1936ref. 158662N.p.: N.p. 1936. Vintage reference photograph from the 1936 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A dramatization of the rise to fame of Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. An extravagant runaway production with a massive budget lavish sets and costumes by noted designer Adrian. At the time of its release the film was the longest talking film of the time running just over three hours. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning three including Best Picture and Best Actress for Luise Rainer. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the corners. N.p. unknown
1936ref. 156211N.p.: France Presse 1936. Vintage reference photograph from the 1936 film showing actresses Diane Cook Edna Callahan Hester Deane and Mary Jane Halsey in a sea of white balloons. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of France Presse and Page Illustree. A dramatization of the rise to fame of Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. An extravagant runaway production with a massive budget lavish sets and costumes by noted designer Adrian. At the time of its release the film was the longest talking film of the time running just over three hours. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning three including Best Picture and Best Actress for Luise Rainer. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with pinholes at the corners. France Presse unknown
1942ref. 164224N.p.: N.p. 1942. Vintage reference photograph from the Spanish release of the 1942 film noir showing William Powell Hedy Lamarr and Basil Rathbone. Mimeo snipe and title in Spanish on the verso. After suffering traumatic amnesia a diplomat encounters a number of shady individuals claiming to be from his past and eventually finds himself implicated in a decade-old robbery. A remake of the 1938 French film "Carrefour." 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1936ref. 158662N.p.: N.p. 1936. Vintage reference photograph from the 1936 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A dramatization of the rise to fame of Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. An extravagant runaway production with a massive budget lavish sets and costumes by noted designer Adrian. At the time of its release the film was the longest talking film of the time running just over three hours. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning three including Best Picture and Best Actress for Luise Rainer. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1936ref. 156211N.p.: France Presse 1936. Vintage reference photograph from the 1936 film showing actresses Diane Cook Edna Callahan Hester Deane and Mary Jane Halsey in a sea of white balloons. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of France Presse and Page Illustree. A dramatization of the rise to fame of Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. An extravagant runaway production with a massive budget lavish sets and costumes by noted designer Adrian. At the time of its release the film was the longest talking film of the time running just over three hours. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning three including Best Picture and Best Actress for Luise Rainer. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with pinholes at the corners. France Presse unknown books
1979ref. 151527Los Angeles: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Black-and-white illustrated pocketed folder containing 21 black and white photographs and 16 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on Richard Condon's 1974 novel. A pitch-black satire following the half-brother of fictional US President Kegan closely modeled on John F. Kennedy as he begins to uncover the circumstances which led to Kegan's assassination 19 years prior. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown
1979ref. 151527Los Angeles: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Black-and-white illustrated pocketed folder containing 21 black and white photographs and 16 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on Richard Condon's 1974 novel. A pitch-black satire following the half-brother of fictional US President Kegan closely modeled on John F. Kennedy as he begins to uncover the circumstances which led to Kegan's assassination 19 years prior. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown books
2005ref. 162341N.p.: Reverse Angle Productions 2005. Two vintage color studio still photographs from the 2005 film one showing actors Sarah Polley and Gabriel Mann the other showing Mann and Fairuza Balk. An aging Western actor flees from his latest film set deciding to travel into his past starting with a trip home to visit his long-estranged mother in Elko Nevada. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Moab Salt Lake City and Arches National Park Utah and in Butte Wendover and Elko Nevada. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Reverse Angle Productions unknown
1977ref. 142639Grunwald Germany: Bavaria Film 1977. Vintage photograph from the 1977 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1974 novel "Ripley's Game" by Patricia Highsmith later adapted in 2002 under the original title directed by Liliana Cavani and starring John Malkovich Dougray Scott and Ray Winstone. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 793. Grant Germany. Bavaria Film unknown
1977ref. 142639Grunwald Germany: Bavaria Film 1977. Vintage photograph from the 1977 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1974 novel "Ripley's Game" by Patricia Highsmith later adapted in 2002 under the original title directed by Liliana Cavani and starring John Malkovich Dougray Scott and Ray Winstone. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 793. Grant Germany. Bavaria Film unknown books
2005ref. 162341N.p.: Reverse Angle Productions 2005. Two vintage color studio still photographs from the 2005 film one showing actors Sarah Polley and Gabriel Mann the other showing Mann and Fairuza Balk. An aging Western actor flees from his latest film set deciding to travel into his past starting with a trip home to visit his long-estranged mother in Elko Nevada. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Moab Salt Lake City and Arches National Park Utah and in Butte Wendover and Elko Nevada. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Reverse Angle Productions unknown books
1945ref. 164487Universal City: Universal Studios 1945. Five vintage publicity photographs from the 1945 film all showing actress Yvonne De Carlo. Two with printed mimeo snipes and provenance stamps on the verso. Loosely based on the life of famed dancer and courtesan Lola Montez. De Carlo's breakthrough role about an exotic dancer who becomes a spy during the American Civil War. 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. Generally Very Good plus. Zimmerman p. 19. Universal Studios unknown
