ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL Original photograph of Michael Powell Bill Wall and #150234

Description

The Elusive Pimpernel (Original photograph of Michael Powell, Bill Wall, and Doreen North on the set of the 1950 British film)
Author:
Michael; Powell Emeric Pressburger (directors, screenwriters); Emmuska Orczy (novel); Berko (photographer); David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Cyril Cusack, Jack Hawkins (starring)
Title:
The Elusive Pimpernel (Original photograph of Michael Powell, Bill Wall, and Doreen North on the set of the 1950 British film)
Publication:
N.p. N.p., Circa 1950
Description:
Vintage reference photograph of director Michael Powell sitting with chief electrician Bill Wall and continuity girl [script girl, script supervisor] Doreen Merriman on the set of the 1950 British film. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso, along with the stamp of PIX agency and a stamp specific to the film's UK release, and the stamp of a photograph noted only as "Berko".
From the archive of the PIX Agency, a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.
Based on the 1905 novel "The Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. A disguised British nobleman rescues Frenchmen from the guillotine during the French Revolution, whisking them across the Channel to safety.
Set and shot on location in France and England.
Approximately 7.5 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly creased.
Seller ID:
150234
Subject:
1950s Cinema, Adventure, Directors, Film Still Photographs, Films with Literary Sources, Photographs, Romance, Script Supervisor
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