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1981ref. 156349N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage borderless reference photograph taken on the set of the 1981 film showing John Carpenter directing Kurt Russell. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. In a futuristic dystopian New York the island of Manhattan has been converted into a massive maximum-security prison. Shot on location in New York City Southern California and St. Louis Missouri. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 156330Burbank CA: American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers 1971. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1971 film both showing Robert DuVall and Maggie McOmie in states of undress. 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 books
1964ref. 157694N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film showing director Joseph Losey on the set. One photograph with the stamp of Israel Film Archive and a printed mimeo label on the verso. Based on the 1964 play "Hamp" by John Wilson in turn based on the 1955 novel "Return to the Wood" by James Lansdale Hodson. During World War I a British soldier is accused of desertion after being the sole survivor of his a bloody attack. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1978ref. 156351N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Louis Malle and actress Brooke Shields. Louis Malle's controversial turn-of-the-century drama about a twelve year-old girl who lives with her mother in a high-class brothel in Storyville the red-light district of New Orleans. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Set and shot on location in Hattiesburg Mississippi and New Orleans. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 156326Paris: Gamma 1973. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of actress Jacqueline Bisset on the set of the 1973 film one showing a camera crew on the bottom left corner. Stamps of Gamma Photo on the versos. A shy writer of pulp espionage fiction lives vicariously through the hero of his novels a sophisticated spy and bases his heroine on his real-life neighbor a sociology student named Christine. Shot on location in Puerto Vallarta Mexico and Paris France. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. Gamma unknown books
1987ref. 156337N.p.: N.p. 1987. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1987 film showing director Wim Wenders actor Peter Falk cinematographer Henri Alekan and an extra on the set. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Wenders' masterpiece a love letter to West Berlin told through the experiences of an angel who yearns to be human. The director dedicated the film to his cinematic predecessors Yasujiro Ozu Francois Truffaut and Andrei Tarkovsky whose influences shine throughout his oeuvre. Set and shot on location in West Berlin. 7 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 490. Ebert I. N.p. unknown books
1949ref. 156358Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1949. Vintage reference photograph from the 1949 film showing the titular gorilla facing off against a man on a rearing horse. Printed mimeo snipe and RKO Radio Pictures stamp on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A stop-motion monster fantasy film created in the wake of the massive success of Radio Pictures' "King Kong" 1933 even using the same director-screenwriter-producer team. A young woman heads to Hollywood with her pet gorilla named Joseph hoping to make enough money to save her ranch home in Africa. When a seedy nightclub entrepreneur proposes the gorilla be used as part of his nightclub's entertainment it seems like an easy way to make money-but Joe is miserable as he is mistreated and unhappy in America. Received an Academy Award in 1950 for Best Special Effects. Set in Hollywood. 10 x 8 inches. About Very Good plus with short closed tears at the edges and creases at the corners. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1958ref. 156322N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage reference photograph of Lauren Bacall smoking a cigarette between takes on the set of the 1958 film. A childless woman learns she has a terminal heart condition and adopts a young orphan whom she hopes will console her husband after she passes. Based on the 1946 film "Sentimental Journey" directed by Walter Lang. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 156345London: Mainline 1979. Two vintage photographs from the 1979 film including one borderless and one bordered both showing actress Toyah Wilcox. One with the printed label of Mainline Pictures on the verso and one with manuscript ink and pencil annotations. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Derek Jarman's avant-garde adaptation of William Shakespeare's 17th century play fusing direct quotes from the play with camp punk and New Age sensibilities featuring previous Jarman collaborators Wilcox Karl Johnson Jack Birkett and Helen Wellington-Lloyd. Shot on location at Stoneleigh Abbey in Warwickshire. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Mainline unknown books
1973ref. 155086N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 film. Printed provenance label affixed to the verso. An affection-starved underage hippie falls into an unlikely romance with a depressed older businessman. Clint Eastwood's first directorial credit for a film in which he did not also star as well as an excellent example of the manic pixie dream girl trope. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 156031N.p.: N.p. 1967. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of Suzy Kendall Terence Morgan and Norman Rodway from the 1967 British film. Loosely based on the 1967 play "The Meter Man" by Scott Forbes. A pair of oafish thugs break into a wealthy London penthouse apartment planning to terrorize the couple they find within-only to discover the couple ready and willing to explore a number of bizarre sexual fetishes. Set in London. 7.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 156218N.p.: N.p. 1975. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of Linda Lovelace from the 1975 film. One with a provenance stamp and one with a mimeo snipe on the versos. Hot on the heels of Linda Lovelace's sudden fame resulting from "Deep Throat" 1972 about Lovelace's fictional campaign for presidency and the challenge it presents to the political establishment. 10 x 8 inches and 10 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 155092London: J. Arthur Rank 1950. Vintage borderless reference photograph of producer J. Arthur Rank talking with actor and screenwriter Noel Coward on the set of the 1950 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of J. Arthur Rank Organization. Based on Coward's 1936 one-act play about a psychiatrist who falls in love with his wife's much younger friend leading to his growing despair and eventual suicide. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Faintly toned else Near Fine. J. Arthur Rank unknown books
1960ref. 156027Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1960. Vintage reference photograph of actor Robert Mitchum on the set of the 1960 film using a Eumig C16 16mm cine-camera. Based on John Cleary's 1952 novel about the experiences of a small impoverished family of nomads in the Australian outback. Nominated for five Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in Australia. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with old glue residue on the verso and light wear to the finish at the corners. Warner Brothers unknown books
