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1954ref. 164815Universal City: Universal-International 1954. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1954 film showing actress Ursula Thiess. Printed mimeo snipe and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on Hall Hunter's 1953 novel "Bengal Tiger." In British India in 1857 a military captain faces punishment and the dissolution of his reputation after disobeying orders to retreat. 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. Very Good plus. Universal-International unknown
1955ref. 164817Universal City: Universal-International 1955. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1955 film showing actress Mamie Van Doren leaning against a jukebox. Based on Ben Benson's 1954 novel "Girl in the Cage" about an undercover cop working to stop an automobile theft ring run by teenagers. 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. About Near Fine. Universal-International unknown
1960ref. 151692N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1960 film showing director Otto Preminger and a camera crew between takes with actor Paul Newman in the foreground whose head is in a box. With a stamp crediting still photographer Leo Fuchs on the verso. Based on Leon Uris' 1958 novel about the founding of the state of Israel in 1948 following a ship carrying Jewish immigrants whose passage to the holy land is blocked by the British with whom they must negotiate. Shot on location in Israel and Cyprus. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 162103Paris: Les Films Fernand Rivers 1969. Vintage program for the 1969 French film. Text and titles in French. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Suspecting her husband of infidelity a woman decides to take a trip with her married boss to his holiday home on the Côte d'Azur. 8 x 9 inches folded twice and measuring 23.5 x 9 inches unfolded. Very Good plus. Les Films Fernand Rivers unknown
1980ref. 163633Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1980. Seven film still photographs for the 1980 film. A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set where he is mistaken for a stunt man allowing him to hide out from the law and romance the film's leading lady. 8 x 10 inchesl Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1960ref. 151698N.p.: N.p. 1960. Two vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1960 film one showing director Jean-Luc Godard and a camera crew filming a scene with actor Michel Subor the other showing Godard and cinematographer Raoul Coutard. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso. During the Algerian War a French agent is ordered to assassinate a member of the National Liberation Front of Algeria FLN but cannot complete the mission due to his involvement with a pro-FLN woman. Shot in 1960 but not released until 1963 due to a French ban on torture scenes thus Godard's second feature film but fourth to be released. Set in Algeria shot on location in Switzerland. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 1010. Grant France. N.p. unknown
1945ref. 170951Universal City: Universal Pictures 1945. Collection of 13 vintage photographs including three publicity photographs of George Sanders and Ella Raines one borderless two reference photographs and eight film still photographs from the 1945 film here under the working title "Uncle Harry." Five photographs with mimeo snipes four with provenance stickers and one with a news clipping on the versos. Based on the 1942 Broadway play "Uncle Harry" by Thomas Job about a middle aged man whose two sisters try to sabotage his engagement to a young co-worker leading to murder and deceit. 1 7.25 x 9 inches 12 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some light creasing and edgewear and one with an emulsion irregularity on the recto. Grant US. Olive Films 962. Selby Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1977ref. 163630Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Vintage promotional portrait photographs of Sid Caesar and Rob Reiner respectively from the 1977 film. Based on Robert Klane's 1975 novel about a store owner and his two sons one of whom he has essentially disowned. Ezra Alan Arkin is the lesser son who coaches a worthless high school basketball team and has a wife much too eager to have children. A well regarded comedy about a dysfunctional Jewish family with a cast of veteran comedic actors. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1990ref. 162072N.p.: Images et Loisirs 1990. Vintage flyer for a re-release of the 1969 French film. Text and titles in French. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Based on the 1876 short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a man reflecting on his wife's recent unexplained suicide. 5 x 8 inches. Single leaf recto and verso. Fine. Radiance Films 151. Images et Loisirs unknown
1957ref. 164827Universal City CA: Universal-International 1957. Vintage linen-backed publicity photograph from the 1957 film showing actor Grant Williams being menaced by a gigantic hand holding a pair of tweezers. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A landmark science fiction film adapted by Richard Matheson from his own 1956 novel about a man who begins shrinking after being exposed to a strange mist. 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. About Fine. National Film Registry. Universal-International unknown
