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1959ref. 167630N.p.: F.F.F. Films 1959. Four vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1957 West German film. An eighteen-year-old in postwar Berlin develops feelings for his male friend and is eventually drawn into the underground world of gay bars. His mother attempts to bring him back onto a heterosexual path by encouraging a romance with the family's housemaid. Director Veit Harlan is best remembered today for his work with the Nazis most notably the antisemitic propaganda film "Jud Süß" 1940. Set and shot on location in Berlin. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good to Very Good plus. F.F.F. Films unknown
1974ref. 167632Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1974 film showing actress Janee Mitchell asleep with a snake ready to attack at the lower right. Four estranged cousins three Black one white convene at a mansion in the Atlanta outskirts to attend the reading of their late great-grandmother's will unaware that her voodoo powers from beyond the grave will involve them in a murderous re-birthing ritual. Set and shot on location in Atlanta Georgia. 10 x 8 inches. Light dampstaining on the top edge of the verso else Near Fine. Thrower Nightmare USA. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1934ref. 167636Berlin: Universum Film UFA 1934. Vintage photograph showing a set design illustration from the 1934 German film. A scientist's attempts to transform lead into gold attract the attention of a shady British industrialist. An attempt to capitalize on the success of previous science fiction films "Metropolis" 1927 and "The Tunnel" 1933 and the only science fiction film made while UFA was under the control of the Third Reich. Shot on location in Kiel Germany. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy at the top edge and moderately worn on the bottom and right edges. Universum Film [UFA] unknown
1970ref. 169000N.p.: N.p. 1970. A small archive of a vintage French moyenne poster and nine vintage French lobby cards for the French release of the 1968 film here under the French release title "L'éperon brûlant." The first of director Lee Frost and producer Bob Cresse's "sex westerns" wherein a Mexican stable boy kidnaps a rancher's wife in revenge for the rape and killing of his sister years earlier. Set in Texas in 1869. Moyenne poster: 22.75 x 30 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with some light creasing and pinholes at the extremities and two small paper tape repairs to the verso at the top and bottom of the vertical fold. Bright and unfaded. Nine French lobby cards: 9.5 x 11.5 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the extremities. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 168227Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1957 film. A major in the US Air Force is asked to join a team working on an experimental Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber although the first experiments with human test subjects prove dangerous. Based on a 1955 episode of the "Climax" anthology television series directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Charlton Heston. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly toned on the margins else Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1968ref. 161974N.p.: Warner Brothers - Seven Arts 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1967 film. With one provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1964 novel "The Pilgrim Project" by Hank Searls. During the Space Race NASA decides to follow the Soviets plans to send a lone civilian to the moon a year before the Apollo 11 mission. Shot on location in Cocoa Beach Florida and Marina del Rey California and at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral Florida the McDonnell Douglas Astronauts Co. plant in Huntington Beach California and TRW Space Park in Redondo Beach Florida. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with pinholes from staples and a corresponding chip to the top center of the image. Also unevenly trimmed along the bottom edge. Weldon 1983. Warner Brothers - Seven Arts unknown
1973ref. 161971Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1973. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1973 film. Each photograph with printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso and one provenance stamp on the verso. A gritty crime thriller about a racist Irish cop who is forced to turn in his badge after killing a Puerto Rican suspect while in pursuit of the man that killed his former partner. The second film based on the experiences of real-life New York policeman Eddie Egan following William Friedkin's 1971 film "The French Connection" two years prior. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Paramount Pictures unknown
1956ref. 168232London: The Rank Organization 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 British film showing a plane crash sequence. Annotation in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the life of British aviator Douglas Bader who achieved remarkable success in the Royal Air Force throughout World War II in spite of the amputation of both of his legs after a plane crash in 1931. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned. The Rank Organization unknown
1982ref. 168217Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1982. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1982 film showing actors Barry Bostwick and Henry Silva. A notorious and beloved obscurity directed by former stuntman Hal Needham with costumes designed by toy company Mattel about a group of highly specialized American soldiers who travel the world fighting evil where they find it. Shot on location in Las Vegas Nevada and on the Hualapai Reservation in Arizona. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with moderate wear to the finish. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1971ref. 168786N.p.: Derio Productions Inc 1971. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1971 film. A sexploitation classic and the first film in director Don Schain's "Ginger" trilogy starring his then wife Cheri Carraro as Ginger. Followed by "The Abductors" 1972 and "Girls Are for Loving" 1973. Police recruit a rich society girl to go undercover to expose a small town's drug/blackmail/prostitution ring. Shot on location in New Jersey. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with starting at the center fold. Derio Productions Inc unknown
