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1959réf. 152701Paris: Athos Films 1959. Vintage press sheet i.e. a one-leaf version of a pressbook for the 1959 French film. Text in French. François Truffaut's auspicious debut a semi-autobiographical tale of a young boy's estrangement from his family and school leading him into a life of petty crime and culminating in trouble with the law. Winner of Best Director at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in and shot on location in Paris France. Single sheet 9.5 x 12.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 5. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Athos Films unknown
1959réf. 152702Paris: Columbia Pictures 1959. Vintage pressbook for the 1959 French film noir. Text in French. Two French journalists in Manhattan investigate the sudden disappearance of the French delegation to the United Nations. Bi-fold 9 x 12 inches. Lightly rubbed else Near Fine. Grant France. Selby France. Columbia Pictures unknown
1973réf. 141877Vienna: Lisa Film 1973. Draft script for the 1973 West German film. Text in German. Based on Arthur Schnitzler's controversial 1897 play "Reigen." A satire of the sexual and class mores of the late 1800s not produced on stage until 1920 although published versions in various languages were available as early as 1900. With its frank sexual content and depictions of relationships across class and cultural lines the play was immediately condemned as pornography and withdrawn from the German stage although it remained unsurprisingly popular. Schnitzler's play was adapted for film several times previously most notably by Max Ophuls in 1950 and Roger Vadim in 1964 both using the French title "La Ronde." Set in Vienna. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for playwright Arthur Schnitzler and director Otto Schenk. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered 138. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a gold prong binding. Lisa Film unknown
1960réf. 155070N.p.: N.p. 1960. Collection of eleven vintage reference photographs from the 1960 film. One photograph with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. After nearly being lynched as a result of falsely being accused of sexual assault a Black jazz musician flees to a small game preserve off the Carolina coast where he befriends a teenage girl under the control of a predatory abusive game warden. A complex portrait of race in postwar America written by noted blacklisted screenwriter Hugo Butler and now considered one of director Luis Buñuel's most underrated films. Shot on location in Mexico. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1967réf. 129268Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Final Draft script for the 1968 film. Based on the 1966 novel by Roderick Thorp about a brooding detective who becomes embroiled in a case that uncovers a deep vein of police corruption within the department. Frank Sinatra's fourth collaboration with director Gordon Douglas a box office success. One of the first mainstream Hollywood films to include explicit depictions of the lives of gay men including the violence suffered by the gay community due to the indifference of the police. In 1979 Thorp wrote a sequel to "The Detective" entitled "Nothing Lasts Forever" adapted in 1988 as "Die Hard." Although Sinatra had contractual rights to star in the sequel he wisely turned it down due to his age and action movie history-and Bruce Willis' career-were made. Set in New York and shot on location in New York and in California. Light blue titled wrappers noted as Final and production No. 116 on the front wrapper dated August 17 1967. Title page present dated August 17 1967 noted as Final with credits for screenwriter Abby Mann and writer Roderick Thorp. 161 leaves with last page of text numbered 160. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1978réf. 160953New York: Harvey Hutter & Co. Inc 1978. Vintage "US Senator Blutarsky" poster used as an ultimately little known bizarre futuristic advertisement for the 1978 film. National Lampoon was a huge success as an alternative magazine in the early 1970s and irrevocably altered its future in 1978 with the production of this film an irreverent sharp and now classic comedy. A production company was launched making over half a dozen films between 1978-2002 and as a result today's generation associates "National Lampoon" almost completely with its films rather than its pulp origins. And importantly this was the film that catapulted Harold Ramis and Belushi from television into the movies where they would both flourish. Nominated by the Writer's Guild of America for Best Comedy Screenplay in 1979. 24 x 30 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear including several small closed tears at the extremities and a small chip to the upper right side and light creasing overall. National Film Registry. McPadden Teen Movie Hell. Harvey Hutter & Co., Inc unknown
1979réf. 138668Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1979. Final Draft script for the 1980 film. A blend of science fiction and romance that has over time become a beloved classic. Christopher Reeve portrays a melancholy playwright who becomes fascinated with the woman in a portrait hanging in a hotel and uses self-hypnosis to transport himself to her time. Nominated for an Academy Award. Nominated for an Academy Award. Red titled wrappers noted as production No. 00590 dated April 24 1979. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credit for screenwriter Matheson. 146 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown
1971réf. 168786N.p.: Derio Productions Inc 1971. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1971 film. A sexploitation classic and the first film in director Don Schain's "Ginger" trilogy starring his then wife Cheri Carraro as Ginger. Followed by "The Abductors" 1972 and "Girls Are for Loving" 1973. Police recruit a rich society girl to go undercover to expose a small town's drug/blackmail/prostitution ring. Shot on location in New Jersey. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with starting at the center fold. Derio Productions Inc unknown
