Manslaughter (Paramount, 1922), Leatrice Joy and Thomas Meighan 11" x 14" and 10.25" x 13" Original Custom Studio Phot...

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Manslaughter (Paramount, 1922), Leatrice Joy and Thomas Meighan 11" x 14" and 10.25" x 13" Original Custom Studio Photographs (17) by Donald Biddle Keyes and William E. Thomas. Cecil B. DeMille Estate. Vintage gelatin silver matte double-weight 11" x 14" (image size 9.5" x 7.5") (7) and 10.25" x 13"(10) custom studio photographs of Leatrice Joy and Thomas Meighan in Manslaughter, d. Cecil B. DeMille, by Donald Biddle Keyes, with credit wet stamp on the verso. Actual prints reproduced in Cecil B. DeMille: The Art of the Hollywood Epic, December 2014, by Cecilia de Mille Presley and Mark A. Vieira, pp. 95-99. Fine+ to Excellent, with missing lower corner tips (1), edge tears (2), and glue residue on the verso (1). From the Estate of Cecil B. DeMille. Comes with a COA from Heritage Auctions.

More Information: "The Roman orgy scene set new standards. "Every director now and then conceives of an idea of what an orgy should be," wrote Film Daily. "Most of them are distressingly weak and get nowhere. Cecil B. DeMille decided that his orgy was to be a real one, and it is." (Cecil B. DeMille: The Art of the Hollywood Epic, p. 94)


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