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Auction History Result 1b2410 WHITE FLOWER 8x10 key book still 1923 full-length Hawaiian native Betty Compson wearing lei! Date Sold 11/23/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie 8" x 10" [20 x 25 cm] Key Book Still (Learn More) The White Flower, the 1923 Julia Crawford Ivers silent Hawaii tropical island romantic love triangle melodrama (a wild story of a girl whose mother is Hawaiian and her father is American, and a sorceress tells her that the man who presents her with a white flower will be her true love, and when an American gives her a white gardenia, she wants him badly, but he is engaged, and she gets a curse put on his fiancee, but when she falls very ill and he stays by her side, the Hawaiian girl has the curse removed, and is about to jump into a volcano, but the American rescues her, having been released from his betrothal by his fiancee!) starring Betty Compson, Edmund Lowe, Edward Martindel, Arline Pretty, and Silvia Ashton. Note that this movie was directed by Julia Crawford Ivers, who was a writer of dozens of movies between 1915 and 1923. In the middle 1910s, she was able to direct three movies (one of the first women to do so), and she did not direct again until she made this movie in 1923, but sadly, it was her last. It is interesting to note that the cinematographer on this movie was her own son, James Van Trees, who would go on to become a top cinematographer in Hollywood from the 1920s through the 1960s. It is one of the only cases where a mother and son had two such major behind the scenes roles in a movie! After this movie, Julia Crawford Ivers only wrote a couple more movies before passing away in 1930 at the age of 62. Note that this is a "lost" film, which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this still is a key book still, mounted to a linen backing. Many studios spent extra money to have their most special photos, the key book stills, either backed with linen or printed on a heavy paper, both of which enhanced their durability. They had an extra 1" at the left or top, with punch holes, because of how they were stored. Key book stills are far more rare than regular stills, which has increased their popularity among collectors, since only a few keybooks were manufactured per film, and a key book still is guaranteed to be authentic. Someone trimmed away the extra 1" from the top of the still. Condition: good to very good. The top 1" was neatly trimmed off (see above). Learn More about condition grades 
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