1972réf. 168659N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1972 adult comedy. Alex de Renzy's first fictional film following his landmark documentaries "Censorship in Denmark: A New Approach: 1970 and "A History of the Blue Movie" 1970. A mom embarks on a perilous journey into a dangerous forest to save her daughters Emily and Kandi abducted by pirates and encounters singing cross-dressers a lesbian gang gay monks and a helpful dwarf named Derek. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with starting at the center folds. Bright and unfaded. N.p. unknown
1962réf. 164225N.p.: Contempora Productions 1962. Vintage banner poster for the 1962 Cold War documentary film. Rare in this format. A feature length anti-Communist documentary comprised of still photographs and newsreel footage tracing the history of Communism from the birth of Karl Marx to the construction of the Berlin wall. The title was taken from the phrase famously used by Nikita Khruschchev while addressing Western ambassadors in 1956.which some modern translators have suggested was misinterpreted. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good with light creasing faint soiling a small chip to the bottom right corner and a seven inch closed tear to the center top repaired with cello-tape on the verso. Contempora Productions unknown
1963réf. 164219N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage banner poster for the US release of the 1961 Italian-Austrian film. Rare in this format. A series of murders begin at a reformatory for troubled girls following the arrival of a mysterious science teacher. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good plus with light overall rubbing and two vertical creases to the right side. N.p. unknown
1967réf. 164229Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage 30" x 40" poster for the US release of the 1967 British anthology horror film. The second Horror anthology or "portmanteau" film from Amicus Productions following the 1965 film "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors" also directed by Freddie Francis a trademark of producer Milton Subotsky and written by "Psycho" screenwriter Robert Bloch who adapted his own work for the screenplay. A group of visitors to Dr. Diablo's Burgess Meredith sideshow are each shown their futures in the sideshow's "blow-off" which includes cannibal cats haunted pianos and the reincarnation of Edgar Allan Poe. 27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear and closed tears to the center right margin. Columbia Pictures unknown
1968réf. 163705Burbank CA: Warner Brothers - Seven Arts 1968. Vintage two-color banner poster for US release of the 1966 Italian film printed in black and a bold fluorescent orange. One of only a short run of highly-regarded films released by Warner Brothers-Seven Arts between 1967 and 1969. Rare in this size format. Loosely based on the early sixteenth century novella "Belfagor arcidiavolo" by Niccolò Machiavelli. Vittorio Gassman stars as Belfagor a devil sent back to earth to stoke a war between Rome and Florence in medieval Italy to bolster the number of hell's incoming souls but quickly becomes distracted by amorous feelings for the beautiful Claudine Auger as the Maddalena de'Medici. Starring Mickey Rooney as Adramalek a Puckish demon invisible to everyone but Belfagor. Set in and shot on location in Tuscany Sicily and Rome Italy. 118.5 x 24 inches. Light rubbing and edgewear else Near Fine. Bright and unfaded. Note: The fluorescent orange color can not be reproduced in a photograph and is a much brighter orange than depicted in the image. Warner Brothers - Seven Arts unknown
1968réf. 164198Universal City: Universal Pictures 1968. Vintage banner poster for US release of the 1967 Japanese-American kaiju film. Rare in this size format. The fourth film in the King Kong franchise. Loosely based on the animated Rankin/Bass' television series "The King Kong Show" the first anime-based series produced in Japan for an American company which was aired on ABC from 1966 through 1969 and the second and final Toho-produced film featuring King Kong preceded by the 1963 film "King Kong vs. Godzilla" until the 2021 film "Godzilla vs. Kong." A robot duplicate of King Kong Mechani-Kong is manufactured to dig for the highly radioactive Element X. When Mechani-Kong is unable to dig for the material the evil Doctor Who and Madame Piranha decide to kidnap the real Kong. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good with a chip missing at the top left corner several closed tears to the bottom right margin and cello and paper tape repairs to the verso of the bottom right. Colors bright and unfaded. Universal Pictures unknown
1961réf. 161215N.p.: William Castle Productions 1961. Vintage 40 x 60 inch poster for the 1961 film. Rare in this size format. A mysterious woman offers a bellboy $2000 to marry her only to brutally murder the justice of the peace during the ceremony before fleeing. Widely regarded as one of the best films of director and B-movie maestro William Castle and undeniably influenced by Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" released the year prior. Castle well known for his utilization of promotional gimmicks implemented a "Fright Break" for "Homicidal;" a 45-second timer which overlays the impending climax with Castle's voice-over advising the audience they could leave the theater and receive a full refund if they were too frightened to see the ending of the film audience members who chose to leave however would have to wait in a yellow cardboard booth entitled the "Coward's Corner" manned by a nurse with a blood pressure cuff. 40 x 60 inches. Very Good plus with light overall creasing and minor edgewear else bright and unfaded. See image. William Castle Productions unknown
