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1971ref. 170548Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film showing actress Julie Christie sporting a fringed shawl and riding a bicycle on the set. Based on L.P. Hartley's 1953 novel. A young boy acts as the go-between for a tenant farmer and a wealthy young woman engaged in an illicit affair. Screenwriter Harold Pinter's final collaboration with Losey following "The Servant" 1963 and "Accident" 1967. Set and shot on location in Norfolk England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Columbia Pictures unknown
1962ref. 167853N.p.: Screen Gems Inc 1962. Vintage double weight satin-finish reference photograph taken on the set of the 1957 film showing Van Heflin talking with an unidentified cast member during a smoke break between takes. Based on Elmore Leonard's 1953 short story. One of the first revisionist Westerns with a classicism that stands up to "High Noon" but a cynical attitude toward good and evil that was years ahead of its time. Shot on location in Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light discoloration on the top edge. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 657. Pitts 4370. Screen Gems Inc unknown
1966ref. 170545N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 British documentary film showing actress Julie Christie stretching out in a rattan chair. Provenance label on the verso. Considered by many to be the definitive portrayal of Swinging London at its peak incorporating concert footage street scenes art events film premieres and more. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1986ref. 167874Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1986. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1986 French film. Years after their affair the titular man and woman meet again in order to reflect on their relationship with the woman hoping to make a film about their experiences. Sequel to director Claude Lelouch's 1966 film "A Man and a Woman" and followed by "The Best Years of a Life" in 2019. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1965ref. 170551Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1965. Vintage reference photograph from the 1965 film showing Julie Christie smiling. Mimeo snipe and provenance label on the verso. A biographical drama based upon the life of playwright Sean O'Casey about a young laborer who becomes a playwright combatting the regime with his artistic practice. John Ford was originally slated to direct but fell ill early in the shooting. Shot on location in Ireland and England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1968ref. 170550N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1968 film showing Julie Christie leaning in the doorway of a cable car. Provenance stamp and label on the verso. Based on the 1966 novel "Me and the Arch Kook Petulia" by John Haase about an unhappy newlywed socialite who relentlessly pursues a physician for an affair. Shot on location during the Summer of Love in San Francisco with appearances by Janis Joplin and The Grateful Dead. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 167880Los Angeles: New Line Cinema 1982. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1982 film. A teenage runaway travels from New Jersey to New York in order to become famous in the punk subculture only to discover the punk scene long since faded and relocated to Los Angeles. Susan Seidelman would go on to direct "Desperately Seeking Susan" with some considering "Smithereens" a stylistic precursor to that film. The first American independent film to be invited to compete for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly toned else Near Fine. New Line Cinema unknown
1995ref. 167877Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM / United Artists 1995. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1995 film including one showing Mike Figgis and actors Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue on the set. Based on John O'Brien's 1990 semi-autobiographical novel about a screenwriter who having lost everything else in his life moves to Las Vegas in order to drink himself to death. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Actor for Cage. O'Brien died by suicide two weeks after signing away the film rights to his novel. Shot on location in Las Vegas. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / United Artists unknown
1986ref. 167882N.p.: N.p. 1986. Seven vintage reference photographs from the groundbreaking 1986 film. One of the first films to depict the impact of AIDS on the queer community in New York and one of actor Steve Buscemi's first starring roles. The first and last directorial effort for Bill Sherwood who would die from complications due to AIDS four years after the film's release. Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1933ref. 167819New York: Fox Film 1933. Vintage pressbook for the 1933 pre-Code film musical. A wealthy young man bets his uncle that he can transform a cleaning lady into a sophisticated socialite. The second of four Hollywood films made by British-German actress Lilian Harvey. Notable as one of the first films to use the word "gay" to mean homosexual although the Studio Relations Committee censors ultimately decided the phrase would have to be muffled. 15.75 x 21.75 inches folded once as issued. 16 pages side-stapled. Very Good plus with last leaf partially detached from the binding. Fox Film unknown
1928ref. 170988Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1928. Vintage French pressbook for the lost 1927 silent film. Two competitive collegiate brothers Jim and Ralph Treadway James Hall and Richard Arlen are both in love with the vivacious Carol Fleming played by Louise Brooks. Rare. Two years after the release of "Rolled Stockings" frustrated with the middling roles she was receiving in Hollywood Brooks left for Germany and starred in the three feature films that launched her to international stardom "Pandora's Box" 1929 "Diary of a Lost Girl" 1929 and "Miss Europe" 1930. 8.75 x 12.5 inches. 6 pages. Very Good. Top edge of front wrapper unevenly cut as issued. Original string binding now missing faint evidence of a glue repair pages now separating at the spine. Tiny spot of soil to the front panel. See images. Paramount Pictures unknown
1958ref. 168234Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1958. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1958 film noir. Based on Robert M. Coates' 1948 novel "Wisteria Cottage" about a struggling artist and war veteran who befriends a mother and her two daughters convinces them to let him rent their guest cottage at the beach and proceeds to slaughter them all. Actress Jean Allison's debut. Shot on location in Myrtle Beach. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. Grant US. United Artists unknown
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
