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1937ref. 159941Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1937. Vintage reference photograph of director Fritz Lang and a camera crew capturing a scene with actress Sylvia Sidney on the set of the 1937 film. National Film Archive stamp on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. One of Lang's greatest American films and an important film noir antecedent very much predicting the "crime spree" films that would follow it notably "They Live By Night" 1948 "Gun Crazy" 1950 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1972ref. 159939Hollywood: SCA Distributors 1972. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1972 sexploitation film. Alumni renew old relationships-and start new ones-at a high school reunion held at a hotel. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. SCA Distributors unknown books
1967ref. 159923Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Two vintage reference photographs of actor Albert Finney Audrey Hepburn and director Stanley Donen on the set of the 1967 film. Stamp of photographer Pierluigi on the verso. One photograph shows Hepburn and Finney with Donen on a ship between takes while the other shows Hepburn and Finney cutting into Donen's birthday cake frosted with the names of Donen's films "Charade" "Funny Face" and "Two for the Road". A husband and wife examine their twelve-year relationship while on a road trip through rural France. 10.5 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine. Eureka 107. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1932ref. 159945London: National Film Archive 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the 1932 film showing director Tay Garnett and a camera crew capturing a scene with Lew Ayres. National Film Archive stamp and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A dramatization of the rise to fame of a gossip columnist based closely on real-life columnist Walter Winchell. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Archive unknown books
1955ref. 159944Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage reference photograph from the 1955 film showing actors James Dean and Richard Davalos. Stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. Based on the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck about two brothers who struggle for the attentions and favor of their deeply religious emotionally troubled father. Winner of Best Dramatic Film at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Actress Jo Van Fleet would go on to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and the film was nominated for three more Academy Awards including Best Director Best Screenplay and the first ever posthumous acting nomination in Academy history for James Dean's lead performance. Set and shot on location in Monterey and Salinas California. 8 x 10 inches with wide top and bottom margins. Very Good plus with a small splash on the right edge and faint toning on the edges. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown books
1950ref. 159942Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1950. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1950 film noir. From the collection of Joel Finler. Based on the 1949 novel by W.R. Burnett and hugely influential as one of the earliest films in the heist film sub-genre. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Selby US Masterworks. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Criterion Collection 847. National Film Registry. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1941ref. 159940N.p.: N.p. 1941. Vintage publicity photograph of actor Humphrey Bogart from the 1941 film noir. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1941 novel by W.R. Burnett who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Huston. A career criminal and a former taxi dancer become involved in a jewel heist in a small town in California's Sierra Nevada. A breakthrough film for Bogart and the film that kicked off a long period of collaboration between Bogart and John Huston. Shot on location in San Bernardino National Forest and Lone Pine. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly age toned with brief wear at the top corners. Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Penzler 101. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1929ref. 159870Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1929. Vintage reference photograph from the 1929 film. With manuscript pencil annotation identifying actor Walter Huston and the set as "office" on the verso. Based on the 1928 play by Ward Morehouse. A journalist does not spend enough time with his family due to his work. Shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Good with creasing pinholes in the corners one small chip at the top left corner one small tear at the top right corner associated with pinholes and adhesive residue on the verso. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1989ref. 159710San Francisco: Klub Komotion 1989. Vintage flyer for a 1989 film screening at San Francisco's Klub Komotion held on December 2 1989. In addition to the screening the flyer advertises poetry by Q.R. Hand accompanied by Lewis Jordan on sax and music by Fuzz Factor. Based on the 1950 French novel "La Rue Cases-Nègres" by Joseph Zobel. Set in 1930s Martinique a young boy José living in a shanty village succeeds in his studies allowing him to attend school in the capital but his scholarship only covers a fraction of the tuition. Set in and shot on location in Martinique France. Q.R. Hand Jr. was an acclaimed poet and community health worker in the Mission District of San Francisco. He published three books of poetry "I Speak to the Poet in Man" 1985 "How Sweet It Is" 1996 and Whose Really Blues" 2008. Lewis Jordan is a musician poet actor and playwright and a founding member of United Front a seminal San Francisco Bay Area Ensemble. Fuzz Factor was a marimba driven rock project active in the Bay Area in the late 190s and early 1990s. Klub Komotion was a popular punk and alternative San Francisco nightclub located at 2779 Sixteenth Street during the 1980s and 1990s. 8.5 x 14 inches. With a few pinholes to the far corners else Near Fine. Klub Komotion unknown books
1931ref. 159833Los Angeles CA: Paramount Pictures 1931. Vintage reference photograph of actor Clive Brook from the 1931 film. With two Paramount Pictures stamps on the verso crediting Brook. Based on the 1930 novel by Louis Bromfield. A man is having an affair with a woman who is murdered by her ex-husband. He has to try and prove his innocence while shielding his wife from any legal trouble. Set in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Good with one chip missing at the bottom right corner and three points of loss from a three hole punch along the left edge. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1973ref. 159954N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1973 Italian film. An anthology film about sex and sexual perversions directed by noted commedia all'italiana director Dino Risi. 11.75 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine with light creasing on the bottom left corner. N.p. unknown books
1956ref. 159859Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1956. Vintage reference photograph of actor Barry Fitzgerald from the 1956 film. With manuscript ink annotation on the verso identifying Fitzgerald. Based on the 1955 television play by Paddy Chayefsky. The daughter of a taxi driver is engaged to be married. Her mother wants to use the opportunity to have the big wedding she always dreamed of. Set in and shot on location in the Bronx New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some slight creasing and wear to the finish. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1937ref. 159838Beverly Hills CA: London Film Productions / United Artists 1937. Vintage reference photograph from the 1937 film. With one provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1937 novel by Mary Borden. A man accuses the man who is having an affair with his wife of cheating during a card game. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. London Film Productions / United Artists unknown books
