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1971ref. 170740Burbank CA: American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film showing George Lucas on the set. Stamp of photographer Michel Ciment and layout annotations on the verso. Given everything that would follow "THX-1138" could easily be described as the most successful student film of all time developed by George Lucas in 1967 as a short called "Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB" while he was attending the University of Southern California's film school. The feature film version was one of the first efforts produced under the auspices of Lucas' friend Francis Ford Coppola. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers unknown
1964ref. 170777N.p.: N.p. 1964. Four vintage color transparencies from the 1964 film all four showing Tippi Hedren. Based on Winston Graham's 1961 novel which follows a wealthy businessman's unwanted often cruel attempts to help a troubled young woman come to terms with her past. The production faced several setbacks in its development most relating to Hitchcock's insistence on including a rape scene present in the novel and the subsequent troubles in casting the lead role given the emotional complexity demanded for the character. Set and shot on location in California Pennsylvania New Jersey Virginia and Maryland. 5 x 4 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 170770New York: A.B. Enterprises 1973. Vintage press kit for the 1973 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing three black and white photographs and eight gatherings of promotional reading material. The third film in Don Schain's "Ginger" series following "Ginger" in 1971 and "The Abductors" in 1972. Shot in the Virgin Islands and Washington DC. Folder photographs and promotional material generally Near Fine. A.B. Enterprises unknown
1985ref. 170772Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1985. 14 vintage reference photographs from the 1985 Japanese pink film. An office worker is kidnapped by bank robbers and erotic hijinks ensue. A mid-career release by noted pink film director Shûji Kataoka. 6 x 4.25 inches. Very Good plus eight with single pinholes at the corners with some faint scattered foxing and light toning to the versos. Nikkatsu unknown
1995ref. 170738N.p.: N.p. 1995. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the 1995 film showing actors Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue in one of many melancholy moments. 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 6.75 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1988ref. 170779Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1988. Seven vintage 35mm color slides from the 1988 documentary film. A chronicle of John Lennon's life commissioned by Yoko Ono in 1986 using previously unreleased recordings and archival footage. Shot on location in London and New York. 1.5 x 1 inches housed individually in 2 x 2 inch cardboard sleeves. Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1990ref. 170773N.p.: N.p. 1990. Five vintage color transparencies from the 1990 film showing cast members during filming on location. A characteristically oddball romantic comedy set in Baltimore in the 1950s about the romance between rockabilly outcast Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker and an upper-class girl named Allison. Shot on location throughout Maryland in Ellicott City Hampden Baltimore Reisterstown Jessup Milford Mill and Sykesville and in Santa Clarita California and Hershey Pennsylvania. 5 x 4 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 170735N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1972 film the final outdoor scene with Marlon Brando and Al Pacino. Annotations in manuscript ink in French on the verso. Based on the 1969 novel by Mario Puzo who co-wrote the screenplay with director Francis Ford Coppola. Widely considered one of the finest films ever made and an inescapable influence on the portrayal of organized crime in film and television. Nominated for eleven Academy Awards winning for Best Picture Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for Marlon Brando. Set in New York New Jersey Los Angeles Las Vegas Sicily and Cuba shot on location in New York New Jersey Los Angeles Las Vegas Sicily and the Dominican Republic. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine lightly edgeworn. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Penzler 101. Schrader Canon Fodder 16. Sight and Sound 2022. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 170776N.p.: N.p. 1972. Eight vintage borderless reference photographs from the seminal 1972 hardcore film. Based on the anonymous short story of the same title circulated throughout the US in the 1950s and 1960s by means of carbon copy. One of of the first American hardcore pictures to receive widespread distribution in the US and one of the first heterosexual pornographic films to feature an interracial sex scene. A breakthrough role for actress Marilyn Chambers who would go on to become one of the first icons in the adult film industry and even worked briefly in mainstream cinema. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 171026Paris: Sygma 1975. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1975 film showing Corine Clery and Ugo Kier. Mimeo snipe Sygma stamp and Belgian agency stamp on the verso. Based on Paulie Réage's 1954 novel an attempt to emulate the writing of the Marquis de Sade from a woman's perspective and considered quite scandalous when published. Followed by a sequel in 1984 "The Story of O: Chapter 2." 12 x 8 inches with wide margins. Very Good plus. Sygma unknown
