N.p.: The Rank Organization 1956. Vintage UK one sheet poster for the 1956 British film. <br/><br/>After inheriting a fortune a newly wealthy Englishwoman returns to Malaya where she was previously a POW with the intention of building a well for the villagers who sheltered her during the war. <br/><br/>Set in Malaya shot on location in Malaya and England. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches folded. Near Fine with light toning and black holograph annotations to the verso. The Rank Organization unknown books
N.p.: The Rank Organization 1956. Vintage UK three sheet poster for the 1956 British film. <br/><br/>After inheriting a fortune a newly wealthy Englishwoman returns to Malaya where she was previously a POW with the intention of building a well for the villagers who sheltered her during World War II. <br/><br/>Set in Malaysia shot on location in Malaysia Australia and England. <br/><br/>41 x 81 inches rolled and mounted on archival linen. Near Fine. The Rank Organization unknown books
London: Rank Film Distributors 1959. Collection of 8 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1959 UK film. <br/><br/>Based on Richard Gordon's 1954 novel about a ship captain who gets promoted to a passenger liner. He may be a competent sailor but he is not prepared for the social duties the new position involves including the attention of all the single women aboard. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing overall and a few with corner creases else Near Fine. Rank Film Distributors unknown books
N.p.: American Cinema Productions 1973. Vintage US one-sheet poster for the 1973 film. Features fantastic and disturbing painted illustration of the dog before a duo of men engaged in fisticuffs. Notation in holograph ink on the verso. <br/><br/>In the Klondike in the late 1800s the dog White Fang and his friend Mitsah Missaele help rid a gold mining town of greed and corruption with the help of journalist Jason Nero. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches folded. Light toning and a few staple holes else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant p. 464. American Cinema Productions unknown books
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage Australian insert poster for the 1971 US film. Printed by Robert Burton Pty. in Sydney. <br/><br/>Based on screenwriter Larner's 1964 novel. Nominated for the Palme d'Or and a key film in the BBS Productions cycle of the early 1970s as well as a New Hollywood film albeit lesser-known. Hector Tepper plays college basketball superbly but his lover Olive Black has reservations about their relationship. All the while Hector's friend Gabriel Margotta contemplates and protests the Vietnam War. <br/><br/>Nicholson's directorial debut after astonishing performances in "Easy Rider" 1969 and "Five Easy Pieces" 1970. <br/><br/>Shot on location at the University of Oregon and throughout the state. <br/><br/>12.75 x 30 inches folded twice as issued. Very Good plus with light toning brief edge creasing and a few central tears. Scarce. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 547. Columbia Pictures unknown books
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1960. First Draft script for the 1961 film. With a typeover correction to the title page changing "The Beach Pad" to "Love in a Goldfish Bowl". <br/><br/>Two unlikely friends at a small college are forbidden to associate with each other despite each being the other's protector. Neither wishes to spend Easter break with their respective families and instead devise a plan to spend the holiday at an empty beach house. <br/><br/>Self-wrappers dated October 13 1960 noted as First Draft Screenplay rubber-stamped copy No. 120 with credits for screenwriter Jack Sher. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication with yellow and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between November 1 1960 and November 23 1960. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three ring binding. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1961. Revised Pilot script for the 1961 television series "Margie." Copy belonging to Ace Beall an uncredited member of the crew with his name and notation in holograph ink on the front wrapper. Brief annotations in holograph pencil on a few pages. <br/><br/>Margie Pepper is a teenager growing up in a small New England town in the Jazz Age. She has a friend named Maybelle Parker who is a flapper boys that like her and a brother named Cornell. The series first aired on October 12 1961 and ran for 26 episodes the last aired on April 12 1962. The pilot episode script dated a full 9 months before the episode aired involves Margie and Maybelle and the boys that seem more interested in Maybelle than Margie. <br/><br/>Cream titled wrappers noted as REVISED PILOT SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated February 6 1961. Title page integral with front wrapper. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 2/8/61. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Terrace US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
