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1967ref. 156020London: The Rank Organization 1967. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1967 film. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos of three photographs and all four with the stamps of The Rank Organization. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A successful advertising executive decides to quit his job and break up with his wife and mistresses in order to pursue his dream of being a literary writer but finds the transition more difficult than anticipated. Set and shot on location in London. 9.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear. The Rank Organization unknown
1957ref. 156321Frankfurt: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Two vintage photographs from the 1957 film including one press photograph of actors Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr holding hands and one reference photograph of Kerr in a lifeboat with crew members at the bottom left. One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso and the other with the stamp of Twentieth Century-Fox. Based on the 1952 novel by Charles Shaw about an Irish nun and an American Marine who find themselves stranded together on an island in the South Pacific during World War II. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Shot on location in Trinidad and Tobago. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twilight Time. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1962ref. 155090N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1962 film showing actors Sami Frey and Emmanuelle Riva between takes in conversation with director Georges Franju. Stamp of International Magazine Service on the verso along with a date stamp reading April 10 1962 and the stamp of Paris-Match and Marie Claire. Based on the 1927 novel by Francois Mauriac about a woman in a loveless relationship who plans to kill her husband by gradually increasing his medication to induce an overdose. Set in the Landres and shot on location in Gironde and Paris. 9.5 x 7.25 inches with a wide bottom margin. Near Fine. Grant France. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 155087New York: Contemporary Films 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 film showing Robert Frank Peter Orlovsky and Allen Ginsberg. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Israel Film Archive. Director Robert Frank's first feature film and Sam Shepard's screenwriting debut following Frank as he accompanies poet Peter Orlovsky and Orlovsky's catatonic mentally ill brother Julius through the late 1960s Beat scene. When Julius wanders off he is replaced in the film by actor Joseph Chaikin pushing the boundaries of cinematic reality. The film was released in a new restoration by Steidl in 2007 alongside a book publication outlining the film which notes: "Frank's feature debut was first screened in 1968 at the Venice Film Festival. Everything which had defined Frank's art up to that point turns up in this film - the look at America 'from the outside' the poetic libertinage of the Beats the marginal in a central role. It celebrates the return of the poetic essay as assemblage the affirmation of the underground as a wild cinematic analysis in the form of a collage and skillfully weaves together opposites plays counterfeits against the authentic pornography against poetry acting against being Beat cynicism against hippie romanticism monochrome against colored. The story contains bizarre twists and turns and appears to be a rather artless-film-within-a-film being shown at a rundown movie theater." 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Contemporary Films unknown
1976ref. 155093N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1976 film showing actress Faye Dunaway. A dramatization of the tragic 1939 voyage of the ocean liner St. Louis a ship carrying hundreds of German Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany that seemingly no European nation is willing to save from certain doom. Shot on location in Barcelona London and St. Pancras. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1932ref. 156217N.p.: N.p. 1932. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1932 pre-Code film showing director Victor Fleming and a camera crew watching as actors Clark Gable and Jean Harlow film an intimate scene. Based on the 1928 play by Wilson Collison about a love triangle on a rubber plantation in French Indochina. The film was the second of six films Gable and Harlow made together following "The Secret Six" in 1931. Basis for the 1953 John Ford film "Mogambo" starring Gable and Ava Gardner. Set in French Indochina. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with two short closed tears at the top edge repaired with paper tape on the verso. National Film Registry. 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
1952ref. 155081Paris: Columbia Pictures 1952. Collection of 20 vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1952 film. One photograph with the stamp of Columbia Pictures on the verso. Based on three short stories by Guy de Maupassant: "Le Masque" 1889 "La Maison Tellier" 1881 and "Le Modele" 1883. An exploration of pleasure and its repercussions. Set and shot on location in Paris and Calvados France. 9.75 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and creasing at the corners. Criterion Collection 444. Columbia Pictures unknown
