Erich von stroheim

Erich von Stroheim

The following is an article from Uncle John's Endlessly Engrossing Bathroom Reader. For film director Eric von Stroheim, bringing his favorite novel to the big screen was a work of passion, but it would nearly undo his career. The story is as epic as any classic movie, even if the final product itself is lost to history.TRINA AND McTEAGUELoosely based on a real-life San Francisco murder, Frank Norris’ 1899 novel McTeague was all about the destructive power of greed. The main plot: Marcus is…

Erich von Stroheim in Foolish Wives (1922)

French postcard by Cinémagazine-Edition, Paris, no. 396. Photo: Roy d'Arcy in The Merry Widow (Erich Von Stroheim, 1925). American character actor Roy d'Arcy played his most famous role in Erich Von Stroheim’s classic The Merry Widow (1925), starring Mae Murray and John Gilbert. This weekend we visited the International Collectors Fair in Utrecht. The whole week we will post some of our new acquisitions.

Erich Von Stroheim and Greta Garbo in As You Desire Me, 1932

Erich Von Stroheim, THE LADY AND THE MONSTER (1944).

Picturegoer was a British phenomenon. The London based publishing company started the production of film memorabilia in 1921 and was active till 1960. It issued over 6500 different real photograph postcards on 2000 actors and actresses, but also on singers, stage stars, pop stars and film scenes. Even more popular were the publisher's film magazines, Picturegoer Magazine and the following ones such as Film Weekly, Picture Show or Film Pictorial. Ivor Novello. British postcard in the…

ERIC VON STROHEIM

Erich von Stroheim, 1922. He is considered one of the greatest directors of the silent era.