1982réf. 140361N.p.: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 1982. Collection of three vintage studio still photographs from the 1982 film. A young man is lured into a religious cult by a beautiful member. His distressed parents hire a man to kidnap their brainwashed son from the religious sect and "de- program" the confused youth. Shot on location in Texas. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with stamps to the verso. Complete collation details available on request. PolyGram Filmed Entertainment unknown books

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Ray; Danton Peter H. Hunt John Nicolella director; Frank Abatemarco Deborah R. Baron Marvin Kupfer screenwriter; Margaret ColABAA

Leg Work Collection of four original photographs from the 1987 television series

1987réf. 140336Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1987. Collection of four vintage studio still photographs from the 1987 television episode. Margaret Colin plays Claire McCarron a former Assistant D.A. turned private investigator. The film stills feature Colin and Patrick James Clarke who played her brother and fellow law enforcement official. Shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with holograph ink annotations to the versos and occasional dampstaining to the verso. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown books

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John Huston director; Leonard Gardner novel screenwriter; Stacy Keach Jeff Bridges Susan Tyrrell starringABAA

Fat City Original photograph from the 1972 film

1972réf. 140335Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Based on Leonard Gardner's 1969 novel of the same name. Susan Tyrrell was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In Huston's 1972 neo-noir a boxer past his prime encourages a young protege. The two men live harsh disillusioned lives in Stockton California. Conrad L. Hall was featured in the documentary "Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography" for his excellent use of lighting throughout the film. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Holograph pencil notation to the verso else Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Twilight Time 172. Columbia Pictures unknown books

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Michael Apted director; Martin Cruz Smith novel; Dennis Potter screenwriter; William Hurt Lee Marvin Brian Dennehy starringABAA

Gorky Park Original photograph from the 1983 film

1983réf. 140362N.p.: Eagle Associates 1983. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1983 film. A political thriller about a Soviet militsiya officer named Arkady Renko who stumbles across a plot involving a fur trader and the KGB. Shot on location in Finland Sweden Scotland and Russia. 8 x 10 inches. A stamp to the verso else Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Eagle Associates unknown books

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George Cukor director; Maurice Maeterlinck play; Hugh Whitemore Alfred Hayes Aleksei Kapler screenwriter; Elizabeth Taylor JaABAA

The Blue Bird Bluebird Original photograph from the 1976 film

1976réf. 140334Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1976. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1976 film and co-production of the US and the Soviet Union. Based on Maurice Maeterlinck's 1908 play of the same name. In the vein of "The Wizard of Oz" complete with a personified dog cat and various inanimate objects. Two you peasants venture forth on a quest to find the Blue Bird of Happiness and are aided in their quest by a host of unusual creatures. Shot on location in Russia. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books

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William Beaudine director; Owen Davis Julien Josephson Harold Titus screenwriter; Dorothy Devore Matt Moore Ward Crane starrABAA

How Baxter Butted In Original double weight photograph from the 1925 film

1925réf. 140352Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1925. Vintage double weight studio still photograph from the 1925 silent film. Bumbling newspaper clerk Henry Baxter is helplessly in love with a coworker in this silent-era comedy. The subject of his longing barely acknowledges his existence. His unrequited love coupled with his manager's devious daily taunts makes work tortuous for the poor clerk. He begins to day dream about a better life and a less cowardly self. Footage from William Beaudine's 1925 film is believed to be lost. In the still we see a wide shot of the newspaper office in which Baxter works. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pin holes toning overall and two holograph pencil annotations to the verso. Warner Brothers unknown books

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Jerry Paris director; John Godey novel; AJ Carothers screenwriter; Dick Van Dyke Edward G. Robinson Dorothy Provine starringABAA

Never a Dull Moment Original photograph from the 1968 film

1968réf. 140322Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 film. A second-rate actor Dick Van Dyke is mistaken for a serial killer and the misidentification takes on deadly repercussions when he turns to a gangster kingpin for help. Shot on location in Walt Disney Studios Burbank California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a holograph ink notation to the verso and light wrinkling at the top corner. Walt Disney Productions unknown books