1983ref. 156225N.p.: N.p. 1983. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1983 film. One photograph with a small label with manuscript ink annotations affixed to the verso. Sally Potter's directorial debut an avant-garde film about the experiences of two women as they seek to escape capitalism and objectification in a dystopian world. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 156222Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actor Woody Allen from the 1972 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Allen's 1969 play. The predecessor of many films Allen would write and direct throughout the 1970s in terms of shooting style timing romantic themes and the actors involved. Allen had already directed two films at this point "Take the Money and Run" in 1969 and "Bananas" in 1971 but this film is significant in that it predicted the more substantive romantic comedies that would later place him among the most important filmmakers of his time. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Grant US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1977ref. 156226N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Liliana Cavani with actors Dominique Sanda Erland Josephson and Robert Powell on the set of the 1977 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Loosely based on the life of German philosopher Friedrich Nietszche exploring his opium addiction and his relationships with author Paul Rée and Russian psychoanalyst Lou Andreas-Salomé. Shot on location in Germany and Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 156210Paris: Paris Match 1973. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1973 film showing actress Paloma Picasso half-nude in costume as Elizabeth Bathory for the fourth segment of the film. Stamps of Paris-Match and France-Match on the verso along with the stamp of photographer G. Wurtz. Director Walerian Borowczyk's fourth feature length film a sexually explicit time-traveling romp ranging from the bloodthirsty exploits of Elizabeth Bathory to a nineteenth-century country girl masturbating to thoughts of Jesus Christ. 12 x 8 inches. Very Good only with moderate wear at the left and right edges and a fingernail-sized chip at the bottom left corner. Bier 354. Paris Match unknown
1968ref. 156925Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1968. Revised Estimating script for the 1969 film. Based on the 1961 novel by Frank O'Rourke. A genre-bending film combining a heist feature and a comedy Western in which multiple gangs converge on Friendly Texas in order to attempt to rob the most unrobbable bank in the West. Tan titled wrappers noted as REV. ESTIMATING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 99 dated August 1 1968. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated August 1 1968 with credits for screenwriter William Peter Blatty. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Mimeograph on yellow stock with pink Confidential page and white distribution page bound in at the front. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Pitts 1631. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown
1964ref. 155108Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Two vintage borderless reference photographs one double weight of director John Huston and playwright Tennessee Williams on location of the 1964 film. One photo with a National FIlm Archive stamp on verso and one with a Sunday Telegraph stamp on the verso. Based on Williams' 1961 play. An alcoholic former priest finds himself caught between the attentions of three women while leading a failing tour of Puerto Vallarta. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one. Set and shot on location in Mismaloya and Puerto Vallarta Mexico the latter of which became a popular tourist destination after the film's release. 9 x 11 inches and 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
2002ref. 156807Los Angeles: Miramax 2002. For Your Consideration script for the 2002 film. Based on Michael Cunningham's 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about three women of different generations whose lives are connected by Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel "Mrs. Dalloway." Nominated for nine Academy Awards winning one for Best Actress for Nicole Kidman. Shot on location in Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood Florida and New York in the US and in London and Longborough in England. White titled wrappers undated with credits for screenwriter David Hare and novelist Michael Cunningham. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. In a custom red cloth slipcase. Miramax unknown