1949ref. 151694N.p.: N.p. 1949. Vintage reference photograph of director Carol Reed with his camera crew on the set of the 1949 film noir. With a London Film Studios stamp to the verso. An unemployed pulp fiction novelist travels to postwar Vienna to investigate the death of an old school friend. Screenwriter Graham Greene's first and only original screenplay and second collaboration with Carol Reed following "The Fallen Idol" 1948 and preceding "Our Man in Havana" 1959. Set and shot on location in Vienna Austria and England. 10 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 64. Ebert I. Grant UK. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader Canon Fodder 18. Selby UK. Spicer UK. N.p. unknown
1995ref. 163676Beverly Hills CA: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1995. Two vintage color promotional portrait photographs of Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in character from 1995 released during the second to third season of the beloved Fox television series which aired in its original run from September 1993 through May 2002. The show originally ran for nine seasons from 1995 through 2002 and was revived for a short six episode tenth season in 2016. Following the success of the revival the show returned for a ten episode eleventh season in 2018. In addition to the television series the show spawned two feature films "The X-Files" directed by Rob Bowman in 1998 and "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" directed by creator Chris Carter in 2008 as well as the 2001 Fox series "The Lone Gunman" and numerous comic book adaptations. Two FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder Duchovny and Dana Scully Anderson investigate the eponymous "X-Files" marginalized unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Winner of 16 Primetime Emmy Awards. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
1948ref. 151699N.p.: N.p. 1948. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Jean Cocteau in conversation with actress Silvia Monfort while cinematographer Christian Matras looks on to the left. With the stamp of Le Parisien archive on the verso. Based on Cocteau's 1946 play. In nineteenth-century Europe a suicidal anarchist poet falls in love with the long-secluded queen who has been absent from the public eye for ten years due to her grief over her husband's death. Set in the fictional country of Krantz. 7 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 163675N.p.: Toho Company 1980. Three vintage photographs from the 1980 film two film still photographs and a photograph of director Akira Kurosawa on the set with executive producers Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas. The story of a low-class criminal taught to be the decoy or kagemusha of a dying feudal lord based on the historical daimyo Takeda Shingen and depicting the 1575 Battle of Nagashino in the cinematic climax. When Toho Studios could not afford to complete the film Coppola and Lucas convinced Twentieth Century Fox to cover the shortfall in exchange for international distribution rights receiving credits as executive producers on the finished film. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Foreign Language Film and winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. Set in Sengoku period shot on location in Iga Ueno Castle Himeji Castle Kumamoto Castle Yuhara Plain Hokkaido Japan. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 267. Toho Company unknown
1957ref. 167613Universal City CA: Universal-International 1957. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film one showing actor Grant Williams standing alongside a gigantic ball of twine the other showing Williams being menaced by a spider. A landmark science fiction film adapted by Richard Matheson from his own 1956 novel about a man who begins shrinking after being exposed to a strange mist. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Universal-International unknown
1958ref. 167615Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1958. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1958 film. In 1973 a second mission of astronauts travels to Mars to locate the lost members of the first mission only to be hunted by a murderous Martian that has stowed away on the spaceship. Frequently cited as the inspiration for the seminal 1979 film "Alien." 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1980ref. 163674Universal City: Universal City Studios 1980. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1980 film. Based on Loretta Lynn's autobiography "Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter" cowritten by George Vecsey. A dramatization of Lynn's life following her poverty-stricken upbringing in Butcher Hollow Kentucky to her rise to fame as a country music superstar. Winner of an Academy Award for Sissy Spacek as Best Actress nominated for six others including Best Picture Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography. Shot on location in Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia. 8 x 10 inches. Light even toning commensurate with age else Near Fine. Universal City Studios unknown
