Gene D. Philips Archives

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• Ball of Fire (1941): Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck
  Front: Professor Bertram Potts (Cooper), collar and tie undone, and Sugarpuss O’Shea (Stanwyck), in fur and a headscarf, chat in a hallway. Back: Stamp for Gene D. Phillips, addressed: 201 Canisius House Dempster Street, Evanston Handwritten label, “Ball of Fire” marked #4. Sticky note added marked “Phillips 4.”
• Double Indemnity (1944): Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, and Edward G. Robinson
  Front: Walter Neff (MacMurray) hides Phyllis Dietrichson (Stanwyck) behind a door as Barton Keyes (Robinson) approaches. Back: Stamp for Gene D. Phillips, addressed: 201 Canisius House Dempster Street, Evanston Handwritten label, “Double Indemnity,” marked #11. Red sticker and sticky note added marked “Phillips 11.”
• Double Indemnity (1944): Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray
  Front: Walter Neff (MacMurray), cigarette and drink in hand, looks on as Phyllis Dietrichson (Stanwyck) hides behind a door. Back: Stamp for Gene D. Phillips at Loyola. Handwritten label “Double Indemnity,” marked #10. Sticky note added marked “Phillips 10.”
• Five Graves to Cairo (1943) BTS: Dir. Billy Wilder and Makeup Artist Ben Nye with Erich von Stroheim, German Soldiers at Table
  Front: Dir. Billy Wilder (inexplicably smoking two cigars) and makeup artist Ben Nye (in glasses and necktie) stand over actors playing German soldiers at a table, including Erich von Stroheim. Back: Stamp for Gene D. Phillips, addressed: 201 Canisius House Dempster Street, Evanston Handwritten label, “Five Graves to Cairo,” marked #8. Sticky note added marked “Phillips 8.” Handwritten note “Man w/ tie – John Sietz[sic]?” (Upon closer inspection, the man with the tie is makeup artist Ben Nye.)
• Five Graves to Cairo (1943): Erich von Stroheim and German Army
  Front: Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (von Stroheim), center, and the Nazi German army stare into the camera at an offscreen figure. Von Stroheim wields a riding crop, pointing it while holding a piece of paper. Back: Stamp for Gene D. Phillips, addressed: 201 Canisius House Dempster Street, Evanston Handwritten label “FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO,” marked #7. Sticky note added marked “Phillips 7.”
• The Major and the Minor (1942): Ginger Rogers with Book
  Front: Susan Applegate (Rogers) looks up from an intricately decorated book. Back: Stamp for Gene D. Phillips, addressed: 201 Canisius House Dempster Street, Evanston Handwritten label, “Major + the Minor” marked #5. Sticky note added marked “Phillips 5.”
• Ball of Fire (1941): Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck
  Front: Professor Bertram Potts (Cooper), collar and tie undone, and Sugarpuss O’Shea (Stanwyck), in fur and a headscarf, chat in a hallway. Back: Stamp for Gene D. Phillips, addressed: 201 Canisius House Dempster Street, Evanston Handwritten label, “Ball of Fire” marked #4. Sticky note added marked “Phillips 4.”
• Five Graves to Cairo (1943) BTS with Billy Wilder, Erich von Stroheim, Anne Baxter, and Franchot Tone
  Front: (L-R) Wilder, von Stroheim, Baxter, and Tone sitting shoulder-to-shoulder on a couch. Baxter is smiling at Wilder while holding a script. Back: 2 Stamps for Gene D. Phillips, addressed: 201 Canisius House Dempster Street, Evanston Handwritten label “Five Graves to Cairo,” marked #6. Sticky note added marked “Phillips 6.”
• Midnight (1939): Don Amenche, Claudette Colbert, and John Barrymore
  Front: Image of the three leads (Amenche as Tibor Czerny, Colbert as Eve Peabody, and Barrymore as Georges Flammarion) posing for the camera. Amenche’s arm is around Colbert’s shoulders as he leans into her. Colbert smiles into the camera as Barrymore gives her a goofy wide-eyed stare. Back: Stamp for Gene D. Phillips, addressed: 201 Canisius House Dempster Street, Evanston Handwritten label “Midnight,” marked #3. Sticky note added marked “Phillips 3.”
• Ninotchka (1939): Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas
  Front: Count Leon d’Algout (Douglas) takes the hand of Soviet diplomat of Nina “Ninotchka” Ivanovna Yakushova (Garbo). Ninotchka, notably, is wearing her iconic hat designed by Adrian for the film. Back: Stamp for Gene D. Phillips, addressed: 201 Canisius House Dempster Street, Evanston Handwritten label “Ninotchka” and marked #2. Sticky note added marked “Phillips 2.”
• Gene D. Phillips, SJ
  Author photo, from dust jacket of The Films of Tennessee Williams (1980).
• Polaroid of John Schlesinger with Gene D. Phillips
  Front: Gene Phillips and John Schlesinger are seated at a table, going over material for the biography in Schlesinger’s Hollywood office. Note: this is the image for the inside cover of Phillips’ biography of Schlesinger for the Twayne Theatrical Arts series.
• Terminus (1961) BTS with Dir. John Schlesinger, Margaret Ashcroft, and her son Matthew Perry
  Front: John Schlesinger speaks with Margaret Ashcroft as they prepare to film the scene of a little boy (her son, Matthew Perry, not related to the Friends costar) getting lost in the terminal. Back: Stamp for Gene D. Phillips. Handwritten description: “John Schlesinger (center) ‘TERMINUS.’” Marked #2 twice.
• Yanks (1979) BTS with John Schlesinger
  Front: Schlesinger, seated and bundled up for outdoor filming in the Northern English spring weather, looks in the distance with a small smile as he is surrounded by filming equipment covered in plastic (likely to protect from rain.) Back: Stamp for Gene D. Phillips. Handwritten description: “John Schlesinger. Yanks.” Multiple number marks scribbled out, marked #49 with an arrow pointing to it and 74% below.
• Darling (1965) BTS with Laurence Harvey, Julie Christie, Dir. John Schlesinger, and Dirk Bogarde
  Front: Apparently candid image of (L-R): Harvey, looking on with scrunched eyebrows; Christie, laughing as she puts on her gloves; Schlesinger, smiling at Christie’s reaction; and Bogarde, staring into the camera while leaning against the doorframe, cigarette in one hand and the other on his hip. Back: Handwritten description: “The film was influenced by his background + experience in [illegible, possibly ‘making docs of ???’].” Marked #8. Stamp for notice about reproduction scribbled out.
• John Schlesinger BTS at Camera
  Front: John Schlesinger gestures while standing at the camera. Back: Handwritten label: “Possible for cover.”
• Darling (1965) with Julie Christie and Dirk Bogarde, Interview Scene
  Front: Robert Golde (Bogarde) interviews Diana Scott (Christie) on the street. He holds a microphone up to her, waiting for an answer. Back: Stamp for Gene D. Phillips. Handwritten description: “Julie Christie. Dirk Bogarde.” Marked #9 in top right and #12 in top left.
• Darling (1965) with Julie Christie and Laurence Harvey
  Front: Diana Scott (Christie) stands on the runway above Miles Brand (Harvey), smiling at him. She is dressed in an evening gown, gloves and a beehive updo. She holds a small handbag and a glass of white wine. Back: Stamp for Museum of Modern Art/Film Stills Archive. Handwritten description: “Julie Christie/ Laurence Harvey.” Marked #50 in top left corner and #67 ¾ in top right corner.
• Far From the Madding Crowd (1967) with Peter Finch
  Front: William Boldwood (Finch), dressed in a full tuxedo while aiming a rifle he pulled from the rack behind him. Back: Stamp for Gene D. Phillips. Handwritten description: “Peter Finch. Far from the Madding Crowd.” Three number marks crossed out in top right corner next to mark #12 and below it #14.
• Far From the Madding Crowd (1967) with Julie Christie and Terrence Stamp
  Front: Bathsheba Everdene (Christie) look up at Sgt. Francis Troy (Stamp), who is in uniform, hand behind his back, and sword drawn. Back: Stamp for Gene D. Phillips. Handwritten description: “Julie Christie and Terrence Stamp in John Schlesinger’s Far From the Madding Crowd. MGM (1967).” Three number marks crossed out in top right corner next to mark #11 and below it #13.
• Midnight Cowboy (1969) with Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman at Grave
  Front: Joe Buck (Voight) and Ratso/Rico (Hoffman), the latter holding some fern leaves, stand over the grave of Ratso/Rico’s father. Back: Stamp for Gene D. Phillips. Handwritten description: “Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman. Midnight Cowboy.” Marked #15 and #6.
• Midnight Cowboy (1969) with Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight
  Front: Joe Buck (Voight) helps Ratso/Rico (Hoffman) onto a bus while carrying a bag. Ratso/Rico grimaces in pain from illness. Back: 2 stamps for Gene Phillips (one typical return information, the other made to look handwritten). Typed description: “MC-35 Joe Buck (JON VOIGHT, right) helps the critically ill Ratso (DUSTIN HOFFMAN) to the bus which will take them to Florida in ‘Midnight Cowboy.’ A Hellman-Schlesinger production, the picture stars Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight. It was produced by Jerome Hellman and directed by John Schlesinger based on a novel by James Leo Herlihy. The screenplay is by Waldo Salt. It is in Color by DeLuxe, and is released by United Artists, an entertainment service of Transamerica Corporation.” Four handwritten number marks crossed out, marked #51 or #15 in top left corner, #61 ¾ in top right corner.
• Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) with Peter Finch, Murray Head, and Glenda Jackson
  Front: Peter Finch and Glenda Jackson face different directions. In the background, Murray Head looks on. Back: Stamp for Gene D. Phillips. Handwritten description: “Peter Finch, Murray Head, [‘Glenda’ added in blue ink] Jackson. Sunday, Bloody Sunday.” Marked #19 in top right corner and #18 in top left corner.
• Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) BTS with Cinematographer Billy Williams and Dir. John Schlesinger
  Front: Billy Williams crouches down and looks into the camera; John Schlesinger lies on the ground next to him, mid-gesture toward the set. Back: Handwritten description: “John Schlesinger (right) directing Sunday, Bloody Sunday on location in London. United Artists (1971.” Marked “BS-4205.” A small sticker with Schlesinger’s address is attached, printed in a sans serif font with blue ink: John Schlesinger 28 Peel Street London, W.8
• Day of the Locust (1975) with Karen Black
  Front: Karen Black smiles as the sits in the boot of a car, leg sticking up with high-heeled toe pointed, smoking a cigarette. Back: 2 stamps for Gene Phillips (one typical return information, the other made to look handwritten). Typed description on Paramount Publicity Department paper: “Paramount Pictures Presents A Jerome Hellman Production, A John Schlesinger Film, ‘The Day of the Locust.’ Starring Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atheron and Geraldine Page as Big Sister. Associate Producer Sheldon Schrager. Director of Photography Conrad Hall, A.S.C. Based on the Novel by Nathaniel West, Screenplay by Waldo Salt. Produced by Jerome Hellman. Directed Schlesinger. A Paramount Picture.” Three handwritten marks scribbled out, marked #56. Label “Use Pix #1 55%” also crossed out.