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1980ref. 162331N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1980 Italian film showing director Dario Argento talking with actress Eleonora Giorgi between takes while crew members adjust her makeup. The second installment in Argento's "Three Mothers" trilogy preceded by "Suspiria" 1977 and followed by "Mother of Tears" 2007. Partially derived from Thomas De Quincey's 1845 prose poetry essay collection "Suspiria de Profundis" the trilogy was inspired by De Quincey's concept of three "Ladies of Sorrow": an all-powerful triumvirate of ancient witches and Satanists. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 169540N.p.: N.p. 1975. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1975 film. Snipes in German affixed to the verso noting the film's German release title "Parasiten-Mörder." A high-rise apartment building is infected by a parasite that turns its victims into sex-crazed maniacs with the infection spreading at the slightest touch. An early influential entry in the body horror canon. Shot on location in a single high-rise building at Nuns' Island. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Arrow 1497. Canuxploitation Complete. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 163767Saint-Ouen France: Société Nouvelle de Doublage SND 1976. Vintage press kit for the 1976 French release of the 1975 Canadian film. White pocketed folder containing three black-and-white photographs 13 leaves of promotional reading material six color lobby cards and a German promotional leaflet. A high-rise apartment building is infected by a parasite that turns its victims into sex-crazed maniacs with the infection spreading at the slightest touch. An early influential entry in the body horror canon. Shot on location at Nuns' Island. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Arrow 1497. Canuxploitation Complete. Société Nouvelle de Doublage [SND] unknown books
1995ref. 155633N.p.: N.p. 1995. Vintage reference photograph of actors Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt talking with producer Arnold Kopelson between takes on the set of the 1995 film. Two detectives-one younger and inexperienced the other older and ready to retire-track down a serial killer who bases his murders on the seven deadly sins. Director David Fincher's breakthrough film. Shot on location throughout California. 10 x 6.5 inches. Fine. Ebert IV. Grant US. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 158722London: Mediarts 1970. Revised Draft script for the 1971 British film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink on seven leaves noting deletions. Based on the 1958 radio drama by Giles Cooper about a boarding school teacher who begins to suspect his predecessor of having been murdered by the students. OCLC locates no holdings. AMPAS shows one holding. Set in Cornwall and shot on location in Llandudno Wales and in Sonning Berkshire. Missing front wrapper with pink rear wrapper. Title page present dated May 1970 noted as REVISED with credits for playwright Giles Cooper and screenwriter Simon Raven. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages laid in throughout dated August 7 1970. Pages Poor wrapper Poor with moderate dampstaining affecting the last 60 leaves and rear wrapper bound with a silver prong. Mediarts unknown books
1970ref. 160694N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph of David Lean and a camera crew filming on location for the 1970 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. The year after the suppressed 1916 Easter Rising a young Irish woman is torn between a British officer she loves and the nationalists from her own home town. The third collaboration between director Lean and screenwriter Robert Bolt following "Lawrence of Arabia" 1962 and "Doctor Zhivago" 1965. Winner of two Academy Awards including Best Cinematography and nominated for two more. Set in an isolated village on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry Ireland and shot on location in County Kerry and County Clare Ireland and in Cape Town South Africa. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 171010N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage reference photograph from the 1980 neo-noir film showing Debbie Harry and Everett McGill. Based on 1937 Cornell Woolrich story "Union City: The Corpse Next Door" about a married accountant who kills a vagrant in an obsessive fury. An early screen appearance by Harry preceding her better-known roles in "Videodrome" 1983 and "Hairspray" 1988. All photos 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 161148Beverly Hills CA: Twentieth Century-Fox 1973. Vintage program for the 1973 film which premiered at The Regent Theater in Westwood Village in Los Angeles on October 3 1973. With his cowboy days suddenly behind him as the American West becomes tame Kid Blue decides to try his hand at a factory job. He finds the routine workday to be monotonous and soon drifts back to the life he knew. Set in Texas shot on location in Mexico. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Bi-fold. Very Good plus with light edgewear and an annotation in manuscript ink on the upper left of the front wrapper. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1979ref. 156345London: Mainline 1979. Two vintage photographs from the 1979 film including one borderless and one bordered both showing actress Toyah Wilcox. One with the printed label of Mainline Pictures on the verso and one with manuscript ink and pencil annotations. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Derek Jarman's avant-garde adaptation of William Shakespeare's 17th century play fusing direct quotes from the play with camp punk and New Age sensibilities featuring previous Jarman collaborators Wilcox Karl Johnson Jack Birkett and Helen Wellington-Lloyd. Shot on location at Stoneleigh Abbey in Warwickshire. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Mainline unknown books
