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1948ref. 159793Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1948. Vintage reference photograph from the 1948 film showing actors Orson Welles and Glenn Anders in a pensive moment. Columbia Pictures stamp and printed mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1938 novel "If I Die Before I Wake" by Sherwood King. Welles promised to write produce and direct a film for Columbia Pictures president Harry Cohn in exchange for an emergency $55000 to help finance costuming for his 1946 Broadway musical "Around the World." The resultant film courted controversy not least due to Welles' decision to have Hayes cut and bleach her iconic red hair for her performance. Although the film was a commercial failure in the US upon release it is now considered a touchstone of the noir genre. Shot on location in Mexico. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Selby US Master List. Selby US Masterworks. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1963ref. 159789N.p.: N.p. 1963. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1963 film showing director Pier Paolo Pasolini on the set with actor Orson Welles. Both with provenance labels on the verso and one with a printed mimeo snipe. An anthology film with four segments titled after the names of the four directors: "Illibatezza" directed by Roberto Rossellini "Il Nuovo Mondo" directed by Jean-Luc Godard "La Ricotta" directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini and "Il Pollo Ruspante" directed by Ugo Gregoretti. Pasolini's segment a scathing comic rebuke on social inequality and religious hypocrisy follows a lavish film production depicting the crucifixion of Christ in a poor region outside Rome led by Orson Welles' bombastic insufferable director. The film resulted in Pasolini being convicted of blasphemy and the film being banned in Italy. Pasolini was sentenced to a four month prison term which he avoided by paying a fine. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 236. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1946ref. 159853Culver City CA: Selznick International 1946. Two vintage borderless reference photographs and two vintage bordered reference photographs of director King Vidor on the set of the 1946 Western film. Three linen-backed with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. Based on Niven Busch's 1944 novel. Two brothers fight over their love for a young relative while their father attempts to sway railroad builders from constructing a new line on his land. A lavish "epic" Western from Selznick who saw the film as a definite successor to his monumental "Gone With the Wind" 1939. Set in Texas shot on location in Arizona and California. Two 9.5 x 7.25 inches two 10 x 8 inches. Generally Very Good plus with light creasing and wear on the edges. Hardy p. 152. Pitts 1187. Selznick International unknown
1965ref. 159827Paris: UniFrance Film 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Georges Franju on the set of the 1965 French film arranging the coat of actress Emmanuele Riva. Stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso along with the stamp of UniFrance Film. Based on the 1923 novel by Jean Cocteau about a teenager who is mistaken for the nephew of the popular General de Fontenoy during World War I. Shot on location in Paris and Oise. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. UniFrance Film unknown
1959ref. 159829N.p.: N.p. 1959. Two vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1959 French film both showing director François Truffaut on the set. Annotations in manuscript pencil relating to cropping on the versos and one with a provenance stamp. Truffaut's auspicious debut a semi-autobiographical tale of a young boy's estrangement from his family and school leading him into a life of petty crime and culminating in trouble with the law. Winner of Best Director at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set and shot on location in Paris France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 5. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 159830N.p.: N.p. 1966. Four vintage reference photographs of director François Truffaut on the set of the 1966 film. Two with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Based on the 1953 novel by Ray Bradbury. Truffaut's fifth film set in a dystopian future in which all books are burned and free thought is actively discouraged. Set and shot on location in England. Ranging in size from 7.75 x 9.25 inches to 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine to Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 159844N.p.: N.p. 1982. Four vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1982 film including three borderless and one bordered. One with a snipe on the verso crediting photographer Maureen Gosling and three with the printed labels of Photofest. Early twentieth century rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald funds his dream to build an opera house in the Peruvian Amazon by hauling a huge river boat laden with rubber across a mountain. Werner Herzog's astonishing outrageous and downright insane masterpiece the subject of Les Blank's remarkable documentary "Burden of Dreams" 1982. Set and shot on location in Peru and Brazil. Three photographs 9.5 x 7 inches one photograph 10 x 8 inches. One with a tiny splash at the top right corner else Fine. BFI 2032. Ebert III. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 159788Rome: Arco Films 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Pier Paolo Pasolini talking with actors Toto and Ninetto Davoli on the set of the 1966 film. Stamp of photographer Divo Cavicchioli on the verso along with a printed Photofest label. A neorealist film dealing with Marxism and class conflict wherein an old man and his son are joined by a talking philosopher crow on their walk down the road. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set and shot on location in Assisi Fiumicino Rome Tuscania and Viterbo Italy. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear on the left edge. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Arco Films unknown
