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1971ref. 163748Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film showing actress Cybill Shepherd talking with director Peter Bogdanovich. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on Larry McMurtry's 1966 semi-autobiographical novel following the everyday lives of three directionless teenagers in a small lonely Texan town. Peter Bogdanovich's directorial breakthrough one of the defining films about Texas and the American Southwest shot in black-and-white on location in Archer City Texas. Winner of two Academy Awards for actors Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman and nominated for another six. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine lightly worn at the corners. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 549. Ebert III. Columbia Pictures unknown
1943ref. 163749Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1943. Vintage keybook photograph from the 1944 film showing actress Marjorie Reynolds frozen in the shadow of a giant swastika. Based on Graham Greene's 1943 novel. While en route to London after being released from a mental institution a man is accidentally caught up in a nefarious Nazi scheme and finds himself pursued by German secret agents. Set in England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned at the edges with two punch holes along the left edge. Criterion Collection 649. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1951ref. 163751N.p.: N.p. 1951. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1951 film both showing Gene Kelly with cabaret dancers. Minute annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. Inspired by George Gershwin's 1928 jazz-influenced orchestral composition and featuring a show-stopping 17-minute ballet choreographed to the piece as well as a number of other Gershwin tunes including the classics "Embraceable You" "Nice Work if You Can Get It" and "I Got Rhythm." Winner of six Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and Best Picture and nominated for two others including Best Director. Also nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1952. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Godard Histoires du cinema. Schrader 34. N.p. unknown
1983ref. 163766Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1983. Collection of 20 vintage color slides from the 1983 film. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the slide sleeves noting the film title distributor names and file numbers. Based on Tom Wolfe's 1979 book about the first 15 years of the US space program. Winner of four Academy Awards and nominated for four others. 2 x 2 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert II. United Artists unknown
1987ref. 163760Alexandria VA: Public Broadcasting Service PBS 1987. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1987 documentary film showing the film's subject acclaimed filmmaker photojournalist and author Gordon Parks. Minute annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with brief wear along the right edge. Public Broadcasting Service [PBS] unknown
1957ref. 163764N.p.: N.p. 1957. Collection of six vintage double weight reference photographs from the 1957 Soviet film including four oversize prints. Two photos with provenance blindstamps at the corners and distributor stamps on the versos. Based on the classic novel published in 1605 and 1615 by Miguel de Cervantes. The first adaptation of Cervantes' novel to be filmed in widescreen and color. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Crimea. Four photographs 12 x 9.5 inches. Two photographs 4.5 x 6.75 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 163767Saint-Ouen France: Société Nouvelle de Doublage SND 1976. Vintage press kit for the 1976 French release of the 1975 Canadian film. White pocketed folder containing three black-and-white photographs 13 leaves of promotional reading material six color lobby cards and a German promotional leaflet. A high-rise apartment building is infected by a parasite that turns its victims into sex-crazed maniacs with the infection spreading at the slightest touch. An early influential entry in the body horror canon. Shot on location at Nuns' Island. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Arrow 1497. Canuxploitation Complete. Société Nouvelle de Doublage [SND] unknown
1961ref. 163761N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1961 film showing director John Cassavetes working with actors Bobby Darin and Stella Stevens. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A struggling jazz musician pursues a romantic relationship with a beautiful singer to the detriment of both parties' careers. Cassavetes' second directorial effort following "Shadows" 1958 and his first film made for a Hollywood studio. Shot on location in California. 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Olive Films 391. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 163765Burbank CA: The Ladd Company 1980. Collection of 32 vintage color slides from the 1981 film as well as one vintage studio still photograph showing actress Kathleen Turner. Three slides with annotations in manuscript ink on their cardboard sleeves. A young woman manipulates her lover a small-town lawyer into killing her wealthy husband. A watershed neo-noir update to the classic femme fatale of the 1940s and 1950s. Set and shot on location in Florida. Photograph 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Slides 2 x 2 inches. Near Fine. Ebert I. Grant US. Penzler 101. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. The Ladd Company unknown