1969ref. 171030Paris: Jet Film / Two World Enterprises / Les Films du Losange 1969. Vintage press kit for the 1969 film including five studio still photographs and a bound gathering of publicity material. Text in English. A German college graduate and an American expatriate hitchhike from Paris to Ibiza where the bliss of island life quickly gives way to heroin addiction and hedonism. Soundtrack by Pink Floyd. Set and shot on location in Paris and Ibiza. Photographs Near Fine promotional material Very Good plus perfect-bound in wrappers with front wrapper partially detached from the binding. BFI 1040. Jet Film / Two World Enterprises / Les Films du Losange unknown
1964ref. 171049Universal City: Universal Studios 1964. Vintage color transparency from the 1971 film showing Ann-Margret and Jack Nicholson. A pitch-black comedy chronicling the sex lives of two college friends over a period of 25 years as they navigate their changing desires and expectations. Set and shot on location in New York and Massachusetts in the US and Vancouver in Canada. 4 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Universal Studios unknown
1988ref. 171028Paris: Sygma 1988. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1988 film showing Barbara Hershey with curly hair and heavily hennaed hands and arms. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the controversial 1955 novel by Nikos Kazantazkis adapted by Paul Schrader. Departing from the Gospels' depiction of Jesus Christ the film explored the humanity of Jesus and the various temptations he encountered during his time on Earth incurring outrage upon release from some Christian groups. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. Shot on location in Morocco. 8 x 12 inches. About Fine. Criterion Collection 70. Sygma unknown
1955ref. 171011Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage reference photograph from the 1955 film showing music department head Ray Heindorf and director Jack Webb talking on the set. Printed mimeo snipe and Warner Brothers stamp on the verso. Based on the 1951 radio series about a bandleader and jazz cornetist working at a speakeasy in Prohibition-era Kansas City. Actress Peggy Lee was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as alcoholic singer Rose Hopkins. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Grant US. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown
1990ref. 171004N.p.: N.p. 1990. Vintage reference photograph from the 1990 film showing Jean-Pierre Léaud paying director Aki Kaurismäki in a cameo role as a salesman sporting dark glasses. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. A depressed young man longs to commit suicide after losing his job but finds himself too afraid to go through with it-leading him to hire a killer to take him out. Shot on location throughout London. 7 x 5 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1958ref. 171031Universal City: Universal Pictures 1958. Vintage press kit for the 1958 film. Includes a full-color pocketed folder with 17 black-and-white photographs from the film a French newspaper clipping about the film and a printed illustration of a soldier returning home. Three photographs with mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Notable among the photographs are two showing cast and crew members on the set one of John Gavin holding his young children and a portrait of Liselotte Pulver that has been INSCRIBED by Pulver at the bottom left corner: "Cordialement Cordially / Liselotte Pulver." The pocket of the folder notes additional materials provided although these are missing from the kit. Based on Erich Maria Remarque's 1954 novel set during World War II on the Eastern Front. A German soldier returns home to find his family's house bombed and his parents gone. He begins to struggle to keep his sanity and survives with the help of the daughter of a political prisoner. Shot on location in Berlin. Folder Very Good or better with some wear to the folds photographs Very Good to Very Good plus with some wear curling and toning. Rosenbaum 1000. Universal Pictures unknown
