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1977ref. 157687N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage reference photograph from the 1977 film showing director and actor Woody Allen. A romantic comedy about the strange relationship between a neurotic comedian and his quirky girlfriend. Winner of six Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actress and Best Actor. Shot on location in California and New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Ebert II. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 157664N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage borderless color reference photograph from the 1973 film. Based on the 1959 novel by John Buell about a police detective who uncovers the demonic force responsible for the death of a heroin-addicted sex worker. Set and shot on location in Montreal. 9.5 x 7.15 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 157689Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1970. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film showing actors Rip Torn and Ellen Burstyn. Based on Henry Miller's 1934 novel a book initially banned in the US. A broke writer travels from New York to Paris living on the generosity of his expatriate American friends and spending any money he can get on alcohol and women. Rated X in the US upon release a rating that was changed to NC-17 in 1992. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
1968ref. 157722N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage reference photograph of director Joseph Losey on the set of the 1968 film. An impoverished woman meets a young girl who claims to be her long-lost daughter believed to have died in a drowning accident years before. Set and shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 155109N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1970 French film showing actress Bernadette Lafont undressing behind a curtain. A modern retelling of the Biblical story of Cain and Abel. 9 x 11.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded at the edges. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 156320Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the US release of the 1972 Italian film showing actress Heather Johnson on the set. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the medieval narrative poem by Geoffrey Chaucer and the second film in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Trilogy of Life series following "The Decameron" 1971 and followed by "A Thousand and One Nights" 1974. Johnson appeared in the segment "The Steward's Tale." Set and shot on location throughout England. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with moderate edgewear curling and a short closed tear on the bottom edge. BFI 1116. Criterion Collection 633. United Artists unknown
1964ref. 155082N.p.: Cinema Syndicate 1964. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. Printed label crediting "Bunny Yeager Photography" affixed to photograph versos. A magazine hires photographer and erstwhile pinup model Bunny Yeager to shoot a pictorial on the showgirls of Las Vegas leading to a number of nude hijinks. Yeager was one of the first pinup photographers to work outdoors in natural light and subsequently became one of the most successful and prolific pinup photographers of the 1950s and 1960s. Yeager is perhaps best remembered today for her 1954 photographs of a then little-known Bettie Page shooting a number of images which ran in "Playboy" magazine and would lead to Page's later stardom. Set and shot on location in Las Vegas and at the Hoover Dam. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Cinema Syndicate unknown
1984ref. 155089N.p.: N.p. 1984. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1984 film showing actors John Hurt and Suzanna Hamilton. Based on George Orwell's classic 1949 novel about a civil servant in war-torn dystopian London. Richard Burton's final screen appearance. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1981ref. 156015N.p.: N.p. 1981. Five vintage matte-finish borderless reference photographs from the 1981 French adult film. A young woman is sent by her mother to join a community of sexual fetishists led by an outgoing wealthy libertine in his isolated country manor. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Bier 140. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 156029Geneva: Septima Film 1978. Four vintage oversize double weight photographs from the Swiss release of the 1978 adult film. With the stamp of Swiss distributor Septima Film on the verso. A failing pizza restaurant in San Francisco begins to offer more than just pizza with their deliveries. Directed by noted Chinese-American adult filmmaker Bob Chinn re-released in a new restoration by Vinegar Syndrome in 2014. Shot on location in Oakland San Francisco and Berkeley California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine unusually mounted on thick stock with keybook style holes at the corners for use in adult film theaters. Vinegar Syndrome 55. Septima Film unknown
1977ref. 156017N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Dino Risi and actress Anicée Alvina on the set of the 1977 film. Stamp of Israel Film Archive on the verso. Based on the 1966 novel "Un'anima persa" by Giovanni Arpino. An amateur painter discovers that his aunt and uncle's run-down mansion is home to a number of strange and macabre secrets. Risi's second adaptation of Arpino's novel following "Profumo di donna" in 1974. Set and shot on location in Venice. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 156360Paris: Les Films Jacques Leitienne 1976. Two vintage oversize borderless matte-finish color photographs from the 1976 Italian-Yugoslavian film. Stamps of Les Films Jacques Leitienne on the versos. A young wealthy and bored prince flits from affair to affair at his family's sprawling country estate culminating in a wild orgy that ends in death. Shot on location in Croatia. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the corners. Les Films Jacques Leitienne unknown
1973ref. 156341N.p.: Cinema 5 1973. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1973 film. Also included with the photographs is a newspaper clipping advertisement for the film. Based on the 1968 novel "Chewsday" by Dan Greenburg about a pair of middle-aged would-be swinger couples who rent a summer cottage together in Martha's Vineyard. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Cinema 5 unknown
