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1974ref. 156710N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1974 film showing a topless Nathalie Courval. Two couples visit the castle of an actor who specializes in playing vampires but soon begin to question whether his sinister behavior is indeed a performance. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with moderate wear and creasing at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 162507N.p.: Ceres-Film 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 German film showing a half-nude Hanna Schygulla with Ulli Lommel reclining in bed on the right. Printed mimeo snipe in German affixed to the verso. A small-time pimp is caught between his obligations to his mistress and to a powerful violent crime syndicate. Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder's first feature film heavily influenced by the French New Wave. Shot on location in Munich. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus. Arrow 15. Criterion Collection Eclipse 39. Grant Germany. Ceres-Film unknown books
1949ref. 170744Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1949. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1949 film noir. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Loosely based on the Faust myth about a district attorney who makes a deal with the devil in order to put a criminal ringleader behind bars. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good or better lightly toned with creasing at three corners. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 158122N.p.: N.p. 1970. Two vintage oversize borderless reference photographs from the 1970 French film. A successful model finds herself torn between her photographer boyfriend and a beautiful advertising executive. Shot on location in Martinique. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 161068N.p.: N.p. 1969. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the stark 1969 neo-noir film both showing actress Rita Moreno. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Based on Lionel White's 1953 novel "The Snatchers" about a wealthy young woman who is kidnapped and held hostage in a remote French beach house. Set and shot on location in Le Touquet France. 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Grant UK. N.p. unknown books
1985ref. 167654Paris: Sygma 1985. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1985 film one showing Robert Altman on the set the other showing Altman talking with actor Sam Shepard. Based on Shepard's 1983 Pulitzer Prize-nominated play about two ex-lovers with an exceedingly troubled past who inadvertently find themselves at the same run-down motel in the Mojave Desert. Shot on location in El Dorado New Mexico. 9.5 x 7 inches. Both with two neat pinholes at one corner each else about Fine. Sygma unknown books
1967ref. 152709Paris: Compagnie Francaise de Distribution Cinematographique CFDC 1967. Vintage French pressbook for the 1967 French film. In a rural French village a young girl named Mouchette or "Little Fly" lives a lonely difficult life supporting her alcoholic father sickly mother and infant brother and finds nothing but unkindness and despair in her daily interactions. One of Robert Bresson's greatest achievements at turns grim and graceful purportedly a favorite of Andrei Tarkovsky and Kelly Reichardt. Shot on location in Vaucluse France. Bi-fold 6.5 x 8.5 inches. Near Fine with a small crease to the bottom left corner. Criterion Collection 363. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Compagnie Francaise de Distribution Cinematographique [CFDC] unknown books
1961ref. 152418N.p.: N.p. 1961. Draft script for the 1962 film. From the estate of actress Monique van Vooren. Doon Spile a mute escapes from the asylum he has been committed to and encounters his estranged nephew Leroy in the woods. When Leroy almost drowns while swimming in the lake Doon overcomes his fear of water and rescues the boy only to be misinterpreted by a mob as hurting the boy. Beige titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Robert Lewin. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robert Lewin. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1946ref. 156250New York: RKO Radio Pictures 1946. Vintage reference photograph from the 1946 film noir seen here under the working title "What Nancy Wanted" showing actor Robert Mitchum in an artist's studio. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. RKO Radio Pictures stamp on the verso crediting photographer Alex Kahle. Moments before his wedding a man learns that his fiancée is a kleptomaniac who has cheated lied and even killed in her previous relationships. Set in Manhattan. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1963ref. 157998Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film showing director Robert Mulligan examining negatives during filming on location in New York. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A young Italian-American salesgirl realizes she is pregnant after a one-night-stand with a jazz musician and seeks him out in order to raise money for an abortion. Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1974ref. 160802N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1974 film. Rare. Noted female exploitation and pornographic director Roberta Findlay's ninth properly documented film. Georgina Spelvin stars as Dr. Tessy Tighttwat director of the Tighttwat Institute for Sexual Research who treats Eric Edwards as Harry Flattout impotent and unemployed after getting carried away and raping his boss' secretary during Spurt Over Oil's daily sex hour. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 25 x 38 inches Folded as issued. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1990ref. 157300N.p.: N.p. 1990. Vintage reference photograph from the 1990 film showing director Roger Corman directing John Hurt on the set. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1973 novel by Brian Aldiss. Low-budget horror king Roger Corman's final directorial effort and his first film after a hiatus of nearly 20 years about a scientist from future Los Angeles who accidentally travels back to 1817 Switzerland where he meets both Mary Shelley and confusingly her fictional creation Victor Frankenstein. INXS frontman Michael Hutchence makes a humorous appearance as Shelley's husband Percy as well. Set in Los Angeles and Switzerland shot on location in Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 162388London: New Realm Film Distributors 1974. Vintage reference photograph from the UK release of the 1974 French film showing actors Sirpa Lane lying naked in a giant plastic hand and Mathieu Carrière observing. Printed mimeo snipe in English affixed to the verso. An adventurous young woman is determined to enjoy every sexual experience life has to offer even if the pursuit leads her into danger. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. New Realm Film Distributors unknown books
1942ref. 148429Burbank CA: Warner Brothers - First National 1942. Collection of ten vintage studio still photographs from the 1942 film. One with a mimeo snipe on verso one with "National Screen Service Corp" and "227- 42" stamps on verso and two with a "Photograph by Madison Lacy" stamp on versos. Included is a two-color press flyer for the film. Two migrant workers attempt to organize farmers against monopolistic packing plant owner with the help of a dancer at a local club. Set in the fictional town of Cat Tail Florida shot on location in Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some light edgewear two uniformly faded one with four pinholes to far left two with small closed tears and one with one inch closed tear with cello tape repair on verso. Press Flyer 8.5 x 11 inches Near Fine. Warner Brothers - First National unknown books
