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1962Best.-Nr. 128816London: Merton Park Studios 1962. Final Shooting script for the 1962 UK film. The 21st film out of 47 of the "Edgar Wallace Mysteries" a British film series that screened as 60-minute second features on British film screens between 1960 and 1965 then later on television. A shady businessman has perpetrated a fraud that has resulted in the death of a large number of people. His business partner has evidence of the fraud and threatens the fraudster with exposure in the event of any further dishonest dealing. But when the fraudster suddenly receives death threats he decides to fake his own murder. . Light blue tall titled wrappers noted as Final Shooting Script on the front wrapper dated January 1962 with credits for screenwriter Harris and writer Wallace. 55 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver British-style brads. Merton Park Studios unknown books
1960Best.-Nr. 150525N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage reference photograph of Elia Kazan Warren Beatty and four other female cast members on the set of the 1961 film. Warren Beatty's film debut. Natalie Wood was nominated for Best Actress Academy Award and William Inge won for Best Screenplay his first original screenplay after a career as a playwright. Family and societal pressures on Deanie Wood and Bud's Beatty heated teen romance threaten their romance and their sanity. 10.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown books
1956Best.-Nr. 158265Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 film showing Elia Kazan astride a rocking horse directing actor Eli Wallach. Warner Brothers stamp on the verso crediting photographer Floyd McCarty. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1946 one-act plays "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" and "The Unsatisfactory Supper." A spoiled virginal teenage girl is caught between the unfulfilled passions of her middle-aged husband and his amorous business rival a Sicilian with a monopoly on local cotton plantations. Set in the fictional county of Tiger Tail Mississippi and shot on location in Benoit Mississippi and Stockton California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light wear along the left edge. Warner Brothers unknown books
1969Best.-Nr. 158639N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 film showing actors Deborah Kerr and Kirk Douglas. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Adapted by director Elia Kazan from his own 1967 novel about an advertising executive on the verge of a nervous breakdown balancing the demands of his unhappy wife younger mistress and dying father. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles and New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 156668N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1972 French film. The sixth and final film in Éric Rohmer's "Six Moral Tales" series about a married businessman whose harmless fantasies threaten to spill over into reality when he encounters an old flame at his office. Set and shot on location in Paris. 11.75 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 348. N.p. unknown books
1928Best.-Nr. 152353N.p.: N.p. 1928. Vintage reference photograph from the 1928 film struck circa 1950 from the original negative showing actors Erich von Stroheim and Fay Wray. With a stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso along with a few manuscript ink annotations. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Stroheim's runaway production was halted after nine months of shooting by producer Pat Powers having gone nearly $1 million over budget with an edited running time of over four hours. After a disastrous preview Paramount decided to release two films from the footage as was Stroheim's original intent with the second part entitled "The Honeymoon" now lost. The film follows Prince Nicki an impoverished aristocrat who is in love with the beautiful innkeeper's daughter Mitzi Fay Wray but is forced to marry Cecilia the daughter of a wealthy factory owner Zasu Pitts. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registy. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. N.p. unknown books
1955Best.-Nr. 159918Rome: N.p. 1955. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actors Broderick Crawford and Richard Basehart on the set of the 1955 Italian film. Stamp of still photographer G.B. Poletto and a printed mimeo snipe on the verso. A trio of small-time ruthless con artists undergo crises of conscience after facing the condemnation of their families. Director Federico Fellini's followup to "La strada" 1954. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with finish lightly rubbed. Eureka Masters of Cinema 66. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. N.p. unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 150085N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1971 film. Two dated "L'Express" stamps two "Publiee" stamps with annotations in manuscript marker and a "Viva la Muerte" stamp on verso. Based on the 1959 novel "Baal Babilonia" by Fernando Arrabal. Arrabal's fierce directorial debut. A young boy of about ten Fando tries to make sense of his father's arrest and detainment having been accused of being a communist by Franco's Fascists who has his religious mother's sympathies and may have turned him in. Shot on location in Tunisia. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. 150118N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph of François Truffault and crew at a woodsy shooting location the 1973 film. One of the great films about film chronicling the ups and downs in the lives of the cast and crew of shooting a fictional film. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and nominated for Best Supporting Actress Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Shot on location in France. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. image: 9.5 x 3.75 inches. Light edgewear and soiling on verso else Near Fine Criterion Collection 769. Ebert IV. N.p. unknown books