New York New York: Playbill 1962. First Edition. Magazine. Near Fine. Play opened October 24 1962. Closed October 27 1962. 5 performances. Octavo 9 " tall wire saddle stitch pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps 46 pages listed but many not present. Some pages skipped BUT nothing is removed. All show production information present. Editorial filler was commonly dropped from this giveaway publication when insufficient advertising was sold to warrant cost. An original theatre program in near fine condition with little wear but light yellowing to paper. One additional ad page laid in.Contains many advertisements for current shows automobiles hotels etc. Playbill unknown
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1974. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1974 film. <br/><br/>Sequel to the 1969 hit "Airport" which clinched 9 Academy Award nominations and received one for best actress. After a midair collision wipes out the crew of a Boeing 707 ground control must find a way to guide the disabled plane to safety. This midair disaster film inspired the 1980 parody "Airplane" starring Leslie Nielsen. <br/><br/>Set in DC and California shot on location in California Utah DC and Virginia. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches and 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Universal Pictures unknown books
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1967. Final Shooting script for the 1968 film. SIGNED by actor George Segal on the title page with a brief inscription. <br/><br/>Based on the 1964 novel by William Goldman. Christopher Gill Steiger is a serial killer who always seems to elude police detective Brummel Segal. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers with Paramount logo in white and die cut title window on the front wrapper. Title page present dated June 13 1967 noted as Final Shooting Script with credits for screenwriter Gay director Smight and producer Sol C. Siegel rubber stamped copy No. 129. Last leaf of text numbered 143. Mechanical duplication on eye-rest green stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine internally bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Burbank CA: NBC Television Network 1959. Collection of 35 vintage contact sheets from the 1951 to 1959 NBC television series. Stills as well as on the set shots of Jack Webb and Ben Alexander as well as a host of supporting actors.<br/><br/>The well loved early police drama created by and starring Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday. Origin for the ubiquitous phrases "Just the facts ma'am" and "The story you are about to see is true."<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus some creasing one with three closed tears on top edge. NBC Television Network unknown books
Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1969. Three scripts from the seminal police procedural television program from its colorful pop culture-infused revival made between 1967-1970 starring Jack Webb and Henry Morgan along with a relentless cast of hippies druggies bad parents priests and a host of substantially less hip efficient and often troubled men and women of the Los Angeles Police Department. The collection includes:<br/><br/>"Burglary Auto: Courtroom": Revised Draft script for Season Four episode nine which originally aired on November 20 1969. With a holograph ink notation on the front wrapper referring to LAPD Sergeant Dan Cooke who was the department's liaison to the show. Friday and Gannon testify in court about a search of suspect's car but their key witness is missing. <br/><br/>Pink self wrappers with title page integral to the front wrapper noted as production number 30208 dated September 9 and September 12 1969 with credits for screenwriter Barrett and LAPD technical advisor Lt. Charles W. Walters. 41 leaves with last page of text numbered 39. Mechanical duplication on pink stock with revision pages throughout dated 9/12/69. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>"Narco: Pill Maker": Revised Draft script for Season Four episode 18 which originally aired on February 19 1970. Here under the slightly more formal working title "Narcotics: Pill Maker."<br/><br/>Pink self wrappers with title page integral to the front wrapper noted as production No. 30237 dated November 26 and December 5 1969 with credits for screenwriter Harris and LAPD technical advisor Sgt. Ronald Garrahan. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Mechanical duplication on pink stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with one gold brad. <br/><br/>"Forgery: The Ranger": Revised Draft script for Season Four episode 21 which originally aired on March 12 1970. With a holograph ink notation on the front wrapper referring to LAPD Sergeant Dan Cooke who was the department's liaison to the show. A routine traffic stop reveals a forest ranger in possession of checks and credit cards not in his name and Friday and Gannon begin to suspect him of being a con man. <br/><br/>Blue self wrappers with title page integral to the front wrapper noted as production No. 30239 dated December 29 1969 and Janary 5 and 6 1970 with credits for screenwriter Dan Page and LAPD technical advisor Sgt. Robert L. Cameron. 42 leaves with last page of text numbered 34. Mechanical duplication on pink stock with blue revision pages bound in front dated 1/6/70. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with one silver brad. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
