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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 books
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 books
1977ref. 163617Beverly Hills CA: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Vintage portrait photograph of actress Kate Jackson from the 1977 film. David Carradine and a pre-"Charlies Angels" Kate Jackson star as moonshine runners trying to catch up to a load of tainted moonshine followed by the law and competing mobsters. Set in and shot on location in Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
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 books
1976ref. 163631Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1976. Vintage promotional family portrait photograph of Gregory Peck Lee Remick and Harvey Stephens from the 1976 film. Gregory Peck stars as an American ambassador who begins to believe the child he is raising may be the antichrist. Winner of an Academy Award. The film spawned a franchise followed by "Damien - Omen II" 1978 "The Final Conflict" 1981 and "Omen IV: The Awakening" 1991 as well as a 2006 remake and a prequel in 2024. Shot on location in London Berkshire and Surrey England and Rome. 8 x 10 inches. Near FIne. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
1955ref. 167620Los Angeles: American Releasing Corporation 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1955 film. After nuclear war has destroyed America a small group of survivors find themselves forced to battle a nation of radiation-warped mutants. One of the first releases of American Releasing Corporation and the fourth feature film directed by Roger Corman. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light cracking to the emulsion at the top corners. American Releasing Corporation unknown books
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 books
1953ref. 167611Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1953. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1953 documentary film. Based on noted marine biologist Rachel L. Carson's 1951 book. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Shot on location in Queensland Australia in Marineland and Tarpon Springs Florida and on the Pribilof Islands in Alaska. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good to Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners one with a moderate crease at the bottom right corner. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
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 books
1952ref. 167608Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1952. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1952 Western film. Based on the 1942 novel by Luke Short. A woman and her uncle inherit a valuable ranch immediately finding themselves the targets of predatory cattlemen who wish to gain control of the property. Shot on location in Johnson Canyon Kanab Canyon and Cave Lakes Utah. 10 x 8 inches. Poor with multiple pinholes at each corner and dampstains on the top edge. Pitts 3436. Republic Pictures unknown books
1959ref. 167610Berlin: Bakros International 1959. Four vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1957 West German film. Based on the 1937 novel by Gábor Vaszary. In Paris a Hungarian artist falls in love with a girl who claims to have come from a wealthy background only to later discover that she's made up her past in order to impress him. An early performance by actress Romy Schneider released only a year after her breakthrough performance in "Sissi-The Young Empress" 1956. Shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Good all four photographs wavy and dampstained and three with rust marks at each corner see images. Bakros International unknown books
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 books
1981ref. 167609Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1981. Vintage split-image studio still photograph from the 1981 film. A young man inherits his circus father's substantial fortune with the caveat that he must care for his father's trio of performing orangutans. Jeremy Joe Kronsberg's first and only directorial effort. Shot on location in Southern California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1958ref. 167607Universal City: Universal-International 1958. Four vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1954 West German film. An artist paints a beautiful dancer's face onto the body of a nude model unaware that the dancer is married to a prominent ambassador whose career is threatened when the piece is exhibited. Shot on location in Bavaria Germany and in Madrid and Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good moderately worn with pinholes on the margins. Universal-International unknown books
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 books
1986ref. 168208Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1986. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1986 film. In order to win a national science fair a high school prodigy creates an atomic bomb using stolen plutonium exposing a secret nuclear weapons laboratory in the process. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1955ref. 167850Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1955 film. Based on the 1953 novel by Leon Uris who also wrote the screenplay documenting his experiences as a Marine. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1980ref. 168211Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1980. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1980 film showing Dyan Cannon and Michael Lerner. A woman escapes from a mental institution in New York and hitches a ride with a trucker to California where she plans to avenge her wrongful institutionalization by her unethical husband. Shot on location in Stockton California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1959ref. 167837Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1959. Vintage reference photograph from the 1959 Western film showing actor Burl Ives. Based on Lee Wells' 1955 novel. A gang of outlaws menace a town already divided by a land war between a greedy rancher and a group of cowboy homesteaders. Director Andre de Toth's final Western feature. Shot on location in Flagstaff and San Francisco Peaks Arizona and in Mount Bachelor Oregon. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. Pitts 981. United Artists unknown books
1989ref. 168205Los Angeles / London: Hemdale 1989. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1989 film including one showing director Mick Jackson on the set. Based on the real-life case of Chris Calhoun a traumatized war veteran whose experiences in a Florida State Hospital led to sweeping reforms in mental health care across the state. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Hemdale unknown books
