1921rif. 154519Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1921. Vintage reference photograph from the 1921 silent film showing a rowdy street scene. Manuscript pencil layout annotations on the verso along with a number stamp reading B 629. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1874 play "Les Deux Orphelines" by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugene Cormon about two sisters who are caught up in the events of the French Revolution. The last film directed by D.W. Griffith to feature sisters Lillian and Dorothy Gish. Set in France. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. United Artists unknown books
1972rif. 163717N.p.: N.p. 1972. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 film candid images of actors Charles Grodin and Cybill Shepherd. Loosely based on Theodore Dreiser's 1925 novel "An American Tragedy" and on Bruce Jay Friedman's 1966 short story "A Change of Plan." A self-absorbed sporting goods salesman tires of his new bride on their honeymoon in Miami Beach instead deciding to throw himself at a perilously beautiful college student on vacation with her parents. Groundbreaking director Elaine May's second feature film following "A New Leaf" in 1971 and a classic of twentieth century comedy. Set in New York City and Florida shot on location in Minneapolis and Miami. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1946rif. 156220Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1946. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1947 film noir. "Key Set" stamp on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on a 1945 magazine article by Fulton Oursler writing as Anthony Abbot in turn based on an actual incident involving a Catholic priest and a mentally unstable homeless man. A public attorney is hired to defend a strange out-of-towner accused of murdering a priest. Set in Connecticut and shot on location in Connecticut and New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby Canon. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1960rif. 150523N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Elia Kazan by photographer Sam Shaw on the set of the 1961 film. "Sam Shaw" and "Graphic Arts Photo Service" stamps on verso. 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 x 8 inches. Very light edgewear else Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown books
1972rif. 162401Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1972. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 British film variously showing actresses Elizabeth Taylor Michael Caine and Susannah York on the set. An upper-class couple's turbulent marriage seems to finally be at an end when the husband falls in love with a beautiful mysterious younger widow. Set in London. 9.75 x 8 inches 9.25 x 8 inches and 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1970rif. 171754N.p.: N.p. 1970. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1970 film including one satin-finish and two glossy. Satin-finish photograph with a stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. Based on the 1968 novel by Joel Lieber. A would-be playwright is beset by financial troubles while moving with his wife to the Upper West Side ultimately retreating into fantasy. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1967rif. 163710N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1967 French film showing director Eric Rohmer and cinematographer Néstor Almendros Cuyás. Dutch distributor stamp on the verso and blindstamp on the top right corner of the recto. A love triangle develops between two best friends and the beautiful sexually open young woman who interrupts their vacation on the Riviera. The third film in Rohmer's "Six Moral Tales" series made quickly and with very little budget due to delays in starting production of what was to be the next film in the series "My Night at Maud's" 1969. A rare image. Shot on location in Cote d'Azur and Saint-Tropez France. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with multiple pinholes at the corners and top and bottom center edges repaired with paper tape on the verso. N.p. unknown books
1997rif. 170396Paris: Columbia TriStar Films 1997. Vintage pressbook and nine color slides from the French release of the 1997 American film. Andrew Niccol's directorial debut. In a dystopian society where eugenics is the norm a young janitor is given the opportunity to impersonate a genetically superior man allowing him access to the higher echelons of society. Pressbook 6 x 8.25 inches. 60 leaves saddle-stapled. Near Fine with an ink annotation to the rear wrapper. Slides 1.5 x 1 inches housed in 2 x 2 cardboard sleeves. Near Fine or better. Columbia TriStar Films unknown books
1942rif. 160003Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1942. Two vintage reference photographs of Ethel Waters from the 1942 film. A successful American newspaper reporter is sent to cover the war in Europe. A British spy asks him to bring a coded message to Cairo where he finds out a movie star he is a fan of is a Nazi spy. Set in the Mediterranean and Cario Egypt shot in Hollywood and on location in Santa Monica Bay California. Both photos 4 x 5 inches. About Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1974rif. 151298N.p.: N.p. 1974. Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1974 French hardcore film. A young college student leaves her school and family and seeks employment at a brothel where she enjoys a variety of strange experiences. Shot on location in France and Sri Lanka. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Bier 176. N.p. unknown books