New York New York: Playbill 1963. First Edition. Magazine. Near Fine. Play opened April 19 1963 and closed May 25th. Judy Holliday's last broadway show before dying of cancer. Contains many advertisements for current shows automobiles hotels etc. Octavo 9 " tall 38 pages noted minus pages 5-10 and 31-36. Some pages skipped BUT nothing is removed. All show production information present. Editorial filler was commonly dropped from this giveaway publication when insufficient advertising was sold to warrant cost. wire saddle stitch pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps. -BUT nothing is removed and no editorial information about this show is missing. It is suggested by some authorities that editorial filler pages were often left out during this period if insufficient advertising were sold. An original theatre program in near fine condition with little wear slight yellowing to paper. Playbill unknown
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1972 film showing actors Gary Lockwood and Jacqueline Bisset in a candid pose.<br/><br/>A journalist returns to her hometown to write an article about women's liberation and is surprised to discover her mother and sister are already self-declared feminists.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Denver Colorado.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Estimating script for the 1972 film. <br/><br/>Actor Jackie Cooper's directorial debut a humorous set of stories that follow multiple women. One of the first major Hollywood films on the Women's Liberation movement it contains depictions of militant women's rights groups mass political demonstrations and women who shirk traditional familial structures though due to its humor the film is often critically considered to have touched on the movement in a largely shallow manner. <br/><br/>Set in Denver and shot there on location. <br/><br/>Pale pink titled wrappers. Title page present dated July 9 1971 noted as ESTIMATING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Slade. 112 leaves mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
New York: Tams-Witmark Music Library 1959. Vintage script for the 1959 musical which debuted on October 22 at the Shubert Theatre.<br/><br/>Based on Eugene O'Neill's 1933 play "Ah Wilderness." A light comedy following the romantic misadventures of a family in Connecticut in the early 20th century. The musical ran for 448 performances and was nominated for eight Tony Awards winning one for Best Actor in a Musical for Jackie Gleason.<br/><br/>Set in Connecticut. <br/><br/>Maroon titled wrappers. Title page present undated with music and lyrics credits for Bob Merrill book credits for Joseph Stein and Robert Russell and play credits to Eugene O'Neill. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-9-38. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus lightly foxed along the top edges wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads and four staples. Tams-Witmark Music Library unknown books
Washington DC: D. C. Department of Corrections 1978. Paperback. 114p printed recto-only 8.5x11 inches illustrated with b&w photos of the various facility directors mostly African-American men budgets escapes etc. mild scent otherwise very good brochure in oversized trade paperback format pictorial wraps. D. C. Department of Corrections paperback
Canada: NFB. Hardcover. VHS video tape in case. A candid study of a director in action. Running time 49 minutes. Average wear and library markings. . Good. 1995. First Edition. NFB hardcover
Washington DC: D. C. Department of Corrections 1978. Paperback. 114p printed recto-only 8.5x11 inches illustrated with b&w photos of the various facility directors mostly African-American men budgets escapes etc. mild scent otherwise very good brochure in oversized trade paperback format pictorial wraps. D. C. Department of Corrections paperback books
Stamford Connecticut: Smith-Girard. 95 pages profuse b/w illus. inscribed on the inside front cover by Theresa Bernstein a very good copy minor edge wear. . Very Good. Paper. 1985. Smith-Girard unknown
Canada: NFB. Hardcover. VHS video tape in case. "A plea - particularly to prospective parents and adoption agencies in developed countries - to fully understand the complicated process of international adoption." - from case. Running Time: 1 hour. Above-average wear. Usual library markings . Fair. 1995. First Edition. NFB hardcover
Universal City CA. Universal Studios. 2006. Two 2 DVD's. VG/VG case. I've watched the film: no skips or freezes. I've viewed some of the Bonus Features but not all without any problems. Case lamination scuffed/scratched else tight with intact side clips. Two DVD's. Feature film: 3 hours 8 minutes. Disc 2-no time. Offers subtitles in English Spanish & French. Widescreen Format. Lots of Extras. Cast features: Naomi Watts Jack Black Adrien Brody et al. Andy Serkis as KONG. Special Intro by Peter Jackson. Universal Studios. unknown
Bookseller reference : 2012820 ISBN : 1417079711 9781417079711
