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1950ref. 159601Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1950. Vintage reference photograph from the 1950 film noir. At the end of World War II a veteran wakes up from an important surgery to discover his friend is missing-and suspected of murder. He follows a trail of clues to find his friend and more importantly find out if the man is guilty. Set in California shot on location in Los Angeles and Glendale California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown
1990ref. 159505San Francisco: Artists' Television Access 1990. Vintage flyer for the premiere of Danny Plotnick's 1990 experimental short film "Death Sled II: Steel-Belted Romeos" with an addition screening of Plotnick's 1989 short "Creep" as well as films by Mark Street Phillip R. Ford Phillip Guilbeau Laura Rosow Jim Sikora and Dana Mendelssohn at the Artists' Television Access ATA Saturday February 3 1990. According to director Danny Plotnick's website "Death Sled II: Steel-Belted Romeos" is a "tale of backwoods blacktop mayhem-Two dim-witted lead-footed guidos from Bayonne New Jersey bust through stoplight after stoplight in their turbo-charged bad-assed jet-black Pontiac Grand Prix until their mean machine nearly eighty-sixes another hunk of American steel. And that's just the start of it . A confrontation an assault fists-a-flying and traffic violations." A trailblazer for the independent film scene of the 1990s Plotnick made over twenty films since the late 1980s and has released three VHS compilations and one DVD compilation. His coffee table art book on the history of Super 8 filmmaking "Super 8: An Illustrated History" was published in 2020. Formed in 1986 the ATA is a San Francisco-based artist-run non-profit which promotes underground and experimental art as well as providing a screening venue for independent films exhibitions performances workshops and events. 8.5 x 11 inches on pink paper. Very Good plus with light overall dampstaining and two pinholes. Artists' Television Access unknown
1974ref. 159628N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage reference photograph from the 1974 film showing actors Michel Piccoli and Claudia Bianchi. Mimeo snipe and stamp of photographer Tony Crawley on the verso. An unhappily married man falls in love with his perfect woman-a sex doll. The relationship begins to sour however when he begins to project jealousy and dissatisfaction onto the mannequin. Shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 159702Rome: Galatea Film 1968. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 television re-release of the 1957 film. A surgeon who suggested a woman go to a hospital instead of being treated by him dies at the hospital. Her husband believing the surgeon to be responsible for her death seeks revenge. Set in North Africa shot on location in Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Galatea Film unknown
1970ref. 159632Los Angeles: Boxoffice International 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 hixploitation film. A Tennessee moonshiner his horny wife and his two buxom daughters enjoy a series of sexual escapades in the deep south. Set in Neely's Bend TN an actual town northeast of Nashville shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Boxoffice International unknown
1981ref. 159605N.p.: N.p. 1981. Three vintage color reference photographs from the 1981 French film all showing actress Valérie Kaprisky in various states of undress. One borderless two with borders. An exploration into the lives of five wealthy women leading glamorous lives alongside their powerful husbands and companions. Borderless photograph 7 x 10.5 inches bordered photographs 7 x 9 and 7 x 7.5 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1949ref. 159641Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1949. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film showing actors Cecil B. DeMille and Gloria Swanson talking on the set. A down-on-his-luck screenwriter stumbles into the home of a forgotten silent film star quickly becoming enmeshed in her deranged plan for a comeback. A kingpin in the pantheon of films about fame and Hollywood and Billy Wilder's urban noir counterpart to the daylight rural world of "Ace in the Hole" 1951. Winner of three Academy Awards and nominated for another eight including Best Picture. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer U. Paramount Pictures unknown
1952ref. 159661Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1952. Vintage reference photograph from the 1952 film. Two workers at an inn are accidentally handed a map to Captain Kidd's treasure on Skull Island. They are able to use this as leverage to get onto the captain's ship where they undergo a variety of humorous adventures. Set in Tortuga Haiti. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1934ref. 159596London: National Film Archive 1934. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1934 film one showing actors Bette Davis and Leslie Howard the other showing director John Cromwell and a camera crew capturing a scene with Kay Johnson and Howard. Both with the stamp of National Film Archive on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. A sensitive clubfooted young man falls in love with a mercurial tearoom waitress. A breakout role for actress Bette Davis and the first of three adaptations of Maugham's novel followed by one in 1946 and one in 1964. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Archive unknown
1971ref. 159627Los Angeles: Boxoffice International 1971. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 sexploitation film. A middling Spaghetti Western actor dreams that he has become Casanova the world's greatest lover after he is knocked unconscious during a sex party. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Boxoffice International unknown
1969ref. 159642N.p.: N.p. 1969. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 film. A heavily fictionalized account of the life of the French nobleman and writer starting with his escape from incarceration wherein he is haunted by flashbacks of his debauched younger years. Set in Lacoste France and shot on location in Bavaria and Berlin Germany. Approximately 9.5 x 7.75 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1934ref. 159670Beverly Hills CA: London Film Productions / United Artists 1934. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1934 film. An historical drama based on the life of Catherine the Great mostly focusing on her tense relationship with her husband until she is crowned empress following a coup d'etat she helped stage against her him. Set in Russia and England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion Eclipse Series 16. London Film Productions / United Artists unknown
