Rare vintage gelatin silver print, double weight, matte finish
10 x 13 inches (25.4 x 33 cm)
Verso: Stamped H. Weinberg, New York City, this is an extremely early print, with an important provenance
Provenance: Roger Corbeau, from Herman G. Weinberg
FINE NM

Special Provenance: Herman G. Weinberg was one of the most erudite writers and film critics (New York Herald Tribune) in the glory years of American cinema. He taught at City College of New York (1960-1976). Weinberg was the first person to add English subtitles to a foreign film (Two Hearts in Waltz Time, Germany 1930) for release in the United States. Weinberg translated over 400 films into English. His only film was entitled - Autumn Fire (1931), made solely to woo his girlfriend, they were married within two weeks.

Literature: Robert Weine, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: Classic Film Scripts, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1972. See page 102 for identical image.

THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, about which more has been written probably than any other film, blends fantasy, romanticism, medieval stories and philosophic fable into a story of mind-control, murder, and insanity. The painted backgrounds, sets and costumes were in the style of the Der Sturm expressionist group, which included the painters Rohrig and Reimann and the designer Hermann Warm, all three of whom contributed to the art direction of the film. It is in many respects - filmed theater, a series of tableaux or “lived drawings” (Der Sturm). In the ongoing controversy over definitions of German Expressionist Cinema, CALIGARI has long been the key work by which other films have been measured. –-- Pacific Film Archive