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1944rif. 156448New York: Creative Age Press 1944. First American Edition published in the UK as "The Blue Angel" in 1930 and prior to that as "Professor Unrat" in 1905 in German. REVIEW COPY with publisher's dated slip laid in. Basis for Josef von Sternberg's classic 1930 film "The Blue Angel" the movie that catapulted Marlene Dietrich to stardom. Near Fine in a bright Very Good plus dust jacket. Dust jacket is especially nice for this cheaply-made title with two small chips along the top edge and one at the spine heel. Creative Age Press unknown books
1925rif. 156516New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1925. First American Edition preceding the British edition by three years. The title story is the basis for the 1971 film directed by Luchino Visconti starring Dirk Bogarde and Marissa Berenson. Very Good plus in a Very Good or better example of the rare dust jacket. Light foxing affecting the page block and last few leaves. Jacket is lightly edgeworn along the top edge with the usual toning on the spine panel and a shallow chip at the crown. In a custom maroon quarter-leather clamshell box. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1954rif. 148788Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1954. Vintage six sheet poster for the 1954 film. Based on the 1950 novel by Vina Delmar. Boarding house owner Mrs. Vivien Leslie Shirley Booth reminisces on her affair with the secretive George Leslie Robert Ryan and their annual retreats at an Big Sur. Set in Beverly Hills California. 80 x 80.5 inches. Four panels folded as issued. About Very Good overall silverfish damage to center right of top left panel with loss along crease splitting at some of the folds and some small closed tears at the extremities. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1965rif. 155867N.p.: N.p. 1965. Seven vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1965 film With stamps and manuscript press notations variously on the versos of each. Based on the 1963 novel by John Fowles about an amateur entomologist who kidnaps a London art student. Nominated for three Academy Awards and winner of Best Actor and Best Actress awards at Cannes Film Festival. Three photographs 9.5 x 7 inches two photographs 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine to Very Good plus. Grant US. N.p. unknown books
1985rif. 149038Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1985. Double weight photograph from the 1985 film. With the stamp of photographer Alan Pappe on the verso his numerical manuscript pencil notation and a snipe identifying the image. Struck by Pappe circa 1990s from his archive. Pappe worked as a film still and press photographer for 30 years photographing a who's who of film and music stars including iconic images of Sharon Tate Jimi Hendrix and Liza Minnelli as well as album cover for the "Grease" soundtrack album and the interior images of Jefferson Airplane's "After Bathing at Baxter's." His 1972 "Time" magazine cover photograph of Minnelli in "Cabaret" is part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. Based on the 1975 Broadway musical with music by Marvin Hamlisch lyrics by Edward Kleban and book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante. Nominated for three Academy Awards. 14 x 11 inches with wide margins. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1963rif. 151019N.p.: N.p. 1963. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1963 film two borderless photographs of Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann and one photograph of Jacques Demy and Moreau on the set of the film. One with provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso. A young bank employee Jean encouraged by his friend to try gambling decides to vacation in Nice where he meets and begins an affair with the beautiful Jackie a gambling addict whose addiction masks an emptiness and despair. Set in and shot on location in Alpes-Maritimes Val-d'Oise and Paris France and Monte Carlo Monaco. 2 8.75 x 7 inches 1 8 x 10 inches. One with faint creasing else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 715. N.p. unknown books
1955rif. 150917Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1955. Vintage portrait photograph of Victor Mature from the 1955 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1947 novel "The Gilded Rooster" by Richard Emery Roberts about a Union army scout whose tyrannical commander wants to attack the local Native American tribe despite being hopelessly outnumbered. Set in Oregon shot on location in Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1966rif. 147681N.p.: Trans American Films 1966. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1966 film. A young San Francisco runaway falls in with a charismatic and possibly criminal guru who runs a LSD beatnik cult in Spain. Set in Spain and California shot on location in Barcelona and the Balearic Islands Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Two Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear two Good with adhesive residue and bruising on the bottom edge. Trans American Films unknown books
1966rif. 154313Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1966. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1966 film showing actor James Garner jumping down from a wall. Based on the 1964 novel "Buddwing" by Evan Hunter about a man who suddenly wakes up in Central Park with no memory of his own identity or life. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall with pinholes to the corners. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1971rif. 151550N.p.: Alfa Cinematografica 1971. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of Luchino Visconti and Silvana Mangano on the set of the 1971 film. Mimeo snipe "Parimage" stamp and "Camera Press" stamp on verso. Based on Thomas Mann's 1912 novella. Mann's lonely and obsessed novelist was transformed by Visconti into a composer based on Mahler who travels to Venice for his health and becomes increasingly obsessed with an adolescent Polish boy. The middle film of Visconit's "German Trilogy" an impressionistic conceptual cycle that begins with "The Damned" 1969 and ends with "Ludwig" 1972. Nominated for an Academy Award and for the Palm d'Or. Shot on location in Venice Italy. 12 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing and two small closed tears to left edge. Criterion Collection 962. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Alfa Cinematografica unknown books
