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1965Best.-Nr. 149858N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Pierre Etaix and Claudine Auger from the 1965 film. After losing everything in the stock market crash of 1929 a millionaire Etaix finds happiness his lost love Auger and the son he never knew he had by joining the circus. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Morbihan Bas-Rhin and Yvelines France. 9 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 655. N.p. unknown books
1969Best.-Nr. 149604Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1969. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 film a highlight of early New Hollywood cinema. One shows actor Harold Blankenship the other with actors Robert Forster Peter Bonerz and Janet Langhart. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Paramount Pictures the other with the stamp of Israel Film Archive on the verso. A hardened and dubiously ethical television cameraman finds out he is being watched by the FBI amidst the tumultuous protests taking place around the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Highly influential for its groundbreaking use of factual historical events interspersed with fictional narrative. Featuring early music by Frank Zappa's band Mothers of Invention and addressing underlying social issues of race gender and poverty the film frankly depicted much of the growing countercultural movement of the late 1960s even going so far as to use real-life footage of civil disobedience occurring in 1968 Chicago. Due to its startlingly political narrative as well as nudity and language the film was originally given an X rating by the MPAA though by 1970 this would be downgraded to an R. One photograph 10 x 8 inches one photograph 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 658. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1982Best.-Nr. 149977Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1982. Vintage borderless reference studio still photograph from the 1982 film. "1982 20th Century-Fox" stamp on verso. Based on the 1978 Frank De Felitta novel about a real case of an alleged haunting. In 1974 Culver City Doris Bither claimed the ghosts of three men were raping her. De Felitta was present during the investigation with lead researcher and parapsychologist Dr. Barry Taff who served as technical advisor on "The Entity" as well as being represented in the film by the character Gene Kraft. "The Entity" is one of the few possession films that ends with White Science and Black Magic in a draw. Critics of the time dismissed the film but it still became something of a cult classic that evoked "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Exorcist." Martin Scorsese considers "The Entity" as one of the greatest horror films of all time. In a Halloween themed contribution to the website "The Daily Beast" 2013 "The Entity" scored fourth place in Scorsese's list. Shot on location in El Segundo and Santa Monica California. 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Scorcese The Dark Eleven. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1985Best.-Nr. 149992N.p.: N.p. 1985. Draft script for the 1986 film. With a manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper noting copy No. 356. Missing five pages likely as used or issued. A young librarian poses as a police officer for a one-time charity dance event but attempts to maintain the ruse when he catches the attentions of a young attractive policewoman. Light blue illustrated titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 12 1985 with credits for director Michael Dinner and screenwriter Mark Medoff. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 5/20/85 and 7/16/85. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. N.p. unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 147259N.p.: N.p. 1976. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on the true story of Padre Pio an Italian friar and mystic who was later venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Screenwriter Giampaolo Lomi was best known for "Tropic of Cancer" 1972 and "The Barons" 1975. Set in Italy. Mustard cloth covered titled boards. Title page present dated 1976 with credits for screenwriter GIANMPAOLO LOMI sic. 67 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and boards Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1951Best.-Nr. 149591Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1951. Vintage studio still photograph of director Jean Renoir and screenwriter Rumer Godden on the set of the 1951 film. Based on Godden's 1946 novel. Renoir's first feature length film in color following an adolescent girl coming of age in British colonial India. Shot on location in West Bengal India. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Ebert III. BFI 619. Criterion Collection 276. United Artists unknown books
1960Best.-Nr. 150525N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage reference photograph of Elia Kazan Warren Beatty and four other female cast members on the set of the 1961 film. Warren Beatty's film debut. Natalie Wood was nominated for Best Actress Academy Award and William Inge won for Best Screenplay his first original screenplay after a career as a playwright. Family and societal pressures on Deanie Wood and Bud's Beatty heated teen romance threaten their romance and their sanity. 10.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown books
1987Best.-Nr. 149579N.p.: Xanadu 1987. Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1987 film. With the label of Xanadu Film on the verso. Co-directed by acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank his only feature-length fiction film and experimental novelist Rudolph Wurlitzer who wrote the screenplay. A musician's road movie heavily influenced by the lives of Frank and Wurlitzer and featuring a cast full of notable musicians such as Tom Waits Leon Redbone Dr. John Joe Strummer Arto Lindsay and David Johansen. Set in and shot on location in New York and Cape Breton Island Nova Scotia. Shot on location in New York and Nova Scotia Canada. 7 x 5 inches. Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Xanadu unknown books