1947ref. 161132N.p.: N.p. 1947. Vintage reference photograph of choreographer Tilly Losch and actress Yvonne de Carlo on the set of the 1947 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A fictional episode in the life of composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov imagining a love affair with a Spanish cabaret dancer that leads him to pen the titular composition "Scheherazade." 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1947ref. 161132N.p.: N.p. 1947. Vintage reference photograph of choreographer Tilly Losch and actress Yvonne de Carlo on the set of the 1947 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A fictional episode in the life of composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov imagining a love affair with a Spanish cabaret dancer that leads him to pen the titular composition "Scheherazade." 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1945ref. 164487Universal City: Universal Studios 1945. Five vintage publicity photographs from the 1945 film all showing actress Yvonne De Carlo. Two with printed mimeo snipes and provenance stamps on the verso. Loosely based on the life of famed dancer and courtesan Lola Montez. De Carlo's breakthrough role about an exotic dancer who becomes a spy during the American Civil War. 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. Generally Very Good plus. Zimmerman p. 19. Universal Studios unknown books
1956ref. 167628N.p.: Banner Pictures 1956. Ten vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1950 West German film musical. A now-faded singer begins to regret her estrangement from her daughters after years of neglect while at the height of her career. Swedish-born actress Zarah Leander's first German film appearance after a seven-year hiatus. Although she declared no political position during World War II Leander was strongly associated with the Nazi Party due to her contract with UFA and multiple successful films with that studio in the late 1930s and early 1940s and was subsequently restricted from appearing in German films until 1949. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Banner Pictures unknown
1956ref. 167628N.p.: Banner Pictures 1956. Ten vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1950 West German film musical. A now-faded singer begins to regret her estrangement from her daughters after years of neglect while at the height of her career. Swedish-born actress Zarah Leander's first German film appearance after a seven-year hiatus. Although she declared no political position during World War II Leander was strongly associated with the Nazi Party due to her contract with UFA and multiple successful films with that studio in the late 1930s and early 1940s and was subsequently restricted from appearing in German films until 1949. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Banner Pictures unknown books
2007ref. 163913Bozeman MT: Crazy Mountain Ink 2007. Draft script for the 2007 film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. A lonely gas station attendant's life begins to change as the result of his relationship with an unusual young woman. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 films including "The Last Seduction" "Pulp Fiction" "From Dusk Till Dawn" "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Set in small-town Montana shot on location in Manitoba Canada. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Steve Berra. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with first and last leaves detached from the binding and dampstains and moderate wear on the title page. Bound with two silver brads. Crazy Mountain Ink unknown
2007ref. 163913Bozeman MT: Crazy Mountain Ink 2007. Draft script for the 2007 film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. A lonely gas station attendant's life begins to change as the result of his relationship with an unusual young woman. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 films including "The Last Seduction" "Pulp Fiction" "From Dusk Till Dawn" "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Set in small-town Montana shot on location in Manitoba Canada. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Steve Berra. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with first and last leaves detached from the binding and dampstains and moderate wear on the title page. Bound with two silver brads. Crazy Mountain Ink unknown books
ref. 129in 12 broché,pièce en quatre actes,quinze illustrations hors texte de Jean COCTEAU en fin de volume,grasset éditeur 1934. Edition originale sur alfa.Proche de l'état de neuf.
1964ref. 170747N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1964 film showing Frank A. Coe as Frankenstein's monster holding a nude woman. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. An alien lands on Earth in order to kidnap the perfect human woman to use to create a race of servants for his home world. He finds the answer in the laboratory of mad scientist Dr. Breedlove. Originally titled "Dr. Breedlove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love" then retitled "Kiss Me Quick" in order to exploit Billy Wilder's "Kiss Me Stupid." 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1964ref. 170747N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1964 film showing Frank A. Coe as Frankenstein's monster holding a nude woman. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. An alien lands on Earth in order to kidnap the perfect human woman to use to create a race of servants for his home world. He finds the answer in the laboratory of mad scientist Dr. Breedlove. Originally titled "Dr. Breedlove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love" then retitled "Kiss Me Quick" in order to exploit Billy Wilder's "Kiss Me Stupid." 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 161669N.p.: Boxoffice International 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 sexploitation film. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. A fanciful account of the Marquis de Sade and the women who are irresistibly drawn to him. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Boxoffice International unknown
1968ref. 161669N.p.: Boxoffice International 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 sexploitation film. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. A fanciful account of the Marquis de Sade and the women who are irresistibly drawn to him. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Boxoffice International unknown books
1949ref. 161687Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1949. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1949 film. In approaching the film adaptation of Ayn Rand's 1943 work director King Vidor dispensed with typical Hollywood production techniques and focused on creating an expressionistic film one that literally echoed the architectural underpinnings of its characters' philosophies motives and ambitions. Unusual choices included modernist cinematography expressionistic set designs and wardrobe and having Rand herself write the heady screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
