Alessandro Blasetti (director); Giuliano Gemma, Nadia Lara, Peter Marshall, Ivan J Rado (starring)ABAA
1962ref. 129512New York: Royal Films International 1962. Original 1963 US Pressbook for the 1962 Finnish documentary film. Produced by Dino de Laurentiis and filmed throughout Europe the film is an expose of affection and its various means of display the world over. Nadia Lara's final film credit. 4 pages folded 9.75 x 13.75 inches. Black-and-white throughout. A horizontal fold at the middle and some light creasing to one corner else about Near Fine. Royal Films International unknown books
1965ref. 139617Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1965. Two vintage black-and-white reference studio still photographs from the 1965 film. Sex intrigue infidelity and murder all stir up this beach-based melodrama. When an ex lover washes up on shore of Acapulco wealthy aging Kit and her beach-boy husband become prime suspects. Shot on location in Acapulco Mexico. 8 x 10 inches and 10 x 8 25.5 x 20.5. Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1952ref. 150903Santa Monica CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1952. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1952 film showing actors Blanche Yurka Cornel Wilde Alan Hale Jr. and Dan O'Herlihy. Loosely based on Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel following the adventures of the children of the original Three Musketeers. Set in France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1948ref. 151734Los Angeles: The Selznick Studio 1948. Trailer Dialogue Cutting Continuity script for the 1947 film. Based on the 1933 novel by Robert Hitchens. A woman is on trial for possibly poisoning her husband but the lawyer hired to defend her in court becomes unhealthily obsessed over her. Set in London shot on location in Cumbria England. Gray titled wrappers noted as Trailer Dialogue Cutting Continuity on the front wrapper dated February 27 1948. Five leaves with last page of text numbered 5. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples along the top edge. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. The Selznick Studio unknown books
1948ref. 143470Los Angeles: Vanguard Films / Selznick Studio 1948. Post-production Trailer Spotting List script for the 1947 film. Anthony Keane Peck is a married British lawyer who falls in love with the woman he is defending a woman who happens to be accused of poisoning. Tall self wrappers with two hole punches at the top edge but stapled instead at the top right corner as issued. 5 pages mimeograph duplication. Very Good plus. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Vanguard Films / Selznick Studio unknown books
1976ref. 140431Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1976. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1976 film. Based on Victor Canning's novel "The Rainbird Pattern." Set to the backdrop of a large city and starring Karen Black Bruce Dern Barbara Harris and William Devane this dark comedy marks the final of Hitchcock's many films. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with pin holes. Rosenbaum 1000. Universal Pictures unknown books
1976ref. 140531Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1976. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1976 film. Based on Victor Canning's novel "The Rainbird Pattern." Snipe printed on the verso of the image. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with pin holes. Rosenbaum 1000. Universal Pictures unknown books
1964ref. 147892Universal City: Universal Pictures 1964. Vintage photograph from the 1964 film a publicity shot of Sean Connery and Tippi Hedren. Based on Winston Graham's 1961 novel. Set in and shot on location in California Pennsylvania New Jersey Virginia and Maryland. 8 x 10 inches. Near FIne. Collation details available on request. Universal Pictures unknown books
1953ref. 139792Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1953. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1953 film. Co-written by husband and wife team Connie and Seymour Bennett. An exhausted posse returns without their loot and explain through flashbacks the mishaps that befell their mission. Set in New Mexico shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1961ref. 133569Los Angeles: Heath Productions / Universal 1961. Vintage double weight still photograph from the UK release of the 1961 US film. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some rubbing present. Heath Productions / Universal unknown books
1937ref. 141571Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1937. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1937 film. Based on the 1880 novel "Heidi's Lehr" by Johanna Spyri. Along with "The Little Princess" 1939 "Heidi" stands as Shirley Temple's greatest triumph and one of the best literary adaptations of the 1930s. . Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine manuscript graphite notation to the verso. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1952ref. 132214Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1952. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1952 film. Production number rubber-stamped and in ink on the verso. A biographical musical about American composer Stephen Foster. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Republic Pictures unknown books
1985ref. 147632Beverly Hills CA: Orion Pictures Corporation 1985. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1985 film. A delightfully crafted depression-era fantasy in which an unhappy wife indulges her knack for escapism through persistently visiting the cinema. Eventually a handsome character in one of the films she frequents breaks the fourth wall and what ensues is an unusual and fantastical romantic comedy. Shirking his usual self-deprecating style Woody Allen describes the 1985 film as one of only a few in which the results closely match his original intentions. Set in New Jersey shot on location. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Orion Pictures Corporation unknown books
1981ref. 251287Azcapotzalco Mexico: Talleres de Editorial Nuestra America 1981. 48p. stapled wraps 8.5 x 11 inches illus. 1/2 inch tear on front wrap pages lightly toned else good condition. Text in Spanish. Magazine covering politics and current events in both Mexico and the US. Includes an essay by Cesar Chavez "Mis Primeras Experiencas en el Movimiento Chicano. Talleres de Editorial Nuestra America unknown books
