11.046 risultati
1971rif. 159155London: EMI Films 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Joseph Losey actor Dominic Guard and crew members on the set of the 1971 film. Based on L.P. Hartley's 1953 novel. A young boy acts as the go-between for a tenant farmer and a wealthy young woman engaged in an illicit affair. Screenwriter Harold Pinter's final collaboration with Losey following "The Servant" 1963 and "Accident" 1967. Set and shot on location in Norfolk England. 10 x 8 inches with a wide bottom margin. About Near Fine slightly wavy on the bottom edge. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. EMI Films unknown
1967rif. 151301Los Angeles: Continental Distributing 1967. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1967 film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. The first film adaptation of James Joyce's influential modernist novel and one of the only adaptations to take its dialogue directly from the book. The film came under heavy threat of censorship due to profane for the time language and was given an X rating in the UK after director Joseph Strick refused to edit out any of the "offending" passages. Set in Dublin and shot there on location. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus several lightly toned. Continental Distributing unknown
1968rif. 161456New York: Morris Kaplan 1968. Three vintage still photographs from the 1968 film. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the verso two with labels on the versos obscuring previous provenance stamps. Henning an ambitious fashion photographer begins a series of erotic nudes with his favorite model Leslie until the mysterious model Joyce arrives and threatens to disrupt the studio and Henning's plans. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Vinegar Syndrome 147. Nilsen Warped and Faded. Morris Kaplan unknown
1937rif. 150517N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1937 film showing Mireille Balin and Jean Gabin in a flirtatious moment. Based on the 1931 novel by screenwriter Henri La Barthe. A seminal noir antecedent oddly produced by the French who would go on to consider the Americans to be the inventors of the style. Remade in 1938 as "Algiers" starring Hedy Lamarr and Charles Boyer and in 1948 as "Casbah" a film musical starring Tony Martin and Marta Toren. Notorious French criminal Pepe le Moko is safe from the police in the Casbah but begins to reconsider his future in France after meeting and falling for a beautiful Parisian woman. Set and shot on location in Algiers Algeria. 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 172. Grant France. N.p. unknown
1933rif. 156284N.p.: N.p. 1933. Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 pre-Code film showing actors Colin Clive mansplaining while Katharine Hepburn is having none of it. Manuscript pencil annotations on the verso regarding cropping along with a printed provenance label. Based on the 1932 British novel by Gilbert Frankau about a middle-aged politician who falls in love with a beautiful adventurous aviator. Hepburn's second screen role directed by Dorothy Arzner one of the few female directors in Hollywood from the silent era into the early 1940s. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1971rif. 151445N.p.: N.p. 1971. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1971 film including five borderless and one bordered. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A teenage girl Sandy Ratcliff living with her unhappy restrictive family in London is forced to undergo psychiatric treatment for her erratic behavior. A searing portrait of conservative working-class British life in the late twentieth-century. Shot on location in Shenley. 8 x 10 inches. Generally Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1975rif. 164282London: Cinegate 1975. Four vintage studio still photographs from the UK release of the 1952 Japanese film. Provenance stamps and layout annotations on the versos. Based on Saikaku Ihara's 1686 collection of short stories about a noblewoman who falls into ruin as a result of her affair with a lowly page. Among director Kenji Mizoguchi's finest films an exploration of class gender and the search for dignity in seventeenth-century Japan. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Criterion Collection 664. Ebert IV. Rosenbaum 1000. Cinegate unknown
1963rif. 162520N.p.: N.p. 1963. Eight vintage reference photographs of cast and crew members on the set of the 1963 film including four of director Michael Carreras behind the camera. During a vacation in southern France an American artist becomes romantically involved with an older bar owner while harboring a secret interest in her teenage daughter. The second Hammer Films effort by Carreras son of Hammer founder James Carreras. Set and shot on location in Montfrin Arles Les Baux-de-Provence and Camarque France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Johnson and Del Vecchio p. 224-226. N.p. unknown
