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1975ref. 169539N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1975 French adult film a rare image showing director and in this case co-star Jean Rollin with script in hand and holding a magnificent pipe. Joining Rollin are actresses Rachel Mhas and Claudia Zante on the set. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A horror-influenced hardcore film about a count who ensnares beautiful women in his castle. The first and only pornographic film in which Rollin was credited under his own name and not a pseudonym. 6.75 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Bier 1364. Hinds 222. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 166092N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1971 French film. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Director Jean Rollin's third vampire film following "Le viol du vampire" 1968 and "La vampire nue" 1970. 7 x 9.5 inches with a wide right margin. Near Fine. Hinds 76. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 157637N.p.: N.p. 1976. Seven vintage borderless reference photographs of Tania Busselier and Eva Khris from the 1976 French film. One with the stamp of photographer Hubert Toyot on the verso. JJean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil more commonly known as Jean Rollin had gained notoriety and some scandal with his early French vampire films "Le Viol du Vampire" 1968 "La Vampier Nue" 1970 "Le Frisson des Vampires" 1970 and "Requiem pour un Vampire" 1971. When beginning production on his first non-vampire film "La Rose de Fer" 1973 he found himself in need of funding and began making adult sex films which he continued to direct under a variety of pseudonyms through the mid-1980s. Two photographs 7 x 5 inches five photographs 9.25 x 7 inches. Very Good plus. Hinds 222. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 146900N.p.: Films du Berry 1976. Four vintage borderless studio still photographs and one contact sheet from the 1976 film. Two larger gloss finish photographs and two smaller matte finish photographs and contact sheet containing eleven images. Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil more commonly known as Jean Rollin had gained notoriety and some scandal with his early French vampire films "Le Viol du Vampire" 1968 "La Vampier Nue" 1970 "Le Frisson des Vampires" 1970 and "Requiem pour un Vampire" 1971. When beginning production on his first non-vampire film "La Rose de Fer" 1973 he found himself in need of funding and began making adult sex films which he continued to direct under a variety of pseudonyms through the mid-1980s. Two photographs 7 x 9.5 inches two photographs 5 x 7 inches Contact Sheet 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Hinds 222. Films du Berry unknown
1974ref. 158144N.p.: N.p. 1974. Six vintage borderless reference photographs and two contact sheets from the 1974 French sexploitation film. Contact sheets with twelve images each. While housesitting for her cousin a young girl is kidnapped by a vengeful sadomasochistic sex cult. An early adult film by noted French director Jean Rollin. Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil more commonly known as Jean Rollin had gained notoriety and some scandal with his early French vampire films "Le Viol du Vampire" 1968 "La Vampier Nue" 1970 "Le Frisson des Vampires" 1970 and "Requiem pour un Vampire" 1971. When beginning production on his first non-vampire film "La Rose de Fer" 1973 he found himself in need of funding and began making adult sex films which he continued to direct under a variety of pseudonyms through the mid-1980s. Contact sheets 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Three photographs 7 x 5 inches three photographs 9.5 x 7 inches. Generally Very Good plus to Good with some moderate fading and edgewear. Bier 1669. Hinds 196. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 149588N.p.: Nordia Films 1974. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1974 erotic horror film. A young woman watching over her cousin's house is mistakenly kidnapped by a crazed sex cult. Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil more commonly known as Jean Rollin had gained notoriety and some scandal with his early French vampire films "Le Viol du Vampire" 1968 "La Vampier Nue" 1970 "Le Frisson des Vampires" 1970 and "Requiem pour un Vampire" 1971. When beginning production on his first non-vampire film "La Rose de Fer" 1973 he found himself in need of funding and began making adult sex films which he continued to direct under a variety of pseudonyms through the mid-1980s. 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus. Bier 1669. Hinds 196. Nordia Films unknown
1975ref. 169539N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1975 French adult film a rare image showing director and in this case co-star Jean Rollin with script in hand and holding a magnificent pipe. Joining Rollin are actresses Rachel Mhas and Claudia Zante on the set. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A horror-influenced hardcore film about a count who ensnares beautiful women in his castle. The first and only pornographic film in which Rollin was credited under his own name and not a pseudonym. 6.75 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Bier 1364. Hinds 222. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 166092N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1971 French film. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Director Jean Rollin's third vampire film following "Le viol du vampire" 1968 and "La vampire nue" 1970. 7 x 9.5 inches with a wide right margin. Near Fine. Hinds 76. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 170769N.p.: N.p. 1975. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1975 Belgian film. Based on Maud Frère's 1961 novel "La délice." In the 1950s a young woman struggles to find love after a traumatic past: a sexual assault during the war and the suicide of her father shortly after. Shot on location in Blankenberge Belgium. Approximately 9.5 x 7 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 170769N.p.: N.p. 1975. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1975 Belgian film. Based on Maud Frère's 1961 novel "La délice." In the 1950s a young woman struggles to find love after a traumatic past: a sexual assault during the war and the suicide of her father shortly after. Shot on location in Blankenberge Belgium. Approximately 9.5 x 7 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1930ref. 167086N.p.: N.p. 1930. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1930 French film one showing actress Catherine Hessling the other showing actor Jean Renoir and Hessling together. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. Catherine Hessling's beauty drew her to the attention of Henri Matisse who sent her to model for Pierre-Auguste Renoir. A romance developed between the fledgling model and Renoir's second son Jean and the couple were married in January of 1920. Hessling appeared in several of Renoir's films before the couple's divorce in 1931 including Renoir's first feature-length film "The Whirlpool of Fate" 1925 and his 1926 adaptation of Émile Zola's "Nana." 6.75 x 9 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1945ref. 150906N.p.: N.p. 1945. Vintage reference photograph from the 1945 film showing actors Percy Kilbride Blanche Yurka Charles Kemper and Betty Field. Based on George Sessions Perry's 1941 novel "Hold Autumn in Your Hand." A poor southern family struggles to establish a cotton crop in Texas hoping to fend off starvation and the hardships of rural life. The fourth of six American films made by director Jean Renoir and the only film for which he received an Academy Award nomination. Shot in Madera and Millerton Lake California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1951ref. 151232Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1951. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1951 film three showing crew members on the set including novelist Rumer Godden cinematographer Satyajit Ray producer Kenneth McEldowney and director Jean Renoir. One with a partially faded provenance stamp on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Godden's 1946 novel. Renoir's first feature length film in color following an adolescent girl coming of age in British colonial India. Shot on location in West Bengal India. Three photographs 8 x 10 inches one 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1951ref. 142076Beverly Hills CA: Oriental International Pictures / United Artists 1951. Vintage reference photograph from the 1951 film showing Renoir giving directions to an actor while members of the crew look on. Based on the 1946 novel by Rumer Godden who adapted it for the screen with Renoir. The film's crew included Satyajit Ray who worked as an assistant director on the film after meeting Renoir. Ray's longtime cinematographer Subrata Mitra also worked on the film and the two would come to international attention four years later with "Pather Panchali." Set and shot on location in India. 10 x 8 inches. Slight wear around the edges else Near Fine. BFI 619. Criterion Collection 276. Ebert III. Oriental International Pictures / United Artists unknown books
1951ref. 149591Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1951. Vintage studio still photograph of director Jean Renoir and screenwriter Rumer Godden on the set of the 1951 film. Based on Godden's 1946 novel. Renoir's first feature length film in color following an adolescent girl coming of age in British colonial India. Shot on location in West Bengal India. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Ebert III. BFI 619. Criterion Collection 276. United Artists unknown books
1951ref. 148360N.p.: N.p. 1951. Three vintage studio still photographs with narrow margins from the 1951 film. All with "Archives Maurice Bessy" labels two with provenance stampa of film historian "Maurice Bessy" and one with Italian mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1946 novel by Rumer Godden who adapted it for the screen with Renoir. The film's crew included Satyajit Ray who worked as an assistant director on the film after meeting Renoir. Ray's longtime cinematographer Subrata Mitra also worked on the film and the two would come to international attention four years later with "Pather Panchali." "The River" an international co-production distributed by United Artists concerns three young girls two British one Indian in Bengal who become infatuated with an ex-soldier who comes into their lives. Set and shot on location in India. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. BFI 619. Criterion Collection 276. Ebert III. N.p. unknown books
1935ref. 149372Marseille: Les Films Marcel Pagnol 1935. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1935 film showing director Jean Renoir and actors Charles Blavette and Celia Montalvan on location during filming of the 1935 film. With the stamps of photographer Roger Corbeau and Cinemonde to the verso. Renoir's seventh sound film and an early example of the director's influence on both the French Left Bank and Italian neorealist movements. Renoir cast primarily non-professional actors and shot on location to craft the story of a group of immigrants working in a small town in Provence. Set and shot on location in the south of France. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine lightly and evenly toned. Les Films Marcel Pagnol unknown books
1959ref. 142159France: Radio-Television Francaise RTF / Societe Financiere de Radiodiffusion / Compagnie Jean Renoir 1959. Archive of 36 press photographs taken on the set of the 1959 film mounted to four printed card stock proof sheets from "Telerama" magazine with each sheet containing manuscript ink annotations with the name of the production credits for Renoir and photographer R. Saguet and with three dated January 26 1959 and one dated April 4 1959. Accompanying the photographs are 35 negatives for photographs in the archive and 1 negative for a photograph that was not struck and mounted. All the photographs featuring cast and crew working on the set and 16 feature images of Renoir on the set. Also included are two vintage borderless press photographs depicting scenes for the film. Each with the stamp of "Telerama" on the verso along with manuscript annotations identifying the film and for layout. Renoir's loose adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" premiering at the Venice Film Festival followed by airing on French television and an international theatrical release. Proof photographs and negatives roughly 2 x 2 inches. Fine. Proof sheets 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Card stock. About Near Fine with some wear at the corners. Press photographs 7.25 x 5 inches. Light diagonal creasing to the upper corner of one photograph else Near Fine. Radio-Television Francaise [RTF] / Societe Financiere de Radiodiffusion / Compagnie Jean Renoir unknown books