1973ref. 171005N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 film showing Jesús Franco directing Doris Thomas and Britt Nichols. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil and ink and the stamp of photographer Mario Lippert on the verso. A group of nuns are possessed by demons and are subsequently subjected to torture and destruction. Hot on the heels of Ken Russell's "The Devils" 1971. Shot on location in Alicante Cascais and Sintra Portugal. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Thrower "The Delirious Cinema of Jess Franco: Volume Two. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 171018Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1961. Vintage reference photograph from the 1961 film showing Marilyn Monroe and a camera crew on the set between takes. A bleak haunting film exploring the loss of independence about a recent divorcée who enters into an unstable relationship with an aging cowboy whom she meets in the Nevada desert. Shot on location in Reno and Dayton Nevada. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly toned to the margins with some wear to the finish at the top left corner else about Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1974ref. 171050N.p.: N.p. 1974. Two vintage color slides from the 1974 Italian film both showing Charlotte Rampling dancing partially nude for her Nazi captors. Liliana Cavani's international breakthrough a deeply controversial film about a Holocaust survivor who renews her sadomasochistic sexual relationship with her Nazi captor after a chance encounter which threatens to expose his fellow former SS officers now living in secret in postwar Vienna. Shot on location in Vienna Austria and Rome Italy. 4 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 59. Grant Italy. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 171024N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film showing William Friedkin behind the camera during filming on location in Georgetown with an unidentified crew member at the right. William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Gene Hackman along with three additional nominations. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1956ref. 171014Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1956. Vintage studio still photograph of Marilyn Monroe dressed as an "usherette" and a group of photographers at the 1956 film premiere held at the Victoria Theater in New York in benefit of the Actors Studio. Monroe was a longtime supporter of the Actors Studio. She and her then-husband Arthur Williams were both in attendance at the premiere. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1946 one-act plays "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" and "The Unsatisfactory Supper." A spoiled virginal teenage girl is caught between the unfulfilled passions of her middle-aged husband and his amorous business rival a Sicilian with a monopoly on local cotton plantations. Set in the fictional county of Tiger Tail Mississippi and shot on location in Benoit Mississippi and Stockton California. 10 x 8 inches. Nick at the bottom edge else Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1972ref. 171235Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Rehearsal Draft script for the 1972 film. Production memo laid in with the script noting changes to shooting location for two scenes. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1964 play by Paul Zindel about an eccentric middle-aged mother struggling to raise her two daughters. Starring director Paul Newman's wife Joanne Woodward and one of their real-life daughters Nell Potts as Beatrice and Matilda respectively. Winner of Best Actress at Cannes for Woodward. Shot on location in Bridgeport Connecticut. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 14 1972 noted as Rehearsal Draft with credit for screenwriter Alvin Sargent. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Good wrapper Good with dampstaining affecting the last 50 leaves and rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1980ref. 171010N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage reference photograph from the 1980 neo-noir film showing Debbie Harry and Everett McGill. Based on 1937 Cornell Woolrich story "Union City: The Corpse Next Door" about a married accountant who kills a vagrant in an obsessive fury. An early screen appearance by Harry preceding her better-known roles in "Videodrome" 1983 and "Hairspray" 1988. All photos 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 146434Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1980. Revised Final Draft for the 1981 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their name in manuscript pencil annotation on the front wrapper. One of Steve Martin's earliest and most bizarre critical successes and along with "The Singing Detective" 1986 the work for which the late Dennis Potter is best remembered. Potter's trademark dark sensibilities permeate the film's mood punctuated by wildly complex choreographed musical numbers. Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Screenplay. Set in Illinois. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 27 dated October 22 1980 with credits for director Herbert D. Ross and screenwriter Dennis Potter. Title page present dated 10/22/80 noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Dennis Potter. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1981ref. 171003N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1981 film showing director James Ivory talking with Isabelle Adjani on the set. Mimeo label affixed to the verso. Based on the 1928 Jean Rhys novel about a young woman who falls in with a group of decadent Parisians after falling into sudden poverty. Nominated for the Palme d'Or and winner of Best Actress at Cannes for Adjani. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
