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Gelatin silver print
American actor Tony Curtis hanging upside down on the set of Houdini, 1953
Photographer
Paramount Pictures Corporation
SignatureL.r. : Copyright 1953 by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Permission granted for Newspaper and Magazine reproduction when credit given to Paramount Pic. (made in U.S.A.)
InscriptionsTypewritten on label, u.l. : The Magic Wand, Mar 1954, p16; typewritten on label, l.r. : 187; l.r. : 11495-77; l.l. : "Property of National Screen Service Corp. / Licensed for display only in connection with / the exhibition of this picture at your theatre. / Must be returned immediately thereafter."; b. : HOUDINI / Starring TONY CURTIS and JANET LEIGH with Torin Thatcher / Color by TECHNICOLOR - Produced by George Pal - Directed by Geroge Marshall / Screenplay by Philip Yordan - Based on a book by Harold Kellock - A Paramount Picture; l.r. : 53/338; handwritten on back, u.r. : The Magic Wand / March 1954 / P.16
Date
after 1953
Medium / Technique
Silver salts on paper
Gelatin silver process
Gelatin silver process
Dimensions20,5 × 25,7 cm
Origin
United States, North America
Object NumberM2014.128.703.74
CollectionMcCord
CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso
Status
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