1967ref. 156020London: The Rank Organization 1967. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1967 film. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos of three photographs and all four with the stamps of The Rank Organization. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A successful advertising executive decides to quit his job and break up with his wife and mistresses in order to pursue his dream of being a literary writer but finds the transition more difficult than anticipated. Set and shot on location in London. 9.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear. The Rank Organization unknown books
1957ref. 156321Frankfurt: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Two vintage photographs from the 1957 film including one press photograph of actors Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr holding hands and one reference photograph of Kerr in a lifeboat with crew members at the bottom left. One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso and the other with the stamp of Twentieth Century-Fox. Based on the 1952 novel by Charles Shaw about an Irish nun and an American Marine who find themselves stranded together on an island in the South Pacific during World War II. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Shot on location in Trinidad and Tobago. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twilight Time. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1962ref. 155090N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1962 film showing actors Sami Frey and Emmanuelle Riva between takes in conversation with director Georges Franju. Stamp of International Magazine Service on the verso along with a date stamp reading April 10 1962 and the stamp of Paris-Match and Marie Claire. Based on the 1927 novel by Francois Mauriac about a woman in a loveless relationship who plans to kill her husband by gradually increasing his medication to induce an overdose. Set in the Landres and shot on location in Gironde and Paris. 9.5 x 7.25 inches with a wide bottom margin. Near Fine. Grant France. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 155087New York: Contemporary Films 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 film showing Robert Frank Peter Orlovsky and Allen Ginsberg. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Israel Film Archive. Director Robert Frank's first feature film and Sam Shepard's screenwriting debut following Frank as he accompanies poet Peter Orlovsky and Orlovsky's catatonic mentally ill brother Julius through the late 1960s Beat scene. When Julius wanders off he is replaced in the film by actor Joseph Chaikin pushing the boundaries of cinematic reality. The film was released in a new restoration by Steidl in 2007 alongside a book publication outlining the film which notes: "Frank's feature debut was first screened in 1968 at the Venice Film Festival. Everything which had defined Frank's art up to that point turns up in this film - the look at America 'from the outside' the poetic libertinage of the Beats the marginal in a central role. It celebrates the return of the poetic essay as assemblage the affirmation of the underground as a wild cinematic analysis in the form of a collage and skillfully weaves together opposites plays counterfeits against the authentic pornography against poetry acting against being Beat cynicism against hippie romanticism monochrome against colored. The story contains bizarre twists and turns and appears to be a rather artless-film-within-a-film being shown at a rundown movie theater." 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Contemporary Films unknown books
1976ref. 155093N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1976 film showing actress Faye Dunaway. A dramatization of the tragic 1939 voyage of the ocean liner St. Louis a ship carrying hundreds of German Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany that seemingly no European nation is willing to save from certain doom. Shot on location in Barcelona London and St. Pancras. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1932ref. 156217N.p.: N.p. 1932. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1932 pre-Code film showing director Victor Fleming and a camera crew watching as actors Clark Gable and Jean Harlow film an intimate scene. Based on the 1928 play by Wilson Collison about a love triangle on a rubber plantation in French Indochina. The film was the second of six films Gable and Harlow made together following "The Secret Six" in 1931. Basis for the 1953 John Ford film "Mogambo" starring Gable and Ava Gardner. Set in French Indochina. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with two short closed tears at the top edge repaired with paper tape on the verso. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books
1936ref. 156211N.p.: France Presse 1936. Vintage reference photograph from the 1936 film showing actresses Diane Cook Edna Callahan Hester Deane and Mary Jane Halsey in a sea of white balloons. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of France Presse and Page Illustree. 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 toned with pinholes at the corners. France Presse unknown books
1952ref. 155081Paris: Columbia Pictures 1952. Collection of 20 vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1952 film. One photograph with the stamp of Columbia Pictures on the verso. Based on three short stories by Guy de Maupassant: "Le Masque" 1889 "La Maison Tellier" 1881 and "Le Modele" 1883. An exploration of pleasure and its repercussions. Set and shot on location in Paris and Calvados France. 9.75 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and creasing at the corners. Criterion Collection 444. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1983ref. 156225N.p.: N.p. 1983. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1983 film. One photograph with a small label with manuscript ink annotations affixed to the verso. Sally Potter's directorial debut an avant-garde film about the experiences of two women as they seek to escape capitalism and objectification in a dystopian world. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 156222Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actor Woody Allen from the 1972 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Allen's 1969 play. The predecessor of many films Allen would write and direct throughout the 1970s in terms of shooting style timing romantic themes and the actors involved. Allen had already directed two films at this point "Take the Money and Run" in 1969 and "Bananas" in 1971 but this film is significant in that it predicted the more substantive romantic comedies that would later place him among the most important filmmakers of his time. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Grant US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1977ref. 156226N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Liliana Cavani with actors Dominique Sanda Erland Josephson and Robert Powell on the set of the 1977 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Loosely based on the life of German philosopher Friedrich Nietszche exploring his opium addiction and his relationships with author Paul Rée and Russian psychoanalyst Lou Andreas-Salomé. Shot on location in Germany and Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