1953ref. 158684N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph from the 1953 film serial showing actor Judd Holdren in costume as Commando Cody. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The series followed the titular masked super-scientist as he investigated of a string of climate disasters on Earth eventually uncovering a nefarious plot to take over the planet by aliens from Venus. Originally intended to be broadcast on television as a 12-episode weekly series the series was first released theatrically in 1953 as a 12-chapter weekly serial and was syndicated to television in 1955 on NBC. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly age toned. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 158669N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the 1967 film showing actress Claudia Cardinale. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1959 novel "Muscle Beach" by Ira Wallach about a beach tourist who becomes entangled in two romances. Set and shot on location in Southern California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 159953N.p.: N.p. 1975. Two vintage oversize borderless French studio still color photographs from the 1975 French film showing actress Sirpa Lane. Originally conceived as a short film used as the final installment of director Walerian Borowczyk's anthology film "Immoral Tales" 1973 and expanded in 1975 by the director into a surreal chamber drama. Loosely based on Prosper Merimee's 1869 novella "Lokis." A young newlywed in the French countryside suspects her husband may be hiding a bestial secret. Noted director Walerian Borowczyk's sixth film banned in the UK and US at the time of release now rightfully considered a cult classic. Set in the woods of France. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 159622N.p.: N.p. 1967. Four vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1967 film. A masterpiece of French cinema. Using his own money director Jacques Tati meticulously constructed a second "Paris" outside of Paris for the third-and most magnificent-of the four Hulot films following "Monsieur Hulot's Holiday" 1953 and "Mon Oncle" 1958. The third feature finds him in the much-modernized heart of the city with its complexities unfolding revolving deconstructing and reconstructing before his eyes. Set in Paris. Approximately 10.5 x 8.5 inches. Light wear at the corners else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
2002ref. 160032N.p.: N.p. 2002. Draft script for the 2002 film. Loosely based on and not to be confused with the notorious 1977 horror film directed and written by George Barry. A murderous haunted bed terrorizes a young couple after they move into a newly renovated warehouse. Set in Los Angeles. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter John Strysik. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 160034Hollywood: Paramount Television / Leda Productions 1974. Second Draft script for Season 1 Episode 1 of the 1975 television series. Copy belonging to an uncredited sound engineer with his name and title on the front wrapper in manuscript ink. The first adaptation to celluloid of hardboiled Southern California private eye Lew Archer a character originally created by novelist Ross Macdonald. In this episode Archer investigates a con man exploiting naive teenagers out of their parents' money. Originally aired on January 30 1975 on NBC. Orange titled wrappers noted as SECOND DRAFT on the front wrapper dated December 9 1974. Title page present noted as SECOND DRAFT dated December 9 1974 with credits for screenwriter David P. Harmon and novelist Ross Macdonald. 66 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 12/12/74. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paramount Television / Leda Productions unknown books
1967ref. 141006N.p.: N.p. 1967. Three Draft scripts for an unproduced film. During the Korean War a group of marines are pinned down behind enemy lines in a remote village where the only survivor is a widowed Korean woman and her child. Chaos descends as the soldiers find their radio is broken they are running out of supplies and they are slowly being picked off by snipers. Set in Korea. Script 1: Self wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. Twelve leaves with last page of text numbered twelve. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus lacking wrappers unbound. Script 2: Self wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus lacking wrappers unbound. Script 3: Self wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 99. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus lacking wrappers unbound. N.p. unknown books
1962ref. 160048France: Cinetel 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actress Martine Ferre from the 1962 film. A middle-aged man dreams of being a sailor but finds his dreams are waylaid repeatedly by the reality of his wife and children. 9.25 x 7 inches. Very Good with slightly curled edges and minor wear to the finish. Cinetel unknown books
1942ref. 160003Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1942. Two vintage reference photographs of Ethel Waters from the 1942 film. A successful American newspaper reporter is sent to cover the war in Europe. A British spy asks him to bring a coded message to Cairo where he finds out a movie star he is a fan of is a Nazi spy. Set in the Mediterranean and Cario Egypt shot in Hollywood and on location in Santa Monica Bay California. Both photos 4 x 5 inches. About Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1959ref. 160052Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Gaumont / Ulysse Productions 1959. Four items including three vintage borderless reference photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the 1959 film. A small-town reporter helps a lawyer incriminate a wine-selling company revealing how the merchants target poor people and youth in their advertising campaigns. Shot on location in Paris and Yvelines France. One photograph 9.5 x 7.25 two photographs 7 x 5 inches one photograph 5.25 x 4 inches. Very good plus with some curling at the edges and one photograph with some foxing on the verso. Gaumont / Ulysse Productions unknown books
1936ref. 158662N.p.: N.p. 1936. Vintage reference photograph from the 1936 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A dramatization of the rise to fame of Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. An extravagant runaway production with a massive budget lavish sets and costumes by noted designer Adrian. At the time of its release the film was the longest talking film of the time running just over three hours. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning three including Best Picture and Best Actress for Luise Rainer. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1922ref. 158645N.p.: N.p. 1922. Vintage borderless satin-finish reference photograph from the 1922 film showing director and actor Erich von Stroheim. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The legendary von Stroheim's third film as a director at time the most expensive film ever made and the first to cost over one million dollars although the original budget was $250000. The overruns led to the first of many clashes between von Stroheim and Irving Thalberg then just 21 years old and still in his first year as the head of Universal. Thalberg eventually shut down production and took over editing the film himself cutting nearly three hours from the footage in the first of several instances in the next few years that would assert the primacy of the studio over that of the director. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
