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1970ref. 151463Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1968 play also by screenwriter Frank D. Gilroy. An aging lovelorn Las Vegas chorus girl begins an affair with a musician with a compulsive gambling habit. Set in Las Vegas and shot on location in Paris and Las Vegas Nevada. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1965ref. 151447N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Arthur Penn and actress Alexandra Stewart on the set of the 1965 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. After angering the Mafia a stand-up comedian Warren Beatty finds himself on the run taking on an alias and heading to Chicago. The film received spotty reviews upon release but has since been reconsidered as a cult classic heavily influenced by the New Wave and presaging Penn and Beatty's collaboration in "Bonnie and Clyde" two years later. Grant US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1946ref. 151468N.p.: N.p. 1946. Vintage reference photograph of director David Lean and producer Ronald Neame in conversation with actor Anthony Wager between takes on the set of the 1946 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Charles Dickens' 1861 novel. A critical and commercial success considered by many to be one of Lean's best feature films and one of the finest adaptations of a Dickens novel to date. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 31. Ebert II. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown books
1953ref. 151452London: Mondial Films 1953. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1953 film. With printed mimeo snipes specific to the film's UK release affixed to the verso. Based on Per Anders Fogelstrom's 1951 novel. Two young lovers from Stockholm steal a boat and run away together but are forced to return home as the summer ends. The first film to star director Ingmar Bergman's longtime leading lady Harriet Andersson who would later appear in Bergman's "Sawdust and Tinsel" 1953 "Smiles of a Summer Night" 1955 "Through a Glass Darkly" 1961 and "Cries and Whispers" 1972. Set in Sweden. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 614. Mondial Films unknown books
1957ref. 151460N.p.: N.p. 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film showing actress Angie Dickinson's legs. In 1954 during the Vietnam conflict a smuggler named "Lucky Legs" and a group of French mercenaries infiltrate and destroy an arms depot near the Chinese border. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned. Olive Films 566. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 151448N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage reference photograph of Roman Polanski and a camera crew capturing a scene with actors Jacqueline Bisset Donald Pleasence and Lionel Stander. With a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's UK release affixed to the verso. Two wounded gangsters seek refuge in a secluded beachfront castle home to a meek Englishman and his strong-willed wife. Shot on location at Lindisfarne Castle Northumberland England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 577. Grant US. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 151445N.p.: N.p. 1971. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1971 film including five borderless and one bordered. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A teenage girl Sandy Ratcliff living with her unhappy restrictive family in London is forced to undergo psychiatric treatment for her erratic behavior. A searing portrait of conservative working-class British life in the late twentieth-century. Shot on location in Shenley. 8 x 10 inches. Generally Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 151457N.p.: N.p. 1963. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1963 film. Included is a distributor's pamphlet. A mondo documentary following the sexual exploits of buxom women across Europe. Photographs 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Pamphlet bi-fold 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good moderately chipped and soiled. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 147664Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1980. Collection of nine vintage studio still photographs from the 1981 film here under the working title "Cutter and Bone" dated 1980. Based on Newton Thornburg's 1976 novel "Cutter and Bone." Alex Cutter John Heard returned home from the Vietnam War minus an eye leg and arm. His friend an aimless playboy Richard Bone Jeff Bridges is witness to someone dumping the body of a young girl and thinks that it may be oil magnate JJ Cord Stephen Elliott. Cutter enlisting the help of the victim's sister Ann Dusenberry is determined to exact vengeance. Set in and shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1963ref. 151273N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the 1963 film noir. A wonderful fourth wall version of the film's most classic shot only this one including cinematographer Douglas Slocombe director Joseph Losey actor James Fox not in the original scene and a crew member adjusting the chandelier all in the reverse mirror image. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The first of director Joseph Losey's three legendary collaborations with screenwriter-playwright Harold Pinter a dark squeamish parable that tells a familiar servant-becomes-master tale but surpasses mediocrity through a journey into the psyche of the servant himself. Stunningly photographed by Douglas Slocombe. A classic of 1960s British cinema. Set and shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light wear to the corners. Spicer UK. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 151276N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph of director Robert Wise and actress Julie Harris on the set of the 1963 film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel "The Haunting of Hill House." A group of disparate individuals are invited to a purportedly haunted house by a paramormal investigator. Set in Massachusetts shot on location in Ettington Park in Warwickshire UK. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Scorsese The Dark Eleven. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 151283N.p.: N.p. 1971. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1971 French sexploitation film. A provincial French woman falls down an elevator shaft and survives but finds herself uncontrollably addicted to sex following the incident. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Bier 934. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 151292N.p.: N.p. 1974. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1974 film showing actors Ornella Muti and Michele Placido in a tender moment. A middle-aged man marries his 17-year-old goddaughter but their passionate relationship sours when he suspects her of sleeping with his much younger friend. Shot on location in Milan Italy. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1947ref. 151519Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1947. First Draft script for the 1952 film. The script's development history began in the US with Vanguard Films and this draft by Dinelli and was ultimately produced by Republic Pictures in conjunction with Herbert Wilcox Productions in the UK. Script credit was ultimately given to Pamela Bower. Based on the 1913 novel by E. C. Bentley. A reporter is assigned to cover the case of an international businessman in town who was found dead. He poses as a member of the family to gain access to the businessman's house and information from the lead detective on the case who suspects the death was a suicide. Set in Hampshire England. Blue titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 12 dated May 22 1947 with credits for novelist E.C. Bentley and screenwriter Mel Dinelli. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Republic Pictures unknown books