1955rif. 150127Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1955. Vintage reference photograph of playwright and screenwriter Tennessee Williams with director Daniel Mann and Anna Magnani on the set of the 1955 film. Based on the 1950 play by Tennessee Williams. Williams wrote the play for Anna Magnani to play on Broadway which she rejected because she felt she was not yet fluent enough in English. Grieving withdrawn widow Serefina Magnani apprehensively considers an affair with truck driver Alvaro Burt Lancaster after she learns of her late husband's infidelity. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Actress for Anna Magnani and Best Cinematography nominated for five more including Best Picture. Set in a small Mississippi Gulf town shot on location in Key West Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with brief annotation in manuscript ink on upper right margin small bruise on lower right margin two pinholes in lower left margin and faint creasing at the extremities. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1968rif. 152359Los Angeles: Cinerama International Releasing Organization 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Daniel Mann laughing with actors Abbey Lincoln and Joseph Attles on the set of the 1968 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. In order to prevent their maid from leaving their employment to attend secretarial school the youngest son of a wealthy white Long Island family searches for a handsome executive to wine and dine her. Set in Long Island and New York. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and soiled to the right edge with brief wear to the corners. Cinerama International Releasing Organization unknown books
1958rif. 150167N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage borderless photograph of actress Sophia Loren on the set of the 1958 film. With a Photoplay Library stamp on the verso along with the stamp of photographer Bill Avery and manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout. Based on Eugene O'Neill's 1924 play. A greedy New England farmer marries for a third time after working his first two wives to death. Trouble ensues when his new wife a headstrong Italian woman begins an affair with his youngest son. Bill Avery worked as a photographer at Columbia Pictures in the early 20th century with a brief interlude working as a combat cameraman during World War II. He also worked at MGM under noted photographer C.S. Bill and occasionally worked as a freelance publicity photographer shooting iconic images of Elvis Presley Jack Lemmon Katharine and Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine among many others. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1975rif. 150792Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1975 film mounted as issued by the distributor on a presentation card showing actor Charles Durning shouting into a megaphone. Based on the 1974 novel by Patrick Mann which was in turn based on a true story published in Life magazine. Director Sidney Lumet's masterpiece a snapshot of New York invoking LGBTQ politics city politics police politics personal politics and the mood of a city in the heat of the early 1970s-all without being overtly political. The film follows an inexperienced robber and his friend over the course of a doomed bank heist executed in order for the robber's girlfriend a preoperative transgender woman to afford gender confirmation surgery. Photograph 10 x 8 inches Near Fine. Presentation card 14 x 11 inches Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners. National Film Registry. Grant US. Hardy BFI Crime Companion. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
1963rif. 151111N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph of Francoise Prevost from the US release of the 1962 Italian film. Based on the 1959 play "Les Sequestres d'Altona" by Jean-Paul Sartre. A wealthy German industrialist hides his Nazi war criminal son in his mansion unaware the war has ended and continually building a case for Germany's defense. One of De Sica's darkest films. Shot on location in Hamburg Germany. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1958rif. 149420Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1958. Vintage reference photograph of director Delbert Mann directing a passionate scene between Burt Lancaster and Rita Hayworth on the set of the 1958 film. Based on Terence Rattigan's 1954 play following several long-term residents during off-season at a seaside hotel where things are not as they appear. Nominated for seven Academy Awards and winning two for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress for David Niven and Wendy Hiller respectively. Set in Bournemouth Engand. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1962rif. 149127Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1962. Vintage studio still photograph of producer Stanley Kramer and director John Cassavetes on the set of the 1962 film. Kramer and Cassavetes clashed throught the production disagreeing on technique as well as the overall message of the film leading Kramer to fire Cassavetes during the editing of the film. Dr. Matthew Clark Burt Lancaster the director of the Crawthorne State Mental Hospital for mentally handicapped and emotionally disturbed children clashes with newly arrived teacher Jean Hanson Judy Garland over the best methods in which to teach the children. Many of the students in the film were portrayed by actual intellectually disabled children from Pacific State Hospital in Pomona California. Shot on location at the Lanterman Development Center in Pomona California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with large bruise to upper right corner creasing on right side and two small closed tears on right margin repaired with paper tape on verso. United Artists unknown books
