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1972ref. 153863London: VPS 1972. Vintage double weight borderless reference photograph from the 1972 film showing actors Natalya Bondarchuk and Donatas Banionis. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso specific to the film's UK release. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1961 novel by Stanislaw Lem about a psychologist who is sent to a distant space station in order to observe and treat the station's crew who have fallen into unexplained mental and emotional disorder. An open-ended and conceptually faithful adaptation of Lem's novel concerning itself with the inability of the human species to communicate with other intelligent life forms based simply on the fact that a more advanced life form would exist outside the sphere of human experience and understanding. Set in outer space and shot on location in Ukraine Japan and Russia. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 164. VPS unknown books
1997ref. 154529Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1997. Final Draft script for the 1998 film copy belonging to uncredited crew member Margaret Reeves her name written in manuscript ink on the top right of front wrapper. Based on the 1996 novel by Terry McMillan. A high-powered San Francisco stock broker is persuaded to take a well-deserved vacation to Montego Bay Jamaica where she begins a romance with a much younger man prompting her to reflect on her life. Set in and shot on location in California and Jamaica. Yellow titled wrappers dated September 12 1997. Title page present dated September 12 1997 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Ron Bass and screenwriter and author Terry McMillan. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1963ref. 168067Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1963. Vintage reference photograph of actors Ann-Margret and Jesse Pearson with director George Sidney and script supervisor Marshall Wolins on the set of the 1963 film. Mimeo snipe and Columbia Pictures stamp on the verso. Based on the 1960 Tony Award-winning stage musical of the same name about an unsuccessful pop songwriter who becomes convinced he can make his fortune if he can get recently drafted rock and roll star Conrad Birdie on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss his high-school girlfriend goodbye. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1949ref. 160938Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1949. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1949 film noir. A part-time mail carrier decides to steal what he believes to be $200 from a lawyer's office on his mail route but ends up taking thousands pulling him into a shadowy world of crime and deceit. Farley Granger and Cathy O'Donnell's second pairing following the noted 1948 noir "They Live By Night" directed by Nicholas Ray. Shot on location in New York City. 4.75 x 28 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the extremities. Grant US. Selby Master List. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1970ref. 153220Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless studio still photograph of director Arthur Hiller and a camera crew capturing a sidewalk scene with actors Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal. With the stamp of Cinemagence to the verso. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Original Screenplay Best Actor for Ryan O'Neal Best Actress for Ali McGraw and Best Supporting Actor for John Marley and winning one for Best Original Score. 9.75 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1943ref. 152391Universal City: Universal Pictures 1943. Vintage keybook reference photograph of Arthur Lubin and camerman on a crane above the opera house audience from the 1943 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Loosely based on the 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux. The second Universal film based on the story following Rupert Julian's 1925 silent film. Nominated for four Academy Awards and winning two including one for Best Cinematography. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors 1931-1946. Universal Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 151447N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Arthur Penn and actress Alexandra Stewart on the set of the 1965 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. After angering the Mafia a stand-up comedian Warren Beatty finds himself on the run taking on an alias and heading to Chicago. The film received spotty reviews upon release but has since been reconsidered as a cult classic heavily influenced by the New Wave and presaging Penn and Beatty's collaboration in "Bonnie and Clyde" two years later. Grant US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 150135N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1974 film. Based on director Bertrand Blier's 1972 novel a controversial comedy following two petty criminals as they roam with abandon deflowering women stealing and behaving badly in general. Remade as "The Jesus Rolls" in 2020 directed written by and starring John Turturro incorporating and reprising his iconic character Jesus from the 1998 Joel and Ethan Coen cult favorite "The Big Lebowski." Set and shot on location in Ardeche Calvados Cote-d'or Drome Hautes-Alpes Normandie and Pas-de-Calais France. 