Karl Struss: man with a camera

Published by Michigan Council for theArts, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1976

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Ann Arbor, MI: Michigan Council for the Arts, 1976. Soft cover exhibition catalog, NF/. Soft cover has wear to spine (with 2 cracks that extend slightly onto both panels), some wear and light bending to corners, light surface wear. Book is inscribed on half-title by Struss. Back cover is signed by Ethel Struss (Karl's wife) under her linoleum print of her husband from 1931. 63 b & w photos by Struss from his time in Europe, NYC and Hollywood, mostly before 1935. Includes a chronology of his life (which includes his filmography), 2 recollections and a select bibliography. Also included are a newspaper interview with Struss from 1977, a typed letter (1977) signed by Struss on his stationary, Christmas card (1977) written and inscribed by Ethel Struss (Karl's wife), Christmas card (1980) written and inscribed by Ethel Struss (this card was made using a Struss photo), exhibition brochure from Struss exhibition at the University of Michigan Museum of Art in 1976. Struss arrived in Hollywood shortly after WWI, and almost immediately found significant cinematography work, with such directors as D.W. Griffith, DeMille, Mamoulian, Murnau and later Chaplin and Orson Welles. He won the first ever oscar for cinematography in 1927, for the film "Sunrise", directed by Murneu. In the typed signed letter, Karl Struss thanks Ken and Gerrie for sending a hand-made book of the film "Lady of the Pavements" starring William Boyd and Lupe Velez. There are 22 b & w stills from the film in the book and a nice full-page photo of David Wark Griffith (the director) as a frontispiece. Gerrie was related to Griffith's wife. Both books are included in this offering. They comprise a nice candid look into Hollywood in the 1920s and '30s. Unique collection.…

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Bibliographic details

Title
Karl Struss: man with a camera
Author
Struss, Karl, Susan and John Harvith
Publisher
Michigan Council for theArts, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Publication year
1976
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
Published w/out dj
Signed
Inscribed by Author(s)
Binding
Soft cover
Edition
1st Edition

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