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1973ref. 161579N.p.: Times Films 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1969 Italian-German giallo film. Photograph with two provenance stamps on the verso. Paolo an Italian journalist newly arrived in Los Angeles is attacked by two thugs looking for his childhood friend Giulio who dies in a mysterious car accident the following day. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Times Films unknown books
1972ref. 148290Universal City: Universal Pictures 1972. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1972 film with provenance stamp of film historian "Maurice Bessy" on verso. Based on the 1966 novel "Goodbye Piccadilly Farewell Leicester Square" by Arthur La Bern. London is terrorized by a serial rapist who then strangles his victims with a necktie. Police suspect Richard Blaney Jon Finch whose wife was brutally killed. Alfred Hitchcock's penultimate film. Set in and shot on location in London. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Grant US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1972ref. 155216N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage photograph of the illustration of five stewardesses for the 1972 3-D sexploitation film which was used in the film's marketing campaign. Sequel to the 1969 hit 3-D softcore comedy "The Stewardesses "the most profitable 3-D film ever released written and directed by Allan Silliphant credited as Alf Sillman Jr. Hoping to follow on the success of its predecessor this sequel has now been largely forgotten largely because of cost-cutting measures of distributor company Sherpix in post-production according to producer and 3-D pioneer Chris Condon. Twelve beautiful stewardesses are chosen for a three week trip around the world aboard Global Airlines Condor SST supersonic airplane. Set in and shot on location in Hong Kong Lisbon Athens and Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Nilsen Warped and Faded. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 139424Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1970. Original one sheet US poster for the 1970 X-rated film. Distributor rubber stamp on the verso. Director Funt notable for his "Candid" series of adult films explores further the human psyche when confronted with nudity in unusual candid situations. Richard "Shaft" Roundtree plays one-half of an interracial couple in his film debut. 27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus fold stress small central chips and a few short tears. United Artists unknown books
1963ref. 161833N.p.: United Producers 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1959 British/German film. Also known by the alternative titles "The Treasure of San Teresa" "Long Distance" and "Rhapsody in Blue." An former US spy returns to Europe after World War II in search of a cache of jewels hidden in Czechoslovakian convent. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a chip in the margin at the bottom left corner. United Producers unknown books
1953ref. 148245Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1953. Vintage studio still photograph of Vincent Price from the 1953 film. Two "Reporters Associes" stamps on the verso. Based on the 1932 short story "The Wax Works" by Charles S. Belden. Previously filmed in 1933 as "Mystery of the Wax Museum" directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray. The first color 3-D feature film from a major American studio which premiered two days after Columbia Pictures "Man in the Dark" the first major black and white 3-D feature. Also the first 3-D movie with stereophonic sound to be presented in a theater. Professor Henry Jarrod Price sculptor of wax figures miraculously manages to survive a fire set by his business partner Matthey Roy Roberts and re-emerges years later opening a new wax museum while corpses mysteriously begin vanishing from the city morgue. Selected for the National Film Registry in 2014. 8 x 10 inches. Light creasing at top else Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1954ref. 147591Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1954. Six vintage studio still color photographs from the 1954 film. With a stamp reading "Bought in Phila. / FEB 9 1954" to the verso. A farm family facing poverty is forced to sell daughter Donna's pet horse the eponymous Gypsy Colt unaware that the horse itself is prepared to resist the new sale crossing deserts and mountains in order to return to Donna. Loosely based on Eric Knight's 1940 novel "Lassie Comes Home." Set in the American West and shot in Colorado and California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with small strips of adhesive to the top center edge. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1979ref. 147811Los Angeles: CBS Television Network 1979. Vintage reference photograph from the 1979 television film originally aired on July 11 1979 on CBS showing actor Anne Schedeen consulting a clipboard. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso and a manuscript ink annotation regarding layout. A peaceful May-December couple finds their values become an issue when the question of marriage is raised. 7 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with light dampstaining to the verso of the left edge. CBS Television Network unknown books
1955ref. 135492Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1955. Vintage reference photograph from the seminal 1955 Western. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Pitts 2525. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 147777Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1954. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1953 film. Teenager Barbara Vinings Glynis Johns is in love with her Latin language teacher Stephen Barlow Leo Genn when Barlow's wife Gene Tierney finds out she confronts Barbara who runs off and disappears for three days during which time speculation and innuendo pervade the village. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant UK. Spicer UK. United Artists unknown books
1963ref. 167576N.p.: Topaz Film 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1960 Italian film. A stripper is disfigured in a car accident and becomes obsessed with restoring her beauty. She tracks down a scientist who can provide a cure but the concoction requires the use of glandular fluid removed from adult women causing their deaths. 10 x 7.75 inches trimmed along the top margin. Near Fine. Topaz Film unknown books
1953ref. 156114N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage program for the 1953 German film seen here under two titles "Dark Clouds over Dachstein" and "The Mistress of the Salzerhof". Titles and text in German. Based on the 1952 play by Elmira Koref about a widowed woman fighting the German government for control of the salt mines at the base of the mountain where she lives. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. Very Good plus bright and complete. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 161509N.p.: Gaston Hakim Productions 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1957 Swedish sexploitation film with a provenance stamp on the verso Lars Ekborg and Sven Eric Gamble are bumbling criminals involved in a safe-cracking heist. Shot on location in Stockholm Sweden. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing. Gaston Hakim Productions unknown books
