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1966ref. 151220N.p.: N.p. 1966. Eight vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 film. Based on the British comic strip which originally appeared in 1963. Modesty Blaise a former criminal mastermind occasionally employed by the Secret Service must protect a shipment of diamonds en route to a small Middle Eastern kingdom from a crime syndicate. Monica Vitti's first English-speaking role. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location throughout Italy the Netherlands and England. Approximately 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus several lightly toned to the edges. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 169585Paris: Sygma 1977. Three vintage oversize borderless matte-finish reference photographs from the 1977 French film all three showing director Joseph Losey on the set. Mimeo snipes in French and English on the versos. An exiled Spanish leftist revolutionary now enjoys a successful career as a screenwriter but is continually drawn back to his homeland where fascism continues to reign. Sequel to Alain Resnais' "The War is Over" 1966. Shot on location in Callela de Palafrugell Spain and in Gare and La Hague France. 11.5 x 8 inches. About Fine. Sygma unknown
1971ref. 159155London: EMI Films 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Joseph Losey actor Dominic Guard and crew members on the set of the 1971 film. Based on L.P. Hartley's 1953 novel. A young boy acts as the go-between for a tenant farmer and a wealthy young woman engaged in an illicit affair. Screenwriter Harold Pinter's final collaboration with Losey following "The Servant" 1963 and "Accident" 1967. Set and shot on location in Norfolk England. 10 x 8 inches with a wide bottom margin. About Near Fine slightly wavy on the bottom edge. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. EMI Films unknown books
1966ref. 151220N.p.: N.p. 1966. Eight vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 film. Based on the British comic strip which originally appeared in 1963. Modesty Blaise a former criminal mastermind occasionally employed by the Secret Service must protect a shipment of diamonds en route to a small Middle Eastern kingdom from a crime syndicate. Monica Vitti's first English-speaking role. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location throughout Italy the Netherlands and England. Approximately 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus several lightly toned to the edges. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 151301Los Angeles: Continental Distributing 1967. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1967 film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. The first film adaptation of James Joyce's influential modernist novel and one of the only adaptations to take its dialogue directly from the book. The film came under heavy threat of censorship due to profane for the time language and was given an X rating in the UK after director Joseph Strick refused to edit out any of the "offending" passages. Set in Dublin and shot there on location. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus several lightly toned. Continental Distributing unknown
1967ref. 151301Los Angeles: Continental Distributing 1967. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1967 film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. The first film adaptation of James Joyce's influential modernist novel and one of the only adaptations to take its dialogue directly from the book. The film came under heavy threat of censorship due to profane for the time language and was given an X rating in the UK after director Joseph Strick refused to edit out any of the "offending" passages. Set in Dublin and shot there on location. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus several lightly toned. Continental Distributing unknown books
1968ref. 161456New York: Morris Kaplan 1968. Three vintage still photographs from the 1968 film. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the verso two with labels on the versos obscuring previous provenance stamps. Henning an ambitious fashion photographer begins a series of erotic nudes with his favorite model Leslie until the mysterious model Joyce arrives and threatens to disrupt the studio and Henning's plans. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Vinegar Syndrome 147. Nilsen Warped and Faded. Morris Kaplan unknown
1968ref. 161456New York: Morris Kaplan 1968. Three vintage still photographs from the 1968 film. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the verso two with labels on the versos obscuring previous provenance stamps. Henning an ambitious fashion photographer begins a series of erotic nudes with his favorite model Leslie until the mysterious model Joyce arrives and threatens to disrupt the studio and Henning's plans. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Vinegar Syndrome 147. Nilsen Warped and Faded. Morris Kaplan unknown books
