1920s Cinema from Royal Books, Inc.

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1939. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1939 Australian re-release of the 1926 film, here under the misspelled title "Son of the Shiek." Based on the 1925 novel by Edith Maude Hull. A sequel to the 1921 silent film "The Sheik." The son of a sheik leaves his father's compound to… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1927. Vintage matte finish test photograph of actress, dancer, and Jazz Age icon Louise Brooks, sporting a striped, pleated skirt and a patterned shawl, circa 1927. Brooks first began to rise to fame in Europe in 1928, following her appearance in Howard Hawks' 1928 film "A Girl in Every Port." She would reach the peak of… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1920. Vintage postcard-style photograph of Mexican-American actress and silent film star Lupita Tovar. With the stamp of still photographer E. Furster to the verso. Tovar was discovered in Mexico City by documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty, and soon gained a seven-year contract with Fox Studios, moving to Hollywood in 1928 with her grandmother. She appeared in… Read more about this item

Fort Worth: United Photo, 1926. Vintage photograph of the Majestic Theatre in Fort Worth, Texas, circa 1926. Stamp of United Photo on the verso. Located at the corner of Commerce Street and East 10th Street, the Majestic opened on November 28, 1911. The theatre was refurbished in 1940, and ultimately closed in 1970. 8 x… Read more about this item

Seattle, WA: Blue Mouse Theatre, 1926. Vintage newsletter for Seattle's Blue Mouse Theatre, Vol. 1, No. 4, for the week beginning Saturday, March 17, 1923. Newsletter features a two-color promotion for "The Beautiful and Damned" attached to the top left corner of the cover. The Blue Mouse Theater, still in operation today as the Tacoma Blue Mouse Jr.,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1920. Vintage advertising card for a performance of the comedy skit "Johnny Comes Marching Home," by actor Jack Mulhall, "ably supported by" actor Emmett Lynn, INSCRIBED by Mulhall on the lower right blank, "To Velma, Yours to Command, Jack Mulhall," lavishly illustrated by Bud McCabe, circa 1920s, with a faint manuscript pencil annotation on the verso "One… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1920. Vintage portrait photograph of actress Marie Prevost circa 1920s. Canadian-born Prevost began her film career as a Mack Sennett "Bathing Beauty" in 1917, but found her breakthrough role in "Yankee Doodle in Berlin" (1918). The actress was best known for her light comedies with Universal and Warner Brothers, most notably with director Ernst Lubitch,… Read more about this item

Lancaster and York, PA: American Caramel Company, 1920. Vintage caramel card of actress Alice Lake, circa 1920s, with a facsimile (printed) autograph as issued. The American Caramel company manufactured two sets of photolithographic trading cards of actors and actresses in the 1920s, one set of 80 and one of 120. The card here issued from the 120 set, with… Read more about this item

Lancaster and York, PA: American Caramel Company, 1920. Vintage caramel card of actress Marie Prevost, circa 1920s. The American Caramel Company manufactured two sets of photolithographic trading cards of actors and actresses in the 1920s, one set of 80 and one of 120. The card here issued from the set of 120, with Prevost's card identified in the text… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1930. Two vintage portrait photographs of actor Reginald Denny, circa 1930s. One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso. A well-known actor during the silent era, Denny was able to transition to talkies as a character actor into the 1960s. His most famous film credits were as a supporting actor in Alfred Hitchcock's "Rebecca,"… Read more about this item

Berlin: Ross Verlag, 1920. Collection of ten vintage UFA postcards, including two depicting scenes from F.W. Murnau's "Faust" (1926) and eight depicting scenes from Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" (1927). 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Lightly and evenly toned, else Near Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Vintage publicity photograph of actor Barry Fitzgerald, circa 1940s. An Irish stage, film, and television actor, Fitzgerald began his career in the 1910s at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. He made his film debut in Alfred Hitchcock'c "Juno and the Paycock" (1930), but he did not make prominence until he starred in "Going… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1930. Three original promotional photographs of actor Walter Huston, circa 1930s. One photograph with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio credit at the bottom left corner of the recto. One photograph with the name of the photographer, G. Maillard Kesslere, at the bottom left corner of the recto, as well as a stamp for the photographer, manuscript pencil annotation identifying Huston,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Vintage photograph of Vitaphone Studios in Brooklyn, shot circa 1929 and struck in 1940. German Bildarchive label affixed to the verso, along with annotations in manuscript pencil and ink. Vitagraph Studios was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897. Initially based out of an open-air rooftop studio in Manhattan, the… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1929. Vintage reference photograph from the 1929 film. With manuscript pencil annotation identifying actor Walter Huston and the set as "office" on the verso. Based on the 1928 play by Ward Morehouse. A journalist does not spend enough time with his family due to his work. Shot on location in New… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1928. Vintage portrait photograph of Russian director Sergei Eisenstein, circa 1928. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, noting Eisenstein as having secured a contract with Joseph M. Schenck, President of United Artists. United Artists stars Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford traveled to Moscow after seeing Eisenstein's acclaimed 1925 film, "Battleship Potemkin,"… Read more about this item

N.p.: Allan Dwan, 1920. Vintage reference photograph from the 1920 silent film, showing actor James Kirkwood. A doctor frames his colleague and former friend for an illegal abortion, resulting in the man being sent to prison for five years. When he is released, his new outlook on life leads him to reject the kindness of others. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1924. Vintage double weight portrait photograph of character actor Tully Marshall, circa 1924. Insignia of photographer Roman Freulich from the negative at the bottom right corner of the recto. Prolific Polish-born Hollywood photographer Roman Freulich worked as a still photographer at Universal (where his brother Jack also worked) from the mid-1920s until 1944, when he… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1910. Vintage photograph of silent film actress Helen Eddy from an unknown film, circa 1910s. Eddy was born in New York but was raised in Los Angeles, attending Manual Arts High School. She began acting in films in 1915 through the studio of Siegmund Lubin, eventually signing a contract with Paramount Pictures. She frequently played… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1924. Vintage reference photograph from the 1924 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A blind sea captain takes his revenge on the cruel pirate who separated him from his wife 18 years prior. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good, lightly age toned, with a vertical tear affecting the center photograph, repaired… Read more about this item