1976ref. 133392Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1976. Original one sheet poster for the 1976 Blaxploitation film "The Monkey Hustle." A classic entry in the action comedy subset of Blaxploitation films in which a neighborhood must band together in order to prevent the city from demolishing their homes to build a highway. Set in Chicago and shot there on location. Largely low-budget and geared towards a young urban audience Blaxploitation films often depicted African Americans overcoming hostile authorities through cunning and violence as well as conflicts internal to the culture. Though some of the first mainstream films to feature predominantly black casts and introduce previously non-represented elements of black culture including the notable use of funk and soul music in soundtracks they were also panned for furthering stereotypes about black people. Despite the controversy that the genre instilled its motifs remain culturally relevant to this day often parodied acknowledged and imitated in modern films and music. 27 x 41 inches folded. Near Fine. Parish and Hill 149. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 43-44 174-175. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1965ref. 135450Culver City CA: Florin / Columbia Pictures 1965. Three vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1965 film. Featuring images of Warren Beatty and Alexandra Stewart. Some say that the New Hollywood era began with "Bonnie and Clyde" in 1967 others say "Mickey One" in 1965. Either way you look at it the director was Arthur Penn. Beatty was not only the muse for Penn's avant-garde tale of a comic who runs afoul of the mob but also the crazed youngster who would get Penn assigned to Bonnie and Clyde and initiate the second golden age of cinema. Stan Getz laid improvisations onto the progressive and somewhat classical score for the film against the backdrop of a full orchestra. Set in Chicago and shot on location there. 8 x 10 inches. CONDITION. Florin / Columbia Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 168181Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1960 Italian film. Based on Bruce Marshall's 1953 novel "The Fair Bride." A Catholic clergyman resigns from priesthood because of the church's support for the Nationalist rebels in the Spanish Civil War. When Loyalists begin attacking churches and clerics the former priest tries to hide with the help of a cabaret singer and a war correspondent. Set in Spain shot on location in Viterbo Sicily and Rome Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1960ref. 168226Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM / Titanus-Spectator 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1960 Italian film. Based on Bruce Marshall's 1953 novel "The Fair Bride." A Catholic clergyman resigns from priesthood because of the church's support for the Nationalist rebels in the Spanish Civil War. When Loyalists begin attacking churches and clerics the former priest tries to hide with the help of a cabaret singer and a war correspondent. Set in Spain shot on location in Viterbo Sicily and Rome Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Titanus-Spectator unknown books
1956ref. 159859Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1956. Vintage reference photograph of actor Barry Fitzgerald from the 1956 film. With manuscript ink annotation on the verso identifying Fitzgerald. Based on the 1955 television play by Paddy Chayefsky. The daughter of a taxi driver is engaged to be married. Her mother wants to use the opportunity to have the big wedding she always dreamed of. Set in and shot on location in the Bronx New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some slight creasing and wear to the finish. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1964ref. 161464N.p.: Imperial Pictures 1964. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1964 film. Based on the 1956 novel "Angélique Marquise des Anges" by Anne and Serge Golon. The first of a series of five films followed by "Marvelous Angelique" 1965 "Angelique and the King" 1966 "Untamable Angelique" 1967 and "Angelique and the Sultan" 1968. Angelique finds herself entangled in a political assassination and becomes betrothed to a man twelve years her senior rumored to be a sorcerer. Set in 17th century France shot on location in Cote-d'Or France and Lazio Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Imperial Pictures unknown books
1962ref. 167842N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage reference photograph from the 1962 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. A fantasy film loosely based on the tale of St. George and the Dragon about a young knight raised by an elderly sorceress. Featured on a 1992 episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000." 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 132521London: BFI Production 1974. Two vintage black-and-white double weight still photographs from the 1974 UK short film featuring several families of actors this film being the only credit for some. 7.25 x 9.25 inches with no borders as issued. Faint pin-sized indentations and ink annotations on the verso else Near Fine. BFI Production unknown books
1964ref. 136035N.p.: Lopert Pictures Corporation 1964. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the set of the 1964 film. Director Billy Wilder shown with Kim Novak. Based on the 1945 Italian play "L'ora della fantasia" by Anna Bonacci. A jealous piano teacher playing host to an infamous nightclub singer sends his beautiful wife away in the hopes of keeping the lecherous singer from seducing her. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine condition. Lopert Pictures Corporation unknown books
1959ref. 132443London: Rank Film Distributors 1959. Seven vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1958 US film. Tony Curtis stars as a sex-starved soldier who wins a date with pinup model Linda Cristal. Janet Legih Curtis' real life wife plays an Army shrink tasked with keeping things chaste. 8 x 10 inches. One still with faint stains and light corner creases to most else Near Fine. Rank Film Distributors unknown books
1988ref. 167939Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1988. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1988 film here with an early spelling of the title as "Childsplay" one showing actors Catherine Hicks and Alex Vincent with Chucky the other showing Hicks screaming in fear. The first entry in the successful supernatural horror film series about Chucky a toy doll who comes to life after being imbued with the spirit of a mad serial killer in a voodoo ritual. Followed by six sequels a television series several comic books and novel adaptations and a 2019 reboot. Shot on location in Chicago. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. United Artists unknown books
1963ref. 161786N.p.: Vanguard Productions 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film. An early "roughie" wherein country girl Judy moves to New Orleans seeking fame but instead becomes an exploited and abused stripper. Set in and shot on location in New Orleans. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Vanguard Productions unknown books
