1974Best.-Nr. 147865Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1974. Vintage studio still photograph of Glenda Jackson and Margaret Leighton from the US release of the 1973 UK film. Based on the 1970 play by Terence Rattigan. Released in the US under the title "The Nelson Affair." Lord Nelson Peter Finch returning from battling Napoleon's navy resumes life with his mistress Lady Hamilton Jackson his family and beleaguered wife Margaret Leighton. Shot on location in Bath Somerset England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1981Best.-Nr. 147573N.p.: Brooksfilms 1981. Two vintage color double weight studio still photographs of Gregory Hines and one vintage black and white studio still photograph of Mel Brooks and Gregory Hines from the 1981 film. An ambitious sprawling historical farce made by Mel Brooks in the heat of his success as a film director. In the film Brooks plays Moses Tomas de Torquemada King Louis XVI and Jacques "Jacques le garcon de pisse." Part I begins of course with the Dawn of Man and covers The Old Testament The Roman Empire The Spanish Inquisition and The French Revolution ending with a "preview" of Part II never made in keeping with Sir Walter Raleigh who was beheaded before he could write his Part II. The preview includes Hitler on Ice a Viking funeral and "Jews in Space." Gregory Hines screen debut as Ethiopian slave Josephus. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Brooksfilms unknown books
1985Best.-Nr. 147575Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1985. Two vintage color double weight studio still photographs one of Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines dancing the other of Hines and Isabella Rossellini from the 1985 film. Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko Mikhail Baryshnikov is an expatriate Soviet dancer whose plane is forced to land on Soviet territory and prohibited from leaving. Forced to live with the American defector tap dancer Raymond Greenwood Hines and his wife Rossellini he must plan an escape but doesn't know who to trust. Rossellini's screen debut. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Song and nominated for one other. Shot on location in Russia England Finland Scotland and Portugal. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1957Best.-Nr. 146680N.p.: Regal Films 1957. Collection of 11 vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film. Cowhand Jeff Donner John Agar is accused of murder and helped to escape by dancehall girl Susan Crowley Penny Edwards only to discover she's actually a Union Army spy working on foiling a Confederate plot. Shot on location in Kanab Utah. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus some with creasing 2 with closed tears on bottom. Pitts 3417. Regal Films unknown books
1985Best.-Nr. 147576Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1985. Seven vintage black and white studio still photographs from the 1985 film. Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko Mikhail Baryshnikov is an expatriate Soviet dancer whose plane is forced to land on Soviet territory and prohibited from leaving. Forced to live with the American defector tap dancer Raymond Greenwood Gregory Hines and his wife Isabella Rossellini he must plan an escape but doesn't know who to trust. Rossellini's screen debut. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Song and nominated for one other. Shot on location in Russia England Finland Scotland and Portugal. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 147866Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1972. Vintage studio still photograph of Glenda Jackson from the 1972 film. Based on the 1970 H.E. Bates novella. Set during WWII Alice Jackson runs a farm in the English countryside and helps a young deserter Barton Oliver Reed hide from the army. A remarkable performance from Reed. Set in and shot on location in Wiltshire England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some light soiling and edgewear at top. United Artists unknown books
1981Best.-Nr. 148070Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1981. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1982 film one of Dana Hill and one of Dana Hill Viveka Davis Tracey Gold and Tina Yothers . George Albert Finney is caught in an affair by his wife Faith Diane Keaton destroying their already fragile marriage and devastating their four children. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in Marin County California shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. One Near Fine one Very Good plus with 1 inch bruise in upper left corner. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 146683N.p.: Lippert Pictures 1965. Collection of 20 vintage studio still photographs from the 1965 film in their original brown paper sleeve stamped "THE RETURN OF MR. MOTO 25 STILLS SET A." Mr. Moto the fictional Japanese secret agent created by author John P. Marquand appearing in 6 of his novels between 1935 and 1957 and portrayed by Peter Lorre in 8 motion pictures between 1937 and 1939 as well as a 1951 radio show starring James Monks is here portrayed by Henry Silva an undercover Interpol agent investigating the bombing of Middle East oil fields assisted by Beta Oil secretary Maxine Powell Suzanne Lloyed and Police Inspector Jim Halliday Stanley Morgan. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paper sleeve Near Fine closed tear along one edge. Lippert Pictures unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 148061N.p.: National General Pictures 1970. Vintage photograph from the 1970 film of Lionel Jeffries in character as Grandpa. Originally released in the UK under the title "Eyewitness." Based on the novel "The Eyewitness" 1966 by Mark Hebden under the pseudonym John Harris. After young Ziggy Mark Lester is an accidental witness to an assassination the assassins pursue him and his older sister Pippa Susan George but no one other than his lighthouse keeper Grandpa Lionel Jeffries believes him. Set on an unnamed Mediterranean island shot on location in Malta. 