Heritage is online, with bidding in progress, on over 1300 lots of some of the most rare vintage movie posters! Auction date July 25 and 26 in Beverly Hills! www.ha.com/7060<http://www.ha.com/7060>
If you haven't seen these items before, look closely as will probably be the last time you will ever see them again, after July 25th! Now known to be a lost film, little remains but a few trailers from this Paramount big budget feature. What is most well known about this film today is it is the second film appearance of Louise Brooks, who was relatively unknown at the time. Brooks would go on to become one of the most iconic female stars of the late silent era. She crafted a personal style that left an indelible mark on 1920s popular culture with her bobbed pageboy hair and dark, exotic looks, she achieved a cult status rarely garnered by entertainers of that time. Her greatest fame would come after leaving the U.S. and starring in two German made films under director G.W. Pabst: Pandora's Box (1928) and Diary of a Lost Girl (1929). Remarkably, this gorgeous poster is perhaps the only known copy and only Brooks is featured in spectacular, full-length glory! The American Venus (Paramount, 1926). Three Sheet (41" X 81"). http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7060&lotNo=83501 One of Germany's most important directors during the 1920s, F. W. Murnau was a cinematic genius. Best known as the director of Nosferatu (1922), he also filmed an early version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) and the brilliant character study Der Letzte Mann (1924), as well as this, a stunning adaptation of the Faust legend. With Gosta Ekman as Faust, an aged seeker of knowledge and pleasure who turns to dark forces to satisfy his longings, and Emil Jannings as Mephisto, the demonic servant who answers Faust's summons. Also featured was the lovely Camilla Horn as Gretchen, the woman with whom Faust falls in love. After a staggering six months of production and two million marks, Murnau's Faust is one of horror's most visually stunning cinematic nightmares, an archetypal tale of love, power, morality, temptation, and redemption that sizzles with passion hotter and redder than the Devil himself. This is a very, very rare rolled, exceptional condition poster! Faust (MGM, 1926). Insert (14" X 36"). http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7060&lotNo=83422 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
