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1975ref. 150057Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1975. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1975 film of Spielberg and crew in wetsuits filming waist deep in the Atlantic Ocean. "Movie Star News" stamp on verso. The film that basically invented the concept of the summer blockbuster forever changing how movies were greenlit and marketed and along with "Star Wars" two years later effectively signaled the end of the New Hollywood Cinema. Based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. Winner of three Academy Awards with a fourth nomination for Best Picture. Set in the fictional Amity Island shot on location in Martha's Vineyard MA. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with 1.25 inch closed tear on the upper mid left side mended on verso with paper tape. Ebert II. National Film Registry. Universal Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 157962Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1975 film showing director Steven Spielburg talking with producers Richard Zanuck and David Brown. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. The film that basically invented the concept of the summer blockbuster forever changing how movies were greenlit and marketed and along with "Star Wars" two years later effectively signaling the end of the New Hollywood Cinema. Based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. Winner of three Academy Awards with a fourth nomination for Best Picture. Set on the fictional Amity Island shot on location in Martha's Vineyard MA. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert II. Universal Pictures unknown books
2004ref. 167768London: Recorded Picture Company 2004. Revised Shooting script for the 2005 fantasy film. Copy belonging to still photographer François Duhamel with his name in manuscript ink on the title page. Based on the 2000 novel by Mitch Cullin the third and final novel in his Texas Trilogy following "Whompyjawed" 1999 and "Branches" 2000. A young girl retreats into a vivid fantasy world during a summer spent at an isolated Texan farmhouse with her brother and their eccentric neighbors. Set in Texas shot on location in western Canada. Self wrappers. Title page present dated July 15 2004 noted as Shooting Script with credits for Cullin and screenwriters Terry Gilliam and Tony Grisoni. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between September 22 and 28 2004. Pages about Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Recorded Picture Company unknown books
1964ref. 159926Tokyo: Daisan Productions 1964. Vintage studio still color photograph from the 1964 Japanese film showing actress Ky ko Aizome in an amorous moment. An art student dreams of sex with vampires and other beautiful women while under sedation in a dentist's office. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine lightly toned. Daisan Productions unknown books
1998ref. 156687N.p.: N.p. 1998. Four vintage color reference photographs from the 1998 film. Printed label of photographer Lars Høgsted on the versos and three with a provenance label. The first Dogme 95 film a pitch-black surreal comedy about a troubled family gathering to celebrate the patriarch's sixtieth birthday. Shot on location at Skjoldenæsholm Castle in Ringsted Denmark. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1985ref. 168490Burbank CA: Mainline 1985. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1985 film. Based in part on the 1948 Italian film "The Bicycle Thief" directed by Vittorio De Sica in which Pee-wee's beloved bicycle is stolen and he must follow a goofy cross-country trail of leads in order to retrieve it. Director Tim Burton's debut feature film and the first pairing of Burton and his longtime composer Danny Elfman. Shot on location in California and Texas. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine. Mainline unknown books
1980ref. 166469N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for the 1983 film seen here under the working title "Tijuana!". In the summer of 1965 four teenage boys drive from Los Angeles to Tijuana in hopes of losing their virginities and getting into trouble. They find their plans waylaid however by an unexpected companion: a heartbroken woman determined to get a quickie divorce in Mexico. Shot on location in Los Angeles and Calexico California. Pink untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 1980 noted as copy No. 14 in manuscript ink with credits for screenwriter B.W.L. Norton and story writer Bryan Gindoff. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly faded on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 141486N.p.: Orion 1959. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1959 film. Mimeo snipes affixed to the versos of each still. Based on John Osborne's 1956 play of the same name. A superb set of uncommon images. Ripe with both class and sexual tension Tony Richardson's 1959 film portrays a marriage on the brink of collapse in claustrophobic quarters. In the vein of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" class resentment simmers beneath the surface of a relationship between a man and a woman. Shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. Occasional dampstaining to the margins and versos. Ink notation to the verso of one image. Orion unknown books