New Line Home Cinema 2002. DVD Movie. Fine copy. DVD movie. 4 discs with a number of documentaries. In the original slip-case. <br/><br/>Starring Elijah Wood Ian McKellen Liv Tyler Vigo Mortensen Sean Astin Cate Blanchett John Rhys-Davies. New Line Home Cinema unknown
Bookseller reference : DVD266 ISBN : 0780644042 9780780644045
New Line Home Entertainment 2002. DVD Movie. Starring Elijah Wood Ian McKellen Liv Tyler Vigo Motensen Sean Astin Cate Blanchett. DVD. 2002. 179 minutes. Color. Widescreen format. With second disc containing many special features. Fine condition with original artwork. Screenplay by Fran Walsh Philippa Boyes Stephen Sinclair Peter Jackson based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien. New Line Home Entertainment unknown
Bookseller reference : DVD104 ISBN : 078064333x 9780780643338
New Line Home Entertainment 2001. DVD Movie. Starring Elijah Wood Ian McKellen Liv Tyler Viggo Mortensen Sean Astin Cate Blanchett. 2001. 178 minutes. Widescreen format. Includes a second disc which has various interesting extras including a documentary about the making of the film. Fine copy with original artwork. Screenplay by Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens Peter Jackson based on the book by J. R. R. Tolkien. New Line Home Entertainment unknown
Bookseller reference : DVD105 ISBN : 0780638379 9780780638372
N.p.: New World Pictures 1972. Original US one sheet poster a variant size in a variant yellow color scheme for the 1972 Italian film. An early role for Vonetta McGee who would star in television shows like "L. A. Law" and "Bustin' Loose" and several Blaxploitation films in the 1970s. The film poster represented here in yellow is also found in red. 23 x 34.25 inches folded. Studio label on the verso. Very Good plus with a couple of short closed tears and a couple of light stains. Parish and Hill 14. New World Pictures unknown
Becket MA: Jacob's Pillow. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Ephemera. Illustrated wraps. 2 page typewritten schedule laid in for July 20-24 1965. Christa Mertins Lucas Hoving Patricia Christopher Chase Robinson Jose Barrera. Nederlands Dans Theatre.; 11" tall; 16 pages . Jacob's Pillow unknown
Becket MA: Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Program. Ted Shawn Theatre. Very Good. 1952. First Edition; First Printing. Ephemera. Illustrated cover by Major Felten. 8p souvenir program 2p typewritten program for July 18-19 1952 laid in. Robert Joffrey Duncan Noble Bill Hooks Peter Di Falco Jose Limon Tally Beatty Ruthanna Boris Myra Kinch Ralph McWilliams Albia Kavan Rex Cooper Rebecca Harris. Many Berkshire ads . Becket, MA: Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Program. Ted Shawn Theatre unknown
Becket MA: Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Program. Ted Shawn Theatre. Very Good. 1949. First Edition; First Printing. Ephemera. Illustrated cover by Major Felten. 8p souvenir program 1p typewritten program for July 15-16 1949 laid in. Noble Paulickpulle Myra Kinch Diana Adams Hugh Laing Nana Gollner Igor Youskevitch Josefina Garcia Devi Wani Soe-Koro Jean Leon Destine Janet Collins. Many Berkshire ads; 4to . Becket, MA: Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Program. Ted Shawn Theatre unknown
Becket MA: Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Program. Ted Shawn Theatre. Very Good. 1966. First Edition; First Printing. Ephemera. Illustrated wraps by Major Felten. 16p souvenir program 2p typewritten program laid in. Bhashkar Alonzo Rivera Hope Eliot Cathy Sharp Lynelle Mossholder Phillip Johnson Darrell Fees Tom Leabhart Jimmy Bickford Georgiana Lee Holmes. Many Berkshire ads; 4to . Becket, MA: Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Program. Ted Shawn Theatre unknown
San Jose: Gallery One 1975. Hard Cover. Fine condition. Too: 118 leaves Two: 17 leaves; 11" x 8.5"; original printed white wrappers on coated stock on both catalogs which are bound into plastic over corrugated brown paper boards; brown paper spine over the plastic which causes a 'pocket' between plastic and corrugated where approximately 30 clipped words printed white on black paper float freely most now in a jumble at bottom edge. Front cover title "word works stew" in black with portions of other stenciled words in black. Inside rear bound in wrapper is the torn remnant of what appears to be a parchment sheet perhaps used in the process adhering the binding. Originally issued as a portfolio of loose sheets. Gallery One hardcover
Berlin: Universum Film UFA / L'Alliance Cinematographique Europeenne 1937. Vintage French pressbook for the 1937 film "Die Kronzeugin" seen here as "L'affaire Cabano." A detective mystery in which a noted singer is found dead in his apartment and the police must decide whether it was suicide or whether he has been killed. Two pages saddle stitched 9.5 x 12 inches. Very Good plus with a light dampstain to one corner and a couple of mild corner creases. Universum Film [UFA] / L'Alliance Cinematographique Europeenne unknown
