Jean Renoir (director, screenwriter); Maria Felix, Francoise Arnoul, Jean Gabin (starring)Biblio.com
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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
1938ref. 151968Paris: Paris Film 1938. Vintage oversize double weight reference photograph from the 1938 film showing actors Jean Gabin and Julien Carette. Based on the 1890 social realist novel by Emile Zola. Director Jean Renoir's film remains true to the proletarian source material while grafting on elements of film noir and his own humanist philosophy. One of the director's biggest commercial successes with a powerful lead performance by Jean Gabin. Remade in the US by Fritz Lang in 1954 as "Human Desire." 15.75 x 12 inches. Very Good plus with creasing to far bottom corners with a small bruise on right side small crease to top right and a very small closed tear in top margin. Criterion Collection 324. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Paris Film unknown
1931ref. 148495N.p.: N.p. 1931. Vintage reference photograph from the 1931 film. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil and two overlapping National Film Archive stamps on the verso. A key French film noir antecedent based on the 1929 novel by Georges de La Fouchardiere and the 1930 play by Andre Mouezy-Eon. An aspiring painter trapped in an abusive marriage falls in love with a prostitute who scams him out of the money for his paintings with the help of her pimp. The second sound film by Jean Renoir. Remade in 1945 as Scarlet Street directed by Fritz Lang and starring Edward G. Robinson and Joan Bennett. Set in and shot on location in Paris. 9.75 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 818. Grant France. N.p. unknown
1937ref. 154246New York: Filmarte 1937. Vintage reference photograph from the 1937 film showing L-R Jean Gabin Gaston Modot Pierre Fresnay Julien Carette Jean Daste and Marcel Dalio. Provenance stamp and library stamps to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A disparate group of French soldiers plan an escape from their German captors during World War I. Widely regarded as a masterpiece of French cinema a poignant look at nationalism class differences and prejudice. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light wear to the corners. Criterion Collection 1. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Filmarte unknown
1938ref. 151432New York: Filmarte 1938. Vintage program for the US premiere of the 1937 French film which opened at the Filmarte Theatre in New York on September 12 1938. A disparate group of French soldiers plan an escape from their German captors during World War I. Widely regarded as a masterpiece of French cinema a poignant look at nationalism class differences and prejudice. 5.5 x 8.75 inches. One leaf bi-fold. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 1. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Filmarte 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
1962ref. 151080N.p.: N.p. 1962. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1962 film including one of Jean Renoir sitting amongst the cast on the set of the film. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil provenance stamp and label of film historian "Maurice Bessy" and "Le Caporal Epingle" stamp all on verso. Two photos shown please inquire to see others. Based on the 1947 novel by Jacques Perret. A comedic account of a French aristocrat's repeated attempts to escape from a German POW camp during WWII. A companion piece to Renoir's earlier WWI set masterpiece "Le Grande Illusion" 1937. Shot on location in Paris France and Vienna Austria. 9.5 x 7 inches. Some light edgewear else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 140952France: Les Films du Cyclope / Omnia Films 1962. Vintage photograph from the 1962 film showing Jean Renoir directing star Jean-Pierre Cassel and some supporting actors during an outdoor shot with the boom operator in the background. Manuscript pencil notation on the verso identifying the subjects and film. Based on Jacques Perret's 1947 novel a comedic account of a French aristocrat's repeated attempts to escape from a German POW camp during WWII and a companion piece to Renoir's earlier WWI set masterpiece "Le Grande Illusion" 1937. 10.75 x 8.25 inches. Light creasing to the borders Near Fine. Les Films du Cyclope / Omnia Films unknown
1957ref. 144612Paris: N.p. 1957. Two original single weight black-and-white press photographs from an anniversary showing of the 1937 French film circa 1957. Director Renoir is seen with actress Mylene Demongeot and an image of a neighboring Champs-Elysees drugstore. Renoir's film about soldiers during WWI is widely regarded as a masterpiece and one of Orson Welles' favorite films. 5 x 7 inches. Light curling else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 1. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1942ref. 151348Santa Ana CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1942. Final Draft screenplay for the 1942 film. Copy belonging to legendary screenwriter Dudley Nichols inscribed by Nichols to Los Angeles Times film critic Phil Scheuer on the title page: "By Dudley Nichols / Confidential! / For Phil Scheuer from D. Nichols-with admiration." Nichols' ownership name is also in manuscript pencil at the top right corner. Renoir's second American feature an anti-fascist propaganda film following a meek schoolteacher in a German-occupied European country who is falsely accused of murder and forced to take a stand against the Nazis and their collaborators. At the peak of his career Nichols worked with many key Golden Age directors including John Ford George Cukor Howard Hawks Fritz Lang and of course Jean Renoir. He was a founding member of the Screen Writers Guild and is best remembered for "The Informer" 1935 for which Nichols won an Academy Award "Bringing Up Baby" 1938 "Stagecoach" 1939 "For Whom the Bell Tolls" 1943 "Scarlet Street" 1945 "And Then There Were None" 1945 "The Bells of St. Mary's" 1945 and "The Tin Star" 1957. He continued to write prolifically for film up until the time of his death in 1960. Housed in a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. Pink titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 104 dated OCTOBER 2 1942 with credits for director Jean Renoir and screenwriter Dudley Nichols. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 169 leaves with last page of text numbered 162. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
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
1946ref. 160109Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1946. Vintage reference photograph from the 1946 film noir. Based on the 1919 short story by Fannie Hurst. Previously filmed in 1920 directed by Frank Borzage and starring Gaston Glass and Vera Gordon. Helen Crawford is a wealthy but neurotic socialite who catches the eye of Paul Garfield a celebrated classical violinist who was raised in the slums. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in New York and California shot on location in Malibu and Laguna Beach California and New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
1952ref. 151256Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1952. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1952 film showing actress Shelley Winters. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. While waiting for a delayed flight from Chicago to Los Angeles a lawyer meets three fellow travelers all of whom have painful conversations waiting for them in California. The plane crashes and the lawyer is one of the few survivors compelling him to contact the families of the three travelers he met before their untimely deaths. Set in Chicago and Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a short closed tear at the bottom edge. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1952ref. 149876Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1952. Vintage reference photograph of director Jean Negulesco and actress Beatrice Straight on the set of the 1952 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with manuscript annotations regarding layout. While waiting for a delayed flight from Chicago to Los Angeles a lawyer meets three fellow travelers all of whom have painful conversations waiting for them in California. The plane crashes and the lawyer is one of the few survivors compelling him to contact the families of the three travelers he met before their untimely deaths. Set in Chicago and Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches with a wide top margin. Very Good plus with light edgewear. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1958ref. 156322N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage reference photograph of Lauren Bacall smoking a cigarette between takes on the set of the 1958 film. A childless woman learns she has a terminal heart condition and adopts a young orphan whom she hopes will console her husband after she passes. Based on the 1946 film "Sentimental Journey" directed by Walter Lang. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1958ref. 132871London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1958. Collection of 3 vintage hand-tinted British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1958 US film. A physicist meets and marries a doctor's receptionist who later develops a heart condition. She decides to adopt an orphan to keep her husband company in the wake of her premature demise. Shot on location in San Francisco and Palomar Mountain California. 8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing and faint creases else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1954ref. 130751Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1954. Final Draft script for the 1954 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy with blue revision pages throughout and with Heflin's substantial annotations in manuscript pencil on five pages see images. Clifton Webb plays Earnest Gifford the CEO of a car company tasked with replacing one of his managers after the incumbent dies. In a bit of a twist the CEO decides to observe the wives of his top three candidates hoping to tease out useful information and character traits via their choice of spouses. Title page present dated April 20 1954 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters Lindsay Crouse and Binyon. 128 leaves Multilith duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4-22-54 and 5-11-54. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1946ref. 160109Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1946. Vintage reference photograph from the 1946 film noir. Based on the 1919 short story by Fannie Hurst. Previously filmed in 1920 directed by Frank Borzage and starring Gaston Glass and Vera Gordon. Helen Crawford is a wealthy but neurotic socialite who catches the eye of Paul Garfield a celebrated classical violinist who was raised in the slums. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in New York and California shot on location in Malibu and Laguna Beach California and New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown
