[METROPOLIS]. A group of materials related to the motion picture Metropolis.
Sale 1336 - Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Worlds of Tomorrow, and Americana
Jun 7, 2024
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$300 -
$500
Sold for $381
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[METROPOLIS]. A group of materials related to the motion picture Metropolis.
A group of 6 items related to the 1927 German expressionist film Metropolis, including an 8 x 10 in. photograph of actress Brigitte Helm in costume as the iconic Maschinenmensch SIGNED BY HELM, a typescript page from an unproduced film treatment written by Forrest J. Ackerman entitled Metropolis 5000 and intended as a sequel to the original film with accompanying notations in Ackerman's hand and four additional pages of typewritten notes, a photograph of Ackerman with director Fritz Lang, and an additional three photographs of Ackerman posing with materials related to the film.
The effect that Metropolis had on a young Forrest J. Ackerman cannot be overstated; throughout his life Ackerman would cite Metropolis, along with The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Golem, and Die Nibelungen, as one of the great films which inspired his love of science fiction. Later in life Ackerman would write an introduction to a reprinting of the original 1925 novel by Thea von Harbou on which the film was based, illustrated with photographs and items from Ackerman's own collection.
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