Adventure In Diamonds, 1940, Movie Glass Slide, George Brent, Isa Miranda

Adventure In Diamonds, 1940, Movie Glass Slide, George Brent, Isa Miranda
Adventure In Diamonds, 1940, Movie Glass Slide, George Brent, Isa Miranda
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You are bidding on an ORIGINAL "coming attraction" Movie Glass/Lantern Slide that was designed to promote the theatrical release of the 1940, crime drama feature, "Adventure In Diamonds".
I am Auctioning off my entire collection of
Movie Glass Slides
this week (over 100). Please check out some of these titles:
1935, R48,
A Night at the Opera
, The Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico), Margaret Dumont,
SOLD
1939 -
Alleghany Uprising
, John Wayne, Claire Trevor
1939 -
Destry Rides Again
, Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart
1939 -
Gunga Din
, Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Joan Fontaine
1939 -
The Roaring Twenties
, James Cagney,
Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane
1940 -
Boom Town
, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr
1940 -
Brigham Young
, Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger
1940 -
Charlie Chan in Panama
, Sidney Toler, Jean Rogers, Victor Sen Yung
,
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1940 -
Gone With The Wind
, Clark Gable, Vivian Leigh, Olivia de Havilland
,
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1940 -
His Girl Friday
, Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell
1940 -
Knute Rockne, All American
, Pat O'Brien, Ronald Reagan
1940 -
Santa Fe Trail
,
Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ronald Reagan, Alan Hale
1940 -
Strike Up the Band
, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland
1940 -
The Great Walt Disney Festival of Hits
, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
,
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1940 -
The Green Hornet Strikes Again
, Warren Hull, Keye Luke
,
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1940 -
The Mark of Zorro
, Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell
,
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1940 -
The Return of Frank James
, Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Jackie Cooper
1940 -
Virginia City
, Errol Flynn, Mariam Hopkins,
Humphrey Bogart,
1941 -
High Sierra
, Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino
,
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1941 -
Strawberry Blonde
, James Cagney,
Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth
1941 -
Suspicion
- Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine (directed by Alfred Hitchcock)
,
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1941 -
The Little Foxes
, Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright
1941 -
The Great Lie
,
Bette Davis, George Brent, Mary Astor
1942, R49 -
The Pride of the Yankees
, Gary Cooper, Babe Ruth
, Teresa Wright
1948 -
Fort Apache
, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple
1949 -
Little Women
- June Allyson, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor, Margaret O'Brien, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Lawford
,
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1949 -
The Fighting Kentuckian
,
John Wayne, Oliver Hardy, Vera Ralston
1950 -
Fancy Pants
, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Bruce Cabot
1950 -
Father of the Bride
, Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor
1950 -
The Asphalt Jungle
, Marilyn Monroe, Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern
1950 -
Sunset Boulevard
, William Holden, Gloria Swanson
,
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And Many, Many More Great Titles...
This hand colored glass slide is an ORIGINAL and it is NOT a reproduction. It was created to be projected onto the movie theatre screen before the film was released to promote the "coming attraction". Some people in the movie collectible world have said, that, glass slides are much rarer than the paper poster memorabilia from the same film and are very rare pieces of film history.
Format:
Glass Slide: 3 1/4" x 4"
Plot Summary:
Captain Stephen Dennett (George Brent) of the Royal Air Force is on board a passenger airliner en route to South Africa, when he meets the beautiful and glamorous Felice Falcon (Isa Miranda). He is unaware of the fact that Felice is an accomplished jewel thief, travelling with her partner in crime, Michael Barclay (John Loder). The two of them have made a plan for a heist in the South African mines - stealing a shipment of diamonds and escaping unnoticed. The diamonds are already cached by one of Felice’s accomplices, but she needs a way to get into the restricted mine area without raising suspicion. That is where the unfortunate and clueless captain comes into the picture. Felice decides to use him for her own benefit, charming him to promise to get her into the forbidden area using his status as a military officer.
The Captain isn’t that easily fooled though, and with his own agenda, he ends up with the stolen jewels himself. He decides to frame the two thieves, and makes contact with his acquaintance, the police commissioner Colonel J.W. Lansfield (Nigel Bruce). He turns the jewels over to the Colonel, who has been set on catching Barclay for a long time, and he sets a trap with the diamond jewels. However, the plan backfires, and Felice is caught in the trap instead of Barclay. She is sentenced to prison, but is offered a parole by the Colonel if she agrees to help out catching a new ring of jewel thieves operating in the area. She is to pretend to be Stephen’s new wife, and the two of them are supposed to deliver the stolen jewels to the new gang.
