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2006ref. x-1845204417Berg Pub Ltd 2006. Paperback. New. new title edition. 160 pages. 7.25x5.00x0.50 inches. Berg Pub Ltd paperback
ref. 170333Paris: Cahiers du Cinéma 2006. Collection of 393 issues Nos. 226 through 619 of the French film journal "Cahiers du Cinéma" representing the years 1971-2006. Text and titles in French. "Cahiers du Cinéma" was founded in 1951 by André Bazin Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Joseph-Marie Lo Duca with writers including Jacques Rivette Jean-Luc Godard Claude Chabrol and François Truffaut. In the mid-1950s dissent started to develop between the journal's editors and its writers the latter group led by Truffaut who published an inflammatory article in January of 1954 denouncing the lack of creativity in French filmmaking and advocating for the "policy of the authors"-the origins of auteur theory. Founders Bazin and Lo Duca subsequently yielded editorial control of the journal to Doniol-Valcroze and Éric Rohmer resulting in a significantly changed format with a focus on directors deemed "auteurs." Rohmer would assume position as the journal's head editor in 1958 but by 1963 would be forced out by Godard Chabrol Rivette and others largely due to Rohmer's refusal to shift the journal's focus from Hollywood to the films of the French New Wave i.e. their own films. Now led by Rivette "Cahiers" tied its flag more openly to the political left and increasingly ignored Hollywood films in favor of avant-garde and experimental filmmakers. By the mid-1970s a review of "Jaws" 1975 marked the journal's return to more mainstream film criticism. In 1998 the journal would be acquired by press group Le Monde and was heavily redesigned the following year with significantly broadened focus on all visual arts. The journal remains in operation today under private ownership and continues to gain renown for its annual "top ten" film lists. Generally Near Fine or better. Housed in 33 custom maroon cloth clamshell boxes. Shipping billed at cost due to quantity and weight. Cahiers du Cinéma unknown
1915ref. 171083Philadelphia: Philadelphia Department of Public Safety 1915. Vintage Philadelphia Department of Public Safety Operator's License "regulating the Operations of Moving Picture Machines" issued February 27 1915. License issued to a Frank C. Jobson with his passport-style photograph affixed to the upper right corner of the recto. Seal of the Philadelphia Department of Public Safety blindstamp at bottom left corner of the photograph. Signatory for the Director of the Department of Public Safety still visible below the date. 10.75 x 8.25 inches. Very Good plus with two previous vertical creases two tiny chips one to each of the right corners even toning and light overall soiling and two tiny pieces of cello tape one to the upper left and one to the bottom right of the recto. Philadelphia Department of Public Safety unknown
1968ref. 161841N.p.: Charles Abrams Productions 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 film here under the working title "How to . with Girls." Photograph with two provenance stamps on the verso. Obscure 1968 exploitation film released by Abrams and Parisi. We have been unable to identify either the filmmakers or actors involved in the production. Public relations man Bob hires call girls to help close a deal but signals get crossed and the girls aren't sure who to service. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Charles Abrams Productions unknown
1913ref. 76725Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co. 1913. First edition Narrow octavo. 40 pp. plus a large folding plan of a properly constructed projection booth. Of those 40 pages seven are views of movie theater and nickelodeon plans that incorporate the new laws. Publisher's printed and stapled brown wrappers. Near fine condition. OCLC locates only two copies.Projection booths and the nitrate film stock led to a great many fires in the early days of the motion picture industry. Likely more harm was dome to the public buy the stampeding than the fire itself. In the diagram of a properly constructed projection both we can see that asbestos was liberally used. Wright & Potter Printing Co. unknown
1999ref. x-0851707475British Film Inst 1999. Hardcover. New. 188 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.00 inches. British Film Inst hardcover
ref. 71271Printed by J.Lichtert and Sons Brussells. 1973. Film promotion / advertising An original Belgian mid-size / window card style poster for the 1973 horror 'De Diaboloshe Rituelen Van Dracula' from Hammer Films directed by Alan Gibson starring Christopher Lee Peter Cushing and Joanna Lumley. 22 x 14 inches approx. Based on characters created by Bram Stoker. Folded. Some light wear and handling; near fine condition Poster Grade 'A-'. Will be despatched rolled in a substantial card tube. This was the seventh and final Hammer film to feature Christopher Lee as Dracula and the third to unite Peter Cushing as Van Helsing with Lee. Printed by J.Lichtert and Sons, Brussells. 1973 unknown
