The Lady from Shanghai (Original photograph from the 1947 film)

Author: Orson Welles (director, screenwriter, starring); Sherwood King (novel); Rita Hayworth, Everette Sloane, Glenn Anders (starring)
Title: The Lady from Shanghai (Original photograph from the 1947 film)
Publication: Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1948

Description: Vintage reference photograph from the 1948 film, showing actors Orson Welles and Glenn Anders in a pensive moment. Columbia Pictures stamp and printed mimeo snipe on the verso.

Based on the 1938 novel "If I Die Before I Wake" by Sherwood King. Welles promised to write, produce, and direct a film for Columbia Pictures president Harry Cohn in exchange for an emergency $55,000 to help finance costuming for his 1946 Broadway musical "Around the World." The resultant film courted controversy, not least due to Welles' decision to have Hayes cut and bleach her iconic red hair for her performance. Although the film was a commercial failure in the US upon release, it is now considered a touchstone of the noir genre.

Shot on location in Mexico.

10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

National Film Registry. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Selby US Master List. Selby US Masterworks. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US.

Seller ID: 159793

Subject: 1940s Cinema, Actors, Directors, Film Noir, Film Still Photographs, Mystery and Crime, National Film Registry, Photographs



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