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1957ref. 172431Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film. Based on a July 1955 Reader's Digest article "Gangsters in the Dress Business" by Lester Velie. Gangsters hired to union-bust for a garment company continue to gravely injure and kill union organizers and people in the company who question their presence. Shot on location in Los Angeles CA and New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Six photographs Very Good plus to Near Fine one photograph Very Good with a loss at the top right corner and chips from the right edge. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1947ref. 172361N.p.: N.p. 1947. Vintage reference photographs from the 1947 film noir. The sole survivor of his family's massacre a man is taken in by an older woman whose family wants to kill him. Set in and shot on location in New Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Olive Films 44. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1955ref. 172438Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage hand-tinted color British front-of-house card from the 1955 film. Based on the 1940 novel "High Sierra" by W.R. Burnett and a remake of the 1941 film of the same name. A newly released bank robber decides to pull one last heist by robbing a hotel. Shot on location in Owens Valley CA. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a tear at the right edge. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Weldon 1983. Warner Brothers unknown books
1960ref. 172987London: Contemporary Films 1960. Two vintage reference photographs from the circa 1960s British release of the 1966 film. Both photographs with a Contemporary Films stamp on the versos. One photograph with a mimeo snipe attached to the verso. Based on real historical events Vladamir Lenin is arrested by Austro-Hungarian officials in Poronin at the start of World War I on suspicion of espionage. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in and shot on location in Poland. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Contemporary Films unknown books
1961ref. 172938Burbank CA: Walt Disney 1961. Vintage double weight studio still photograph from the 1961 film. Based on the 1943 short story "A Situation of Gravity" by Samuel W. Taylor. A chemistry professor creates a new substance that gains energy when it bounces off of something. Nominated for three Academy Awards. Shot on location in Claremont California and Reno Nevada. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Godard Histoires du cinéma. Weldon 1983. Walt Disney unknown books
1947ref. 172385Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1947. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1947 film noir. Based on the 1945 novel "None So Blind" by Mitchell Wilson. A Coast Guard officer develops feelings for a married woman despite the presence of her blind husband. Shot on location in Malibu CA. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with a crease down the left side of the photos. One photo with a small tear at the right edge. One photograph with a loss at the top right corner. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1944ref. 172390Los Angeles CA: Paramount Pictures 1944. Collection of 14 vintage double weight studio still photographs from the 1944 film. With provenance stamps on the verso. Based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Rachel Field. A poor doctor is hired to cure a wealthy woman's deafness whose fiancé is having an affair with her sister. 8 x 10 inches. Generally Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1996ref. 172909N.p.: Miramax Films 1996. Three vintage studio still photographs and one press release from the 1996 film. Each photograph with the name of the photographer at the bottom right margin. The feature film debut of director Nicole Holofcener. Two women find their friendship is tested when one gets engaged and the other tries to find love. Shot on location in New York and New Jersey. Photos 8 x 10 inches About Fine. Press release 8.5 x 11 inches folded presumably as issued Fine. Miramax Films unknown books
2000ref. 172911Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 2000. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 2000 film. Six photographs with photographer name listed at the bottom right margin. Sequel to "Mission Impossible" 1996 and the launch of the film franchise. Ethan Hunt must stop an evil scientist who has created a biochemical weapon. Shot on location in Utah Arizona California and New South Wales Australia. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
ref. 172903N.p.: CFP Distribution 2995. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1995 film. Based on a true story about a teenage boy obsessed with poisoning people including his parents schoolmates and co-workers. Set in and shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. CFP Distribution unknown books
1973ref. 172917Los Angeles: American International Pictures 1973. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1973 animated film. A down-on-his-luck cartoonist animates a story based on the often violent life he is surrounded by in the city. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Weldon 1996. American International Pictures unknown books
1955ref. 172860Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 film. A fictionalized account of the life of Alexander the Great who conquered the entire known world in his relatively short life. Shot on location in Andalucía and Madrid Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Twilight Time. United Artists unknown books
1962ref. 173024Burbank CA: Walt Disney 1962. Vintage hand-tinted British front-of-house card from the 1962 film. Based on the 1960 novel "Starfire" by Robert Buckner. An air force captain who is supposed to make the first flight around the moon is put under protection by the FBI when he encounters an alien. Shot on location in San Francisco CA. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Walt Disney unknown books