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Collection of five vintage reference photographs all quite striking of Patty Duke in various states of celebrity intoxication or depravity in the 1967 film. Based on Jacqueline Susann's 1966 best selling novel. Shown in one of the photographs is author Susann who appears in a cameo as a reporter who interviews Duke. <br/><br/>A big budget film that became a cult classic. The story though presented in 1967 was based on Susann's experience with the 1940s Broadway theater and Hollywood scene with an emphasis on the abuse of the business sex and pills. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. A few ink annotations on the verso of each photograph else easily Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
France / Italy: Filmsonor 1960. Collection of 16 vintage borderless single weight still photographs from the 1960 French film noir. A remarkable collection including still photographs from the film candid shots and shots from the set. On-set images include director Jacques Becker with his camera and with the actors actors Marc Michel and Michel Constantin and other members of the cast and crew. Notations in holograph pencil on the versos of nearly the photos.<br/><br/>Based on Jose Giovanni's 1957 first novel "Le Trou" The Break. True story of the 1947 Le Sante Prison break with one of the real escapees Keraudy playing his own character in the film. <br/><br/>Four photos 7 x 9.5 inches twelve photos 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. <br/><br/>Buss French Film Noir. Criterion Collection 129. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Grant France. Hayden and Schneider 1001. Selby France. Spicer France. Filmsonor unknown books
Paris: Lorcaster 1960. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Jacques Becker and Marc Michel on the set of the 1960 film. "Lorcaster" and "636" stamps on verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1957 novel by Jose Giovanni. <br/><br/>True story of the 1947 Le Sante Prison break with one of the real escapees Keraudy playing his own character in the film. <br/><br/>Jacques Becker's final film having died two weeks after completing the film. Nominated for the Palm d'Or.<br/><br/>7 x 9 inches. Some light creasing else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Buss French Film Noir. Criterion Collection 129. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Grant France. Hayden and Schneider 1001. Selby France. Spicer France. Lorcaster unknown books
Paris: Gaumont 1947. Vintage photograph of director Jacques Becker and actor Claire Maffei on the set of the 1947 film. With holograph annotations and a rubber stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>A working class couple in Paris find their dreams of a life free of financial hardship about to come true when they win the lottery only to have the dream snatched away when they lose the ticket on the Metro.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Paris. <br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Gaumont unknown books
N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage reference photograph of Jacques Demy and Alexandra Hay on the set of the 1969 film. <br/><br/>Jacques Demy's first English speaking film recently a subject of renewed interest in two different documentaries about the Laurel Canyon music scene of the late 1960s.<br/><br/>George Gary Lockwood living in Laurel Canyon Los Angeles in a discontented relationship with his girlfriend Gloria Hay learns his draft notice arrived and is due to report for Army duty the following week. While out trying to raise money to keep his car from being repossessed he sees and becomes obsessed by the beautiful Lola Anouk Aimee reprising her role from Demy's 1960 "Lola" an older French model who works in a "model shop" posing for photographers. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Laurel Canyon Los Angeles California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Twilight Time 327. N.p. unknown books
Paris: Columbia Films 1969. Two vintage borderless photographs from the 1969 film including one reference photograph and one studio still.<br/><br/>Director Jacques Demy's first English language film recently a subject of renewed interest in two different documentaries about the Laurel Canyon music scene of the late 1960s.<br/><br/>A young discontented man in a dead-end relationship learns his draft notice has arrived and he is due to report for Army duty the following week. While out trying to raise money to keep his car from being repossessed he sees and becomes obsessed with the beautiful Lola an older French model who works in a "model shop" posing for photographers.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Laurel Canyon Los Angeles.<br/><br/>One 9.75 x 8 inches one 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus one with light toning to the bottom edge the other with a short closed tear to the left edge repaired with paper tape on the verso. <br/><br/>Twilight Time 327. Columbia Films unknown books
Switzerland: CVB Publishers N.d. Undated reproduction based on the design of the original French grande poster for the 1967 film. <br/><br/>A charming French musical directed by Jacques Demy and staring Catherine Deneuve directly following his 1964 film "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" also starring Deneuve. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Musical score. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Rochefort Charente-Maritime France. <br/><br/>20 x 27 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>BFI. Criterion Collection 717. Rosenbaum 1000. CVB Publishers unknown books
