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1963ref. 151276N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph of director Robert Wise and actress Julie Harris on the set of the 1963 film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel "The Haunting of Hill House." A group of disparate individuals are invited to a purportedly haunted house by a paramormal investigator. Set in Massachusetts shot on location in Ettington Park in Warwickshire UK. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Scorsese The Dark Eleven. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 156688Universal City: Universal Pictures 1978. Vintage reference photograph from the 1978 film showing actor Ted Ross in costume as the Cowardly Lion sitting on set between takes while director Sidney Lumet and crew members work in the background. Manuscript pencil and ink annotations on the verso. Loosely based on the 1974 musical with book by William F. Brown and music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls. A contemporary African American reimagining of the 1900 L. Frank Baum children's novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" as well as Victor Fleming's 1939 classic adaptation starring Judy Garland. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners and an annotation in manuscript pencil on the top margin of the recto. Universal Pictures unknown
1931ref. 151758N.p.: N.p. 1931. Vintage reference photograph from the 1931 film. In Prohibition-era America two men end up in prison after attempting to sell some home-brewed beer to a policeman. The first feature film to star Laurel and Hardy. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good moderately toned overall with creasing and wear to the corners. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 150468N.p.: N.p. 1962. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1962 film showing actress Mylene Demongeot playfully sunbathing in a bikini. With a stamp noting the film's title on the verso along with manuscript pencil annotations regarding cropping. A light Italian comedy set and shot on location in Brazil following three loosely intersecting stories of pleasure adventure and love during Carnival. 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with faint soil on the recto. N.p. unknown
1986ref. 167882N.p.: N.p. 1986. Seven vintage reference photographs from the groundbreaking 1986 film. One of the first films to depict the impact of AIDS on the queer community in New York and one of actor Steve Buscemi's first starring roles. The first and last directorial effort for Bill Sherwood who would die from complications due to AIDS four years after the film's release. Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 155300Paris: Trinacra Films 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1977 film showing actors Jean-Pierre Bouvier and Sylvia Kristel in a passionate aquatic embrace. The last film in the original "Emmanuelle" trilogy following "Emmanuelle" 1974 directed by Just Jaeckin and starring Kristel and Alain Cuny and "Emmanuelle 2" 1975 directed by Francis Giacobetti and starring Kristel and Umberto Orsini. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Trinacra Films unknown
1974ref. 170361N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1974 film showing the Sawyer family as played by John Dugan Gunnar Hansen Edwin Neal and Jim Siedow. Loosely based on the crimes of serial murderer and body snatcher Ed Gein. Shot on a shoestring budget with the cast mostly composed of unknown Texan actors Tobe Hooper's second feature film courted controversy upon release for its grisly violence and critical view of US politics and is now rightfully considered a slasher cult classic. Set and shot on location in Round Rock Watterson Austin and San Marcos Texas. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Thrower Nightmare USA. N.p. unknown
1928ref. 158521Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1928 silent film showing actor Lon Chaney swallowing a sword. Manuscript ink annotations regarding layout on the verso along with a provenance stamp. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Having been abandoned by his wife and paralyzed by her lover a bitter magician vows to exact revenge upon the philanderer and the girl that he believes is his rival's daughter. He attempts to do so by carrying out the African tradition of burning a man's daughter at the stake after a man has died though only after killing his rival does he realize the daughter is his own. One of Tod Browning and Lon Chaney's best joint efforts a tragically grim film depicting a lurid Africa. Set in Zanzibar. 8.5 x 10.75 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1959ref. 164252N.p.: N.p. 1959. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1959 film including one of Tony Curtis and others on the set. One with a provenance label and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A sex-starved soldier stationed at an Arctic station wins a date in Paris with a bombshell film star although a couple of military policemen and a female lieutenant are tasked with following the soldier in order to ensure the date stays chaste. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 170505Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1967 film showing writer Truman Capote talking with director Richard Brooks and cinematographer Conrad Hall on location in Kansas. Brooks' unflinching and unsentimental documentary style made for a visualization that matched the power of Capote's most famous book and remains one of the great meditations on violence in America. Nominated for four Academy Awards. 7.5 x 10 inches. About Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert II. Criterion Collection 781. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1978ref. 151234Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1978. Vintage borderless studio still photograph of director Ulu Grosbard and actor Dustin Hoffman on location for the 1978 film. Based on Edward Bunker's 1972 novel about a recently paroled ex-con who struggles to adapt to the outside world written during Bunker's own time in prison in San Quentin. A masterful neo-noir and one of actor Dustin Hoffman's most underrated performances. The film debuts of both Gary Busey and Theresa Russell. Shot on location in California. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine faintly toned. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers unknown
