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1973ref. 161867N.p.: Peppercorn-Wormser 1973. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1972 French film. Claude a married man and father of two decides to transform his bookstore into a sex shop. Shot on location in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Peppercorn-Wormser unknown books
1972ref. 157321N.p.: N.p. 1972. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 French film. One photograph with a printed label affixed to the verso crediting a Dutch photo archive. A Parisian bookseller goes through a mid-life crisis and decides to convert his store into a sex shop in order to spice up his marriage and make more money. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 143838Paris: Les Productions Alcinter and Andre Cotton 1966. Draft script carbon typescript and scenario offset printing for the 1966 French film here under the working title "Convoi pour Dien-Bien-Phu." Released in the US as "The Postman Goes to War" 1968. Numerical notation in manuscript pencil on one page. Also included is the original manila folder used to house the material with the working title in manuscript red ink on the flap. Based on Gautier's titular novel 1966. Jean-Claude Thibon Aznavour is a postman in Paris who accepts a position in the army during the Indochina War. He is wounded in combat and sent to the hospital where he falls in love with Vang Maria Minh a young Vietnamese nurse. Shot on location in Cambodia. Title page present integral with front wrapper undated with credits for director Bernard-Aubert novelist Gautier and dialogue writer Accursi. 197 leaves with last page of text numbered 212. Carbon typescript. Very Good plus bound with two silver binder clips. Scenario: title page integral with front wrapper undated with credits for Bernard-Aubert and Gautier 12 leaves with last page of text numbered 11 offset printing perfect-bound Near Fine. Complete collation upon request. Les Productions Alcinter and Andre Cotton unknown books
1981ref. 156015N.p.: N.p. 1981. Five vintage matte-finish borderless reference photographs from the 1981 French adult film. A young woman is sent by her mother to join a community of sexual fetishists led by an outgoing wealthy libertine in his isolated country manor. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Bier 140. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 143838Paris: Les Productions Alcinter and Andre Cotton 1966. Draft script carbon typescript and scenario offset printing for the 1966 French film here under the working title "Convoi pour Dien-Bien-Phu." Released in the US as "The Postman Goes to War" 1968. Numerical notation in manuscript pencil on one page. Also included is the original manila folder used to house the material with the working title in manuscript red ink on the flap. Based on Gautier's titular novel 1966. Jean-Claude Thibon Aznavour is a postman in Paris who accepts a position in the army during the Indochina War. He is wounded in combat and sent to the hospital where he falls in love with Vang Maria Minh a young Vietnamese nurse. Shot on location in Cambodia. Title page present integral with front wrapper undated with credits for director Bernard-Aubert novelist Gautier and dialogue writer Accursi. 197 leaves with last page of text numbered 212. Carbon typescript. Very Good plus bound with two silver binder clips. Scenario: title page integral with front wrapper undated with credits for Bernard-Aubert and Gautier 12 leaves with last page of text numbered 11 offset printing perfect-bound Near Fine. Complete collation upon request. Les Productions Alcinter and Andre Cotton unknown
1973ref. 161867N.p.: Peppercorn-Wormser 1973. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1972 French film. Claude a married man and father of two decides to transform his bookstore into a sex shop. Shot on location in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Peppercorn-Wormser unknown
1981ref. 156015N.p.: N.p. 1981. Five vintage matte-finish borderless reference photographs from the 1981 French adult film. A young woman is sent by her mother to join a community of sexual fetishists led by an outgoing wealthy libertine in his isolated country manor. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Bier 140. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 157321N.p.: N.p. 1972. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 French film. One photograph with a printed label affixed to the verso crediting a Dutch photo archive. A Parisian bookseller goes through a mid-life crisis and decides to convert his store into a sex shop in order to spice up his marriage and make more money. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1988ref. 132528N.p.: Media Home Entertainment 1988. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1988 videocassette release of the 1988 US film. An action-packed thriller about of drug-related murders in Saigon and the ex-Green Beret who must find the culprits. 8 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. Media Home Entertainment unknown books
1939ref. 161601Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1939. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1939 film. One photograph with a stamp on the verso identifying the film and actors Clark Gable and Hattie McDaniel. The legendary adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel about the headstrong daughter of an affluent confederate plantation owner whose family is brought low during the Civil War. Nominated for fifteen Academy Awards winning ten including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress making actress Hattie McDaniel the first African American to be nominated for and win an Oscar. Set in Georgia on the fictional cotton plantation Tara and shot throughout California as well as Little Rock Arkansas. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with creasing and pinholes at the corners. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1937ref. 159946Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1937. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1937 film showing actor Clark Gable. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stamp on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A dramatization of the life of Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell focusing on his relationship with a married woman which complicates his struggle to secure Home Rule for Ireland. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the corners. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1934ref. 164247N.p.: N.p. 1934. Vintage reference photograph from the 1934 film showing actors Clark Gable and Joan Crawford canoodling while Robert Montgomery looks on. French mimeo snipe and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Based on the 1933 Broadway play by Edward Barry Roberts and Frank Morgan Cavett about a years-long love triangle between three friends. Crawford's first of nine collaborations with screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1935ref. 163775Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1935. Vintage reference photograph from the 1935 film showing actors Clark Gable and Jean Harlow. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil mimeo snipe and provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1930 novel by Crosbie Garstin about a ship captain who must fend off pirates while also juggling two romantic interests aboard his ship. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1935ref. 161609Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1935. Vintage reference photograph from the 1935 film showing actors Clark Gable Jean Harlow and Wallace Beery. Stamp specific to the film's release on the verso. Based on the 1930 novel by Crosbie Garstin about a ship captain who must fend off pirates while also juggling two romantic interests aboard his ship. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1953ref. 162330N.p.: N.p. 1953. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1953 film two showing Ava Gardner talking with Clark Gable from an outdoor shower and one showing Gardner tending to Gable's arm wound. Stamps specific to the film's French release on the versos. Based on the 1932 film "Red Dust" also starring Clark Gable which was in turn based on Wilson Collison's 1928 play. While on a safari in Kenya a hunter is ensnared in a love triangle between a young American socialite and an anthropologist's unfaithful wife. Set and shot on location in Kenya in Okalataka Mount Kenya Mount Longonot and Lake Naivasha. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1935ref. 163775Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1935. Vintage reference photograph from the 1935 film showing actors Clark Gable and Jean Harlow. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil mimeo snipe and provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1930 novel by Crosbie Garstin about a ship captain who must fend off pirates while also juggling two romantic interests aboard his ship. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1935ref. 161609Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1935. Vintage reference photograph from the 1935 film showing actors Clark Gable Jean Harlow and Wallace Beery. Stamp specific to the film's release on the verso. Based on the 1930 novel by Crosbie Garstin about a ship captain who must fend off pirates while also juggling two romantic interests aboard his ship. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1934ref. 164247N.p.: N.p. 1934. Vintage reference photograph from the 1934 film showing actors Clark Gable and Joan Crawford canoodling while Robert Montgomery looks on. French mimeo snipe and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Based on the 1933 Broadway play by Edward Barry Roberts and Frank Morgan Cavett about a years-long love triangle between three friends. Crawford's first of nine collaborations with screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1939ref. 161601Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1939. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1939 film. One photograph with a stamp on the verso identifying the film and actors Clark Gable and Hattie McDaniel. The legendary adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel about the headstrong daughter of an affluent confederate plantation owner whose family is brought low during the Civil War. Nominated for fifteen Academy Awards winning ten including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress making actress Hattie McDaniel the first African American to be nominated for and win an Oscar. Set in Georgia on the fictional cotton plantation Tara and shot throughout California as well as Little Rock Arkansas. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with creasing and pinholes at the corners. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1953ref. 162330N.p.: N.p. 1953. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1953 film two showing Ava Gardner talking with Clark Gable from an outdoor shower and one showing Gardner tending to Gable's arm wound. Stamps specific to the film's French release on the versos. Based on the 1932 film "Red Dust" also starring Clark Gable which was in turn based on Wilson Collison's 1928 play. While on a safari in Kenya a hunter is ensnared in a love triangle between a young American socialite and an anthropologist's unfaithful wife. Set and shot on location in Kenya in Okalataka Mount Kenya Mount Longonot and Lake Naivasha. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1937ref. 159946Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1937. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1937 film showing actor Clark Gable. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stamp on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A dramatization of the life of Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell focusing on his relationship with a married woman which complicates his struggle to secure Home Rule for Ireland. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the corners. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1948ref. 158834Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1948. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1948 film. The final film of the Hopalong Cassidy film series. Cassidy is hired by the US government to find an underground counterfeiting scheme and leans on the help of his two friends California Carlson and Lucky Jenkins. Shot on location in Lone Pine California. 8 x 10 inches. Creasing to the far corners else Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1928ref. 148280Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Vintage reference photograph from the 1928 film showing actress Dorothy Sebastian. Based on screenwriter Michael Arlen's 1924 novel "The Green Hat" which he also adapted for theatre in 1925 about two childhood sweethearts who are banned from marriage due to class differences. Arlen's novel was considered so daring in the US that producers attempted to distance the film from the source text as much as possible in order to placate the Hays Commission eliminating all references to drug use sexually transmitted diseases and homosexuality which were key points within the original narrative. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1914ref. 160375New York: World Film Corporation 1914. Vintage program for the 1914 lost silent film printed for the Grand Theatre of Butler Pennsylvania printed on the verso with a dramatic pictorial center spread featuring two World Film Corporation elephant logos. Silent film star Clara Kimball Young's first film with World Film Corporation re-released in 1916 with new intertitles under the title "Without a Soul" both now lost. A variation of both Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde" and Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" wherein the caring and dutiful daughter Lola Young killed in a street accident is revived by her scientist father using an electric-ray machine he invented only to find she's returned as a soulless and heartless creature of the flesh. 5.5 x 8 inches Bi-fold. Very Good plus with a vertical crease with light foxing and toning at the crease and small closed tears at the top of the crease on both leaves. World Film Corporation unknown books
1914ref. 160375New York: World Film Corporation 1914. Vintage program for the 1914 lost silent film printed for the Grand Theatre of Butler Pennsylvania printed on the verso with a dramatic pictorial center spread featuring two World Film Corporation elephant logos. Silent film star Clara Kimball Young's first film with World Film Corporation re-released in 1916 with new intertitles under the title "Without a Soul" both now lost. A variation of both Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde" and Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" wherein the caring and dutiful daughter Lola Young killed in a street accident is revived by her scientist father using an electric-ray machine he invented only to find she's returned as a soulless and heartless creature of the flesh. 5.5 x 8 inches Bi-fold. Very Good plus with a vertical crease with light foxing and toning at the crease and small closed tears at the top of the crease on both leaves. World Film Corporation unknown