1966réf. 164220Universal City: Universal Pictures 1966. Vintage banner poster for the 1966 film printed in black and a bold fluorescent orange. Rare in this format. Based on the 1963 novel by Rohan O'Grady pen name of Canadian author June Margaret O'Grady Skinner. Director and producer William Castle's black comedy wherein a twelve-year-old boy inherits a fortune and is trapped on an island with his ex-British Intelligence uncle who uses hypnotism sharks fire and poisonous mushrooms to try and kill the boy. Shot on location in Bermuda. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good plus with light overall creasing and rubbing. Bright and unfaded. Note: The fluorescent orange color cannot be reproduced in a photograph and is a much brighter than what is depicted in the image. Universal Pictures unknown
1963réf. 164221Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1963. Vintage banner poster for the 1963 film. Rare in this format. An architect and his wife survey an old mansion where the previous tenant an eccentric heiress has disappeared. Strange noises suspicious strangers and vanishing keys ensue. Inspired by the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose California. Shot on location at the Greystone Park and Mansion in Beverly Hills California. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good plus with light soiling and faint rubbing overall. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1970réf. 170872Bruxelles Brussels: Warner Brothers 1970. Vintage Belgian petite poster for the 1969 film. Based on director photographer and screenwriter Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set and shot on location in Kansas. 21.5 x 17.5 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with light toning to the extremities and a small splash to the middle top margin see image. Warner Brothers unknown
1970réf. 170874Rome: Warner Brothers 1970. Vintage Italian 4-Fogli poster for the 1969 film designed by Italian poster artist Manfredo Acerbo. Based on director and screenwriter Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set and shot on location in Kansas. 55 x 78 inches. Printed in two panels and folded as issued. Near Fine with modest toning and starting to some of the folds. Warner Brothers unknown
1960réf. 163709Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1960. Vintage full color banner poster for the 1960 film with a "Classified By Ontario Board of Censors as Adult Entertainment" label on the lower right. Rare in this format. Steve Allen stars as a sociology professor accused of corrupting the students morals after conducting a survey about their lifestyles and sexual habits. An unofficial follow-up to the hit 1958 film "High School Confidential!" 118.5 x 24 inches. Very Good plus with censor label partially detached. Bright and unfaded. Universal International Pictures unknown
1961réf. 163707N.p.: Topaz Film Corporation 1961. Vintage two-color banner poster for US release of the 1960 British film originally released in the UK as "Too Hot to Handle." Uncommon in this format. Jayne Mansfield stars as showgirl Midnight Franklin headliner at the Pink Flamingo club in Soho run by her tough guy boyfriend Johnny Solos. When Johnny starts getting threats and demands for protection money from a rival club owner he fights back. Featuring famously risqué musical numbers featuring Mansfield in see-through clothing some frames from which were published in Playboy magazine and were visually altered for the US release to meet censor requirements. 118.5 x 24 inches. Very Good plus with some rubbing to the lower left and upper right causing modest color loss. Bright and unfaded. Grant UK. Topaz Film Corporation unknown
1960réf. 163713Glendale CA: Allied Artists Pictures 1960. Vintage three-color banner poster for the 1960 film. Rare in this format. Collins College consults with the campus computer "Thinko" in search for a new head of their science department which suggests Dr. Mathilda West who holds 13 degrees speaks 18 languages and is a disruptively attractive buxom blonde played by Mamie Van Doren. Released in Europe with an additional nine-minute dream sequence featuring "Thinko" and four striptease dancers. 118.5 x 24 inches. Very Good plus. Allied Artists Pictures unknown
1970réf. 170873N.p.: Warner Brothers 1970. Vintage French grande affiche poster for the 1969 film. Based on director and screenwriter Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set and shot on location in Kansas. 45.5 x 82 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine with modest starting to some of the center folds. Warner Brothers unknown
1975réf. 170771France: Arcadie Productions 1975. Collection of promotional ephemera from the 1975 French film including a program ten lobby cards and two black-and-white reference photographs. Text in French. One of ten films directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet ostensibly about the target of a kidnapping plot hiding out at a high society brothel but in reality an exercise in image making fourth wall breaking and the exploration of Robbe-Grillet's usual concerns of eroticism voyeurism and doppelgängers. One of his most commercially successful films down mostly to the presence of "Emmanuelle" star Sylvia Kristel far more prevalent in the marketing material than in the actual film. Lobby cards 10: 11.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus. Photographs 2: 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Program: 7.25 x 10.25 inches. 17 leaves. Near Fine in saddle-stapled wrappers. All material housed together in an original glassine envelope as issued. Arcadie Productions unknown
1955réf. 15219London London: Rank Organisation 1955. 1955. Eight original borderless press photographs for the seminal 1955 Ealing Comedy. All eight with British press stamps and typed layout slips to the verso. The curtain call of the famous "Ealing Comedies" the Ladykillers was the last major masterpiece produced by the iconic Ealing Studios before the studio was sold to the BBC. Darkly macabre the film was deeply subversive at the time and satirised Britain's inability to move beyond its Empire past. William Rose famously purportedly dreamt the whole film and simply sat down wrote out the script from memory. London, London: Rank Organisation, 1955. unknown
