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1957ref. 159657Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1958 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1956 novel by Ernst K. Gann. An alcoholic ex-Navy captain sails a boat in the South Seas. When the ship starts leaking during a storm everyone on board is tested. Shot on location in Hawaii. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1955ref. 172378Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 film. Based on the 1955 teleplay of the same name by Rod Sterling. The head of a corporation adds a new-hire to the team to replace his second-in-command who he is attempting to force out by worsening his working conditions. Set in and shot on location in Manhattan. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1962ref. 150670Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1962. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film. Loosely based on the 1920 German silent film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari." After her car breaks down a woman seeks shelter at the vast estate of Caligari a perverse Welsh hermit who imprisons the woman for his harem of tortured "guests." 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox 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
1968ref. 161852N.p.: Sam Lake Enterprises 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Dr. Mannheim her beautiful blonde assistant and an anthropology professor experiment with an aphrodisiac and cult rituals. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear pinholes and marker annotations on the recto over one actress' nipples. Sam Lake Enterprises unknown books
1966ref. 137337Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1966. Original pressbook for the 1966 film based on the Lew Archer novel "The Moving Target" by Ross Macdonald. The name of the main character was changed purportedly at Newman's insistence following the success of his previous two "H" named films "Hud" and "The Hustler." He followed this one up with the classic Western "Hombre" so he may have been on to something. 11 x 17 inches. 19 pages saddle stapled with two advertising inserts one regarding the release of the soundtrack. Very Good plus with some light foxing. Grant US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
1937ref. 148516Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1937. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1938 film musical showing actor Buddy Ebsen dressed as a jockey astride a horse. With an ink stamp to the verso identifying the film by its working title "Broadway Melody of 1937" along with the reference number 988-14B. A backstage musical revue most notable for featuring a young Judy Garland in an unexpectedly popular singing role which would eventually lead to her casting in "The Wizard of Oz" in 1939. Set in New York. 7 x 9 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1950ref. 152066Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1950. Vintage pressbook for the 1950 film. Three escaped Confederate prisoners-of-war become involved in a plan to steal a substantial Union shipment of gold carried on a wagon train from Santa Fe to St. Louis. Shot on location in Kanab Utah. 14 pages saddle stitched 12 x 17 inches. Very Good with front wrapper split from the binding and parts of pages cut out ostensibly by an exhibitor. Pitts 2986. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1970ref. 144963Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1970. Vintage studio still photograph of director Roy Ward Baker and cinematographer Moray Grant on the set of the 1970 Hammer horror film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1872 story "Carmilla" by Sheridan Le Fanu about a female vampire named Marcilla Karnstein Ingrid Pitt who comes back from death renamed Mircalla and spreads havoc. She kills the daughter of General Von Spielsdorf Peter Cushing who swears revenge on the beguiling seductive bloodsucker. Set in Styria shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Johnson and Del Vecchio p. 317. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1956ref. 152016Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1956. Vintage reference photograph of Anne Baxter director Rudolph Mate and Charlton Heston on the set of the 1956 film. Capt. Colt Saunders Heston returns to Texas from the Civil War to find his land wanted by carpetbaggers and his town controlled by corrupt Yankees. Set in Texas shot on location in Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 4373. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1971ref. 161842N.p.: Cal-Tex Distributing 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. A theatre company manager offers sex therapy to inexperienced young new talents to help further their careers. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Cal-Tex Distributing unknown books
1975ref. 167900Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1975. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1976 film. A beach lifeguard is forced to confront his priorities and consider changing professions when he rekindles a flame with his old high school girlfriend who is now divorced with a five-year-old son. Shot on Torrance Beach California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1956ref. 148955Beverly Hills CA: Associated Film Releasing 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 film showing actresses Coleen Gray and Veda Ann Borg. A US marshal investigates the mysterious death of a woman owner of a gambling house. Set in the American West. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Associated Film Releasing unknown books
1969ref. 163825N.p.: Heritage Enterprises Film 1969. Vintage insert poster for the 1969 film. Based on the 1955 novel "His Bones are Coral" by Victor Canning. Gunrunner Caine Burt Reynolds stranded in a small coastal Sudanese town is enlisted by the attractive Anna Silvia Pinal and her alcoholic partner Doc Arthur Kennedy to dive into shark infested waters for a purported scientific expedition but is actually for sunken treasure. Set in the Sudan on the Red Sea shot on location in Manzanillo Mexico. 14 x 36 inches. Near Fine. Nilsen Warped and Faded. Olive Films. Heritage Enterprises Film unknown books
1975ref. 162376Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1975. Vintage pressbook for the 1975 film. Five daughters of influential men are kidnapped off the yacht "Rosebud" by anti-Israel terrorists in the Palestinian Liberation Army. Peter O'Toole stars as an undercover CIA agent masquerading as a "Newsweek" reporter who must fight for the release of the girls. Shot on location in Corsica France and Germany. 13.25 x 18 inches. Four leaves saddle stapled. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1970ref. 161907N.p.: Audubon Films 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1967 Japanese film. Provenance stamp and a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1970 novel by Michael DeForrest published under the pseudonym T. Horoku. Brutally gang raped as a young girl Saeko develops a deep hatred toward men. Years later Saeko is a doctor by day and at night picks up men as a street walker and kills them. The pattern continues until she falls in love with a physician who she discovers has a troubling secret of his own. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Sharp Behind the Pink Curtain. Audubon Films unknown books
1962ref. 168175N.p.: Davis-Royal Films 1962. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1962 French film. Based on the 1958 novel by Bernard Eschassériaux who also co-wrote the screenplay. A neglected eleven-year-old girl befriends a traumatized amnesiac veteran although their unusual relationship begins to concern the members of their community. Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. Set and shot on location in Ville-d'Avray Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Davis-Royal Films unknown books
1998ref. 173117Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1998. Two vintage satin-finished studio still photographs from the 1999 film here under alternate title "Hoofbeats." A foal is separated from its mother when it arrives in a German Southwest Africa mining town but is taken in by a orphan boy. Set in German Southwest Africa shot on location in Namibia and Germany. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1949ref. 164628Universal City: Universal-International 1949. Vintage studio still publicity photograph from the 1949 film noir showing actress Shelly Winters in a glittering strapless gown. A college professor is the key suspect in the disappearance and presumed murder of his ex-girlfriend and must work to exonerate himself and untangle the mystery. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Universal-International unknown books
1971ref. 127392Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1971 film. Based on Frank Pierson's 1970 novel about an ex-con who initiates a cascade of chaos when he decides to rob his upscale apartment building. Actor Christopher Walken's feature film debut as well as a breakthrough role for Sean Connery who moved beyond being typecast as James Bond. Shot on location in New York. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine. Lee The Heist Film. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1937ref. 164652Universal City: Universal Pictures 1937. Vintage publicity photograph of William Gargan and Judith Barrett from the 1937 film. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. William Gargan stars as a pugnacious New York radio show producer who is fired after punching the sponsor of the "Crunchie-Munchie Hour" during rehearsal and finds a job managing WBAM a rural radio station housed in a barn in Valley Falls. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a faint diagonal crease to the upper left. Universal Pictures unknown books
1937ref. 164653Universal City: Universal Pictures 1937. Vintage publicity photograph of Herbert Mundin and Claudia Morgan from the 1937 film. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. William Lundigan stars as reporter who gets himself thrown in jail in the hopes of interviewing Bernadene Hayes accused of killing her millionaire boyfriend. Upon discovering a beautiful girl in the next cell he assumes she is Hayes but is actually Claudia Morgan another reporter who schemed their way into the jail to get the story. 10.25 x 8 inches. Near FIne. Universal Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 150715Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1960. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 film. Seven with dealer stamps on the verso. Not to be confused with the 1950 film of the same name. A group of teenagers find a briefcase of money leading to discord and consternation about what to do with the cash. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1986ref. 159739Los Angeles: National Broadcasting Company NBC / Magnum/Thunder Road 1986. Vintage reference photograph from "Double D" Season 1 Episode 4 of the 1986 television series. With mimeo snipe affixed to the verso advertising the broadcast of this episode on Wednesday October 29 1986 and the guest appearance of professional basketball player Reggie Theus. To lessen his parent's financial burden a teenage boy from California moves into his grandfather's house in Brooklyn where he joins the basketball team at his school. In this episode one of his friends plays basketball with a professional player but learns that he has a drug problem. This was the last episode of the series aired on CBS before it's cancellation though 11 episodes were produced. Set in Brooklyn New York. 9 x 7 inches. Very Good plus with a crease and very slight tear at the top left corner and one small bruise at the top edge. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] / Magnum/Thunder Road unknown books
1959ref. 139925N.p.: Stanley Kramer Productions 1959. Two vintage reference studio still photographs from the 1959 film. In the wake of WWIII what remains of the human race is rapidly annihilated by radiation poisoning. The only habitable part of the planet is southern Australia which will soon become toxic as air currents bring the poisonous fumes south. Survivors grapple with their impending mortality hopeful that somehow they might be spared. The film received two Academy Award nominations. Set in Australia shot on location in California and Australia. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light toning overall and manuscript graphite annotations to the verso. Stanley Kramer Productions unknown books