1939rif. 156293Hollywood: RKO Radio Pictures 1939. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1939 film. One photograph with a mimeo snipe on the verso and one with a provenance stamp on the verso. The only feature film written by Langston Hughes in collaboration with African American actor Clarence Muse who also appeared in the film in the role of Uncle Caton. While Hughes and Muse intended to create a story about antebellum Louisiana with a more accurate portrayal of African Americans' role during the period studio interference inevitably compromised their initial vision. Set in Louisiana shot on location in Calabasas and Santa Monica California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1939rif. 156299Hollywood: RKO Radio Pictures 1939. Vintage lobby card from the 1939 film. Provenance stamp on the verso along with the stamp of Independent Poster Exchange. The only feature film written by Langston Hughes in collaboration with African American actor Clarence Muse who also appeared in the film in the role of Uncle Caton. While Hughes and Muse intended to create a story about antebellum Louisiana with a more accurate portrayal of African Americans' role during the period studio interference inevitably compromised their initial vision. Set in Louisiana shot on location in Calabasas and Santa Monica California. 14 x 11 inches. Lightly worn at the corners else about Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1957rif. 166060Beaconsfield UK: Beaconsfield Films 1957. Draft script for the 1957 British film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with manuscript pencil and ink annotations in his hand throughout and his name written on the top of revision page 85. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Laurence Harvey stars as Sir Humphrey Tavistock who consoles his son-in-law Roland Culver who finds all women impossible to love with tales of found lovers and lost love. Tall maroon untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 14.1.57 with credits for screenwriter Muriel Box. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with undated green revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with a prong binding. Beaconsfield Films unknown
1955rif. 170765Paris: Associated Press 1955. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1955 film showing Salvador Dali working on a portrait of Laurence Olivier in costume as Richard III. French mimeo snipe and Associated Press Photo stamps on the verso. Olivier both directed and starred in the 1955 film for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Diagonal crease to the bottom left corner else Near Fine. Associated Press unknown
1968rif. 170761Los Angeles: Olympic International Films 1968. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. The first of director Lee Frost and producer Bob Cresse's "sex westerns" wherein a Mexican stable boy kidnaps a rancher's wife in revenge for the killing of his sister years earlier. Set in Texas in 1869. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Olympic International Films unknown
1955rif. 152368Burbank CA: Mark VII Ltd. / Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1955 film noir showing actor Lee Marvin to the far left Jack Webb driving a vintage automobile just behind him and a camera crew capturing the shot to the right. With the stamps of Warner Brothers and still photographer Mac Julian to the verso. In 1927 a Kansas City Missouri trumpet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange for protection. Set and shot on location in Oregon. 9.5 x 4 inches with wide margins. Very Good plus. Grant US. Spicer US. Mark VII Ltd. / Warner Brothers unknown
1952rif. 130769Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1952. Draft script for the 1952 film. Nominated for an Academy Award. A mother confronts her college aged son about his girlfriend who is a communist spy and turns him into the FBI but he's killed by enemy agents before he can confess. One of the most blatantly pro-McCarthy films of the Red Scare era. Lacking title page self wrapper typically issued by Paramount during this time period. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 133 leaves on blue stock mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good with exception to page 132 unbound. Paramount Pictures unknown
1942rif. 159867Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1942. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Leo McCarey revising a line with actress Ginger Rogers on the set of the 1942 film. Printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with a RKO Radio Pictures stamp. A burlesque performer suspects her fiancé of being a Nazi sympathizer a suspicion shared by a handsome American foreign correspondent. 6.5 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1932rif. 166686Berlin: Universum Film UFA 1932. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1932 film showing director Robert Siodmak and a camera crew capturing a scene with actress Lilian Harvey. French mimeo snipe and UFA stamp on the verso. A young woman falls in love with a stage clown unaware that the man wooing her offstage is the performer behind the costume. 7 x 5.25 inches. Very Good plus. Universum Film [UFA] unknown
