*SAM KATZMAN (1966) Movie Producer & and similar items

Vintage original 8 x 10 in. US double-weight matte photograph depiction a behind-the-scenes posed shot of motion picture producer/director SAM KATZMAN. Dated 9-12-66 in pencil on the verso, the image depicts the famous Hollywood producer seated in a director's chair holding a cigar as he and the group of crew member around him look at a woman in a white ruffled dress. It is in very fine condition as shown. Sam Katzman (July 7, 1901 – August 4, 1973) was an American film producer and director. Katzman produced low-budget genre films, including serials, which had disproportionately high returns for the studios and his financial backers. Katzman was a production supervisor at Showmen's Pictures in the early 1930s, and Screencraft Productions in July 1935. His movies included His Private Secretary (Showmen's, 1933) starring a young John Wayne (made for $9,000 and earned $95,000). They also made Police Call (1933), Ship of Wanted Men (1933), Public Stenographer (1933), and St. Louis Woman (1934). He worked as a producer at A. W. Hackel's Supreme Pictures, where he mostly made Westerns starring Bob Steele. Filming started 15 May 1934 with A Demon for Trouble (1934). Other films included Western Justice (1934), The Brand of Hate (1934), Smokey Smith (1935), Tombstone Terror (1935), Trail of Terror (1935), Alias John Law (1935), Big Calibre (1935), Sundown Saunders (1935), Brand of the Outlaws (1936) and The Kid Ranger (1936).