1968ref. 161694Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Vintage reference photograph of director Stanley Kubrick talking with actors Gary Lockwood and Keir Dullea on the set of the 1968 film. Kubrick's sprawling science fiction epic traces the evolution of human intelligence under the influence of an unspecified alien force. The film's high scientific accuracy coupled with bleeding-edge special effects and minimal use of dialogue make "2001" universally recognized as one of the most influential films ever made. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Special Effects and nominated for three others including Best Director. Set variously in the desert in space in deep space and on the astral plane. Shot on location in Scotland England Arizona and Utah. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Ebert I. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 24. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Weldon 1983. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1972ref. 168659N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1972 adult comedy. Alex de Renzy's first fictional film following his landmark documentaries "Censorship in Denmark: A New Approach: 1970 and "A History of the Blue Movie" 1970. A mom embarks on a perilous journey into a dangerous forest to save her daughters Emily and Kandi abducted by pirates and encounters singing cross-dressers a lesbian gang gay monks and a helpful dwarf named Derek. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with starting at the center folds. Bright and unfaded. N.p. unknown
1940ref. 161700Los Angeles CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1940. Vintage reference keybook photograph of actor director and screenwriter Orson Welles with a dresser on the set of the 1941 film. Linen backed with two sets of punch holes along the top edge. Often considered to be one of the finest American films ever made the story of a reporter investigating the last words of wealthy newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane. Welles' first feature film winner of an Academy Award and nominated for eight others including Best Picture. Shot on location in New York and California. Photograph 8 x 11 inches image 3.5 x 4.5 with large margins. Very Good plus with adhesive residue on the verso and toning. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 6. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1963ref. 171051Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1963. Collection of 27 vintage reference photographs from the 1963 film including four photographs showing proposed advertising material for the film. All but the advertising promos photos have provenance labels on the versos. With a pink mimeograph production sheet laid in showing credits and a brief synopsis. Samuel Fuller's hallucinatory tour-de-force about a Daily Globe journalist who in an attempt to win a Pulitzer Prize has himself institutionalized in an asylum recently implicated in a murder case. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine with some faint toning to the margins and light curling and studio still photographs with manuscript ink and pencil layout annotations and numeric annotations on the rectos. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 19. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Spicer US. Grant US. Allied Artists unknown
1962ref. 164225N.p.: Contempora Productions 1962. Vintage banner poster for the 1962 Cold War documentary film. Rare in this format. A feature length anti-Communist documentary comprised of still photographs and newsreel footage tracing the history of Communism from the birth of Karl Marx to the construction of the Berlin wall. The title was taken from the phrase famously used by Nikita Khruschchev while addressing Western ambassadors in 1956.which some modern translators have suggested was misinterpreted. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good with light creasing faint soiling a small chip to the bottom right corner and a seven inch closed tear to the center top repaired with cello-tape on the verso. Contempora Productions unknown
1963ref. 164219N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage banner poster for the US release of the 1961 Italian-Austrian film. Rare in this format. A series of murders begin at a reformatory for troubled girls following the arrival of a mysterious science teacher. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good plus with light overall rubbing and two vertical creases to the right side. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 164229Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage 30" x 40" poster for the US release of the 1967 British anthology horror film. The second Horror anthology or "portmanteau" film from Amicus Productions following the 1965 film "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors" also directed by Freddie Francis a trademark of producer Milton Subotsky and written by "Psycho" screenwriter Robert Bloch who adapted his own work for the screenplay. A group of visitors to Dr. Diablo's Burgess Meredith sideshow are each shown their futures in the sideshow's "blow-off" which includes cannibal cats haunted pianos and the reincarnation of Edgar Allan Poe. 27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear and closed tears to the center right margin. Columbia Pictures unknown
1968ref. 163705Burbank CA: Warner Brothers - Seven Arts 1968. Vintage two-color banner poster for US release of the 1966 Italian film printed in black and a bold fluorescent orange. One of only a short run of highly-regarded films released by Warner Brothers-Seven Arts between 1967 and 1969. Rare in this size format. Loosely based on the early sixteenth century novella "Belfagor arcidiavolo" by Niccolò Machiavelli. Vittorio Gassman stars as Belfagor a devil sent back to earth to stoke a war between Rome and Florence in medieval Italy to bolster the number of hell's incoming souls but quickly becomes distracted by amorous feelings for the beautiful Claudine Auger as the Maddalena de'Medici. Starring Mickey Rooney as Adramalek a Puckish demon invisible to everyone but Belfagor. Set in and shot on location in Tuscany Sicily and Rome Italy. 118.5 x 24 inches. Light rubbing and edgewear else Near Fine. Bright and unfaded. Note: The fluorescent orange color can not be reproduced in a photograph and is a much brighter orange than depicted in the image. Warner Brothers - Seven Arts unknown
