From Zombos Closet

May 31, 2013

Karloff, Stuart, and Bond
In The Old Dark House

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Acquired this gem of a photograph, with Boris Karloff, Gloria Stuart, and Lilian Bond in a scene from The Old Dark House, from ebay; once again, from David J. Skal. Looking forward to his future offerings 😉

Boris Karloff, Gloria Stuart, and Lilian Bond in a scene from The Old Dark House
Here's Mr. Skal's listing details:

"For Karloff completists: a rarely seen image of Karloff, Gloria Stuart, and Lilian Bond in James Whale's THE OLD DARK HOUSE (1933). A crisp repro 8×10 bordered darkroom print on traditional fiber paper (not resin-coated). In immaculate condition (item is a barely handled file copy acquired by seller in the 1980s). Image has sharp contrast with no negative flaws, specks, or scratches in image. Only markings (on reverse) are film title and two small reference numbers in light pencil, with very small gray corner smudge (also on reverse). Seller has never seen image in any book or magazine."

Dracula: Bela Lugosi and Dwight Frye

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I acquired this photograph of a deleted scene from Dracula, courtesy of David J. Skal, through eBay.


dracula lugosi and dwight frye

Here's Mr. Skal's listing details:

"This is such an iconic horror image it's easy to forget that scene doesn't actually appear in the final release print of Universal's 1931 horror classic DRACULA. Short scene of Renfield (Dwight Frye) pledging his fealty to Dracula (Bela Lugosi) appears in the shooting script, was recorded as filmed (by the numbered scene still), but was cut from the release print for unknown reasons. The footage itself has been lost, and this photo is all that remains. Item is an older print (from the 1970s) on 8×10 glossy fiber stock, bordered, in pristine condition (has been carefully stored for the last twenty years). Custom darkroom print with unusually nice gray scale–the folds of Dracula's cape, for instance, are sharply visible. No marks, crimps, pinholes. or damage of any kind. A few very small spots in background are negative artifacts, not a flaw of the print. From the personal research collection of David J. Skal, author of HOLLYWOOD GOTHIC and THE MONSTER SHOW."