Featured OLD WESTERN MOVIE STILLS/PHOTOGRAPHS & PUBLICITY PHOTOS

I found these cool old photos in a box of my mom's things - they were probably given to her by her boyfriend Lash LaRue, a western movie actor (King of the Bullwhip!). there has to be over 100 of them!

I think these are movie stills, but why are some small photos on the larger photo sheet?
Also each has a number (the smaller ones written in pencil on the back of each) - is this to tell what scene in the movie it was from? (photos 3, 4 & 5)

Why different numbers/ways of marking them?
Any info would help & be appreciated!

 

Maybe different number styles from different movie companies?
They're almost like a storyline you'd lay out - but before shooting a movie?

 

I'm going to suggest that before they had contact sheets , photographers would take the stills in a small size and then decide which ones were to be blown up to be used by the studios.....

The action pics look like candid ones taken personally...

@Vintage Maven .....any thoughts on what's going on here ?

 

That’s the most likely scenario @komokwa But they (the smaller ones) could also be prints made same size from 3x4 negatives used around that era (there was another size up I forgot), also popular were the 2 1/4 x 3 1/4....the advantage to them as well, is you could make a nice larger print from them that was nice and clear, clarity. The black and white achieved was impeccable, and yes, storyboarding would be done this way as well. ❤️Maven

 

Thank you!
PS - So the photos in bar & at card table etc weren't photographed during filming, but staged like a reg photo shoot?
Do these have any value?

 

they could have been stills from the film......it's possible...
I'd say they have value to movie buffs...

 

they hold lots of value , sentimental , retail, and what someone would pay for them at auction , i would contact an auction house that specializes it this type of memorabilia, and show them what you have (don't sell yet ) ask a few questions . see where to go from there .

 

Good idea thank you!

 

um... what?

 

scammer...........

 

I went back rereading last few posts thinking I'd missed something!

 

they've been dealt with.............Mods on the hunt !!!!