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Auction History Result 7f1470 MAGICIAN deluxe 7.5x9.75 still 1926 Paul Wegener as Holofernes, best remembered as The Golem! Date Sold 9/24/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Deluxe 7 1/2" x 9 3/4" [19 x 25 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) Rex Ingram's The Magician, the 1926 Rex Ingram silent science fiction (sci-fi) magical alchemist fantasy thriller (based on a novel by W. Somerset Maugham; about a crazy magician/alchemist who is working to create life, but he needs the blood of a virgin, and he sends his dwarf assistant to find the right girl, and many feel that this movie was inspiration for Universal's Frankenstein made just five years later) starring Alice Terry, Paul Wegener (in the title role as Oliver Haddo, the magician; best remembered as the co-director and star of the three German expressionist movies starring "The Golem", which he made in 1915, 1917 and 1920; the Golem is widely regarded as one of the first movie monsters, and likely had a strong influence in the creation of the American horror monsters in the 1930s!), Ivan Petrovich, Firmin Gemier, Gladys Hamer, and Henry Wilson (as Haddo's servant; a dwarf; he only made a handful of movies in the 1920s). Note that Somerset Maugham got revenge in writing this story! The magician is a caricature of Aleister Crowley, who had accused Maugham of plagiarism in a 1908 Vanity Fair critique, and this was Maugham's way of getting back at Crowley! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that the image on this still is from a German stage play about Judith and Holofernes (played by Wegener). However, as indicated by the snipe on the back, this still was used to promote The Magician so it's likely they simply used an existing image because The Magician was "now being filmed". Also, note that this still measures 7 1/2" x 9 3/4" [19 x 25 cm], but it has not been trimmed. Also note that this is a deluxe still printed on double weight paper stock. Condition: very good. The still is lightly rippled at top and bottom center, caused by the snipe glued to the back. Otherwise, the still is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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