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1968ref. 161022Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1968. Four vintage color studio still photographs from the 1968 film. Provenance stamps on the versos. Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin. A seminal horror film one of the best genre pictures ever made from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema bringing together newcomer Roman Polanski as director established producer William Castle young star Mia Farrow and Hollywood veteran John Cassavetes. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ruth Gordon and nominated for Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with pinholes at the corners. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 630. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Rosenbaum 1000. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1968ref. 150771Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1968. Vintage reference photograph of Roman Polanski on the set of the 1968 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Of note the Paramount Pictures mimeo snipe announces that playing with "Rosemary's Baby" is the Neil Simon "laugh hit 'The Odd Couple.'" Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin. A seminal horror film one of the best genre pictures ever made from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema bringing together newcomer Roman Polanski as director established producer William Castle young star Mia Farrow and Hollywood veteran John Cassavetes. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ruth Gordon and nominated for Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine National Film Registy. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Criterion Collection 630. Rosenbaum 1000. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1968ref. 149124N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage reference photograph of Roman Polanski and Mia Farrow in front of the flagship Tiffany & Co. store on Fifth Ave New York City during the filming of the 1968 film. Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin. A seminal horror film one of the best genre pictures ever made from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema bringing together newcomer Roman Polanski as director established producer William Castle young star Mia Farrow and Hollywood veteran John Cassavetes. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ruth Gordon and nominated for Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine National Film Registy. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Criterion Collection 630. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 144427Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1968. Two vintage candid photographs from the 1968 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso of each. A seminal horror film one of the finest genre pictures ever made from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema bringing together Hollywood newcomer Roman Polanski old-time producer William Castle young star Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes. Set and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 630. Rosenbaum 1000. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1962ref. 143952Paris: Films Polski 1962. Collection of eight vintage French photographs from the 1962 Polish film. Starring actors and images of the sailboat are seen including a few candid moments and a full-length portrait of actor Anna Ciepielewska. Nearly all with numerical annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos. Also included is an original French language press packet for the film detailing synopsis and star biographies. Housed in a white envelope with annotations in manuscript ink including French film title and a "Pictorial Service" rubber-stamp. Polanski's directorial debut and his only Polish language film. A couple on a sailing trip picks up a hitchhiker just for kicks. The sexual tension mounts in dramatic film noir fashion. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Seven photos 5 x 7 inches borderless. Ciepieleska photo 7 x 9.25 inches. Envelope 10 x 12.5 inches. Press packet ditto-style mimeograph on white stock five leaves corner-stapled. Photos and packet Near Fine envelope Very Good overall. Criterion Collection 215. Grant France. Films Polski unknown books
1967ref. 128071N.p.: Sigma III 1967. Vintage studio still photograph of Donald Pleasence from the 1966 film. Roman Polanski's third film and second film in English. Compared since its release to Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett in terms of tone and theme a psychological thriller of the first order exploring themes of horror frustrated sexuality and alienation-concepts the director has mined and evolved for decades with great invention. Set in and shot on location at Lindisfarne Castle England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 577. Grant UK. Sigma III unknown books
1981ref. 163679Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1981. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1979 British and French production. Based upon the the 1891 Thomas Hardy novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" and one of director Roman Polanski's most acclaimed works wherein Nastassja Kinski stars as the titular character; a young innocent and shy peasant girl sent by her impoverished family to visit wealthy relatives seeking employment only to be seduced and left pregnant by her supposed cousin Alec. The ninth film adaptation of the novel. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Cinematography and nominated for three others including Best Picture and Best Director. Set in Thomas Hardy's Wessex during the 1880s shot on location in Manche Ille-et-Vilaine Calvados and Côtes-d'Armor France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. BFI 2098. Criterion Collection 697. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1976ref. 138189Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1976. Vintage press kit for the 1976 film. Included in the kit are 18 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs and 58 pages of promotional and production information. Based on the 1964 novel "Le locataire chimerique" by Roland Topor. The third final film in Polanski's "Apartment Trilogy" following "Repulsion" and "Rosemary's Baby" in which Polanski plays the role of a man who finds out that the previous tenant of his Parisian apartment attempted suicide by jumping out the window. Slowly the man becomes obsessed with the tenant taking on more and more of her habits ultimately including her attempts at self destruction. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in Paris and shot there on location. Photographs 8 x 10 inches. 18 pages of production information saddle stapled 8.5 x 11 inches with an additional 40 pages of corner stapled production information. All materials about Fine housed in a Very Good plus studio folder. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1976ref. 154967N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1976 film showing director-actor Roman Polanski and actress Isabelle Adjani. Collection stamp on the verso. Based on the 1964 novel "Le locataire chimerique" or "The Tenant" in the US edition by Roland Topor. The third and final film in Polanski's "Apartment Trilogy" following "Repulsion" and "Rosemary's Baby" about a man who finds out that the previous tenant of his Parisian apartment attempted suicide by jumping out the window. Slowly the man becomes obsessed with the tenant taking on more and more of her habits ultimately including her attempts at self destruction. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set and shot on location in Paris. 9 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 150774Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1974. Vintage borderless studio still photograph with bottom margin of Roman Polanski from the 1974 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. A definitive entry in the New Hollywood canon and a worthy rival to director Roman Polanski's 1968 masterpiece "Rosemary's Baby." Nominated for eleven Academy Awards winning one for Best Original Screenplay for Robert Towne. Set in 1930s Los Angeles shot on location throughout California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Grant US. Penzler 101 Greatest Films of Mystery and Suspense. Schrader's Canon Fodder 43. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir US. Spicer Neo-Noir US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1934ref. 302814New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1934. 1934. First American edition from English sheets. 8vo. Translated by Ann Gretton. Dust jacket unclipped. Very good. 286 pages. Screenwriter Dudley Nichols' copy signed by him on the front free endpaper. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. hardcover
1934ref. 302814New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1934. 1934. First American edition from English sheets. 8vo. Translated by Ann Gretton. Dust jacket unclipped. Very good. 286 pages. Screenwriter Dudley Nichols' copy signed by him on the front free endpaper. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. hardcover books
1966ref. 135801N.p.: Trans American Films 1966. Original pressbook for the 1966 Italian film. An early "mondo" documentary "shockumentary" featuring shockingly real customs throughout the world predating many similar films that would make the "video nasties" list a list of films banned in England in the 1980s. Not to be confused with the 1980 Lamberto Bava film of the same name. The "shockumentary" is a type of filmmaking that relates worldly customs and practices that would seem shocking to normal audiences often showcasing staged events rather than actual ones. Similar films include "Mondo cane" 1962 "Taboos of the World" 1963 and "Ecco" 1964. This film features gypsy tribes surgery footage wrestling head-hunting Brazilians sexy secretaries eating snakes hanging children on parade floats in Italy Swedish railway roulette and much more. Narrated by prolific voice-over actor Marvin Miller who's film credits include "Blood on the Sun" 1945 "Red Planet Mars" 1952 "Godzilla Raids Again" 1955 "Forbidden Planet" 1956 and Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" 1959. 11 x 17 inches saddle-stapled 8 pages. black-and-white throughout with green wrappers. Horizontal fold at the middle else Near Fine. Trans American Films unknown
1965ref. 162284N.p.: American International Pictures 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1963 Italian film. Provenance stamp on the verso. An early mondo-style shockumentary focusing on various curious and repulsive customs and practices around the globe. Original US release narrated by Vincent Price. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and faint creasing with three spots of toning two to the top left and one to the margin of the top right corner. American International Pictures unknown
1966ref. 135801N.p.: Trans American Films 1966. Original pressbook for the 1966 Italian film. An early "mondo" documentary "shockumentary" featuring shockingly real customs throughout the world predating many similar films that would make the "video nasties" list a list of films banned in England in the 1980s. Not to be confused with the 1980 Lamberto Bava film of the same name. The "shockumentary" is a type of filmmaking that relates worldly customs and practices that would seem shocking to normal audiences often showcasing staged events rather than actual ones. Similar films include "Mondo cane" 1962 "Taboos of the World" 1963 and "Ecco" 1964. This film features gypsy tribes surgery footage wrestling head-hunting Brazilians sexy secretaries eating snakes hanging children on parade floats in Italy Swedish railway roulette and much more. Narrated by prolific voice-over actor Marvin Miller who's film credits include "Blood on the Sun" 1945 "Red Planet Mars" 1952 "Godzilla Raids Again" 1955 "Forbidden Planet" 1956 and Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" 1959. 11 x 17 inches saddle-stapled 8 pages. black-and-white throughout with green wrappers. Horizontal fold at the middle else Near Fine. Trans American Films unknown books