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Kevin Connor director; Bruce Franklin Singer screenwriter; Brian Dennehy Brooke Adams Joseph Shiloach starringABAA

The Lion of Africa Original photograph from the 1988 television movie

1988réf. 140360Santa Monica: Home Box Office HBO 1988. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1988 television movie. A television drama about a young doctor who persuades a truck driver to transport medical supplies aiding a cholera-stricken African community. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Home Box Office [HBO] unknown books

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John Hough director; Alexander Key novel; Robert M. Young screenwriter; Eddie Albert Ray Milland Donald Pleasence starringABAA

Escape to Witch Mountain Two original photographs from the 1975 film

1975réf. 140358Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1975. Two vintage color studio still photographs from the 1975 film. Two children with extraordinary abilities are sought by a millionaire and his attorney who wish to exploit the children's supernatural powers. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. One holograph pencil notation to the verso else Near Fine. Walt Disney Productions unknown books

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Maurice Tourneur director; Harley Granville Barker Laurence Housman play; Charles Maigne screenwriter; Isabel Berwin Nora CeciABAA

Prunella Original photograph from the 1918 film

1918réf. 140323N.p.: Famous Players-Lasky Corporation 1918. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1918 film. Based on Harley Granville-Barker and Laurence Housman's 1906 play "Prunella or Love in a Dutch Garden." A delightful romantic fantasy now almost entirely lost in which Margierite Clark plays a young woman living in a garden with her three aunts completely shielded from the exterior world. One day a troupe of traveling players arrives in town and Clark runs off with Pierrot their leader. In the still we see Clark perched upon the edge of a fountain as Jules Raucourt Pirrot leans in and whispers in her ear. 8 x 10 inches. A stamp to the verso else Near Fine. Famous Players-Lasky Corporation unknown books

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Roy Ward Baker director; Sheridan Le Fanu novella; Harry Fine Tudor Gates Michael Style screenwriter; Ingrid Pitt Pippa SteelABAA

The Vampire Lovers Two original photographs from the 1970 film

1970réf. 140333N.p.: American International Pictures AIP 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 British-American film. Based on Sheridan Le Fanu's 1871 novella "Carmilla." An erotic vampire horror entry in which a beautiful seductive vampire befriends a young woman and begins to feast off her blood. The lesbian relationship between the vampire and her young victim concerned the censor who warned that they might have to cut significant portions before it was suitable for release. However once the production company made it clear that the lesbian relationship was implied in the source material and was not simply a sensationalist ploy the film was released uncensored. Set in Styria shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Johnson and Del Vecchio p. 317. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books

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Tod Browning director story writer; Harry Sinclair Drago Waldemar Young Joseph Farnham Richard Schayer screenwriter; Lon ChaABAA

Where East Is East Original screenplay for the 1929 film

1928réf. 140436Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Draft script for the 1929 silent film. Lon Chaney plays a heavily-scarred wild animal trapper whose daughter's upcoming marriage is threatened by the return of her femme fatale mother. The mother harbors bitterness to Chaney and seeks revenge on him by attempting to woo her daughter's fiance thwarted by a gorilla Chaney releases from a cage that gruesomely attacks her. Lon Chaney's penultimate silent film and the last of his collaborations with director Tod Browning. The film was released with a Movietone music and effects soundtrack that could be played alongside the film. Tan titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 10751 and production No. 415 dated Dec. 31 1928 with credits for producer Irving Thalberg. Title page integral with the first page of the text with credits for story writers Tod Browning and Harry Sinclair Drago and screenwriter Waldemar Young. 75 leaves with last page of text numbered 75. Mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books

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Edmond Sechan director screenwriterABAA

Niok Original photograph from the 1957 film

1957réf. 140319Paris: Intermondia Films 1957. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1957 French film. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A coming-of-age film about a young Cambodian boy who adopts and raises a young elephant. Shot on location in Cambodia. 7.5 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Intermondia Films unknown books

