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1954ref. 168027Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1954. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1954 film showing Judy Holliday. A young woman finds herself famous overnight after she appears on six billboards through an advertising fluke. An early appearance by Jack Lemmon then best known for his work in television. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1936ref. 142464Berlin Paris: Universum Film UFA / L'Alliance Cinematographique Europeenne 1936. Vintage French pressbook for the 1936 German film "Flitterwochen" seen here under the alternate title "Faux Depart." A German comedy in which a honeymoon goes wrong beginning when the wife insists on bringing her pet dog on her honeymoon. Two pages saddle stapled 9.5 x 12 inches. Very Good plus with a light dampstain to one corner and a couple of mild corner creases. Universum Film [UFA] / L'Alliance Cinematographique Europeenne unknown books
1969ref. 158833N.p.: Commonwealth United Entertainment 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 film. With one provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1945 French play by Jean Giraudoux. A countess decides to rally her friends in her community to stop a group of powerful men from drilling for oil in Paris. Set in Paris shot on location throughout France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Commonwealth United Entertainment unknown books
1997ref. 171669Universal City: Universal Studios 1997. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1997 film. Based on a 1950 letter from Neal Cassady to Jack Kerouac and told from Cassady's perspective about the writer's experiences before and after his longtime lover Joan's suicide attempt. One 8 x 10 inches the other 9.5 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Studios unknown books
1952ref. 141572Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1952. Vintage British front-of-house card from the 1952 film. A young Robin Hood in love with the beautiful maiden Marion enters an archery contest with his father. When his father is brutally murdered Robin Hood must avenge his death. Shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light toning overall. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1977ref. 158869Beverly Hills CA: Chartoff-Winkler Productions / United Artists 1977. Vintage studio still photograph of Carol Kane from the 1977 film. Based on the 1975 book by Chaw Mank and Brad Steiger. A biographical film about the life of famous silent film actor Rudolph Valentino told mostly through flashbacks after his death in 1926. It chronicles his many lovers and the public's questioning of his sexuality. Shot on location in England and Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Chartoff-Winkler Productions / United Artists unknown books
1952ref. 135626Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1952. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the Argentinean release circa 1953 of the 1952 film. Spanish rubber stamps on the verso including the Spanish title "La furia del deseo" The Fury of Desire. Pictured is Jennifer Jones giving Charlton Heston the "what for." Jennifer Jones offers a virtual reprise of her sultry performance in "Duel in the Sun" as the titular heroine of this film. Born into a poor-white-trash Southern family Ruby intends to improve her lot by marrying into wealth. Her casual beau Boake Tackman Heston considers Ruby unfit for marriage but prosperous businessman Jim Gentry Malden is eager and willing to make her his wife. Jim Gentry dies in an accident and the consensus of opinion is that he was killed by the covetous Ruby. For some reason this ignites a passion in Boake and he renews his torrid romance with the widow Gentry. Ruby's crazed brother Jewel James Anderson puts an end to this affair with a shotgun provoking a violent response from Ruby and a "Lady or the Tiger"-esque ending. Shot on location throughout California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and a bruise on the verso from the removal of a mimeo snipe. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1963ref. 158828Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1963. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1963 film. Not to be confused with the 1987 film directed by Paul Michael Glaser and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Based on Shelley Smith's 1961 novel "The Ballad of the Running Man." Laurence Harvey stars as a man who fakes his own death in the hopes of gaining a substantial insurance payout but encounters trouble in the form of the company's nosy claim investigator played by Alan Bates. Shot on location in Cadiz Spain in Gibraltar and in Ireland. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with several pinholes in the borders and at the extremities. Grant UK. Spicer UK. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1945ref. 148966Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1945. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1945 film showing actors Richard Lane Leon Errol and Veda Ann Borg. With a seller stamp and blind stamp to the verso. A lingerie billionaire runs out of gas-ration coupons leading him to seek out his employee and his employee's showgirl girlfriend as carpool riders in order to receive more. 9.75 x 7.75 inches irregularly trimmed. Very Good plus with light toning and creasing. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1976ref. 168166Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1976. Vintage reference photograph from the 1976 film showing Liza Minnelli and Fernando Rey. Based on Maurice Druon's 1955 novel "The Film of Memory" in turn loosely based on the exploits of real-life Italian heiress and socialite Luisa Marchesa Casati Stampa di Soncino. Druon's novel also served as the basis for a 1965 stage adaptation "La Contessa" starring Vivien Leigh. Shot on location in Rome and Venice. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1965ref. 139761Rome: Italian International Film 1965. Two vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1965 Italian film. One of Buster Keaton's last roles in which he plays an incompetent German general stationed in Italy. Two American POWs plan to steal the Nazi offensive strategy and in a comic mixup for the Germans who are wise to the plan from the beginning they actually succeed. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Italian International Film unknown books
1980ref. 132906London: British Broadcasting Corporation BBC 1980. Three vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1980 UK television series film. Small mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos layout annotations on the verso of 1 still. Essentially produced as the final season of "Hollywood Greats" 1977-1979 but featuring British film stars. Represented in the set are actors Robert Donat Gracie Fields and Peter Finch. 8 x 10 inches. Rust from a paper clip on the Gracie Fields still else Near Fine. British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC] unknown books
1951ref. 159335Universal City: Universal Pictures 1951. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1951 film. Based on the 1945 novel. "Lights Out" by Baynard Kendrick. A soldier was blinded fighting in World War II in North Africa. He tries to live with his new disability. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in Pennsylvania and Florida shot on location in Pennsylvania and California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1981ref. 132161Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1981. Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1981 UK film. Based on Ernest Thompson's play about a father-daughter relationship that has its share of miscommunication. Jane Fonda stars with her father Henry and the inimitable Katharine Hepburn. Henry Fonda won his only Academy Award for this his final performance. 8 x 10 inches six with borders and two with no borders as issued. Brief ink annotations on the versos of those with no borders else Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 141297Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1970. Seven vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1970 film. Snipe affixed to the verso of each as issued. Set to the backdrop of coal country Pennsylvania the film follows a secret organization of Irish miners formulated to fight oppressive mine owners. Sean Connery stars as the treacherous leader Jack Kehoe. Shot on location in Pennsylvania. 8 x 10 inches. Some brown discoloration to two of the photos see images overall Very Good plus with annotations to the versos. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1972ref. 148786Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film showing actors Paul Winfield and Kevin Hooks. With a provenance stamp to the verso crediting the Lester Glassner collection. Based on the 1970 Newberry Medal-winning novel. In the midst of the Great Depression a family of African American sharecroppers is torn apart when the patriarch is sentenced to a year in prison for stealing food to feed his family. Set and shot on location in Louisiana. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1927ref. 148296Buffalo NY: Pathe Exchange 1927. Vintage reference photograph from the 1927 film showing actress Eileen Percy. A nightclub dancer is suspected of killing a foreign spy. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with light wear and chipping to the margins image not affected and a light dampstain to the right edge. Pathe Exchange unknown books
1972ref. 141606New York: National General Pictures 1972. Eight vintage still photographs from the 1972 film. Based loosely on the writings and illustrations of James Thurber which were in turn based on Thurber's own life. Adhesive residue to the verso of all photographs with mimeograph snipe tipped on to the verso of two photos. Item also includes a three-page cast and crew list on Cinema Center Films letterhead. Jack Lemmon plays a jaded nearsighted cartoonist who falls for a single mother of three Barbara Harris against his own bachelor tendencies. The film utilizes a combination of both live action and animated scenes in order to portray Thurber's life as he himself had done. Set in Manhattan. 8 x 10 inches. All photos Near Fine or better. National General Pictures unknown books
1958ref. 132480London: Rank Film Distributors 1958. Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards for the 1958 UK film. Based on the 1957 Compton MacKenzie novel and filmed on the island of Barra Hebrides a British comedy about a quaint island that becomes a testing zone for rockets. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with corner creases and faint creases overall. Rank Film Distributors unknown books
1975ref. 127469Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1975. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1975 film with the original PG rating blanked at the bottom left. Not to be confused with 2002 horror film directed by Parker Finn. The third and final film of Michael Ritchie's "American Dream Trilogy" following his 1969 film "Downhill Racer" and his 1972 film "The Candidate." A shrewd and brutal satire wherein used car dealer Big Bob Freelander Bruce Dern and frustrated housewife Brenda DiCarlo Barbara Feldon are in charge of putting on the Santa Rosa Jaycees Young American Miss beauty contest. A savage satire with a brilliant performance from Dern which though generally favorably reviewed upon release was a box-office bomb and has subsequently become a cult classic. Set in and shot on location in Santa Rosa California. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus. United Artists unknown books
1962ref. 144077Paris: France Cinema 1962. Original French invitation for the premier of the 1962 French-Italian film here under the original French title. Presented as a wedding invitation for the fictional characters portrayed by Saval and Poiret cursive font on lightweight card stock with a laid-in list of starring actors appearing at the Cine Le Rex for the November 16 premiere. Based on Annette Wademant's screnplay one of twelve written by Wademant for director Boisrond. Bernard Poiret is a new publisher who falls in love with Sophie Saval but their foolish love nearly destroys them and his job. 5.75 x 7.5 inches folded horizontally. Near Fine. France Cinema unknown books
1959ref. 158235N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage borderless oversize reference photograph from the 1959 French film showing actress Michèle Morgan. A small-town reporter helps a lawyer incriminate a wine-selling company revealing how the merchants target poor people and youth in their advertising campaigns. Shot on location in Paris and Yvelines France. 9.25 x 12.25 inches. Very Good moderately foxed with a small closed tear at the bottom right corner. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 143918Paris: Ucinex 1963. Original pressbook for the 1963 French release of the 1961 Hungarian film here under the French title. Black-and-white film stills surround a brief synopsis with dramatic portrait images of Samoylova and film distribution and publicity credits. Based on a true love affair between a Hungarian doctor and a Russian girl during World War II. Hajnal Gabor recalls through flashback the parting words of the girl Samoylova "I'll Come Back." Direcot Szemes best-known film winner of a Silver Prize at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival 1961. Single sheet folded once vertically 9.5 x 12.5 inches. Very Good overall with small tears creases and light foxing. Ucinex unknown books
1984ref. 132133London: National Screen Service 1984. Five vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1984 UK film. A businessman falls in love with a single mother who lives next to a night club. The mother obsesses over the man when he dumps her and her rage can not be controlled. Miranda Richardson's first feature credit. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Screen Service unknown books
1988ref. 157891Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1988. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1988 film showing actors Melanie Griffith and Alec Baldwin. A secretary takes over her new boss' responsibilities when he is out sick with a broken leg only to have him return and attempt to take credit for her ideas. Nominated for six Academy Awards. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
