eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 2a796 SHANGHAI GESTURE 8x10 key book still 1942 Victor Mature between Gene Tierney & Phyllis Brooks! Date Sold 11/25/2018Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie 8" x 9 3/4" [20 x 25 cm] Key Book Still (Learn More) The Shanghai Gesture (released in France simply as "Shanghai"), the 1942 Josef von Sternberg China Asian gambling crime film noir melodrama ("Shanghai Where almost anything can happen... and does!"; "From the celebrated play by John Colton"; "Not one dared to refuse this invitation!"; "Mother Gin Sling requests the pleasure of your company at dinner on Saturday Evening, the fourteenth of February at eight o'clock at Mother Gin Sling's Casino to usher in the Chinese New Year R.S.V.P. I am SURE you will come!"; "All roads meet in Shanghai where Mother Gin Sling ruled its glittering underworld - where lovely young Poppy was swiftly swept under by a half-mad love - where fatefully fascinating Dr. Omar thanked Allah for the love of which he tired so quickly! Fascinating characters made the stage play memorable - will make the picture unforgettable!"; produced by Arnold Pressburger; about an Asian woman who runs a gambling house in Shanghai, and a rich businessman buys the land it is on, and she must vacate soon, but she has an ace in the hole, which is that she was married to the businessman many years ago, and he has a daughter who has turned up in the gambling house, and the Asian woman gets the daughter addicted to drugs and alcohol, so that she can blackmail her father) starring Gene Tierney, Walter Huston ("Sir Guy Charteris! Arrogant - powerful - trapped by the follies of his youth!"), Victor Mature, Ona Munson ("Mother Gin Sling - impassive, strange - with a past people could only hint at!"), Phyllis Brooks ("Dixie Pomeroy! She played a game with her youth and beauty... as the police waited!"), Albert Basserman, Maria Ouspenskaya, Eric Blore, Clyde Fillmore, Ivan Lebedeff, and Rex Evans NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this still is a key book still, mounted to a linen backing. Many studios spent extra money to have their most special photos, the key book stills, either backed with linen or printed on a heavy paper, both of which enhanced their durability. They had an extra 1" at the left or top, with punch holes, because of how they were stored. Key book stills are far more rare than regular stills, which has increased their popularity among collectors, since only a few keybooks were manufactured per film, and a key book still is guaranteed to be authentic. Someone trimmed away the extra 1" from the left of the still. Condition: very good. The left 1" was neatly trimmed off (see above). Otherwise, the still is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades
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