1981ref. 159605N.p.: N.p. 1981. Three vintage color reference photographs from the 1981 French film all showing actress Valérie Kaprisky in various states of undress. One borderless two with borders. An exploration into the lives of five wealthy women leading glamorous lives alongside their powerful husbands and companions. Borderless photograph 7 x 10.5 inches bordered photographs 7 x 9 and 7 x 7.5 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 150478N.p.: N.p. 1969. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 sexploitation film two black and white and one in color. One with the stamp of Studio 111 on the verso. Two 9.5 x 7 inches one 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus one with light fading on the recto. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 157648N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the French release of the 1969 film. A pompous dictator holds control over a small isolated community on a distant island but a simpleton thief threatens to overturn societal balance. Noted Polish director Walerian Borowczyk's second feature film. 9.25 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 155790Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1975. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1975 film showing actors Warren Beatty and Julie Christie. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso of one photograph. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A New Hollywood satire about a womanizing money-hungry hairdresser in Beverly Hills. Actress Lee Grant won her only Academy Award for her turn as one of Beatty's mistresses and Beatty and Towne were nominated for their screenplay. Set and shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1936ref. 154012N.p.: N.p. 1936. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1936 film showing actress and ballerina Harriet Hoctor dancing between two lions. A dramatization of the rise to fame of Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. An extravagant runaway production with a massive budget lavish sets and costumes by noted designer Adrian. At the time of its release the film was the longest talking film of the time running just over three hours. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning three including Best Picture and Best Actress for Luise Rainer. 11 x 8.25 inches. Very Good plus with light wear to the corners and right edge. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 157687N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage reference photograph from the 1977 film showing director and actor Woody Allen. A romantic comedy about the strange relationship between a neurotic comedian and his quirky girlfriend. Winner of six Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actress and Best Actor. Shot on location in California and New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Ebert II. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 159146N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1971 film showing director Woody Allen and actress Louise Lasser. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil regarding cropping. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Anxious to impress his activist ex-girlfriend a blue collar worker travels to a fictitious South American country where he is unwittingly conscripted into a group of violent revolutionaries. Shot on location in New York and Puerto Rico. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
ref. 2616London 23 November 1970. English playwright screenwriter and director born 1946. 4 pages folio bifoliate. On yellow paper. Stain at head of first page and somewhat creased but in good condition overall. The contract is printed for Anthony Blond Limited by Frank Rook Ltd. The relevant passages are filled in in manuscript including a description of the work to be published as a 'selection of poetry written by the author for inclusion in a volume provisionally entitled Blondbooks Poetry 2'. There does not appear to be any record of this book in the British Library catalogue nor is playwright Christopher Hampton known for original poetry. [London,] 23 November 1970. unknown
ref. 18371The Writers' Guild of Great Britain 430 Edgware Road London. Two items on Pulman's letterhead 31 Steele's Road London. 1968. Six items relating to Pulman's arbitration including 'a careful breakdown by him of scene continuity of the Bourguignon script the Duncan script and the final shooting script' these three breakdowns Items Two to Four below totalling 8pp. In his four-page arbitration Pulman gives a detailed account of the process of the film's composition of all the more interest as coming from a master screenwriter and contemporary. All six items in good condition lightly aged. ONE: Carbon copy of Pulman's signed four-page 'Arbitration - "GIRL ON A MOTORCYLE" Writers involved - S. Bourguignon Ronald Duncan Jack Cardiff Gillian Freeman'. A full description of the case in fourteen numbered sections giving a great deal of detail regarding the composition of the script beginning with a list of six 'writing stages' and Pulman's reasons for reaching his conclusion. He describes the film as 'a story done very much in the style of “Un Homme et Une Femme” using a very similar continuity of flashback and throught sic track'. On reading through the material presented to him Pulman found that 'one impression emerged clearer than ever – that the final shooting script 6 differed very little from Bourguignon's adaptation which Cardiff says could “never be used on a professional basis.” To see whether this impression was correct or not I made a careful breakdown of scene continuity of the Bouguignon script the Duncan script and the final shooting script and compared them. These are enclosed