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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.”
Back:
Handwritten label “Kirk Douglas in Ace in the Hole.” Marked #20 with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 20.”
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Sabrina (1954): Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn Toast Front:
Sabrina Fairchild (Hepburn), in a strapless floral dress, looks into Linus Larrabee (Bogart)’s eyes as they appear to toast with empty glasses.
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Stamp for Gene D. Phillips, addressed:
201 Canisius House
Dempster Street, Evanston
Handwritten description: “Sabrina.” Marked #24 with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 24.”
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The Seven Year Itch (1955): Marilyn Monroe vs. the Vent, feat. Tom Ewell Front:
The Girl (Monroe), in the iconic scene, has her white dress blown upward from a grate below as Richard Sherman (Ewell) leers at her.
Back:
Stamp for Gene D. Phillips, addressed:
201 Canisius House
Dempster Street, Evanston
Handwritten description: “7 Year Itch.” Marked #25 with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 25.”
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Sunset Boulevard (1950): Gloria Swanson and Cecil B. DeMille’s Heart-to-Heart Front:
Cecil B. DeMille (as himself) has a heart-to-heart with fading Old Hollywood actress Norma Desmond (Swanson), realizing Desmond is sinking further into a fantasy than he’d realized.
Back:
Handwritten label “Return to Phillips,” marked #12 (“15” is crossed out) with a sticky note labeled “7.2”.
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Sunset Boulevard (1950) BTS: Cecil B. DeMille and William Holden with Gloria Swanson Front:
Surrounded by filming equipment and flanked by a member of the crew, William Holden speaks with Cecil B. DeMille as Gloria Swanson sits behind them in full Norma Desmond makeup.
Back:
Stamp for Gene D. Phillips, address listed with Loyola University. Handwritten description: “Cecil B. DeMille (center)” above “Gloria Swanson in background.” Handwritten labels of #3, 79%, and p.5, marked #17 with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 17.”
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Stalag 17 (1953): William Holden with POWs Front:
Sgt. JJ Sefton (Holden), wearing the traditional German Tryolean hat and smoking a cigar, with a crowd of POWs inside the barracks.
Back:
Stamp for Gene D. Phillips, addressed:
201 Canisius House
Dempster Street, Evanston
Handwritten description: “Stalag 17.” Marked #21 with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 21.”
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Stalag 17 (1953): Nazi Soldiers Beating American POW William Holden Front:
American POW Sgt. JJ Sefton (Holden), lying on the muddy ground, takes a boot to the ribs by Sgt. Johann Sebastian Schulz (Sig Ruman) as other Nazi soldiers watch, another holding Sefton at gunpoint to keep him from fighting back.
Back:
Stamp for Gene D. Phillips, addressed:
201 Canisius House
Dempster Street, Evanston
Handwritten description: “Stalag 17.” Marked #23 with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 23.”
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Stalag 17 (1953) BTS: Dir. Billy Wilder and Otto Preminger Front:
Billy Wilder gestures as he directs Otto Preminger as Col. Von Scherbach, the warden of the Nazi POW camp “Stalag 17.”
Back:
Stamp for Gene D. Phillips, addressed:
201 Canisius House
Dempster Street, Evanston
Handwritten description: “Stalag 17.” Marked #22 with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 22.”
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957): Marlene Dietrich on the Stand Front:
Christine (Dietrich), dressed in black with gloves, beret, and a crisp white button-up, takes the stand. One manicured hand is ungloved, presumably to be sworn in. Below, label “WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION” with the MGM logo and copyright.
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2 Stamps for Gene D. Phillips, addressed:
201 Canisius House
Dempster Street, Evanston
Handwritten marked #27 with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 27.”
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957): Crowded Courtroom Front:
Charles Laughton as Sir Wilfrid addresses the courtroom in his wig and robes.
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Stamp for Gene D. Phillips, addressed:
201 Canisius House
Dempster Street, Evanston
Handwritten description: “Witness for the Prosecution.” Marked #27 with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 27.” Handwritten numbers G179656.
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Sunset Boulevard (1950): Erich von Stroheim Front:
Closeup of Erich von Stroheim as Max von Mayerling.
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Stamp for the National Film Archive. Stamp for Gene D. Phillips, addressed:
201 Canisius House
Dempster Street, Evanston
Handwritten description: “Stroheim Sunset Blvd.” Handwritten label, “Return to Phillips” and marked #18a.
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.
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Stamp for Gene D. Phillips at Loyola. Handwritten label “Double Indemnity,” marked #10. Sticky note added marked “Phillips 10.”
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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.
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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.)
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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.”
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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.”