ref. 4c5791Kino Verlag GmbH Hamburg 1994. Insgesamt ca. 1826 S. mit vielen Abbildungen kartonierte Einbände quart Heft Nr. 9 fehlt. - sonst gute Exemplare - unknown
1995ref. 1420Santafe de Bogotá D.C.: Escuela Internacional de cine y TV San Antonio de los Baños / Voluntad Interes General 1995. NAP. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. Laminated boards in dustjacket. Text in Spanish. Other contributors are Hector Garcia Mesa Harry Belafonte Fernando Ezequiel Solanas Paco Rabal Octavio Gettino Alejandro Doria and Julio Garcia Espinosa. A nice copy with tight binding and square spine. No marks. Some smudging at page-edges. Unclipped dustjacket has surface abrasion with some edgewear but no major chips or tears. Escuela Internacional de cine y TV San Antonio de los Baños / Voluntad Interes General hardcover
1951ref. 160480N.p.: N.p. 1951. Vintage promotional theater flyer for the Carver Theater in Alexandria Virginia circa 1951. Films promoted in this flyer include other films from 1951 including "The Frogmen" "Teresa" "Bad Men of Nevada" "The Golden Gloves Story" and the film noir "Fourteen Hours.". The flyer also includes advertisements for local businesses in Alexandria such as Rosenberg's Department Store and Thrift Auto & Appliance Store. 4.5 x 6 inches folded as issued. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 160474N.p.: N.p. 1950. Vintage promotional flyer for screenings of the film noir "No Way Out" at the Carver Theater in Alexandria Virginia circa 1950. Films promoted in this flyer include "No Way Out" 1950 "The House Across the Street" 1949 and "If You Knew Susie" 1948. This flyer also includes advertisements for local business in Alexandria such as Rosenberg's Department Store and Cohen Bros a credit jewelry store. 4.5 x 6 inches folded as issued. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1995ref. 556Santafe de Bogotá D.C.: Escuela Internacional de cine y TV San Antonio de los Baños / Voluntad Interes General 1995. NAP. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. Laminated boards in dustjacket. Text in Spanish. Other contributors are Senel Paz Tomas Guttierrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabio Antonio Pozueco Jose Luis Borau Mrinal Sen and Wole Soyinka. A nice copy with tight binding and square spine. No marks. Minor creasing at spine-ends small mark back endpaper. Unclipped dustjacket bright and shiny with a little wear and a tiny tear along the top edge. Escuela Internacional de cine y TV San Antonio de los Baños / Voluntad Interes General hardcover
1940ref. 157337Berlin: Universum Film UFA 1940. Vintage oversize photograph of Swedish singer and actress Zarah Leander. SIGNED by Leander near the bottom margin of the recto. Small mimeo snipe in French on the verso noting the photograph's production in Germany. Born Sara Stina Hedberg in Karlstad Sweden Leander began performing onstage at a young age joining an amateur touring cabaret and eventually making her first record in 1930. In 1936 after appearing in several Scandinavian films she signed a contract with UFA quickly becoming a leading film star in Germany. With UFA Leander made several films that are now associated with the Nazi propaganda machine although she never officially declared a political stance and did not affiliate with Nazi party officials. Leander returned to Sweden in 1943 hoping to revive her career in her home country but European audiences linked her with the Nazi regime and she never again managed to reach the same degree of popularity as a result. 8.75 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Universum Film [UFA] unknown
1920ref. 157265N.p.: N.p. 1920. Vintage reference photograph from the 1926 film. Photograph shot at high film speed showing a roadster jumping a train crossing with the train approaching seconds before possible impact. The astute viewer will note that the guard rail has not yet been broken. With a lengthy annotation in manuscript pencil on the verso regarding guerilla production techniques taken by Poverty Row studios during the 1920s. An stunning photograph capturing a split-second moment from a common trope of early action cinema - motorists escaping capture by deftly crossing train tracks narrowly avoiding collision with an oncoming train. The production number in the bottom left of the photograph "4296" matches known photographs from the lost 1925 action serial film "The Scarlet Streak" directed by Henry MacRae and starring Jack Dougherty and Lola Todd. Just as fascinating is the extensive annotation on the verso: "Poverty Row crews were accustomed to film stories in the 1920s streets. The city of Los Angeles becoming inured to the novelty a license costing $400 was required for shooting on public thoroughfares. Camera crews were trained to set up fast complete the street scenes quickly and vanish before the police arrived to check for a license. So grab shots were common. "The favorite action sequence was