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1967ref. 159675Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1967. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. A ship's cargo is washed ashore in Hong Kong after a typhoon. The people living on the island claim the cargo as their own but a local powerful man threatens them all unless he is the sole owner of the cargo. The locals hire a mercenary to take him on. Set in New Territories Hong Kong shot on location in Hong Kong and Macau China. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weldon 1996. United Artists unknown books
1985ref. 167912Los Angeles: Showtime 1985. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1985 film originally aired on July 28 1985 on Showtime. During their return trip to Earth members of the crew of a Mars space mission begin showing up dead. Shot on location in Toronto. 10 x 8 inches. One with layout annotations in manuscript ink on the bottom recto margin else generally Near Fine. Showtime unknown books
1975ref. 135469Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1975. Three vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1975 film "Smile" a biting satire on the American beauty pageant. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1977ref. 148819Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1977. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1975 film showing actors Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Eric Monte and Glynn Turman. With a provenance stamp on the verso. A seminal coming-of-age drama following two best friends growing up on Chicago's North Side in 1964. Set and shot on location throughout Chicago including the Cabrini-Green housing projects and the Lincoln Park Zoo. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. McPadden Teen Movie Hell. Olive Films 974. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1981ref. 150784First City / Embassy Pictures 1981. Eight original photographs from the 1981 film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso. A middle-aged white executive's life takes an unexpected turn when he learns that he has an illegitimate Black son who wants to be adopted by the executive and his wife. Featuring Denzel Washington in his film debut. Shot on location in Malibu Lancaster and Los Angeles California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. First City / Embassy Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 132645Beverly Hills CA: United Artists / Les Films 13 1969. Collection of 4 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1969 UK release of the 1969 French film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos. Produced late in the French New Wave cycle implementing flashbacks and imagined scenarios about a troubled young man who meets a pretty shop girl and the two fall in love and eventually marry. The couple does not get along however and things get worse when the husband reverts back to his criminal ways and gets caught. 8 x 10 inches. Some toning else Near Fine. United Artists / Les Films 13 unknown books
1956ref. 164806Universal City: Universal-International 1956. Vintage publicity studio still photograph from the 1956 film. The seventh and final film in the "Francis the Talking Mule" series. The only film in the series to be directed by Charles Lamont instead of Arthur Lubin and the only film in the series to star Mickey Rooney instead of Donald O'Connor. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal-International unknown books
ref. 142832Vintage Canadian one sheet poster for the 1984 Canadian sexploitation film. A Canadian cult favorite wherein a group of teenagers set about saving a summer camp from becoming a shopping mall while having as much sex and wearing as little clothing as possible. Shot on location in Beaverton ! and Lake Simcoe Ontario. 27 x 41 inches. Fine folded as issued. Canuxploitation Complete. Carlson and Connollly Destroy All Movies. unknown books
1929ref. 159870Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1929. Vintage reference photograph from the 1929 film. With manuscript pencil annotation identifying actor Walter Huston and the set as "office" on the verso. Based on the 1928 play by Ward Morehouse. A journalist does not spend enough time with his family due to his work. Shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Good with creasing pinholes in the corners one small chip at the top left corner one small tear at the top right corner associated with pinholes and adhesive residue on the verso. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1971ref. 149270Universal City: Universal Pictures 1971. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1971 film. Milos Forman's first film made in the US. Larry Tine Buck Henry and his wife Lynn Lynn Carlin return home one evening to find their teenage daughter Jeannie has run away. While out looking for their daughter they come across other parents whose children are missing and form a self-help group only to discover they may feel happier and freer with the children gone. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with light splitting to the folds and title written in manuscript marker on the verso faintly visible on top right center of recto. Universal Pictures unknown books
1931ref. 148163New York: Continental Talking Pictures 1931. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1931 film showing actress Molly O'Day. A newly escaped ex-convict decides to stow away on a treasure hunting ship bound for far-off waters. 7.25 x 9.5 inches trimmed for press use. Very Good plus. Continental Talking Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 168223Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film. Based on Borden Deal's 1957 novel "Dunbar's Cove" and on William Bradford Huie's 1942 novel "Mud on the Stars." In 1937 the head of the Tennessee Valley Authority's land purchasing office faces off against powerful generations-old landowners who refuse to sell their properties. Set and shot on location throughout Tennessee in Cleveland Bradley County and Charleston and on Coon Denton Island on the Hiwassee River. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with dampstains at the bottom right corner. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1956ref. 134020London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Two vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1956 US film. Based on an article by Burton Roueche about a schoolteacher who becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug with unexpected side effects to his sanity. Credited as screenwriters were Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum however the shooting script was entirely reworked by director Nicholas Ray and actor/producer James Mason who added the first 20 minutes of the film depicting Ed Avery's daily life before being hospitalized. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus several stills with scratches and a few closed tears. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1957ref. 144985Beverly Hills CA: Russ-Field Productions 1957. Vintage photograph of actors Una Merkel Ralph Meeker and members of the crew on the set of the 1957 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Laurel Srevens Jane Russel an actress is kidnapped by a couple of inexperienced crooks Mike Valla Ralph Meeker and "Dandy" Keenan Wynn on the night of the premier of her film "The Kidnapped Bride." Laurel worries that the kidnapping will appear to be a publicity stunt and damage her career so she begins to aide them in the crime. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly faded else Very Good plus overall with a crease at one corner. Russ-Field Productions unknown books
1960ref. 149022Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1960. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1960 Italian-American film. Based on the 1953 novel "The Fair Bride" by Bruce Marshall. Arturo Carrera Dirk Bogarde resigns from Catholic priesthood because of the church's support for the Nationalist rebels in the Spanish Civil War. When Loyalists begin attacking churches and clerics Arturo tries to hide with the help of a prostitute Soedad Ava Gardner and war correspondent Hawthorne Joseph Cotton. Set in 1936 Spain shot on location in Viterbo Sicily and Rome Italy. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Good only with some small chips along the bottom edge a chip in the middle of the title and two closed tears. See image. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1970ref. 161462N.p.: Calneva International 1970. Vntage studio still photograph from the 1970 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a one inch closed tear in the bottom margin. Calneva International unknown books
1960ref. 168176Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1959 British film. Based on the 1955 book "Adventure in Diamonds" about a secret mission to secure Dutch industrial diamond stocks from the Germans during World War II. Set and shot on location in the Netherlands. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1962ref. 162299N.p.: N.p. 1962. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Based on the 1959 novel by John Hersey. The hotshot commander of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber lives for the most dangerous missions and acts as though he may have a death wish. Shot on location in Cabridge Bovingdon and Kent England. 10 x 8 inches. One Near Fine the other Very Good plus with creasing and tape residue at the bottom left corner. N.p. unknown books
1948ref. 148194Rome: Lux Film 1948. Vintage studio still photograph of Massimo Girotti from the 1948 film. "E Un Film Lux Gioventu Perduta" label on verso. A precursor to Italian neorealism co-written by future directors Mario Monicelli and Antonio Pietrangeli. Inspector Mariani Massimo Girotti suspects a group of young criminals led by a professor's son Stefano Jacques Sernas are actually university students so he enrolls to investigate and falls in love with Luisa Carla Del Poggio sister of Stefano. Set in post-war Rome. 8 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. Lux Film unknown books
1962ref. 132135Los Angeles: Embassy Pictures 1962. Collection of 6 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1961 Italian film. Marcello Mastroianni is a bored man bored with life and his wife. He falls in love with a younger woman and since divorce is illegal in Italy unless there is just cause like catching your spouse committing adultery he decides to find his wife another lover. That way he wont need to kill her. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creases and toning overall. Several pinholes to a few; one with a small chip and corresponding closed tears. Embassy Pictures unknown books
1953ref. 167611Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1953. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1953 documentary film. Based on noted marine biologist Rachel L. Carson's 1951 book. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Shot on location in Queensland Australia in Marineland and Tarpon Springs Florida and on the Pribilof Islands in Alaska. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good to Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners one with a moderate crease at the bottom right corner. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1951ref. 132524London: British Film-Makers 1951. Vintage black-and-white candid still photograph from the 1951 UK film. Features David Niven with the Dame of Sark Sibyl Mary Hathaway on the shores of the Channel Islands. Hathaway was Seigneur of the Channel Islands when the Germans invaded 1940-1945. Based on Jerrard Tickell's 1951 novel about British soldiers during WWII on the Channel Islands attempting to save a prized cow from the capture of the Nazis. 8 x 10 inches. Some toning with an ink notation on the verso else Near Fine. British Film-Makers unknown books
1977ref. 149252N.p.: Skyhawk Properties 1977. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1974 film released in the UK as "Percy's Progress" and in the US as "It's Not the Size that Counts." Sequel to the 1971 British comedy "Percy" directed by Ralph Thomas starring Hywel Bennett Denholm Elliott Elke Sommer and Britt Ekland. Percy Edward Anthony is renowned as the man who had the world's first penis transplant. When a chemical is accidentally released into the world's water supply rendering all men impotent Percy on a boat at sea and drinking only champagne is the last man on earth who can achieve an erection. 27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus some splitting at the folds small rough tear to bottom right border and annotation of title in manuscript ink on lower right of margin. Skyhawk Properties unknown books
1955ref. 167850Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1955 film. Based on the 1953 novel by Leon Uris who also wrote the screenplay documenting his experiences as a Marine. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1969ref. 161955N.p.: Cambist Films 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. A businessman secretly plans a hostile takeover of the company he works for. He hires three call girls for a clients' party at a remote cabin unaware that they are corporate spies working for the competition. Shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Cambist Films unknown books
