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Vintage reference photograph from the 1937 film, showing actor Sabu Dastagir (commonly known only by his given name, Sabu). With a mimeo label snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamps of National Film Archive library. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Rudyard Kipling's story "Toomai of the Elephants," which originally appeared in Kipling's 1895 collection "The Jungle Book." A young Indian boy helps guide his father and a government elephant hunter to the secret elephant camp in the jungle. A breakthrough role for Sabu, who would go on to work under exclusive contract for film mogul Alexander Korda in "The Thief of Bagdad" (1940), "Arabian Nights" (1942), and "The Jungle Book" (1942). Set in colonial India, shot on location in Gwynedd, Wales. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall.

Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph on the set of the 1942 film. "Photograph by Coburn" stamp and "Bison Archives" stamp on verso. Based on the 1894 collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling. The stunning Technicolor live-action version of the classic Kipling stories, made by the Hungarian born filmmaking team the Korda brothers (director Zoltan Korda, producer Alexander Korda, and art director Vincent Korda), which brilliantly utilized live exotic animals on huge, lush sets, and featured Indian born actor Sabu as Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves who can communicate with the animals of the jungle. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Cinematography. Set in a village in India, shot on location in Sherwood Forest, California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection, Eclipse Series 30.