Paris: Parc Film 1964. Vintage borderless press photograph of actor Catherine Deneuve and composer Michel Legrand at the awards ceremony for the Louis Delluc Prize given to the best French film of the year which "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" received in 1964. With the stamps of ADP press agency and a French-language mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>In addition to that award the film won the Palme d'Or and two other prizes at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Foreign Language Film Best Original Screenplay and the first three nominations of Legrand's storied career as a composer. <br/> <br/>Shot on location in Cherbourg France. <br/><br/>5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 716. Godard Histoires du cinema. Parc Film unknown books
Paris: Parc Film 1964. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of actors Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo on the set of the 1964 film. With the stamp of still photographer Patrick Gil Bertrand on the verso along with holograph ink annotations identifying the actors. <br/><br/>One of director Jacques Demy's most beloved films about a young woman in Cherbourg who falls in love with a man who is promptly drafted into the Algerian War. A classic of French cinema with every word of dialogue sung in recitative. The first French film musical shot in color and the movie that made Catherine Deneuve a star. Winner of the Palme d'Or and two other prizes at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for five Academy Awards<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Cherbourg Normandy France.<br/><br/>10.5 x 8.5 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy with light creasing and a few scratches to the image.<br/><br/>Criterion Collection 716. Godard Histoires du cinema. Parc Film unknown books
Paris: France 3 Cinema 1985. Vintage matte reference photograph of Marie-France Pisier Francis Huster and Jean Marais from the 1985 film. Provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso.<br/><br/>Jacques Demy's homage to and an update on Jean Cocteau's 1950 masterwork "Orpheus." A quintessentially 1980s Rock Opera musical with Orpheus as a French pop star and Cocteau's Orpheus Marais returning as Hades operating out of an underground parking garage. Music by Demy's long-time collaborator Michel Legrand.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Paris France. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. France 3 Cinema unknown books
N.p.: AMLF 1988. Vintage reference photograph of Jacques Demy and Yves Montand on the set of the 1988 film. <br/><br/>Demy's fanciful portrait of the life of singer and actor Yves Montand playing himself who returns to Marseille the city of his childhood to rehearse a stage musical based on his life and falls in love the female lead Marian only to discover she is his daughter. Music by Demy's long-time collaborator Michel Legrand. Demy's final film before his unexpected death in 1990.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Marseille France. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. AMLF unknown books
N.p.: AMLF 1988. Two vintage reference photographs of Jacques Demy on the set of the 1988 film. <br/><br/>Demy's fanciful portrait of the life of singer and actor Yves Montand playing himself who returns to Marseille the city of his childhood to rehearse a stage musical based on his life and falls in love the female lead Marian only to discover she is his daughter. Music by Demy's long-time collaborator Michel Legrand. Demy's final film before his unexpected death in 1990.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Marseille France. <br/><br/>5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. AMLF unknown books
Beverly Hills CA: Cite Films / Jacques Bar / United Artists 1972. Draft French script for the 1972 neo-noir film. An international co-production produced in France but shot entirely in English directed by the noted French auteur Jacques Deray. Shot on location at many unusual decayed and shabby sites in the Los Angeles area notably Venice Beach. <br/><br/>Jean-Louis Tritignant stars as Lucien a French hit man hired to travel to Los Angeles to end the life of an important local mobster. Unbeknowst to Lucien the mobster's heirs who hired him have hired yet another hit man Roy Scheider to kill Lucien once the initial job is complete. Lucien speaks very little English and the lifestyles and customs of Los Angelenos puzzle him completely. <br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 12 1972 with credits for screenwriters Carriere and Hunter and director Deray along with a production address for Jacques Bar and Cite Films in Paris. 116 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Cite Films / Jacques Bar / United Artists unknown books
Paris: Cite Films 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the 1972 film. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant p. 299. Cite Films unknown books
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