1950rif. 157111Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1950. Archive of material from the 1951 film belonging to actor Lon McCallister including a Final Draft script with McCallister's annotations throughout an eleven-page shooting schedule four reference photographs and three poster mock-ups for the film. Additionally laid in with the script are two loose leaves one with notes in McCallister's hand noting lines of dialogue. A group of green army recruits nicknamed the "peach fuzz brigade" become hardened over the course of the Korean War facing violent raids and attacks by snipers. Script: Green titled Columbia Pictures wrappers noting the working title "Rookie in Korea" noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper and production No. 8031 dated Oct. 17 1950. Title page present dated October 17 1950 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter William Sackheim. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with yellow revision pages throughout dated October 24 1950. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Photographs: 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1947rif. 140202Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1947. Final Draft script for the 1948 film. Copy belonging to Robert Arthur who play Ken McLaughlin with his name on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil. A mare has been lured away by a wild stallion angering the mare's owner Beaver Greenway a horse owner with a drinking problem. Meanwhile Ken McLaughlin Arthur returns home with a new horse who has developed altitude sickness. Based on the third book in Mary O'Hara's "My Friend Flicka" trilogy. Nominated for one Academy Award. Set in Wyoming shot on location in Wyoming Utah and Ohio USA. Blue titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 84 and production No. 133 dated April 7 1947. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated April 7 1947 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Martin Berkeley. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good with dampstaining at the edges of a few leaves wrapper Very Good with some dampstaining on the front and rear wrappers. Bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1963rif. 150212N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage borderless photograph of Luchino Visconti Burt Lancaster and crew on the set of the 1963 film. Coat of Arms with Leopard and "Le Guepard" stamps on the verso. Based on the 1958 novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Visconti's classic spacious homage to the quiet death of the Sicilian aristocracy of the mid-nineteenth century one of the great films of Italian cinema. Perhaps the apex of Ms. Cardinale's career and one of a handful of examples of Burt Lancaster's willingness to take on literate complex roles. Nominated for an Academy Award. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Rome Lazio and Sicily Italy. 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1087. Criterion Collection 235. Ebert II. Godard Histoires de cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 22. N.p. unknown
1945rif. 159854N.p.: N.p. 1945. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1945 film showing director Marcel Carné on the set. French annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso along with a Photofest label and a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the bottom edge. An influential classic of French cinema following a courtesan in nineteenth century Paris who finds her attentions torn between four possible suitors-a mime an actor a thief and an aristocrat. Set and shot on location in France. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 141. Ebert II. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1932rif. 149934N.p.: N.p. 1932. Vintage oversize double weight reference photograph from the 1932 film showing the fish stand in the Marseille harbor. With a manuscript pencil annotation on the verso noting the number 8. A young fishmonger's daughter discovers she's pregnant with little chance of marriage to the father who has departed overseas for a sailor's life. The second film in director Marc Allegret's delicate lyrical Marseillaise trilogy preceded by "Marius" 1931 and followed by "Cesar" 1936. Set and shot on location in Marseille. 9 x 11.25 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy at the bottom edge with some soil on the bottom half of the recto only. Criterion Collection 883. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown
1969rif. 150219N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Marguerite Duras on the set of the 1969 film. Credits printed on verso. Marguerite Duras' directorial debut based on her radical 1969 novel about two couples exploring the destructive potential of their desires their identities dissipating and merging at an isolated seaside resort where no other guests are seen only heard playing tennis surrounded by a dense forest. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1980rif. 162363N.p.: N.p. 1980. Three vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1980 adult film. An orphaned heiress enjoys a series of erotic encounters with men and women none of whom can satisfy her insatiable drive for sex. Shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. N.p. unknown
1950rif. 169550Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1950. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1950 film noir showing Sterling Hayden and Jean Hagen embracing while Marilyn Monroe looks on with envy. MGM stamp and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1949 novel by W.R. Burnett and hugely influential as one of the earliest films in the heist film sub-genre. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Selby US Masterworks. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Criterion Collection 847. National Film Registry. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
