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Film still from Men Are Not Gods (1936)

Photograph
ca. 1936 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
London Film Productions (photographers)

An unmounted black and white film still, depicting a young woman with short fair hair wearing a pinafore (Miriam Hopkins), holding a net in one hand and a boot in the other.

Object details

Categories
The Royal Photographic Society
Photographs
Film and Cinema
Object type
photograph
TitleFilm still from Men Are Not Gods (1936) (generic title)
Materials and techniques
bromide print
Photographic Paper
Photography
Bromide Process
Brief description
Photograph by London Film Productions, 'Film still from Men Are Not Gods (1936)', bromide print, ca. 1936
Physical description
An unmounted black and white film still, depicting a young woman with short fair hair wearing a pinafore (Miriam Hopkins), holding a net in one hand and a boot in the other.
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 24.4cm
  • Paper width: 19.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • L.F.P.21-47.' (white inscription, recto, paper)
  • London Film Productions present, "Men Are Not Gods", Directed by Walter Reisch, Miriam Hopkins as Ann Williams, secretary to Mr. Skeates (A. E. Mathews), theatre critic on the 'Daily Post'. It is Ann's falsely reported criticism of the 'Othello' first-night that makes Edmond Davey (Sebastian Shaw), in the name part, famous overnight. Ann, who loses her job for distorting the criticism, goes to see the actor from the gallery, and becomes infatuated with him. She gets to know him well, but gives him up when his wife, Barbara Halford (Gertrude Lawrence) begs her to do so.' (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
Hopkins, Miriam
Other numbers
  • 1009 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • F.9 - RPS identifier - box number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.1775-2024

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Record createdJune 12, 2024
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1782937/film-still-from-men-are-photograph-london-film-productions/
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