1995rif. 155633N.p.: N.p. 1995. Vintage reference photograph of actors Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt talking with producer Arnold Kopelson between takes on the set of the 1995 film. Two detectives-one younger and inexperienced the other older and ready to retire-track down a serial killer who bases his murders on the seven deadly sins. Director David Fincher's breakthrough film. Shot on location throughout California. 10 x 6.5 inches. Fine. Ebert IV. Grant US. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown books
1970rif. 158722London: Mediarts 1970. Revised Draft script for the 1971 British film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink on seven leaves noting deletions. Based on the 1958 radio drama by Giles Cooper about a boarding school teacher who begins to suspect his predecessor of having been murdered by the students. OCLC locates no holdings. AMPAS shows one holding. Set in Cornwall and shot on location in Llandudno Wales and in Sonning Berkshire. Missing front wrapper with pink rear wrapper. Title page present dated May 1970 noted as REVISED with credits for playwright Giles Cooper and screenwriter Simon Raven. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages laid in throughout dated August 7 1970. Pages Poor wrapper Poor with moderate dampstaining affecting the last 60 leaves and rear wrapper bound with a silver prong. Mediarts unknown
1970rif. 158722London: Mediarts 1970. Revised Draft script for the 1971 British film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink on seven leaves noting deletions. Based on the 1958 radio drama by Giles Cooper about a boarding school teacher who begins to suspect his predecessor of having been murdered by the students. OCLC locates no holdings. AMPAS shows one holding. Set in Cornwall and shot on location in Llandudno Wales and in Sonning Berkshire. Missing front wrapper with pink rear wrapper. Title page present dated May 1970 noted as REVISED with credits for playwright Giles Cooper and screenwriter Simon Raven. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages laid in throughout dated August 7 1970. Pages Poor wrapper Poor with moderate dampstaining affecting the last 60 leaves and rear wrapper bound with a silver prong. Mediarts unknown books
1970rif. 160694N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph of David Lean and a camera crew filming on location for the 1970 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. The year after the suppressed 1916 Easter Rising a young Irish woman is torn between a British officer she loves and the nationalists from her own home town. The third collaboration between director Lean and screenwriter Robert Bolt following "Lawrence of Arabia" 1962 and "Doctor Zhivago" 1965. Winner of two Academy Awards including Best Cinematography and nominated for two more. Set in an isolated village on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry Ireland and shot on location in County Kerry and County Clare Ireland and in Cape Town South Africa. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1970rif. 160694N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph of David Lean and a camera crew filming on location for the 1970 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. The year after the suppressed 1916 Easter Rising a young Irish woman is torn between a British officer she loves and the nationalists from her own home town. The third collaboration between director Lean and screenwriter Robert Bolt following "Lawrence of Arabia" 1962 and "Doctor Zhivago" 1965. Winner of two Academy Awards including Best Cinematography and nominated for two more. Set in an isolated village on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry Ireland and shot on location in County Kerry and County Clare Ireland and in Cape Town South Africa. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1980rif. 171010N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage reference photograph from the 1980 neo-noir film showing Debbie Harry and Everett McGill. Based on 1937 Cornell Woolrich story "Union City: The Corpse Next Door" about a married accountant who kills a vagrant in an obsessive fury. An early screen appearance by Harry preceding her better-known roles in "Videodrome" 1983 and "Hairspray" 1988. All photos 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1980rif. 171010N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage reference photograph from the 1980 neo-noir film showing Debbie Harry and Everett McGill. Based on 1937 Cornell Woolrich story "Union City: The Corpse Next Door" about a married accountant who kills a vagrant in an obsessive fury. An early screen appearance by Harry preceding her better-known roles in "Videodrome" 1983 and "Hairspray" 1988. All photos 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1973rif. 161148Beverly Hills CA: Twentieth Century-Fox 1973. Vintage program for the 1973 film which premiered at The Regent Theater in Westwood Village in Los Angeles on October 3 1973. With his cowboy days suddenly behind him as the American West becomes tame Kid Blue decides to try his hand at a factory job. He finds the routine workday to be monotonous and soon drifts back to the life he knew. Set in Texas shot on location in Mexico. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Bi-fold. Very Good plus with light edgewear and an annotation in manuscript ink on the upper left of the front wrapper. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1973rif. 161148Beverly Hills CA: Twentieth Century-Fox 1973. Vintage program for the 1973 film which premiered at The Regent Theater in Westwood Village in Los Angeles on October 3 1973. With his cowboy days suddenly behind him as the American West becomes tame Kid Blue decides to try his hand at a factory job. He finds the routine workday to be monotonous and soon drifts back to the life he knew. Set in Texas shot on location in Mexico. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Bi-fold. Very Good plus with light edgewear and an annotation in manuscript ink on the upper left of the front wrapper. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1979rif. 156345London: Mainline 1979. Two vintage photographs from the 1979 film including one borderless and one bordered both showing actress Toyah Wilcox. One with the printed label of Mainline Pictures on the verso and one with manuscript ink and pencil annotations. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Derek Jarman's avant-garde adaptation of William Shakespeare's 17th century play fusing direct quotes from the play with camp punk and New Age sensibilities featuring previous Jarman collaborators Wilcox Karl Johnson Jack Birkett and Helen Wellington-Lloyd. Shot on location at Stoneleigh Abbey in Warwickshire. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Mainline unknown