1986Best.-Nr. 150006N.p.: Whitehorse 1986. Second Draft script for the 1986 comedy short here under the working title "Is Anybody Listening" originally aired on August 2 on Cinemax. With a manuscript pencil annotation to the title page reading "Second Draft" and copied manuscript annotations throughout the script. A cynical beleaguered salesman for a sporting-goods store decides to take a road trip on his birthday to reconnect with his college gym coach. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated Monday February 10 1986 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriters James Belushi Fred Kaz and Marjorie Bransfield. 34 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. Whitehorse unknown books
1974Best.-Nr. 149588N.p.: Nordia Films 1974. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1974 erotic horror film. A young woman watching over her cousin's house is mistakenly kidnapped by a crazed sex cult. Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil more commonly known as Jean Rollin had gained notoriety and some scandal with his early French vampire films "Le Viol du Vampire" 1968 "La Vampier Nue" 1970 "Le Frisson des Vampires" 1970 and "Requiem pour un Vampire" 1971. When beginning production on his first non-vampire film "La Rose de Fer" 1973 he found himself in need of funding and began making adult sex films which he continued to direct under a variety of pseudonyms through the mid-1980s. 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus. Bier 1669. Hinds 196. Nordia Films unknown books
1980Best.-Nr. 149979N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Jean-Luc Goddard and crew on the set of the 1980 film. "Sauve qui peut / la Vie" stamp on verso with last three lines of stamp which include copyright date and photograph credit for Anne-Marie Mieville struck through with manuscript marker. A most Godardian examination of sexual relationships in which three protagonists interact in different combinations. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Switzerland. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 744. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown books
1963Best.-Nr. 150389N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Alain Robbe-Grillet on the set of the 1963 film. French "L'Immortelle" and "57- -3" stamp on verso. Directorial debut of novelist and filmmaker Alain Robbe-Grillet his first film project after writing the screenplay for Alain Resnais' "Last Year at Marienbad" 1961. Robbe-Grillet's eliptical narrative-defying tale of a withdrawn French man Jacques Doniol-Valcroze in a strange city Istanbul unable to speak the language falling in love with a mysterious woman Francoise Brion who shortly thereafter disappears. Set in and shot on location in Istanbul Turkey. 6.75 x 5 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1188. N.p. unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 150547N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage reference photograph of Peter O'Toole Gamil Ratib and David Lean on the set of the 1962 film. Based on the 1926 autobiography "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by T.E. Lawrence. An incomparable film. Opening in 1935 with the death of Lawrence Peter O'Toole in a motorcycle accident at the age of 46 we then follow in flashback Lawrence as a young intelligence officer in 1916 Cairo assigned to investigate the progress of the Arab revolt against the Turks. Winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. Shot on location in England Saudi Arabia Spain and Morocco. 10.25 x 8 inches. Some edge and corner wear else Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. N.p. unknown books
1953Best.-Nr. 150545N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph of Rita Hayworth and Stewart Granger with director William Dieterle and crew from the set of the 1953 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Columbia Pictures highly fictionalized and flamboyant Technicolor Biblical epic now considered a camp classic wherein Princess Salome Hayworth daughter of King Herod a deliciously lecherous Charles Laughton returns home from banishment and falls in love with Roman Commander Claudius Granger but is maliciously used by her evil mother Queen Herodias Judith Anderson to insure the execution of her critic John the Baptist Alan Badel. Shot on location in Israel. 10.25 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with creasing and two small closed tears to right margin. N.p. unknown books
1955Best.-Nr. 149900Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1955. Four vintage candid reference photographs from the 1955 film showing variously actors Marlon Brando Frank Sinatra composer Frank Loesser and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz on the set. The first photo double weight shows Marlon Brando as Skye Masterson surreally socking one of his gangster companions in the nose. The second photo shows Brando rehearsing "Luck Be a Lady" with sheet music in hand and with the song's composer Frank Loesser at the piano. The third photo shows Sinatra and Brando in a candid moment. The fourth photo single weight shows director Joseph L. Mankiewicz and dancer Carey Leverette relaxing contemplatively Mankiewicz sitting and smoking his pipe Leverette inside a large industrial exhaust pipe. Based on the 1950 Broadway musical which was in turn based on Damon Runyon's short stories "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure." A serial gambler wins a bet that he can get a Christian missionary to travel with him to Havana where the pair begin to fall for each other. Nominated for four Academy Awards. Set in New York and Havana. All photos: 8 x 10 inches. Very Good to Near Fine overall variously with a few pinholes and very shallow creasing. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 149967N.p.: N.p. 1972. Four borderless reference photographs one oversize of Jean-Pierre Melville Catherine Deneuve Alain Delon and Richard Crenna on the set of and on location for the 1972 film. A police detective played by Delon in a switch from his usual criminal roles in Melville pictures is on the trail of a gang of thieves unaware that they are led by a friend. Melville's final film. Shot on location in Paris and Bordeaux France. Oversize photo 11.5 x 8.25 inches. Other photos variously from 9 x 7 inches to 10.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Grant France. Selby France. Spicer France. N.p. unknown books