1967ref. 151420Amsterdam: Frans Bromet 1967. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1967 film including two photographs of director Wim Verstappen and longtime producer and screenwriter Pim de la Parra. With the stamp of photographer Frans Bromet on the verso and one with the stamp of Scorpio Films. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A successful author cannot choose between the attentions of two women leading to a passionate and unhappy love triangle. Verstappen was best known for founding Scorpio Films with Parra a collaboration which most notably produced the groundbreaking 1971 Dutch film "Blue Movie." Set in the Netherlands. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Frans Bromet unknown books
1962ref. 151424N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage reference photograph of director Richard Brooks cinematographer Milton Krasner and a camera crew capturing a boat scene with actress Shirley Knight on the set of the 1962 film. With a mimeo snipe and manuscript pencil and ink annotations on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1959 play wherein a failed Hollywood actor and gigolo returns to his small hometown accompanied by an older faded movie star hoping to win back his former girlfriend. Nominated for three Academy Awards winning one for Best Supporting Actor for Ed Begley. Set in St. Cloud Mississippi. N.p. unknown books
1956ref. 151415N.p.: Franco-London Film 1956. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Jean Renoir listening while composer Joseph Kosma plays the organ on the set of the 1956 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso along with a stamp specific to the film's French release. In turn-of-the-century France a young Polish princess agrees to marry a wealthy older man to save her family from the poorhouse but finds herself falling in love with a handsome stranger despite her engagement. The third film in director Jean Renoir's romance trilogy preceded by "The Golden Coach" 1953 and "French Cancan" 1955. Set and shot on location in France. 7 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine. Franco-London Film unknown books
1969ref. 149514Beverly Hills CA: Brandywine Productions 1969. Nine vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso of 7 of the photos. Based on D.H. Lawrence's 1920 novel following two sisters who begin relationships with a pair of friends bringing conflict between the two couples as their romances take them in different directions. An apt examination of changes in sexual mores both at the time of the novel's publication and the film's 1969 release. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Actress for Glenda Jackson. Set and shot on location in Nottinghamshire South Yorkshire Derbyshire and London and Kanton Wallis Switzerland. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation available on request. Brandywine Productions unknown books
1966ref. 149516Beverly Hills CA: Batjac Productions 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1966 film showing actors Kirk Douglas and Angie Dickinson. With manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout on the verso. Based on the real experiences of David "Mickey" Marcus a US military officer recruited to command units of the Israel Defense Forces forces during the 1948 Arab-Israel War. Shot on location in Israel and Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Batjac Productions unknown books
1963ref. 151421Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1963. Vintage studio still photograph taken during filming on location for the 1963 film showing a camera crew set up in the center of West 34th Street in Manhattan with hundreds of onlookers surrounding the filmmakers. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A young Italian-American salesgirl realizes she is pregnant after a one-night-stand with a jazz musician and seeks him out in order to raise money for an abortion. Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 149515France: Athos Films / Chaumiane / Filmstudio 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 French film. With the stamp of still photographer Georges Pierre on the verso. Jean-Luc Godard's neo-noir foray into science fiction following a secret agent in a dystopian future who is assigned to kill the machine intelligence that rules over a fascist state. Shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 25. Rosenbaum 1000. Grant US. Godard Histoires du cinema. Athos Films / Chaumiane / Filmstudio unknown books
1961ref. 149523Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1961. Vintage reference photograph from the 1961 film showing director J. Lee Thompson and various crew members on the set of the German gun fortress. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Columbia Pictures. Based on Alistair MacLean's 1957 novel wherein a group of Allied soldiers plan to destroy an airtight German fortress in order to save British naval ships stranded in the Aegean Sea. Set and shot on location on the Greek islands. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1989ref. 147144N.p.: N.p. 1989. Draft script for the 1989 film here under its working title "Vac-U-Sapien." With extensive manuscript pencil and ink annotations on virtually every page. Bound in after the script are two handwritten pages of notes and four typed pages of effects and sets for the film. Michael Paul Girard's first directorial effort wherein aliens return to Earth for the first time in ten million years to see what has become of their "human experiment." After declaring the experiment a failure the aliens decide that due to humans' untidiness crossbreeding vacuum cleaners and humans will produce a better race of beings to inhabit the planet. They subsequently create a sentient vacuum cleaner which is programmed to reproduce with earthlings. A splendid Z-budget effort considered by some to be the worst movie ever made. And yet a script for it exists. Titled self wrappers with title page integral with the first page of text as issued. 86 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 146156N.p.: Les Productions Fox Europa 1969. Vintage borderless photograph of Henri Verneuil and Lino Ventura on the set of the 1969 film. French "Le Clan Des Siciliens" stamp and crop annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1967 novel by Auguste Le Breton about a small Mafia family planning to steal a collection of diamonds while being pursued by a police commission. With a film score by the great Italian composer Ennio Morricone. Shot on location in Rome Italy and Paris. 9.25 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus transparent manuscript marker to corners light creasing and faint scratches to the recto from annotations on the verso. Les Productions Fox Europa unknown books
1951ref. 145957Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1951. Vintage studio photograph of Jane Powell and Musical Director Johnny Green on the set of the 1951 film. Mimeo snipe French annotations in manuscript ink and crop marks on the verso. Tom and Ellen Bowen Astaire and Powell are siblings with a dance act in New York. Their agent books them a gig in London while the Royal Wedding is in progress. On their cruise to England Ellen meets Lord John Brindale Lawford and she misses rehearsal. Upon arriving Tom holds auditions for dance partners and meets Anne Churchill. The siblings are at arms defending their romances and trying to keep their dance act stable. Loosely based on the real-life dancing partners Fred Astaire and his sister Adele. 8 x 10.25 inches. Very Good plus light creasing. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