1965ref. 162284N.p.: American International Pictures 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1963 Italian film. Provenance stamp on the verso. An early mondo-style shockumentary focusing on various curious and repulsive customs and practices around the globe. Original US release narrated by Vincent Price. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and faint creasing with three spots of toning two to the top left and one to the margin of the top right corner. American International Pictures unknown books
1982ref. 167103Paris: Sygma 1982. Five vintage oversize reference photographs from the 1982 film including several photographs of actress Romy Schneider director Jacques Rouffio and others on the set. Mimeo snipes and provenance stamps on the versos. Based on the 1936 novel by Joseph Kessel. Schneider's poor physical health after a kidney operation and mental health after the death of her fourteen-year-old son the previous year delayed production and this film was ultimately her final performance before her death in May of 1982. Shot on location in Berlin and Paris. 12 x 8 inches. Very Good Plus to Near Fine. Sygma unknown
1959ref. 167610Berlin: Bakros International 1959. Four vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1957 West German film. Based on the 1937 novel by Gábor Vaszary. In Paris a Hungarian artist falls in love with a girl who claims to have come from a wealthy background only to later discover that she's made up her past in order to impress him. An early performance by actress Romy Schneider released only a year after her breakthrough performance in "Sissi-The Young Empress" 1956. Shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Good all four photographs wavy and dampstained and three with rust marks at each corner see images. Bakros International unknown books
1982ref. 167103Paris: Sygma 1982. Five vintage oversize reference photographs from the 1982 film including several photographs of actress Romy Schneider director Jacques Rouffio and others on the set. Mimeo snipes and provenance stamps on the versos. Based on the 1936 novel by Joseph Kessel. Schneider's poor physical health after a kidney operation and mental health after the death of her fourteen-year-old son the previous year delayed production and this film was ultimately her final performance before her death in May of 1982. Shot on location in Berlin and Paris. 12 x 8 inches. Very Good Plus to Near Fine. Sygma unknown books
1974ref. 167632Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1974 film showing actress Janee Mitchell asleep with a snake ready to attack at the lower right. Four estranged cousins three Black one white convene at a mansion in the Atlanta outskirts to attend the reading of their late great-grandmother's will unaware that her voodoo powers from beyond the grave will involve them in a murderous re-birthing ritual. Set and shot on location in Atlanta Georgia. 10 x 8 inches. Light dampstaining on the top edge of the verso else Near Fine. Thrower Nightmare USA. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1973ref. 162732Los Angeles: Chocolate Chip / Pinto 1973. Final Draft script for the 1974 Blaxploitation film. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper noting copy No. 04. Four estranged cousins three Black one white convene at a mansion called Skull Mountain to attend the reading of their late great-grandmother's will unaware that her voodoo powers from beyond the grave will involve them in a murderous re-birthing ritual. Set and shot on location in Atlanta Georgia. Red pictorial titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper dated 3-28-73 with credits for director Ron Honthaner and screenwriter Mildred Pares. Title page present dated 4-23-73 noted as Final Draft with credit for Pares. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Thrower Nightmare USA. Chocolate Chip / Pinto unknown
1974ref. 167632Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1974 film showing actress Janee Mitchell asleep with a snake ready to attack at the lower right. Four estranged cousins three Black one white convene at a mansion in the Atlanta outskirts to attend the reading of their late great-grandmother's will unaware that her voodoo powers from beyond the grave will involve them in a murderous re-birthing ritual. Set and shot on location in Atlanta Georgia. 10 x 8 inches. Light dampstaining on the top edge of the verso else Near Fine. Thrower Nightmare USA. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1973ref. 162732Los Angeles: Chocolate Chip / Pinto 1973. Final Draft script for the 1974 Blaxploitation film. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper noting copy No. 04. Four estranged cousins three Black one white convene at a mansion called Skull Mountain to attend the reading of their late great-grandmother's will unaware that her voodoo powers from beyond the grave will involve them in a murderous re-birthing ritual. Set and shot on location in Atlanta Georgia. Red pictorial titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper dated 3-28-73 with credits for director Ron Honthaner and screenwriter Mildred Pares. Title page present dated 4-23-73 noted as Final Draft with credit for Pares. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Thrower Nightmare USA. Chocolate Chip / Pinto unknown books
1982ref. 156663Geneva: Regina-Film 1982. Collection of ten vintage color reference photographs from the 1982 adult film. Stamp of Regina-Film on the versos. A doctor begins to secretly film his sex-crazed patients in action. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with wide horizontal margins. Regina-Film unknown
1982ref. 156663Geneva: Regina-Film 1982. Collection of ten vintage color reference photographs from the 1982 adult film. Stamp of Regina-Film on the versos. A doctor begins to secretly film his sex-crazed patients in action. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with wide horizontal margins. Regina-Film unknown books
