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Film still from Dark Journey (1937)

Photograph
ca. 1937 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
London Film Productions (photographers)

An unmounted black and white film still, depicting a woman (Vivien Leigh) wearing a dark short-sleeved top and light skirt in an interior scene, standing between two men seated at a table.

Object details

Categories
The Royal Photographic Society
Photographs
Film and Cinema
Object type
photograph
TitleFilm still from Dark Journey (1937) (generic title)
Materials and techniques
bromide print
Photographic Paper
Photography
Bromide Process
Brief description
Photograph by London Film Productions, 'Film still from Dark Journey (1937)', bromide print, ca. 1937
Physical description
An unmounted black and white film still, depicting a woman (Vivien Leigh) wearing a dark short-sleeved top and light skirt in an interior scene, standing between two men seated at a table.
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 19.2cm
  • Paper width: 23.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • V.S.1-75' (white inscription, recto, paper)
  • London Film Productions Ltd. ink copyright stamp/London Film Productions present a Victor Saville Production, "Dark Journey", Directed by Victor Saville, Sam Livesey as Major Schaffer, Vivien Leigh as Madeleine Godard, Austin Trevor as Muller, Both spies working with Madeleine for the Germans, they visit her at her flat to question her on wrong information she has given them about the position of French troops. (Stencil no: V.S.1/9.)' (ink stamp, paper typed label, verso, paper)
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund
Subjects depicted
Film Stills
Actors
Leigh, Vivien
Other numbers
  • 998 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • F.9 - RPS identifier - box number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.1760-2024

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Record createdJune 12, 2024
Record URL
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