While they wait to be contacted by the gang, Felice and Stephen spend some quality time together, and Felice falls in love with Stephen for real. She decides to renounce her criminal past and start anew. When the gang eventually make contact, it turns out that the leader is Felice’s old accomplice Barclay, and their cover is instantly blown. They have to be rescued by the colonel and his men, but Felice is permanently out of prison and can start her new life with Stephen.
Trivia
:
Final film of director George Fitzmaurice.
George Brent was on loan to Paramount from Warner Brothers.
The working titles were Portrait in Diamonds and Diamonds Are Dangerous.
According to information in the Paramount script files at the AMPAS library, Frank O'Connor's original story was called "Tempted." Also included in the files are the story and script, Madame Mystery, by Gilbert W. Gabriel and Franz Schulz, however, it is unclear if any portion of this material was used as a basis for the film.
Writer A. Guarini also contributed to several scripts for this project, however, his contribution to the final film has not been determined. Although Harold Lewis and Richard Olson receive screen credit, one contemporary source credits George Dutton with the sound recording. A scene of an ostrich race appears in the film.
Studio:
Paramount Pictures
Date:
1940
Genre:
Crime
Drama
Director(s):
George Fitzmaurice
Producer(s):
A.M. Botsford and William LeBaron
Cast
:
George Brent - Captain Dennett
Isa Miranda - Felice Falcon
John Loder - Michael Barclay
Nigel Bruce - Colonel Lansfield
Elizabeth Patterson - Nellie
Matthew Boulton - Lloyd
David Clyde - Bartender
More Info on George Brent
:
George Brent was a Warner Bros. leading actor from the 1930s to the 1950s. He was frequently chosen as a leading man by Bette Davis and other top actresses. Some of his movies include:
The Old Maid
, 42nd Street, and
Dark Victory
. He was married six times, and among his wives were Ann Sheridan and Ruth Chatterton. He passed away in 1979 at the age of 75.
More Info on Isa Miranda
:
Isa Miranda was an Italian stage actress who became famous in 1934 in Max Ophuls' film "La Signora di tutti". That brought her to the attention of Hollywood, and she signed a contract with Paramount and made a few movies there, but when World War II started, she returned to Italy and acted on the stage and in movies there. After the war, she appeared in many excellent movies. In the 1950s, her career started to wind down, and she started to do much TV and stage appearances. She passed away in 1982 at the age of 73. She is little remembered today, which is a shame, because she was a fine actress who had a very long career in many countries!
More Info on John Loder
:
John Loder was an English actor from the 1920s to the 1970s. Some of his movies include: Gideon's Day, The Wife of Monte Cristo, and
How Green Was My Valley
. He passed away in 1988 at the age of 90.
More Info on Nigel Bruce
:
Nigel Bruce was a Mexican-born English actor from the 1920s to the 1950s. He is best known as
Doctor Watson
in the long-running
Sherlock Holmes
movie series opposite
Basil Rathbone
. Some of his other movies include: World For Ransom, Limelight, and Rebecca. He passed away in 1953 at the age of 58.
More Info on Elizabeth Patterson:
Elizabeth Patterson was an actress from the 1920s to the 1960s. Some of her movies include:
Dinner At Eight
, Bulldog Drummond's Peril, and Secret of the Blue Room. She passed away in 1966 at the age of 90.
More Info on Cecil Kellaway
:
Cecil Kellaway was a South African actor from the 1910s to the 1970s. Some of his movies include:
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
(nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), Luck Of The Irish (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), and
The Shaggy Dog
. He passed away in 1973 at the age of 79.
Please, let me know if you have any questions about this item or any of the items I am selling.
Slide Condition:
The Glass Slide is NM, the cardboard holder VG-EX+ (shows some wear)
. Please see the scans for actual condition.
This Movie Glass Slide would make a great addition to your collection or as a Gift (great for Framing in a Shadow Box).
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This glass slide will be wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped securely inside a sturdy box.
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