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1973ref. 156210Paris: Paris Match 1973. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1973 film showing actress Paloma Picasso half-nude in costume as Elizabeth Bathory for the fourth segment of the film. Stamps of Paris-Match and France-Match on the verso along with the stamp of photographer G. Wurtz. Director Walerian Borowczyk's fourth feature length film a sexually explicit time-traveling romp ranging from the bloodthirsty exploits of Elizabeth Bathory to a nineteenth-century country girl masturbating to thoughts of Jesus Christ. 12 x 8 inches. Very Good only with moderate wear at the left and right edges and a fingernail-sized chip at the bottom left corner. Bier 354. Paris Match unknown
1973ref. 158124N.p.: N.p. 1973. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1973 film. One with a provenance stamp on the verso and one with a French visa refusal stamp on the verso. Director Walerian Borowczyk's fourth feature length film a sexually explicit time-traveling romp ranging from the bloodthirsty exploits of Elizabeth Bathory to a nineteenth-century country girl masturbating to thoughts of Jesus Christ. 7 x 5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear on the finish. Bier 354. Arrow Films. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 149309Neuilly-sur-Seine: Argos Films 1973. Vintage grande French poster for the 1973 erotic film. Borowczyk's fourth feature length film a sexually explicit time-traveling romp ranging from the bloodthirsty exploits of Elizabeth Bathory to a nineteenth-century country girl masturbating to thoughts of Jesus Christ. 47 x 63 inches. Linen backed and rolled. Near Fine. Argos Films unknown
1973ref. 149290Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Argos Films 1973. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1973 French erotic film. Two with stamp snipes on the verso one with a printed mimeo snipe to the verso and all three with the stamp of still photographer Andre Marinie. Director Walerian Borowczyk's fourth feature length film a sexually explicit time-traveling romp ranging from the bloodthirsty exploits of Elizabeth Bathory to a nineteenth-century country girl masturbating to thoughts of Jesus Christ. Two photographs 7 x 4.75 inches one photograph 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Bier 354. Argos Films unknown
1979ref. 162221N.p.: N.p. 1979. Six vintage oversize borderless color reference photographs from the 1979 film all showing actress Marina Pierro. An anthology film divided into three segments set in three different time periods Rome in 1520 France at the turn of the century and modern Paris and following three women who are driven to commit crimes of passion. Approximately 11.75 x 7.25 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 159618N.p.: N.p. 1979. Seven vintage reference photographs from the 1979 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso noting the film title in French. An anthology film divided into three segments set in three different time periods Rome in 1520 France at the turn of the century and modern Paris and following three women who are driven to commit crimes of passion. Six photographs 9.5 x 7 inches with wide top and bottom margins and one photograph 9.5 x 6 inches trimmed irregularly. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 158125N.p.: N.p. 1979. Vintage reference photograph from the 1979 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso noting director Walerian Borowczyk's name and the film title in French. An anthology film divided into three segments set in three different time periods Rome in 1520 France at the turn of the century and modern Paris and following three women who are driven to commit crimes of passion. 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 162170Munich: Filmverlag der Autoren 1975. Vintage borderless lobby card for the German release of the 1975 French film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Originally conceived as a short film used as the final installment of director Walerian Borowczyk's anthology film "Immoral Tales" 1973 and expanded in 1975 by the director into a surreal chamber drama. Loosely based on Prosper Merimee's 1869 novella "Lokis." A young newlywed in the French countryside suspects her husband may be hiding a bestial secret. Noted director Walerian Borowczyk's sixth film banned in the UK and US at the time of release now rightfully considered a cult classic. Set in the woods of France. 11.75 x 8.25 inches. Strong Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. Filmverlag der Autoren unknown
1975ref. 160995N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless color photograph from the 1975 French film showing actress Lisbeth Hummel. Originally conceived as a short film used as the final installment of director Walerian Borowczyk's anthology film "Immoral Tales" 1973 and expanded in 1975 by the director into a surreal chamber drama. Loosely based on Prosper Merimee's 1869 novella "Lokis." A young newlywed in the French countryside suspects her husband may be hiding a bestial secret. Noted director Walerian Borowczyk's sixth film banned in the UK and US at the time of release now rightfully considered a cult classic. Set in the woods of France. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 161313Paris: Cinemagence 1975. Vintage oversize double weight photograph from the 1975 French film. Stamp of Paris photograph distributor on the verso. Originally conceived as a short film used as the final installment of director Walerian Borowczyk's anthology film "Immoral Tales" 1973 and expanded in 1975 by the director into a surreal chamber drama. Loosely based on Prosper Merimee's 1869 novella "Lokis." A young newlywed in the French countryside suspects her husband may be hiding a bestial secret. Noted director Walerian Borowczyk's sixth film banned in the UK and US at the time of release now rightfully considered a cult classic. Set in the woods of France. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Cinemagence unknown
1975ref. 159953N.p.: N.p. 1975. Two vintage oversize borderless French studio still color photographs from the 1975 French film showing actress Sirpa Lane. Originally conceived as a short film used as the final installment of director Walerian Borowczyk's anthology film "Immoral Tales" 1973 and expanded in 1975 by the director into a surreal chamber drama. Loosely based on Prosper Merimee's 1869 novella "Lokis." A young newlywed in the French countryside suspects her husband may be hiding a bestial secret. Noted director Walerian Borowczyk's sixth film banned in the UK and US at the time of release now rightfully considered a cult classic. Set in the woods of France. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 145913N.p.: Capital Films 1980. 3 vintage borderless photographs from the 1980 film. Based on Frank Wedekind's character Lulu from his two-play series "Erdgeist" and "Die Buschse der Pandora" Borowczyk's "Lulu" stars Anne Bennent as the enticing opportunistic and ultimately tragic Lulu. G.W. Pabst's classic 1929 "Pandora's Box" starring Louise Brooks was based on the same character. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Near Fine light edgewear. Capital Films unknown
