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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970): Sherlock Greets Madame Petrova (1970): Sherlock Greets Madame Petrova
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Sherlock (Robert Stephens) leans in to kiss the hand of prima ballerina Madame Petrova (Tamara Toumanova) as her companion Nikolai Rogozhin (Clive Revill), holding a decanter and glass, looks on in vague disgust.
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Handwritten label “Robert Stephens (right) in the title role of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.” and numbered 88-11A. Marked with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 40.” Stamped “APPROVED: MAY 22, 1970 Code for Advertising – Motion Picture Association of America.”
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Kiss Me, Stupid (1964): Orville Plays a Song for Dino and Polly Front:
Songwriter Orville Spooner (Ray Walston) plays a song for playboy pop singer Dino (Dean Martin) as waitress/sex worker Polly (Kim Novak), posing as Orville’s wife, leans on his shoulder. Martin holds what appears to be a bowling ball bag and shoes.
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Handwritten label “Return to Phillips,” “Kiss Me, Stupid,” and numbered 37. Marked with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 37.” Stamped to return to 201 Canisius House, Dempster Street, Evanston.
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Irma la Douce (1963): Irma, Nestor, and Coquette On the Street Front:
An unamused Irma (Shirley Maclaine) carries an umbrella in one hand and her dog, Coquette (Shorty), in the other. Nestor Patou (Jack Lemmon) trails behind her, lugging a suitcase.
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Handwritten label “Return to Phillips,” “Irma la Douce,” and numbered 36, then G159277. Marked with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 36.” Stamped to return to 201 Canisius House, Dempster Street, Evanston.
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The Fortune Cookie (1966): Breakfast in Bed Front:
Harry Hinkle (Jack Lemmon) recovers in a hospital bed, midway through an exclamation. Luther “Boom Boom” Jackson (Ron Rich), who unintentionally put Hinkle in the hospital, grimaces. William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich (Matthau, center), leans over Hinkle.
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Handwritten label “Return to Phillips” and numbered 38 and “47-12A.” Marked with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 38” and another labeled “Jack Lemon [sic], Walter Matthau, and Ron Rich in The Fortune Cookie (1966) Dir. Billy Wilder.” Stamped to return to 201 Canisius House, Dempster Street, Evanston.
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One, Two, Three (1961): A Packed Backseat Front:
(L-R): Schlemmer (Hanns Lothar), C.R. “Mac” MacNamara (James Cagney), Otto Ludwig Piffl (Horst Buchholz), and Scarlett Hazeltine (Pamela Tiffin) make their way to visit Hazel’s wealthy parents, Wendell (Howard St. John) and Melanie (Loïs Bolton). Below, label reading “ONE, TWO, THREE”
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Handwritten label “Return to Phillips” and numbered 36. Marked with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 35.” Stamped to return to 201 Canisius House, Dempster Street, Evanston.
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The Apartment (1960): Sheldrake at the Office Front:
Jeff D. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray) speaks with his secretary, Miss Olsen (Edie Adams), as he enters his office.
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Handwritten labels “Fred MacMurray & Edie Adams in The Apartment” and “à folder,” numbered 34. Marked with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 34.”
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The Apartment (1960): Bud Serves Spaghetti Front:
C.C. “Bud” Baxter (Jack Lemmon) uses a tennis racket to strain spaghetti while cooking for himself and Fran (Shirley MacLaine), who peeks into the kitchen to catch Bud’s shenanigans.
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Handwritten labels “The Apartment,” and “Return to Phillips.” Coded “G-49292” and “32a.” Marked with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 32.” Stamped twice to return to 201 Canisius House, Dempster Street, Evanston.
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Some Like It Hot (1959): A Meeting of Delegates Front:
Chicago mob boss Spats Colombo (George Raft, center, with striped tie and dark fedora) and henchmen ((L-R) Harry Wilson (left front, holding golf clubs), Tipp McClure, Pat Comiskey, and Mike Marzuki), speak to Agent Mulligan (Pat O’Brien, right, in bowler hat) at the hotel’s mafia convention, aka the “Friends of Italian Opera Society 10th Annual Convention.”
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Handwritten labels “George Raft & Pat O’Brien,” “Some Like It Hot,” and “Return to Phillips/Gene Phillips.” Marked with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 31.” Stamped to return to 201 Canisius House, Dempster Street, Evanston.
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Some Like It Hot (1959): The Band Altogether Front:
Sweet Sue and Her Society Syncopators perform: Joe-as-Josephine on tenor saxophone (Tony Curtis, left), Jerry-as-Daphne on upright bass (Jack Lemmon, second from left), Olga on clarinet (Marian Collier, lower right), Betty on alto saxophone (Joan Nicholas, upper right), and singer Sugar Kane on ukelele (Marilyn Monroe, center). Reflected in the mirror behind them is bandleader Sweet Sue (Joan Shawlee).
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Handwritten labels “Some Like It Hot,” “Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe,” and “Return to Phillips.” Marked #30 with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 30.” Stamped to return to Phillips’ Loyola faculty residence.
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Some Like It Hot (1959): Josephine and Daphne in Repose Front:
Joe-as-Josephine (Tony Curtis) and Jerry-as-Daphne (Jack Lemmon) lounge, arms hanging and feet up, on opposite sides of a dramatic chaise longue, both looking into the camera while holding cigarettes aloft.
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Handwritten labels “Tony Curtis & Jack Lemmon (1959),” “SOME LIKE IT HOT,” and “Return to Phillips.” Marked #29, 83%, and “p2,” with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 29.” Stamped to return to Phillips’ Loyola faculty residence.
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Love in the Afternoon (1957): Ariane and Flannagan Say Farewell Front:
A misty-eyed Ariane (Audrey Hepburn), holding flowers, looks up at Frank (Gary Cooper) as he boards the train. Frank, leaning out the door, delicately lifts her chin as the usher looks on.
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Handwritten labels “Love in the Afternoon,” code “G121901,” and “Return to Phillips.” Marked #26 with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 26.”
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UWM Film Studies Banner Image From the UWM Film Studies page.
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LibraryThing Logo Logo from Google Play's image for the app.
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William Faulkner Portrait of William Faulkner via the Library of Congress image database.
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Robert Allison Wade & H. Bill Miller (Whit Masterson) Image of Robert Allison Wade and H. Bill Miller, co-writers who wrote under the pen names of Wade Miller, Will Daemer, and Whit Masterson.
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Tennessee Williams Portrait of Tennessee Williams
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Ernest Hemingway, ca.1920s-1930s Image created to Lloyd Arnold via Wikimedia Commons.
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Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder Part of the Screen Classics series.
Cover image from Amazon via LibraryThing.
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Creatures of Darkness: Raymond Chandler, Detective Fiction, and Film Noir Book cover from LibraryThing via Amazon.
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Out of the Shadows: Expanding the Canon of Classic Film Noir Cover from LibraryThing via Amazon.
Scarecrow Press.
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Exiles in Hollywood: Major European Film Directors in America Cover from LibraryThing via Amazon.
Lehigh University Press
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Graham Greene Edited inverse of negative.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald Image taken from a portrait of the Fitzgerald family.
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Raymond Chandler, Portrait in Profile Labeled "Lady in the Lake portrait, 1943"
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Ace in the Hole (1951): Kirk Douglas Front:
Portrait of Kirk Douglas in a houndstooth suit. Below, the film is labeled as POINT BLANK and copyrighted 1967; Phillips, however, has crossed out “POINT BLANK” and replaced it with “ACE IN THE HOLE.”
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Handwritten label “Kirk Douglas in Ace in the Hole.” Marked #20 with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 20.”