Movie Stills

[JoeyFarino]

[pencil1974]

I think this counts as a movie still, don't know. From Headin Home 1920

[Forever Young]

Here is a TYPE 1 from "The Babe Comes Home" that I recently added to my collection. The shot is incredible to me in that it is actually Ruth flying through the air with the greatest of ease. No stunt double here..it's a bird, it's a plane..it's SUPER BABE. I can see a cape on him in this one.
It was also used for is frojoy card.

[prewarsports]

Sounds like you have might a studio file copy. They would keep binders full of images for reference during the filming of movies and then they just got trashed or stored away but many have hit the market. They are "damaged" but some people get into them.

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by prewarsports

Sounds like you have might a studio file copy. They would keep binders full of images for reference during the filming of movies and then they just got trashed or stored away but many have hit the market. They are "damaged" but some people get into them.

It could be something like that or just someone after the fact storing them. Three ring binders were very popular storage tools for anyone. I have seen many punched photos.
I have some from "home run derby" from the studio which were taken during the filming and stored away. I have also owned photos where I purchased a collection thst was kept with baseball cards and made holes in photo.

If you don't have provenance in any form from a studio, it is just a photo with 3 hole punches.

Either way, if it doesn't detract from the main image itself(on the border) if will not affect value as much as say a hole in a baseball card. Nor will it add value.

That said, here is another still from "Safe at home". I love this one.

[Dewey]

Thanks for the information. In asking the question I learned I don't even know what differentiaties a still from a file copy from a lobby card. So much to learn. Babe soaring through the air is a sight to behold!

[Lordstan]

Here are a few from the 1938 movie Rawhide. Lou Gehrig starred with Smith Ballew. Most are movie stills, but some are promo shots and one is applying makeup for the movie.

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by Dewey

Thanks for the information. In asking the question I learned I don't even know what differentiaties a still from a file copy from a lobby card. So much to learn. Babe soaring through the air is a sight to behold!

I wish I was technical enough or had the patience to photoshop a cape on him. HA! Do you have any to share with us?

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Dewey

Thanks for the information. In asking the question I learned I don't even know what differentiaties a still from a file copy from a lobby card. So much to learn. Babe soaring through the air is a sight to behold!

The very basics since I'm far from an expert.

Lobby card - usually printed and on cardstock, a good deal larger than 8x10 (Too lazy to measure mine or look it up, plus it may have varied over the years or by studio etc) They were ads that were meant to be shown in the lobby of the theatre. Just like the posters of upcoming movies just smaller.

Publicity still. - Usually 8x10 and black and white until.....1990s? Not sure, but black and white way past when you'd maybe expect color. Sent out in sets in press packs that included some stills, a description, usually a list of stars, and also usually clip art advertisements. The ones shown that have the title and a bunch of information at the bottom as part of the photo are newer, ones with less info are usually older. With exceptions, I have had some TV ones from the 80's that are very plain but have an attached news release on the back. All stuff intended to be passed along to the press either directly or by the theater owner so the papers could run ads or maybe illustrate an article.

File stills - Stuff taken during production, either to make the promotional stills from, or perhaps to help with continuity, I think the Marilyn Monroe one shown is that sort. So they'd have a record of stuff like which side of a table a vase was on during yesterdays filming. Sort of embarrassing if you've put together multiple clips to make a scene and stuff is moving around on its own.
These also probably don't have readily understandable info written on them, if there's any at all.

There are also fan stills, simply photos taken from a film for sale to fans or some other purpose. (And maybe licensed maybe not. Image quality will usually be really good on licensed stuff, and the whole range on unlicensed.)

Personally I'd find the ones used in production more interesting, but that's just me.

Steve B