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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 close fitting long-sleeved dress in an interior scene. She is being held by the arm by a man wearing a dark suit and hat.

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 close fitting long-sleeved dress in an interior scene. She is being held by the arm by a man wearing a dark suit and hat.
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 19.1cm
  • Paper width: 24.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • V.S.1-illeg.' (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. Vivien Leigh as Madeleine Godard. Laidman Brown as Rugge. Martin Harvey as Bohlau, Karl Marwitx (Conrad Veidt), who is head of Section Eight of the German Espionage System discovers that Madeline, with whom he is in love, is a spy in the service of France. He orders his men to arrest her before she can leave Stockholm for Paris. (Stencil no: V.S.1/"15")' (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
  • 999 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • F.9 - RPS identifier - box number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.1761-2024

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Record createdJune 12, 2024
Record URL
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