1957Best.-Nr. 150605Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Collection of 13 vintage photographs from the 1957 US-UK co-production. Seven photographs with mimeo snipes on the verso crediting photographer Bert Cann. Very loosely based on the 1950 nonfiction book "The Story of Zarak Khan" by A.J. Bevans about an outlaw fighting against British occupation in 19th century Afghanistan pursued by a British officer with whom he develops a mutual respect. Set on the border between Afghanistan and India shot on location in England Morocco India and Burma. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 150635N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vntage borderless reference photograph of Jerzy Skolimowski and Jane Asher on the set of the 1970 film. A teenage boy takes a job at a local swim club becomes obsessed with his older coworker and tries to sabotage her engagement to another man. Shot on location in Munich Germany and London. 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Light creasing and edgewear else Near Fine. BFI 1063. Grant UK. N.p. unknown books
1960Best.-Nr. 149957Paris: Lorcaster 1960. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Jacques Becker and Marc Michel on the set of the 1960 film. "Lorcaster" and "636" stamps on verso. Based on the 1957 novel by Jose Giovanni. True story of the 1947 Le Sante Prison break with one of the real escapees Keraudy playing his own character in the film. Jacques Becker's final film having died two weeks after completing the film. Nominated for the Palm d'Or. 7 x 9 inches. Some light creasing else Near Fine. Buss French Film Noir. Criterion Collection 129. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Grant France. Hayden and Schneider 1001. Selby France. Spicer France. Lorcaster unknown books
1941Best.-Nr. 150534Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1941. Vintage wide reference photograph of Ernst Lubitsch playing piano on the set of the 1942 film. Remade in 1983 directed by Alan Johnson starring Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft. Carol Lombard's final film having died in an airplane accident during post-production. Jack Benny and Carole Lombard star as Joseph and Maria Tura husband and wife thespians in Nazi occupied Warsaw who inadvertently become part of the Resistance and must utilize every acting trick in the book to retrieve a list of Polish Resistance fighters from a German spy. Set in Warsaw immediately before and during the 1939 German invasion. 10 x 8 inches image 4.5 x 3.75 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Criterion Collection 670. United Artists unknown books
1960Best.-Nr. 150523N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Elia Kazan by photographer Sam Shaw on the set of the 1961 film. "Sam Shaw" and "Graphic Arts Photo Service" stamps on verso. Warren Beatty's film debut. Natalie Wood was nominated for Best Actress Academy Award and William Inge won for Best Screenplay his first original screenplay after a career as a playwright. Family and societal pressures on Deanie Wood and Bud's Beatty heated teen romance threaten their romance and their sanity. 10 x 8 inches. Very light edgewear else Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 150623Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1967. Collection of 35 vintage borderless double weight reference photographs from the 1967 US-UK co-production. Seven photographs with images of director Andrew Marton actors and crew on the set. A British rancher hires two American cowboys to oversee his Kenyan estate. Basis for the American television show "Cowboy in Africa" starring Chuck Connors which ran on ABC during the 1967-1968 season. Set and shot on location in Kenya. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1963Best.-Nr. 150521Rome: Titanus 1963. Vintage oversize borderless double weight photograph of Burt Lancaster. Photographer "G. B. Poletto" stamp on 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. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with some light creasing and edgewear. BFI 1087. Criterion Collection 235. Ebert II. Godard Histoires de cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader Canon Fodder 22. Titanus unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 150474N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of Jane Fonda and Roger Vadim on the set of the 1968 film. Photographer Alfonso Avincola stamp on verso. Based on the adult comic book by Jean-Claude Forest published in the French magazine "V" in 1962 and 1964. Likely the campiest space-opera sex comedy in film history. Though not popular upon its release it was re-released to greater acclaim in 1977 and has since influenced countless fashion designers films and musicians including Duran Duran whose name is a play on that of the main villain. Set in outer space and shot on location in Rome. 8 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
1955Best.-Nr. 150449N.p.: N.p. 1955. Two vintage reference photographs of director Sacha Guitry on the set of the 1955 film taken by photographer Edward Quinn. "Ed. Quinn" stamps on verso of both one with additional "Cinema Napoleon" stamp. Guitry's historical epic depicting the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena with Napoleon depicted by two actors Daniel Gelin as the young and Raymond Pellegrin as the old. Featuring notable cameos by Erich von Stroheim as Ludwig van Beethoven and Orson Welles as Napoleon's British jailor Sir Hudson Lowe. Shot on location throughout France. 7 x 9.75 inches. Light edgewear and light creasing at extremities else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
