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1988ref. 151512N.p.: AMLF 1988. Vintage reference photograph of Jacques Demy and Yves Montand on the set of the 1988 film. Demy's fanciful portrait of the life of singer and actor Yves Montand playing himself who returns to Marseille the city of his childhood to rehearse a stage musical based on his life and falls in love the female lead Marian only to discover she is his daughter. Music by Demy's long-time collaborator Michel Legrand. Demy's final film before his unexpected death in 1990. Set in and shot on location in Marseille France. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. AMLF unknown
1954ref. 143324Paris: Franco London Films 1954. Vintage photograph on the set of the 1954 film showing star Daniel Gelin and director Jacques Duvivier along with crew setting up a shot on a scaffolding. With a studio stamp and mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1928 novel "Der Fall Maurizius" "The Maurizius Case" by Jakob Wasserman about a young man who discovers his father may have convicted an innocent man and sets to uncover the truth. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Grant France. Selby France. Franco London Films unknown
1968ref. 139010Paris: Champs-Elysees Productions 1968. Original French grande poster for the 1968 film. Based on Catherine Paysan's 1964 novel "Je M'appelle Jericho." Jericho Simon is an old man in the midst of a split with his partner and whose kids are along for the ride as he rekindles his love with a past girlfriend. 47 x 63 inches folded as issued. A few central tears faint toning else about Near Fine. Champs-Elysees Productions unknown
1954ref. 144577France: DisCina 1954. Vintage borderless photograph of director Jacques Tati during on a promotional tour for his 1953 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. The film that introduced Jacques Tati's bumbling and hilarious Monsieur Hulot to the world. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location on the coast of France. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 110. Ebert I. Rosenbaum 1000. DisCina unknown
1974ref. 145146France: Gray-Film 1974. Vintage oversize borderless color photograph of director and star Jacques Tati on the set of the 1974 French film. Tati's final film in which the beloved director plays a circus clown. Shown out of competition at Cannes and then released in France as a television movie. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. BFI. Criterion Collection 731. Rosenbaum 1000. Gray-Film unknown
1964ref. 161870N.p.: Juniper Productions 1964. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. Both photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. An obscure 1960s sexploitation film from director and screenwriter Jai Hais. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Juniper Productions unknown
1968ref. 171042N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage vernacular color photograph of Dean Martin director Andrew V. McLaglen and uncredited camera operator Al Meyers on the set of the 1968 film. Photograph belonging to uncredited camera operator Myers with pencil annotations in Myers' hand on the verso noting the title McLaglen and Martin and "with Bill Clothier 19" William H. Clothier was the director of photography who Myers worked under. British born Albert Myers usually credited as Al Myers was a camera operator and camera crew member in Hollywood for over 50 years beginning in the late 1920s. He is credited in 30 films from 1927 to 1978 and assuredly worked on many more films uncredited during that time. His credits include "The Virginian" 1946 "Carmen Jones" 1954 "The Man with the Golden Arm" 1955 and "The Defiant Ones" 1958. Two brothers are pursued by a posse after robbing a bank and taking a widow as hostage but accidentally flee into a territory controlled by a gang of violent Mexican bandoleros. Set in Texas shot on location in Arizona Texas and Utah. 8 x 10 inches mounted to a heavy stock paper. Very Good plus with faint spotting and light edgewear see image. Pitts 237. N.p. unknown
1946ref. 146146Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1946. Vintage studio photograph of Mervyn LeRoy and Louella Parsons rehearsing on the set of the 1946 film. Based on the obscure 1946 pulp novel by Jane Allen and Mae Livingston about a best selling novelist who meets Marine who she thinks is perfect for the lead in an upcoming film adaptation although he doesn't her book. An abundance of Hollywood cameos with columnist Louella Parsons playing herself. 8.25 x 10 inches. Near Fine with some light creasing. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1986ref. 144120Budapest: MAFILM Objektiv Filmstudio 1986. Draft script for the 1987 film with the directors filmography and brief biography set in on the front wrapper. Text in English. A busy middle-class family at the end of Hungary's Kadar era use their kitchen chalk board as their primary mode of communication. The young son stays home from school and watches the family through periscopes. Shot on location in Budapest Hungary. Clear mylar front wrapper and black plastic rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1/20/86 with credits for screenwriter Miklos Vamos director Janos Rozsa dramaturge Istvan Kardos and translator Jack Jorgens. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine Comb binding. MAFILM Objektiv Filmstudio unknown
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