1937ref. 150517N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1937 film showing Mireille Balin and Jean Gabin in a flirtatious moment. Based on the 1931 novel by screenwriter Henri La Barthe. A seminal noir antecedent oddly produced by the French who would go on to consider the Americans to be the inventors of the style. Remade in 1938 as "Algiers" starring Hedy Lamarr and Charles Boyer and in 1948 as "Casbah" a film musical starring Tony Martin and Marta Toren. Notorious French criminal Pepe le Moko is safe from the police in the Casbah but begins to reconsider his future in France after meeting and falling for a beautiful Parisian woman. Set and shot on location in Algiers Algeria. 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 172. Grant France. N.p. unknown
1937ref. 150517N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1937 film showing Mireille Balin and Jean Gabin in a flirtatious moment. Based on the 1931 novel by screenwriter Henri La Barthe. A seminal noir antecedent oddly produced by the French who would go on to consider the Americans to be the inventors of the style. Remade in 1938 as "Algiers" starring Hedy Lamarr and Charles Boyer and in 1948 as "Casbah" a film musical starring Tony Martin and Marta Toren. Notorious French criminal Pepe le Moko is safe from the police in the Casbah but begins to reconsider his future in France after meeting and falling for a beautiful Parisian woman. Set and shot on location in Algiers Algeria. 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 172. Grant France. N.p. unknown books
1933ref. 156284N.p.: N.p. 1933. Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 pre-Code film showing actors Colin Clive mansplaining while Katharine Hepburn is having none of it. Manuscript pencil annotations on the verso regarding cropping along with a printed provenance label. Based on the 1932 British novel by Gilbert Frankau about a middle-aged politician who falls in love with a beautiful adventurous aviator. Hepburn's second screen role directed by Dorothy Arzner one of the few female directors in Hollywood from the silent era into the early 1940s. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1933ref. 156284N.p.: N.p. 1933. Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 pre-Code film showing actors Colin Clive mansplaining while Katharine Hepburn is having none of it. Manuscript pencil annotations on the verso regarding cropping along with a printed provenance label. Based on the 1932 British novel by Gilbert Frankau about a middle-aged politician who falls in love with a beautiful adventurous aviator. Hepburn's second screen role directed by Dorothy Arzner one of the few female directors in Hollywood from the silent era into the early 1940s. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 151445N.p.: N.p. 1971. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1971 film including five borderless and one bordered. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A teenage girl Sandy Ratcliff living with her unhappy restrictive family in London is forced to undergo psychiatric treatment for her erratic behavior. A searing portrait of conservative working-class British life in the late twentieth-century. Shot on location in Shenley. 8 x 10 inches. Generally Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 151445N.p.: N.p. 1971. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1971 film including five borderless and one bordered. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A teenage girl Sandy Ratcliff living with her unhappy restrictive family in London is forced to undergo psychiatric treatment for her erratic behavior. A searing portrait of conservative working-class British life in the late twentieth-century. Shot on location in Shenley. 8 x 10 inches. Generally Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 164282London: Cinegate 1975. Four vintage studio still photographs from the UK release of the 1952 Japanese film. Provenance stamps and layout annotations on the versos. Based on Saikaku Ihara's 1686 collection of short stories about a noblewoman who falls into ruin as a result of her affair with a lowly page. Among director Kenji Mizoguchi's finest films an exploration of class gender and the search for dignity in seventeenth-century Japan. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Criterion Collection 664. Ebert IV. Rosenbaum 1000. Cinegate unknown
1975ref. 164282London: Cinegate 1975. Four vintage studio still photographs from the UK release of the 1952 Japanese film. Provenance stamps and layout annotations on the versos. Based on Saikaku Ihara's 1686 collection of short stories about a noblewoman who falls into ruin as a result of her affair with a lowly page. Among director Kenji Mizoguchi's finest films an exploration of class gender and the search for dignity in seventeenth-century Japan. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Criterion Collection 664. Ebert IV. Rosenbaum 1000. Cinegate unknown books
1963ref. 162520N.p.: N.p. 1963. Eight vintage reference photographs of cast and crew members on the set of the 1963 film including four of director Michael Carreras behind the camera. During a vacation in southern France an American artist becomes romantically involved with an older bar owner while harboring a secret interest in her teenage daughter. The second Hammer Films effort by Carreras son of Hammer founder James Carreras. Set and shot on location in Montfrin Arles Les Baux-de-Provence and Camarque France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Johnson and Del Vecchio p. 224-226. N.p. unknown
