1947Best.-Nr. 149135Universal City: Universal Pictures 1947. Vintage reference photograph of Agnes Moorehead being made to look 105 by makeup artist Bud Westmore on the set of the 1947 film noir. Mimeo snipe on verso. Loosely based on Henry James' 1888 novella "The Aspern Papers." A young publisher Robert Cummings attempts to obtain a famous writer's long-lost love letters which are kept hidden by the poet's former mistress Agnes Moorehead now an elderly recluse living in a decaying Venetian mansion. The old woman's niece Susan Hayward who acts as her live-in caretaker agrees to help the publisher find the poems discovering in the process the house holds far darker secrets. The first and only film directed by Martin Gabel. Set in Venice. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1942Best.-Nr. 149132Los Angeles: Walt Disney Productions 1942. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph on the set of the 1942 film. "Photograph by Coburn" stamp and "Bison Archives" stamp on verso. Based on the 1894 collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling. The stunning Technicolor live-action version of the classic Kipling stories made by the Hungarian born filmmaking team the Korda brothers director Zoltan Korda producer Alexander Korda and art director Vincent Korda which brilliantly utilized live exotic animals on huge lush sets and featured Indian born actor Sabu as Mowgli the boy raised by wolves who can communicate with the animals of the jungle. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Cinematography. Set in a village in India shot on location in Sherwood Forest California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection Eclipse Series 30. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1980Best.-Nr. 146709N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script and Second Rough Draft for an unproduced English-language film circa 1960s and 1980s about the life of St. Martin de Porres. Laid in one of the scripts is a typed note identifying Martin as the subject of the script and noting the date of his canonization. Although the scripts appear to have been written at different times and there are significant differences between them there are also enough textual similarities to confidently suggest they were both written by Raymond Ferrante despite the early script containing no credits. The titular character was born to a Spanish father and a woman of African and Native American Heritage He is the patron saint of mixed-race peoples and those seeking racial harmony as well as barbers innkeepers and public health workers. He was canonized by Pope John XXIII in 1962 roughly corresponding with the first script on offer. First script: Yellow titled wrappers. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with a dampstain to the rear wrapper and about half the pages bound with two gold brads. Second script: Red titled wrappers noted as SECOND ROUGH DRAFT on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Raymond Ferrante. Title page present noted as SECOND ROUGH DRAFT with credits for Ferrante. 175 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 174. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 149300Spain: Internacional Films 1967. Two vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photographs from the 1967 film. With a dealer stamp on the verso along with manuscript ink annotations regarding layout. Based on Orson Welles' early play "Five Kings" which condensed Shakespeare's War of the Roses cycle into one story. The film was the last of Welles' three legendary Shakespearean adaptations following "Macbeth" 1948 and "Othello" 1951. As with nearly all of Welles' efforts as a director the film was plagued by financial and logistical problems shot with nearly no budget and received no promotion and a very limited release-but is now rightfully regarded as his final masterpiece. Nominated for the Palme d'Or and winner of two other awards at Cannes in 1966. Shot on location in Spain. One photograph 11.75 x 9.5 inches one photograph 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus overall with light creases and scratches. Internacional Films unknown books
1982Best.-Nr. 149294Grunwald Germany: Concorde Film 1982. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the German release of the 1982 Italian film. With mimeo snipes on the verso. Antonioni's rarely discussed final feature and one of his greatest achievements. A recently divorced director pursues a new relationship with a younger woman who he imagines could play the leading role in his next film. She quickly vanishes and he embarks on a search to find her sparking up a series of romances with other women. Winner of the 35th Anniversary Prize at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. Shot on location in Venice and Rome. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 585. Concorde Film unknown books
1963Best.-Nr. 149379N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Orson Welles from the 1963 film. Italian "ROGOPAG / LA RIOTTA" stamp on verso. An anthology film of four short films titled after the names of the four directors: "Illibatezza" directed by Roberto Rossellini "Il Nuovo Mondo" directed by Jean-Luc Godard "La Ricotta" directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini and "Il Pollo Ruspante" directed by Ugo Gregoretti Pasolini's scathing comic rebuke on social inequality and religious hypocrisy wherein a lavish film production of the crucifixion of Christ in a poor region outside Rome finds the extra playing the "good thief" Stracci Mario Cipriani quite literally starving during the production trying everything to get some food all while being berated by the bombastic insufferable director Orson Welles. The film resulted in Pasolini being convicted of blasphemy and the film being banned in Italy. Pasolini was sentenced to a four month prison term which he avoided by paying a fine. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 236. N.p. unknown books
1993Best.-Nr. 145759Universal City: Universal Pictures 1993. Vintage studio color still photograph of director John Woo and actor Jean Claude Van Damme on the set of the 1993 film. Natasha Binder Yancy Butler comes to New Orleans in search of her father. There she meets Chance Jean-Claude Van Damme a drifter who helps her uncover the terrifying story behind his disappearance. Shot on location in Alabama and Louisiana. 10 x 8.25 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Grant Worldwide. Universal Pictures unknown books