1968ref. 156346N.p.: N.p. 1968. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 French film showing director William Klein with actors Delphine Seyrig Philippe Noiret and other cast members between takes. Provenance stamps on the versos. A satire of superhero films and American imperialism following the adventures of the eponymous Mr. Freedom a beer-swilling white nationalist cop who moonlights as an anticommunist vigilante superhero. William Klein's second film following "Who Are You Polly Maggoo" 1966. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1981ref. 156349N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage borderless reference photograph taken on the set of the 1981 film showing John Carpenter directing Kurt Russell. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. In a futuristic dystopian New York the island of Manhattan has been converted into a massive maximum-security prison. Shot on location in New York City Southern California and St. Louis Missouri. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 156330Burbank CA: American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers 1971. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1971 film both showing Robert DuVall and Maggie McOmie in states of undress. Given everything that would follow "THX-1138" could easily be described as the most successful student film of all time developed by George Lucas in 1967 as a short called "Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB" while he was attending the University of Southern California's film school. The feature film version was one of the first efforts produced under the auspices of Lucas' friend Francis Ford Coppola. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers unknown
1964ref. 157694N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film showing director Joseph Losey on the set. One photograph with the stamp of Israel Film Archive and a printed mimeo label on the verso. Based on the 1964 play "Hamp" by John Wilson in turn based on the 1955 novel "Return to the Wood" by James Lansdale Hodson. During World War I a British soldier is accused of desertion after being the sole survivor of his a bloody attack. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 156351N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Louis Malle and actress Brooke Shields. Louis Malle's controversial turn-of-the-century drama about a twelve year-old girl who lives with her mother in a high-class brothel in Storyville the red-light district of New Orleans. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Set and shot on location in Hattiesburg Mississippi and New Orleans. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 156326Paris: Gamma 1973. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of actress Jacqueline Bisset on the set of the 1973 film one showing a camera crew on the bottom left corner. Stamps of Gamma Photo on the versos. A shy writer of pulp espionage fiction lives vicariously through the hero of his novels a sophisticated spy and bases his heroine on his real-life neighbor a sociology student named Christine. Shot on location in Puerto Vallarta Mexico and Paris France. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. Gamma unknown
1987ref. 156337N.p.: N.p. 1987. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1987 film showing director Wim Wenders actor Peter Falk cinematographer Henri Alekan and an extra on the set. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Wenders' masterpiece a love letter to West Berlin told through the experiences of an angel who yearns to be human. The director dedicated the film to his cinematic predecessors Yasujiro Ozu Francois Truffaut and Andrei Tarkovsky whose influences shine throughout his oeuvre. Set and shot on location in West Berlin. 7 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 490. Ebert I. N.p. unknown
1949ref. 156358Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1949. Vintage reference photograph from the 1949 film showing the titular gorilla facing off against a man on a rearing horse. Printed mimeo snipe and RKO Radio Pictures stamp on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A stop-motion monster fantasy film created in the wake of the massive success of Radio Pictures' "King Kong" 1933 even using the same director-screenwriter-producer team. A young woman heads to Hollywood with her pet gorilla named Joseph hoping to make enough money to save her ranch home in Africa. When a seedy nightclub entrepreneur proposes the gorilla be used as part of his nightclub's entertainment it seems like an easy way to make money-but Joe is miserable as he is mistreated and unhappy in America. Received an Academy Award in 1950 for Best Special Effects. Set in Hollywood. 10 x 8 inches. About Very Good plus with short closed tears at the edges and creases at the corners. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1958ref. 156322N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage reference photograph of Lauren Bacall smoking a cigarette between takes on the set of the 1958 film. A childless woman learns she has a terminal heart condition and adopts a young orphan whom she hopes will console her husband after she passes. Based on the 1946 film "Sentimental Journey" directed by Walter Lang. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 156345London: Mainline 1979. Two vintage photographs from the 1979 film including one borderless and one bordered both showing actress Toyah Wilcox. One with the printed label of Mainline Pictures on the verso and one with manuscript ink and pencil annotations. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Derek Jarman's avant-garde adaptation of William Shakespeare's 17th century play fusing direct quotes from the play with camp punk and New Age sensibilities featuring previous Jarman collaborators Wilcox Karl Johnson Jack Birkett and Helen Wellington-Lloyd. Shot on location at Stoneleigh Abbey in Warwickshire. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Mainline unknown
1973ref. 155086N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 film. Printed provenance label affixed to the verso. An affection-starved underage hippie falls into an unlikely romance with a depressed older businessman. Clint Eastwood's first directorial credit for a film in which he did not also star as well as an excellent example of the manic pixie dream girl trope. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 156031N.p.: N.p. 1967. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of Suzy Kendall Terence Morgan and Norman Rodway from the 1967 British film. Loosely based on the 1967 play "The Meter Man" by Scott Forbes. A pair of oafish thugs break into a wealthy London penthouse apartment planning to terrorize the couple they find within-only to discover the couple ready and willing to explore a number of bizarre sexual fetishes. Set in London. 7.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
