1949Best.-Nr. 156122N.p.: Pontus Film 1949. Vintage program for the 1949 German film. Text and titles in German. A poor farmer learns that he may be the father of an illegitimate son and illegally slaughters a pig in an attempt to help the young man leading to a number of comic mishaps. Set in a small wine village on the banks of the Rhine. 8 x 11.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. Pontus Film unknown books
1963Best.-Nr. 156632N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph of director Satyajit Ray and a camera crew capturing a scene with Anil Chatterjee and Madhavi Mukherjee on the set of the 1963 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A young housewife goes to work as a saleswoman in order to save her family from financial peril finding her relationships with her husband and their traditional conservative family changing as she gains independence in the modern world. Shot on location in Calcutta. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Criterion Collection 668. N.p. unknown books
1953Best.-Nr. 156119N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage program for the 1953 German film. Text and titles in German. Not to be confused with the 1930 German film of the same name directed by Georg Jacoby. Based on the 1927 play "Unter Geschäftsaufsicht" by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach. A crusty accountant is sent to Berlin to undercover a case of potential fraud. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 156660N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage reference photograph of director Peter Yates and actor Robert Redford on the set of the 1972 film. Based on the 1970 novel by Donald Westlake about two jewel thieves who plan to steal a diamond from a museum.over and over again. A small gem of the New Hollywood cinema. Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lee p. 118. N.p. unknown books
1943Best.-Nr. 156144N.p.: N.p. 1943. Vintage program for the 1943 German film. Text and titles in German. An impoverished noblewoman decides to marry a widowed porcelain manufacturer in order to finance medical treatment for her ailing sister but the marriage uncovers deeper secrets-including the fate of the manufacturer's deceased first wife. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1996Best.-Nr. 156630N.p.: PPCM Photo Press Agency 1996. Five vintage studio still photographs from the French release of the 1996 animated comedy film. Based on the satirical 1990s animated television series created by Mike Judge about the misadventures of two apathetic teenage slackers. Followed by a 2022 sequel "Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe." 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. PPCM Photo Press Agency unknown books
1948Best.-Nr. 156124N.p.: Verleih Schorchtfilm 1948. Vintage program for the 1948 German film. Text and titles in German. While in Vienna buying new robes for her coworkers an angel accidentally loses her wings and superpowers and falls in love with a Viennese composer. 8 x 11.5 inches. Bi-fold. Very Good plus with moderate wear on the top edge. Verleih Schorchtfilm unknown books
1977Best.-Nr. 156639Amsterdam: Cupido Films 1977. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1977 adult film. Stamp of Cupido Films on the versos. An adult retelling of the classic fairy tale about a woman who seeks the aid of her gay best friend in gaining sexual prowess in order to win over her Prince Charming. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. Cupido Films unknown books
1969Best.-Nr. 156675London: Merchant Ivory Productions 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 film showing a camera crew capturing a scene with actress Rita Tushingham. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Culture clash ensues when a successful self-absorbed pop musician travels to India to learn to play the sitar from an older renowned sitar musician. Set and shot on location in India. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Merchant Ivory Productions unknown books
1941Best.-Nr. 156662Culver City CA: Walt Disney 1941. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1941 film showing three animators working on designs for a number of classic Disney animated characters including Mickey and Minnie Mouse Goofy and Pluto. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1930 short story by Kenneth Grahame. A behind-the-scenes documentary about Walt Disney's animation process including the cartoon short of the title which in later years was often exhibited separately from this film. The first Disney animated feature to include live-action footage. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with moderate soil overall and wear at the corners. Walt Disney unknown books
1989Best.-Nr. 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
1978Best.-Nr. 156688Universal City: Universal Pictures 1978. Vintage reference photograph from the 1978 film showing actor Ted Ross in costume as the Cowardly Lion sitting on set between takes while director Sidney Lumet and crew members work in the background. Manuscript pencil and ink annotations on the verso. Loosely based on the 1974 musical with book by William F. Brown and music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls. A contemporary African American reimagining of the 1900 L. Frank Baum children's novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" as well as Victor Fleming's 1939 classic adaptation starring Judy Garland. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners and an annotation in manuscript pencil on the top margin of the recto. Universal Pictures unknown books
1974Best.-Nr. 156677Amsterdam: N.V. Filmtrust 1974. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1974 Italian film. Stamp of N.V. Filmtrust on the verso. A middle-class architect is sent to prison for a traffic violation and falls into a world of corruption violence and Mafia power. Shot on location in Tuscany and Rome. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners. N.V. Filmtrust unknown books
1974Best.-Nr. 156676N.p.: N.p. 1974. Seven vintage color reference photographs from the 1974 French adult film. Included with the set is a flyer for the Dutch release of the film. A professor who is about to win the Nobel Prize takes a trip into the countryside where he becomes involved with an outdoor brothel. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with pinholes at the corners. Flyer 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus moderately edgeworn. N.p. unknown books
