3 Photos of Actor Duane Jones from the 1973 Film "Ganja and Hess"

1973. Photograph. Near Fine. 3 rare photos of the great Duane Jones (1937-1988), the lead actor in 1968's beyond-seminal "Night of the Living Dead". The 3 photos are from Jones's next --and only other-- starring film role, the 1973 American black horror film "Ganja & Hess". The photos were taken by renowned jazz photographer Charles Stewart (1927-2017) and each boasts Stewart's professional stamp at the rear. 1 of the 3 photos features Jones with his co-star, the actress Marlene Clark, and the other 2 show Jones either in a scene from the film or in preparation for a scene. The oversized black-and-white photos each measure 11" wide x 14" tall and have held up very nicely. Each is clean, bright and very sharp. Only the portrait of Jones with the dark backdrop shows a bit of creasing and one small closed tear along the lower-edges. An important piece of 1970s underground film ephemera, even "blacksploitation cinema" and the subgenre of black vampire films. Mostly though, the photos represent a recogonition of the actor whose power and influence (embodied in his performance in "Night of the Living Dead") film historians still struggle --well over 50 years later-- to put in its proper place.