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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
1993ref. 157315N.p.: N.p. 1993. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1993 film showing Martin Scorsese directing actor Daniel Day-Lewis between takes. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso identifying subjects in the photograph. Based on the 1920 novel by Edith Wharton about a wealthy lawyer who begins to fall in love with his fiancée's cousin a scandalously divorced countess. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one. Set in New York and shot on location in Troy New York. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 141312N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Maxwell Anderson's 1952 novel a loosely autobiographical account of his childhood on a Pennsylvania farm where he was surrounded by sexual and physical abuse. Screenplay by Anderson's daughter Hesper author of the 2000 memoir "South Mountain Road." Set in Pennsylvania. Black and white illustrated titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for author Maxwell Anderson and screenwriter Hesper Anderson. 148 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples. N.p. unknown books
1935ref. 158497N.p.: N.p. 1935. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1935 film showing director Michael Curtiz on a camera crane preparing to filming a scene. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of National Film Archive. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1922 novel by Rafael Sabatini-the first talkie adaptation of one of his works. A young Irish doctor is exiled to Jamaica after rebelling against King James II later becoming one of the most feared pirates in the Caribbean. Shot on location in Corona Laguna Beach and Palm Canyon California. 9.75 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 170348Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1977 film showing Muhammad Ali at the breakfast table while Annazette Chase looks on with a pot of coffee. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A biopic about Muhammad Ali from the 1960 Summer Olympics to his "Rumble in the Jungle" 1974 fight documented in his 1975 autobiography and starring The Greatest as himself. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1963ref. 160982Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the 1963 film showing actor Steve McQueen sitting atop a ladder during filming on location in New York. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. 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
1995ref. 170738N.p.: N.p. 1995. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the 1995 film showing actors Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue in one of many melancholy moments. Based on John O'Brien's 1990 semi-autobiographical novel about a screenwriter who having lost everything else in his life moves to Las Vegas in order to drink himself to death. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Actor for Cage. O'Brien died by suicide two weeks after signing away the film rights to his novel. Shot on location in Las Vegas. 10 x 6.75 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 162548N.p.: N.p. 1980. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1980 film including one matte-finish and one glossy both showing actors Art Garfunkel and Theresa Russell. One with a provenance stamp on the verso. A psychiatrist begins a passionate affair with a married woman with their relationship eventually devolving into violence and animosity. A controversial film and the subject of endless disagreement between those who praise its frankness and malaise and those who find it utterly tasteless-in our estimation among Nicholas Roeg's finest directorial efforts. Set and shot on location in Vienna. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine one with an annotation noting Garfunkel's name on the bottom margin of the recto. N.p. unknown books
1953ref. 152341N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph from the 1953 film showing actress Cyd Charisse dancing near a "magically" suspended sword. With a date stamp and manuscript pencil and ink annotations to the verso. Based on the 1954 short story collection "The Mexican Village" by Josefina Niggli. Three couples from feuding Mexican villages face discrimination and difficulty in marriage. Set and shot on location in Mexico City Cuernavaca Tetecala and Tepoztln. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased to the edges. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 158495Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the 1967 film. United Artists stamp on the verso. Based on John Ball's 1965 novel. An African American police detective from Philadelphia is recruited to help solve a murder in a small bigoted Mississippi town. The film dealt skillfully with the topic of race relations in the South during the Civil Rights movement and included a controversial scene in which a white actor Larry Gates slaps Poitier in the face at which point Poitier slaps him right back. It was said you could determine the racial makeup of a theater by their verbal reaction to the scene: cheers for a predominantly Black audience or whispers for a predominantly white one. Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture and nominated for two others. Though set in the fictional town of Sparta Mississippi Poitier refused to travel below the Mason-Dixon Line so the film was shot largely in Illinois. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Penzler 101. United Artists unknown books
1948ref. 155862Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1948. Vintage reference photograph from the 1948 musical film showing dancers Cyd Charisse and Dee Turnell en pointe. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A fictionalized musical retelling of the Broadway and Hollywood songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz "Larry" Hart. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with moderate wear and pinholes at the corners. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1991ref. 170749N.p.: N.p. 1991. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1991 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos noting the film's French title. Based on William S. Burroughs' 1959 novel. Poorly received upon release but today considered a cult film faithful to the spirit of the author's Beat classic if not the actual text. Set in Interzone and Annexia shot on location in Ontario. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine to Fine. Criterion Collection 220. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 150344N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Pier Paolo Pasolini and unidentified crew member with author Alberto Moravia in the background during the filming of the 1971 short documentary film. On the final day of shooting his 1971 film "The Decameron" in Sana'a Yemen Pasolini began shooting the 16-minute documentary of the historic 2500-year-old city center in an effort to have it recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The city center was in threat from modernization following the end of the North Yemen Civil War. The Old City of Sana'a was decalred a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1964ref. 152272N.p.: Sigma III 1964. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1962 Italian film. Housed in its original brown paper envelope. Necrophiliac scientist Dr. Hichcock and his wife Cynthia are stalked by his first wife Margaretha who seeks vengeance for Hichcock's cruelties. The first horror film to receive the Italian VM18 "vietato ai minori di 18 anni" or no admittance under 18 rating which had been established only months prior to the film's release in April 1962. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Sigma III unknown books
1963ref. 151297Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film showing actors Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Anita Ekberg and Ursula Andress. With layout annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso along with a provenance stamp. Two sharpshooters duel over a large amount of cash carried by a railway official and eventually settle their differences by opening a casino. Shot on location in Mojave and Cantil California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 1422. Warner Brothers unknown books
1994ref. 150134N.p.: N.p. 1994. Vintage borderless double weight color reference photograph of director Robert Altman with Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett on location at Roissy Airport Charles de Gaulle Airport for the 1994 film. French and English printed "Sipa Press" snipe and "Pica Pressfoto" label on verso. Altman's sardonic take on Paris Fashion Week featuring an enormous and star-studded ensemble cast of international actors models and designers. Set in and shot on location in Paris France . 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 156027Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1960. Vintage reference photograph of actor Robert Mitchum on the set of the 1960 film using a Eumig C16 16mm cine-camera. Based on John Cleary's 1952 novel about the experiences of a small impoverished family of nomads in the Australian outback. Nominated for five Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in Australia. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with old glue residue on the verso and light wear to the finish at the corners. Warner Brothers unknown books
1963ref. 151421Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1963. Vintage studio still photograph taken during filming on location for the 1963 film showing a camera crew set up in the center of West 34th Street in Manhattan with hundreds of onlookers surrounding the filmmakers. 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