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Milos Forman director; Phil Bray and Jaromir Komarek still photographers; Peter Shaffer screenwriter; F. Murray Abraham Tom HulABAA

Amadeus Original French poster for the 1984 film

1984réf. 140060Los Angeles: Orion Pictures 1984. Vintage French moyenne poster for the 1984 US film. Winner of eight Academy awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay and both Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor. Adapted from Peter Shaffer's 1979 play of the same name the film presents a fictionalized account of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's life as well as that of his "rival" Antonio Salieri. Set in Vienna shot on location in Prague Kromeriz and Vienna. 24 x 32 inches folded. Near Fine with two small stains to the verso. Ebert II. Orion Pictures unknown books

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John Woo director screenwriter; Hing Ka Chan Suk Wah Leung screenwriters; Lung Ti Chow Yun fat Leslie Cheung starringABAA

A Better Tomorrow Le Syndicat du Crime Original French poster for the 1986 film

1986réf. 140153Hong Kong: Cinema City 1986. Vintage French mini poster for the 1986 Hong Kong film. John Woo's 1986 film had a profound impact on Hong Kong's film industry inspiring a number of proceeding pictures and setting the tone for the genre at large. It served as a breakout role for then little-known actor Chow Yun-fat who although not the lead captured the screen with his notable performance. Shot on location in Hong Kong and Taiwan. 16 x 21 inches. Crease through the center else Near Fine. Cinema City unknown books

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Ann Hui director; Nien Jen Wu screenwriter; Maggie Cheung Siu Kwong Chung Tan Lang Jachi Tian starringABAA

Song of the Exile Original Hong Kong poster for the 1990 film

1990réf. 140098N.p.: Cos Group 1990. Vintage Hong Kong double crown poster for the 1990 Hong Kong-Taiwanese film. SIGNED on the recto in Chinese by an unknown person. In Ann Hui's semi-fictional autobiography she weaves a tale of familial dysfunction uncertain origin and self discovery. After being passed up for a job at the BBC 26-year-old Cheung Hueyin returns home to Hong Kong. There she must reconcile the strained relationship between her and her mother a Japanese immigrant unable to assimilate to Hong Kong's culture. The two return to her mother's birthplace in Japan and attempt to gain a better understanding of one another. Shot on location in Hong Kong Japan and London. 21 x 30 inches. Very Good plus with small scratches to the recto stamped to the versoand lightly wrinkled overall. Cos Group unknown books

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Jacques Tati director screenwriter starringABAA

Parade Original French poster for the 1974 film

1974réf. 139976N.p.: Gray-Film 1974. Vintage French petite poster for the 1974 French film originally released in France as a television movie. Jacques Tati's final film in which the beloved director plays a circus clown. 24 x 32 inches folded. Small holograph pencil notation to the verso else Near Fine. BFI. Criterion Collection 731. Rosenbaum 1000. Gray-Film unknown books

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Tony Au director screenwriter; Yuen Leung Poon Kwong Kim Yip screenwriters; Radium Cheung Hoi San Kwan Rosamund Kwan starrinABAA

Kuang ye sheng si lian Original Hong Kong poster for the 1995 film

1995réf. 140106N.p.: N.p. 1995. Vintage Hong Kong double crown poster for the 1995 Hong Kong film known in English as "A Touch of Evil." Tony Au's film follows the tangled love triangle between a narcotics officer his undercover snitch Coco and a drug lord. 20 x 30 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books

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Werner Herzog director screenwriter; Klaus Kinski Helena Rojo Del Negro starringABAA

Aguirre the Wrath of God Aguirre der Zorn Gottes Original German poster for the 1972 film

1972réf. 140003Vienna: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion 1972. Vintage German A1 poster for the 1972 film. Herzog's film is notorious for both its style and its eventful production in which Kinski fired a gun accidentally injuring a crew member and Herzog ostensibly stole a group of monkeys due to ship to the US to use in the famous monkey scene. Despite the chaotic and often contentious production period the film immediately achieved cult status upon its release. Visually striking with minimal narrative and dialogue it follows deranged Spanish soldier Lope se Aguirre's search for the legendary gold city El Dorado. Shot on location in Peru. 23 x 33 inches folded. Small holograph notation to the verso else Near Fine. A vivid bright poster. Newman Kim Nightmare Movies: Horror On Screen Since the 1960s US. BFI. Ebert I. Rosenbaum 1000. Werner Herzog Filmproduktion unknown books

