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Showing results 1 - 10 of 14 for the tag: Hollywood memorabilia.
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Stars of Hollywood Royalty Auction (11/25/08)
The Pickfair auction, held at the Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, Calif., this past weekend was filled with art, antiques and movie memorabilia collected over the years by Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks.
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Auction Report: November 17, 2008 (Pickfair) (11/17/08)
Editor’s Note: Mary Pickford was the queen of Hollywood from the silent movies days. She lavished her home, Pickfair, with incredible antiques and collectibles—which will be sold next month in a live, online auction. Here are some of the crème de her crème.
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Hand Drawn Movie Posters (11/12/08)
Hand drawn movie posters
By Allan Maurer
The magazine Architectural Digest has an interesting piece about the hand-drawn chalk and paint movie posters by staff artists Charles Reese Collier and Sid Smith for Loew’s Grand Theatre on Peachtree Street in Atlanta.
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100 Horror Film Posters (10/30/08)
100 Horror Film Posters
By Allan Maurer
Now here’s a treat. Andrew Lindstrom’s blog “Well Medicated” displays 100 horror film posters.
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The Bride of Frankenstein (10/29/08)
Universal Horror: The Bride of Frankenstein
By Allan Maurer
Beginning in the silent era with “Phantom of the Opera” and “Hunchback of Notre Dame” with Lon Chaney, Sr., Universal Pictures made a series of classic horror films starring the Frankenstein monster, Dracula, the Werewolf, the Mummy, and the Invisible Man that ran through the 1940s.
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Abbott & Costello Meet the Monsters (10/28/08)
Abbott & Costello Meet the Monsters
By Allan Maurer
There are those who felt the series of Abbott & Costello meet the monsters films that began with “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” in 1948 and continuing through “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy” in 1955 were an inglorious end to the Universal Studios monster series.
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Lewton’s B Horror Movies (10/27/08)
Curse of the B Horror Movie
By Allan Maurer
Back in the 1942, RKO studios gave producer Val Lewton a piddling $150,000 and a title, “The Cat People.” Lewton made up for the lack of a decent special effects budget by keeping all the suspense scenes wrapped in shadows.
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Shopping the bargains (10/13/08)
Anytime there is an economic downturn, you can grab some collectibles at bargain-basement prices. This includes collectibles from the movie world.
The very best movie memorabilia pieces, items in perfect condition, well cared-for and preserved and representing a star, film or director of note, tend to maintain their value in all economic conditions.
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