1959ref. 145128France: Radio-Television Francaise RTF 1959. Vintage borderless photograph of director Jean Renoir and actor Jean-Louis Barrault on the set of the 1959 film. With the stamp of photographer Albert Decamps 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. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Radio-Television Francaise [RTF] unknown
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
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
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
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
1982ref. 156076Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1982. Five vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1981 French film. Based on the 1979 novel by Daniel Odier writing under the pseudonym Delacora. A stylish and influential French thriller wherein a young postman and opera enthusiast inadvertently becomes entangled with the mob and the police after a woman slips a cassette that fingers a corrupt police chief into his bag. Set and shot on location in Paris France. 8 x 10 inches. One with a small chip and tape shadow at the bottom right corner else Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1987ref. 144497Paris: Gaumont 1987. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of Jean-Luc Godard from the 1987 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. An experimental film that irreverently mixes genres twisting together a broad range of references to literature film comedy and the history of cinema. Starring Godard himself as a filmmaker thus blurring the fictional category from the outset. Made the same year as Godard's production of "King Lear." 12 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Olive Films 327. Gaumont unknown
1968ref. 148283N.p.: Athos Films 1968. Two vintage French color lobby cards from the 1968 film one with a stamp reading "P. Valadier" on the verso. Loosely based on the 1871 novel "Demons" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Godard's wry improvisational take on politics of the late 1960s follows five disaffected students studying the teachings of Mao Zedong and debating the use of terrorism to achieve revolution. Set in and shot on location in Paris. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at corners and edgewear. Rosenbaum 1000. Athos Films unknown
1968ref. 144349N.p.: N.p. 1968. Two vintage borderless photographs from the set of the 1968 French experimental film mixing documentary with surreal imagery and fictitious characters. With mimeo snipe on one and manuscript annotations on the other. From the last scene of the film featuring "Eve Democracy" a graffiti artist played by Anne Wiazemsky who is followed by a film crew on the beach as she totes a rifle dressed in all white. "One Plus One" alternates documentary segments of The Rolling Stones creating the song "Sympathy for the Devil" in the studio during the band's last days with Brian Jones with surreal commentary about anarchy and revolution making references to Amiri Baraka Eldridge Cleaver and the Black Panthers pornography "Mein Kampf" and the Nazi movement. 10 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 142608France Germany: Pathe Consortium Cinema 1957. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1957 film. With the stamp of French weekly "Tele Magazine" and manuscript annotations regarding layout on the verso. Based on the 1953 Tony Award winning play by Arthur Miller and the first of two film adaptations. The second came 43 years later and was written by Miller himself. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Pathe Consortium Cinema unknown
1959ref. 144939Paris: Les Films Fernand Rivers 1959. Vintage photograph of director Jean-Pierre Mocky behind a camera on the set of his 1959 directorial debut. Two young men wander around Paris attempting to pick up women. 6.75 x 5.5 inches. Near Fine. Les Films Fernand Rivers unknown
1966ref. 161628New York: William Mishkin Motion Pictures 1966. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1966 film. Two with provenance stamps on the versos one with two labels on the verso obscuring two previous provenance stamps. Country girl Cherry arrives in New York to start a career and find romance and gets caught up in the seedy side of the city. Shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear overall and faint creasing at the extremities one with a wax pencil annotation on the recto and one with pinholes in the lower right margin. William Mishkin Motion Pictures unknown
1971ref. 145842Gadd Productions 1971. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1971 film. Al Pacino's first starring feature role. Schatzberg's bleak and stark portrayal of heroin addiction on the streets of New York City is told through the love story between Bobby Pacino an addict and drug dealer and Helen Winn who is drawn into heroin use through her relationship with Bobby. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and Kitty Winn received the award for Best Actress there as well. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good Plus small bruise on lower right faint line rub on top right and very light wear to edges. Twilight Time 221. Grant US. Gadd Productions unknown
1970ref. 144949UK: Connoisseur Films 1970. Five vintage borderless photographs from the 1970 film noir. Each with the stamp of French magazine "Telecine" on the verso. A teenage boy takes a job at a local swim club becoming obsessed with his older coworker trying to sabotage her engagement to another man. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Grant UK. Connoisseur Films unknown