1963ref. 162520N.p.: N.p. 1963. Eight vintage reference photographs of cast and crew members on the set of the 1963 film including four of director Michael Carreras behind the camera. During a vacation in southern France an American artist becomes romantically involved with an older bar owner while harboring a secret interest in her teenage daughter. The second Hammer Films effort by Carreras son of Hammer founder James Carreras. Set and shot on location in Montfrin Arles Les Baux-de-Provence and Camarque France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Johnson and Del Vecchio p. 224-226. N.p. unknown books
1939ref. 156293Hollywood: RKO Radio Pictures 1939. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1939 film. One photograph with a mimeo snipe on the verso and one with a provenance stamp on the verso. The only feature film written by Langston Hughes in collaboration with African American actor Clarence Muse who also appeared in the film in the role of Uncle Caton. While Hughes and Muse intended to create a story about antebellum Louisiana with a more accurate portrayal of African Americans' role during the period studio interference inevitably compromised their initial vision. Set in Louisiana shot on location in Calabasas and Santa Monica California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1939ref. 156293Hollywood: RKO Radio Pictures 1939. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1939 film. One photograph with a mimeo snipe on the verso and one with a provenance stamp on the verso. The only feature film written by Langston Hughes in collaboration with African American actor Clarence Muse who also appeared in the film in the role of Uncle Caton. While Hughes and Muse intended to create a story about antebellum Louisiana with a more accurate portrayal of African Americans' role during the period studio interference inevitably compromised their initial vision. Set in Louisiana shot on location in Calabasas and Santa Monica California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1939ref. 156299Hollywood: RKO Radio Pictures 1939. Vintage lobby card from the 1939 film. Provenance stamp on the verso along with the stamp of Independent Poster Exchange. The only feature film written by Langston Hughes in collaboration with African American actor Clarence Muse who also appeared in the film in the role of Uncle Caton. While Hughes and Muse intended to create a story about antebellum Louisiana with a more accurate portrayal of African Americans' role during the period studio interference inevitably compromised their initial vision. Set in Louisiana shot on location in Calabasas and Santa Monica California. 14 x 11 inches. Lightly worn at the corners else about Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1957ref. 166060Beaconsfield UK: Beaconsfield Films 1957. Draft script for the 1957 British film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with manuscript pencil and ink annotations in his hand throughout and his name written on the top of revision page 85. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Laurence Harvey stars as Sir Humphrey Tavistock who consoles his son-in-law Roland Culver who finds all women impossible to love with tales of found lovers and lost love. Tall maroon untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 14.1.57 with credits for screenwriter Muriel Box. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with undated green revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with a prong binding. Beaconsfield Films unknown
1957ref. 166060Beaconsfield UK: Beaconsfield Films 1957. Draft script for the 1957 British film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with manuscript pencil and ink annotations in his hand throughout and his name written on the top of revision page 85. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Laurence Harvey stars as Sir Humphrey Tavistock who consoles his son-in-law Roland Culver who finds all women impossible to love with tales of found lovers and lost love. Tall maroon untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 14.1.57 with credits for screenwriter Muriel Box. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with undated green revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with a prong binding. Beaconsfield Films unknown books
1955ref. 170765Paris: Associated Press 1955. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1955 film showing Salvador Dali working on a portrait of Laurence Olivier in costume as Richard III. French mimeo snipe and Associated Press Photo stamps on the verso. Olivier both directed and starred in the 1955 film for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Diagonal crease to the bottom left corner else Near Fine. Associated Press unknown
1955ref. 170765Paris: Associated Press 1955. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1955 film showing Salvador Dali working on a portrait of Laurence Olivier in costume as Richard III. French mimeo snipe and Associated Press Photo stamps on the verso. Olivier both directed and starred in the 1955 film for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Diagonal crease to the bottom left corner else Near Fine. Associated Press unknown books
