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1956ref. 161080United Kingdom: Associated British Picture Corporation 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 British film noir showing actress Diana Dors in the tub. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso and a small stamp on the bottom corners of the recto. Based on Joan Henry's 1954 novel "Yield to the Night" about a woman who resorts to murder after her true love proves himself just the latest in a long line of abusive philanderers. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly soiled on the margins. Grant UK. Lyons UK. Selby UK. Spicer UK. Associated British Picture Corporation unknown books
1955ref. 161070Burbank CA: Mark VII Ltd. / Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1955 film noir showing composer Ray Heindorf at the piano with actress Janet Leigh and director Jack Webb to the left. With the stamps of Warner Brothers and photographer Floyd McCarty to the verso. In 1927 a Kansas City trumpet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange for protection. Songwriter and composer Ray Heindorf is today best remembered for his work in film soundtracks and was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards through the course of his four-decade career in Hollywood. Set and shot on location in Oregon. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly worn on the right edge else Near Fine. Grant US. Spicer US. Mark VII Ltd. / Warner Brothers unknown books
1994ref. 161134Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1994. Three vintage studio still photographs from the set of the 1994 film: one showing Oliver Stone and Woody Harrelson consulting a screenplay between takes one showing Stone leaning on a railing with Robert Downey Jr. and the last showing Stone talking with Juliette Lewis. All three photographs credited to photographer Sidney Baldwin on the recto margins. After killing her abusive father a young woman sets off on a murderous road trip with her lover finding new victims at every stop. Their story piques the interest of an unscrupulous journalist who spins their crimes into heroism through his sensationalistic reporting. Shot on location in New Mexico Arizona and Statesville Correctional Center Illinois. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers unknown books
1979ref. 151088Beverly Hills CA: Orion 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing two black-and-white photographs and two gatherings of promotional reading material. A young emotionally isolated doctor finds friendship and solace in her newest patient a 17-year-old girl dying of cancer. Set and shot on location in Hartford Connecticut. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Orion unknown books
1978ref. 160490N.p.: N.p. 1978. Collection of vintage international promotional materials for the 1974 film. Included in the collection are: - 1974 Japanese Film Program handbill printed on recto and verso text in Japanese. An Israeli Orly Theater flyer for a week of screenings of the film in 1977 text in Hebrew. - French film festival card recto and verso for the film text in French. - Bi-fold promotion for a special preview screening of the film on March 19 1974 a week before the April 27 1974 premiere at the Lowes State I theater in New York with an enclosed ticket stub. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel. While the film received a mixed reception from critics it was nevertheless praised for its lavish costumes and decadent set design. Winner of two Academy Awards. Set in New York shot on location in New York Rhode Island and in England. Japanese Program 7 x 10 inches printed on recto and verso. Very Good plus. Israeli Orly Theater flyer 12.5 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear. French Film Festival card 5 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lowes State I Special Preview promotion 3.25 x 6.25 inches Bi-fold. Near Fine with a Near Fine ticket stub. N.p. unknown books
1953ref. 161154N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1953 film showing director Byron Haskin and other crew members with a camera on a mount. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The first feature film adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic 1898 novel. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Special Effects and nominated for two more. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the corners. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 1037. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 161046N.p.: N.p. 1976. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1976 film. One with a stamp noting the film's French title on the verso and all three with layout annotations in manuscript ink. Loosely based on the 1967 novel by André Pieyre de Mandiargues about a man who becomes romantically involved with a Parisian sex worker shortly after his wife's suicide. Set and shot on location in Paris. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 161079Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1981. Vintage borderless studio still photograph taken on the set of the 1981 film showing director Bob Rafelson actors Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange cinematographer Sven Nykvist and other crew members gathered around a monitor. Partial provenance label and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1939 novel by James M. Cain. One of the gems of late 1970s cinema along with "The Verdict" that brought writer David Mamet to the attention of the filmmaking world leading to his working not only as a screenwriter but an important director. 9.75 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1961ref. 161060N.p.: N.p. 1961. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1961 film showing actress Elke Sommer. An international fashion model travels to Rome where she becomes embroiled in an illegal smuggling operation. The first of several spy-themed exploitation films starring Sommer. Approximately 7 x 9.5 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1986ref. 161074Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1986. Vintage studio still photograph showing musicians Ry Cooder and Otis Taylor during a soundtrack recording session for the 1986 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A white teenager is pulled into an adventure as he explores the legend of blues musician Robert Johnson who purportedly sold his soul to the devil in exchange for lifelong fame and talent. Set and shot on location in Beulah Mississippi. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1980ref. 160985N.p.: N.p. 1980. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1980 French film. Two childhood friends take a trip from Paris to the French countryside where they discuss their shared sexual and romantic experiences. 9.5 x 7 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1947ref. 160973Universal City: Universal-International 1947. Vintage reference photograph of director Zoltán Korda talking with producer and head of Universal-International William Goetz on the set of the 1948 film noir. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Aldous Huxley's 1922 short story "The Gioconda Smile" about an unfaithful husband who is wrongly charged with the murder of his first wife. 8 x 10 inches. Slightly curled else Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal-International unknown books
