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1939ref. 172228Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1939. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1939 film showing a gloomy Buster Keaton. A comedy set during the early days of film about a young Broadway star who is chosen to be an ingenue of the silent screen. Keaton appeared in a cameo in the film as did numerous other icons of the silent era including Ben Turpin Mack Sennett and Chester Conklin. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good lightly toned with offsetting to the recto. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1967ref. 162229N.p.: Sonney-Friedman Pictures 1967. Two vintage still photographs from the 1967 film. One photograph with provenance stamps on the verso. An unofficial exploitation remake of the 1932 classic "Freaks" directed by Tod Browning. Claire Brennen stars as Jade Cochran a frustrated waitress who seduces carnival owner and freakshow overseer Steve St. John for his money and control over the carnival. Shot on location in Ventura Bakersfield Piru and Los Angeles California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Sonney-Friedman Pictures unknown books
1974ref. 168066N.p.: Re-Mart International Pictures 1974. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1973 film showing actress Carol Connors in a bubble bath. Two couples on a picnic are attacked and left for dead by a gang of bikers leading one of the victims to arm himself and seek revenge. Set and shot on location in Tampa Florida. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Re-Mart International Pictures unknown books
2013ref. 163956Los Angeles: Shine America / Bluebush Productions 2013. Production Draft script for Season 1 Episode 9 of the 2013-2014 television series. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher Loosely based on the 2011-2018 Danish-Swedish crime series "Bron/Broen." Two detectives-one Mexican and one American-must work together to capture a serial killer operating along the Texas-Chihuahua border. In this episode Marco races to save his family after discovering surveillance photographs at a suspect's apartment. Originally aired on September 4 2013 on FX. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Self wrappers. Title page present dated June 19 2013 with credit for screenwriter Elwood Reid. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 48. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Shine America / Bluebush Productions unknown books
1979ref. 161152N.p.: N.p. 1979. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1979 French film showing actress Dominique Laffin half-nude. An early effort by noted director Catherine Breillat about a young filmmaker's aimless sexual conquests while editing her latest project. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1995ref. 162504Lyon: Sygma 1995. Vintage reference photograph of Catherine Deneuve and Laurence Côte relaxing between takes on the set of the 1996 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso crediting photographer Isabelle Weingarten. A love triangle develops between a beautiful shoplifter a cynical police officer and a philosophy professor. Shot on location in Lyon. 9.5 x 7 inches. Fine. Sygma unknown books
1947ref. 160183London: Ealing Studios 1947. Vintage program for the 1947 film. With original four-color illustrations throughout by Edward Ardizzone. A scarce and very expressive piece from Ealing Studios at the height of its glory. Based on the 1839 novel by Charles Dickens. Considered one of the most Dickensian of all Dickens adaptation with a dark mood and attention to the author's lowdown characters throughout. 10.75 x 8.5 inches. Saddle-stapled 16 pages. Faint foxing on the page edges and rear wrapper else about Near Fine. Ealing Studios unknown books
1969ref. 171508Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1969. Two vintage lobby cards for the 1969 film. Cher's first film appearance without her then-husband Sonny Bono about a free-spirited mercurial hippie hitchhiker. Shot on location in Phoenix Arizona. 14 x 11 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1944ref. 164456Universal City: Universal Studios 1944. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1944 film showing actress and dancer Chinita. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to 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 was the first still photographer to win an Academy Award. He went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures where he worked well into the 1950s. In the days leading up to their arranged marriage a bride discovers she is literally allergic to her husband-to-be. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good. Universal Studios unknown books
1972ref. 164079N.p.: Camelot Entertainment 1972. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1972 Blaxploitation film. Two enslaved African-American brothers-one albino one non-albino-discover a treasure map on their enslaver's plantation and decide to run away to hunt for the treasure. Director and actor Chris Robinson is best remembered today for his roles in soap operas in the later half of the twentieth century including "The Bold and the Beautiful" and "General Hospital." Shot on location in Hobe Sound Florida. 27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus lightly toned along the creases. Camelot Entertainment unknown books
1972ref. 160079Burbank CA: Hammer Films / Warner Brothers 1972. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1972 film. With manuscript pencil annotation on the verso identifying the film and actors Peter Cushing and Stephanie Beachum. In 1872 Dracula is killed by a professor with a stake through his heart and then buried by his servant. In present day 1972 the great grandchildren of the professor and the servant accidentally resurrect Dracula and he wants revenge. Set in London shot on location in Hertfordshire and London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some small creasing at the corners. Weldon 1983. Hammer Films / Warner Brothers unknown books
1972ref. 127087N.p.: Fanfare Films 1972. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1972 film. A Black cop tolerates his fellow white officers' disrespect and racism as well as disdain from his community for joining the force but is finally pushed over the edge after being passed over for a promotion. He goes on a violent personal crusade punctuated by psychedelic fever dreams including himself as a famous astronaut. Shot on location in Washington DC and Los Angeles. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good with pinholes to the corners dampstaining to the left side folds with two small accompanying chips and a closed tear to the center left margin. Fanfare Films unknown books
1988ref. 126666Paris: MK2 Films 1988. Vintage French grande poster for the 1988 French film. Not to be confused with the 2000 French film directed by Lasse Hallström and starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. Claire Denis' remarkable directorial debut a semi-autobiographical meditation about a French woman reflecting on her childhood in Cameroon and her relationship with her family's African servant. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. 46 x 62 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with light edgewear and a touch of starting at the center folds. MK2 Films 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
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
1965ref. 154508N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage reference photograph from the 1965 film showing the scantily clad posterior of Amidou. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Five teenagers decide to leave school and study at a "school for criminals." Director Claude Lelouch's first commercial success. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 158669N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the 1967 film showing actress Claudia Cardinale. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1959 novel "Muscle Beach" by Ira Wallach about a beach tourist who becomes entangled in two romances. Set and shot on location in Southern California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1915ref. 171489Los Angeles: Jesse Lasky 1915. Vintage double weight studio still photograph from the 1915 silent film showing Cleo Ridgely and Marjorie Daw. Based on the 1906 play by James Forbes. A chorus girl's attempts to keep her younger sister away from the depravities of show business fall flat when the sister is given a part in a stage play by a womanizing theatre patron. Currently considered lost. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus moderately toned. Jesse Lasky unknown books
1997ref. 151528Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1997. Vintage press kit for the 1997 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing three black and white photographs and three gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on James Ellroy's 1990 novel the third in his L.A. Quartet series. Three detectives are tasked with investigating a serious of grisly murders in 1950s Los Angeles which they learn are linked to a notorious gang leader high-class escorts and widespread corruption within the police force. A formidable nod to film noir. Nominated for nine Academy Awards winning two for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Kim Basinger. Shot on location throughout Los Angeles. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. National Film Registry. Grant US. Hardy The Gangster Film US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
1972ref. 162267N.p.: New World Pictures 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Tab Hunter stars as Eddie Collins a frustrated impotent man who finds after accidentally killing a women that he can get aroused by women when they are dead. Written and directed by Curtis Hanson who would later receive an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing the 1997 neo-noir "L.A. Confidential" with Brian Helgeland. Shot on location in Venice California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. New World Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 157624Hollywood: General Film 1970. Vintage studio still photograph of Cynthia Denny from the 1970 film. A freewheeling eighteen-year-old girl leaves behind her family to try to make it in California but finds herself in increasingly exploitative and unpleasant situations. Shot on location in Van Nuys. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with a light crease on the bottom right corner. General Film unknown books
1957ref. 150484Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1957 film showing actress Betty Hutton mugging for the camera while sitting with actor Dana Andrews while director Robert Pirosh looks on. A successful businesswoman runs into an old flame at her high school reunion leading to a rekindling albeit somewhat troubled of their romance. Hutton's intended screen comeback after leaving Paramount Studios five years prior and ultimately her last feature film appearance. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners. United Artists unknown books
1970ref. 155109N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1970 French film showing actress Bernadette Lafont undressing behind a curtain. A modern retelling of the Biblical story of Cain and Abel. 9 x 11.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded at the edges. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 132299N.p.: N.p. 1977. Original Polish one sheet poster for the Polish release of the 1975 British/American film designed by Anna Mikke. Based on the 1973 play by Adrian Mitchell which was based on the classic 1719 novel "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe. A post-civil rights movement take on the Defoe classic wherein Crusoe finds himself stranded on an island with a black islander whom he names Friday and finds himself incapable of seeing the islander beyond his narrow and racist colonialist worldview. Nominated for the Palm d'Or. 23 x 32.5 inches. Very Good with light dampstaining to the right side. N.p. unknown books
1953ref. 148427Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1953. Vintage US lobby card for the 1953 film. Loosely based on Jean-Paul Le Chanois' 1951 French film "Without Leaving an Address." An ill-tempered New York cabbie helps an Irish immigrant with an infant son locate her missing husband. Set and shot on location in New York. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light soil and light toning to the edges. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
