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1950ref. 168155Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 German documentary film. A re-edited version of a German-Swiss film originally released in 1938 directed by Curt Oertel. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. United Artists unknown books
1988ref. 167913Los Angeles: Orion Pictures 1988. Nine vintage studio still photographs from the 1988 horror film including seven compilation photographs. Based on the 1983 novel by Michael Stewart about a service monkey's increasingly murderous obsession with her owner a quadriplegic man. Director George Romero's second feature film produced with major studio backing after "Creepshow" 1982. Shot on location in Pittsburgh. 8 x 10 inches. Generally Near Fine to Fine. Orion Pictures unknown books
1988ref. 167918Universal City: Universal City Studios 1988. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1988 film including one compilation photograph. Based on Charles G. Booth's 1936 short story "Caviar for His Excellency" previously adapted in 1939 as "The Magnificent Fraud" about a film actor who is hired to impersonate a recently deceased South American dictator. Shot on location in Rio de Janeiro Ouro Preto and Salvador de Bahia Brazil and in New York. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Universal City Studios unknown books
1985ref. 168171Los Angeles and New York: Tri-Star TriStar Pictures 1985. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1985 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. The second entry in the successful "Rambo" series in which Rambo is released from prison in order to document prisoners of war in Vietnam. Shot on location in Guerrero Mexico and in Thailand. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Tri-Star [TriStar] Pictures unknown books
1993ref. 167930Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1993. Four vintage studio still publicity photographs from the 1993 film. Based on Hank Ketcham's long-running comic strip about a young boy's mischievous misadventures with his friends and beloved dog. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1994ref. 167932Los Angeles: Gramercy Pictures 1994. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1994 film including four compilation photographs one showing director David Johnson on the set. A comedy produced by Spike Lee through his production company 40 Acres and a Mule about a team of African Americans who seek out and deprogram other Black Americans who they feel have betrayed their race. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Gramercy Pictures unknown books
1962ref. 168175N.p.: Davis-Royal Films 1962. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1962 French film. Based on the 1958 novel by Bernard Eschassériaux who also co-wrote the screenplay. A neglected eleven-year-old girl befriends a traumatized amnesiac veteran although their unusual relationship begins to concern the members of their community. Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. Set and shot on location in Ville-d'Avray Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Davis-Royal Films unknown books
1978ref. 168185Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1978. Vintage borderless compilation photograph from the 1978 film. A charismatic but misguided out-of-work actor resorts to wrestling to make ends meet although he is unskilled at the sport leading him to begin staging fights. Shot on location in New York and Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 168180Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1960. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 film. A man travels to a remote military academy to inquire about his son reported to have died in an unspecified accident only to learn that the boy's death was caused by a violent hazing ritual. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly toned else Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1973ref. 167929Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Two vintage studio still publicity photographs from the 1973 film. A follow-up to screenwriter Herman Raucher's 1971 film "Summer of '42" following his experiences during his first year at college as World War II looms in the background. John Candy's feature film debut. Shot on location in Brooklyn New York and in Toronto. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1963ref. 168179Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1963. Three vintage color studio still photographs from the 1963 film. Based on the 1950 novel of the same name by Henry Morton Robinson detailing the life of a young American priest who must face numerous moral dilemmas the rise of Nazis and growing bigotry while he rises into power within the church. The story is based in part on the career of Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman archbishop of New York 1939-1967. Shot on location in Boston. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1979ref. 168187Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1979. Vintage studio still photograph from a 1979 re-release of the 1973 film showing Warren Oates mid-holdup with a nun looking on with judgment on the left. A dramatization of the crimes of folk hero midwestern bank robber and notorious mobster John Dillinger best known for killing five FBI agents during a shootout in Kansas City. Hot on the heels of Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967 a film that reignited the US public's interest in 1930s gangster films. Set and shot on location throughout Arizona and Oklahoma. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly soiled on the bottom margin. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1960ref. 168181Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1960 Italian film. Based on Bruce Marshall's 1953 novel "The Fair Bride." A Catholic clergyman resigns from priesthood because of the church's support for the Nationalist rebels in the Spanish Civil War. When Loyalists begin attacking churches and clerics the former priest tries to hide with the help of a cabaret singer and a war correspondent. Set in Spain shot on location in Viterbo Sicily and Rome Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1960ref. 168176Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1959 British film. Based on the 1955 book "Adventure in Diamonds" about a secret mission to secure Dutch industrial diamond stocks from the Germans during World War II. Set and shot on location in the Netherlands. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1962ref. 168183Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1962. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film. Based on the 1959 stage play "Libby" by Budd Grossman who also co-wrote the screenplay. An anthropology professor staying at his fiancée's beach house finds his peace disturbed by amorous teenagers pushy neighbors and a nosy dachschund. 10 x 8 inches. One Very Good plus the other Very Good with closed tears at the bottom edge and top right corner. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1988ref. 167940Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1988. Vintage reference photograph from the 1988 film showing actor Catherine Hicks. The first entry in the successful supernatural horror film series about Chucky a toy doll who comes to life after being imbued with the spirit of a mad serial killer in a voodoo ritual. Followed by six sequels a television series several comic books and novel adaptations and a 2019 reboot. Shot on location in Chicago. 8 x 10 inches. Annotation in manuscript ink noting the film title on the top margin of the recto else Fine. United Artists unknown books
1983ref. 167928Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1983. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1983 film including one compilation photograph and one showing director William Friedkin with actors Chevy Chase and Sigourney Weaver on the set. A satire about arms dealers competing for a weapons contract with an erratic South American dictator. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1967ref. 168188Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1967. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Frank Sinatra's last film with Warner Brothers. Based on the 1966 novel by Francis Clifford about an industrialist who is pulled into a Cold War espionage scheme. Shot on location in London and Copenhagen. 10 x 8 inches. Two Near Fine one Very Good plus. Warner Brothers unknown books
1974ref. 168194N.p.: Astral Films 1974. Five vintage studio still color photographs from the 1974 film. Based on Mordecai Richler's 1959 novel about a young working-class Jewish man who embarks on a series of get-rich-quick schemes in an attempt to buy the land around a lake. Set and shot on location in Montreal. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine to Fine. Astral Films unknown books
1988ref. 167939Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1988. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1988 film here with an early spelling of the title as "Childsplay" one showing actors Catherine Hicks and Alex Vincent with Chucky the other showing Hicks screaming in fear. The first entry in the successful supernatural horror film series about Chucky a toy doll who comes to life after being imbued with the spirit of a mad serial killer in a voodoo ritual. Followed by six sequels a television series several comic books and novel adaptations and a 2019 reboot. Shot on location in Chicago. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. United Artists unknown books
1963ref. 168189Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1963. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film. A successful Broadway star collapses from exhaustion and is ordered to rest for six weeks at her home in Connecticut where she manages to fall in love. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1988ref. 167941Culver City CA: Tri-Star TriStar Pictures 1988. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1988 film showing actress Gina Gershon. A Soviet policeman is sent to America to retrieve a Georgian drug lord and is forced to work with a cocky Chicago police detective on the case. Set and shot on location in Chicago and Moscow. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Tri-Star [TriStar] Pictures unknown books
1959ref. 161414N.p.: N.p. 1959. Shooting Final script for the 1959 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. 23 reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960. Based on screenwriter Fred Gipson's 1947 novel "Circle Round the Wagon" about two young brothers go on a hunting trip with an older friend. Fabian's film debut. Gipson's second published novel preceding his better-known 1956 novel "Old Yeller." Shot on location in San Bernardino. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present dated July 9 1959 noted as Shooting Final with credits for screenwriter-novelist Fred Gipson and screenwriter Winston Miller. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 7/13/59 and 7/22/59. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus front board slightly warped. N.p. unknown books
1986ref. 167937Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1986. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1986 film including one showing director Walter Hill on the set. Not to be confused with the 2002 film starring Britney Spears. A young student at the Juilliard School befriends with an aging bluesman in hopes that the musician will teach him about his friendship with blues legend Robert Johnson years before. Set in Chicago and Mississippi shot on location in Murphy Greenville Natchez Port Gibson and Vicksburg Mississippi and in Burbank California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine to Fine one with an annotation in manuscript ink on the bottom margin. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1966ref. 168193Beverly Hills CA: Batjac Productions 1966. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1966 film showing actors Kirk Douglas and Topol. Based on the real experiences of David "Mickey" Marcus a US military officer recruited to command units of the Israel Defense Forces forces during the 1948 Arab-Israel War. Shot on location in Israel and Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Batjac Productions unknown books