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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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
1966ref. 154899Dallas: Orbit Films 1966. Vintage pressbook for the US release of the 1966 Japanese film. In a futuristic world young girls are abducted and transformed into Love Robots living sex dolls available for sale. Pink film auteur Koji Wakamatsu was one of the most successful Japanese filmmakers of the 1960s directing a number of notable erotic and softcore adult films including "Go Go Second Time Virgin" 1969 and "Ecstasy of the Angels" 1972 as well as producing Nagisa Oshima's controversial film "In the Realm of the Senses" 1976. Six pages bi-fold with one laid-in leaf. 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine. Orbit Films unknown books
1959ref. 155776N.p.: N.p. 1959. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1959 Japanese film. One photograph with a stamp noting the film's French title "L'Etrange obsession" on the verso and all three photographs with manuscript ink annotations on the verso. Based on Jun'ichir Tanizaki's 1956 novel "The Key" about an aging voyeuristic antique collector who manipulates his wife into having an affair with his daughter's fiancé as a means of curing his impotence. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Photos 6 x 4.5 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1987ref. 163715N.p.: N.p. 1987. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1987 Polish film one showing actors Bogus awa Pawelec and Tadeusz omnicki the other showing actors Monika Gozdzik and Bogus aw Linda. Dutch distributor labels and annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos. A predecessor to "Sliding Doors" 1998 and "Run Lola Run" 1998 about a young man presented with three choices which lead his life in three separate political directions. Although completed in 1981 the film's release was suppressed in Poland for several years and finally released in 1987 albeit in a censored format. Shot on location in ódzkie and Warsaw Poland. 9.5 x 7 inches. One Near Fine one Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 772. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 153701Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1960. First Draft script for an unproduced television pilot. Signed by screenwriter Larry Cohen on the title page. A crime series loosely based on "Tarzan" about a semi-feral highly agile man who captures criminals in the Amazon Rainforest. An unproduced venture by screenwriter Larry Cohen best known for his Blaxploitation films "Bone" 1972 "Black Caesar" 1973 and "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 as well as several popular horror and science fiction films including "It's Alive" 1974 "God Told Me To" 1976 and "The Stuff" 1985. Set in Brazil. Black titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present undated noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. 81 leaves with last page of text numbered IV-79. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1966ref. 159144Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1966. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1966 UK film showing actor Michael Caine in conversation with director Lewis Gilbert. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Bill Naughton's 1966 play set in sexy swinging 1960s London about a young working class chauffeur who decides to change his womanizing behavior after a tuberculosis diagnosis and the birth of his son. Director Lewis Gilbert breaks the fourth wall in this film with Caine directly addressing the camera in attempt to gain sympathy from the audience a technique used again by Gilbert in "Shirley Valentine" 1989. Gilbert also addressed the then-taboo issues of pregnancy and abortion in an uncommonly candid style. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine lightly age toned. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 157104Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1954. Vintage studio still photograph from the set of the 1954 film showing director Lewis Gilbert and a camera crew setting up a shot with Gloria Grahame. Based on the 1953 novel by Richard Macaulay about four desperate men who meet in a pub and decide to rob a post office. The novel's original Beverly Hills setting was changed to 1950s London. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1977ref. 156226N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Liliana Cavani with actors Dominique Sanda Erland Josephson and Robert Powell on the set of the 1977 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Loosely based on the life of German philosopher Friedrich Nietszche exploring his opium addiction and his relationships with author Paul Rée and Russian psychoanalyst Lou Andreas-Salomé. Shot on location in Germany and Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 170507N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage reference photograph from the 1974 Italian film showing director Liliana Cavani and actor Charlotte Rampling on the set. Cavani's international breakthrough a deeply controversial film about a Holocaust survivor who renews her sadomasochistic sexual relationship with her Nazi captor after a chance encounter which threatens to expose his fellow former SS officers now living in secret in postwar Vienna. Shot on location in Vienna Austria and Rome Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 59. Grant Italy. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 160651Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1957 documentary film showing Louis Armstrong and Edmond Hall in performance. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A biography following Armstrong and his band as they embark on a world tour. Shot on location in Cape Town South Africa in London and in Memphis New Orleans and New York in the US. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly curled with a short closed tear repaired with paper tape on the left edge. United Artists unknown books
1963ref. 150521Rome: Titanus 1963. Vintage oversize borderless double weight photograph of Burt Lancaster. Photographer "G. B. Poletto" stamp on verso. Based on the 1958 novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Visconti's classic spacious homage to the quiet death of the Sicilian aristocracy of the mid-nineteenth century one of the great films of Italian cinema. Perhaps the apex of Ms. Cardinale's career and one of a handful of examples of Burt Lancaster's willingness to take on literate complex roles. Nominated for an Academy Award. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Rome Lazio and Sicily Italy. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with some light creasing and edgewear. BFI 1087. Criterion Collection 235. Ebert II. Godard Histoires de cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader Canon Fodder 22. Titanus unknown books
1994ref. 150000N.p.: N.p. 1994. Draft script for an unproduced film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout most highlighting locations and noting editorial changes. Based on Lynda Barry's 1991 play set in a small interracial neighborhood in the 1960s about two little girls-one white and one Black-who become best friends in the face of discrimination and hardship. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated May 6 1994 with credits for screenwriter Kevin Rodney Sullivan and playwright Lynda Barry. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a paperclip impression at top right corner bound with three gold brads. Full provenance available. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 162351N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the 1967 French film showing actor and producer Raoul Lévy with actress Marina Vlady. French title stamp on the verso. A day in the life of a seemingly normal suburban housewife who intersperses her daily routine of housework cleaning and shopping with appointments as a call girl. One of director Godard's most highly regarded and stylistically innovative films released the same year as "Weekend" and "La chinoise." Set and shot on location in Paris. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. About Fine. Criterion Collection 482. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 132236Germany: Fotopress Heidelberg / Atlas Films 1971. Original German A1 poster for the 1961 Italian film. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. An Ernie Kovacs cult comedy the last film to be directed by Mario Zampi. Being the exploits of Aldo Bondi Kovacs who earns his living off wealthy widows. When Bondi consoles the beautiful and impoverished Baroness Sandra Cyd Charisse he makes the mistake of falling in love. This gets him into a complex con game with three other widows and a huge sum of money meant to be invested to earn a bundle based on the five-hour time difference between the East Coast of the US and Western Europe. Eleanor Mannikka Rovi 23 x 33 inches rolled. Very Good or better overall. Fotopress Heidelberg / Atlas Films unknown books
1974ref. 157656N.p.: N.p. 1974. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1975 film. One with a printed snipe label affixed to the bottom edge of the recto. Noted independent director Mark Rappaport's first feature an experimental film shot in pieces over eighteen months in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1952ref. 164239N.p.: N.p. 1952. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1952 Western film showing actress Marlene Deitrich in an intricate tulle-lined dress with embroidered tights and a net bolero jacket. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Arguably Fritz Lang's most eccentric film a Western in blazing Technicolor with a narrative that is sung rather than told. 8 x 10 inches. About Very Good plus lightly creased at the corners and across the center right. N.p. unknown books