1956Best.-Nr. 145758Universal City: Universal Pictures 1956. Vintage studio still photograph of Douglas Sirk and Lauren Bacall on the set of the 1956 film standing in the middle of stairway that endures much use in the course of the narrative. Mimeo snipe on verso. Based on the 1945 novel by Robert Wilder a fictionalized account of a real-life scandal involving torch singer Libby Holman and her husband Zachary Smith Reynolds heir to a tobacco fortune. A rich playboy Robert Stack impulsively marries a secretary Bacall at his father's office unaware that his best friend Rock Hudson is in love with her with tragic results. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Dorothy Malone nominated for two more including Best Supporting Actor for Stack. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 96. Ebert I. Godard Histoiries du Cinema. Universal Pictures unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 149310Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1976. Collection of one vintage reference photograph and one contact sheet containing twelve test shots from the 1976 film all images publicity shots of actress Caroline Munro for the film. Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1914 fantasy novel the first in the Pellucidar series about adventures in the hollow earth. A British scientist and American adventurer drill through to a strange land where they lead a rebellion of Stone Age humans against their masters who happen to be intelligent flying reptiles with psychic powers. Set hundreds of miles underneath Wales. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 149330Paris: Jolly Film 1967. Three vintage reference photographs one borderless from the 1967 film. With manuscript annotations regarding layout to the verso and one with the stamp of Specta Films. A masterpiece of French cinema. Using his own money director Jacques Tati meticulously constructed a second "Paris" outside of Paris for the third-and most magnificent-of the four Hulot films following "Monsieur Hulot's Holiday" 1953 and "Mon Oncle" 1958. The third feature finds him in the much-modernized heart of the city with its complexities unfolding revolving deconstructing and reconstructing before his eyes. Set in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear. Jolly Film unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 149424Rome: Euro International Film 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film showing director Mario Monicelli and a camera crew filming a scene with actors Marcelo Mastroianni and Margaret Lee on the set of the 1965 Italian film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso. An army officer romances his way through Europe with the caveat that he can only find romantic satisfaction in situations where his life is in danger. Set and shot on location throughout France Italy Switzerland Burma and Germany. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus overall. Euro International Film unknown books
1991Best.-Nr. 149341Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1991. Vintage reference photograph of director-screenwriters Joel and Ethan Coen and actor John Turturro having a conversation between takes on the set of the 1991 film. One of the more ambitious films in the Coen brothers' oeuvre a nuanced comedy about Hollywood success and the interaction between intellectuals and "the common man." Based largely on the experiences of playwright and erstwhile screenwriter Clifford Odets. Winner of the Palme d'Or Best Actor and Best Director awards at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for three Academy Awards in 1992. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 149444Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Presse Parc Film 1968. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1968 French film. With a stamp specific to the French release for the film on the verso and one with a provenance stamp. After being released from the hospital following a suicide attempt a young man is scouted by a mysterious research group to participate in a time travel experiment. Alain Resnais' fifth film a brutal rumination on memory and the death of a relationship thematically and stylistically a precursor to Michel Gondry's 2004 film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." Shot on location in Brussels Belgium. Three photographs 5 x 6.75 inches one photograph 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Presse Parc Film unknown books
1943Best.-Nr. 149399N.p.: N.p. 1943. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Georg Wilhelm G.W. Pabst on the set of the 1943 German film. Production stamps on verso. Made to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the death of Paracelsus. Story of the 16th century Swiss physician/alchemist/astrologer Paracelsus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim played by Werner Krauss. Made under the auspices of the Third Reich Pabst's second film upon his forced return to Germany after a period in France Paracelsus took on a new vogue in early 1940s Germany attributing Nazi ideals and a hyper-Germanness to the Swiss alchemist and physician. After the collapse of the Third Reich Pabst would go on to forcefully denounce Nazism. Shot on location in Old Town Prague Czech Republic. 7 x 9.75 inches. Light creasing and edgewear else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 149484N.p.: N.p. 1965. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1965 film. Each borderless except for a bottom margin see image. After losing everything in the stock market crash of 1929 a millionaire Pierre Etaix finds happiness his lost love 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. 4.75 x 3.75 inches. Light curling else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 655. N.p. unknown books
