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1979ref. 152096Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Four promotional newspaper ad mats for the 1979 film made for use by distributors exhibitors and the press. Based on the 1968 Broadway musical following a naive Vietnam draftee who befriends and eventually joins a group of drug-fueled antiwar hippies on his way to the army induction center. 12.5 x 19 inches. Four leaves unbound on standard glossy ad mat stock. Generally Very Good plus with a few nicks and light creasing. United Artists unknown books
1979ref. 151617Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film containing 13 black and white photographs and 2 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on the 1968 Broadway musical following a naive Vietnam draftee who befriends and eventually joins a group of drug-fueled antiwar hippies on his way to the army induction center. Photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Olive Films. United Artists unknown books
1966ref. 150132N.p.: N.p. 1966. Three vintage borderless reference photographs of Hana Brejchova from the 1965 film. German mimeo snipe on verso of two of the photographs. One of the best known films from the Czechoslovak New Wave nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and bringing director Milos Forman to international attention. Set in Moravia Czechoslovakia. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. One with a small faint crease and one slightly wavy else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 144. Second Run 54. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 151244London: Gala Film Distributors 1967. Seven vintage reference photographs from the UK release of the 1967 Czechoslovakian film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A volunteer fire department in a provincial town plans a ball in honor of the chief's retirement but the proceedings are marred with comic difficulty at every turn. The first color film directed by Milos Forman a hallmark of the Czechoslovak New Wave and the final film Forman directed in his native Czechoslovakia before relocating to the US in the late 1960s. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Gala Film Distributors unknown books
1965ref. 138325Prague: Filmove studio Barrandov 1965. Original program for the 1965 film with text in both French and English made for the international release of the film. Illustrated throughout with images from the film and line drawings. One of the best known films from the Czechoslovak New Wave nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and bringing Forman to international attention. 11.25 x 8.25 inches 6 pages saddle stapled in self wrappers. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 144. Second Run 54. Filmove studio Barrandov unknown books
1971ref. 149270Universal City: Universal Pictures 1971. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1971 film. Milos Forman's first film made in the US. Larry Tine Buck Henry and his wife Lynn Lynn Carlin return home one evening to find their teenage daughter Jeannie has run away. While out looking for their daughter they come across other parents whose children are missing and form a self-help group only to discover they may feel happier and freer with the children gone. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with light splitting to the folds and title written in manuscript marker on the verso faintly visible on top right center of recto. Universal Pictures unknown books
1937ref. 146572Culver City CA: Universal Pictures 1937. Vintage studio photograph of Jean Rogers from the 1937 film. Passengers of a downed airplane are found having been robbed of their riches. Shortly thereafter another plane crashes and $10000 in bonds are fond missing. Jean Rogers Jean Rogers a stewardess for Continental and her boyfriend Steve Browning William Gargan an aviation inventor attempt to lure the thief onto a flight with a diamond merchant aboard. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine small closed tear in right margin. Universal Pictures unknown books
1974ref. 132530London: Marron Films 1974. Collection of 4 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1974 UK release of the 1973 US film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos and 1 still with layout annotations. A horror-comedy about a reporter who has had an affair with the daughter of the US President. He is sent to Hungary where he is bitten by a werewolf and then gets transferred back to Washington. Suddenly the murder rate in Washington DC escalates. 8 x 10 inches. A few ink annotations on the versos and faint discoloration to 2 stills else Near Fine. Marron Films unknown books
1968ref. 147068N.p.: N.p. 1968. Draft script for the 1969 film. With a single manuscript ink annotation to the first leaf reading "Di Lorenzo." Laid in with the script is a typed summary of the screenplay with a typed note attached likely from a casting agency reader explaining his choice to pass on the screenplay to a younger reader. An early version of the script wherein a group of GIs take over an Italian-controlled North African desert town by posing as Italian soldiers. Set in North Africa. Lacking front wrapper with blue rear wrapper intact. Title page present. 345 leaves with last page of text numbered 343. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall with a small tear to the upper left of the front wrapper bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 147068N.p.: N.p. 1968. Draft script for the 1969 film. With a single manuscript ink annotation to the first leaf reading "Di Lorenzo." Laid in with the script is a typed summary of the screenplay with a typed note attached likely from a casting agency reader explaining his choice to pass on the screenplay to a younger reader. An early version of the script wherein a group of GIs take over an Italian-controlled North African desert town by posing as Italian soldiers. Set in North Africa. Lacking front wrapper with blue rear wrapper intact. Title page present. 345 leaves with last page of text numbered 343. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall with a small tear to the upper left of the front wrapper bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1941ref. 164378Universal City: Universal Pictures 1941. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1941 film showing actor Mischa Auer. Date stamp photographer's stamp and provenance stamp on the verso. In 1841 New Orleans a young woman seeks the fortune of a wealthy banker through marriage while romancing a handsome but poor sailor. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Slightly wavy else about Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1936ref. 150762Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1936. Vintage press photograph of Mitchell Leisen Myrna Loy and John Howard from the preview party at Leisen's house for the 1936 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. What should be a routine transcontinental flight from New York to San Francisco is complicated by its shady passengers which include three jewel thieves a strange nobleman and a beautiful socialite. Shot on location in Alhambra California and Beaver Dam Wisconsin. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
