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1947ref. 139681Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1947. 34 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1947 film. Printed snipes on the versos. From the collection of actor Van Heflin who played Timothy Haslam in the film in his personal tabbed file folder. Based on Goudge's 1944 novel "Green Dolphin Country." Love interest upon love interest gathers in the English Channel and New Zealand in the 19th century with Donna Reed Lana Turner Edmund Gwenn and Richard Hart "having a go of it." Van Heflin plays a carpenter who kills a man for love's sake and flees. Winner of an Academy Award. 8 x 10 inches some slightly varied in size. Near Fine overall. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1957ref. 172431Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film. Based on a July 1955 Reader's Digest article "Gangsters in the Dress Business" by Lester Velie. Gangsters hired to union-bust for a garment company continue to gravely injure and kill union organizers and people in the company who question their presence. Shot on location in Los Angeles CA and New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Six photographs Very Good plus to Near Fine one photograph Very Good with a loss at the top right corner and chips from the right edge. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1974ref. 137795Rome: Ultra Film S. p. A. 1974. Carbon typescript Draft script for the 1973 Italian film" Baciamo le mani" here under the English title "The Family." Released internationally as "I Kiss the Hand" "Family Killer" and "Kiss My Hand" and re-released in the US as "Sin City Confidential." Brief annotations in manuscript ink on the first page noting the role of Luca played by Spiros Focas and on a few other pages. Rubber-stamped on the title page as an Ultra Film production however Aquila Cinematografica would receive final credit. Based on Schiraldi's 1972 titular novel. Stefano Ferrante Joshua Sinclair the son of a Mafia boss Kennedy is killed by Gaspare Ardizzone Saxon because he refused to sell a piece of land. Eventually Ardizzone becomes the new Don and the prior is soon killed by some indifferent construction workers. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Schiraldo and translator Denis Hall. 208 leaves with last page of text numbered 207. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Ultra Film S. p. A. unknown books
1964ref. 137314Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM / Seven Arts 1964. Collection of 13 studio photographs from the 1964 film. The third of three feature films adapted from W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel starring Kim Novak and Laurence Harvey following the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis and the 1946 film starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker. Set in London and filmed by MGM British Studios at Ardmore Studios in County Wicklow Ireland. 10 x 8 inches 25 x 20. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Seven Arts unknown books
1978ref. 149435Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1978. Vintage matte black-and-white reference photograph of director Walter Hill and actor Isabelle Adjani on the set of the 1978 film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso. Director Walter Hill's existential neo-noir heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" 1967 with some of the finest car-chase sequences ever committed to celluloid. The film follows a skilled getaway driver whose elusive escapes torment a self-assured police detective driving the detective to the brink of obsession. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US. Twilight Time 53. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1982ref. 146134Vienna: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion 1982. Vintage borderless studio photograph of Werner Herzog Klaus Kinski and Claudia Cardinale on the set of the 1982 film. Francois Frederic stamp on the verso. Herzog's brilliant bold and audacious "Fitzcarraldo" the story of the early 20th century rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald the ever manic Kinski intent on building an opera house in the Peruvian Amazon and on transporting a 320 ton steamer over a mountain to access a rich rubber territory. Herzog's production being every bit as unrestrained and preposterous as the story he was filming. An astonishing and insane masterpiece whose outrageous production was documented by director Les Blank in his remarkable documentary "Burden of Dreams" 1982. Winner of Best Director and nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. Set in Peru shot on location in Peru and Brazil. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Ebert III. BFI 2032. Werner Herzog Filmproduktion unknown books
1933ref. 136691Los Angeles: First National Pictures 1933. Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 pre-Code film. Shown is Ann Hovey as she is attacked after stowing away on a train by Ward Bond playing against type as a villainous railroad worker. The rape is not only attempted but takes place a radical element even in a pre-Code film. A film that has held up well in that it breaks the stereotype of hobos as nothing more than restless drifters and delves into what fueled the movement during the Great Depression. Many teenagers male and female were forced to leave their homes and ride the rails because their families were unable to provide support. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine with some penciled annotations on the verso regarding another actress in the film Dorothy Coonan who would go on to marry the film's director William A. Wellman. National Film Registry. First National Pictures unknown books
1938ref. 146054Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. With manuscript pencil annotations on the front wrapper. Included with the script are four pages of mimeographed notes regarding main title billing for the film. Two aviators' friendship is tested when a love triangle forms between them and their shared childhood sweetheart. Another tribute to the glories of aviation by director and former WWI fighter pilot William A. Wellman best known for "Wings" 1927 the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. White titled self wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 1156 and marked as production No. 1172 dated February 15 1938. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 144 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 2-14-38 and 6-21-38. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine side stapled. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1962ref. 167095Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film noir showing a semi-nude Elizabeth Montgomery. Based on the 1959 novel "The Kingdom of Johnny Cool" by John McPartland about an exiled American in Rome who recruits a hit man to return to the US and take revenge on the people who forced him to flee. Set and shot on location in New York City Las Vegas and Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. United Artists unknown books