1977ref. 162340N.p.: N.p. 1977. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1977 film. Based on Judith Rossner's 1975 novel in turn based on the 1973 murder of Roseann Quinn about a schoolteacher who begins compulsively cruising singles bars in search of sexual fulfillment. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Released in a new 4K restoration by Vinegar Syndrome in 2024. Shot on location in Los Angeles and Chicago. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Vinegar Syndrome 485. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 170407N.p.: N.p. 1981. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1981 French film both showing actress Dominique Sanda. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. Based on Henry James' classic 1902 novel about a London escort who arranges for her lover to marry a wealthy dying heiress in Venice. Shot on location in Paris and Venice. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 163332N.p.: N.p. 1967. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1967 Yugoslav film all three showing actress Eva Ras. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso and all three with the stamps of photographer Michel Ciment. A young switchboard operator begins a relationship with a serious beau but finds herself subject to a colleague's advances when her boyfriend is out of town on business. Told in non-chronological order with imaginative digressions and frequent interruptions creating a critique of communist society and censorship. The second feature film of Du an Makavejev the most celebrated Yugoslavian director of the 1960s. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Eclipse 18. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 158510N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage photograph of Lee Remick and Duke Ellington on the set of the 1959 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The first major Hollywood film to feature a score by an African American composer. The jazz score composed by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn and performed by Ellington's Orchestra won three Grammy Awards in 1959. Based on the 1958 novel by judge John D. Voelker writing under the pseudonym Robert Traver based on a real life case of a veteran accused of killing a local man whom he believed raped his wife. Nominated for seven Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in Michigan. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine lightly faded with a hint of creasing at the corners. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 600. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Grant US. Selby US. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 157289N.p.: N.p. 1967. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1967 Serbian film. One photograph with a printed mimeo snipe in French affixed to the verso. A young switchboard operator begins a relationship with a serious beau but finds herself unwillingly subject to a colleague's advances when her boyfriend is out of town on business. Told in non-chronological order with imaginative digressions and frequent interruptions creating a critique of communist society and censorship. Two photographs 7 x 5 inches one photograph 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
1921ref. 154519Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1921. Vintage reference photograph from the 1921 silent film showing a rowdy street scene. Manuscript pencil layout annotations on the verso along with a number stamp reading B 629. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1874 play "Les Deux Orphelines" by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugene Cormon about two sisters who are caught up in the events of the French Revolution. The last film directed by D.W. Griffith to feature sisters Lillian and Dorothy Gish. Set in France. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. United Artists unknown books