the transfer of an actor from an automobile to a moving train or crossing the road in front of the train and breaking the guard rails at the last moment. "The best place to film this was in Pasadena where the Santa Fe Railroad passed along the blocks of paved streets. A director or camera man boarded the train there carrying their heavy luggage to the observation car. As soon as the train moved out of the station they hauled a camera and tripod out of the bags. The motorcycle or automobile appeared at the designated spot where another cameraman was set up. As the actor made the daring transfer or split second crossing the camera cranked out the action. The conductor generally came along to toss the film makers off the train at the next stop but it was a marvel of economy for the novelty of early film making." 10.25 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a small chip to the top left margin chipping to the bottom right margin with a minutae of image loss to the bottom right corner and edgewear and creasing to the right margin. N.p. unknown
1934ref. 155050Madrid: Cronica 1934. First Edition. First Edition. Issue VI No. 218 of the Spanish film periodical. Featuring a cover story on actress Grace Bradley. Text and titles in Spanish. 11 x 15 inches. 36 leaves side stapled. Very Good with moderate wear on the last leaf. Cronica unknown
1935ref. 155053Various cities: Swiatowid 1935. First Edition. First Edition. Issue XI No. 45 of the Polish weekly film magazine. Text and titles in Polish. 11.5 x 15.75 inches. 23 pages. Very Good plus with moderate edgewear and toning. Swiatowid unknown
1937ref. 155051Various cities: Swiatowid 1937. First Edition. First Edition. Issue XIV No. 12 of the Polish weekly film magazine. Text and titles in Polish. 11.5 x 15.75 inches. 23 pages. Very Good plus with moderate edgewear and toning. Swiatowid unknown
1936ref. 155049Warsaw: Kino International 1936. First Edition. First Edition. Five issues of the long-running Polish film periodical including Issue III No. 7 Issue V No. 3 Issue VI No. 48 and Issue VII Nos. 19 and 41 Featuring cover stories on actress Pat Paterson and actor Fredric March. Text and titles in Polish. 9.75 x 14.75 inches. Approximately 15 pages. Issues Very Good plus to Very Good overall. Kino International unknown
ref. 149497Mexico: Various 1975. Collection of 19 vintage Mexican posters for films released between 1961-1975. The posters feature full-color illustrations in a variety of styles as the films represented include Westerns comedies thrillers horror and action films. Directors whose films are represented in the collection include Rene Cardona Miguel M. Delgado and Roberto Rodriguez while actors featured include Julissa Antonio Aguilar Fernando Casanova Lucha Villa Sara Garcia and Sylvia Pinal. Most posters approximately 27 x 36 inches with minor variations in size. Posters generally Very Good with expected toning chipping and starting to folds. Folded as issued. For details please inquire. Various unknown
2000ref. 134783Various cities: Various studios 2000. An archive of 7 lobby cards 10 pressbooks and 2 press kits from 15 contemporary films with prominent African American themes characters or cast members with the bulk of the material dating from the late 1970s. This archive includes lobby cards press kits and pressbooks from 15 films including "The Greatest" "The River Niger" "Mahogany" "Stir Crazy" and more with iconic African American stars Billy Dee Williams James Earl Jones Richard Pryor Bill Cosby and Michael Jackson. Pressbooks saddle stapled ranging from 8.5 x 14 inches to 12.5 x 15 inches. Press kits 9 x 12 inches. Lobby cards 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus to about Fine condition. Various studios unknown
2008ref. DADAX0714845833Phaidon Press 2008-01-01. Illustrated. hardcover. New. 9.25x1.25x11.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Phaidon Press hardcover
1950ref. 52980France 1950. 22 inscriptions/signatures and one pencil drawing on 35 leaves. 1 vols. Approxomately 4-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches. Leather binding edgeworn front hinge and spine repaired with black tape. 22 inscriptions/signatures and one pencil drawing on 35 leaves. 1 vols. Approxomately 4-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches. Wonderful collection of inscriptions and signatures of some of France's most celebrated actors and actresses of French stage and screen all inscribed to the album's owner "Michel" evidently a budding actor. The collection includes inscriptions/signatures from JEAN GABIN FERNANDEL ARLETTY VIVIAN ROMANCE JEAN TISSIER CECILE AUBRY and many others including Hollywood screen idol MYRNA LOY. In addition artist JEAN-LOUIS MARCEL COSSON 1878-1956 known for his scenes of opera circus ballet and theatre has provided a fine pencil drawing of "l'Institut de Paris" inscribed à Michel affectueusement" and signed "Cosson". An unusual and rare album of its kind. unknown
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