1959ref. 161065Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Vintage studio still photograph of director Alfred Hitchcock talking with actor Cary Grant on the set of the 1959 film. An innocent man is pursued across the US by a group of foreign spies who have mistaken him for a government agent. Widely considered one of Hitchcock's best films the last of four the director made with Grant with a score by Bernard Hermann and a famous title sequence by Saul Bass. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1974ref. 161048N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage reference photograph of Cleavon Little talking with director Mel Brooks on the set of the 1974 film. Brooks' slapstick homage to the Western in which an escaped African American railroad construction worker becomes the sheriff in an all-white town and must protect it from politicians and railroad tycoons looking to raze it. A satire on the racism and misogyny inherent in Hollywood's depiction of the American West among many other targets. Nominated for three Academy Awards. Set in the fictional frontier town of Rock Ridge shot on location in California. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 161152N.p.: N.p. 1979. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1979 French film showing actress Dominique Laffin half-nude. An early effort by noted director Catherine Breillat about a young filmmaker's aimless sexual conquests while editing her latest project. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1997ref. 154468N.p.: Live Entertainment 1997. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1997 film showing actor Andrew Divoff. A demonic djinn is accidentally set free when a group of twentieth century construction workers accidentally uncover the ancient opal where its spirit is stored. The first film in the Wishmaster series followed by three sequels. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Live Entertainment unknown books
1950ref. 161063Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1950. Three vintage photographs from the 1950 film including one publicity photograph showing James Cagney with Helena Carter and Barbara Payton and two studio still photographs showing cast members and a camera crew on the set. Publicity photograph with the stamp of Warner Brothers photographer Bert Six on the verso. Based on the 1948 novel by Horace McCoy about a repeat offender's violent escape from a prison work camp. Banned in Ohio for its brutality and extreme depiction of violent crime the film was the first of four movies the Cagney brothers made for Warner Brothers. Shot on location in Chino and Glendale. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine two with light creases at the corners. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
1969ref. 160971N.p.: N.p. 1969. Collection of eleven vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1969 Italian sexploitation film. Faced with a broken marriage a woman decides to try to rekindle her incestuous relationship with her younger sister who is herself happily married to a wealthy older man. 9.25 x 7 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 151074Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 13 black-and-white photographs and 11 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on the 1973 novel by Peter Gent. A satire of American pro football loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys in the 1970s following an aging wide receiver for a Texas team who refuses to conform to the wishes of his coaches and fellow team members. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1985ref. 161049N.p.: N.p. 1985. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1985 film including one showing director Héctor Babenco talking with actor William Hurt on the set. Based on the 1976 novel by Manuel Puig about two cellmates who form an unusual bond during their imprisonment in a Brazilian prison. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Puig's novel also served as the basis for a Broadway musical produced in 1993 with a book by Terrence McNally. Set and shot on location in São Paolo Brazil. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 161076Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1960. Vintage reference photograph from the 1960 film showing director George Sidney inspecting a chorus line of women's legs. Columbia Pictures stamp specific to the Dutch release on the verso. Based on Norman Krasna's 1958 Broadway play "Who Was That Lady I Saw You With" A mild-mannered chemistry professor falsely claims to be an undercover FBI agent in order to get back into his wife's good graces capturing the attention of the FBI the CIA and the KGB in the process. Set and shot on location in Manhattan. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1974ref. 140871N.p.: N.p. 1974. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Follows the travels of a Vietnam veteran and expatriate living abroad in France. Set in Paris. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter E. Lourie. Title page present dated 1974 with credits for screenwriter Lourie. 21 leaves unnumbered. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1947ref. 161132N.p.: N.p. 1947. Vintage reference photograph of choreographer Tilly Losch and actress Yvonne de Carlo on the set of the 1947 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A fictional episode in the life of composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov imagining a love affair with a Spanish cabaret dancer that leads him to pen the titular composition "Scheherazade." 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 161071New York: United Press International 1959. Two vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1959 film including one glossy and single weight and one matte finish borderless and double weight. One photograph shows actor Sidney Poitier talking with producer Sam Goldwyn and the other shows Poitier with actors Dorothy Dandridge and Brock Peters. One with a provenance stamp on the verso and both with annotations in manuscript ink identifying subjects on the versos. Based on DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel "Porgy" and its subsequent 1927 opera adaptation by DuBose Heyward and his wife Dorothy with music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin. One of the great enduring American musicals following a disabled man in a small fishing village in South Carolina who harbors a woman attempting to flee her disreputable past. Set in South Carolina shot on location in Stockton California with some scenes shot near the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta in California. Matte photograph 11 x 8 inches glossy photograph 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn with matte photograph slightly curled. National Film Registry. United Press International unknown books
1969ref. 161068N.p.: N.p. 1969. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the stark 1969 neo-noir film both showing actress Rita Moreno. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Based on Lionel White's 1953 novel "The Snatchers" about a wealthy young woman who is kidnapped and held hostage in a remote French beach house. Set and shot on location in Le Touquet France. 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Grant UK. N.p. unknown books
