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1970ref. 140899Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless photograph from the German release of the 1970 US film based on the 1934 autobiographical novel by Henry Miller. In this image Miller who also had a cameo role converses with Rip Torn who portrays him in the film. With a German mimeo snipe and the stamp Cinema International on the verso. Set and shot in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1943ref. 140944Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1943. Collection of twelve vintage still photographs from the 1943 film. Two of these are linen-backed keybook photographs both test shots of Bette Davis. One is a third test shot single weight of Davis with some wax pencil annotations on the recto and a snipe on the verso. The remaining nine photographs are studio stills. Based on Lillian Hellman's 1941 play of the same name. A German-born Engineer and his family escape to the US after engaging in anti-Fascist activities in Europe. The screen rights for this World War II drama were attained by Jack L. Warner who saw its potential as a propaganda film. After a difficult production the film was released to positive reviews and received an Academy Award for Best Actor. 8 x 10 inches. Condition Very Good to Very Good plus. Some cello tape to the recto of some of the studio stills and some fading occasional pin holes to a few of same. Warner Brothers unknown books
1956ref. 155318Universal City: Universal-International 1956. Vintage reference photograph of director Hugo Haas behind a camera on the set of the critically acclaimed 1956 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A film directed by and starring Haas about a former thespian-now a tramp-who performs with his dog on the streets of an unnamed city fighting with diminishing success to survive in a cruel and unforgiving environment. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal-International unknown books
1941ref. 159940N.p.: N.p. 1941. Vintage publicity photograph of actor Humphrey Bogart from the 1941 film noir. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1941 novel by W.R. Burnett who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Huston. A career criminal and a former taxi dancer become involved in a jewel heist in a small town in California's Sierra Nevada. A breakthrough film for Bogart and the film that kicked off a long period of collaboration between Bogart and John Huston. Shot on location in San Bernardino National Forest and Lone Pine. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly age toned with brief wear at the top corners. Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Penzler 101. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 146818N.p.: N.p. 1973. Agency Draft script for the 1975 film. With 31 pages of director Ingmar Bergman's commentary bound in after the script. Text in Swedish. Based on the 1791 German opera about a young prince tasked with rescuing a princess from a mysterious high priest. Widely considered one of the most successful operatic adaptations to film ever released. Shot on location in Stockholm Sweden. Pale yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 1973 with credits for director Ingmar Bergman and screenwriter Alf Henrikson. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a black comb binding. Criterion Collection 71. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 171980N.p.: N.p. 1972. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1972 film-one showing director Ingmar Bergman talking with actors Liv Ullmann and Ingrid Thulin between takes the other showing Bergman with cast and crew members in the projection room reviewing daily rushes. Both with the stamp of photographer Bo-Erik Gyberg on the verso. Included with the photographs is a nine-page copy of an English-language publicity article about Bergman and the film dated 1973 housed in an envelope with the label of Ernie Anderson Bergman's American talent agent with the Paul Kohner Agency affixed to the front. In her last days a woman dying of uterine cancer is moved to her childhood home where she is placed under the care of her emotionally distant sisters and distraught maid. Bergman's abstracted portrait of his mother with each of the women in the film representing an aspect of her personality. Shot on location at Taxinge-Nasby Castle in Mariefred Sweden. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Lightly curled else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 101. Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1983ref. 168468N.p.: N.p. 1983. Vintage film negative from the 1983 French neo-noir film showing actress Isabelle Adjani squatting nude on the set. Accompanied by a blue-toned test photograph struck from the negative presumably in 1983. Based on the 1977 novel by Sébastien Japrisot about a woman's desire to avenge the gang rape of her mother. Isabelle Adjani won a César Award for Best Actress for her performance. Shot in and around Gordes. Negative 5 x 4 inches blue-tone test photo very slightly larger. Near Fine. Grant France. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 151605New York: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1957. Vintage press kit for the US release of the 1957 Japanese film here called an "editor's portfolio." Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing ten black and white photographs and four gatherings of promotional reading material. A giant alien robot destroys an entire village an event which is shortly followed by the invasion of the Mysterians a pacifist alien race who request a small piece of land on Earth and the right to marry human women. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. BFI 679. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1973ref. 158655Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage reference photograph of Jack Lemmon on the set of the 1975 film. Lemmon is seen here between takes in front of the Manhattan Savings Bank at Vanderbilt Avenue and 45th Street. The photograph is dated as 1973 in the Warner Brothers attribution on the bottom border although IMDB notes the production as taking place between August and October 1974. Based on screenwriter Neil Simon's 1971 Broadway play. In the midst of a recession a heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike a middle-aged couple must try to cope with each other after the husband is fired from his advertising job. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1967ref. 164229Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage 30" x 40" poster for the US release of the 1967 British anthology horror film. The second Horror anthology or "portmanteau" film from Amicus Productions following the 1965 film "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors" also directed by Freddie Francis a trademark of producer Milton Subotsky and written by "Psycho" screenwriter Robert Bloch who adapted his own work for the screenplay. A group of visitors to Dr. Diablo's Burgess Meredith sideshow are each shown their futures in the sideshow's "blow-off" which includes cannibal cats haunted pianos and the reincarnation of Edgar Allan Poe. 27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear and closed tears to the center right margin. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1955ref. 170418Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1955 film one bordered the other borderless one showing Jack Webb and Janet Leigh and the other showing Webb with Peggy Lee. Both with Warner Brothers stamps on the verso as well as the stamp of photographer Mac Julian. Based on the 1951 radio series about a bandleader and jazz cornetist working at a speakeasy in Prohibition-era Kansas City. Actress Peggy Lee was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as alcoholic singer Rose Hopkins. One 10 x 8 inches the other 9 x 7.5 inches trimmed irregularly. Near Fine. Grant US. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
1969ref. 152132Paris: Columbia Films 1969. Two vintage borderless photographs from the 1969 film including one reference photograph and one studio still. Director Jacques Demy's first English language film recently a subject of renewed interest in two different documentaries about the Laurel Canyon music scene of the late 1960s. A young discontented man in a dead-end relationship learns his draft notice has arrived and he is due to report for Army duty the following week. While out trying to raise money to keep his car from being repossessed he sees and becomes obsessed with the beautiful Lola an older French model who works in a "model shop" posing for photographers. Set and shot on location in Laurel Canyon Los Angeles. One 9.75 x 8 inches one 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus one with light toning to the bottom edge the other with a short closed tear to the left edge repaired with paper tape on the verso. Twilight Time 327. Columbia Films unknown books
1964ref. 149367Paris: Parc Film 1964. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of actors Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo on the set of the 1964 film. With the stamp of still photographer Patrick Gil Bertrand on the verso along with manuscript ink annotations identifying the actors. One of director Jacques Demy's most beloved films about a young woman in Cherbourg who falls in love with a man who is promptly drafted into the Algerian War. A classic of French cinema with every word of dialogue sung in recitative. The first French film musical shot in color and the movie that made Catherine Deneuve a star. Winner of the Palme d'Or and two other prizes at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for five Academy Awards Set and shot on location in Cherbourg Normandy France. 10.5 x 8.5 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy with light creasing and a few scratches to the image. Criterion Collection 716. Godard Histoires du cinema. Parc Film unknown books
1970ref. 149528Paris: Les Grands Films Classiques 1970. Six oversize matte-finish double weight reference photographs from a re-release of the 1932 French comedy film. Label of Les Grands Films Classiques on the verso. A milliner and his salesman plan to kidnap a millionaire but accidentally kidnap the millionaire's bored young son who is thrilled to be part of an adventure. The feature film debut of noted surrealist poet and left-wing screenwriter Jacques Prevert. Shot on location in Joinville-le-Pont France. 9.25 x 11.5 inches. Very Good plus overall. Les Grands Films Classiques unknown books
1974ref. 168102Paris: Gamma 1974. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1974 French film. Mimeo snipe and Gamma stamp on the verso. Jacques Rivette's most critically acclaimed film about two young women who become involved in a series of hallucinatory time-bending events developing a strong friendship in the process. Shot on location in Paris. 8 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 1069. Rosenbaum 1000. Gamma unknown books
1969ref. 148268Paris: Cocinor 1969. Collection of 17 vintage black-and-white French lobby cards from the 1969 film. As a theater group prepares for a production of Racine's "Andromanque" we follow the collapse of the marriage between Claire Bulle Ogier the actress and Sebastien Jean-Pierre Kalfon the director of the production. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus eleven with pinholes at corners. Rosenbaum 1000. Cocinor unknown books
