Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Anger, Kenneth.
2. Salas, Randy.

Description

1. 1 poster : col.; 72 x 53 cm.

Subject

1. Experimental films > United States > Posters
2. Counterculture > United States > Posters

Call number

1. Berg Coll+++ Counterculture S77 1967

Note

1. Poster printed in purple, orange, and peach on buff-colored paper, using ancient Egyptian and Rosicrucian decorative motifs, featuring naked king in profile playing lyre before enthroned falcon-god Horus.
2. Poster advertises Thursday, Sept. 21 [1967], 8:30 P.M. show at the Straight Theater, 1702 Haight, by Kenneth Anger.
3. Poster signed "RS," i.e. Randy Salas.
4. The avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger, once a Hollywood child-actor, is a disciple of the occultist Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) and regards the presentation of his films as occult ceremonies that can awaken spiritual forces in his audience. He is the author of the notorious Hollywood Babylon (San Francisco, 1975), which told the stories and originated several of the myths of sex scandals, crimes, and the anti-Communist "blacklist" involving Hollywood celebrities from the early 1900s through the mid-1960s. Originally published in French (Paris, 1959), the book first appeared in English in a pirated, incomplete edition in 1965, and its distribution was banned by U.S. postal authorities.

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Author

1. Straight Theater (San Francisco, Calif.)

Title

1. The equinox of the gods : the magick powerhouse of Kenneth Anger, the Congress of Wonders, the Amazing Charlatans, the Mime Troupe, the Duncan Company, the Straight Dancers / [presented by] the Bringers of Light & the Straight Theater.

Imprint

1. [San Francisco : Straight Theater, 1967]

Access

1. Restricted access; request permission from holding division.

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1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Request access to this item in the Berg Collection

Added author

1. Anger, Kenneth.
2. Salas, Randy. Designer

Research call number

1. Berg Coll+++ Counterculture S77 1967