne was asked to become the image for Blackglama’s 1969 ad campaign poster (see above), she follows in the heels of such female icons as Marlene Dietrich and Joan Crawford; she was the fir…
Anna May Wong – First Chinese American Movie Star
Anna May Wong (born Wong Liu Tsong; January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961) was an American actress, considered to be the first Chinese American Hollywood movie star, as well as the first Chinese American actress to gain international recognition. Her varied career spanned&n…
Shooting The Stars – The Golden Age of Hollywood Portraiture
Hollywood Portrait Photography came into existence at the beginning of the 20th Century, following the relocation of the film industry from the east coast to Hollywood. These fledgling studios needed to create interest in their motion pictures by promoting the actors who stared in them. From 1910…
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