Gambling Hell [L'enfer du jeu] (Three original photographs from the 1942 film)
by Sessue Hayakawa, Mireille Balin (starring); Jean Delannoy (director); Maurice Dekobra (novel); Pierre-Gilles Veber, Roger Vitrac (screenwriters)
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About This Item
N.p.: N.p., 1942. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1942 French film, all three showing noted Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa.
Based on the 1938 novel by Maurice Dekobra, a melodrama set during the Sino-Japanese war, about a German arms dealer who runs afoul of a Chinese mobster. Originally shot with Erich von Stroheim in the lead, but released in 1942 with Stroheim's scenes re-shot with Pierre Renoir, the result of Stroheim's films and film appearances being banned in all German-occupied countries.
Set in Macao.
10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
Based on the 1938 novel by Maurice Dekobra, a melodrama set during the Sino-Japanese war, about a German arms dealer who runs afoul of a Chinese mobster. Originally shot with Erich von Stroheim in the lead, but released in 1942 with Stroheim's scenes re-shot with Pierre Renoir, the result of Stroheim's films and film appearances being banned in all German-occupied countries.
Set in Macao.
10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
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- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc. (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 158273
- Title
- Gambling Hell [L'enfer du jeu] (Three original photographs from the 1942 film)
- Author
- Sessue Hayakawa, Mireille Balin (starring); Jean Delannoy (director); Maurice Dekobra (novel); Pierre-Gilles Veber, Roger Vitrac (screenwriters)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- N.p.
- Place of Publication
- N.p.
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- Film Still Photographs | Photographs | 1940s Cinema | Gambling | Japanese Cinema | Silent Film | Asian Interest | French Cinema | Romance
- Bookseller catalogs
- Film Still Photographs; Asian Interest; Gambling; Photographs; Silent Film;
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