1980ref. 163733Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1980. Five vintage studio still photographs from the obscure 1980 Japanese pink film. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. The last of ten films directed by Kuga for Nikkatsu between 1973-1980. He was far more prolific as a cinematographer working on 86 films nearly all Japanese roman porno between 1969-1982. 10 x 8 inches. Single pinhole at each corner else about Near Fine. Nikkatsu unknown books
1995ref. 167510Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1995. Draft script for the 1996 film. Script incomplete ending on page 124 lacking the final pages likely as issued. Loosely based as a modern gender-reversal of Edmond Rostand's 1897 play "Cyrano de Bergerac." Janeane Garofalo stars as a veterinarian and radio show host who has her beautiful neighbor Uma Thurman impersonate her when a handsome fan of her radio show Ben Chaplin expresses interest in her. Screenwriter Audrey Wells first feature film. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles and Santa Monica California. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated February 6 1995 with credits for screenwriter Audrey Wells. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two metal brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1957ref. 151459Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1957. Two vintage double weight reference photographs from the 1957 Japanese film. With the stamp of International Films in Brussels on the verso along with manuscript ink and pencil annotations. An angry young drummer who has recently been released from prison works his way through Ginza clubs and wins a drumming contest but cannot win the approval of his mother who hates rock music. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Nikkatsu unknown books
1963ref. 132981London: J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors / Rank Organisation 1963. Collection of 91 vintage black-and-white and 1 double weight still photographs from the 1963 UK film. Daily Express rubber stamp on the verso of the double weight still. Includes several candid shots on the set. Richard Johnson stars as a doctor who arrives in the city of Bath where a smallpox epidemic has begun. Dealing with the virus would be more than enough but he also finds himself contending with a failing marriage. Story set in Somerset England shot on location. 7.5 x 9.5 inches some slightly smaller or larger with no borders as issued. About Near Fine. J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors / Rank Organisation unknown books
1979ref. 158003N.p.: N.p. 1979. Vintage matte-finish reference photograph of writer Günter Grass child actor David Bennent and director Volker Schlöndorff on the set of the 1979 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Grass' 1959 novel about a young child with magical abilities who witnesses the rise to power of the Nazi party. Winner of the Palme d'Or and winner of an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Set in Danzig and shot on location in West Germany. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Arrow Films. Criterion Collection 234. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 149577N.p.: Capital Films 1980. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1980 film one showing actors Anne Bennent and Udo Kier the other showing Bennent Kier and director Walerian Borowczyk. Based on Frank Wedekind's plays "Erdgeist" and "Die Buschse der Pandora." An opportunistic amoral young woman rises in society through her relationships with monied men. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Near Fine. Capital Films unknown books
1973ref. 160528Paris: Paris Match 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1973 film showing Walerian Borowczyk directing actress Paloma Picasso in costume as Elizabeth Bathory for the fourth segment of the film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Borowczyk's fourth feature length film a sexually explicit time-traveling romp ranging from the bloodthirsty exploits of Elizabeth Bathory to a nineteenth-century country girl masturbating to thoughts of Jesus Christ. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Bier 354. Paris Match unknown books
1973ref. 160428Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1973. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1973 film showing actor Warren Oates and director John Milius between takes. Stamp of Rossel Films on the verso. A dramatization of the crimes of folk hero midwestern bank robber and notorious mobster John Dillinger best known for killing five FBI agents during a shootout in Kansas City. Hot on the heels of Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967 a film that reignited the US public's interest in 1930s gangster films. Set and shot on location throughout Arizona and Oklahoma. 12 x 9.5 inches. Pinholes at the top corners else about Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1979ref. 163316N.p.: N.p. 1979. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Werner Herzog directing actress Isabelle Adjani on the set of the 1979 film. Stamp of photographer Michael Ciment on the verso. Based on F.W. Murnau's 1922 film. The third collaboration between Herzog and the infamously ill-tempered Klaus Kinski who starred as Count Dracula. Herzog lauded Murnau's classic horror tale as the greatest picture Germany every produced and fittingly many shots from Herzog's adaptation directly replicate shots from the 1922 film. Shot on location in Mexico the Czech Republic the Netherlands and Germany. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. BFI 2030. Ebert IV. N.p. unknown books