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing to top right corner and light edgewear. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 157894Culver City CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1957. Vintage US half sheet poster for the 1957 film. Based on the 1953 play by Agatha Christie about the trial of a man accused of murder. Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Actor for Charles Laughton and Best Supporting Actress for Elsa Lanchester. Set in London. 28 x 22 inches. Folded twice as issued Near Fine. Penzler 101. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1965ref. 150160N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actor Jack Lemmon in costume as Professor Fate in turn in disguise as Crown Prince Fredrich Hapnick covered in cake and pie. With the stamp of Globe Photos dated 14 April 1965 two Italian agency stamps and a stamp noting No. 7053 on the verso. Loosely based on the 1908 race from New York to Paris billed as the "Greatest Auto Race" of its time. An homage to slapstick farces and silent film comedies following two competing daredevils at the turn of the 20th century: handsome courteous hero The Great Leslie Tony Curtis and his nemesis the dastardly Professor Fate Lemmon. Set and shot on location in Austria Paris and Kentucky Oregon and California in the United States. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 162216N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the 1972 film showing actors Fritz Wepper and Marisa Berenson. French release stamps on the verso. Based on Joe Masteroff's 1966 musical which was based on John Van Druten's 1951 Broadway play "I Am a Camera" which was in turn based on short stories by Christopher Isherwood from his collection "Goodbye to Berlin." A decadent beautiful story of cabaret life desperation and love all under the increasingly deadly presence of the Nazi Party in Weimar-era Berlin. Nominated for ten Academy Awards and winning eight including Best Picture Best Director Best Cinematography Best Adapted Screenplay Best Actress for Minnelli and Best Supporting Actor for Joel Grey. Set in Berlin and shot on location throughout Germany. 8 x 10 inches with a wide bottom margin. Near Fine. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 150396Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1984. Vintage black-and-white satin-finish reference photograph of cinematographer Sven Nykvist shooting a carousel scene from the ground up on the set of the 1983 film. With the stamp of still photographer Stephen Vaughan on the verso. Based on Teresa Carpenter's Pulitzer Prize-winning Village Voice article "Death of a Playmate" which traced the unusual circumstances of Playboy model Dorothy Stratten's death at the hands of her narcissistic husband and manager Paul Snider in 1980. Director Bob Fosse's final film released a few years before his death in 1987. Set and shot on location in Vancouver B.C. New York and Los Angeles. Image 7 x 5 inches measuring 10 x 8 inches total with wide margins. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1972ref. 157747Beverly Hills CA: Bryanston Pictures 1972. Vintage linen-backed US one sheet poster for the 1972 Hong Kong film. Seen here under its US title "Return of the Dragon." The first film produced by Bruce Lee's Concord Productions studio as well as Lee's screenwriting and directorial debuts and the film debut of Chuck Norris who battles Lee in an iconic fight scene at the film's climax. 27 x 41 inches. Linen-backed and rolled. Very Good plus overall with a few small nicks and creases. Bryanston Pictures unknown books
1935ref. 151084N.p.: N.p. 1935. Two vintage reference photographs of Cecil B. DeMille on the set of the 1935 film one with Henry Wilcoxon and C. Aubrey Smith. Mimeo snipes printed on versos. DeMille's typically spectacular dramatization of the Third Crusade launched by King Richard the Lionheart in 1187 AD. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. 8 x 10.25 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear and creasing in margins. N.p. unknown books
1947ref. 171760Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1947. Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film showing Charlie Chaplin standing on the sidewalk outside a cafe in Paris. Annotation in manuscript pencil on the verso noting the film title. A black comedy featuring a rare villainous turn by Chaplin as the titular Henri Verdoux a bigamist serial killer loosely based on real-life French killer Henri Désiré Landru. Chaplin was at the time facing accusations of being a Communist and the film was met with boycotts and picketing by the public and hostility by the press. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly toned else about Fine. United Artists unknown books