8 x 10 inches. Near FIne. Grant US. National General Pictures unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 148068Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1965. Vintage studio still photograph of Shirley Jones Honor Blackman and Lionel Jeffries from the 1965 film. Arthur Tate 's James Booth career takes an astounding leap from lowly constable to the ruler of a Banana Republic in South America thanks to his mother Amy Dalby and three women: dressmaker Violet Lawson Stella Stevens Lily the Baroness von Kukenberg Honor Blackman and movie producer Marigold Marado Shirley Jones. Featuring Lionel Jeffries in four separate roles. Set in and shot on location in England and Portugal. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 146774N.p.: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1967. Collection of 34 vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. John Huston's lurid and campy adaptation of Carson McCuller's 1941 novel. A melodrama of lust infidelity repressed homosexuality self mutilation suicide and murder with a spectacular cast: Elizabeth Taylor Marlon Brando Brian Keith Julie Harris and Robert Forster. Shot on location in New York and Lazio Italy. 29 - 8 x 10 inches 3 - 8 x 9.25 inches 2 - 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Very Good to Near Fine some light creasing and light curling one with staining on bottom and several pinholes one with a modest transparent ink stain. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 148099Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1967. Vintage photograph from the 1967 film. A promotional headshot of Dean Jagger in character as Lt. Col. E.J. Baseman. Sole survivor from his squad at Guadalcanal Sergeant Jack Connell Chad Everett returns home a hero awarded the Metal of Honor and trains recruits only to request a return to active duty on the front lines. Shot on location at Bell Ranch Santa Susana California Africa USA Park Boca Raton Florida and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1957Best.-Nr. 146759N.p.: Edward L. Alperson Productions 1957. Collection of 22 vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film. A classic underrated Dwan film a revenge western in which a young gunslinger Scott Brady seeks to avenge his father's killings and Anne Bancroft plays a young Native American girl who falls in love with him along the way. Written by the pulp fiction writer Steve Fisher one of few who would successfully transition from pulps to Hollywood films with credits including film noirs such as "Lady in the Lake" "Song of the Thin Man" "Johnny Angel" and many more. Set in the border town of Mission Texas shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine light edgewear and some with light creasing in corner margins. Pitts 3367. Edward L. Alperson Productions unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 147882Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1967 film. A South African DeLuxe Color remake of William A. Wellman's 1948 film "Yellow Sky" based on W.R. Burnett's unpublished novel which was loosely based on William Shakespeare's "The Tempest." Prospector Oupa Decker Vincent Price and his granddaughter Diana Ivarson are targeted by bandits led by 'Stretch' Hawkins Robert Gunner. Set in South Africa shot on location in Australia and South Africa. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 147870N.p.: American International Pictures AIP 1968. Vintage studio still photograph of George Hilton from the US release of the 1966 Italian film here under the title "The Brute and the Beast." "Film Buff's Center" stamp on the verso. Italian Spaghetti-Western starring Franco Nero early in his career as prospector Tom Corbett and Hilton as his drunkard half-brother Jeff Corbett who must defend their farm from the greedy gangster Mr. Scott and his psychotic son Junior Scott played by Giuseppe Addobbati and Nino Castelnuovo respectively. Set in Laramie Town Texas shot on location in Lazio Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with horizontal crease along bottom margin. Cox "10000 Ways to Die. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1950Best.-Nr. 147934Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1950. Vintage double weight studio still photograph of John Hodiak and Don Taylor from the 1950 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the serial "Ambush" by Luke Short which was published in "The Saturday Evening Post" December 25 1948 to February 12 1949. Ward Kinsman Robert Taylor a prospector and Indian scout is in search of a white woman Mary Carlyle a general's daughter who has been abducted by Apaches. Sam Wood's final film. Shot on location in Arizona New Mexico and the Corrigan Ranch in Simi Valley California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 147869Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 film. "Film Buff's Center" stamp on the verso. Based on the 1958 novel "The Bounty Killer" by Marvin H. Albert. Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western. Mexican fugitive Jose Gomez Tomas Milian returns to his village pursued by the notorious bounty hunter Luke Chilson Richard Wyler. The debut of Milian in the Western genre. Set in Mexico shot on location in Andalucia Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light creasing near edge. Cox "10000 Ways to Die. United Artists unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 147879Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1965. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1965 film. Based on the 1957 novel by screenwriter Frank Gruber. Gun-for-hire Tom Rosser Dana Andrews is almost killed by gunslinger Lee Ring Lyle Bettger who inadvertently kills Rosser's wife. A few years later Rosser arrives in a town in need of his services is run by Riley Condor Bruce Cabot the man who paid the killer of Rosser's wife. 8 x 10 inches. One Very Good plus with a small closed tear in bottom margin. One Very Good with several pinholes throughout. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1954Best.-Nr. 148043Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1954. Vintage photograph from the 1954 film. Promotional headshot of John Hodiak. Set months before the beginning of the Korean War an American Air Force instructor Major Matt Brady Hodiak is assigned to a Kungju base where he is set with the formidable task of completely transforming the South Korean pilots into unstoppable fighting machines in 25 days. Originally intended for release as a 3D film and filmed in dual 53mm Polaroid 3-D by the time the film premiered in 1954 public interest in 3D had declined and the film was shown as a flat print. Set in South Korea and shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with some light edgewear. Allied Artists unknown books
1979Best.-Nr. 148096Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1979. Two vintage photographs from the 1979 film one a studio still of Robert Morley and Derek Jacobi the other a compilation photograph featuring headshots of John Gielgud Morley Jacobi and Richard Attenborough. Based on the 1978 novel by Graham Greene with screenplay written by Tom Stoppard. A low-level bureaucrat in the British Secret Service M16 Nicol Williamson finds himself unknowingly used by the Soviets as he struggles with his love for his family and the ambiguity of his ethical responsibilities. The final film directed by director Otto Preminger. Set and shot on location in UK and Kenya. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1966Best.-Nr. 146731N.p.: A.C. Lyles Productions 1966. Collection of 21 vintage studio still photographs from the 1966 film in their original brown paper sleeve stamped "'RED TOMAHAWK' 66/365 A17." Army captain Tom York Howard Keel arrives at the town of Deadwood after discovering the massacred 7th Cavalry and General Custer at Little Big Horn warning of an impeding Sioux attack. In desperate need of weapons he knows 2 Gatling guns are somewhere hidden in town but only Dakota Lil Joan Caulfield knows where and she refuses to disclose their whereabouts having had enough tragedy with the deaths of her husband and little boy. York persuades her to tell but before they can be assembled the guns are stolen by Sy Elkins Wendell Corey a degenerate gambler who intends on selling them to the Sioux. Set in Deadwood South Dakota shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine some with light uniform fading. Paper sleeve Near Fine with annotations of actors names in manuscript ink. Pitts 3338. A.C. Lyles Productions unknown books
1983Best.-Nr. 148072Universal City: Universal Studios 1983. Vintage studio still photograph of Dana Hill from the 1983 film. Based on Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' 1942 memoir. Rawlings Mary Steenburgen makes the abrupt decision to leave her husband and move to an isolated orange grove to concentrate on writing her novel "The Yearling." Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Supporting Actor Rip Torn and Best Supporting Actress Alfre Woodward. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in and shot on location in Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Near FIne. Universal Studios unknown books
1978Best.-Nr. 147884Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1978. Vintage studio still photograph of Scott Hylands from the 1978 film. Follows the lives of five young Marines from boot camp through a hellish tour of Vietnam in 1968. They find a possible way out of battle if they can win a soccer tournament. Set in Vietnam shot on location in Philippines. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1951Best.-Nr. 149388London: London Film Productions 1951. Vintage reference photograph of director Carol Reed and actor Ralph Richardson on the set of the 1951 film. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with the stamp of Tele-Magazine. Based on Joseph Conrad's 1896 novel. A selfish criminal takes on a new position as the second-in-command of a trading operation on a remote island village where he seduces the village chieftain's daughter and embezzles from his employers. Controversial at the time of release for its depiction of an interracial romance even though the so-called indigenous Algerian actress in question Kerima was in actuality a white woman from France. Set in Borneo shot on location in Sri Lanka. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a short closed tear to the top edge repaired on the verso with white tape. London Film Productions unknown books
1974Best.-Nr. 149391Paris: Viaduc Productions 1974. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1974 film showing actress Jane Birkin in a plaid miniskirt but no top freezing in an unheated Paris apartment. With manuscript annotations regarding layout on the verso along with a mimeo snipe a provenance stamp and a stamp dated 4 OCT 1973. A dark comedy following a shy bank employee who falls under the sway of a cynical misogynistic novelist. Set and shot on location in Paris. 8 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus overall. Viaduc Productions unknown books