1947ref. 159822Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1947. Vintage reference photograph of director Jean Renoir talking with actors Joan Bennett and Robert Ryan on the set of the 1947 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with a provenance stamp and the stamp of RKO photographer John Miehls. Renoir's last Hollywood film one of his most impressionistic and artistic efforts. A coast guard officer with post-traumatic stress disorder becomes involved with the beautiful wife of a blind painter. Shot on location in Malibu and Sequit Point California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1949ref. 159895Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1949. Vintage reference photograph of director John Huston talking with actors Jennifer Jones and Walter Huston on the set of the 1949 film. Printed mimeo snipe provenance label and date stamp on the verso. Loosely based on Robert Sylvester's 1948 novel "China Valdez" about a group of Cuban revolutionaries as they attempt to overthrow Gerardo Machado's government. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased and worn at the corners. Columbia Pictures unknown
1956ref. 159897Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1956. Two vintage reference photographs of director John Huston on the set of the 1956 film. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1851 novel by Herman Melville. Previously adapted for film in 1926 and in 1930 both starring John Barrymore. Set in New England shot on location in New England Ireland Wales Spain and Portugal. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1959ref. 159902Los Altos CA: Carlyle Productions / Columbia Pictures 1959. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1959 film one showing Duke Ellington working on the film score and the other showing Ellington laughing with Billy Strayhorn. Carlyle Productions stamps on the versos. The first major Hollywood film to feature a score by an African American composer. Composed by Ellington and Strayhorn and performed by Ellington's Orchestra the score won three Grammy Awards in 1959. Based on the 1958 novel by judge John D. Voelker writing under the pseudonym Robert Traver based on a real life case of a veteran accused of killing a local man whom he believed raped his wife. Nominated for seven Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in Michigan. One 8 x 10 inches the other 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 600. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Grant US. Selby US. Carlyle Productions / Columbia Pictures unknown
1964ref. 159823Paris: Parc Film 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actors Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo with director Jacques Demy on the set of the 1964 film. Stamp of Parc Film on the verso. One of Demy's most beloved films about a young woman in Cherbourg who falls in love with a man who is promptly drafted into the Algerian War. A classic of French cinema with every word of dialogue sung in recitative. The first French film musical shot in color and the movie that made Catherine Deneuve a star. Winner of the Palme d'Or and two other prizes at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for five Academy Awards Set and shot on location in Cherbourg Normandy France. 7.25 x 5 inches. Very Good plus with a small bruise and light wear to the finish on the top edge. Criterion Collection 716. Godard Histoires du cinema. Parc Film unknown
1962ref. 159899N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage matte-finish reference photograph from the 1962 film showing director Éric Rohmer at the far right. Annotations in manuscript ink and provenance label on the verso. Upon hearing his promised inheritance has been given to a cousin a man sinks into despair and indigence-only to later hear that the cousin has passed away and he will finally receive the inheritance. Rohmer's first feature film shot in the summer of 1959 but not released until 1962 and much-lauded by other luminaries of the French New Wave. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Very Good plus lightly age toned. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 159896Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Two vintage reference photographs of director John Huston on the set of the 1961 film one of Huston talking with actor Clark Gable the other showing Huston sitting with screenwriter Arthur Miller. One with a printed mimeo snipe on the verso and both with printed provenance labels. A bleak haunting film exploring the loss of independence about a recent divorcée who enters into an unstable relationship with an aging cowboy whom she meets in the Nevada desert. The final completed feature for Gable and Marilyn Monroe before their deaths. Notoriously a trying endeavor for the actress who was struggling with her drug problem and pending divorce from Miller and would often fail to show up to the set and for Huston who would drink and occasionally fall asleep while filming. Gable performed all of his own stunts then suffered a heart attack only two days after filming ended and died ten days later. Shot on location in Nevada. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. United Artists unknown
