Kobal also tracked down Laszlo Willinger, Ted Allan's successor, who was living a quiet retirement in Los Angeles. Hungarian-born Willinger came to MGM in 1937 as part of the studio's…
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Eugene Robert Richee headed Paramount's portrait studio from its inception and he worked with a talented coterie of associates including William Walling and Don English. Richee remains the least examined…
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Only Ernest Bachrach at Radio Keith Orpheum had a career at one studio that rivalled Clarence Bull's tenure at MGM. He joined RKO at its inception in 1929 and stayed…
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The latest book to be drawn from the archive of the John Kobal Foundation, Hollywood Unseen is a showcase for, and tribute to, the incredible inventiveness and ingenuity of the…
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Hollywood Icons is the latest publication from the archive of the John Kobal Foundation and accompanies the exhibition, Hollywood Icons, being toured by Terra Esplendida, which opened on July 15th…
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John Kobal, who died twenty-one years ago this month, was a pre-eminent film historian and collector of Hollywood film photography. The author of over thirty books on film and film…
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Simon Crocker was Managing Director and, subsequently Chairman of The Kobal Collection, until he sold his shareholding in 1999. He has been Chairman of the John Kobal Foundation since 1991.…
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Kyoko and Didier Brousse from Galerie Camera Obscura informed us of the death of Françoise Nuñez, following an illness with a quick ending. They […]…
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Fred Baldwin, photographer and co-founder of the long-running festival FotoFest in Houston, died on December 15, at the age of 92, reports The Art Newspaper. A […]…
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Jean Loh told us about the death of Chinese photographer Wang Fuchun, he pays homage to him: “Hello Jean-Jacques, I learn this morning of […]…
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