1935ref. 163775Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1935. Vintage reference photograph from the 1935 film showing actors Clark Gable and Jean Harlow. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil mimeo snipe and provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1930 novel by Crosbie Garstin about a ship captain who must fend off pirates while also juggling two romantic interests aboard his ship. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1950ref. 160943Universal City: Universal Pictures 1950. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1949 film noir. Richard Basehart has just been paroled from prison after fifteen years and is determined not to fall on the wrong side of the law again when he learns the sanitarium he works at is a front for a robbery syndicate and the nurse he longs for Marilyn Maxwell is a gold-digger. Set in Philadelphia and shot on location in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. 4.75 x 28 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the extremities. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1974ref. 156677Amsterdam: N.V. Filmtrust 1974. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1974 Italian film. Stamp of N.V. Filmtrust on the verso. A middle-class architect is sent to prison for a traffic violation and falls into a world of corruption violence and Mafia power. Shot on location in Tuscany and Rome. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners. N.V. Filmtrust unknown books
1991ref. 168485N.p.: N.p. 1991. Vintage reference photograph from the 1991 film showing David Bowie and Rosanna Arquette. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. A British bartender and a magic-obsessed waitress at a successful brasserie in Chelsea decide to team up to rob the restaurant. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with two sets of pinholes at the top left corner. N.p. unknown books
1983ref. 161337N.p.: N.p. 1983. Vintage borderless matte-finish color reference photograph from the 1983 film showing actor David Bowie preparing to face the firing squad. Printed snipe provenance label and ink annotations regarding cropping on the verso. Based on Laurens van der Post's 1963 novel "The Seed and the Sower" about Post's experiences as a prisoner of war during World War II. An international co-production ultimately shot with parts in both English and Japanese. Shot in Auckland New Zealand. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Criterion Collection 535. N.p. unknown books
1986ref. 169589Paris: Sipa Press 1986. Eight vintage color slides from the French release of the 1986 film. Based on the 1957 short story by George Langelaan and a remake of the 1958 film directed by Kurt Neumann. A classic work of body horror about an eccentric inventor who begins to undergo unexpected and horrific mutations when a common house fly slips into his newly invented teleportation device. Winner of an Academy Award. 1.5 x 1 inches in the original 2 x 2 cardboard sleeves. About Fine. Carlson Destroy All Movies. Sipa Press unknown books
1965ref. 159607N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of cast and crew members filming on location for the 1965 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of photographer Federico Grau. Based on Boris Pasternak's controversial Nobel Prize-winning 1957 novel following a married physician whose life is irreversibly changed by the Russian Revolution and resulting Civil War. Nominated for ten Academy Awards winning five including Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography. Pasternak's novel was widely banned in the Soviet Union due to its perceived criticism of the Soviet government forcing director David Lean to begin filming on location in Spain-chosen in large part as a result of his positive experiences filming "Lawrence of Arabia" there several years prior as well as the promise of snow. The film was shot over ten months in Soria and Aragon and at the Aldeadavila Dam with a large-scale Moscow set built outside of Madrid as documented throughout the archive. An unseasonably warm winter in Spain obligated production to head to Finland and Canada in the final months of shooting in order to obtain a sufficiently wintry backdrop for landscape scenes. Shot on location throughout Spain Finland and Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1954ref. 150786N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage narrow margin double weight reference photograph of David Lean on the set of the 1954 film. Based on the 1916 play by Harold Brighouse. Previously made as a silent film in 1920 directed by Percy Nash and starring Arthur Pitt and Joan Ritz and in 1931 directed by Thomas Bentley and starring James Harcourt and Joan Maude. Victorian bootmaker stingy widow and a man of great thirst Henry Hobson an exceptionally brilliant Charles Laughton insists there will be no marriages of his three daughters to avoid the costly settlements but the independent-minded eldest Brenda de Banzie has her sights set on Hobson's prize bootmaker Will Mossop John Mills. Set in and shot on location in Manchester England. 9.75 x 8 inches. Near Fine with black paper affixed to verso. Criterion Collection 461. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 159954N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1973 Italian film. An anthology film about sex and sexual perversions directed by noted commedia all'italiana director Dino Risi. 11.75 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine with light creasing on the bottom left corner. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 151304N.p.: N.p. 1977. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1977 Italian film. With the stamps of Israeli Film Archive on the verso. Based on Piero Chiara's 1976 novel. A wealthy war hero befriends a loner with a sailboat taking him home to meet his estranged wife and sister-in-law. Shot on location in Piedmont Italy. 9.5 x 7 inches. One Near Fine one Very Good plus with pinholes to the bottom edge. N.p. unknown books
