1971rif. 147580Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1971. Collection of nine photographs including six black and white vintage studio still photographs two-color studio still photographs and one black and white reference photograph for the 1971 film. Included with the collection is a xerographically duplicated four-page set of captions intended to accompany the set with "for reference" written in manuscript ink annotation across the first leaf. Loosely based on David Reuben's 1969 book. Seven comic vignettes centering different weird and wacky sexual proclivities including exhibitionism bestiality and sadism. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1972rif. 145746Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1972. Vintage photograph of Woody Allen and Louise Lasser on the set of the 1972 film. With manuscript annotations and adhesive tape on the verso. Woody Allen's comical take on David Reuben's 1969 book of the same name. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1921rif. 148257Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1921. Vintage reference photograph of actress May McAvoy from the 1921 silent film. With the stamp of Realart Pictures on the verso. Today considered a lost film. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with a few small one inch tears and accompanying creasing to the edges. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1971rif. 147580Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1971. Collection of nine photographs including six black and white vintage studio still photographs two-color studio still photographs and one black and white reference photograph for the 1971 film. Included with the collection is a xerographically duplicated four-page set of captions intended to accompany the set with "for reference" written in manuscript ink annotation across the first leaf. Loosely based on David Reuben's 1969 book. Seven comic vignettes centering different weird and wacky sexual proclivities including exhibitionism bestiality and sadism. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1972rif. 145746Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1972. Vintage photograph of Woody Allen and Louise Lasser on the set of the 1972 film. With manuscript annotations and adhesive tape on the verso. Woody Allen's comical take on David Reuben's 1969 book of the same name. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1949rif. 148303Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1949. Collection of 16 vintage photographs from the 1949 film nine studio still photographs and seven promotional photographs of Paul Douglas Linda Darnell and Celeste Holm. Based on the story "Two Can Sing" originally titled "Career in C Major" by James M. Cain a story originally serialized in American magazine in 1938 then published in the 1943 collection "Three of Kind" along with "Double Indemnity". Leonard Borland Douglas indulges his wife Doris Holm in her ambition to becoming an opera star renting her a concert hall where he meets real opera singer Celia Carver Darnell who discovers Leonard has a wonderful baritone voice. 8 x 10 inches. Uniform fading on most otherwise Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1949rif. 148303Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1949. Collection of 16 vintage photographs from the 1949 film nine studio still photographs and seven promotional photographs of Paul Douglas Linda Darnell and Celeste Holm. Based on the story "Two Can Sing" originally titled "Career in C Major" by James M. Cain a story originally serialized in American magazine in 1938 then published in the 1943 collection "Three of Kind" along with "Double Indemnity". Leonard Borland Douglas indulges his wife Doris Holm in her ambition to becoming an opera star renting her a concert hall where he meets real opera singer Celia Carver Darnell who discovers Leonard has a wonderful baritone voice. 8 x 10 inches. Uniform fading on most otherwise Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1978rif. 169541N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage color reference photograph from the 1978 film showing Clint and his crew and by that we do not mean the film crew. Provenance label and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A trucker turned prizefighter cruises through the west with his pet orangutan and manager-brother searching for his lost love an aspiring country music singer. Set and shot on location in New Mexico California Colorado and Wyoming. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly faded generally Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1978rif. 169541N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage color reference photograph from the 1978 film showing Clint and his crew and by that we do not mean the film crew. Provenance label and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A trucker turned prizefighter cruises through the west with his pet orangutan and manager-brother searching for his lost love an aspiring country music singer. Set and shot on location in New Mexico California Colorado and Wyoming. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly faded generally Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1980rif. 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
1980rif. 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
1970rif. 152335N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film showing actor Marty Feldman as a satyr gleefully reading a salacious paperback novel. An ad man is tasked with creating a new sexy image for a frozen porridge brand. A satirical farce directly ridiculing British conservative activist Mary Whitehouse who in 1970 was staging a war on gratuitous sex in advertising and many other fields of British life. Shot on location in London and Surrey. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good lightly wavy and edgeworn with light soil to the bottom left corner. N.p. unknown books
1969rif. 153094London: Ned Sherrin 1969. Early Draft script for the 1970 British film with annotations in manuscript ink on four pages a "1." on the title page and three underlining locations. Script preceded by six pages of notes on story cast of characters and notes on principal characters. An ad man is tasked with creating a new sexy image for a frozen porridge brand. A satirical farce directly ridiculing British conservative activist Mary Whitehouse who in 1970 was staging a war on gratuitous sex in advertising and many other fields of British life. Shot on location in London and Surrey. Dark blue untitled wrappers with die-cut window in the British Fashion. Title page present dated 6th February 1969 with credits for screenwriters Marty Feldman and Barry Took and story credit for Milton Shulman and Herbert Kretzmer. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three flat metal brads. Ned Sherrin unknown books
1970rif. 152335N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film showing actor Marty Feldman as a satyr gleefully reading a salacious paperback novel. An ad man is tasked with creating a new sexy image for a frozen porridge brand. A satirical farce directly ridiculing British conservative activist Mary Whitehouse who in 1970 was staging a war on gratuitous sex in advertising and many other fields of British life. Shot on location in London and Surrey. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good lightly wavy and edgeworn with light soil to the bottom left corner. N.p. unknown
