ANITA EKBERG VINTAGE 1957 GELATIN SILVER PIN UP PHOTO SCREAMING MIMI 2
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:12567366 | Industry: Movies |
| Size: 8" x 10" | Object Type: Photograph |
| Modified Item: No | Original/Reproduction: Original |
| Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
ANITA EKBERG ORIGINAL VINTAGE 1957 GELATIN SILVER PIN UP PHOTO SCREAMING MIMI 2
DESCRIPTION: GORGEOUS - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! Original... vintage sexy pin-up 1957 gelatin silver COLUMBIA PICTURES VAN PELT photograph (see credit stamp and publicity snipe on verso) of actress ANITA EKBERG promoting the film "SCREAMING MIMI".
- SIZE: approx. 8" X 10"
- TONE: B&W
- FINISH: glossy
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SHIPPING TERMS
- I ship all items using, what I call, triple protection packing.The photos are inserted into a display bag with a white board, thenpacked in between two thick packaging boards and lastly wrapped withplastic film for weather protection before being placed into theshipping envelope.
- The shipping cost for U.S. shipments includes USPS "Delivery Confirmation" tracking.
- Combined Shipping Discounts:If you purchasemore than one item within a two week period that will be shippedtogether just add $2.00 to the base shipping cost. This will cover anyadditional quantity of a similar item purchased. If you purchasedifferent types of items (i.e. clothes andphotos) please contact me for the lowest possible shipping discount. Please wait for me to issue the invoice with the reduced shipping cost before making payment.
PAYMENT TERMS
- Please pay within three (3) days of purchase.
- All sales taxes applicable to the City of Los Angeles, State ofCalifornia and the 2019 Marketplace Sales Tax Law in other states shall beapplied.
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I will respond to all inquiries within 24 hours. Please feel free to contact me anytime at 1-310-880-8140 (Pacific Standard Time)
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Anita Ekberg BIOBorn KerstinAnita Marianne Ekberg29 September 1931 Died: January 11, 2015Malmö, SwedenOccupation Actress, modelYears active 1953?2002Spouse(s) AnthonySteel (m. 1956 ? 1959)Rik Van Nutter (m. 1963 ? 1975) Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (born 29 September1931 in Malmö, Skåne) is a Swedish-American actress, model, and cult sexsymbol. She is best known for her role as Sylvia in the 1960 Federico Fellinifilm La Dolce Vita, which features the legendary scene of her cavorting inTrevi Fountain alongside Marcello Mastroianni.Ekberg was born on September 29, 1931, the eldestgirl and the sixth of eight children. In her teens, she worked as a fashionmodel. In 1950, Ekberg entered the Miss Malmö competition at her mother'surging leading to the Miss Sweden contest which she won. She consequently wentto the United States to compete for the Miss Universe title despite notspeaking English. Although she did not win Miss Universe, as one ofsix finalists she did earn a starlet's contract with Universal Studios, as wasthe rule at the time. In America, Ekberg met Howard Hughes, who at the time wasproducing films and wanted her to change her nose, teeth and name (Hughes said"Ekberg" was too difficult to pronounce). She refused to change hername, saying that if she became famous people would learn to pronounce it, andif she did not become famous it would not matter. As a starlet at Universal, Ekberg receivedlessons in drama, elocution, dancing, horseriding and fencing. She appearedbriefly in the 1953 Universal films, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars and TheGolden Blade. Ekberg skipped many of her drama lessons, restricting herself tohorseriding in the Hollywood Hills. Ekberg later admitted that she was spoiledby the studio system and that she played instead of pursuing bigger film roles.Mainstream career The combination of a colourful private life andphysique gave her appeal to gossip magazines such as Confidential and to thenew type of men's magazine that proliferated in the 1950s. She soon became amajor 1950s pin-up. In addition, Ekberg participated in publicity stunts.Famously, she admitted that an incident where her dress burst open in the lobbyof London's Berkeley Hotel was pre-arranged with a photographer. By the mid-1950s, after several modelling jobs, Ekberg finally broke into the film industry. She guest starred on Casablancaand Private Secretary. She had a small part in Blood Alley (1955) starring JohnWayne and Lauren Bacall. She appeared alongside the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewiscomedy act in Artists and Models (1955) and Hollywood or Bust (1956) both forParamount Pictures. For a while she was publicized as "Paramount's MarilynMonroe". Paramount cast her in War and Peace which wasshot in Rome in 1956, alongside Mel Ferrer and Audrey Hepburn, before RKO gavethe actress her first leading role in Back from Eternity. She'd go on to appearin Man in the Vault and Zarak (both 1956), both of which were minor productionsthat left a small impact on her career. In 1957, she starred in the Britishdrama Interpol, with Victor Mature and Valerie with Sterling Hayden. In 1958, she appeared in two high-profile films:she co-starred with Bob Hope in Paris Holiday and starred with Philip Carey andGypsy Rose Lee in Screaming Mimi. After starring in European release Sheba andthe Gladiator in 1959, Ekberg's career began to decline. In 1960, Federico Fellini gave Ekberg hergreatest role in La Dolce Vita, in which she played the unattainable"dream woman" opposite Marcello Mastroianni. The film has beenreleased in the languages of English, French, German, and Italian. After this, she accepted a fairly good role in The Dam of the Yellow River in 1960. She then appeared in Boccaccio '70 (1962), a filmthat also featured Sophia Loren and Romy Schneider. Soon thereafter, Ekberg wasbeing considered to play the first Bond girl, Honey Ryder, in Dr. No, but therole went to the then unknown, Ursula Andress. She would go on to co-star withAndress, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin in the western-comedy 4 for Texas in1963. Fellini would call her back for two other films: I clowns (1972), andIntervista (1987), where she played herself in a reunion scene withMastroianni.Personal life Ekberg was married to the British actor AnthonySteel from 1956 to 1959. From 1963 to 1975, she was married to the actor RikVan Nutter. In an interview, she said she wished she had a child, stating theopposite on another occasion. Ekberg was romantically linked to Tyrone Power, Marcello Mastroianni, Errol Flynn, Yul Brynner, Frank Sinatra and Gary Cooper;she also had a three-year affair with Fiat chairman Gianni Agnelli. In hisautobiography Pieces of My Heart, actor Robert Wagner claims to have had an enjoyableone-night stand with Ekberg. Ekberg has not lived in Sweden since the early1950s and rarely visits the country. She has welcomed Swedish journalists inher house outside Rome, and in 2005 appeared in the popular radio programSommar, talking about her life. She stated in an interview that she will notmove back to Sweden before she dies, when she will be buried there. Ekberg hassaid that the Swedish people and media have not appreciated her sufficiently;nevertheless, her personal and radio appearances have been popular in Sweden. On 19 July 2009, she had been admitted to the SanGiovanni Hospital in Rome, after falling ill in her home in Genzano, accordingto a medical official in its neurosurgery department. She had been living inItaly for many years. Despite her condition not being considered serious, shehas been put under observation in the facility. In December 2011, it was reported that the80-year-old Ekberg was "destitute" following three months in ahospital with a broken thigh in Rimini, during which her home was robbed andbadly damaged in a fire. Ekberg applied to help from the Fellini Foundation, itself in difficult financial straits.Partial filmography Abbottand Costello Go to Mars (1953) TheGolden Blade (1953) BloodAlley (1955) Artistsand Models (1955) War andPeace (1956) Backfrom Eternity (1956) Hollywood or Bust (1956) Man inthe Vault (1956) Zarak(1956) Interpol (1957) Valerie(1957) ParisHoliday (1958) The ManInside (1958) Screaming Mimi (1958) Shebaand the Gladiator (1959) LaDolce Vita (1960) The Damof the Yellow River (1960) Boccaccio '70 (1962) Call MeBwana (1963) 4 forTexas (1963) TheAlphabet Murders (1965) Way...Way Out (1966) Fangsof the Living Dead (1969) Iclowns (1970) as herself KillerNun (also known as Suor Omicidi or Deadly Habits) (1978) Intervista (1987) as herself(courtesy wikipedia)
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DESCRIPTION: GORGEOUS - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! Original... vintage sexy pin-up 1957 gelatin silver COLUMBIA PICTURES VAN PELT photograph (see credit stamp and publicity snipe on verso) of actress ANITA EKBERG promoting the film "SCREAMING MIMI".