1979ref. 159618N.p.: N.p. 1979. Seven vintage reference photographs from the 1979 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso noting the film title in French. An anthology film divided into three segments set in three different time periods Rome in 1520 France at the turn of the century and modern Paris and following three women who are driven to commit crimes of passion. Six photographs 9.5 x 7 inches with wide top and bottom margins and one photograph 9.5 x 6 inches trimmed irregularly. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 159594N.p.: N.p. 1971. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1971 sexploitation film. Three with the stamp of the Bureau de surveillance du cinéma of Quebec on the verso and one with annotations in manuscript pencil regarding cropping. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. An uptight young man spends time in a sex-filled free-wheeling commune while a hippie takes his place as a French tutor for a wealthy young woman. Shot on location in Québec and St. Albans Vermont. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1963ref. 159624N.p.: N.p. 1963. Two vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1963 film including one showing actress Jean Seberg with director Robert Parrish. A young American art student must choose between her monied life in the US and her newfound love in Paris when her father arrives to bring her home. Set and shot on location in Paris. One photograph 9.5 x 8.25 inches one photograph 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 159587Munich: Romano Film 1970. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1970 German sexploitation film. All with the stamp of Romano Film on the verso. Hans Billian directed a string of movies in the "Heimatfilme" "homeland-films" genre in the early 1960s starting to direct softcore sex comedies later on in the decade. He began directing hardcore films when the ban on full-length hardcore pornographic films was lifted in Germany in the mid-1970s and moved to directing exclusively adult films in the 1980s and 1990s. Shot on location in Baden-Baden. 5 x 7 inches. Fine. Romano Film unknown
1938ref. 159686Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1938. Vintage reference photograph from the 1938 film. With mimeo snipe on the verso. A young woman attending the Paris School of Drama is often late to class because she also has to work a factory job to support herself. She lies to her classmates about her life and that she has a a wonderful famous boyfriend. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a crease at the bottom left of the photograph. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1954ref. 159801Los Angeles: Columbia Pictures 1954. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1955 film showing actor and choreographer Bob Fosse rehearsing dance steps with Janet Leigh and others on the set. Five with mimeo snipes on the versos and all six with stamp of Columbia Pictures. Based on the 1940 play by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov about two sisters who move from Ohio to New York City settling in a derelict basement apartment in Greenwich Village. Fosse's first film credit as choreographer. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine to Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1961ref. 159807N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Alain Resnais and actress Delphine Seyrig on the set of the 1961 French film. Stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso along with two "Photofest" stamps. alexander An enigmatic dreamlike film about an unnamed man and woman who meet at a party where he insists they have met before and she that they haven't. Shot on location in Germany and France. 7 x 9.25 inches with a wide bottom margin. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 478. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 25. Vogel Film as Subversive Art. N.p. unknown
1955ref. 159872N.p.: N.p. 1955. Vintage reference photograph of director Kon Ichigawa on the set of the 1955 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso relating to cropping as well as a provenance label. 5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 159869N.p.: N.p. 1985. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1985 Polish film showing director Krzysztof Kie lowski and actress Gra yna Szapo owska on the set. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A translator tries to come to terms with the death of her husband a lawyer while trying to help her husband's last client with his pending imprisonment. Kie lowski's first writing collaboration with screenwriter Krzysztof Piesiewicz. Shot on location in Warsaw. 7 x 5.25 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1922ref. 159875Los Angeles: First National Pictures 1922. Vintage reference photograph of director John Stahl cameraman Ernest Palmer and a camera crew setting up a shot with actors Grace Darmond and Gaston Glass on the set of the 1922 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with two provenance labels. A woman runs away from her husband and child in order to lead a more fulfilling life. Years later she helps her son reconcile with his own wife. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus slightly age toned and wavy along the top edge. First National Pictures unknown
1952ref. 159784Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1952. Two vintage publicity photographs taken at a special premiere of the 1952 film held in New York at the Waldorf-Astoria's Starlight Roof. One photograph shows director Samuel Fuller with New York Post columnist Leonard Lyons and the other shows Fuller with Hearst Foundation executive Richard Berlin and King Features Syndicate columnist George Sokolsky. Both photographs with printed snipes affixed to the versos along with "Photofest" labels. Generally considered one of Fuller's greatest early achievements "Park Row" takes place in the red-hot newspaper scene of 1880s New York City where every kind of newspaper-from those being championed by Joseph Pulitzer to the multitude of yellow-rag tabloids-held sway over the public's attention and opinion. The plot concerns an upstart newspaper The Globe that is founded by an employee fired by an established one resulting in a circulation war. Snipes note that the special premiere was held specifically for newspaper publishers and was attended by over 600 publishers and editors. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing on the center of the top edge and the left edge from paper clips. United Artists unknown
1942ref. 159867Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1942. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Leo McCarey revising a line with actress Ginger Rogers on the set of the 1942 film. Printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with a RKO Radio Pictures stamp. A burlesque performer suspects her fiancé of being a Nazi sympathizer a suspicion shared by a handsome American foreign correspondent. 6.5 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1955ref. 159873Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1955. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1955 film one showing director Joseph L. Mankiewicz with actors Jean Simmons and Stubby Kaye and wardrobe designer Irene Sharaff and the other showing Sharaff Mankiewicz and choreographer Michael Kidd. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Based on the 1950 Broadway musical in turn based on Damon Runyon's short stories "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure." A gambler wins a bet that he can get a Christian missionary to travel with him to Havana where the pair begin to fall for each other. Nominated for four Academy Awards. Set in New York and Havana. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine one with three hole punches on the left edge. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