1964ref. 150645N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Philippe de Broca on the set of the 1964 film. Dufourquet Jean-Paul Belmondo is in Paris on shore leave eager to see his Agnes Francoise Dorléac. When he finally briefly sees her she's kidnapped and held for ransom by a treasure-hungry family friend. A James Bond spoof in the wake of Belmondo's swashbuckling success "Cartouche" 1962 opposite Claudia Cardinale with puzzle solving murder in Brasilia art thieves and a pursuit to find sacred Amazon treasure. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Shot on location in Rio de Janeiro Brazil and Paris 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 150632N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Philippe de Boca on the set of the 1960 film. Victor Jean-Pierre Cassel is in love with Suzanne Genevieve Cluny but doesn't understand her need for commitment and desire for a family until his friend Francois Jean-Louis Maury declares his willingness to offer Suzanne everything she wants. Shot on location in Paris France. 9.25 x 7 inches. Light creasing along top else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 150683N.p.: N.p. 1962. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1962 film one of Michelangelo Antonioni with Alain Delon and Monica Vitti and one of Antonioni and crew shooting a scene in Rome from scaffolding built in the water. One with French "L'Eclipse" stamp and provenance stamp of film historian "Maurice Bessy" on verso one with "P.I.P." and "Copyright" stamps on verso. A woman's newfound relationship with a power-hungry stockbroker gradually erodes as she becomes dissatisfied with his shallow interests. The final film in Antonioni's modernity trilogy all starring Vitti preceded by "L'avventura" 1960 and "La notte" 1961. Awarded the Jury Special Prize and nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. Shot on location in Rome and Verona Italy. 6.75 x 9.25 inches and 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear. Criterion Collection 278. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 150657N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph with narrow top margin from the 1966 film. "Cinema 66" and "Rahrenheit 451" stamps on verso. 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 discouraged. Set in and shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 150687N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Michelangelo Antonioni on the set of the 1972 film. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil and "Collection" stamp obscured struck with manuscript pencil on verso. In 1972 during China's Cultural Revolution Antonioni was invited by the People's Republic of China to direct a documentary on the "New China." The final film at 220 minutes was divided into three parts. The first focusing on Beijing the second Suzhou and the third Shanghai. In each section Antonioni focuses primarily on the faces of the people. Mao Zedong was reportedly so displeased with the film Antonioni was charged with being anti-Chinese and counterrevolutionary. Shot on location in Beijing Henan Jiangsu and Shanghai China. 6.75 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with very light creasing and a tiny bruise on mid right edge. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 154428Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1968. Vintage reference photograph of Genevieve Bujold from the 1968 film. The first of Canadian director Paul Almond's ambitious trilogy with his then-wife Bujold followed by "Act of the Heart" 1970 and "Journey" 1972 attempting to establish an understated highly interiorized Canadian art cinema greatly influenced by Ingmar Bergman. Isabel finds herself haunted by memories from her childhood upon returning to her family's farm shortly after her mother's death. Set in and shot on location in Gaspe Peninsula Quebec Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
1975ref. 150678N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage reference photograph of François Truffaut and Isabelle Adjani on the set of the 1975 film. Based on the diaries of Adele Hugo youngest daughter of French writer Victor Hugo. Adele Hugo's Isababelle Adjani romantic obsession with the indifferent British officer Lieutenant Pinson Bruce Robinson leads her to follow him to Halifax and eventually succumb to madness and despair. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Adjani at age 20 making her the youngest nominee for the award at the time. Set in Halifax Nova Scotia shot on location in Senegal and Channel Islands. 12 x 9.5 inches. Light soiling in margin else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 157842Beverly Hills CA: Orion 1984. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1984 film. An extravagant production with a star-studded cast following the lives of musicians in the famed Jazz Age in Harlem who become involved in the dealings of local mobsters. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Orion unknown
1989ref. 157850Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1989. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1989 film. Two photographs with the stamp of photographer S. Karin Epstein on the verso. Having both been abandoned by their respective spouses a man and a woman living in New York begin dating but discover that their pasts make trust and respect difficult. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1975ref. 157962Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1975 film showing director Steven Spielburg talking with producers Richard Zanuck and David Brown. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. The film that basically invented the concept of the summer blockbuster forever changing how movies were greenlit and marketed and along with "Star Wars" two years later effectively signaling the end of the New Hollywood Cinema. Based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. Winner of three Academy Awards with a fourth nomination for Best Picture. Set on the fictional Amity Island shot on location in Martha's Vineyard MA. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert II. Universal Pictures unknown