1931Best.-Nr. 154507N.p.: N.p. 1931. Vintage reference photograph from the 1931 pre-Code film showing actors Will Rogers and Fifi D'Orsay. A French singer helps an older serious-minded businessman loosen up but his sons decide to intervene afraid that she is taking advantage of his largesse. Set in Chicago. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1944Best.-Nr. 150383N.p.: N.p. 1944. Two vintage photographs from the set of the 1944 film noir one showing director Fritz Lang closely inspecting a filmstrip the other showing Lang in conversation with actress Joan Bennett. Based on J. H. Wallis' 1943 novel "Once Off Guard." A married psychology professor gets mixed up with a beautiful young woman who plunges him into a world of blackmail and murder. One 9.5 x 7.5 inches one 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1959Best.-Nr. 150507Berlin: Central Cinema Company Film CCC 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Fritz Lang being attacked by the shackled Paul Hubschmid rehearsing a scene on the set of the 1959 film. German mimeo snipe and "Der Tiger von Eschnapur" stamps on verso. Based on the 1918 German novel "Das Indische Grabmal" "The Indian Tomb" by Thea von Harbou. Previously filmed in 1921 as the silent film "The Indian Tomb" directed by Joe May and starring Conrad Veidt and Mia May with a screenplay written by von Harbou and Lang who was originally slated to direct and in 1938 as the German film "Der Tiger von Eschnapur" directed by Richard Eichberg starring Philip Dorn and La Jana. Lang returned to the material some forty years later and divided the story into two films to avoid the lengthy three and a half hour running time of the original silent film. A German architect travels to the remote Indian city of Eschnapur to oversee work being done at the behest of the Maharajah and falls in love with a beautiful temple dancer who the Maharajah also loves. Set in India shot on location in Berlin Germany and Udaipur India. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Eureka 50047. Rosenbaum 1000. Central Cinema Company Film [CCC] unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 156330Burbank CA: American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers 1971. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1971 film both showing Robert DuVall and Maggie McOmie in states of undress. Given everything that would follow "THX-1138" could easily be described as the most successful student film of all time developed by George Lucas in 1967 as a short called "Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB" while he was attending the University of Southern California's film school. The feature film version was one of the first efforts produced under the auspices of Lucas' friend Francis Ford Coppola. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers unknown books
1988Best.-Nr. 162348N.p.: N.p. 1988. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1988 West German film including one photograph of director Dorris Dörrie on the set. Copyright labels affixed to versos. Based on the 1971 Italian novel by Alberto Moravia. A man's penis begins to communicate with him leading to a number of awkward situations and alienating him from his friends and family. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1943Best.-Nr. 154949N.p.: Bavaria-Filmkunst 1943. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director G.W. Georg Wilhelm Pabst with a camera crew on the set of the 1943 Nazi propaganda film. Stamp of Bavaria-Filmkunst on the verso. A dramatization of the life of Swiss physician and alchemist Paracelsus. The second of two films Pabst was forced to direct under the auspices of propaganda minister Josef Goebbels the other being "The Comedians" in 1941. 7 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. Bavaria-Filmkunst unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 150457Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1971. Vintage borderless studio still photograph of director Hal Ashby and actors Charles Tyner Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort along with an unknown crew member on the set of the 1971 film. With a handwritten snipe affixed to the verso along with manuscript pencil and ink annotations identifying the figures and film title. Hal Ashby's idiosyncratic love story following the unlikely romance which blossoms between the young suicidally depressed Harold and the exuberant eighty-year-old Maude. Set and shot on location in San Francisco. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn on the corners. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 608. Eureka Masters of Cinema 83. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1939Best.-Nr. 154915London: Studio One Cinema 1939. Vintage program for a UK showing of the 1938 French film advertising its premiere in July 1939 at the Studio One Cinema in London. A young station master's wife dreams of a wilder life in Budapest and believes she's gained an opportunity to experience the pleasures of the big city when she is called into the capital to attend her aunt's funeral and receive a share of the inheritance. Set and shot on location in Budapest. 3 x 5 inches. Bi-fold. Near Fine. Studio One Cinema unknown books