1980ref. 149577N.p.: Capital Films 1980. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1980 film one showing actors Anne Bennent and Udo Kier the other showing Bennent Kier and director Walerian Borowczyk. Based on Frank Wedekind's plays "Erdgeist" and "Die Buschse der Pandora." An opportunistic amoral young woman rises in society through her relationships with monied men. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Near Fine. Capital Films unknown
1975ref. 149861N.p.: N.p. 1975. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of Grazyna Dlugolecka from the 1975 Polish film. Beautiful young Ewa Dlugolecka falls in love with the handsome lodger Lukasz Jerzy Zelnik and travels Europe in search of him falling prey to the lusts and abuses of various men. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1981ref. 160661N.p.: N.p. 1981. Collection of ten vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1981 film including six in black-and-white and four in color. Black-and-white photographs with mimeo snipes on the verso. Loosely based on the classic 1866 novella. In nineteenth-century London a party guest turns up dead at a respectable couple's engagement gathering leading the remaining guests into a whirlpool of sex and debauchery in pursuit of the culprit. 9.5 x 7 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 161046N.p.: N.p. 1976. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1976 film. One with a stamp noting the film's French title on the verso and all three with layout annotations in manuscript ink. Loosely based on the 1967 novel by André Pieyre de Mandiargues about a man who becomes romantically involved with a Parisian sex worker shortly after his wife's suicide. Set and shot on location in Paris. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1953ref. 161400N.p.: N.p. 1953. Third Revised Final Draft script for the 1953 film with rainbow revisions. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960. Based on W. Somerset Maugham's 1921 short story "Miss Thompson" wherein a Christian missionary makes the salvation of a Hawaiian nightclub singer his personal project. Set and shot on location in Kauai Hawaii. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present dated March 31 1953 noted as THIRD REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Harry Kleiner. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue yellow pink teal goldenrod and white revision pages throughout dated variously between April 3 1953 and June 5 1953. Pages Near FIne binding Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1940ref. 149144N.p.: Vitagraph 1940. Vintage keybook photograph of L-to-R Herbert Marshall James Stephenson back to camera director William Wyler and Bette Davis lunching at the Warner Brothers commissary during the filming of the 1940 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Claiming self defense after shooting a man David Newell she was secretly having an affair with Leslie Crosbie Bette Davis is defended by an increasingly skeptical lawyer James Stephenson. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Cinematography Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor. 11 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US. Vitagraph unknown books
1934ref. 159596London: National Film Archive 1934. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1934 film one showing actors Bette Davis and Leslie Howard the other showing director John Cromwell and a camera crew capturing a scene with Kay Johnson and Howard. Both with the stamp of National Film Archive on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. A sensitive clubfooted young man falls in love with a mercurial tearoom waitress. A breakout role for actress Bette Davis and the first of three adaptations of Maugham's novel followed by one in 1946 and one in 1964. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Archive unknown books
1964ref. 137314Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM / Seven Arts 1964. Collection of 13 studio photographs from the 1964 film. The third of three feature films adapted from W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel starring Kim Novak and Laurence Harvey following the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis and the 1946 film starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker. Set in London and filmed by MGM British Studios at Ardmore Studios in County Wicklow Ireland. 10 x 8 inches 25 x 20. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Seven Arts unknown books
1964ref. 158807Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1964 film. The third of three feature films based on W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel following the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis and the 1946 film starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker. A waitress and a medical student engage in a tumultuous years long romance. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1964ref. 155630N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film showing actress Kim Novak nude and on a bed. The third of three feature films based on W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel following the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis and the 1946 film starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine with pinholes on the corners and edges. N.p. unknown books
1953ref. 161400N.p.: N.p. 1953. Third Revised Final Draft script for the 1953 film with rainbow revisions. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960. Based on W. Somerset Maugham's 1921 short story "Miss Thompson" wherein a Christian missionary makes the salvation of a Hawaiian nightclub singer his personal project. Set and shot on location in Kauai Hawaii. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present dated March 31 1953 noted as THIRD REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Harry Kleiner. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue yellow pink teal goldenrod and white revision pages throughout dated variously between April 3 1953 and June 5 1953. Pages Near FIne binding Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1934ref. 159596London: National Film Archive 1934. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1934 film one showing actors Bette Davis and Leslie Howard the other showing director John Cromwell and a camera crew capturing a scene with Kay Johnson and Howard. Both with the stamp of National Film Archive on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. A sensitive clubfooted young man falls in love with a mercurial tearoom waitress. A breakout role for actress Bette Davis and the first of three adaptations of Maugham's novel followed by one in 1946 and one in 1964. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Archive unknown
1964ref. 155630N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film showing actress Kim Novak nude and on a bed. The third of three feature films based on W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel following the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis and the 1946 film starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine with pinholes on the corners and edges. N.p. unknown
