January 21, 2025

Greetings!

This is our e-List #8a, covering horror and science fiction (with a little fantasy thrown in). It contains posters, scripts and photographs -- starting with a great still from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1921).

The second part of this list will be sent out in about a week.

CONRAD VEIDT, LIL DAGOVER | THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI [1921] Photo

A seminal image of somnambulist Cesare (Conrad Veidt) attacking Jane (Lil Dagover) in her bed, from the 1920 German silent horror film... view more.

THE BLACKBIRD (1926) Lobby card captioned "What I want, I take!"

A silent melodrama about a disfigured criminal, “The Black Bird”, who falls in love with a French cabaret performer. view more.

SKRATTA PAJAZZO [LAUGH, CLOWN, LAUGH] (1928) Swedish poster

Lon Chaney ran the gamut in this story which spanned a 25-year period in the life of the circus clown known as Pagliacci... view more.

JOHN BARRYMORE | THE MAD GENIUS (1931) Oversized character portrait by John Ellis

A crippled puppeteer finds and trains a young man to become a ballet dancer... view more.

DON QUIXOTE (ADVENTURES OF DON QUIXOTE) (1933) Window card poster

The story of an elderly gentlemen in 16th century Spain who goes mad after reading too much about chivalry... view more.

BELA LUGOSI, BORIS KARLOFF | THE BLACK CAT [1934] Photo

Bela Lugosi points a gun at Boris Karloff in this dramatic moment... view more.

(African American film) THE GREEN PASTURES [1936] Set of 8 photos

The Green Pastures was the only Black cast film made by a major Hollywood studio in the 1930s... view more.

TOPPER (1937) Lobby card

Story of the stuffy henpecked Cosmo Topper whose life is turned topsy-turvy when the ghosts of his two good friends perform hijinks upon him... view more.

THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) Photo of poppy field with snow

The four characters joyfully make their way out of the poppy field on their way to the Emerald City... view more.

ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY (1941) Set of 3 oversized photos

Director William Dieterle’s adaptation of the Stephen Vincent Benet short story “The Devil and Daniel Webster”... view more.

I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (1943) One sheet poster

The story (based on Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre) of a nurse who ventures to the West Indies to care for the wife of a plantation manager... view more.

FIGHT THAT GHOST (1946) Set of 12 photos

A substantial set of photos from this Black cast horror comedy which starred Pigmeat “Alamo” Markham, John Rastus Murray and William Dillard... view more.

FIGHT THAT GHOST (1946) Title lobby card

Comedy horror story which is considered a lost film... view more.

SCIENCE FICTION THEATRE (1955-57) Photo archive

Science Fiction Theatre was an American science fiction anthology television series that was produced by Ivan Tors and Maurice Ziv and originally aired... view more.

THE SPACE CHILDREN (Dec 2, 1957) Final White script by Bernard Schoenfeld, signed by Johnny Crawford

Science-fiction script by Bernard Schoenfeld about a group of kids from all over the world, with the help of friendly aliens... view more.

VAMPIRA | THE BEAT GENERATION (1959) Photo

Vampira (Maila Nurmi) here recites poetry, with her pet mouse on her shoulder... view more.