with this opinion.' The are Items Two to Four below. He does not 'believe that anyone comparing these breakdowns could come to any conclusion other than that the screenplay credit belongs niether sic to Cardiff nor Duncan but solely to Bourguignon'. Since Bourguignon 'seems to be claiming no credit' he proposes to amend the credit to: 'SCREENPLAY by S. Bourguignon. Additional Scenes by Ronald Duncan and Jack Cardiff.' TWO: Two-page typescript headed 'Continuity - BOURGIGNON sic'. Twenty-four points beginning with 'Rebecca rises from her husband's bed puts on her black suit takes her motorcycle and sets off to see her lover Daniel.' Last point: '24. She leaves the cafe and gets on her motor cycle again. She is going very fast. She is killed in a collision.' THREE: Three-page typescript headed 'Ronald DUNCAN - Continuity. Second Draft'. Twenty-seven numbered points beginning with: '1. Rebecca rises from her husband's bed takes her black suit and motorcycle and sets off for her lover.' Last point: '27. She leaves the grass verge and drives on. She arrives at Daniels. He is not present but she sees the photo frame this time with the woman in it which is sic obviously always takes out when he visits her. She walks out of his life leaving the motor cycle there.' FOUR: Three-page typescript headed 'Continuity - Final Script Jack Cardiff'. Thirty-one points beginning with: '1. Rebecca asleep with her husband has a dream about him and Daniel.' Last point: '31. She leaves the grass verge and gets back on the road again. Thinking of Daniel she has a collision with a car and is killed.' FIVE: Copy of typed 'postscript to my opinion dated 29th April 1968' by Pulman. On his letterhead. Dated 6 May 1968. 1p. 4to. Amending his proposed credit following a discussion 'at some length with Dick Sharples' to 'Screenplay by - RONALD DUNCAN Adapted by - JACK CARDIFF'. SIX: Copy of letter from Alan Griffiths General Secretary of the Writers' Guild to Stuart Freeman 14 May 1968. 1p. 4to. With Griffiths' compliments slip. [ The Writers' Guild of Great Britain, 430 Edgware Road, London. ] Two items on Pulman's letterhead, 31 Steele's Road, London. 1 unknown
1975ref. 146241Hollywood: Turman-Foster 1975. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on noted African American writer and academic Cecil Brown's 1969 debut novel. A cynical silver-tongued black man from the rural south makes a living through scamming and stealing which he considers informal reparation for the injustices he has faced. Fed up with the quality of life in the US he decides to leave for Sweden where he spends his days with other black expatriates and his nights with beautiful Swedish women. Set in New York and Stockholm Sweden. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 21 1975 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Roland Cutler and novelist Cecil Brown. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Turman-Foster unknown
1939ref. 170757N.p.: N.p. 1939. Vintage reference photograph from the 1939 film showing the Marx brothers fending off a gorilla. Provenance stamp and layout annotations on the verso. The brothers unite to help save a circus from bankruptcy. Featuring songs by MGM songwriting team Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg best known their work in "The Wizard of Oz" the same year. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 149739N.p.: N.p. 1985. Four vintage borderless reference photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1985 French film three showing director Agnes Varda and actress Sandrine Bonnaire one showing Varda and cinematographer Patrick Blossier and one showing Varda and a film crew inspecting Bonnaire as she poses as a dead body in a ditch. With the stamp of Cinemagence three with provenance stamps and one with a stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. Varda's most successful and critically acclaimed film beginning with the discovery of a young migrant woman's body frozen in a ditch in northern France and retracing her life up until the time of her death. As an important and influential French director writer and artist Agnes Varda garnered praise as a filmmaker for her uncompromising documentary-style realism focusing on women and marginalized members of society as well as her experimental style. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers her early work stylistically prefigures the French New Wave and is today considered very much a part of it. Shot on location in Gard Herault and Bouches-du-Rhone France. Four photographs 7 x 5 inches one photograph 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 74. N.p. unknown
1924ref. 171399N.p.: N.p. 1924. Seven vintage reference photographs from the 1924 silent film. Five with "Country of Origin: USA" stamps on the versos. Based on Elinor Glyn's 1907 romance novel about the love affair between the married queen of a fictitious European country and a handsome young Englishman. Glyn's novel was previously adapted for film in 1914 starring Madlaine Traverse and George C. Pearce. Set in Switzerland. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good moderately edgeworn with light even toning overall. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 170735N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1972 film the final outdoor scene with Marlon Brando and Al Pacino. Annotations in manuscript ink in French on the verso. Based on the 1969 novel by Mario Puzo who co-wrote the screenplay with director Francis Ford Coppola. Widely considered one of the finest films ever made and an inescapable influence on the portrayal of organized crime in film and television. Nominated for eleven Academy Awards winning for Best Picture Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for Marlon Brando. Set in New York New Jersey Los Angeles Las Vegas Sicily and Cuba shot on location in New York New Jersey Los Angeles Las Vegas Sicily and the Dominican Republic. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine lightly edgeworn. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Penzler 101. Schrader Canon Fodder 16. Sight and Sound 2022. N.p. unknown
