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1970ref. 151307N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage borderless black and white photograph from the 1970 film showing actors Robert Redford and Erin O'Reilly. Two motorbike riders-one a callous womanizer one a shy and unsuspecting young man-find their friendship tested by the arrival of beautiful young runaway at their racetrack. Shot on location throughout Arizona and California including at the Ascot Park Speedway and the Sonoma Raceway. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 151306Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Vintage studio still photograph from the set of the 1977 film showing director George Lucas sitting with actor Alec Guinness while shooting on location. A breakaway blockbuster space epic the first entry in what would eventually become an ongoing series of films and an even larger monolithic franchise. Winner of six Academy Awards and nominated for four others including Best Picture and Best Director. Set a long time ago in a galaxy far far away and shot on location in Mexico Guatemala Tunisia England and California and Arizona in the US. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1972ref. 151309Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1972. Vintage borderless photograph of actor Woody Allen from the 1972 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Allen's 1969 play. The predecessor of many great 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 era. 10 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus overall. Grant US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1967ref. 152383N.p.: N.p. 1967. Collection of 21 vintage borderless double weight photographs from the 1967 film. Many with the stamp of still photographer Vincent Rossel on the verso one with the stamp of Globe Photos and one with a provenance stamp. Based on the 1897 novel by Georges Darien. After his inheritance is stolen by his uncle a young man embarks on a life of crime to win back what was taken from him. Set and shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 152448N.p.: N.p. 1971. Shooting Draft script for the 1971 film here under the working title "Sunshine Ladies." The second film in producer Roger Corman's "nurse quartet" preceded by "Student Nurses" 1970 and followed by "Night Call Nurses" 1972 and "Candy Stripe Nurses" 1974. George Armitage's directorial debut and the second film released by Corman's New World Pictures. Set and shot on location in Manhattan Beach and South Bay Los Angeles. Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated February 2 1971 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter George Armitage. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 84. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1956ref. 152432N.p.: N.p. 1956. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1956 French film noir showing actor Roger Duchesne surrounded by Gallic toughs. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso. Faced with an unlucky streak and debts to pay a former bank robber turned gambler plans a heist of the Deauville casino during Grand Prix weekend. A key French New Wave antecedent and core French film noir. Set and shot on location in the Montmartre district in Paris and Calvados France. 9.5 x 12 inches with a small bottom margin. Near Fine with some light edgewear. Criterion Collection 150. Grant France. Ebert II. Lee The Heist Film. Selby France. N.p. unknown
1963ref. 151311Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film here under the working title "Hud Bannon" showing director Martin Ritt on a camera crane. Based on Larry McMurty's 1961 novel "Horseman Pass By." The arrogant selfish son of a rancher sinks into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car accident gradually leading to conflict with his hardworking father. Set and shot on location in Texas. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned. Paramount Pictures unknown
1963ref. 151321N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the seminal 1963 film. Partial label on the verso. Based on the 1960 play by Warren Miller and Robert Rossen which was based on Miller's 1959 novel. The second feature to be directed by independent filmmaker Shirley Clarke following "The Connection" 1961. Both films were statements on the limitations of cinema verite and while appearing improvisational were in fact semi-documentaries with carefully scripted dialogue. Clarke aspired to make a non-judgmental film that resisted the moralizing prevalent in Hollywood "social issue" films. It was the first film to be produced by Frederick Wiseman who would go on to become a legendary documentary filmmaker and was scored by noted jazz composer and pianist Mal Waldron with performances by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. Set and shot on location in New York. 5 x 8 inches trimmed irregularly with wide margins photograph measuring 3.75 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 152454Los Angeles: The Mirisch Corporation 1966. Revised First Draft script for the 1967 film. Laid in is a Call Sheet from the production dated Tuesday November 29 1966. 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. Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor for Rod Steiger nominated for two others. After the success of the film version the characters were developed further for a police procedural television series in 1988 developed by James Lee Barrett and starring Carroll O'Connor and Howard Rollins which aired on NBC then CBS from 1988 to 1995. Set in the fictional town of Sparta Mississippi and shot largely on location in Illinois. Poitier insisted the movie be filmed in the North because of a 1964 incident in Mississippi in which he and Harry Belafonte had been run off the road and almost killed by Klansmen while in the state to support the SNCC Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 84 dated July 1 1966. Title page present dated July 1 1966 noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Stirliing Silliphant. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue pink and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 7/27/66 and 8/10/66. Pages with damp stain on top right of last several pages else Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Call Sheet 8.5 x 14 inches folded horizontally. Near Fine National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 959. Penzler 101 Greatest Films of Mystery and Suspense. The Mirisch Corporation unknown
ref. 146573Los Angeles: Jerry Merton Productions Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a small manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper reading "# 39." Based on popular Western writer Zane Grey's 1923 short story about a prospector who finally strikes gold attributing the fortune to his lucky mule Jenet. Set in the American Southwest. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Stephen Kandel and novelist Zane Grey. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two gold brads. Jerry Merton Productions unknown
1943ref. 152391Universal City: Universal Pictures 1943. Vintage keybook reference photograph of Arthur Lubin and camerman on a crane above the opera house audience from the 1943 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Loosely based on the 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux. The second Universal film based on the story following Rupert Julian's 1925 silent film. Nominated for four Academy Awards and winning two including one for Best Cinematography. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors 1931-1946. Universal Pictures unknown
1950ref. 151310Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film showing the "wax works" card party composed of actress Gloria Swanson and actors Anna Q. Nilsson H.B. Warner and Buster Keaton playing themselves. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. 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 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 with wide margins photograph measuring 4.75 x 3.5 inches. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1980ref. 152392N.p.: Warner Columbia Film 1980. Archive of material from the screening of the 1980 British film at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival including three borderless reference photographs one pressbook and one xerographically reproduced competition sheet. All text in French. A young punk singer from London rises to stardom but discovers that fame comes at the expense of her friends and integrity. The directorial debut of Brian Gibson who would go on to direct a plethora of films focusing on rock musicians most notably "What's Love Got to Do with It" 1993 and "Still Crazy" 1998. Set and shot on location in London. Photographs 9.5 x 7 inches. Pressbook 8.25 x 11.5 inches 15 leaves. All materials Near Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. Olive Films 309. Warner Columbia Film unknown
1960ref. 152388London: Lynx Films / American International Pictures 1960. Vintage reference photograph from the 1960 British film showing actors Vanda Hudson and Jack Carson. A deranged plastic surgeon becomes the owner of a traveling circus specializing in a "Temple of Beauty" transforming disfigured women into the glamorous stars of his show. Their beauty however comes at a price and any attempts to leave the circus end in their gory demise. The third film in what critic David Price called production comany Anglo-Amalgamated's "Sadian trilogy" preceded by "Horrors of the Black Museum" and "Peeping Tom" the previous year. Set in England and France shot on location in England. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Lynx Films / American International Pictures unknown
1930ref. 152397Paris: Societe Nouvelle des Acacias 1930. Vintage borderless oversize double weight reference photograph from the 1930 French film showing Pola Illery and Edmond T. Greville dancing at the bottom left corner with Gaston Modot looking on in a jealous sulk to the far right. With a provenance stamp and the stamp of Societe Nouvelle des Acacias to the verso. A seductive Romanian woman named Pola enchants working class street singer Albert but he must compete for her affections with his best friend Louis and a local gangster named Fred. 11.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with light creases to the corners. Criterion Collection 161. Rosenbaum 1000. Societe Nouvelle des Acacias unknown
ref. 152527N.p.: N.p. 1970. Dialogue transcript for the infamous unfinished film musical undated circa 1968. Copy belonging to Frank Zappa with a single annotation in Zappa's hand on the top of the first page. Full provenance available. A transcript detailing multiple takes of ten scenes shot by Zappa for his long-planned but never finished experimental film. Transcript primarily addresses scenes featuring Don Preston and Phyllis Smith Altenhaus but also contains dialogue intended to be spoken by Carl Zappa Billy Mundi Aynsley Dunbar Jimmy Carl Black and Zappa himself. Originally innovated in 1967 by Zappa featuring his then-band the Mothers of Invention the film would morph in various ways over the course of the next decade but would ultimately never come to fruition due to a lack of financing. In 1969 the Mothers of Invention released the acclaimed double album "Uncle Meat" an instrumental soundtrack to the unfinished film. Finally in 1987 a direct-to-video "making of" documentary of the uncompleted film was released. Transparent front wrapper with orange back wrapper and spine. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages with light stain on first leaf else Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 152491Paris: Pier Luigi 1967. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph of director Roger Vadim actor Honey Autumm a crew member and an extra from the set of the 1968 film. Shot by still photographer Emilio Lari with his stamp on the verso as well layout annotations in manuscript pencil and stamps reading "Noir & Blanc" "APIS-PARIS." Based on the adult comic book by Jean-Claude Forest published in the French magazine "V" in 1962 and 1964. Likely the campiest space-opera sex comedy in film history. Though not popular upon its release it was re-released to greater acclaim in 1977 and has since influenced countless fashion designers films and musicians including Duran Duran whose name is a play on that of the main villain. Set in outer space and shot in Rome. 9.5 x 11.75 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Pier Luigi unknown
1968ref. 152359Los Angeles: Cinerama International Releasing Organization 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Daniel Mann laughing with actors Abbey Lincoln and Joseph Attles on the set of the 1968 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. In order to prevent their maid from leaving their employment to attend secretarial school the youngest son of a wealthy white Long Island family searches for a handsome executive to wine and dine her. Set in Long Island and New York. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and soiled to the right edge with brief wear to the corners. Cinerama International Releasing Organization unknown
1971ref. 152381N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Ken Loach talking with actors Sandy Ratcliff and Grace Cave on the set of the 1971 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A teenage girl Sandy Ratcliff living with her unhappy restrictive family in London is forced to undergo psychiatric treatment for her erratic behavior. A searing portrait of conservative working-class British life in the late twentieth-century. Shot on location in Shenley. 10 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 152360N.p.: N.p. 1985. Two vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1985 film showing a young Charlotte Gainsbourg. A neglected thirteen-year-old girl from a working class neighborhood dreams of becoming the manager of her friend a wealthy teenage piano prodigy vacationing nearby but her hopes soon unravel when she is confronted with the reality of her friend's upper-class life. Shot on location in Savoie and Yvelines France. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 152380N.p.: N.p. 1962. Five vintage press photographs of actress Jane Fonda from the 1962 film. Based on the 1960 play by Tennessee Williams. On their ill-fated honeymoon George and Isabel visit George's war buddy whose wife has just walked out on him. Director George Roy Hill's directorial debut and a breakthrough role for Fonda. Set in Tennessee. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 152372N.p.: N.p. 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film showing Elvis Presley getting the lash from prison guard Bill Hickman. A handsome young man named Vince Everett is sent to prison for manslaughter and begins a musical career with the help of his cellmate a washed-up country singer. Presley's third film appearance and first film with MGM. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light toning along the top edge. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 152375N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph taken on the set of the 1969 film showing Kim Novak topless mid-costume change aided by two wardrobe ladies. Based on the 1961 novel. A genre-bending film combining heist comedy and Western genres in which multiple gangs converge on Friendly Texas in order to attempt to rob the most unrobbable bank in the West. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 152355Amsterdam: Scorpio Films 1966. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 Dutch film. With the stamps of Scorpio Films and still photographer Frans Bromet on the verso along with manuscript ink and pencil annotations. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A man returns to Amsterdam after a long absence and finds himself lost among the countercultural changes made after the arrival of the Provos movement. The second film by key "Dutch Wave" director Wim Verstappen who was best known for founding Scorpio Films with screenwriter Pim de la Parra a collaboration which most notably produced the groundbreaking 1971 Dutch film "Blue Movie." Set and shot on location in Amsterdam. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Scorpio Films unknown
1971ref. 152387London: EMI Films 1971. Vintage borderless double weight photograph of director Joseph Losey actor Michael Redgrave and a camera crew on the set of the 1971 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with a provenance stamp. Based on L.P. Hartley's 1953 novel. A young boy acts as the go-between for a tenant farmer and a wealthy young woman engaged in an illicit affair. Screenwriter Harold Pinter's final collaboration with Losey following "The Servant" 1963 and "Accident" 1967. Set and shot on location in Norfolk England. 10 x 8 inches with a wide bottom margin. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. EMI Films unknown