1941ref. 241415Berkeley: Associated Students News Bureau 1941. 22p. semi-glazed paperstock with numerous b&w photos and ads; cigarette ads in spot color plus a terrific Coca Cola full-page full-color inside back cover. Softbound a magazine in stapled 10.5x7.5 inch color wraps a clean sound unmarked and unmarred copy. Coke ad shows a young white couple in the bleachers the he is handing the she her bottle with right hand his bottle in left. Associated Students News Bureau unknown books
1939ref. 132529London: Films in London Publications 1939. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1939 UK release of the 1938 US film. Distributors rubber-stamps on the verso. Based on the Myron Brinig novel about three sisters who are considered the most desirable young women in a tiny town in Montana and the troubled marriages each faces. 8 x 10 inches with no borders as issued. Faint discoloration at the center of the recto see image else Near Fine. Films in London Publications unknown books
1938ref. 139219Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph of Ray Milland from the 1938 film. Milland is shown pointing at an unseen woman in a chair. Based on a play by Deval. A financially strapped couple attempt to wed their son a golf pro to a wealthy heiress. What they do not know is that their son is already married. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 148068Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1965. Vintage studio still photograph of Shirley Jones Honor Blackman and Lionel Jeffries from the 1965 film. Arthur Tate 's James Booth career takes an astounding leap from lowly constable to the ruler of a Banana Republic in South America thanks to his mother Amy Dalby and three women: dressmaker Violet Lawson Stella Stevens Lily the Baroness von Kukenberg Honor Blackman and movie producer Marigold Marado Shirley Jones. Featuring Lionel Jeffries in four separate roles. Set in and shot on location in England and Portugal. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1971ref. 132841Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1971 UK release of the 1971 US film. Layout annotations on the verso. Based on Davis Grubb's 1969 novel about a trio of ex-convicts released from prison hoping to open a general store. Their attempt is met with great resistance from a corrupt prison official and the banker who issued the startup funds. Shot on location in West Virginia. 8 x 10 inches. Slight faint pin-sized indentations else Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1985ref. 140391N.p.: Golan-Globus Productions 1985. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1985 film. Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Actor. Original screenplay written by acclaimed director Akira Kurosawa who intended the film to be his color debut. His plans were thwarted however when difficulties with American financiers led to the film being shelved. Starring Jon Voight Eric Roberts and Rebecca De Mornay the film was eventually made and released to critical acclaim. Shot on location in Montana Alaska and California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Golan-Globus Productions unknown books
1955ref. 132502Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1955. Vintage full-color still British front-of-house card from the UK release of the 1954 US film. A comedy based on a play about a struggling Hollywood screenwriter who mentions to a policeman his ideas about a serious film involving a juvenile delinquent. On Christmas Eve to his surprise the policeman drops off a seventeen year-old delinquent Debbie Reynolds so the screenwriter can do some research for the story. Dick Powell's last acting film credit before a handful of directorial roles. 8 x 10 inches. Light creasing and rubbing else Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1958ref. 132882London: National Screen Service / MGM 1958. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1958 UK film. Based on the 1911 play by George Bernard Shaw starring Leslie Caron as the wife of an artist Dirk Bogarde who is dying of tuberculosis. She enlists the help of a very busy doctor who upon learning the artist is really a con-man with greedy tendencies in faced with a dilemma: help the desperate wife by curing the artist or tend to other patients in need 8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing else Near Fine. National Screen Service / MGM unknown books
1963ref. 132582London: National Screen Service / MGM 1963. Two vintage full-color still photographs from the 1963 UK film. A star-studded drama that takes place in a New York airport at the V.I.P. lounge. Taylor's jewelry in the film came mostly from her own collection and this was Taylor's and Burton's second collaborative film credit. Margaret Rutherford won an Academy Award for her supporting role. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creases overall else Near Fine. National Screen Service / MGM unknown books
1952ref. 141569N.p.: J. Arthur Rank Organisation 1952. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1952 film. Snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Oscar Wilde's witty play of the same name in which a Algernon discovers that his friend Earnest has created a fictional brother in order to intermittently leave his country home to visit the city. Algernon decides to assume the brother's identity and pay a little visit to his friend's estate. The film is a goofy and earnest rendition of Wilde's beloved play. Shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Small stain to the recto and a manuscript graphite notation to the verso. Criterion Collection 158. J. Arthur Rank Organisation unknown books
1974ref. 161967Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1974. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1974 film. With International Exchange Press slip affixed to the verso. Queen Christina of Rome abdicates the throne converts to Catholicism and goes to Rome where she falls in love. Set in Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Warner Brothers unknown books
