Norma Talmadge (12 results)

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Photograph (not signed) on a 3/4 length scene still of Talmadge having a romantic interlude from the 1930 film Du Barry. Photograph is on single weight stock; 10" x 8". Very good (minor signs of handling). Provenance: from the estate of Alex Gordon. Talmadge (1893-1957), born May 26, 1893, Jersey City, New Jersey; died December 24, 1957, Las Vegas, Nevada; American silent screen actress and film producer; sister of actresses Natalie and Constance Talmadge; debut with Vitagraph in 1910; both she and Constance Talmadge rose to superstardom in silent films; Norma was barely 18 when she played the leading lady in her first important film, the original screen version of "A Tale of Two Cities" 1911; her future as a star really began shaping up after she married the influential producer Joseph Schenck; Norma¿s career reached a peak in the early 1920¿s when she ranked among the most popular idols of the American screen; in 1934, she divorced Schenck and married George Jessel; film career 1914-1930: "Sawdust and Salome" 1914; "A Daughter of Israel" 1914; "Forbidden City" 1918; "The Way of a Woman" 1918; "The Eternal Flame" 1922; "Within the Law" 1923; "Camille" 1927; "Du Barry Woman of Passion" 1930.…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. ("Norma Talmadge") in the negative on a 1/2 length pose looking into the camera with with that come hither look and wearing a low cut gown with thin straps, holding a fan. Photograph is by Melbourne Spurr, Hollywood with logo in the lower right corner and is on heavy stock; 7 1/4" x 9 1/4"; very good (minor signs of handling). Great example of early Hollywood; ca. 1915. Signed and inscribed in the negative: "Sincerely Yours Norma Talmadge".…

Pictorial wrappers. A photoplay edition, illustrated with stills on inserted plates, as well as some on the rear cover. Paper is very browned and brittle, a number of page corners are broken off, ownership signature on title page, very good otherwise. The film was produced by Joseph Schenck Productions, starring Norma Talmadge and Ronald Colman. The original story is from the 1920 novel by Andre Picard, later (1921) adapted for the stage by David Belasco and produced on Broadway. The film was remade in 1931, starring Mary Pickford.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. NORMA TALMADGE EDITION DELUXE. BOOK, B&W PHOTO ILL, COVER SLIGHTLY RUBBED.

With three pages of photos from movie, 8 x 5, pict wraps, 132 pp, covers very worn with creased corners, hinges poor, front cover almost detached, contents browned and worn. A sad copy, but on the few that survived! It was a First National Picture, starring Norma Talmadge, produced by Joseph Schenck, who was Norma's husband. SWAF..…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1925 film, showing actors Wanda Hawley, Norma Talmadge, and Lillian Lawrence. Based on George Barr McCutcheon's 1901 novel. A young man falls in love with a beautiful girl he meets on the train, unaware that she is the princess of a small eastern European country, destined to be married to a prince in order to pay off her country's war debts. 9.75 x 7.75 inches. Very Good plus overall.…

First Photoplay Edition and True First Printing of this novelization of the First National Picture starring Norma Talmadge. Original illustrated wrappers. Illustrated with scenes from the film as well as stills at rear wrapper. Near Fine attractive volume, tiny nicks to fore-edge of few pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. These are 8 different films that have been converted to novels of the films; each novel has a colored illustrations substituting as dustjacket; approx. 400 pages; edition size is unknown, it is not signed; front leather board is half loose, the colored & b&w Illustrations that represent the dustjackets are in good condition because they are printed on a shiny thicker paper than the other interior pages that have lots of browning; a few tiny dots and nicks to the dark brown leather hardboards, otherwise overall in GOOD COND.…

From the Play by Bayard Veiller. 344 [6, ads] pp. Illustrated with scenes from the photoplay starring Norma Talmadge; a First National Attraction. Small 8vo, publisher's cloth. Photoplay edition. A very good copy, tight and sound, with light use to cloth. The inscription is fine. Inscribed by Norma Talmadge on the front free endpaper.…

Vintage borderless portrait photograph of actress Norma Talmadge, circa 1920s. With the insignia of New York photographer Irving Chidnoff on the bottom right corner of the image. Talmadge was born into near-poverty in New Jersey, working as a model as a teenager to help make ends meet. Her talent attracted the attention of Vitagraph studio executives, and she soon moved to Hollywood with her mother, where she appeared in a number of successful films, most notably the 1917 silent film "Panthea." However, as with many of her contemporaries, her voice was considered unsuitable for sound film, and she retired from film in the late 1920s, after two failed attempts at talkies in 1929 and 1930. Russian-born photographer Irving Chidnoff founded his studio in Manhattan in 1925, and soon became known for his humanistic, personality-driven portraits, a warmer contrast to the glamorous style favored by many Hollywood photographers in the early twentieth century. His studio remained open until the mid-1950s, servicing stage actors, classical musicians, and society figures of New York. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1928 silent film, showing actors Norma Talmadge and Gilbert Roland in a decidedly passionate moment. Based on Denison Clift's 1926 play, in turn loosely based on Guy de Maupassant's 1880 story "Boule de Suif." A kind Austrian sex worker finds herself the subject of two men's competing romantic attentions on the eve of World War I. Considered by many to be the swan song of silent film star Talmadge, whose career would flag at the turn of the decade, with the arrival of sound pictures. Set in Austria. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly and evenly toned, with a few small chips to the corners and edges.…

1 vols. 7-7/8 x 10 inches. Condition: Fine. 1 vols. 7-7/8 x 10 inches. Inscribed in ink across the bottom of the image: "To Edmund A. Sy/ Best wishes of/ Norma Talmadge". Signed.