1949ref. 170969Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1949. Nine vintage studio still photographs from the 1949 film. Two photographs with provenance stickers on the versos and three photographs with an erratum paste-up to the title in the bottom margin of the recto. A dark and morally conflicted film by Siodmak here at the top of his considerable directorial skills and a powerful performance by Stanwyck who invests her character Thelma with more ambiguity and sympathy than is found in the stereotypical femme fatale. Shot on location in Culver City California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Olive Films. Selby Canon. Selby Master List. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1980ref. 163634Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1980. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1980 film Richard Dreyfuss stars a fading piano prodigy whose last chance is a piano competition against a beautiful newcomer played by Amy Irving. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles and San Francisco. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1955ref. 167605Culver City CA: RKO Pathe Studios 1955. Two vintage hand-tinted color photographs from the 1955 short documentary film. A Technicolor short film about hunting focusing in particular on the whitetail deer. The first entry in RKO's Wildlife Album series of short films. Shot on location in Virginia. 10 x 8 inches. One Near Fine one Very Good plus. RKO Pathe Studios unknown
ref. 157439Yokohama Kanagawa: Kurosawa Production Co 1980. Draft script for the 1980 Japanese film. The story of a low-class criminal taught to be the decoy or kagemusha of a dying feudal lord based on the historical daimyo Takeda Shingen and depicting the 1575 Battle of Nagashino in the cinematic climax. When Toho Studios could not afford to complete the film George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola convinced Twentieth Century Fox to cover the shortfall in exchange for international distribution rights recieving credits as executive producers on the finished film. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Foreign Language Film and winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. Set in Sengoku period shot on location in Iga Ueno Castle Himeji Castle Kumamoto Castle Yuhara Plain Hokkaido Japan. White perfect-bound wrappers. Rubber stamped copy No. 74 at the top right corner of the front wrapper. 166 leaves with last page of text numbered "146." Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine with light toning wrapper Very Good with foxing overall and age toning to the page edges. Criterion Collection 267. Kurosawa Production Co unknown
1950ref. 167604Berlin: Carlton-Film 1950. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1950 West German film. The inhabitants of a small village in the Bavarian Alps lose their senses upon the arrival of a beautiful young dancer arousing the men and enraging their wives. Set and shot on location in Bavaria. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good to Very Good plus with pinholes on the margins. Carlton-Film unknown
1987ref. 170992Universal City: Mirage Productions 1987. An early "Rewrite" Draft script for the 1988 film dated fourteen months prior to the beginning of production. An internally duplicated copy in production company wrappers with copied hole punches as issued and copied annotations on 37 pages. A selfish yuppie learns that the inheritance he expected to gain after his father's passing has instead gone to his estranged brother an autistic savant. Nominated for eight Academy Awards and winning four including Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Director. Set in Los Angeles Las Vegas and Cincinnati shot on location in various locations throughout Ohio Nevada Kentucky Indiana Oklahoma and California. Blue untitled Mirage Production wrappers. Title page present dated February 24 1987 noted as Rewrite with credits for screenwriter Ronald Bass. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Mirage Productions unknown
1956ref. 167628N.p.: Banner Pictures 1956. Ten vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1950 West German film musical. A now-faded singer begins to regret her estrangement from her daughters after years of neglect while at the height of her career. Swedish-born actress Zarah Leander's first German film appearance after a seven-year hiatus. Although she declared no political position during World War II Leander was strongly associated with the Nazi Party due to her contract with UFA and multiple successful films with that studio in the late 1930s and early 1940s and was subsequently restricted from appearing in German films until 1949. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Banner Pictures unknown
1965ref. 167883N.p.: N.p. 1965. Three vintage single-photo assemblages of publicity and reference images from the 1965 British film musical. A musical comedy about a love triangle between a pub owner's daughter a popular model and an aspiring Australian singer. The film debut of Suzy Kendall. Shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. Stapled at the top left corner. Good only with dampstaining on the bottom corners. N.p. unknown