1979rif. 156345London: Mainline 1979. Two vintage photographs from the 1979 film including one borderless and one bordered both showing actress Toyah Wilcox. One with the printed label of Mainline Pictures on the verso and one with manuscript ink and pencil annotations. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Derek Jarman's avant-garde adaptation of William Shakespeare's 17th century play fusing direct quotes from the play with camp punk and New Age sensibilities featuring previous Jarman collaborators Wilcox Karl Johnson Jack Birkett and Helen Wellington-Lloyd. Shot on location at Stoneleigh Abbey in Warwickshire. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Mainline unknown books
1977rif. 162340N.p.: N.p. 1977. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1977 film. Based on Judith Rossner's 1975 novel in turn based on the 1973 murder of Roseann Quinn about a schoolteacher who begins compulsively cruising singles bars in search of sexual fulfillment. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Released in a new 4K restoration by Vinegar Syndrome in 2024. Shot on location in Los Angeles and Chicago. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Vinegar Syndrome 485. N.p. unknown
1977rif. 162340N.p.: N.p. 1977. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1977 film. Based on Judith Rossner's 1975 novel in turn based on the 1973 murder of Roseann Quinn about a schoolteacher who begins compulsively cruising singles bars in search of sexual fulfillment. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Released in a new 4K restoration by Vinegar Syndrome in 2024. Shot on location in Los Angeles and Chicago. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Vinegar Syndrome 485. N.p. unknown books
1981rif. 170407N.p.: N.p. 1981. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1981 French film both showing actress Dominique Sanda. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. Based on Henry James' classic 1902 novel about a London escort who arranges for her lover to marry a wealthy dying heiress in Venice. Shot on location in Paris and Venice. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1981rif. 170407N.p.: N.p. 1981. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1981 French film both showing actress Dominique Sanda. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. Based on Henry James' classic 1902 novel about a London escort who arranges for her lover to marry a wealthy dying heiress in Venice. Shot on location in Paris and Venice. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1967rif. 163332N.p.: N.p. 1967. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1967 Yugoslav film all three showing actress Eva Ras. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso and all three with the stamps of photographer Michel Ciment. A young switchboard operator begins a relationship with a serious beau but finds herself subject to a colleague's advances when her boyfriend is out of town on business. Told in non-chronological order with imaginative digressions and frequent interruptions creating a critique of communist society and censorship. The second feature film of Du an Makavejev the most celebrated Yugoslavian director of the 1960s. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Eclipse 18. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown
1967rif. 163332N.p.: N.p. 1967. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1967 Yugoslav film all three showing actress Eva Ras. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso and all three with the stamps of photographer Michel Ciment. A young switchboard operator begins a relationship with a serious beau but finds herself subject to a colleague's advances when her boyfriend is out of town on business. Told in non-chronological order with imaginative digressions and frequent interruptions creating a critique of communist society and censorship. The second feature film of Du an Makavejev the most celebrated Yugoslavian director of the 1960s. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Eclipse 18. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
1959rif. 158510N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage photograph of Lee Remick and Duke Ellington on the set of the 1959 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The first major Hollywood film to feature a score by an African American composer. The jazz score composed by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn and performed by Ellington's Orchestra won three Grammy Awards in 1959. Based on the 1958 novel by judge John D. Voelker writing under the pseudonym Robert Traver based on a real life case of a veteran accused of killing a local man whom he believed raped his wife. Nominated for seven Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in Michigan. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine lightly faded with a hint of creasing at the corners. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 600. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Grant US. Selby US. N.p. unknown
1959rif. 158510N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage photograph of Lee Remick and Duke Ellington on the set of the 1959 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The first major Hollywood film to feature a score by an African American composer. The jazz score composed by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn and performed by Ellington's Orchestra won three Grammy Awards in 1959. Based on the 1958 novel by judge John D. Voelker writing under the pseudonym Robert Traver based on a real life case of a veteran accused of killing a local man whom he believed raped his wife. Nominated for seven Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in Michigan. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine lightly faded with a hint of creasing at the corners. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 600. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Grant US. Selby US. N.p. unknown books
1967rif. 157289N.p.: N.p. 1967. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1967 Serbian film. One photograph with a printed mimeo snipe in French affixed to the verso. A young switchboard operator begins a relationship with a serious beau but finds herself unwillingly subject to a colleague's advances when her boyfriend is out of town on business. Told in non-chronological order with imaginative digressions and frequent interruptions creating a critique of communist society and censorship. Two photographs 7 x 5 inches one photograph 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown
1967rif. 157289N.p.: N.p. 1967. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1967 Serbian film. One photograph with a printed mimeo snipe in French affixed to the verso. A young switchboard operator begins a relationship with a serious beau but finds herself unwillingly subject to a colleague's advances when her boyfriend is out of town on business. Told in non-chronological order with imaginative digressions and frequent interruptions creating a critique of communist society and censorship. Two photographs 7 x 5 inches one photograph 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
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
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
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
