1920s MOVIE THEATER PHOTOS FEATURED ON CINEMA TREASURES SITE

The upcoming ( May 20 ) sale of photographer signed 1920s photos featuring Boston area movie theaters was just highlighted by Cinema Treasures, a web site devoted to all things old movie house. 


http://cinematreasures.org/

1920s SIGNED PHOTOS OF BOSTON AREA MOVIE FRONTS AND INTERIORS

AT AUCTION MAY 20 2011

A group of 40 matt-mounted eleven inch by nine inch sepia prints by Boston photographer Paul J. Weber,  signed on the matt adjacent to  the photo. “Weber Boston.” 

Plus 7 unmounted unsigned prints.

Photos are of 7 New England movie theaters that date from the late 1920s. Several have visual references to the introduction of sound to motion pictures. (Dates affixed are based on titles of films being shown.)  Each group features a photo of the theater front plus photos of the interiors. 

Paul J. Weber ( 1882 - 195? ) was an architectural, industrial, landscape photographer who worked in the New England area. 

He was hired by the New England Theater Operating Company, a loose affiliation of independent movie house owners. The photos Weber shot were collected into a portfolio created for presentation to the head of Paramount Pictures, Alfred Zukor, who had expressed interest in buying an interest in the theatre chain. 

Paul J. Weber reference: collection of photographs (same format as the theater photos ) in the Fletcher Steele Landscape Collection at Lake Forest College Library, Lake Forest, Illinois.


For further information, contact Rudy Franchi 617 216 5511

MORE 30s THEATRE FRONT STILLS + ONE SHEETS, LOBBIES, ETC.

The second batch of original stills featuring 1930s old movie theater
fronts ( All Quiet On The Western Front, Man Of The World ) are up for
sale at Heritage's weekly internet auction ( http://tinyurl.com/3e8un9b ) which ends Sunday, April 10.This week's sale includes the first batch of interior lobby art 
(Scandal Sheet, Trouble In Paradise, Unfaithful ) plus a selection of items I've been hauling around since selling The Nostalgia Factory, including: 70s porn one-sheets,
Lawrence of Arabia ( 1962 ) one sheet, mighty Joe Young ( 1949 ) lobbies and the French grande for Targets  (1963 ), designed by Sarah Palin.  Regards, rudy franchi