1966ref. 172874Los Angeles: American International Pictures 1966. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1966 film. The leader of a biker gang sets out to recover his stolen motorcycle getting one of their members killed in the process. Set in California shot on location in Southern California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Olive Films. Weldon 1983. American International Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 169560Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1975. Vintage borderless satin-finish reference photograph from the 1975 film showing director Norman Jewison and actor James Caan on the set between takes. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1974 novel by William Harrison who wrote the screenplay. A dystopian sports film in which the world has been overtaken by a corporatocracy with the titular "rollerball" an ultra-violent sports game used to placate the population. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine condition. United Artists unknown books
1967ref. 169559Rome: Fotografica Pierluigi 1967. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1968 film both showing director Roger Vadim with cast and crew members on the set. Fotografica Pierluigi stamps on the versos along with layout annotations in manuscript ink and pencil. 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. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Fotografica Pierluigi unknown books
1964ref. 169586N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1964 film showing actress Monica Vitti with Michelangelo Antonioni and Richard Harris during filming on location near a body of water. Antonioni's first color film and the last in a quartet of films made between 1959 and 1964 about women in modern culture preceded by "L'avventura" "La Notte" and L'Eclisse" and the lie of happiness and better living. This entry very much an antecedent to Todd Haynes' "Safe" 1995 focuses on Vitti a woman trying to survive in the modern world of cultural neurosis and existential doubt. Carlo Di Palma's cinematography remains legendary today for its stunningly colored industrial landscapes beautifully and yet indirectly evoking Vitti's unease alienation and vivid perceptions. Shot on location in Ravenna Sardinia and Rome Italy. 12 x 9 inches. Very Good plus. BFI 1134. Criterion Collection 522. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 169585Paris: Sygma 1977. Three vintage oversize borderless matte-finish reference photographs from the 1977 French film all three showing director Joseph Losey on the set. Mimeo snipes in French and English on the versos. An exiled Spanish leftist revolutionary now enjoys a successful career as a screenwriter but is continually drawn back to his homeland where fascism continues to reign. Sequel to Alain Resnais' "The War is Over" 1966. Shot on location in Callela de Palafrugell Spain and in Gare and La Hague France. 11.5 x 8 inches. About Fine. Sygma unknown books
1974ref. 169566Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1974. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1974 film showing Shelley Duvall holding a baby kitten. French release stamp and layout annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1937 novel by Edward Anderson previously adapted by Nicholas Ray as "They Live by Night" 1950. One of Altman's many high spots during the 1970s an early and unusual entry in the American neo-noir canon and one of the most artful gangster films made. Set and shot on location in various towns and cities in central and southern Mississippi including Jackson Hermanville Pickens and Canton. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. United Artists unknown books
1972ref. 169567N.p.: N.p. 1972. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 French film. French release stamps on the versos. Based on the 1951 novel by Belgian author Françoise Mallet-Joris who also co-wrote the screenplay with director Guy Casaril. A wealthy lonely 15-year-old girl is seduced by her father's girlfriend a manipulative older woman who hopes to marry the girl's widowed father. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine to Fine. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 169563Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film showing actor Gene Hackman. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Gene Hackman along with three additional nominations. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1959ref. 170556London: British Lion 1959. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the British release of the 1959 film. The first film by John Cassavetes entirely self-funded about three Black siblings in Harlem two of whom often pass for white. A watershed moment in American independent films heralding not just the arrival of a new iconoclastic director but the birth of an entire movement. With its roots in an acting exercise from Cassavetes' Drama Workshop the story was originally shot in 1958 with completely improvised dialogue and action based on loose scene outlines. After the finished film was poorly received at its initial screenings Cassavetes reworked the ideas into a more traditional script with screenwriter Robert Alan Arthur and reshot the film replacing between half and two thirds of the original footage and dramatically altering the story. Released in 1959 this version better reflected his vision for the film and received a critics award when shown at the Venice Film Festival the following year. Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. British Lion unknown books
1964ref. 170562N.p.: N.p. 1964. Collection of 23 vintage reference photographs from the 1964 film. All but one with mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. Director Samuel Fuller's bizarre outrageous and perverse pulp masterwork. A former call girl tries to make good in a new town nursing handicapped children only to fall in love with a seemingly saintly businessman who has a dark secret of his own. Set in the fictional town of Grantville USA. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine to Fine one Very Good plus with a light crease and short closed tear. Criterion Collection 18. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Spicer US. Silver and Ward US. Grant US. N.p. unknown books
1951ref. 164775Universal City: Universal-International 1951. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1951 film. Printed mimeo snipe and provenance stamp on the verso. Ma and Pa Kettle discover that they are going to become grandparents. The third installment in the "Ma and Pa Kettle" series. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal-International unknown books
1952ref. 164772Universal City: Universal-International 1952. Vintage linen-backed publicity photograph from the 1952 film showing actor Boris Karloff. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A British gentleman arrives at a gothic castle hellbent on uncovering his friends' mysterious disappearances. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal-International unknown books