1947ref. 159822Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1947. Vintage reference photograph of director Jean Renoir talking with actors Joan Bennett and Robert Ryan on the set of the 1947 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with a provenance stamp and the stamp of RKO photographer John Miehls. Renoir's last Hollywood film one of his most impressionistic and artistic efforts. A coast guard officer with post-traumatic stress disorder becomes involved with the beautiful wife of a blind painter. Shot on location in Malibu and Sequit Point California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1936ref. 145854Paris: Films Albatros 1936. Vintage oversize double weight French studio still photograph from the 1936 film. Notations listing other French films in manuscript ink on verso and with a negative-printed credit for photographer Roger Forster at the bottom left corner of the recto. Winner of 1936's Louis Delluc Prize the first year the prize was awarded Renoir's film is based on a Maxim Gorky play depicting life in a flophouse centering on a bankrupted Baron Louis Jouvet a thief Jean Gabin his two lovers and the landlord. Akira Kurosawa also adapted Gorky's play in 1957 as . Renoir's adaptation not nearly as bleak as Gorky's play maintains a warm humanity but in the case of Kurosawa the setting is changed to Edo period Japan and the story remains faithfully grim. Set in Russia shot on location in France. 9 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus light edgewear creases and pinholes at corners. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. Criterion Collection 239. Films Albatros unknown books
1956ref. 143992Paris: Franco London Film S.A. 1956. Original program for the 1956 English language release of the 1955 French-Italian film. Deluxe program in English text illustrated throughout in black-and-white stills from the film detailing the film synopsis. Also includes 8 full-color borderless film stills akin to lobby cards a brief filmography of director Renoir and transcript of an interview between Renoir and Georges Van Parys from January 1 1955 and sheet music for the theme song "Complainte de la butte." Housed in a Franco London Film folder with tipped-in plate reproducing Pierre-Auguste Renoir's "Le Moulin de la Galette" and film title in red on the front wrapper. Based on an idea by Andre-Paul Antoine his second to last film credit before "La dulce enemiga" 1957. Set in 1890s Paris Henri Danglard Gabin is the owner of a cafe where his mistress Lola Felix performs as a belly dancer. With the cafe nearly bankrupt Henri inspired by an old-fashioned cancan in Montmartre decides to add a new dancer to revive his business. Cue a laundress named Nini Arnoul who soon finds fame at the Moulin Rouge. François Truffaut's review in "Arts" magazine May 1955 was highly supportive even though other critics like Bernard Chardere criticised the music the sets even the final cancan scene. Regardless the film was awarded the Grand Prix de l'Academie du Cinéma 1956. Program 9 x 12.5 inches saddle-stapled and string-bound 4 leaves in slightly larger folder. 8 film stills 9 x 12 inches. Interview slightly smaller than stills single leaf printed on both sides and sheet music slightly larger dated 1954 single leaf folded twice 3 sides printed. Very Good plus overall with a few small scattered creases and brief dampstains to the folder. Criterion Collection. Roger Ebert Great Movies IV. Franco London Film S.A. unknown books
1947ref. 172385Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1947. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1947 film noir. Based on the 1945 novel "None So Blind" by Mitchell Wilson. A Coast Guard officer develops feelings for a married woman despite the presence of her blind husband. Shot on location in Malibu CA. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with a crease down the left side of the photos. One photo with a small tear at the right edge. One photograph with a loss at the top right corner. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1959ref. 144576France: Radio-Television Francaise RTF 1959. Vintage photograph of Jean Renoir and members of the crew on the set of the 1959 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Renoir's loose adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" premiering at the Venice Film Festival followed by airing on French television and an international theatrical release. 11 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine. Radio-Television Francaise [RTF] unknown books
1956ref. 144496Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1956. Vintage photograph of Jean Renoir and Ingrid Bergman on the set of the 1956 French film. Agency stamps on the verso. A romantic-comedy set in 1890 Paris starring Ingrid Bergman as Elena Sokorowskaa Polish princess who has a reputation for bringing good luck to her lovers. While scheduled to be married to a wealthy family friend with plans to bring new money to the family's dwindling fortune she meets Count de Chevincourt Mel Ferrer the aide to General Rollan Jean Marais. Both men are taken by her charm and find themselves in a romantic knot with repercussions for all of France. Shot on location in and around Paris. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine with single bottom margin. 244 Criterion Collection. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Warner Brothers unknown books
1956ref. 150324N.p.: N.p. 1956. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of actress Ingrid Bergman filing her nails on the set of the 1956 film. With the stamps of Match magazine Photo Garofalo and Gamma picture agency on the verso. In turn-of-the-century France a young Polish princess agrees to marry a wealthy older man to save her family from the poorhouse but finds herself falling in love with a handsome stranger despite her engagement. The third film in director Jean Renoir's romance trilogy preceded by "The Golden Coach" 1953 and "French Cancan" 1955. Set and shot on location in France. 9 x 11.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
