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The Brasher Doubloon (1947) Philip Marlowe (George Montgomery) stands over Mrs. Murdock (Florence Bates, seated) as she thinks.
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Face to Face (1952) Front: James Mason in Naval uniform in Face to Face (1952.)
Back: Stamp for Gene Phillips. Handwritten description in pencil: "James Mason in The Secret Sharer segment of Face to Face." Below is a handwritten description which is difficult to decipher.
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The Great Gatsby (1926) Front: Daisy Buchanan (Lois Wilson) and Jay Gatsby (Warner Baxter) stand opposite each other in a sitting room. Nick Carraway (Neil Hamilton) has his back to the camera as he leaves the room.
Back: Stamps for the Museum of Modern Art/Film Stills Archive and Gene Phillips. Handwritten description: "The Great Gatsby (1926)," "Lois Wilson/Warner Baxter."
Note: At time of cataloguing (Jan. 2025), this film is considered lost.
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The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) Front: Charles Willis (Van Johnson) and his wife, Helen Ellswirth (Elizabeth Taylor) talk on the sofa while their daughter Vicki (Sandy Descher) sleeps in her father's lap.
Back: Stamps for the Museum of Modern Art/Film Stills Archive and Gene Phillips. Handwritten in ink the description: "The Last Time I Saw Paris."
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Lord Jim (1965): O'Toole Front: Closeup of Peter O'Toole as Lord Jim.
Back: Stamps for the Museum of Modern Art/Film Stills Archive and Gene Phillips. Handwritten description: "Lord Jim."
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Song of the Tin Man (1947) Front: Nick Charles (William Powell) takes a phone call while Nora Charles (Myrna Loy) looks on.
Back: Handwritten description in ink, "Song of the Thin Man." In top left corner, also handwritten in ink, "Return to Gene Phillips."
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The Great Gatsby (1974) Front: Mia Farrow and Robert Redford, as Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby, embrace. Below is the label for "The Great Gatsby" and information regarding printing rights. Below that is the phrase "Restricted to U.S. use only. Not for resale or syndication" crossed out in marker.
Back: Handwritten in pencil is the description: "Great Gatsby (1974)," "Mia Farrow/Robert Redford."
NOTE: image is adhered to a thin sheet of cardboard with tape and some sort of glue.
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The Breaking Point: Serenade Front: John Garfield looks on as Patricia Neal is serenaded by a mariachi band. Below, a Warner Brothers description for The Breaking Point (1950.)
Back: Stamps for the Museum of Modern Art/Film Stills Archive as well as Gene Phillips' own. Handwritten in ink is the description "John Garfield + Patricia Neal," "The Breaking Point," and "The remake of To Have & Have Not."
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Murder, My Sweet: Attack Dick Powell (left) as Philip Marlowe is knocked out. Mike Mazurki (center) as Moose Malloy and John Indrisano (right, uncredited) as a chauffeur stand over him, holding handguns.
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Murder, My Sweet: Fisticuffs (L-R) Otto Kruger, Mike Mazurki, and Dick Powell face off. Mazurki and Powell have each other by the collars while Kruger points a handgun at them.
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Faulkner and Crew William Faulkner (left, seated) in conversation with a film crew
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The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) Primary cast of The Talented Mr. Ripley (dir. Anthony Minghella, 1999), pictured L-R: Gwyneth Paltrow as Marge Sherwood, Jude Law as Dickie Greenleaf, and Matt Damon as Tom Ripley. Information below describes further production information.
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The Lady in the Lake (1946), Mirror Shot Front: Image of Robert Montgomery and Audrey Totter in a trick mirror-shot indicative of the first-person perspective in The Lady in the Lake (dir. Robert Montgomery, 1946).
Back: Handwritten label "The Lady in the Lake"
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The Lady in the Lake (1946) Front: Robert Montgomery and Audrey Totter in The Lady in the Lake (dir. Robert Montgomery, 1946)
Back: Handwritten label, "The Lady in the Lake"
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The Blue Dahlia (1946) Note: Image and description appear to be cut in half.
Front: Image of Veronica Lake. Below, a description for The Blue Dahlia (dir. George Marshall, 1946). "William Bendix in "THE BLUE DAHLIA" is crossed out in marker. Unreadable marker label also crossed out, only "THE" is legible, other visible strokes suggest it may be "THE GLASS KEY."