1969rif. 150979N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of Claude Jade from the 1969 film. "Raymond Depardon-Gamma" photographer stamp on verso. Raymond Depardon is a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist who in 1966 co-founded the prestigious photojournalism agency Gamma and became director in 1973. He also the director of several documentary shorts and feature films having directed 17 films since 1969 including the 1990 documentary short "La Captive du Desert" which was nominated for the Palm d'Or at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. The third of Truffaut's series of five films wherein Léaud portrays Truffaut's semi-autobiographical Antoine Doinel. Set in and shot on location in Paris France. 8 x 11.75 inches. Light creasing else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 186. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1966rif. 169548N.p.: N.p. 1966. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 film. "Photo Rank" stamps on the versos. Two wounded gangsters seek refuge in a secluded beachfront castle home to a meek Englishman and his strong-willed wife. Director Roman Polanski's second English-language release. Shot on location at Lindisfarne Castle Northumberland England. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 577. Grant US. N.p. unknown books
1977rif. 168484N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage reference photograph from the 1977 French film showing actors Françoise Fabian and Dayle Haddon. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the life of famed French brothel keeper Madame Claude who ran a high-class escort service in the heart of Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1985rif. 167435Hollywood: Stephen J. Cannell Productions 1985. Draft script for the two-hour season four premiere of the 1983-87 television series which aired on September 24 1985. Copy belonging to actor Nick Dimitri who played the role of Rico with manuscript highlighter annotations on twelve pages highlighting his character's action and dialogue and a manuscript ink annotation calling out his character's name on the cast page. One of the most culturally ubiquitous television series of the 1980s "The A-Team" aired on NBC for five seasons and 98 episodes from January 23 1983 to March 8 1987. Featuring George Peppard Dirk Benedict Dwight Schultz and Mr. T as a team of US soldiers who have become "good-guy" mercenaries after escaping from the brig for a crime in which they were framed. In this episode the A-Team is hired to rescue a judge's daughter kidnapped by mobsters who have taken her to Italy. Front wrapper integral with title page dated July 30 1985 with credits for screenwriter Frank Lup. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink blue and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/2/85 and 8/16/85. Pages Very Good plus with the last leaf with a large chip to the top left corner and a small chip to the bottom left corner and partially detached bound with two gold brads. Stephen J. Cannell Productions unknown books
1970rif. 160525Universal City: Universal Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Frank Perry talking with actors Richard Benjamin and Carrie Snodgress on the set of the 1970 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso along with a provenance stamp. Based on Sue Kaufman's 1967 novel about a New York housewife in an abusive relationship who begins an affair with a sadistic but successful writer who treats her as cruelly as her husband. Adapted for the screen by Eleanor Perry who worked almost exclusively with her husband Frank Perry. Set and shot on location in New York. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. About Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1945rif. 148593Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1945. Complete Draft script for the 1947 film. Single annotation on front wrapper crossing out "who talked" in manuscript pencil with "talks" above in manuscript ink changing the working title "My Brother Who Talked to Horses" as it is on first two pages of script to "My Brother Talks to Horses" the released title. Stamped "Complete" and "Rerun" "Nov 1 1945" on front wrapper. Single annotation of name after "Checked By:" in manuscript pencil on verso of front wrapper a printed form for tracking revisions "Date" "Chgs" "Adds" and "Name" revision form un-entered. Based on the short story "Louie the Boy Who Talked with Horses" which was Chapter Ten of the 1945 novel "Joe the Wounded Tennis Player" by Morton Thompson who wrote the screenplay. Nine year old Baltimore boy Lewie Penrose Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins believes he can converse with horses and pick the winners of races attracting the attention of gambler Rich Roeder Charles Ruggles looking to win in the upcoming Preakness Stakes. Set in Baltimore Maryland. Yellow titled wrappers noted as COMPLETE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 126 dated 7.26-45 with credits for screenwriter Morton Thompson and "Okayed by:" producer Mr. Samuel Marx. Title page integral with the first page of text dated 7-24-45. 164 leaves with last page of text numbered 155. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 6-4-45 and 7-24-45. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1943rif. 163749Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1943. Vintage keybook photograph from the 1944 film showing actress Marjorie Reynolds frozen in the shadow of a giant swastika. Based on Graham Greene's 1943 novel. While en route to London after being released from a mental institution a man is accidentally caught up in a nefarious Nazi scheme and finds himself pursued by German secret agents. Set in England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned at the edges with two punch holes along the left edge. Criterion Collection 649. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1922rif. 159875Los Angeles: First National Pictures 1922. Vintage reference photograph of director John Stahl cameraman Ernest Palmer and a camera crew setting up a shot with actors Grace Darmond and Gaston Glass on the set of the 1922 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with two provenance labels. A woman runs away from her husband and child in order to lead a more fulfilling life. Years later she helps her son reconcile with his own wife. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus slightly age toned and wavy along the top edge. First National Pictures unknown books
1960rif. 161076Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1960. Vintage reference photograph from the 1960 film showing director George Sidney inspecting a chorus line of women's legs. Columbia Pictures stamp specific to the Dutch release on the verso. Based on Norman Krasna's 1958 Broadway play "Who Was That Lady I Saw You With" A mild-mannered chemistry professor falsely claims to be an undercover FBI agent in order to get back into his wife's good graces capturing the attention of the FBI the CIA and the KGB in the process. Set and shot on location in Manhattan. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1971rif. 154512Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1971. Vintage reference photograph of director Gordon Parks on the set of the 1971 film. Stamp and mimeo snipe of Sun Magazine and The Salt Lake Tribune on the verso along with a printed label noting use by "Celebrity Cookbook" dated June 20 1971. Based on the 1970 novel by Ernest Tidyman. One of the best and most enduring films of the early 1970s and no surprise with director/photographer/cinematographer extraordinaire Gordon Parks at the helm an Oscar-winning soundtrack by Isaac Hayes and a magnetic performance by Richard Roundtree. This film and Melvin Van Peebles' "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" 1971 set the standard for what would become "Blaxploitation" a genre highly stylized violent and most importantly funky. Followed by "Shaft's Big Score!" 1972 and "Shaft in Africa" 1973. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 7 10-11 13 23 28 38 46 48 72 188. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1987rif. 163760Alexandria VA: Public Broadcasting Service PBS 1987. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1987 documentary film showing the film's subject acclaimed filmmaker photojournalist and author Gordon Parks. Minute annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with brief wear along the right edge. Public Broadcasting Service [PBS] unknown books
1971rif. 152113Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film showing actress Gretchen Carpenter in a mini-dress on an evidently windy day. Based on the 1968 novel by Francis Pollini. A police detective investigates a serial killer targeting teenage girls at Oceanfront High School during the height of the sexual revolution in California. Shot on location in Los Angeles and Santa Monica. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine lightly toned. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1989rif. 156671Santa Monica: Avenue Pictures 1989. Vintage studio still photograph of Matt Dillon and William Burroughs from the 1989 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Director Gus Van Sant's first feature film and a breakthrough film for actors Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch. A nihilistic answer to the onslaught of coming-of-age movies in the 1980s appropriately released at the end of that decade. The unsentimental exploits of a group of young people driven by nothing other than boredom and an obsessive need for more drugs leading inevitably to confusion and rampant lawlessness. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Avenue Pictures unknown books
1957rif. 153967Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Vintage borderless reference photograph of producer Darryl F. Zanuck with a camera crew on the set of the 1957 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A fairly faithful adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel about a group of British and American expatriates in Paris who travel to Pamplona to watch the running of the bulls. Featuring a career revitalizing performance from Errol Flynn as a hedonistic hard living drunk which would lead to him being cast as an alcoholic in several more films-roles he had a literal lifetime of experience preparing for. Set in Spain and France shot on location in Spain France and Mexico the latter much to the consternation of Hemingway who said "You're meant to be in Spain and all you see walking around are nothing but Mexicans. It looked pretty silly" and reportedly walked out after 25 minutes. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1957rif. 155850Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1957 film showing actors Eleanor Parker and Richard Boone. Based on the 1954 novel "The Bird's Nest" by Shirley Jackson about a young woman with dissociative identity disorder who undergoes hypnosis therapy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