- SIZE: approx. 8" X 10"
- TONE: B&W
- FINISH: glossy
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SHIPPING TERMS
- I ship all items using, what I call, triple protection packing.The photos are inserted into a display bag with a white board, thenpacked in between two thick packaging boards and lastly wrapped withplastic film for weather protection before being placed into theshipping envelope.
- The shipping cost for U.S. shipments includes USPS "Delivery Confirmation" tracking.
- Combined Shipping Discounts:If you purchasemore than one item within a two week period that will be shippedtogether just add $2.00 to the base shipping cost. This will cover anyadditional quantity of a similar item purchased. If you purchasedifferent types of items (i.e. clothes andphotos) please contact me for the lowest possible shipping discount. Please wait for me to issue the invoice with the reduced shipping cost before making payment.
PAYMENT TERMS
- Please pay within three (3) days of purchase.
- All sales taxes applicable to the City of Los Angeles, State ofCalifornia and the 2019 Marketplace Sales Tax Law in other states shall beapplied.
CUSTOMER SERVICE
I will respond to all inquiries within 24 hours. Please feel free to contact me anytime at 1-310-880-8140 (Pacific Standard Time)
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Anita Ekberg BIOBorn KerstinAnita Marianne Ekberg29 September 1931 Died: January 11, 2015Malmö, SwedenOccupation Actress, modelYears active 1953?2002Spouse(s) AnthonySteel (m. 1956 ? 1959)Rik Van Nutter (m. 1963 ? 1975) Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (born 29 September1931 in Malmö, Skåne) is a Swedish-American actress, model, and cult sexsymbol. She is best known for her role as Sylvia in the 1960 Federico Fellinifilm La Dolce Vita, which features the legendary scene of her cavorting inTrevi Fountain alongside Marcello Mastroianni.Ekberg was born on September 29, 1931, the eldestgirl and the sixth of eight children. In her teens, she worked as a fashionmodel. In 1950, Ekberg entered the Miss Malmö competition at her mother'surging leading to the Miss Sweden contest which she won. She consequently wentto the United States to compete for the Miss Universe title despite notspeaking English. Although she did not win Miss Universe, as one ofsix finalists she did earn a starlet's contract with Universal Studios, as wasthe rule at the time. In America, Ekberg met Howard Hughes, who at the time wasproducing films and wanted her to change her nose, teeth and name (Hughes said"Ekberg" was too difficult to pronounce). She refused to change hername, saying that if she became famous people would learn to pronounce it, andif she did not become famous it would not matter. As a starlet at Universal, Ekberg receivedlessons in drama, elocution, dancing, horseriding and fencing. She appearedbriefly in the 1953 Universal films, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars and TheGolden Blade. Ekberg skipped many of her drama lessons, restricting herself tohorseriding in the Hollywood Hills. Ekberg later admitted that she was spoiledby the studio system and that she played instead of pursuing bigger film roles.Mainstream career The combination of a colourful private life andphysique gave her appeal to gossip magazines such as Confidential and to thenew type of men's magazine that proliferated in the 1950s. She soon became amajor 1950s pin-up. In addition, Ekberg participated in publicity stunts.Famously, she admitted that an incident where her dress burst open in the lobbyof London's Berkeley Hotel was pre-arranged with a photographer. By the mid-1950s, after several modelling jobs, Ekberg finally broke into the film industry. She guest starred on Casablancaand Private Secretary. She had a small part in Blood Alley (1955) starring JohnWayne and Lauren Bacall. She appeared alongside the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewiscomedy act in Artists and Models (1955) and Hollywood or Bust (1956) both forParamount