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FIRST BLACK ACTOR TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE
| African American Movie Memorabilia, African Americana, Black History, Hollywood History, Scene Stills, Vintage Original Publicity Photographs
Stepin Fetchit, an American vaudevillian and comedian is considered to be the first black actor to have a successful film career that made him a millionaire.
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CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD’S PROMOTION & MERCHANDISING
By Woolsey Ackerman
Once a film has gone through its’ conception, various script drafts, pre-production, filming and post production, it is time for what many film makers see as the real work—- promotion!
In the hey-day of the golden era of movies, each studio had a labor intensive, overly creative and overly worked department for the promotion, advertising and merchandising of each of their movies, as well as for their individual contract personalities.
The campaigns for th…
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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MGM?
by Woolsey Ackerman
A newly released book, THE MGM EFFECT, by Steven Bingen, tells us just what happened. One of the most recognizable of corporate logos is the MGM lion (as seen above). This is a story of that corporate history.
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Walter Film Catalog 50
| African Americana, Film & Movie Star Photographs, Film Scripts, LGBTQ Cultural History, Movie Memorabilia, Movie Posters, Vintage Original Movie Scripts & Books, Vintage Original Publicity Photographs, Vintage Original Studio Photographs
October 2022, I am pleased to announce the launch of Waler Reuben’s 50th Catalog. As usual, it contains a wide variety of material. Here are the listed categories and an example of their contents:
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The Case Of Film Noir
| Film & Movie Star Photographs, Film Noir, Movie Memorabilia, Movie Posters, Pressbooks, Vintage Original Publicity Photographs, Vintage Original Studio Photographs
The above image is a 1950 Vintage original 12 x 16” (30 x 40 cm.) Columbia Picture’s Campaign Book, 16 pp.
In A Lonely Place, Is classic film noir, now on the National Film Registry, about a screenwriter asked to adapt a trashy bestseller.
Categories
- African American Movie Memorabilia
- African Americana
- Articulated Toys
- Black History
- Celebrity Photographs
- Famous Female Vocalists
- Famous Hollywood Portrait Photographers
- Film & Movie Star Photographs
- Film Noir
- Film Scripts
- Hollywood History
- LGBTQ Cultural History
- LGBTQ Theater History
- Lobby Cards
- Movie Memorabilia
- Movie Posters
- Speciality Collections
- Vintage Original Horror Film Photographs
- Vintage Original Movie Scripts & Books
- Vintage Original Publicity Photographs
- Vintage Original Studio Photographs
- Walter Reuben Catalog
- WalterFilm Video