1968rif. 149585Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Vintage reference photograph from the 1968 film showing actors Frank Sinatra and Lee Remick. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1966 novel. A brooding New York detective investigates the murder of a gay man-a crime that none of his fellow officers will take seriously due to the victim's sexuality. Sinatra's fourth collaboration with director Gordon Douglas a box office success and one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to explicitly depict and discuss the lives of gay men. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light creases to the edges and a light splash to the right edge. Grant US. Twilight Time. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
rif. 147162N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for the 1977 film. Copy belonging to actor Martin Landau with his signature on the title page and manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. Included is an 18-page revised shooting schedule signed by Landau and additional material related to production. The USSR and NASA must join forces and double their nuclear firepower to destroy a massive meteor headed straight for Earth before it effectively wipes out humankind. Set in Washington DC and California. Black non-standard titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 19 1977 with credits for screenwriter Stanley Mann. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 9-16-77 and 10/19/77. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1961rif. 145426Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1961. Vintage press photograph from the set of the 1961 film. Shown on the left of the photograph in sunglasses is producer Samuel Bronston. An epic historical drama chronicling the life of the 11th century Christian Castilian knight Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar or "El Cid." Nominate for three Academy Awards. Shot on location in Spain and Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Allied Artists unknown books
1955rif. 141526N.p.: Hal Wallis Productions 1955. Six vintage double weight studio still photographs from the 1955 film. The film is based on Tennessee Williams' 1951 play in which an Italian widow and her teenage daughter cope with the aftermath of her husband's death. Shot on location in Florida and California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Hal Wallis Productions unknown books
1960rif. 141368N.p.: Afton-Linebrook 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film. Extremely watchable trash a big-budget film with lowdown agenda and the last film in which Elizabeth Taylor who won an Oscar for her performance could have been accurately described as young and radiant. Something of an American answer to De Sica's "Madame De." with the object in question being a fur coat rather than a pair of earrings. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with extensive annotations to the verso in red felt-tipped ink blue ink and manuscript graphite. Afton-Linebrook unknown books
1958rif. 141277Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1958. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1958 film. Just as Caldwell's 1933 novel was met with scrutiny and censorship upon its publication the film adaptation twenty-five years later met with similar disapproval. Scenes involving Tina Louise and actress Fay Spain were perceived as obscene the film was said to call marital fidelity into question and even worse: the film portrayed a popular uprising of mill workers. Many theaters either banned the film entirely or admitted only moviegoers ages 18 and up. Though written by Ben Maddow a blacklisted radical leftist documentary and poetry writer screenwriting for the film was attributed to Philip Yordan a writer often credited for scripts written by blacklisted authors. Tina Louise won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer for the film her debut role. Set in the American South shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with manuscript ink and graphite annotations to the verso. United Artists unknown books
1975rif. 139993England: ITC Entertainment 1975. Collection of 6 vintage full-color British lobby cards from the 1975 British-Canadian film. Based on Tom Ardies' 1974 novel "Kosygin Is Coming." Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer Shaver Segal is ensnared in a KGB assassination plot to kill a visiting Soviet Premier. 11 x 14 inches. Light corner bumps else Near Fine. Scarce. ITC Entertainment unknown books
1981rif. 139005Nottingham UK: Lorimar / Rank Film Distributors 1981. Original British quad poster for the 1981 US film "Night School" here under the British title "Terror Eyes." Printed in England by Lonsdale and Bartholomew. Slasher film set at an all-girl night school complete with decapitations set in Boston. Director Hughes' final film one of the 33 non-prosecuted "Video Nasty" titles a selection of censored and banned films during the 1980s in the United Kingdom. 30 x 40 inches folded as issued. A few central pinholes and faint toning else Near Fine. Lorimar / Rank Film Distributors unknown books
