eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 5y464 TIMOTHY CAREY signed 8x10.25 still '62 hailed for his New Wave The World's Greatest Sinner! Date Sold 4/11/2017Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Autographed 8" x 10 1/4" [20 x 26 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) Timothy Carey was an actor from the 1950s to the 1990s. Of course, he is best remembered today for his roles in a couple of Stanley Kubrick's movies, "Paths of Glory" and "The Killing", and if you have ever seen him in a movie, you surely will remember him! But in addition to the above performances (and others that he made), most people don't know that he also directed and starred in a movie that many considered to be a masterpiece, The World's Greatest Sinner, made in 1962. Some people love this movie, both when it was first released, and all the way through to the present day. It has elements of Elia Kazan's "A Face in the Crowd", and it is filmed similarly to French New Wave films. Director/screenwriter/star Timothy Carey had virtually no budget whatsoever, and unfortunately, it shows. The editing is poor, with many uneven cuts, and the sound quality is poor. In spite of these defects, the movie has many great fans, including the late John Cassavetes, who said it was like the works of Sergei Eisenstein! The film score was written by Frank Zappa, but not performed by him, and many people thought it was wonderful and wished that Zappa had done more work along that line. Certainly, this movie was decades ahead of its time. We assume it was given a very limited release (we know it played 18 weeks at the Los Angeles Empire Arts Theater, but we don't know if it played anywhere else), and we have never seen any poster material from it, only two promo brochures, and a still of him from a previous film that mentions it is his current movie! Carey passed away in 1994 at the age of 65. Important Added Info: Note that this still has been personally autographed (signed) by Timothy Carey! Note that the snipe on the back of this still references that he "is currently being hailed for his independently made 'new wave' film, 'The World's Greatest Sinner'". This is the only movie paper item we have seen that mentions this cult movie other than two promo brochures! Also note that this still measures 8" x 10 1/4" [20 x 26 cm]. Note that this item was consigned to us by a man who was a major movie memorabilia dealer from the 1980s on. During that time, he would regularly purchase collections of movie memorabilia from both dealers and collectors, and in some of those collections he purchased autographed items, and over the years he did not re-sell any of the autographed items. Now he has gathered up together all of his autographed items and consigned them to us. So all of the items from this consignor we are auctioning were purchased by this dealer from longtime dealers and collectors, and we feel it is quite likely that the autograph on this item is authentic! Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades
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