1918ref. 143521US: Artcraft Pictures / Mary Pickford Company 1918. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1918 film. With an identifying manuscript notation on the verso. Based on the 1917 novel by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd about a young socialite and a millionaire who meet and fall in love while pretending to be a cook and a hired hand respectively. No known prints of the film survive and it is considered lost. 8.75 x 7.75 inches irregularly trimmed. Very Good plus. Diagonal crease to the top corner with a short closed horizontal tear to one edge. Artcraft Pictures / Mary Pickford Company unknown books
1961ref. 141152N.p.: Darryl F. Zanuck Productions 1961. Collection of 28 vintage studio still photographs from the 1961 film. Based on William Faulkner's novels "Sanctuary" and "Requiem for a Nun." A harsh film with frank dialogue and thematic content throughout regarding rape female sensuality and sexual brutality. The final version of the film suffered from censorship as well as an attempt to make something "literary" and "respectable" from a novel where disrespect and ill repute were at the center of a grim story. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine to Fine condition. Darryl F. Zanuck Productions unknown books
1973ref. 149689Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage publicity photograph of actress Linda Blair in front of the National Theatre in Westwood California where crowds have lined up to see "The Exorcist." With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1971 novel by screenwriter William Peter Blatty. The first and finest film in the series following the demonic possession of a twelve year-old girl and the ensuing attempts to purge her body of the evil spirit. One of the great genre films of the 1970s that accomplished the uncommon feat of being an over-the-top sensation upon its release and gaining subsequent status as a classic with a strangeness and depth supplied by the strength of Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow's performances. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown books
1977ref. 140265Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1977. Final Revised Draft script for the 1977 television movie. Based on the 1977 book by Harold King. Included is a vintage production photo of William Devane from the film with a snipe on the verso with the CBS television logo. A computer at a nuclear power plant malfunctions and seals off the reactor room believing that a dangerous explosion has occurred and trapping the crew inside. One of a string of speculative films to feature either nuclear power plant disasters or dangerous fictional computers from the dawning era of computer technology. Set near Minneapolis shot on location in Houston Texas at NASA's Manned Space Center. White titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 17 1977 noted as FINAL REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Sandor Stern novelist Harold King executive producers Gerald I. Isenberg and Gerald W. Abrams and producer Barry Goldberg. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Mimeograph on blue stock. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Newman 104. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown books
1990ref. 168777N.p.: N.p. 1990. Small archive of production documents for the 1990 film including six gatherings of Call Sheets two to ten pages each dating from "24th April 1990" to "6th May 1990" a sixteen page "Movement Order No. 4" for "Friday 27th and Saturday 28th April 1990" and a twenty-five page "Provisional Unit List" dated "29.6.90." The call sheets and "Movement Order" found here were made during location shooting in Dover and Aberdeen/Stonehaven and include the daily schedule for cast and crew as well as locations and maps to the day's shooting location. Earliest Call Sheet dating "24th April 1990" with a single manuscript ink annotation of copy number "308" in the top margin. Director Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy starring Mel Gibson in the title role. Also starring Glenn Close Alan Bates Ian Holm and Helena Bonham Carter. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Shot on location in England Scotland France and Italy. 8.25 x 11.75 inches 78 total pages in eight gatherings each corner stitched with a single staple to the top left. Near Fine overall. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 149552N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1971 film showing director Woody Allen behind a pile of bananas. With the stamp of London Press Photos Ltd. on the verso along with manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout. 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. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a few tiny nicks and a small faint splash to the bottom edge. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 156222Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actor Woody Allen from the 1972 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Allen's 1969 play. The predecessor of many films Allen would write and direct throughout the 1970s in terms of shooting style timing romantic themes and the actors involved. Allen had already directed two films at this point "Take the Money and Run" in 1969 and "Bananas" in 1971 but this film is significant in that it predicted the more substantive romantic comedies that would later place him among the most important filmmakers of his time. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Grant US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1947ref. 138070Beverly Hills CA: Victor Glaser 1947. Draft script for the 1948 film. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock a draft of the novel produced for purposes of film development with brief annotations throughout in manuscript ink. Copy belonging to Victor Glaser with his name and address on the front wrapper in manuscript ink and the person to whom the internal annotations presumably belong. Based on the 1939 novel by Henri La Barthe writing as Ashelbe. Dedee Signoretworks in a bar and lives Marco Dalio the bouncer and her pimp. When she meets Francesco Pagliero she sees a way to a better life but must avoid the menacing embrace of Marco. Set in Antwerp. Censored upon release in both Finland and France. Blue wrappers with a credit for Ashelbe on the front wrapper. 145 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 143. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound with three gold brads. Victor Glaser unknown books