1969rif. 153094London: Ned Sherrin 1969. Early Draft script for the 1970 British film with annotations in manuscript ink on four pages a "1." on the title page and three underlining locations. Script preceded by six pages of notes on story cast of characters and notes on principal characters. An ad man is tasked with creating a new sexy image for a frozen porridge brand. A satirical farce directly ridiculing British conservative activist Mary Whitehouse who in 1970 was staging a war on gratuitous sex in advertising and many other fields of British life. Shot on location in London and Surrey. Dark blue untitled wrappers with die-cut window in the British Fashion. Title page present dated 6th February 1969 with credits for screenwriters Marty Feldman and Barry Took and story credit for Milton Shulman and Herbert Kretzmer. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three flat metal brads. Ned Sherrin unknown
1937rif. 162378Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1937. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1937 film showing actress Mae West in a feathered headdress and matching gown surrounded by admirers. French copyright stamp on the verso along with annotations in manuscript pencil. West's last film under her Paramount contract about a plucky con artist who hatches a scheme to get rich as a nightclub singer. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with a faint tide mark on the left edge of the verso. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1937rif. 162378Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1937. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1937 film showing actress Mae West in a feathered headdress and matching gown surrounded by admirers. French copyright stamp on the verso along with annotations in manuscript pencil. West's last film under her Paramount contract about a plucky con artist who hatches a scheme to get rich as a nightclub singer. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with a faint tide mark on the left edge of the verso. Paramount Pictures unknown
1966rif. 137536London: Gala Films 1966. Two vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the UK release of the 1965 Spanish film "Cabriola" released in the US as "Every Day Is a Holiday." Mimeo snipes affixed to the versos noting cast synopsis and production company. Pictured is Marisol in action and smiley on horseback Releasing during a time when female bullfighters were widely publicized in national periodicals this film tells the story of Chica Marisol a young Spanish girl who rises to fame as a bullfighter on horseback disguised as a boy. Set in Spain shot on there location. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Hirschhorn p. 145. Gala Films unknown books
1970rif. 161703N.p.: Grove Press 1970. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film. Five photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. A pair of filmmakers in hopes of raising money to shoot a documentary on Lenny Bruce decide to meet that goal by shooting pornographic films with runaway flower kids in Greenwich Village over a weekend. Aspects of cinema verite mixed with sexploitation with an early appearance by actress Joy Bang and a cameo by Robert Altman in the same year he directed MASH. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some faint creasing edgewear and one with a wax pencil annotation on the recto. Grove Press unknown books
1970rif. 161703N.p.: Grove Press 1970. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film. Five photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. A pair of filmmakers in hopes of raising money to shoot a documentary on Lenny Bruce decide to meet that goal by shooting pornographic films with runaway flower kids in Greenwich Village over a weekend. Aspects of cinema verite mixed with sexploitation with an early appearance by actress Joy Bang and a cameo by Robert Altman in the same year he directed MASH. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some faint creasing edgewear and one with a wax pencil annotation on the recto. Grove Press unknown
1970rif. 151266New York: Grove Press 1970. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 art-hardcore film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. An aspiring young filmmaker wants to make his own films but to raise the necessary money must first make some stag films enlisting the help of several teenage flower-children in 1968 Greenwich Village. Featuring an early appearance by a young Robert Altman who plays a porno distributor. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grove Press unknown books
1970rif. 151266New York: Grove Press 1970. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 art-hardcore film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. An aspiring young filmmaker wants to make his own films but to raise the necessary money must first make some stag films enlisting the help of several teenage flower-children in 1968 Greenwich Village. Featuring an early appearance by a young Robert Altman who plays a porno distributor. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grove Press unknown
1960rif. 143202Tokyo: Toho Company 1960. Draft script for the 1960 Japanese film. Manuscript ink and stamp on the outer page edges. Production designer's script with manuscript underlining on numerous pages regarding objects needed for a given scene swimsuits sun cream summer kimonos Persian cat etc. Other annotations in the same hand fill in the names of actors who have been chosen to play the parts of various characters whose names are printed. The double directed feature intentionally creates a juxtaposition between each director's lens and the credits give no indication of how the two collaborated also intentional. According to Audie Bock author of "Japanese Film Directors" Naruse filmed all of the older generation scenes and the Japanese restaurant scenes while Kawashima did the younger generation and the geisha house scenes comparatively the 'comic relief'. A family love triangle sees a mother and daughter in competition and parallels the conflicting nature of new and older generations in modern society. Set in Japan. White titled wrappers noted as 1 on the front wrapper dated 1960. Title page present. 88 leaves with last page of text numbered g-25. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two staples wrapped in paper on spine. Toho Company unknown books
1960rif. 143202Tokyo: Toho Company 1960. Draft script for the 1960 Japanese film. Manuscript ink and stamp on the outer page edges. Production designer's script with manuscript underlining on numerous pages regarding objects needed for a given scene swimsuits sun cream summer kimonos Persian cat etc. Other annotations in the same hand fill in the names of actors who have been chosen to play the parts of various characters whose names are printed. The double directed feature intentionally creates a juxtaposition between each director's lens and the credits give no indication of how the two collaborated also intentional. According to Audie Bock author of "Japanese Film Directors" Naruse filmed all of the older generation scenes and the Japanese restaurant scenes while Kawashima did the younger generation and the geisha house scenes comparatively the 'comic relief'. A family love triangle sees a mother and daughter in competition and parallels the conflicting nature of new and older generations in modern society. Set in Japan. White titled wrappers noted as 1 on the front wrapper dated 1960. Title page present. 88 leaves with last page of text numbered g-25. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two staples wrapped in paper on spine. Toho Company unknown
1993rif. 166676N.p.: N.p. 1993. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the 1993 film showing actress Uma Thurman joyfully riding a horse. Printed snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1976 Tom Robbins novel following the adventures of a woman who capitalizes on her genetic mutation: enormous thumbs. Shot on location throughout Oregon. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