1970ref. 158514N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1970 film showing actors Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Based on the 1970 novel by screenwriter Erich Segal. An enormously successful romantic drama about the tumultuous relationship between a working-class musician and a wealthy law student. Shot on location in New York and Massachusetts. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light wear at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 164097N.p.: Stage Struck Productions / Entertainment Pyramid 1974. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1974 Blaxploitation film. A former Green Beret turned detective and nightclub owner seeks revenge on the men responsible for his girlfriend's death. Written produced and directed by Oakland Channel 20 television talk show host Sal Watts the film was for years considered lost until 2022 when it was re-released in a restoration by Deaf Crocodile Films. Set in California and the Middle East shot on location in Oakland. 27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus lightly worn at the creases with a couple small chips at the left and right edges. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 195. Stage Struck Productions / Entertainment Pyramid unknown books
1972ref. 170451Los Angeles: First Artists / National General Pictures 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the 1972 film showing director Sam Peckinpah behind the camera. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A ballet of violence and to date easily the finest adaptation of a Jim Thompson novel ever produced. Other grand alliances made this one of the great crime films of the New American Cinema including a supremely confident Steve McQueen as an antihero and a young Walter Hill-who first encountered McQueen on the set of "Bullitt" four years prior-handling the screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Light toning to margins else Near Fine. Grant US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. First Artists / National General Pictures unknown books
1971ref. 170449N.p.: Cinerama 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1971 film showing director Sam Peckinpah talking with Dustin Hoffman between takes. Provenance label on the verso. Based on Gordon M. Williams's 1969 novel. An American returns with his wife to her hometown in England only to run afoul of the locals with increasingly violent consequences. Controversial in its depiction of physical and sexual violence even within Sam Peckinpah's often controversial filmography the film is also frequently considered one of the director's best. Set in Dando Cornwall and shot on location in Cornwall and Middlesex England. 9.5 x 8.25 inches. About Near Fine. Criterion Collection 182. Grant US. Cinerama unknown books
1967ref. 162219N.p.: Screen Gems 1967. Vintage reference photograph of actor Sammy Davis Jr. in the recording studio on the set of the 1966 animated musical film holding a poster with a drawing by John Tenniel and pointing to the character Davis voiced in the movie-the Cheshire cat. A modern adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic 1865 novel with Alice falling through the "looking glass" of the television screen into Wonderland. Originally broadcast on ABC on March 30 1966 the special featured music by composer Charles Strouse and lyricist Lee Adams best known for the Broadway production "Bye Bye Birdie" 1960. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Screen Gems unknown books
1999ref. 162699N.p.: N.p. 1999. Three gatherings of vintage treatment and draft material relating to the 1999-2000 primetime animated television series. Includes: 1. A gathering of brief treatments for episodes dated February 3 1999 and credited to screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. 2. A treatment script for an unproduced episode entitled "The Dil 1.0" credited to Silverman and Sustarsic dated February 8 1999. 3. A five-page gathering of story ideas dated March 7 1999 credited to Silverman and Sustarsic. Based on the successful 1989-2023 comic strip by Scott Adams about the titular pessimistic white-collar engineer and his daily interactions with his idiotic boss and frustrated coworkers. All materials 8.5 x 11 inches bound with a single staple at the top left corners. Near Fine to Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 168321N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. With the resume of screenwriter Shelley Berc bound in before the title page at the front of the script. An adaptation of an experimental stage play also written by Berc a musical about a New York fireman. Title page present copyright date noted as 1984 with credit for Berc. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a single paper clip at the top left corner. N.p. unknown books
1989ref. 163938Santa Monica CA: Braunstein / Hamady Productions 1989. Draft script for the 1990 film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. Based on the 1989 novel by Sarah Bird. With the help of his sister a cancer survivor pretends to be someone he is not to get a woman to fall in love with him. Shot on location in Charleston South Carolina. 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. Yellow titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as Rev. on the front wrapper dated 5/29/89 with credits for screenwriter and novelist Sarah Bird. Title page integral with front wrapper. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication rectos only internally duplicated with copied annotations with pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 5/24/89 and 5/29/89. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Braunstein / Hamady Productions unknown books
1966ref. 161304Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1966. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1966 Japanese film. One with annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso identifying the film and director. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A disillusioned pornographer tries to stay out of the clutches of the local mob while taking care of his ailing landlady and her children secretly spending time with his mistress and lusting after his teenage stepdaughter. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 207. Nikkatsu unknown books
1971ref. 166112N.p.: N.p. 1971. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1971 Japanese Pink film both showing scenes featuring nude women. Provenance stamps and annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. An experimental film about a young man's psychosexual odyssey stemming from a dysfunctional relationship with his family and culminating in alienation. 6 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 157991N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Sidney Lumet and actress Candice Bergen on the set of the 1966 film. Based on the 1963 novel. A satire following the lives of eight graduates of the fictional South Tower College an all-women's university in Connecticut. Set and shot on location in Connecticut and New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