1937ref. 150759N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph of director Mitchell Leisen demonstrating how to kiss Jean Arthur while Ray Milland looks on from the 1937 film. Based on the 1937 short story by Vera Caspary. During the Great Depression obscenely wealthy baker J.B. Ball Edward Arnold angered at his wife's Mary Nash spending throws her very expensive sable coat off the roof where it lands on the head of stenographer Mary Smith Arthur leading to a life-altering chain of events. Set in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Some edgewear else Near Fine. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films A History and Filmography: 1934-1942. N.p. unknown
1935ref. 156642N.p.: N.p. 1935. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1935 film showing director Mitchell Leisen and a camera crew capturing a party scene. Based on Norman Krasna's 1934 play "Small Miracle" about the relationship between a policeman and the dangerous fugitive he has been tasked with guarding for the evening. Set in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1936ref. 150762Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1936. Vintage press photograph of Mitchell Leisen Myrna Loy and John Howard from the preview party at Leisen's house for the 1936 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. What should be a routine transcontinental flight from New York to San Francisco is complicated by its shady passengers which include three jewel thieves a strange nobleman and a beautiful socialite. Shot on location in Alhambra California and Beaver Dam Wisconsin. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1935ref. 156642N.p.: N.p. 1935. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1935 film showing director Mitchell Leisen and a camera crew capturing a party scene. Based on Norman Krasna's 1934 play "Small Miracle" about the relationship between a policeman and the dangerous fugitive he has been tasked with guarding for the evening. Set in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1937ref. 150759N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph of director Mitchell Leisen demonstrating how to kiss Jean Arthur while Ray Milland looks on from the 1937 film. Based on the 1937 short story by Vera Caspary. During the Great Depression obscenely wealthy baker J.B. Ball Edward Arnold angered at his wife's Mary Nash spending throws her very expensive sable coat off the roof where it lands on the head of stenographer Mary Smith Arthur leading to a life-altering chain of events. Set in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Some edgewear else Near Fine. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films A History and Filmography: 1934-1942. N.p. unknown books
1931ref. 148163New York: Continental Talking Pictures 1931. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1931 film showing actress Molly O'Day. A newly escaped ex-convict decides to stow away on a treasure hunting ship bound for far-off waters. 7.25 x 9.5 inches trimmed for press use. Very Good plus. Continental Talking Pictures unknown books
1968ref. 161156N.p.: N.p. 1968. Four vintage borderless double weight oversize reference photographs from the 1968 film all showing actress Monica Nordquist in various states of undress. The titular Carmilla falls in love with her stepfather who is shortly thereafter killed in a car accident leading her to seek revenge against the driver responsible. 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn and wavy one with pinholes at the corners. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 161156N.p.: N.p. 1968. Four vintage borderless double weight oversize reference photographs from the 1968 film all showing actress Monica Nordquist in various states of undress. The titular Carmilla falls in love with her stepfather who is shortly thereafter killed in a car accident leading her to seek revenge against the driver responsible. 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn and wavy one with pinholes at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 167082Paris: Pari Films 1960. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1960 film showing actress Monica Vitti. With the stamp of Pari Films on the verso along with manuscript pencil annotations. A young woman disappears during a cruise in the Mediterranean leading her lover and best friend to search for her. The first film in Antonioni's famed trilogy followed by "La Notte" 1961 and "L'eclisse" 1962. Shot on location throughout Italy including in Rome the Aeolian Islands and Sicily. 12 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 98. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Pari Films unknown
1964ref. 169586N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1964 film showing actress Monica Vitti with Michelangelo Antonioni and Richard Harris during filming on location near a body of water. Antonioni's first color film and the last in a quartet of films made between 1959 and 1964 about women in modern culture preceded by "L'avventura" "La Notte" and L'Eclisse" and the lie of happiness and better living. This entry very much an antecedent to Todd Haynes' "Safe" 1995 focuses on Vitti a woman trying to survive in the modern world of cultural neurosis and existential doubt. Carlo Di Palma's cinematography remains legendary today for its stunningly colored industrial landscapes beautifully and yet indirectly evoking Vitti's unease alienation and vivid perceptions. Shot on location in Ravenna Sardinia and Rome Italy. 12 x 9 inches. Very Good plus. BFI 1134. Criterion Collection 522. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 167082Paris: Pari Films 1960. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1960 film showing actress Monica Vitti. With the stamp of Pari Films on the verso along with manuscript pencil annotations. A young woman disappears during a cruise in the Mediterranean leading her lover and best friend to search for her. The first film in Antonioni's famed trilogy followed by "La Notte" 1961 and "L'eclisse" 1962. Shot on location throughout Italy including in Rome the Aeolian Islands and Sicily. 12 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 98. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Pari Films unknown books
1964ref. 169586N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1964 film showing actress Monica Vitti with Michelangelo Antonioni and Richard Harris during filming on location near a body of water. Antonioni's first color film and the last in a quartet of films made between 1959 and 1964 about women in modern culture preceded by "L'avventura" "La Notte" and L'Eclisse" and the lie of happiness and better living. This entry very much an antecedent to Todd Haynes' "Safe" 1995 focuses on Vitti a woman trying to survive in the modern world of cultural neurosis and existential doubt. Carlo Di Palma's cinematography remains legendary today for its stunningly colored industrial landscapes beautifully and yet indirectly evoking Vitti's unease alienation and vivid perceptions. Shot on location in Ravenna Sardinia and Rome Italy. 12 x 9 inches. Very Good plus. BFI 1134. Criterion Collection 522. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 170384N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1973 film showing actress Monique van de Ven topless. Annotations in manuscript ink to the verso. Based on Jan Wolkers' 1969 novel. A gifted but poor sculptor marries a beautiful wealthy young woman but their relationship is tumultuous and soon sours. Director Paul Verhoeven's second feature film the screen debuts of both Rutger Hauer and van de Ven and the most successful release in the history of Dutch cinema. Set and shot on location in Noord-Holland and Rotterdam Netherlands. 9.75 x 12 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