1939ref. 167664Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1939. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1939 film showing actors Marion Martin Fred MacMurray and Irene Dunne listening while director Wesley Ruggles describes a scene with a script supervisor intently taking notes on the right. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A boxer from the lower class successfully romances a wealthy patron's daughter though their courtship is plagued by his devotion to the sport. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1950ref. 160944Universal City: Universal Pictures 1950. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1950 film noir. Police officer Claire Trevor goes undercover to get close to Raymond Burr the leader of a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico. Just as she meets Ritchie she is kidnapped by Fred MacMurray who unbeknownst to her is an undercover federal agent. Shot on location in Southern California. 4.75 x 28 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the extremities. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1948ref. 149732N.p.: N.p. 1948. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1948 film showing actors Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews. Based on the real experiences of Ivor Gouzenko a Communist code-breaker assigned to the Soviet Embassy in wartime Canada who defected from the USSR after the war. Subject to controversy upon release with liberals protesting the film's depiction of the Soviet cause and conservatives protesting the liberal picketers. Set and shot on location in Ottawa Ontario Canada. 10 x 12.75 inches. Very Good lightly creased to the edges. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 154955Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1973 film showing director William Friedkin in conversation with young actress Linda Blair between takes. Based on the 1971 novel by screenwriter William Peter Blatty. The first and finest film in the series following the demonic possession of a twelve-year-old girl and the ensuing attempts to purge her body of the evil spirit. One of the great genre films of the 1970s that accomplished the uncommon feat of being an over-the-top sensation upon its release and gaining subsequent status as a classic with a strangeness and depth supplied by the strength of Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow's performances. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine with light creasing at the corners. National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown books
1980ref. 167783N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage German A0 poster for the 1980 film. Extremely scarce. Based on the 1970 novel by Gerald Walker about a cop who goes undercover in the leather scene in New York to catch a serial killer targeting gay men. "Cruising" was widely protested at the time of its release by gay rights groups for its depiction of homosexuality as intrinsically linked to violence but has since been reconsidered as one of the few mainstream Hollywood movies to depict queer life in New York before the AIDS crisis as well as one of the few movies to address police discrimination and brutality towards homosexuals. Set and shot on location in New York. 33 x 46 inches folded as issued. About Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 163805N.p.: N.p. 1984. Vintage reference photograph from the 1984 cult film showing actors William S. Burroughs and F.M. Einhelt. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Loosely based on Burroughs' "The Electronic Revolution" 1970 about a young punk who creates a device to unscramble the subliminal messages embedded in Muzak. An underground film made on a shoestring budget shot in Berlin with a cast of non-actors playing themselves-including FM Einheit of Einstürzende Neubauten and Genesis P-Orridge of Psychic TV. Largely forgotten until 2019 when the film was released by Vinegar Syndrome on Blu-ray and DVD. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Vinegar Syndrome 288. N.p. unknown books
1939ref. 156674Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1939. Vintage studio still photograph of director William Wellman and a camera crew filming on location in New Mexico for the 1939 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1891 novel by Rudyard Kipling. An artist whose sight is failing struggles to complete his final painting while also grieving his broken relationship with his childhood sweetheart. Shot on location in Abiquiu Santa Fe and Espanola New Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1959ref. 156001Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Vintage reference photograph of director William Wyler on the set of the 1959 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1880 novel by Lew Wallace. Jewish prince Ben-Hur is sent to prison at the behest of his childhood friend Messala as a result of a mishap during a Roman parade. Through sheer will Ben-Hur endures hard labor and slavery in prison and once released vows revenge on Messala. The most expensive film ever made at the time of its release with a 15 million dollar budget and a massive elaborate set. Nominated for 12 Academy Awards and winning 11 including Best Picture Best Director and Best Actor. Shot on location in Italy and California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
