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1975ref. 169539N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1975 French adult film a rare image showing director and in this case co-star Jean Rollin with script in hand and holding a magnificent pipe. Joining Rollin are actresses Rachel Mhas and Claudia Zante on the set. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A horror-influenced hardcore film about a count who ensnares beautiful women in his castle. The first and only pornographic film in which Rollin was credited under his own name and not a pseudonym. 6.75 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Bier 1364. Hinds 222. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 169554Paris: Ciné-Revue 1976. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1976 film both showing Jane Birkin behind a truck stop counter gazing longingly at Joe Dallesandro. Cine-Revue stamps and French release stamps on the versos. A tomboyish waitress develops a crush on a gay garbage truck driver and in spite of all odds they begin a relationship. Serge Gainsbourg's directorial debut. 9.25 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. Ciné-Revue unknown books
1957ref. 169545N.p.: N.p. 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film showing actor James Dean laughing. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. A documentary film released shortly after Dean's death using still photographs narration and interviews to tell the story of the actor's early life rise to stardom and death at a young age. 10 x 8 inches. Good with dampstains and soil to the bottom and right margins of the recto and a short closed tear repaired with paper tape at the top right corner. N.p. unknown books
1993ref. 169581N.p.: N.p. 1993. Vintage oversize satin-finish publicity photograph from the 1993 film showing actress Milla Jovovich barefoot wearing a short dress standing on a windowsill. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Richard Linklater's classic coming-of-age comedy a follow-up to his breakout independent film "Slacker" 1990 following the students at a high school in East Texas in 1976 on the last day of classes before summer break. The film was a box-office disappointment but has since been reevaluated and is today considered a cult classic. Shot on location in Austin Texas. 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 169540N.p.: N.p. 1975. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1975 film. Snipes in German affixed to the verso noting the film's German release title "Parasiten-Mörder." A high-rise apartment building is infected by a parasite that turns its victims into sex-crazed maniacs with the infection spreading at the slightest touch. An early influential entry in the body horror canon. Shot on location in a single high-rise building at Nuns' Island. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Arrow 1497. Canuxploitation Complete. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 169556Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1981. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1981 film showing director George A. Romero talking with actors Ed Harris and Amy Ingersoll on the set. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. A retelling of the Arthurian legend set amongst the members of a traveling renaissance fair troupe that jousts on motorcycles. A rare departure from the horror genre for Romero. Shot on location in Pittsburgh. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1974ref. 169584N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1974 French film showing actors Alice Arno and Tania Busselier. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil regarding layout on the verso. Loosely based on the works of the Marquis de Sade about a murderous countess who is released from a mental institution proceeding to return to her perverse and bloodthirsty ways. 11.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 169582Paris: Gamma 1969. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film showing Romy Schneider and Alain Delon swimming together on the set. Gamma stamp crediting photographer J.P. Bonnotte on the verso along with layout annotations in manuscript pencil. A searing psychologically complex erotic thriller set in the dead of summer at a villa on the Côte d'Azur. A couple's holiday is unexpectedly interrupted by the arrival of the wife's ex-lover and his beautiful teenage daughter-with violent consequences. Co-written by noted screenwriter Jean-Claude Carriere who penned some of Luis Buñuel's finest work. Shot on location at Côte d'Azur and Saint-Tropez France. 12 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 1088. Grant France. Gamma 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
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
1953ref. 164764Universal City: Universal Pictures 1953. Vintage keybook publicity photograph from the 1953 film showing actors Donald O'Connor and Yvette Duguay. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. The owner of a talking mule lands a job at a newspaper in New York City and is framed for a murder while on assignment. The fourth film in the Francis the Talking Mule 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 Pictures unknown books
1948ref. 164774Universal City: Universal-International 1948. Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1948 film. During a visit to a small town a traveling salesman is held captive by the authorities who wish him to compete in the town's annual race. 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 books
1957ref. 164771Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1958 film showing actors Rock Hudson and Cyd Charisse. Based on the 1956 novel by Ernst K. Gann. A ship's captain decides to make an emergency stop in Hawaii to repair a quickly flooding hull against the wishes of a woman passenger wanted for murder in Honolulu. 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. Shot on location in Hawaii. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1956ref. 164798Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1956. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1956 film showing actress Merle Oberon. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. The owner of a dog track is framed for two murders and must work to exonerate himself. One of Oberon's few unsympathetic roles. 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. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1953ref. 164794Universal City: Universal-International 1953. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1953 film showing actress Lori Nelson. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A college quarterback quits his team and leaves the school after his parents' death deciding to study architecture at a school in Chicago instead. There he struggles to adjust to the more rigid culture. 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 books
1951ref. 164800Universal City CA: Universal-International 1951. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1951 film showing actors Lon Chaney Maureen O'Hara and Buddy Baer. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A Bedouin chief competes with a Tunisian princess in hunting down a legendary black stallion but join forces against the barbaric Corsair Lords. 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. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Universal-International unknown books
1957ref. 164738Universal City: Universal City Studios 1957. Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1957 film one showing actor Jeff Chandler the other showing actress Colleen Miller. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the versos. Based on the 1956 novel "One Man's Secret" by Stratford Davis. A wealthy cruel rancher owns the majority of a small western town's assets. Some of his employees brutally murder a young Mexican ranch hand stirring major controversy when the newly elected sheriff goes to great lengths to bring them to justice. 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. Shot on location in Conejo Valley California. 8 x 10 inches. One Near Fine the other Very Good plus. Pitts 2550. Selby US. Spicer US. Spicer UK. Grant US. Universal City Studios unknown books
