Remarkable European silent film images including The Lady with the Camellias and Lady Godiva (20) vintage glass plate camera n...

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Remarkable European silent film images including The Lady with the Camellias and Lady Godiva (20) vintage glass plate camera negatives. (Various Studios, 1900s-1910s) Collection of vintage (20) glass plate 9.5 x 11.75 in. camera negatives of remarkable images from European silent films including Lady Godiva (Aß-film, 1920) and Kameliadamen (US title: The Lady with the Camellias). Expressionist and art nouveaux-inspired production images from period dramas set in ancient Rome, Medieval Europe, and Far-East Asia, depicting crusaders, despotic kings, doomed maidens, court intrigue, romance, and combat. Featuring rare views of silent star Hedda Vernon as "Lady Godiva". Also includes (4) images from Vigo Larssen's Kameliadamen, first screen adaptation of the classic novel The Lady with the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas fils, the book that inspired Giuseppe Verdi's opera La traviata and served as source for Camille starring Greta Garbo. Filmed in an innovative tableaux structure, the story is divided into five chapter-like scenes, separated by inter-titles, that each elapse without a single cut. Depicting the climactic deathbed reunion of star-crossed lovers "Armand Duval" (Viggo Larsen) and "Marguerite Gauthier" (Oda Alstrup) including views of the couple's reconciliation as Marguerite's friend (Hegla Tønnesen) looks on, Armand weeping over Marguerite's body, and Marguerite's nurse (Inger Melchoir) comforting the bereaved Armand. Exhibiting some cracking, chipping, and missing fragments. Condition ranges from vintage fair to very good. Special shipping arrangements will apply.

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