1961ref. 143969Paris: Cinedis 1961. Collection of 18 original single weight press photographs from a gala surrounding the 1961 French-Italian-West German-Japanese film. Most of the photos represent actress Kishi here as "Kiski" in kimono and director Ciampi on-stage behind a microphone and signing autographs presumably at the French premiere. Several photographs are rubber-stamped on the versos crediting photographer Jungmann or Andre also for Bar-le-Duc. Also included are a few leaves documenting travel expenses and locations associated with the film and a memo mentioning Kishi's travels signed by "F. Willkomm" at Cinedis the film's distribution company addressed to Maryse Martres dated May 29 1961. All photos and memo housed in original mailing envelopes with annotations in manuscript ink on the recto of the larger. Little is known of Willkomm but Martres Martin was a prolific French actress since 1948 notably "Girl on the Third Floor" 1955 and "The Happy Road" 1957 and she was later involved in press relations at Cinedis a notable film agency in operation since the Silent Film era. Kishi was born in 1932 and became a Japanese actress and writer. She married director Ciampi in 1957. Since 1996 she has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund UNFPA. Based on the true story of Richard Sorge who was a spy for the USSR working at the German Embassy in Japan between 1935 and 1943. Holtzman plays Sorge and Kishi plays Yuki presumably involved with Sorge romantically and within the workings of his spy ring. Sorge's story was adapted once more "Spy Sorge 2003 a Japanese film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. Photos range from 3.5 x 6 inches to 7 x 9 inches several with white borders. Very Good plus overall slight curling and light creasing. Envelopes memo and travel ephemera Very Good overall. Cinedis unknown books
1942ref. 149132Los Angeles: Walt Disney Productions 1942. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph on the set of the 1942 film. "Photograph by Coburn" stamp and "Bison Archives" stamp on verso. Based on the 1894 collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling. The stunning Technicolor live-action version of the classic Kipling stories made by the Hungarian born filmmaking team the Korda brothers director Zoltan Korda producer Alexander Korda and art director Vincent Korda which brilliantly utilized live exotic animals on huge lush sets and featured Indian born actor Sabu as Mowgli the boy raised by wolves who can communicate with the animals of the jungle. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Cinematography. Set in a village in India shot on location in Sherwood Forest California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection Eclipse Series 30. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1964ref. 171049Universal City: Universal Studios 1964. Vintage color transparency from the 1971 film showing Ann-Margret and Jack Nicholson. A pitch-black comedy chronicling the sex lives of two college friends over a period of 25 years as they navigate their changing desires and expectations. Set and shot on location in New York and Massachusetts in the US and Vancouver in Canada. 4 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Universal Studios unknown books
1949ref. 170969Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1949. Nine vintage studio still photographs from the 1949 film. Two photographs with provenance stickers on the versos and three photographs with an erratum paste-up to the title in the bottom margin of the recto. A dark and morally conflicted film by Siodmak here at the top of his considerable directorial skills and a powerful performance by Stanwyck who invests her character Thelma with more ambiguity and sympathy than is found in the stereotypical femme fatale. Shot on location in Culver City California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Olive Films. Selby Canon. Selby Master List. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 164325N.p.: Miracle Films 1969. Two vintage photographs from the UK release of the 1969 Italian-French anthology film both showing scenes from Bernardo Bertolucci's segment "Agonia." From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Largely dealing with themes of religion and spirituality the film featured segments written and directed by five Italian directors and one French director. Bertolucci's segment starred members of The Living Theatre including noted actor and director Julian Beck. Distributed by the notoriously versatile Miracle Films a significant force in both international cinema and American pornography in the late 1960s and 1970s. 10 x 8 inches. One Very Good plus one Very Good both slightly curled. Miracle Films unknown books
1985ref. 157079N.p.: N.p. 1985. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1985 French film showing director Agnes Varda and actress Sandrine Bonnaire. One with a stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. 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 Hérault and Bouches-du-Rhône France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 74. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 150389N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Alain Robbe-Grillet on the set of the 1963 film. French "L'Immortelle" and "57- -3" stamp on verso. Directorial debut of novelist and filmmaker Alain Robbe-Grillet his first film project after writing the screenplay for Alain Resnais' "Last Year at Marienbad" 1961. Robbe-Grillet's eliptical narrative-defying tale of a withdrawn French man Jacques Doniol-Valcroze in a strange city Istanbul unable to speak the language falling in love with a mysterious woman Francoise Brion who shortly thereafter disappears. Set in and shot on location in Istanbul Turkey. 6.75 x 5 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1188. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 153193N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Alain Robbe-Grillet with cinematographer Willy Kurant and a cameraman on the set of the 1966 French film. An inexperienced drug runner on a cross-continental train becomes the central figure in the imaginations of a group of filmmakers who are engaged in the process of drafting their next feature. Set in Paris and Antwerp. 7 x 5 inches. Fine. BFI 2033. Grant France. N.p. unknown books