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Nagisa Oshima director screenwriter; Paul Mayersberg screenwriter; Laurens van der Post novel; David Bowie Tom Konti TakeshiABAA

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence Original Japanese poster for the 1983 film

1983réf. 140111N.p.: N.p. 1983. Vintage Japanese B2 poster for the 1983 Japanese-British co-production. Nominated in 1983 for a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Based on the 1963 novel "The Seed and the Sower" by Laurens van der Post about his experiences as a British soldier who was held as a prisoner of war by the Japanese. An international co-production ultimately shot with parts in both English and Japanese. Set in an unnamed Japanese prison camp. Shot in Auckland New Zealand at Rarotonga Cook Islands. 20 x 28.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 535. N.p. unknown books

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Susan Seidelman director; Leora Barish screenwriter; Rosanna Arquette Madonna Aidan Quinn starringABAA

Desperately Seeking Susan Original US poster for the 1985 film

1985réf. 139974Beverly Hills CA: Orion Pictures 1985. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1985 US film. Madonna's first major screen role for which "The New Yorker's" Pauline Kael praised her as "an indolent trampy goddess." A film about a bored housewife and her fascination with a bohemian drifter whose life she follows voyeuristically through the latter's frequent personal adds. When a particular add leads her to Battery park she becomes mixed up in a case of mistaken identity prompted by amnesia. The film was inspired in part by Jacques Rivette's 1974 seminal classic "Celine et Julie vont en bateau." Shot on location in New Jersey and New York City. 27 x 41 inches folded. Near Fine. Orion Pictures unknown books

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Jeffrey Lau director screenwriter; Chow Yun fat Chien Lien Wu Chia Hui starringABAA

Treasure Hunt Original Hong Kong poster for the 1994 film

1994réf. 140267Hong Kong: Eastern Renaissance Pictures 1994. Vintage Hong Kong film poster for the 1994 film. Chow Yun-fat plays a Chinese American CIA operative tasked with escorting a Chinese national treasure to the US. 27 x 41 inches. A small tear to the margin else Near Fine. Eastern Renaissance Pictures unknown books

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Pao Shu Kao director; Kuang Ni screenwriter; Zhen Shen Yi Chang Hung Lieh Chen starringABAA

Hei chi hei Die Wut der Schrei und der Tod Original German poster for the 1972 film

1972réf. 140272Hong Kong: Park Productions 1972. Vintage German A1 poster for the 1972 Hong Kong film. A Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Pao-Shu Kao and starring Zhen Zhen Yi Chang and Hung Lieh Chen. 23 x 33 inches folded. Near Fine with light holograph annotations to the verso light soiling to the verso and pin holes to the margin. Park Productions unknown books

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Eddie Ling Ching Fong director screenwriter; Benjamin Chan Fai Hung Chan Jacky Cheung starringABAA

The Private Eye Blues Original Hong Kong poster for the 1994 film

1994réf. 140200Hong Kong: N.p. 1994. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1994 film. A Honk Kong crime film written and directed by Eddie Ling-Ching Fong and starring Jacky Cheung as Private Eye. 27 x 38 inches. Light wear to the edges else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books

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Johnnie To director; Nai Hoi Yau screenwriter; Ching Wan Lau Alex Fong Carman Lee starringABAA

Lifeline Original Hong Kong poster for the 1997 film

1997réf. 140287Hong Kong: Cosmopolitan Film Productions 1997. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1997 film. A Honk Kong disaster thriller directed by Johnnie To and starring Ching Wan Lau Alex Fong and Carman Lee. 20 x 30 inches. Near Fine with light wrinkling. Cosmopolitan Film Productions unknown books

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