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Lot # 543: Eric von Stroheim in The Great Gabbo, 1929 Movie Stills (4)

Category: Movies

Starting Bid: $100.00

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Item was in Auction "Summer/August 2006 Catalog",
which ran from 7/30/2006 12:00 AM to
8/28/2006 9:00 PM



In his first talkie role, Eric von Stroheim starred in The Great Gabbo with singer/actress Betty Compson. The Ben Hecht script finds von Stroheim increasingly drawn into a closed world consisting of himself and his puppet, with interludes of music and dance - a bizarre blend of Busby Berkeley and an episode from The Twilight Zone. But von Stroheim is magnificent, and it all somehow works. This collection of four 8" x 10" black and white movie stills provides key scenes from the movie, including a classic portrait of von Stroheim, two of von Stroheim and the always alluring Betty Compson, and one of the final denouement between master and puppet. The portrait has a newsprint clip and caption attached to the reverse. Overall condition is EX, with two of the photos showing remains of album material on reverse.

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