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Auction History Result 6w286 BLACK NARCISSUS set of 2 English 3.75x4.75 comparison photographs 1947 Kerr on cliff, rare! Date Sold 6/13/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Set of 2 Original Vintage 3 3/4" x 4 3/4" [10 x 12 cm] English Movie Comparison Photographs (Learn More) Black Narcissus, the 1947 Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger English religious Catholic relationship melodrama ("A story to storm your heart!"; "Drama at the top of the world... where the winds of the exotic past sweep men and women to a strange and fascinating adventure..."; "Adapted from the novel by Rumer Godden"; "Written Produced and Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger"; about nuns setting up convent in the Himalayas) starring Deborah Kerr (billed on English posters as "[By arrangement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]"; billed on U.S. posters as "M.G.M. star of 'Hucksters' fame"), Sabu, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Esmond Knight, Jean Simmons, and Kathleen Byron. Note that this movie included some partially built sets that were completed through the judicious use of a matte painting, and the famous "cliff scene" was also filmed with the use of a matte painting! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this is a pair of "comparison photographs", which shows a candid image of the set of this movie as it actually appeared during a key scene, and then a second image of the same scene with a matte painting overlaid over part of the scene! This pair of photographs show the constructed set and the final shot after the addition of the matte painting, this shot being from the iconic bell ringing sequence which was filmed on a partially constructed set at Pinewood Studios, London, England with the remainder of the vast view being painted additions from the brushes of Walter Percy 'Pop' Day and Peter Ellenshaw assisted by Wally Veevers and Day's sons. The young gentleman holds a colour palette for reference to assist the artists creating the matte. The use of matte paintings in this Powell and Pressburger classic remains one of the most notable in movie history with this representing arguably the most famous shot. What is a matte painting? It is a special visual effects element used in the production of motion pictures enabling filmmakers to add environments to films which are not possible to achieve practically on location or in a studio. A fixture in filmmaking since the birth of cinema common uses for matte paintings include the extension of landscapes and structures which would be either impossible to build or prohibitively expensive and time consuming, they are also useful in the creation of fantasy pictures to portray situations which do not exist in reality giving the filmmaker free reign to bring his vision to the screen, these paintings are combined with live action footage to produce impressive shots which when perfectly executed can trick the audience in to believing what they seeing is real. We were consigned twelve "matching pairs" of these comparison photographs, which came from the estate of an English special effects artist who collected them from colleagues in the effects industry who worked on these movies including Les Bowie with whom he served as an apprentice at Bowie Films during the 1950's & 1960's. They clearly show the painted additions which have taken place at the hands of the various artists involved and would have originated from the Technicolor laboratory in West Drayton, London, England which was located in close proximity to the major British studios, it was here where these matte shots were processed. We have never before auctioned even one pair of these comparison photographs, and we were consigned twelve pairs, which are in twelve separate auctions! Condition: good. These comparison photographs were glued to an album and there is glue and paper residue on the back, which has slightly discolored the front of each (see our images of the fronts and backs of each). Learn More about condition grades 
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