Film still from Men Are Not Gods (1936)
Photograph
ca. 1936 (photographed)
ca. 1936 (photographed)
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An unmounted black and white film still, depicting a young woman with short fair hair wearing a floral top (Miriam Hopkins). She leans on a white wall, with one arm extended and the other bent at the elbow.
Object details
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| Title | Film still from Men Are Not Gods (1936) (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | bromide print |
| 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 floral top (Miriam Hopkins). She leans on a white wall, with one arm extended and the other bent at the elbow. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | London Film Productions Ltd. ink copyright stamp/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. (Stencil no: L.F.P.21/4.)' (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 |
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| Accession number | RPS.1777-2024 |
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| Record created | June 12, 2024 |
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