Back: Handwritten description, cut in half:
"The first of 3 films they co-[ ]
This Gun for Hire." above "they" is a note, also scribbled out, "The Glass Key [ ]"
Based on cast listing, I speculate the note states "The first of 3 films they co-starred" in reference to Lake and Alan Ladd, but I will update upon finding the other half of the image.
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The Quiet American (1958) Front: Michael Redgrave (R) and Audie Murphy (L)
Back: Stamped label
"Figaro Inc. presents
JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ, Production
THE QUIET AMERICAN
starring
AUDIE MURPHY, MICHAEL REDGRAVE
CLAUDE DAUPHIN WITH GEORGIA MOLL
Released through UNITED ARTISTS."
Audie Murphy and Michael Redgrave's names circled by hand in ink.
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) Front: Image of (L-R) Torin Thatcher as Mr. Johnson, Ava Gardner as Cynthia Green, Gregory Peck as Harry Street, possibly Sugarfoot Anderson as Simba (uncredited), and possibly Wade Dumas as the other guide (uncredited), in The Snows of Kilimanjaro (dir. Henry King & Roy Ward Baker, 1952). Small piece of clear type on bottom right corner indicates "p. 110" in red ink.
Back: Stamp for The Museum of Modern Art/Film Stills Archive. Handwritten description labeling actors Thatcher, Gardner, and Peck. Handwritten in pencil is the name of the film, surrounded in pen by "This scene is [film] is actually derived from Hemingway's other african[sic] short story, "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," in the movie version of which Peck also played, while Ava Gardner's role was taken from ["The Sun Also Rises" scratched out] The character she would later play in Sun Also Rises."
Note: all African characters appear to be uncredited, possible actors' names identified from position in character list and photographs of the actors in other films.
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Jesse James (1939) Behind the Scenes Front: Henry King directs Nancy Kelly in Jesse James (1939)
Back: Stamp in green ink: "APPROVED: Advertising Advisory Council," below it "SEP 19 1938" then "HOLLYWOOD." Handwritten label "Henry King and Nancy Kelly/ Jesse James" with a second label "Henry King" in top right corner. In red ink is "P. 1," a drawn square, "50%"
Note: 2 holes punched in left side.
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The Macomber Affair (1947) Front: Joan Bennett and Gregory Peck in The Macomber Affair (dir. Zoltan Korda, 1947)
Back: Stamps for Museum of Modern Art/Film Stills Archive and the Museum of Modern Art Film Library. Typed label: "THE MACOMBER AFFAIR," below: "United Artists -- 1947." Handwritten parentheses around this label with description: "Joan Bennett and Gregory Peck/ one of the most faithful of Hemingway adaptations."
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The Last Tycoon (1976) Front: A photograph of the primary cast of The Last Tycoon (dir. Elia Kazan, 1976). Names listed L-R on the back.
Back: Stamp for the Museum of Modern Art/Film Stills Archive. Handwritten label of "The Last Tycoon" with actors listed L-R: Tony Curtis, Leslie Curtis, Ray Milland, Robert De Niro, Jeanne Moreau, Robert Mitchum, Theresa Russell.
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Body Heat (1981) Kathleen Turner and William Hurt in Body Heat (dir. Lawrence Kasdan, 1981)
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Peter Lorre (1940) Front: Portrait of Peter Lorre smoking a cigarette
Back: Written description "Stranger on the Third Floor" for the film of the same name (dir. Boris Ingster, 1940)
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A Farewell to Arms (1957), Jennifer Jones & Rock Hudson Front: A soldier and a nurse embrace in a crowd in A Farewell to Arms (dir. Charles Vidor, 1957)
Back: Handwritten description "Incidents from the novel were useful in several other Hemingway films."
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The Maltese Falcon (1941) with Humphrey Bogart Front: Humphrey Bogart stands behind a stack of boxes, opposite the silhouette of a man.
Back: Written description "The Maltese Falcon." Below, "The Big Sleep" has been written and erased.
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The Maltese Falcon (1941) Astor, Bogart, and Lorre Humphrey Bogart disarms Peter Lorre while Mary Astor looks on in The Maltese Falcon (dir. John Huston, 1941)