Conspirator, 1949, Movie Glass Slide, Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor

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Conspirator, 1949, Movie Glass Slide, Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor
Conspirator, 1949, Movie Glass Slide, Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor
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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 1949, film-noir feature, "Conspirator".
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:
On a visit to London, eighteen-year-old American Melinda Greyton (played by seventeen-year-old Brit Dame Elizabeth Taylor) goes to her first party, a Regimental ball. There she meets and falls madly in love with Major Michael Curragh (Robert Taylor), a handsome bachelor who returns her affections. After a relatively short period of time, they marry and all is bliss. Michael has some peculiar habits such as when he gets upset when Melinda sends an old overcoat out for cleaning, or when she takes a few one pound notes from his wallet. In fact, Michael is a Communist spy and has been a member of the Party since he was in school. When Melinda finally realizes just what and who he is, she tells him to choose between her or his beliefs. He tells her he'll leave the Party, but it's all a ruse. He does love his wife, however, and when his spy masters tell him Melinda must be done away with, he faces the ultimate choice.
Trivia
:
Robert Taylor, though American, played an Englishman, while Dame Elizabeth Taylor, English, played an American. She had unhappy memories of making this movie, later claiming that Robert Taylor had made clumsy efforts to seduce her, despite the fact that she was still a minor.
MGM heavily publicized this as Dame Elizabeth Taylor's first "adult" role even though she was only sixteen when the production began, and seventeen when it was released.
Second movie produced at MGM's new studio in Borehamwood, England. Due to British labor laws meant to protect native film industry employment at the time, it was shot with a crew mostly from the U.K. The first one was Edward My Son (1948).
This movie caused controversy because of the age difference between Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Robert Taylor - who were 16 and 37, respectively. The script claims they are 18 and 31, bringing them somewhat closer together.
Robert Taylor and Dame Elizabeth Taylor appeared in Quo Vadis (1951) and Ivanhoe (1952).
"Father of the Bride", the 1950 Vincente Minnelli romantic wedding marriage comedy ("M-G-M announces the Event of the Season!
Based on the Novel by Humphrey Slater.
Studio:
MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Date:
1949
Genre:
Film-Noir, Romantic Spy Espionage Crime Thriller
Director(s):
Victor Saville
Producer(s):
Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Cast
:
Robert Taylor as Major Michael Curragh
Elizabeth Taylor as Melinda Greyton
Robert Flemyng as Captain Hugh Ladholme
Harold Warrender as Colonel Hammerbrook
Honor Blackman as Joyce
Marjorie Fielding as Aunt Jessica
Thora Hird as Broaders
Wilfrid Hyde-White as Lord Pennistone
Marie Ney as Lady Pennistone
Jack Allen as Raglan
Helen Haye as Lady Witheringham
Cicely Paget-Bowman as Mrs. Hammerbrook
Karel Stepanek as Radek
Nicholas Bruce as Alek
Cyril Smith as Detective Inspector
Janette Scott as Coupie, Aunt Jessica's grandchild (uncredited)
More Info on Robert Taylor
:
Robert Taylor (born Spangler Arlington Brugh) was a handsome leading man from the 1930s to the 1960s, who barely seemed to age! He was born in 1911 in Nebraska, and in high school he was a star athlete, a cello player, and a debate champion. He intended to become a musician, but in college he joined a theater group and he was given lead roles. In 1934, he was signed by MGM to a contract, and the next year he had his big break in the first version of "
Magnificent Obsession
", opposite
Irene Dunne
. The following year, he starred opposite
Greta Garbo
in "
Camille
", and he was a great favorite with female moviegoers. He remained with MGM for 24 years, interrupted by a 4 year stint in the U.S. Naval Air Corps during
World War II
. In the 1930s, he raised and bred race horses! From 1939 to 1952, he was married to
Barbara Stanwyck
, and from 1954 until he passed away he was married to Ursula Theiss. Because he aged really well, he was able to play leading roles until the end of his career, when he switched to TV. Taylor passed away in 1969 at the age of 57.
More Info on Elizabeth Taylor
:
Elizabeth Taylor was one of the most legendary actresses of all time! Born in London to socially prominent American parents, Taylor moved with her family to Los Angeles in 1939. She started as a child actress in the 1940s, became a teen actress in the 1950s, and became a major star from the 1960s to the 1990s.
Some of her movies include: Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (winner of the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), North and South,
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
(nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), A Place in the Sun,
Giant
, Jane Eyre,
Father of the Bride
, National Velvet, Suddenly, Last Summer (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), Raintree County (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), Butterfield 8 (winner of the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), and the "
Lassie
" films. Some consider her the most beautiful brunette actress of all time!
In August 1985, she and Dr. Michael Gottlieb founded the National AIDS Research Foundation after her friend and former co-star
Rock Hudson
announced that he was dying of the disease. In 2000, she was appointed a Dame Commander in the chivalric Order of the British Empire in the millennium New Year Honours List by
Queen Elizabeth II
. She passed away in 2011 at the age of 79.
More Info on Robert Flemyng
:
Robert Flemyng, OBE, MC (3 January 1912 – 22 May 1995) was a British actor. The son of a doctor, and originally intended for a medical career, Flemyng learned his stagecraft in provincial repertory theatre. In 1935 he appeared in a leading role in the West End, and the following year had his first major success, in Terence Rattigan's comedy French Without Tears. Between then and the Second World War he appeared in London and New York in a succession of comedies.
More Info on Honor Blackman
:
Honor Blackman is an English actress from the 1940s to 2020. She is best known for her performance in the classic
James Bond 007
film,
Goldfinger
(as Pussy Galore), and for replacing Diana Rigg in TV's "
The Avengers
". Some of her movies include: Jason and the Argonauts and A Night to Remember. She passed away in 2020 at the age of 94.
Please, let me know if you have any questions about this item or any of the items I am selling.
Slide Condition: EX-NM. Please see the scans for actual condition.
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This glass slide will be wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped securely inside a sturdy box.
I will combine lots to save on the shipping costs and I use USPS 1st class shipping (it gives both of us tracking of the package).
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