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1954ref. 167872Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1954. Vintage reference photograph from the 1954 film noir showing Adele Jergens and Luther Adler. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A citizen's committee attempts to convince a reformed gangster to infiltrate a Miami mob boss' crime syndicate with the help of the boss' girlfriend's sister. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
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 books
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 books
1986ref. 167945Los Angeles: Cannon Films 1986. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1987 film. A magazine reporter fabricates a story about a New York pimp after he is unsuccessful getting information on the streets. But the police the district attorney and a real pimp all believe the story is about the real pimp. A longtime pet project of Christopher Reeve who only agreed to do Sidney J. Furie's "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace" 1987 if they backed and financed "Street Smart." Actor Morgan Fr65eeman's breakthrough role earning him an Academy Award nomination. Set in New York shot on location in New York and Montreal Canada. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine to Fine. Olive Films 1033. Cannon Films unknown books
1954ref. 167868N.p.: Herzog Film 1954. Vintage German program for the 1953 film. Based on Charles Major's 1898 novel "When Knighthood Was in Flower" about Mary Tudor the younger sister of King Henry VIII. The third of Disney's British film productions following "Treasure Island" 1950 and "The Story of Robin Hood" 1952. Major's novel also served as the basis for two silent film adaptations one in 1908 and one in 1923. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. Very Good moderately faded and creased. Herzog Film unknown books
1986ref. 167875Beverly Hills CA: Lorimar 1986. Two photographs from the 1986 film including one studio still and one reference photograph. One with a printed snipe affixed to the verso. An autistic teenage orphan's positivity and optimism help a widowed woman and her children settle into their new suburban home. The film debut of child actor Fred Savage. Shot on location throughout British Columbia. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Lorimar unknown books
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 books
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 books
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 books
1980ref. 167948Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1980. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1980 re-release of the 1979 film. An expanded remake of "The Sitter" 1977 a short film developed by screenwriters Fred Walton and Steve Feke. An unseen killer terrorizes a teenage baby-sitter over the telephone returning seven years later to menace her as an adult. Remade in 2006 directed by Simon West and starring Camilla Belle. Set and shot on location throughout Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. United Artists unknown books
1988ref. 167879Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1988. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1988 film. A medical student who moonlights as a comedian helps teach a housewife the art of standup. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
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 books
1956ref. 168218Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 Western film. A young farmhand from Georgia plots revenge for the death of his friend a former outlaw. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with pinholes at two corners. Pitts 1071. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
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 books
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 books
1981ref. 167631Hollywood and Burbank: Paramount Pictures / Walt Disney 1981. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1981 fantasy film showing actors Peter MacNicol and Peter Eyre. A young wizarding apprentice is selected via magical amulet to be the successor to a powerful sorcerer a position which also necessitates traveling to a nearby kingdom to kill a murderous dragon. A large part of the film's budget went towards special effects for the dragon finalized by noted visual effects producer and supervisor Phil Tippett. Set in sixth-century Britain shot in North Wales and Skye Scotland. 9.75 x 8 inches. About Fine. Paramount Pictures / Walt Disney unknown books
1954ref. 168236Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1954. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1953 British film seen here under the US title "The Golden Mask." An adventure film about an ancient history scholar whose obsession with finding the legendary Golden Mask of Moloch leads to conflict with dangerous tomb robbers. Set in Algeria shot on location in Djemila Algeria and in Tunis. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. United Artists unknown books
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 books
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 books
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 books
1956ref. 161950Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 film. Based on the 1954 play "Fragile Fox" by Norman Brooks. One of Aldrich's finest efforts a noirish take on the evils of war with an interesting focus on nepotism. Unpopular on release due to its grim ending and cynical tone much the opposite of a flag-waving World War II film. Set in Belgium. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing at the corners. Selby US. United Artists unknown books
1974ref. 161967Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1974. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1974 film. With International Exchange Press slip affixed to the verso. Queen Christina of Rome abdicates the throne converts to Catholicism and goes to Rome where she falls in love. Set in Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Warner Brothers unknown books
1955ref. 168231Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1955 Western film. Based on Curt Brandon's 1952 novel "Bugle's Wake" about a white soldier whose sympathies are torn between the Seminole and the commanding officers at the military fort where he works. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Pitts 3769. Columbia Pictures unknown books
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 books
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 books