Pictures. For a while she was publicized as "Paramount's MarilynMonroe". Paramount cast her in War and Peace which wasshot in Rome in 1956, alongside Mel Ferrer and Audrey Hepburn, before RKO gavethe actress her first leading role in Back from Eternity. She'd go on to appearin Man in the Vault and Zarak (both 1956), both of which were minor productionsthat left a small impact on her career. In 1957, she starred in the Britishdrama Interpol, with Victor Mature and Valerie with Sterling Hayden. In 1958, she appeared in two high-profile films:she co-starred with Bob Hope in Paris Holiday and starred with Philip Carey andGypsy Rose Lee in Screaming Mimi. After starring in European release Sheba andthe Gladiator in 1959, Ekberg's career began to decline. In 1960, Federico Fellini gave Ekberg hergreatest role in La Dolce Vita, in which she played the unattainable"dream woman" opposite Marcello Mastroianni. The film has beenreleased in the languages of English, French, German, and Italian. After this, she accepted a fairly good role in The Dam of the Yellow River in 1960. She then appeared in Boccaccio '70 (1962), a filmthat also featured Sophia Loren and Romy Schneider. Soon thereafter, Ekberg wasbeing considered to play the first Bond girl, Honey Ryder, in Dr. No, but therole went to the then unknown, Ursula Andress. She would go on to co-star withAndress, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin in the western-comedy 4 for Texas in1963. Fellini would call her back for two other films: I clowns (1972), andIntervista (1987), where she played herself in a reunion scene withMastroianni.Personal life Ekberg was married to the British actor AnthonySteel from 1956 to 1959. From 1963 to 1975, she was married to the actor RikVan Nutter. In an interview, she said she wished she had a child, stating theopposite on another occasion. Ekberg was romantically linked to Tyrone Power, Marcello Mastroianni, Errol Flynn, Yul Brynner, Frank Sinatra and Gary Cooper;she also had a three-year affair with Fiat chairman Gianni Agnelli. In hisautobiography Pieces of My Heart, actor Robert Wagner claims to have had an enjoyableone-night stand with Ekberg. Ekberg has not lived in Sweden since the early1950s and rarely visits the country. She has welcomed Swedish journalists inher house outside Rome, and in 2005 appeared in the popular radio programSommar, talking about her life. She stated in an interview that she will notmove back to Sweden before she dies, when she will be buried there. Ekberg hassaid that the Swedish people and media have not appreciated her sufficiently;nevertheless, her personal and radio appearances have been popular in Sweden. On 19 July 2009, she had been admitted to the SanGiovanni Hospital in Rome, after falling ill in her home in Genzano, accordingto a medical official in its neurosurgery department. She had been living inItaly for many years. Despite her condition not being considered serious, shehas been put under observation in the facility. In December 2011, it was reported that the80-year-old Ekberg was "destitute" following three months in ahospital with a broken thigh in Rimini, during which her home was robbed andbadly damaged in a fire. Ekberg applied to help from the Fellini Foundation, itself in difficult financial straits.Partial filmography Abbottand Costello Go to Mars (1953) TheGolden Blade (1953) BloodAlley (1955) Artistsand Models (1955) War andPeace (1956) Backfrom Eternity (1956) Hollywood or Bust (1956) Man inthe Vault (1956) Zarak(1956) Interpol (1957) Valerie(1957) ParisHoliday (1958) The ManInside (1958) Screaming Mimi (1958) Shebaand the Gladiator (1959) LaDolce Vita (1960) The Damof the Yellow River (1960) Boccaccio '70 (1962) Call MeBwana (1963) 4 forTexas (1963) TheAlphabet Murders (1965) Way...Way Out (1966) Fangsof the Living Dead (1969) Iclowns (1970) as herself KillerNun (also known as Suor Omicidi or Deadly Habits) (1978) Intervista (1987) as herself(courtesy wikipedia)
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