1972ref. 163717N.p.: N.p. 1972. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 film candid images of actors Charles Grodin and Cybill Shepherd. Loosely based on Theodore Dreiser's 1925 novel "An American Tragedy" and on Bruce Jay Friedman's 1966 short story "A Change of Plan." A self-absorbed sporting goods salesman tires of his new bride on their honeymoon in Miami Beach instead deciding to throw himself at a perilously beautiful college student on vacation with her parents. Groundbreaking director Elaine May's second feature film following "A New Leaf" in 1971 and a classic of twentieth century comedy. Set in New York City and Florida shot on location in Minneapolis and Miami. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1946ref. 156220Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1946. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1947 film noir. "Key Set" stamp on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on a 1945 magazine article by Fulton Oursler writing as Anthony Abbot in turn based on an actual incident involving a Catholic priest and a mentally unstable homeless man. A public attorney is hired to defend a strange out-of-towner accused of murdering a priest. Set in Connecticut and shot on location in Connecticut and New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby Canon. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1960ref. 150523N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Elia Kazan by photographer Sam Shaw on the set of the 1961 film. "Sam Shaw" and "Graphic Arts Photo Service" stamps on verso. Warren Beatty's film debut. Natalie Wood was nominated for Best Actress Academy Award and William Inge won for Best Screenplay his first original screenplay after a career as a playwright. Family and societal pressures on Deanie Wood and Bud's Beatty heated teen romance threaten their romance and their sanity. 10 x 8 inches. Very light edgewear else Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 162401Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1972. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 British film variously showing actresses Elizabeth Taylor Michael Caine and Susannah York on the set. An upper-class couple's turbulent marriage seems to finally be at an end when the husband falls in love with a beautiful mysterious younger widow. Set in London. 9.75 x 8 inches 9.25 x 8 inches and 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 171754N.p.: N.p. 1970. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1970 film including one satin-finish and two glossy. Satin-finish photograph with a stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. Based on the 1968 novel by Joel Lieber. A would-be playwright is beset by financial troubles while moving with his wife to the Upper West Side ultimately retreating into fantasy. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 163710N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1967 French film showing director Eric Rohmer and cinematographer Néstor Almendros Cuyás. Dutch distributor stamp on the verso and blindstamp on the top right corner of the recto. A love triangle develops between two best friends and the beautiful sexually open young woman who interrupts their vacation on the Riviera. The third film in Rohmer's "Six Moral Tales" series made quickly and with very little budget due to delays in starting production of what was to be the next film in the series "My Night at Maud's" 1969. A rare image. Shot on location in Cote d'Azur and Saint-Tropez France. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with multiple pinholes at the corners and top and bottom center edges repaired with paper tape on the verso. N.p. unknown books
1997ref. 170396Paris: Columbia TriStar Films 1997. Vintage pressbook and nine color slides from the French release of the 1997 American film. Andrew Niccol's directorial debut. In a dystopian society where eugenics is the norm a young janitor is given the opportunity to impersonate a genetically superior man allowing him access to the higher echelons of society. Pressbook 6 x 8.25 inches. 60 leaves saddle-stapled. Near Fine with an ink annotation to the rear wrapper. Slides 1.5 x 1 inches housed in 2 x 2 cardboard sleeves. Near Fine or better. Columbia TriStar Films unknown books
1942ref. 160003Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1942. Two vintage reference photographs of Ethel Waters from the 1942 film. A successful American newspaper reporter is sent to cover the war in Europe. A British spy asks him to bring a coded message to Cairo where he finds out a movie star he is a fan of is a Nazi spy. Set in the Mediterranean and Cario Egypt shot in Hollywood and on location in Santa Monica Bay California. Both photos 4 x 5 inches. About Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1974ref. 151298N.p.: N.p. 1974. Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1974 French hardcore film. A young college student leaves her school and family and seeks employment at a brothel where she enjoys a variety of strange experiences. Shot on location in France and Sri Lanka. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Bier 176. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 150979N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of Claude Jade from the 1969 film. "Raymond Depardon-Gamma" photographer stamp on verso. Raymond Depardon is a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist who in 1966 co-founded the prestigious photojournalism agency Gamma and became director in 1973. He also the director of several documentary shorts and feature films having directed 17 films since 1969 including the 1990 documentary short "La Captive du Desert" which was nominated for the Palm d'Or at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. The third of Truffaut's series of five films wherein Léaud portrays Truffaut's semi-autobiographical Antoine Doinel. Set in and shot on location in Paris France. 8 x 11.75 inches. Light creasing else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 186. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