1968ref. 159812Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Presse Parc Film 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1968 French film showing director Alain Resnais on the set. Stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. After being released from the hospital following a suicide attempt a young man is scouted by a mysterious research group to participate in a time travel experiment. Resnais' fifth film a brutal rumination on memory and the death of a relationship thematically and stylistically a precursor to Michel Gondry's 2004 film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." Shot on location in Brussels Belgium. 7 x 5 inches. About Fine. Presse Parc Film unknown
1942ref. 159797Los Angeles: Walt Disney Productions 1942. Three vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photographs from the 1942 film. Printed mimeo snipes and photographer stamps on the versos. Based on the 1894 collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling. A Technicolor live-action version of the classic Kipling stories made by the Hungarian-born filmmaking team of director Zoltan Korda producer Alexander Korda and art director Vincent Korda. The production brilliantly utilized live exotic animals and featured Indian actor Sabu as Mowgli the boy raised by wolves who can communicate with the animals of the jungle. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Cinematography. Shot on location in Sherwood Forest California. 9 x 12 inches. Fine. Criterion Collection Eclipse Series 30. Walt Disney Productions unknown
1966ref. 159922N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Two wounded gangsters seek refuge in a secluded beachfront castle home to a meek Englishman and his strong-willed wife. Shot on location at Lindisfarne Castle Northumberland England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 577. Grant US. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 159948N.p.: N.p. 1982. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1982 film. A black comedy following the delusional and increasingly violent experiences of a painfully untalented comedian. Perhaps Martin Scorsese's most underrated film a brilliant study of celebrity worship and American media culture. Basis for the successful 2019 film "Joker" starring Joaquin Phoenix. Set and shot on location in New York. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1964ref. 159926Tokyo: Daisan Productions 1964. Vintage studio still color photograph from the 1964 Japanese film showing actress Ky ko Aizome in an amorous moment. An art student dreams of sex with vampires and other beautiful women while under sedation in a dentist's office. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine lightly toned. Daisan Productions unknown
1937ref. 159946Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1937. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1937 film showing actor Clark Gable. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stamp on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A dramatization of the life of Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell focusing on his relationship with a married woman which complicates his struggle to secure Home Rule for Ireland. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the corners. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1955ref. 159918Rome: N.p. 1955. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actors Broderick Crawford and Richard Basehart on the set of the 1955 Italian film. Stamp of still photographer G.B. Poletto and a printed mimeo snipe on the verso. A trio of small-time ruthless con artists undergo crises of conscience after facing the condemnation of their families. Director Federico Fellini's followup to "La strada" 1954. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with finish lightly rubbed. Eureka Masters of Cinema 66. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. N.p. unknown
1937ref. 159941Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1937. Vintage reference photograph of director Fritz Lang and a camera crew capturing a scene with actress Sylvia Sidney on the set of the 1937 film. National Film Archive stamp on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. One of Lang's greatest American films and an important film noir antecedent very much predicting the "crime spree" films that would follow it notably "They Live By Night" 1948 "Gun Crazy" 1950 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1972ref. 159939Hollywood: SCA Distributors 1972. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1972 sexploitation film. Alumni renew old relationships-and start new ones-at a high school reunion held at a hotel. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. SCA Distributors unknown
1967ref. 159923Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Two vintage reference photographs of actor Albert Finney Audrey Hepburn and director Stanley Donen on the set of the 1967 film. Stamp of photographer Pierluigi on the verso. One photograph shows Hepburn and Finney with Donen on a ship between takes while the other shows Hepburn and Finney cutting into Donen's birthday cake frosted with the names of Donen's films "Charade" "Funny Face" and "Two for the Road". A husband and wife examine their twelve-year relationship while on a road trip through rural France. 10.5 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine. Eureka 107. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
