The Daily Movie Wallpaper
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Here we see a young Charles Foster Kane given a replacement sled named “The Crusader” where a terse, “Merry Christmas” is exchanged. This moment although incredibly brief offers a key piece of the puzzle in helping to unravel one of the greatest secrets of cinema lore… Rosebud.

If you are a fan of Citizen Kane and/or Orson Welles, I recommend checking out the new Richard Linklater film, Me and Orson Welles, where Christian McKay gives a commanding performance playing Mr. Welles. If you have already seen it be sure to show your support and tweet: Christian McKay as Orson Welles for Best Actor #oscar

Richard Linklater mentioned last night at the special screening of his film at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar that he recently helped and took part in a plaque (along with the daughter of Mr. Welles) honoring the Mercury Theater in New York being placed on it (currently is an office building that without the plaque one would probably never know what it once was). Mr. Linklater noted of Mr. Welles that he was born in the perfect time to master theater, radio and cinema but ironically at the wrong time to be an independent filmmaker and how today’s set up would have much better facilitated his filmmaking career.

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Official French lobbycard that was used in the original French release of the film.

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The Daily Movie Wallpaper
Thursday, August 27, 2009

This is an incredibly rare behind the scenes still featuring Humphrey Bogart on the set of (interestingly the caption of this still lists the working title as Somewhere in Sahara). Preserving original stills like this is the heartbeat that makes this site tick and I hope you dear readers enjoy! And I was very glad Harry screened this film at BNAT last year as it was an absolute delight and thrill to see on the big screen!

I’ll have a more restored version of this posted at a later date. I have done some restoration work but not nearly as much as normal so that I can expedite getting this amazing stills posted out for fans of the film to see.

Caption:
SLATED FOR ACTION - A Columbia Pictures grip holds a slate between Humphrey Bogart and his fellow actors before a take for “Somewhere in Sahara” story of battle action on the desert. Zoltan Korda directs the picture and Rudy Mate is the cinematographer.

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Official still that was used in the original USA release of the film.

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The Daily Movie Wallpaper
Saturday, August 8, 2009

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Keybook stills are much more rare to come across, especially ones from one of the all-time great movies and all-time great film noirs… Out of the Past! This image of Robert Mitchum as Jeff Bailey ranks up there as one of the best movie stills I’ve ever laid eyes on. Incredibly rare stills and finds like this are why I do this site. An absolute pleasure to preserve and share this treasure of cinema. I didn’t fully restore this still but did spend a good chunk of time restoring it to get it into this quality so it had the look and depth it did when it originally was printed (some surface scratches and blemishes are the only defects that remain).

Caption:
BMG-9 – HUNTED – Robert Mitchum portrays a private detective who is hunted for a gangland doublecross in “Build My Gallows High,” RKO Radio’s hard-hitting melodrama which also stars Jane Greer.

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Official keybook still that was used in the original US release of the film.

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Monday, June 22, 2009

From one of my favorite movie speeches ever by Clifton Webb down to its iconic painting, the 1944 film noir, Laura directed by Otto Preminger, to this day remains one of my all-time favorites. This vivid original still of Dana Andrews and Vincent Price is wonderfully lit and framed.

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Official still that was used in the original USA release of the film.

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