1953Best.-Nr. 161154N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1953 film showing director Byron Haskin and other crew members with a camera on a mount. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The first feature film adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic 1898 novel. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Special Effects and nominated for two more. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the corners. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 1037. N.p. unknown books
1969Best.-Nr. 152122N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 Swedish television film showing actor Anders Ek in a menacing demonic mask. With a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's UK release affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A theatrical troupe is called before the Swedish courts due to their obscene performance material and personal lives leading each troupe member to crack under psychological strain. The film originally aired on September 18 1969 on Sveriges Radio. 8.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 151296Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actress Shirley MacLaine in a bikini using a small spy camera. With a stamp noting No 2509 7 on the verso. Based on William Peter Blatty's 1963 novel. An unlucky CIA operative's U-2 spy plane malfunctions and crashes in the fictional Middle Eastern country of Fawzia threatening to ignite an international incident. Set in Fawzia. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
Best.-Nr. 150845Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of Jacques Demy on the set of the 1970 film. Based on the 1695 French fairytale in verse by Charles Perrault with numerous references to Jean Cocteau's 1946 "Beauty and the Beast." Upon the deathbed of his beautiful wife the Blue Queen the Blue King promises he would only marry someone more beautiful than her and the only woman lovelier in the kingdom is their daughter the Blue Princess. With the help of her wise godmother the Fairy of the Lilac the Blue Princess escapes to a nearby village wearing the foul skin of the king's prize donkey. Shot on location in Chambord Ecuille Gmabais Manche and Oise France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 718. unknown books
1979Best.-Nr. 151011N.p.: N.p. 1979. Two vintage reference photographs with bottom margins from the 1979 film one of Catriona MacColl and Barry Stokes and one on the set photograph of MacColl Stokes and director Jacques Demy. One with with provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" and layout annotations in manuscript red pencil on verso. Based on the 1972-1973 Japanese manga series "The Rose of Versailles" by Riyoko Ikeda which was also made into a 40 episode anime series under the same name directed by Tadao Nagahama and Osamu Dezak and broadcast on Nippon Television from October 10 1979 to September 3 1980. Oscar Francois de Jarjayes captain of the guards at the Palace of Versailles under King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette was born a girl and raised as a boy by her militant father. She now finds herself conflicted while in the maw of the French Revolution with the boy she loved in her youth Oscar on the opposite side of the struggle. Shot on location in Paris Seine-et-Marne Oise and Versailles France. 9.25 x 7 inches. Some faint creasing else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1933Best.-Nr. 150898N.p.: N.p. 1933. Vintage reference photograph of Andre Dignimont and Georges Pomies from the 1933 film. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil and provenance stamp of film historian "Maurice Bessy"on verso Bessy was a noted cinephile best known for his association with Orson Welles. One of Jean Renoir's more obscure but equally charming early sound films from 1933 wherein hard-working grocer Francois Chotard Fernand Charpin marries his daughter Jeanne Loury off to the seemingly lazy writer Julien Collient Georges Pomies and has a change of heart when Julien receives a prestigious literary award. 9 x 7 inches. Evenly faded else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1986Best.-Nr. 150041Paris: Interpress 1986. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Marushka Detmers from the 1983 film. Later printed French Interpress announcement with typos on verso. Loosely based on Georges Bizet's 1875 opera. A young woman involved in a terrorist gang is embroiled in a plan to rob a bank but her plans are waylaid when she falls for the security guard. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Interpress unknown books
1986Best.-Nr. 154238Paris: Interpress 1986. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Marushka Detmers and director Jean-Luc Godard on the set of the 1983 film. Loosely based on Georges Bizet's 1875 opera. A young woman involved in a terrorist gang is embroiled in a plan to rob a bank but her plans are waylaid when she falls for the security guard. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Interpress unknown books
