Bert Cann (5 results)

Vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the 1967 UK film. Based on the 1905 H. G. Wells novel, "Kipps," starring Tommy Steele as Arthur Kipps, an orphan apprenticed to a tyrannical owner of a mercantile. His grandfather dies and leaves him a vast wealth, prompting a sudden life change. 8 x 10 inches. Ink notation on the verso, and faint creases, else Near Fine. Hirschhorn, p. 389.

Two vintage photographs from the 1955 US-UK co-production. With mimeo snipes on the verso, one crediting photographer Bert Cann. A fictionalized account of Operation Franklin, a raid by British marines on a German cargo ship during WWII. Set in German-occupied France, shot on location in England and Portugal. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Vintage studio still photograph of Laurence Olivier and Brenda de Banzie from the 1960 British film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1957 play, written at the behest of actor Laurence Olivier, who reprised his role as Archie Rice, an embittered, third-rate music hall performer facing the dissipation of his industry and personal life. Olivier was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Shot on location in Morecambe, Lancashire, and West Yorkshire, England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with layout annotations to top corners in manuscript wax pencil.

Collection of 14 vintage photographs from the 1956 US-UK co-production, including several promotional photographs of star Janet Leigh, including two candids with then-husband Tony Curtis. All but two photographs with mimeo snipes on the versos, crediting photographer Bert Cann. In order to find the rebels to who killed his young son, a white hunter agrees to help a wealthy trophy hunter, accompanied by this young fiancee, seeking a fabled man-eating lion in the same region. Set in Kenya, during the then-contemporary Mau Mau Uprising, shot on location there and in London. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine to Very Good plus, one with a small bruise on the recto.

Collection of 13 vintage photographs from the 1957 US-UK co-production. Seven photographs with mimeo snipes on the verso crediting photographer Bert Cann. Very loosely based on the 1950 nonfiction book "The Story of Zarak Khan" by A.J. Bevans, about an outlaw fighting against British occupation in 19th century Afghanistan, pursued by a British officer, with whom he develops a mutual respect. Set on the border between Afghanistan and India, shot on location in England, Morocco, India, and Burma. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine.