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1931ref. 154507N.p.: N.p. 1931. Vintage reference photograph from the 1931 pre-Code film showing actors Will Rogers and Fifi D'Orsay. A French singer helps an older serious-minded businessman loosen up but his sons decide to intervene afraid that she is taking advantage of his largesse. Set in Chicago. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1959ref. 150507Berlin: Central Cinema Company Film CCC 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Fritz Lang being attacked by the shackled Paul Hubschmid rehearsing a scene on the set of the 1959 film. German mimeo snipe and "Der Tiger von Eschnapur" stamps on verso. Based on the 1918 German novel "Das Indische Grabmal" "The Indian Tomb" by Thea von Harbou. Previously filmed in 1921 as the silent film "The Indian Tomb" directed by Joe May and starring Conrad Veidt and Mia May with a screenplay written by von Harbou and Lang who was originally slated to direct and in 1938 as the German film "Der Tiger von Eschnapur" directed by Richard Eichberg starring Philip Dorn and La Jana. Lang returned to the material some forty years later and divided the story into two films to avoid the lengthy three and a half hour running time of the original silent film. A German architect travels to the remote Indian city of Eschnapur to oversee work being done at the behest of the Maharajah and falls in love with a beautiful temple dancer who the Maharajah also loves. Set in India shot on location in Berlin Germany and Udaipur India. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Eureka 50047. Rosenbaum 1000. Central Cinema Company Film [CCC] unknown
1944ref. 150383N.p.: N.p. 1944. Two vintage photographs from the set of the 1944 film noir one showing director Fritz Lang closely inspecting a filmstrip the other showing Lang in conversation with actress Joan Bennett. Based on J. H. Wallis' 1943 novel "Once Off Guard." A married psychology professor gets mixed up with a beautiful young woman who plunges him into a world of blackmail and murder. One 9.5 x 7.5 inches one 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 156330Burbank CA: American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers 1971. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1971 film both showing Robert DuVall and Maggie McOmie in states of undress. Given everything that would follow "THX-1138" could easily be described as the most successful student film of all time developed by George Lucas in 1967 as a short called "Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB" while he was attending the University of Southern California's film school. The feature film version was one of the first efforts produced under the auspices of Lucas' friend Francis Ford Coppola. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers unknown
1988ref. 162348N.p.: N.p. 1988. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1988 West German film including one photograph of director Dorris Dörrie on the set. Copyright labels affixed to versos. Based on the 1971 Italian novel by Alberto Moravia. A man's penis begins to communicate with him leading to a number of awkward situations and alienating him from his friends and family. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1943ref. 154949N.p.: Bavaria-Filmkunst 1943. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director G.W. Georg Wilhelm Pabst with a camera crew on the set of the 1943 Nazi propaganda film. Stamp of Bavaria-Filmkunst on the verso. A dramatization of the life of Swiss physician and alchemist Paracelsus. The second of two films Pabst was forced to direct under the auspices of propaganda minister Josef Goebbels the other being "The Comedians" in 1941. 7 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. Bavaria-Filmkunst unknown
1971ref. 150457Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1971. Vintage borderless studio still photograph of director Hal Ashby and actors Charles Tyner Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort along with an unknown crew member on the set of the 1971 film. With a handwritten snipe affixed to the verso along with manuscript pencil and ink annotations identifying the figures and film title. Hal Ashby's idiosyncratic love story following the unlikely romance which blossoms between the young suicidally depressed Harold and the exuberant eighty-year-old Maude. Set and shot on location in San Francisco. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn on the corners. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 608. Eureka Masters of Cinema 83. Paramount Pictures unknown
1939ref. 154915London: Studio One Cinema 1939. Vintage program for a UK showing of the 1938 French film advertising its premiere in July 1939 at the Studio One Cinema in London. A young station master's wife dreams of a wilder life in Budapest and believes she's gained an opportunity to experience the pleasures of the big city when she is called into the capital to attend her aunt's funeral and receive a share of the inheritance. Set and shot on location in Budapest. 3 x 5 inches. Bi-fold. Near Fine. Studio One Cinema unknown
1953ref. 161154N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1953 film showing director Byron Haskin and other crew members with a camera on a mount. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The first feature film adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic 1898 novel. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Special Effects and nominated for two more. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the corners. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 1037. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 152122N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 Swedish television film showing actor Anders Ek in a menacing demonic mask. With a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's UK release affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A theatrical troupe is called before the Swedish courts due to their obscene performance material and personal lives leading each troupe member to crack under psychological strain. The film originally aired on September 18 1969 on Sveriges Radio. 8.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 151296Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actress Shirley MacLaine in a bikini using a small spy camera. With a stamp noting No 2509 7 on the verso. Based on William Peter Blatty's 1963 novel. An unlucky CIA operative's U-2 spy plane malfunctions and crashes in the fictional Middle Eastern country of Fawzia threatening to ignite an international incident. Set in Fawzia. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
ref. 150845Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of Jacques Demy on the set of the 1970 film. Based on the 1695 French fairytale in verse by Charles Perrault with numerous references to Jean Cocteau's 1946 "Beauty and the Beast." Upon the deathbed of his beautiful wife the Blue Queen the Blue King promises he would only marry someone more beautiful than her and the only woman lovelier in the kingdom is their daughter the Blue Princess. With the help of her wise godmother the Fairy of the Lilac the Blue Princess escapes to a nearby village wearing the foul skin of the king's prize donkey. Shot on location in Chambord Ecuille Gmabais Manche and Oise France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 718. unknown
1979ref. 151011N.p.: N.p. 1979. Two vintage reference photographs with bottom margins from the 1979 film one of Catriona MacColl and Barry Stokes and one on the set photograph of MacColl Stokes and director Jacques Demy. One with with provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" and layout annotations in manuscript red pencil on verso. Based on the 1972-1973 Japanese manga series "The Rose of Versailles" by Riyoko Ikeda which was also made into a 40 episode anime series under the same name directed by Tadao Nagahama and Osamu Dezak and broadcast on Nippon Television from October 10 1979 to September 3 1980. Oscar Francois de Jarjayes captain of the guards at the Palace of Versailles under King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette was born a girl and raised as a boy by her militant father. She now finds herself conflicted while in the maw of the French Revolution with the boy she loved in her youth Oscar on the opposite side of the struggle. Shot on location in Paris Seine-et-Marne Oise and Versailles France. 9.25 x 7 inches. Some faint creasing else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1933ref. 150898N.p.: N.p. 1933. Vintage reference photograph of Andre Dignimont and Georges Pomies from the 1933 film. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil and provenance stamp of film historian "Maurice Bessy"on verso Bessy was a noted cinephile best known for his association with Orson Welles. One of Jean Renoir's more obscure but equally charming early sound films from 1933 wherein hard-working grocer Francois Chotard Fernand Charpin marries his daughter Jeanne Loury off to the seemingly lazy writer Julien Collient Georges Pomies and has a change of heart when Julien receives a prestigious literary award. 9 x 7 inches. Evenly faded else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1986ref. 154238Paris: Interpress 1986. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Marushka Detmers and director Jean-Luc Godard on the set of the 1983 film. Loosely based on Georges Bizet's 1875 opera. A young woman involved in a terrorist gang is embroiled in a plan to rob a bank but her plans are waylaid when she falls for the security guard. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Interpress unknown
1986ref. 150041Paris: Interpress 1986. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Marushka Detmers from the 1983 film. Later printed French Interpress announcement with typos on verso. Loosely based on Georges Bizet's 1875 opera. A young woman involved in a terrorist gang is embroiled in a plan to rob a bank but her plans are waylaid when she falls for the security guard. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Interpress unknown
1966ref. 160650Warsaw: Film Polski 1966. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 Polish film. Stamp of Film Polski on the versos. A student leaves school and decides to embrace materialism in the pursuit of wealth and power but finds his plans drastically changed once he meets and falls in love with an idealistic young woman. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Film Polski unknown
1970ref. 152335N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film showing actor Marty Feldman as a satyr gleefully reading a salacious paperback novel. An ad man is tasked with creating a new sexy image for a frozen porridge brand. A satirical farce directly ridiculing British conservative activist Mary Whitehouse who in 1970 was staging a war on gratuitous sex in advertising and many other fields of British life. Shot on location in London and Surrey. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good lightly wavy and edgeworn with light soil to the bottom left corner. N.p. unknown
1981ref. 147287N.p.: N.p. 1981. Draft script for the 1983 film here under the working title "Double Down." A woman with an innate talent for blackjack joins up with a seasoned gambler and the pair start to rake in the cash-before the casino catches wise. Screenwriter Michael Blake's debut film and the first of two collaborations between Blake and actor Kevin Costner followed by the Oscar-winning 1990 film "Dances with Wolves." Set in Reno Nevada shot on location in San Francisco and Reno. Black non-standard titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1981 with credits for screenwriter Michael Blake. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good plus with a light dampstain to the first few leaves and wrapper bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 163761N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1961 film showing director John Cassavetes working with actors Bobby Darin and Stella Stevens. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A struggling jazz musician pursues a romantic relationship with a beautiful singer to the detriment of both parties' careers. Cassavetes' second directorial effort following "Shadows" 1958 and his first film made for a Hollywood studio. Shot on location in California. 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Olive Films 391. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1988ref. 158257N.p.: N.p. 1988. Vintage test photograph from the 1988 film showing actors Ricki Lake Divine and Jerry Stiller. Globe Photos stamp on the verso along with manuscript annotations in pencil and ink. Perhaps John Waters' most enduring film serving as the basis for the long running 2002 Broadway musical adaptation which itself became the basis for both the 2007 film starring John Travolta Michelle Pfeiffer and Queen Latifah and the 2016 broadcast "Hairspray Live!" on NBC. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light wear on the bottom right corner. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1994ref. 153192N.p.: N.p. 1994. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director John Waters on the set of the 1994 film. Brief manuscript ink annotations to the verso noting the film title and Waters' name. A seemingly normal middle-class housewife in suburban Baltimore moonlights as a maniacal unstoppable serial killer. Waters' ninth feature film. Shot on location in Baltimore. 5 x 7 inches. Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. N.p. unknown
1925ref. 151451N.p.: N.p. 1925. Vintage reference photograph from the 1925 film showing actors George K. Arthur Bruce Guerin Otto Matiesen and Georgia Hale. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. An impoverished group of dockside dwellers decide to move to the city to make their fortunes. Josef von Sternberg's directorial debut. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned with light foxing to the verso. N.p. unknown
1981ref. 150157N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Jennifer Jason Leigh and John DiSanti from the 1981 film. Television reporter Jane suspects a neighbor is the serial killer/rapist terrorizing the city and must prove it before the killer catches on. Leigh's film debut as Tracy Jane's deaf mute sister. Set in and shot on location in Miami Florida. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus with light splashing. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. N.p. unknown
1931ref. 160653London: National Film Archive 1931. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1931 film showing director King Vidor. National Film Archive stamp and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Elmer Rice's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1929 play a light romance which takes place over twenty-four hours in a small community of immigrants in Hell's Kitchen. Set in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Archive unknown