1989Best.-Nr. 156696N.p.: Island Pictures 1989. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1989 film showing director Charles Lane behind the camera. A homage to Charlie Chaplin's 1921 classic "The Kid" about a homeless street artist who becomes a young girl's guardian after her father is murdered. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Island Pictures unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 156685Universal City: Universal Pictures 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the 1972 film showing director George Roy Hill and a camera crew capturing a scene with Michael Sacks and Sharon Gans. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the classic 1969 novel by Kurt Vonnegut about a young World War II veteran who discovers that he is able to time travel to various points in his life both past and future. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and winner of the Jury Prize. Shot on location in Prague and in Minneapolis and St. Paul Minnesota. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 156701Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. In the Stone Age two brothers battle for leadership of their tribe after the former leader is killed in an earthquake. The fourth and last film in Hammer's "Cave Girl" series preceded by "One Million Years B.C." 1966 "Prehistoric Women" 1967 and "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" 1970. Shot on location in Nambia and South Africa. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Johnson and Del Vecchio p. 327-329. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1939Best.-Nr. 156674Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1939. Vintage studio still photograph of director William Wellman and a camera crew filming on location in New Mexico for the 1939 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1891 novel by Rudyard Kipling. An artist whose sight is failing struggles to complete his final painting while also grieving his broken relationship with his childhood sweetheart. Shot on location in Abiquiu Santa Fe and Espanola New Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1998Best.-Nr. 156687N.p.: N.p. 1998. Four vintage color reference photographs from the 1998 film. Printed label of photographer Lars Høgsted on the versos and three with a provenance label. The first Dogme 95 film a pitch-black surreal comedy about a troubled family gathering to celebrate the patriarch's sixtieth birthday. Shot on location at Skjoldenæsholm Castle in Ringsted Denmark. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1977Best.-Nr. 156705Amsterdam: Universal Film Agency 1977. Three vintage reference photographs including two bordered black-and-white and one borderless color photographs and one vintage press photograph from the 1977 film. Printed label of Universal Film Agency in Amsterdam affixed to the versos. A heavily fictionalized autobiography of British adult film actress Fiona Richmond starring Richmond herself. Set in California and Michigan shot on location in both states. Approximately 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. Universal Film Agency unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 156689N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage reference photograph of Paul Newman directing Joanne Woodward during a classroom scene on the set of the 1968 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Canadian writer Margaret Laurence's 1966 novel "A Jest of God" about the varied romantic and sexual experiences of a timid schoolteacher living with her widowed mother in an apartment in rural Connecticut. Shot on location throughout Connecticut. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 147694Rome: Arco Films 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 Italian film showing actors Rosanna Schiaffino Jean-Claude Brialy and Romolo Valli as well as several other cast members. With the stamp of The Silver Screen Archives to the verso. Based on Niccolo Machiavelli's 1518 play about a man who schemes to sleep with an infertile man's wife by pretending to be a doctor. Set and shot on location in Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with light diagonal creasing to the corners. Arco Films unknown books
1966Best.-Nr. 154331Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1966. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1966 film showing actors Alan Arkin John Phillip Law Carl Reiner Eva Marie Saint Sheldon Collins and Andrea Dromm. A Soviet submarine accidentally runs aground on a small island off the coast of Massachusetts causing rumors to fly between the island villagers who suspect a covert attack. Nominated for four Academy Awards. Set in Massachusetts. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a small chip to the top right corner and a light horizontal crease to the bottom edge. United Artists unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 150686N.p.: Pan-Canadian 1976. Two vintage studio still photographs from the Canadian release of the 1976 Australian film one showing actress Jeanie Drynan the other showing actors Clare Binney and John Hargreaves. With production No. 82-668 in manuscript ink to the bottom right corner of the recto. Based on screenwriter David Williamson's 1971 play. A schoolteacher holds a party to celebrate the predicted victory of the Australian Labor Party but unsurprisingly the political discussions that ensue divide the party guests. Set and shot on location in Westleigh a suburb of Sydney Australia. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light adhesive residue on the corners. Pan-Canadian unknown books
1961Best.-Nr. 154327Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1961. Vintage reference photograph from the 1961 film showing Dan O'Herlihy menacing Mickey Rooney. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1959 book by Leo Katcher. A dramatization of the exploits of Arnold Rothstein a small time gambler during the Prohibition Era who rises through the New York ranks to become an influential mob boss. Set in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Allied Artists unknown books