1982ref. 139662Paris: Elephant 1982. Vintage borderless oversized reference photograph from the 1982 film depicting director Jacques Rouffio going over the script with actress Romy Schneider on the set. Scheider's final film before her untimely death. Based on the 1936 novel by Joseph Kessel. 12 x 7.75 inches. Fine. Elephant unknown books
1958ref. 157095N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage reference photograph from the 1958 film showing director Jacques Tati and a camera operator filming an outdoors scene. National Film Archive stamp on the verso along with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil regarding cropping. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Tati's second of four films featuring the inimitable Monsieur Hulôt. In this chapter Hulôt strays from his rather ordinary Paris neighborhood and into a modern suburban one where technological chaos reigns. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and winner of the Jury Special Prize and winner of an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Set in the Parisian suburbs. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 149665N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1971 French film. The final film to feature Jacques Tati as the iconic lovable Monsieur Hulot following "Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot" 1953 "Mon Oncle" 1958 and "Playtime" 1967. This feature finds Hulot as a naive but intrepid Parisian automobile designer whose plan to show off his newly created camper car at an auto show in Amsterdam is waylaid by a plethora of roadway obstacles including Dutch customs a car accident and a slow-moving mechanic. Set and shot on location in Paris and the Netherlands. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1932ref. 151808Los Angeles: Fox Film Corporation 1932. Final Shooting script for the 1932 film seen here under the working title "Divided By Two" which has been crossed out with the title "Handle With Care" written in manuscript ink just above. A single mother's peaceful family life is disturbed by her growing attraction to a handsome gangster. Green titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 9/28/32 with credits for director David Butler and screenwriters Frank Craven and Sam Mintz. Title page present. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered K-3. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated 10-18-32. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus moderately edgeworn bound internally with three gold brads. Fox Film Corporation unknown books
1964ref. 160155Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Collection of eleven vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. Based on William Bradford Huie's 1959 novel. A biting antiwar satire which follows a laconic US Navy officer who falls in love with a British woman shortly before being sent off on a dangerous D-Day mission. Shot on location in London and Oxnard California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1966ref. 155646N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the iconic 1966 British film showing actors Alan Bates and Lynn Redgrave. Printed label of The Salt Lake Tribune on the verso along with a Received stamp dated Feb 18 1967. Based on the 1965 novel by Margaret Forster a portrait of 1960s Swinging London about a young woman who is torn between romances with her father's employer and the boyfriend of her pregnant flatmate. Set in London. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus with a manuscript annotation in pencil on the bottom left corner of the recto. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 168483N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1966 film showing a sex scene between actors Jane Birkin and Gillian Hills with David Hemmings looking on on the right. Provenance stamps and annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the verso. Michelangelo Antonioni's first English-language film marking the beginning of the final phase of his work co-produced by companies in Italy the United States and the United Kingdom featuring an international cast. The director's brash use of color set design nonstandard editing techniques and typical emphasis of atmosphere over plot would carry over into the two major films that followed "Zabriskie Point" 1970 and "The Passenger" 1975. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 865. Ebert I. Grant UK. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 160678N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1968 film showing actress Jane Fonda nude underneath a blanket of moss and feathers. Based on the adult comic book by Jean-Claude Forest published in the French magazine "V" in 1962 and 1964. Likely the campiest space-opera sex comedy in film history. Though not popular upon its release it was re-released to greater acclaim in 1977 and has since influenced countless fashion designers films and musicians including Duran Duran whose name is a play on that of the main villain. Set in outer space shot on location in Rome. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
1948ref. 151699N.p.: N.p. 1948. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Jean Cocteau in conversation with actress Silvia Monfort while cinematographer Christian Matras looks on to the left. With the stamp of Le Parisien archive on the verso. Based on Cocteau's 1946 play. In nineteenth-century Europe a suicidal anarchist poet falls in love with the long-secluded queen who has been absent from the public eye for ten years due to her grief over her husband's death. Set in the fictional country of Krantz. 7 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
