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1950ref. 156145N.p.: N.p. 1950. Vintage program for the 1950 German film seen here under the working title "Das vierte Gebot." Text and titles in German. Based on the 1880s play by Ludwig Anzengruber. A formerly prosperous craftsman finds his trade increasingly irrelevant as industrialization hits Europe. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 150704Los Angeles: Cinerama Releasing 1972. Complete set of eight original color studio still photographs from the 1972 film. An Austrian aristocrat and war hero secretly murders his wives when he tires of them and hides their bodies in his castle vault. Shot on location in Budapest Hungary and Rome Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Cinerama Releasing unknown books
1924ref. 150975New York: Theatre Owners Distributing 1924. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1924 French silent film seen here under its US title "Perils of Paris" showing actress Pearl White in riding garb perched on a railing. White's last film ending a two-decade career in films. During her Hollywood heyday the actress appeared as the plucky heroine in a number of popular serials most notably the Pathe production "The Perils of Pauline" in 1914. Unlike many of her contemporaries White performed most of her own stunts including flying airplanes racing cars long-distance swims and similar feats. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good lightly toned overall. Theatre Owners Distributing unknown books
1955ref. 160365North Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1955. Vintage color program for the 1955 film. Yvonne De Carlo stars as a café singer who inherits a fortune and buys a casino in Nassau and the many suitors including gangsters she attracks. 5.5 x 8.5 inches Tri-fold. Very Good plus with a horizontal crease and light creasing and edgewear overall. Republic Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 158068N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced Blaxploitation horror film. A reclusive Black music producer named Dr. Rocula lures young would-be musicians into his home where he feasts on their blood. Set in Los Angeles. Orange wrappers with a typed title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Edward Medard. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light wear on the bottom page edges wrapper Good with front wrapper detached from the binding bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 161734N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1967 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. A group of buxom secret agents pose as escorts to bring down powerful men. Screenplay by B-Movie cult maestro Ed Wood Jr. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 152417N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. After his sister is lured into snorting a fatal dose of heroin by a dastardly biker gang a teenage boy and his group of friends vow to take their revenge and stop the bikers forming their own "moped mob." Black untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter E.L. "Tony" Duke. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver clasp. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 144125N.p.: N.p. 1960. Typescript for an unproduced television series including an introduction short synopsis and full treatments of each episode. The series follows the childhood adventures of Robby Mcdonald a turn of the century mountain boy raised by his pioneer grandmother. Set in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Yellow untitled Paul Kohner INC. wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Elaine Ryan. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered 11. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 142770Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1976. Two vintage promotional photographs from the 1976 film. Rubber stamp to the verso of one photo. Based on the unfinished 1941 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Effectively a tribute to early cinema in which Robert De Niro plays a movie producer who nearly works himself to death. Director Elia Kazan's final directorial effort and notably the only film with De Niro and Jack Nicholson in a joint screen appearance. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in Hollywood and shot there on location. One photo 7.25 x 9.75 inches and one photo 8 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1949ref. 148820Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1949. Vintage reference photograph from the 1949 film showing actors Jeanne Crain Nina Mae McKinney and Frederick O'Neal. Based on Cid Ricketts Sumner's 1946 novel "Quality." A light-skinned young African-American woman Jeanne Crain lives in the north where she can easily pass for white but is forced to return to her home town in the Souh to visit her elderly grandmother. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1980ref. 171136N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. A wealthy young woman is sent to prison for five years for her involvement in creating explosives as part of revolutionary political movements. Screenwriter Ellen Kesend co-wrote the 1987 television movie "Convicted: A Mother's Story" and the 1984 comedy "In 'n Out." Tan generic International Creative Management wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Ellen Kesend. 115 leaves last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 162068N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1970 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Little known 1970 sexplotation film from Italian director Emilio Portici. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1954ref. 156138N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage program for the 1954 German film. Text and titles in German. After fifteen years away an aging violinist returns to his hometown where he strikes up a romance with an old girlfriend who is now working as a nurse. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1925ref. 148182Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1925. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1925 film struck from the negative circa 1950s one showing actor Mae Murray and the other showing Murray and actor John Gilbert. Based on the 1905 Hungarian operetta which was in turn based on the 1861 French play "The Embassy Attache." A lush romantic melodrama with touches of humor involving a European prince who falls for an American dancer. The relationship falls prey to every manner of trouble and the never-married couple eventually reunites on location at Maxim's in Paris. A rare program for an early and restrained gem by one of the great directors of the silent era. Set and partially shot on location in Paris. One photograph 8 x 10 inches one photograph 10 x 8 inches. One Near Fine with faint wear to the corners one Very Good plus with light wear to the left edge. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1950ref. 156156N.p.: N.p. 1950. Vintage program for the 1950 West German film. Text and titles in German. Based on the twentieth century play "Ein anständiger Mensch" "A Good Man" by Georg Fraser. A thief is offered freedom if he will use his lockpicking skills on behalf of the government to crack a safe at the embassy of a hostile country. Shot on location in Munich. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1994ref. 167932Los Angeles: Gramercy Pictures 1994. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1994 film including four compilation photographs one showing director David Johnson on the set. A comedy produced by Spike Lee through his production company 40 Acres and a Mule about a team of African Americans who seek out and deprogram other Black Americans who they feel have betrayed their race. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Gramercy Pictures unknown books
1942ref. 162029N.p.: N.p. 1942. Vintage reference photograph from the 1942 film showing actor Errol Flynn in a leather aviator jacket. Photographer stamp on the verso. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A war film about a group of Allied aviators who must escape the Third Reich after being shot down near the Polish border and captured by the Germans. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with creasing and a small splash on the recto and adhesive residue on the verso. N.p. unknown books
1992ref. 158402N.p.: N.p. 1992. Vintage reference photograph from the 1992 film. Based upon the 1982 novel by William Wharton. In December 1945 the members of an American intelligence squad decide to negotiate with a small group of German soldiers who wish to surrender rather than die in one final offensive. Shot on location in Utah. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1992ref. 158397Overland Park KS: InterStar 1992. Vintage press kit for the 1992 film. Two-color illustrated pocketed folder containing five black and white photographs in the original glassine sleeve and a gathering of promotional reading material. Based upon the 1982 novel by William Wharton. In December 1945 the members of an American intelligence squad decide to negotiate with a small group of German soldiers who wish to surrender rather than die in one final offensive. Shot on location in Utah. Folder photographs and promotional material about Near Fine. InterStar unknown books
1951ref. 156170N.p.: N.p. 1951. Vintage program for the 1951 German film. Text and titles in German. An inventive small-town tailor rises to international success with his daring and unusual designs. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1948ref. 158749N.p.: Continental Distributing 1948. Vintage pressbook for the US release of the 1948 French film. A meek Parisian tax collector sets off on a madcap hunt for his aunt's lost corpse in order to claim his inheritance leading to his inadvertent involvement in the French criminal underground. 10 x 14 inches. Bi-fold with a second horizontal fold and a single laid-in leaf as issued. Near Fine. Continental Distributing unknown books
1944ref. 165426Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Vintage publicity photograph of Charles Korvin from the 1944 film with four provenance stamps on the verso. 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. Based on the gentleman thief character Arsène Lupin who was featured in 17 novels and 39 novellas by French author Maurice Leblanc. Charles Korvin stars as Lupin a French jewel thief who robs and falls in love with an heiress played by Ella Raines. Korvin famously refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee HUAC and was blacklisted in 1952 after which Korvin worked primarily in broadcast television. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 144362Paris: Les Films du Carrosse 1970. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1970 film. With credits and Cinestar agency stamps and "Cinestar" in manuscript ink on the verso. The fourth in Truffaut's five film series about the character Antoine Doinel. Christine Clause Jade and Antoine Doinel Jean-Pierre Léaud are expecting their first child when Antoine has an affair with a woman he meets in a business meeting at his new job after a period of unemployment. Shot on location in Paris France. 7.25 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 187. Les Films du Carrosse unknown books
1973ref. 142161Paris: Les Films du Carrosse / PECF / Produzione Intercontinentale Cinematografica PIC 1973. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1973 film. Director François Truffaut positions Jacqueline Bisset for a shot while a crew member measures for focus in the background. With stamps from the French magazine "Telerama" on the verso. One of the great films about film chronicling the ups and downs in the lives of the cast and crew of shooting a fictional film. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and nominated for Best Supporting Actress Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 769. Ebert IV. Les Films du Carrosse / PECF / Produzione Intercontinentale Cinematografica [PIC] unknown books
1966ref. 148891N.p.: Universal International Pictures 1966. Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1966 film. Each with stamps on the verso reading "Girosign Ltd." and "393." Based on the 1953 novel by Ray Bradbury. Set in and shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good only with some creasing to several cards and some faint pen markings to one of the cards. Universal International Pictures unknown books