1968ref. 164198Universal City: Universal Pictures 1968. Vintage banner poster for US release of the 1967 Japanese-American kaiju film. Rare in this size format. The fourth film in the King Kong franchise. Loosely based on the animated Rankin/Bass' television series "The King Kong Show" the first anime-based series produced in Japan for an American company which was aired on ABC from 1966 through 1969 and the second and final Toho-produced film featuring King Kong preceded by the 1963 film "King Kong vs. Godzilla" until the 2021 film "Godzilla vs. Kong." A robot duplicate of King Kong Mechani-Kong is manufactured to dig for the highly radioactive Element X. When Mechani-Kong is unable to dig for the material the evil Doctor Who and Madame Piranha decide to kidnap the real Kong. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good with a chip missing at the top left corner several closed tears to the bottom right margin and cello and paper tape repairs to the verso of the bottom right. Colors bright and unfaded. Universal Pictures unknown
1961ref. 161215N.p.: William Castle Productions 1961. Vintage 40 x 60 inch poster for the 1961 film. Rare in this size format. A mysterious woman offers a bellboy $2000 to marry her only to brutally murder the justice of the peace during the ceremony before fleeing. Widely regarded as one of the best films of director and B-movie maestro William Castle and undeniably influenced by Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" released the year prior. Castle well known for his utilization of promotional gimmicks implemented a "Fright Break" for "Homicidal;" a 45-second timer which overlays the impending climax with Castle's voice-over advising the audience they could leave the theater and receive a full refund if they were too frightened to see the ending of the film audience members who chose to leave however would have to wait in a yellow cardboard booth entitled the "Coward's Corner" manned by a nurse with a blood pressure cuff. 40 x 60 inches. Very Good plus with light overall creasing and minor edgewear else bright and unfaded. See image. William Castle Productions unknown
1966ref. 164220Universal City: Universal Pictures 1966. Vintage banner poster for the 1966 film printed in black and a bold fluorescent orange. Rare in this format. Based on the 1963 novel by Rohan O'Grady pen name of Canadian author June Margaret O'Grady Skinner. Director and producer William Castle's black comedy wherein a twelve-year-old boy inherits a fortune and is trapped on an island with his ex-British Intelligence uncle who uses hypnotism sharks fire and poisonous mushrooms to try and kill the boy. Shot on location in Bermuda. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good plus with light overall creasing and rubbing. Bright and unfaded. Note: The fluorescent orange color cannot be reproduced in a photograph and is a much brighter than what is depicted in the image. Universal Pictures unknown
1953ref. 171052N.p.: N.p. 1953. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1953 film noir. Provenance labels on the versos and seven with blindstamps on the corners. A pickpocket mistakenly lifts a message meant for enemy agents in a Communist spy scheme. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good or better. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 224. Grant US. Selby Masterwork. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 171072Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1966. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of Dean Martin and camera operator Albert Meyers and assistant on location for the final "train" sequence of the 1966 film. From the archive of camera operator Albert Meyers. Columbia Pictures stamp on the verso. Albert Myers usually credited as Al Myers was a noted camera operator in Hollywood for over 50 years beginning in the late 1920s credited in 30 films between 1927 and 1978. Notable in his filmography are "The Virginian" 1946 "Carmen Jones" 1954 "The Man with the Golden Arm" 1955 and "The Defiant Ones" 1958. Based on the 1962 spy novel by Donald Hamilton. Women of the world mourn the tragic death of handsome secret agent Matt Helm Dean Martin-faked naturally so that he can find the inventor of the Helium laser beam and kingpin of the underground criminal organization Big-O Karl Malden. The second of four films in the Matt Helm series starring Dean Martin preceded by "The Silencers" 1966 and followed by "The Ambushers" 1967 and "The Wrecking Crew" 1969. Shot on location in England Monte Carlo and France. 10 x 8 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1963ref. 164221Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1963. Vintage banner poster for the 1963 film. Rare in this format. An architect and his wife survey an old mansion where the previous tenant an eccentric heiress has disappeared. Strange noises suspicious strangers and vanishing keys ensue. Inspired by the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose California. Shot on location at the Greystone Park and Mansion in Beverly Hills California. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good plus with light soiling and faint rubbing overall. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1968ref. 171042N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage vernacular color photograph of Dean Martin director Andrew V. McLaglen and uncredited camera operator Al Meyers on the set of the 1968 film. Photograph belonging to uncredited camera operator Myers with pencil annotations in Myers' hand on the verso noting the title McLaglen and Martin and "with Bill Clothier 19" William H. Clothier was the director of photography who Myers worked under. British born Albert Myers usually credited as Al Myers was a camera operator and camera crew member in Hollywood for over 50 years beginning in the late 1920s. He is credited in 30 films from 1927 to 1978 and assuredly worked on many more films uncredited during that time. His credits include "The Virginian" 1946 "Carmen Jones" 1954 "The Man with the Golden Arm" 1955 and "The Defiant Ones" 1958. Two brothers are pursued by a posse after robbing a bank and taking a widow as hostage but accidentally flee into a territory controlled by a gang of violent Mexican bandoleros. Set in Texas shot on location in Arizona Texas and Utah. 8 x 10 inches mounted to a heavy stock paper. Very Good plus with faint spotting and light edgewear see image. Pitts 237. N.p. unknown
