Beschreibung:

Comprising 35 behind-the-scenes snapshots from Gunga Din (1939), likely taken by Bob Belcher, featuring Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Joan Fontaine, Sam Jaffe, and others at the Lone Pine location shoot, mounted on scrapbook pages; 23 silver gelatin photographs, 8 x 10 in., most by Ernest Bachrach, 12 of which are signed and inscribed to Bob Belcher from Bruce Cabot, Rochelle Hudson, Arline Judge, William Gargan, Hugh Herbert, Dorothy Lee, Dorothy Jordan, Irene Dunne, Tom Keene, Anita Louise, Dorothy Wilson, and Kitty Kelly; a group of 23 behind-the-scenes 8 x 10 in. photos from The Silver Horde (1930) with Joel McCrea, mounted on scrapbook pages; 17 portraits, 11 x 14 in., of film stars, 4 of which are signed and inscribed to Belcher from Joel McCrea, Eric Linden, Gwili Andre, and Ricardo Cortez, taken by various RKO photographers; 2 vintage portraits of Katharine Hepburn; 9 vintage scene stills from Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) featuring Lucille Ball and Maureen O'Hara; a group of 5 pencil caricatures done by Belcher, two of which are signed and inscribed by Constance Bennett and Richard Dix; a group of photographs and color negatives pertaining to Land of the Giants TV show; 7 miscellaneous photographs; and 4 Bachrach photos of hand models. Robert Belcher was a longtime successful film editor who, in his early years, also tried his hand at acting. He worked and became friends with most of the biggest film stars of the Golden Age. 13.5 x 16 x 4 in.