1964Best.-Nr. 149396Universal City: Universal Pictures 1964. Vintage reference photograph of director Edward Dmytryk with Gregory Peck and Diane Baker on the set of the 1965 film noir. Mimeo snipe on verso. Based on the 1952 novel "Fallen Angel" by Howard Fast writing under the pseudonym Walter Ericson about an accountant with amnesia being pursued by unknown people trying to kill him. Shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Faint tiny dimples on right side else Near Fine. Spicer US. Grant US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1958Best.-Nr. 149420Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1958. Vintage reference photograph of director Delbert Mann directing a passionate scene between Burt Lancaster and Rita Hayworth on the set of the 1958 film. Based on Terence Rattigan's 1954 play following several long-term residents during off-season at a seaside hotel where things are not as they appear. Nominated for seven Academy Awards and winning two for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress for David Niven and Wendy Hiller respectively. Set in Bournemouth Engand. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1961Best.-Nr. 149454Paris: F.O.G. 1961. Collection of six vintage reference photographs from the 1961 film two borderless two with bottom margin and one vertical photograph with left margin. "L'Annee Derniere a Marienbad" stamp on versos. Three photos shown. Please inquire for others. An enigmatic dreamlike film about a man and a woman who meet at a party where he insists they have met before and she that they haven't. Viewed as either ambiguous surreal masterpiece or an incomprehensible indulgence with almost no middle ground. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. 7 x 5 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear one with creasing at left corners. Criterion Collection 478. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 25. Vogel Film as Subversive Art. F.O.G. unknown books
1959Best.-Nr. 149472Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Alan Ladd in a dynamic pose with the image manipulated for effect from the 1959 film noir. Based on the 1956 novel by Hugh Wheeler under the pseudonym Patrick Quentin. A struggling artist Alan Ladd is accused of murdering his unstable alcoholic wife Carolyn Jones when she goes missing and must flee from the lynch mob forming amongst the townsfolk. Set in fictional Stoneville Connecticut shot on location in Woodstock and Thompson Connecticut and Framingham Massachusetts. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear and faint toning at edges else Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US. United Artists unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 149438London: EMI Films 1971. Vintage borderless double weight photograph of director Joseph Losey filming a scene on location in Norwich with actor Dominic Guard with cast and crew members looking on. With two printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. 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 7 inches. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. EMI Films unknown books
1979Best.-Nr. 149493Burbank CA: Cougar Films LTD 1979. Draft script for the 1981 film here under the working title "Butcher Baker Candlestick Maker." Annotations on several pages in manuscript marker and pencil on all dialogue and action for the character Ross Walters played by Greg Palmer. Laid in is a Call Sheet dated for "Mon. May 12 80" with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil and a copied hand-drawn map for directions to the Paramount Ranch the location of the Western town set. Not to be confused with the 1996 film directed by Wes Craven and starring David Arquette and Neve Campbell. Twelve campers on a rafting trip down the Rio Grande decide to set up camp in an old Western ghost town when an unknown killer begins to eliminate them one by one. Set in the Rio Grande shot on location in Lake Piru and Paramount Ranch California. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1979 with credits for screenwriter Byron Quisenberry. 80 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some creasing and edgewear bound with two gold brads. Thrower Nightmare USA. Cougar Films, LTD unknown books
1980Best.-Nr. 149409N.p.: N.p. 1980. Five vintage borderless color photographs from the 1980 film. Title labels affixed to the verso of each. Jim Jarmusch's directorial debut made just after dropping out of film school his signature patient ambling and dryly humorous approach to storytelling firmly established. Set against the backdrop of a grungy late-1970s New York City we follow the young unemployed Allie Chris Parker full of ennui meandering through the city contemplating his life and encountering curious and odd characters along the way. Set in and shot on location in New York City. Four photographs 5.5 x 3.75 inches one 5.25 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 400. Destroy All Movies The Complete Guide to Punks on Film. N.p. unknown books
1978Best.-Nr. 149428Los Angeles: Cinema Shares International 1978. Vintage borderless matte reference photograph from the 1977 film. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with a provenance stamp. An exploitative horror film late on the coattails of cautionary drug movies of the 1960s about a string of violent murders in Los Angeles linked to a dangerous LSD strain called "Blue Sunshine." Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Thrower Nightmare USA. Cinema Shares International unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 149386N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph of director Jean-Luc Godard on the set of the 1967 film with actors Jean Yanne Jean-Pierre Leaud and Mireille Darc. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso with celo tape from the Institute of Contemporary Arts Cinema for a July 5 1968 showing with annotations of actors names in manuscript ink. In one of Godard's most misanthropic films a loveless bourgeois couple Corinne Darc and Roland Yanne fantasize about killing each other when they aren't cheating on the other. They ponder these matters as they take a nearly never-ending nightmarish road trip to visit Corinne's parents intent on securing an inheritance resolved to murder if necessary. Shot on location in Ile de France and Paris. 8 x 10 inches with wide horizontal margins. Light curling else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 635. Rosenbaum 1000. Godard Histoires du cinema. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
1985Best.-Nr. 149448France: JLG Films 1985. Vintage black-and-white borderless reference photograph of director Jean-Luc Godard and actors Claude Brasseur Nathalie Baye and Johnny Hallyday playing pool on the set of the 1985 film. Two detectives staying at a Parisian hotel investigate a murder which occurred two years prior. Released the same year as Godard's highly and pointlessly controversial film "Je Vous Salue Marie." Shot on location in Paris. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. JLG Films unknown books
