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1960ref. 151664Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 film. Based on James T. Farrell's Studs Lonigan novel trilogy about a young Irish-American man's attempts to escape his impoverished background in Chicago's South Side during the Great Depression. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus several with pinholes to the corners lightly and evenly toned. United Artists unknown books
1932ref. 151762N.p.: N.p. 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the 1932 short film. With provenance stamps on the verso along with manuscript ink annotations noting the film's title and associated cast and crew members. Hardy goes to visit Laurel in the hospital. Chaos ensues. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good moderately toned and edgeworn overall with a 2.5 inch dampstain to the upper portion of the image. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 151683Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1972. Vintage press kit for the 1972 film for use by distributors and the press containing four color lobby cards one gathering of promotional material and one US half sheet poster-as issued. Based on the 1922 novel by Hermann Hesse about a spiritual journey of self discovery of a young Brahmin living during the time of the Gautama Buddha. Shot on location in northern India. Poster promotional material and lobby cards Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 151677Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1965. Six vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1964 French film. One of director Jacques Demy's most beloved films about a young woman in Cherbourg who falls in love with a man who is promptly drafted into the Algerian War. A classic of French cinema with every word of dialogue sung in recitative. The first French film musical shot in color and the movie that made Catherine Deneuve a star. Winner of the Palme d'Or and two other prizes at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for five Academy Awards Set and shot on location in Cherbourg Normandy France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 716. Godard Histoires du cinema. Allied Artists unknown books
1969ref. 158060New York: Boss Distributors 1969. Vintage pressbook for the 1969 adult film. 11 x 17 inches bi-fold. Very Good plus folded horizontally with faint creasing at the top. Boss Distributors unknown books
1966ref. 151742N.p.: N.p. 1966. Three vintage oversize borderless reference photographs from the 1966 film showing an altercation between actress Anna Karina and three nuns. With the stamp of still photographer Monique Valentin on the verso and two with a stamp noting year 1966. Based on Denis Diderot's eighteenth century novel following a young woman whose family forces her into a convent. A flurry of controversy surrounded the film's production and release as a result of its critical stance toward the Catholic Church leading the French Minister of Information to ban its release. A large-scale campaign was subsequently launched in its defense and the ban was lifted in 1967 when it was shown at Cannes Film Festival and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Villeneuve-les-Avignon Gard France. 14.25 x 9.75 inches. Lightly creased to the edges else Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 158059New York: N.p. 1972. Vintage pressbook for the 1972 adult film. 8.75 x 11.25 inches four leaves printed on rectos only. Very Good plus with a diagonal crease to the first two leaves. N.p. unknown books
1962ref. 151672N.p.: Agnes Delahaie Productions 1962. Three vintage photographs from the 1962 French film including two studio still photographs from the US release of the film and one borderless reference photograph. A dramatization of the imprisonment and killing of Jeanne a French peasant girl claiming to receive visions from God. Bresson's sixth release filmed in his typically spare style using non-professional performers and a screenplay drawn from transcriptions of Jeanne's trial at Rouen. Two photographs 10 x 8 inches one photograph 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Agnes Delahaie Productions unknown books
1969ref. 151671Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1969. Vintage press kit for the US release of the 1969 French film for use by distributors and the press containing four black and white photographs one pressbook a promotional pamphlet and a one sheet poster for the film. Based on the 1938 novel by Cecil Day-Lewis writing as Nicholas Blake. A man seduces a young actress as part of his plan to avenge the hit-and-run death of his son. The second of four films Claude Chabrol made with actor Jean Yanne following "Line of Demarcation" 1966 and preceding "Le Boucher" 1970 and "Madame Bovary" 1991. Shot on location in Finistere Brittany and Paris. Poster photographs and promotional material Very Good plus. Grant France. Allied Artists unknown books
1963ref. 151612Universal City: Universal Pictures 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film showing director Alfred Hitchcock's cameo in the film passing Tippi Hedren in a doorway while walking two small dogs. Hitchcock's last great film a grim psychological study made all the more terrifying by the lack of motivation assigned to its violence. Shot in various locations throughout California including Bodega Bay Bloomfield Valley Ford the Venice Canals and Union Square in San Francisco. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Godard Histoires du cinema. Universal Pictures unknown books
1953ref. 151615Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1953. Eight vintage reference photographs from the 1953 film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Columbia Pictures and still photographer Van Pelt. A Technicolor musical fantasy about a boy who dreams he is a world ruled by a diabolical piano teacher who enslaves children and forces them to play a piano so immense it takes 500 children to play it. The only feature film written by Theodor Geisel Dr. Seuss who co-wrote the screenplay and song lyrics. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1966ref. 151646Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1966 film. Based on the British comic strip which originally appeared in 1963. Modesty Blaise a former criminal mastermind occasionally employed by the Secret Service must protect a shipment of diamonds en route to a small Middle Eastern kingdom from a crime syndicate. Monica Vitti's first English-speaking role. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location throughout Italy the Netherlands and England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1962ref. 151621Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1962. Collection of 20 vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1962 film. Based on Allen Drury's Pulitzer Prize-winning political shocker of 1959 but detached from the novel's Cold War agenda about how American government functions in a free society. Set and shot on location in Washington DC. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine some with light wear to the corners. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1984ref. 158024N.p.: N.p. 1984. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1984 film showing director Roland Joffé and actor Haing S. Ngor on the set. Stamp of photographer David Appleby on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A dramatization of the 1975 Khmer Rouge takeover in Cambodia based primarily on the accounts of journalists Sydney Schanberg and Dith Pran. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning two including Best Supporting Actor for Ngor-making him the second Asian actor to win an Oscar. Shot on location in Bangkok Thailand in California and New York in the US and in Ontario Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 158031Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1971. Vintage studio still photograph of director Gordon Parks smoking a pipe on the set of the 1971 film. Stamp of Israel Film Archive on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1970 novel by Ernest Tidyman. One of the best and most enduring films of the early 1970s and no surprise with director/photographer/cinematographer extraordinaire Gordon Parks at the helm an Oscar-winning soundtrack by Isaac Hayes and a magnetic performance by Richard Roundtree. This film and Melvin Van Peebles' "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" 1971 set the standard for what would become "Blaxploitation" a highly stylized violent and most importantly funky genre. Followed by "Shaft's Big Score!" 1972 and "Shaft in Africa" 1973. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 7 10-11 13 23 28 38 46 48 72 188. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1940ref. 158029N.p.: N.p. 1940. Vintage reference photograph from the 1940 film showing actress Margaret Lockwood against a backdrop of "screaming headlines." Based on the 1937 novel by Roy Vickers about a young nurse struggling to find work after she is wrongly accused of murder and subjected to a high-profile court case. The first of several collaborations between director Carol Reed and screenwriter Sidney Gilliat followed by "The Night Train to Munich" 1940 "The Remarkable Mr. Kipps" 1941 and "The Young Mr. Pitt" 1942. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine with a faint diagonal crease on the bottom right corner. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 158015N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage borderless color reference photograph from the 1976 Japanese film. Based on the 1936 case of Sada Abe a geisha and prostitute in prewar Tokyo who began an all-consuming obsessive and ultimately tragic affair with a hotel owner. Set and shot on location in Tokyo. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 466. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1990ref. 158019N.p.: N.p. 1990. Vintage reference photograph from the 1990 film showing director Kevin Costner and a camera crew capturing a scene on location. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1988 novel by Michael Blake. A Union soldier is sent to a remote outpost in Kansas where he gradually befriends the inhabitants of a nearby Sioux camp. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards winning seven including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography. Shot on location in Kansas Wyoming and Nebraska. 7 x 5 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 158017N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1971 film showing a hospital scene with a camera crew on the far right capturing the shot. Based on Anthony Burgess' 1962 novel. A futuristic voyeuristic catapult into the world of teenage delinquent Alex DeLarge who is forced to undergo an experimental treatment developed by the government to cure him of his affinity for violence. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 158016N.p.: Residenz-Film 1981. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1981 film showing actress Bea Fiedler. Printed mimeo snipe in German referring to the film by its German title "Die Nackten Superhexen vom Rio Amore" affixed to the verso. A young woman is drugged and forced to work in a sadomasochistic brothel belonging to her sister's employer. Shot on location in Madeira. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Residenz-Film unknown books
1963ref. 158035N.p.: N.p. 1963. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1963 film all four showing director John Schlesinger on the set. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1959 novel by Keith Waterhouse. A working class teenager living with his parents in a small Yorkshire town spends his time dreaming and compulsively lying to others in order to distract himself from his boring job as an undertaker's clerk. A key film in the British New Wave balancing the experimental techniques of the French New Wave with the gritty disillusionment of kitchen sink realism. Shot on location in Bradford Yorkshire. 10 x 8 inches. About Very Good moderately edgeworn. One with light toning and one with light creasing that has been reinforced with paper tape on the verso. Criterion Collection 121. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 158021N.p.: N.p. 1975. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1975 French hardcore adult film. A prominent French politician is blackmailed with tapes of her son performing in pornographic movies leading her to recruit a private investigator to find and stop the culprit. Set and shot on location in Paris. 5.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Bier 161. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 151617Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film containing 13 black and white photographs and 2 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on the 1968 Broadway musical following a naive Vietnam draftee who befriends and eventually joins a group of drug-fueled antiwar hippies on his way to the army induction center. Photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Olive Films. United Artists unknown books
1974ref. 158144N.p.: N.p. 1974. Six vintage borderless reference photographs and two contact sheets from the 1974 French sexploitation film. Contact sheets with twelve images each. While housesitting for her cousin a young girl is kidnapped by a vengeful sadomasochistic sex cult. An early adult film by noted French director Jean Rollin. Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil more commonly known as Jean Rollin had gained notoriety and some scandal with his early French vampire films "Le Viol du Vampire" 1968 "La Vampier Nue" 1970 "Le Frisson des Vampires" 1970 and "Requiem pour un Vampire" 1971. When beginning production on his first non-vampire film "La Rose de Fer" 1973 he found himself in need of funding and began making adult sex films which he continued to direct under a variety of pseudonyms through the mid-1980s. Contact sheets 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Three photographs 7 x 5 inches three photographs 9.5 x 7 inches. Generally Very Good plus to Good with some moderate fading and edgewear. Bier 1669. Hinds 196. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 157981London: Contemporary 1969. Two vintage reference photographs from the UK release of the 1969 Japanese film. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. A young woman with a passion for stealing books is caught by a bookstore clerk and soon begins the two begin an erotic relationship. Set and shot on location in Tokyo's Shinjuku District. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Contemporary unknown books