1967ref. 163763Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1967. Collection including four vintage slides and four vintage color transparencies from the 1967 film. Based on John Ball's 1965 novel. An African American police detective from Philadelphia is recruited to help solve a murder in a small bigoted Mississippi town. The film dealt skillfully with the topic of race relations in the South during the Civil Rights movement and included a controversial scene in which a white actor Larry Gates slaps Poitier in the face at which point Poitier slaps him right back. It was said you could determine the racial makeup of a theater by their verbal reaction to the scene: cheers for a predominantly Black audience or whispers for a predominantly white one. Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture and nominated for two others. Though set in the fictional town of Sparta Mississippi Poitier refused to travel below the Mason-Dixon Line so the film was shot largely in Illinois. Transparencies 4 x 5 inches slides 2 x 2 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Penzler 101. United Artists unknown
1970ref. 163758N.p.: N.p. 1970. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1970 film. One with a mimeo snipe on the verso. After nearly a decade as one of America's most successful independent filmmakers sexploitation auteur Russ Meyer first reached out for the brass ring of major studio success with this frantic and most entertaining cult favorite once described by Meyer and screenwriter Roger Ebert as "the first exploitation-horror-camp-musical." The film follows three members of an all-girl rock band called The Kelly Affair who relocate to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Their success comes at the price of their friendship and integrity however and the girls eventually succumb to a nonstop train of decadence drugs and betrayal. Featuring one-hit wonders the Strawberry Alarm Clock supporting performances by Meyer regulars Charles Napier and Haji and a bit part from future Blaxploitation icon Pam Grier the film proved to be Meyer's biggest box-office success. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 836. N.p. unknown
1935ref. 163775Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1935. Vintage reference photograph from the 1935 film showing actors Clark Gable and Jean Harlow. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil mimeo snipe and provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1930 novel by Crosbie Garstin about a ship captain who must fend off pirates while also juggling two romantic interests aboard his ship. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1974ref. 163777N.p.: N.p. 1974. Collection of ten vintage color lobby cards and two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1974 French film. Housed in the original distributor's envelope. A young woman goes mad after the murder of her lover and is incarcerated in a sexually sadistic convent. Photographs: 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Lobby cards: 11 x 8.75 inches. Near Fine. Envelope: 11.5 x 9 inches. Very Good plus lightly foxed and edgeworn. Bier 764. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 163647N.p.: Crown International Pictures 1974. Vintage reference photograph from the 1974 film showing a martial arts fight between Eileen Saki and Jeannie Bell. With a large-format negative for same with both negative and photograph housed in a manila envelope with Saki's mimeographed name. Sondra Currie stars as a police officer sent to infiltrate a criminal gang of scantily clad women. Shot on location in Los Angeles and Channel Islands California. Photograph and negative 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Envelope 8.5 x 10.5 inches. Fine. Crown International Pictures unknown
1955ref. 163793N.p.: N.p. 1955. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1955 French film showing actors Lia Di Leo and Marcel Raine in an intimate moment. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Based on the 1832 play by Alexandre Dumas and Frédéric Gaillardet about Queen Margaret of Burgundy who kills her partners after their dalliances have ended in order to leave no trace of her sexual misdeeds. Partially shot on location in Paris. 11.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good with multiple pinholes and accompanying wear at the corners and light soil on the verso. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 163788N.p.: N.p. 1970. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1970 film. Blindstamps at the corners with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. Based on the 1965 Chester Himes novel. An early blaxpoitation film about two cops investigating a phony local preacher. The film proved a runaway box office success inspiring a slew of buddy cop films both within the genre and beyond. Set and shot on location in Harlem. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Parish and Hill 71. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 163784Universal City: Universal Pictures 1971. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1971 film including one showing a camera crew setting up a scene on the set. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso and all five with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil and provenance stamps and labels on the versos. Milo Forman's first film made in the US. A suburban couple return home one evening to find their teenage daughter 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 feel happier and freer with the children gone. Set and shot on location in New York City. Four 7.5 x 9.5 inches one 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown
1965ref. 130135Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Final script for the 1966 film. The 1960s remake of the classic 1939 John Ford Western in which a group of ten unlikely traveling companions on a stagecoach to Cheyenne must fight together when beset upon by both outlaws and Native Americans. Shot on location in Colorado. Blue titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper production No. 58 dated April 9 1965. Title page present dated April 9 1965 noted as Final with credit for screenwriter Landon. 137 leaves Multilith duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 6-9-75. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1974ref. 163782N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage borderless color reference photograph from the 1974 film showing actor Gunnar Hansen in costume as Leatherface. Provenance labels on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Loosely based on the crimes of serial murderer and body snatcher Ed Gein. Shot on a shoestring budget with the cast mostly composed of unknown Texan actors Tobe Hooper's second feature film courted controversy upon release for its grisly violence and critical view of US politics and is now rightfully considered a slasher cult classic. Set and shot on location in Round Rock Watterson Austin and San Marcos Texas. 5 x 7 inches. Fine. Thrower Nightmare USA. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 163805N.p.: N.p. 1984. Vintage reference photograph from the 1984 cult film showing actors William S. Burroughs and F.M. Einhelt. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Loosely based on Burroughs' "The Electronic Revolution" 1970 about a young punk who creates a device to unscramble the subliminal messages embedded in Muzak. An underground film made on a shoestring budget shot in Berlin with a cast of non-actors playing themselves-including FM Einheit of Einstürzende Neubauten and Genesis P-Orridge of Psychic TV. Largely forgotten until 2019 when the film was released by Vinegar Syndrome on Blu-ray and DVD. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Vinegar Syndrome 288. N.p. unknown
1948ref. 163789N.p.: N.p. 1948. Vintage reference photograph from the 1948 film showing actress Rita Hayworth leaning over to talk to director Charles Vidor on the set. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Prosper Mérimée's 1845 novella and a remake of the 1927 film directed by Raoul Walsh about a hot-spirited gypsy who captures the hearts of those around her. Vidor Hayworth and costar Glenn Ford previously collaborated on the 1946 film "Gilda." 6.5 x 8.5 inches. Very Good moderately toned. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 163809N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1978 film showing actors Ken Robertson and Robert Merrick at a pub. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with French annotations in manuscript ink. An early exploration of gay identity in London about a schoolteacher forced to hide his sexuality from his friends and family. One of the first mainstream films to depict the everyday lives of gay men in the UK. Shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 163800N.p.: N.p. 1962. Two vintage borderless oversize reference photographs from the 1962 film both showing actress Anna Karina. Annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the versos. Director Jean-Luc Godard's least "intellectual" film and also one of his finest a drama about a well-educated Parisian woman who drifts into prostitution out of boredom with the working world. The third of seven influential films between 1960 and 1965 directed by Godard and starring his then-wife and muse Anna Karina. Shot on location in Paris. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Very Good moderately edgeworn. BFI 2055. Criterion Collection 512. Ebert I. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 163798Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures Television 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director and actor Dennis Hopper with cameraman László Kovács during filming on location for the 1971 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A stunt coordinator filming on location in a small Peruvian village believes he has found paradise but soon discovers a strange and violent cargo cult which has formed among the locals. In spite of his ongoing battle with substance abuse director Dennis Hopper was granted full creative control over the film after his unexpected success with "Easy Rider" in 1969. The film's massive failure which became the stuff of legend essentially ended Hopper's directorial career in Hollywood for the better part of the ensuing decade until "Out of the Blue" in 1980. Set and shot on location in Peru. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 2199. Columbia Pictures Television unknown
1963ref. 163783N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1963 film showing actors Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann. Stamp of photographer Agnès Varda film director and wife of Jacques Demy on the verso. Varda and director Jacques Demy were married from 1962 until Demy's death in 1990. While vacationing in Nice a quiet young bank employee begins an affair with a gambler whose addiction and despair mirrors his own. Set and shot on location in Alpes-Maritimes Val-d'Oise and Paris France and in and Monte Carlo Monaco. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 715. N.p. unknown
