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1937ref. 148240Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1937. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1937 film "National Film Archive London" stamp on versos. One of Fritz 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. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1940ref. 148173N.p.: Vitagraph 1940. Vintage studio still photograph of George Raft getting ready to throw a punch from the 1940 film. Based on the 1939 novel "Long Haul" by A.I. Bezzerides. Paul Humphrey Bogart and Joe Fabrini Raft run a trucking business barely keeping ahead of creditors when one night a fatigued Paul falls asleep at the wheel crashing the truck and losing his arm. Joe is then offered a job by his friend Ed Carlsen Alan Hale whose wife Lana Ida Lupino has taken a fancy for Joe. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with very faint creasing. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US. Vitagraph unknown books
1972ref. 148290Universal City: Universal Pictures 1972. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1972 film with provenance stamp of film historian "Maurice Bessy" on verso. Based on the 1966 novel "Goodbye Piccadilly Farewell Leicester Square" by Arthur La Bern. London is terrorized by a serial rapist who then strangles his victims with a necktie. Police suspect Richard Blaney Jon Finch whose wife was brutally killed. Alfred Hitchcock's penultimate film. Set in and shot on location in London. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Grant US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1959ref. 150900Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1959. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1959 film showing actors Blanche Yurka and Jacques Bergerac. In 1850 a group of French Basque immigrants travel to California where they intend to plant vineyards and find romance. Set in the US west. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. Pitts 4384. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1950ref. 150904Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film showing actors Barbara Stanwyck Gilbert Roland and Blanche Yurka. With a date stamp reading 12 AUG 25 50 on the bottom left corner of the verso along with a Paramount blindstamp. Based on the 1948 novel by Niven Busch. A tense vengeful Western which owes as much to archetypes of Greek tragedy and Shakespearean drama as it does to the conventions of the genre following a rancher's strong-willed daughter who seeks revenge on her father for the wrongful hanging of her best friend. One of the few films in the noir canon that is also a Western. Set in New Mexico shot on location in Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a small closed tear to the top edge repaired with white paper tape on the verso. Criterion Collection 435. Pitts 1478. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1947ref. 150905Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1947. Vintage studio still publicity portrait photograph of actress Blanche Yurka from the 1947 film noir. A young man concocts a plan to murder his wealthy half-brother Barry with the help of his girlfriend but is unprepared for the consequences when his girlfriend falls in love with Barry. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Republic Pictures unknown books
1945ref. 150906N.p.: N.p. 1945. Vintage reference photograph from the 1945 film showing actors Percy Kilbride Blanche Yurka Charles Kemper and Betty Field. Based on George Sessions Perry's 1941 novel "Hold Autumn in Your Hand." A poor southern family struggles to establish a cotton crop in Texas hoping to fend off starvation and the hardships of rural life. The fourth of six American films made by director Jean Renoir and the only film for which he received an Academy Award nomination. Shot in Madera and Millerton Lake California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1962ref. 150883N.p.: Embassy Pictures 1962. One vintage studio still photograph and one vintage reference photograph from the 1963 US re-release of the 1948 Swedish film here seen under the English title "Night is My Future." One with a stamp on the verso noting the film's title in Swedish "Musik i Morker." Based on Dagmar Edqvist's 1946 novel. A pianist falls into an angry depression after being blinded in an accident but finds compassion for others and himself through his growing love for a servant in his family's home. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Embassy Pictures unknown books
1942ref. 150915N.p.: N.p. 1942. Vintage reference photograph from the 1942 film showing actors Blanche Yurka Edith Barrett and Montagu Love. A social climbing casino steamboat proprietor betrays her fiance in order to marry into an upper-crust family. Set in New Orleans. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with a small tear to the bottom left corner. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 151573N.p.: N.p. 1950. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1950 film showing actress Maria Casares. With manuscript layout annotations on the verso along with the stamp of still photographer Roger Corbeau. A variation on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice about a young poet in Paris whose despair after his wife's death leads him to the underworld where he begs for her return to the living. The second film in director Jean Cocteau's Orphic trilogy following "The Blood of a Poet" 1930 and preceding "Testament of Orpheus" 1960. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 9 inches. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown books
1946ref. 150936Universal City: Universal Pictures 1946. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1946 film showing actors Vera Zorina and George Brent. With manuscript pencil annotations on the verso. A woman is anxious to spend time with her war correspondent husband when he returns home but begins to suspect he has had several extramarital affairs during his absence and decides to convince him she has been equally unfaithful as retribution. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 151571N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless double weight matte-finish reference photograph from the set of the 1969 film showing director Federico Fellini directing actor Hiram Keller during the death scene with the boatman. Loosely based on the late first-century satire by Gaius Petronius. Fellini's decadent depiction of imperial Rome a series of extravagant and grotesque episodes populated by archetypal dreamlike figures. Shot on location in Rome Italy. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 747. Eureka! Masters of Cinema 112. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 150408Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Two vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1973 film one showing director William Friedkin and one showing Friedkin and screenwriter William Peter Blatty. Based on the 1971 novel by screenwriter William Peter Blatty. The first and finest film in the series following the demonic possession of a twelve-year-old girl and the ensuing attempts to purge her body of the evil spirit. One of the great genre films of the 1970s that accomplished the uncommon feat of being an over-the-top sensation upon its release and gaining subsequent status as a classic with a strangeness and depth supplied by the strength of Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow's performances. One 9.75 x 8 inches one 9.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown books
1962ref. 150424N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Agnes Varda on the set of the 1962 French film. With a stamp noting Varda's name on the verso along with manuscript pencil and ink annotations. Agnes Varda's second feature film following a pop singer over the course of two hours as she talks with friends and anxiously awaits the results of a biopsy. Varda is an important and influential French director writer and artist whose work uses both documentary style realism and experimental film techniques to explore issues of feminism and social justice. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers her early work including this film stylistically prefigures the French New Wave and is today considered very much a part of it. Set and shot on location in Paris. 4.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
ref. 158138Universal City: Universal City Studios 1979. Archive of three draft scripts for the 1981 film including a First Draft script a Final Draft script and a "Second Revised Final Draft Screenplay / Added Scenes and Retakes" partial script for the 1981 film dated between June 29 1979 and February 13 1981. The first two drafts are under the working title "Family Dream." Two of the three scripts show an annotation in manuscript ink amending the film's title on title page. A cynical ex-convict is hired to drive a group of orphaned special needs children and their schoolteacher across the country from Philadelphia to Seattle growing closer to the group in the process and gaining a new outlook on life. Set in Philadelphia and Washington shot on location in Carnation Ellensburg and Snohomish Washington. First Draft: Under the title "Family Dream." Green titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 00545 dated June 29 1979. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Roger L. Simon. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Final Draft: Under the title "Family Dream." Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 00545 dated September 21 1979. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriters Roger L. Simon and Lonne Elder III. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. "Second Revised Final Draft Screenplay / Added Scenes and Retakes" partial script: Under the working title "Richard Pryor's New Movie Formerly: Family Dream." Salmon titled wrappers noted as Second Revised Final Draft Screenplay / Added Scenes and Retakes on the front wrapper dated February 13 1981. Title page present dated February 13 1981 noted as Second Revised Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Roger L. Simon and story by Richard Pryor. With pink and blue revision leaves throughout. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated 2/13/81 and 2/18/81. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown books
1957ref. 150405Universal City: Universal Pictures 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film showing actress Elaine Stewart reclining on a pool float while director Jack Arnold and a camera crew capture the shot from the poolside. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A dark tale about Nick Hoak a corrupt sheriff in a small Nevada town whose principal concerns are the maintenance and upkeep of all illegal activity. A lawyer and his lascivious wife stumble into Hoak's territory and conflict ensues. One of the seedier late noirs with a tawdry quality that transcended its big studio trappings. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Universal Pictures unknown books
1952ref. 150381N.p.: N.p. 1952. Vintage reference photograph of director Fred Zinnemann and assistant director Emmett Emerson on the set of the 1952 film. A town marshal faces off against three vengeful killers on the eve of his wedding. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning four including Best Actor for Gary Cooper. Set in New Mexico shot on location in Warnerville and Jamestown California. 7.25 x 5 inches. Fine. Pitts 1877. N.p. unknown books
1938ref. 150942Los Angeles: The Samuel Goldwyn Company 1938. Two vintage double weight studio still photographs and two vintage reference photographs from the 1938 film. Seeking audience feedback a film producer recruits an ordinary girl to evaluate his movies from the perspective of the everyday American. Set in Hollywood. Three 10 x 8 inches one 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus some with light edgewear creases and toning. The Samuel Goldwyn Company unknown books
1960ref. 150432N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Michelangelo Antonioni on the set of the 1960 film. With the stamp of Promopress agency on the verso along with manuscript pencil annotations. A young woman disappears during a cruise in the Mediterranean leading her lover and best friend to search for her. The first film in Antonioni's famed trilogy followed by "La Notte" 1961 and "L'eclisse" 1962. Shot on location throughout Italy including in Rome the Aeolian Islands and Sicily. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus overall. Criterion Collection 98. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
1938ref. 150952Los Angeles: The Samuel Goldwyn Company 1938. Two vintage borderless test photographs of actress Vera Zorina shot for the 1938 film. Seeking audience feedback a film producer recruits an ordinary girl to evaluate his movies from the perspective of the everyday American. Set in Hollywood. 7.25 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus overall. The Samuel Goldwyn Company unknown books
ref. 158230Beverly Hills CA: Leading Artists Inc 1988. Second Draft script for the 1989 film. Director and screenwriter Steven Soderbergh's directorial debut and a landmark of independent cinema. A languid provocative chamber piece exploring intimacy and desire revolving around a husband John his wife Ann Ann's sister Cynthia and John's old drifter friend Graham who use Graham's own peculiar fetish videotape to mediate their feelings. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Winner of the Palme d'Or making Soderbergh the youngest director to receive the prize. Set and shot on location in Baton Rouge Louisiana. White untitled Outlaw Production wrappers. Title page present dated 21 FEB 88 noted as second draft with credits for screenwriter Steven Soderberg. 95 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 938. Leading Artists Inc unknown books
1974ref. 150409N.p.: N.p. 1974. Two vintage borderless photographs from the 1974 film one glossy and one matte-finish. One showing director Peter Bogdanovich in conversation with actresses Cloris Leachman and Eileen Brennan on the set the other showing Bogdanovich with actress Cybill Shepherd and an unknown woman likely during a promotional event for the film. Based on the 1878 novella by Henry James. An intense study in the rules of class boundaries crossed with American-British dichotomies. Bogdanovich's faithful adaptation of James' story concerns the courtship of a beautiful but flirtatious American girl Daisy Miller Shepherd by a sophisticated upper-class British compatriot named Winterbourne Brown. Miller's refusal to observe class boundaries in her flirtations leads Winterbourne to respond negatively to her-with dire consequences. One 10.5 x 8.25 inches one 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 150425Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1984. Vintage black and white portrait photograph of director John Huston from the 1984 film. With a newspaper clipping affixed to the verso along with a mimeo snipe and a date stamp reading "RECEIVED FEB 16 1983." Based on the 1947 semi-autobiographical novel by Malcolm Lowry. A former British consul in a small Mexican town reunites with his wife after her yearlong absence due to his alcoholism. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Actor for Albert Finney as well as the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Set in 1938 Quauhnahuac Mexico and shot on location throughout Morelos Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 410. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1968ref. 150411N.p.: N.p. 1968. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1968 film one showing actors Beryl Reid and Susannah York the other showing director Robert Aldrich. A tyrannical aging actress is a long-standing staple on a soap opera but her increasingly unstable behavior causes the producers to kill off her character. As she spirals out of control she lashes out at her lover a young and beautiful actress. Director Aldrich spent $75000 fighting the film's mature rating earned as a result of its explicit content most notably a sex scene between two women which limited the film's screening and advertisement platforms but was unsuccessful. Shot on location in London. Approximately 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 150399N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of director Michelangelo Antonioni filming a scene with actress Soraya on the set of the 1965 Italian film. With a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's German release affixed to the verso. An anthology film with three short episodes following the experiences of various women all played by Soraya directed by Antonioni Mauro Bolognini and Franco Indovina. Antonioni's contribution "Il Provino" "The Preface" features Soraya as a former Iranian princess turned actress posing for a screen test. Shot on location in Sardinia and Lazio Italy and Athens Greece. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown books
