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1965ref. 154957Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actor-screenwriter Woody Allen from the 1965 film. With manuscript pencil annotations on the verso and the stamp of photographer Louis Goldman along with Goldman's signature just below his stamp. Allen's film debut as both actor and screenwriter about a soon-to-be-married womanizer as he attempts to adjust to a monogamous life with help from his neurotic psychoanalyst. Set and shot on location in Paris Sevres and Chaumontel France. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1956ref. 155628N.p.: N.p. 1956. Vintage reference photograph from the 1956 film showing director Joshua Logan with a handheld camera in the middle of a crowd of extras between takes while actress Marilyn Monroe calls to him from the far left. Provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1955 play by William Inge about a cowboy who attempts to force his romantic interest a saloon singer to marry him and live together in Montana. Shot on location in Arizona Idaho and California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 155631N.p.: N.p. 1984. Vintage reference photograph of actors Tony Hendra Christopher Guest Lara Cody and Harry Shearer on the set between takes and a take that ostensibly was not in the film. Reiner's debut and a much-loved cult classic about a documentary filmmaker chronicling the American comeback tour of an aging heavy-metal band. Shot on location throughout California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 12. Ebert II. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. N.p. unknown books
1995ref. 155633N.p.: N.p. 1995. Vintage reference photograph of actors Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt talking with producer Arnold Kopelson between takes on the set of the 1995 film. Two detectives-one younger and inexperienced the other older and ready to retire-track down a serial killer who bases his murders on the seven deadly sins. Director David Fincher's breakthrough film. Shot on location throughout California. 10 x 6.5 inches. Fine. Ebert IV. Grant US. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 155637N.p.: N.p. 1975. Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1975 French sexploitation film including two photographs taken on location. A sexually frustrated executive assistant goes to see a psychologist and recovers his prowess proceeding to embark on a number of erotic adventures with the secretaries at his office. Shot on location in Calvados France. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good with light fading to two of the photographs. Bier 807. N.p. unknown books
1964ref. 155630N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film showing actress Kim Novak nude and on a bed. The third of three feature films based on W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel following the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis and the 1946 film starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine with pinholes on the corners and edges. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 155650Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Vintage contact sheet from the 1963 film showing six images of actors Frank Sinatra and Anita Ekberg during filming. Two sharpshooters duel over a large amount of cash carried by a railway official and eventually settle their differences by opening a casino. Shot on location in Mojave and Cantil California. 11 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 1422. Warner Brothers unknown books
1987ref. 155649N.p.: N.p. 1987. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actors Gary Oldman and Alfred Molina talking with director Stephen Frears on the set of the 1987 film. Based on the 1978 nonfiction book by John Lahr about the successful career and tragic death of gay British playwright Joe Orton. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Olive Films 1098. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 155646N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the iconic 1966 British film showing actors Alan Bates and Lynn Redgrave. Printed label of The Salt Lake Tribune on the verso along with a Received stamp dated Feb 18 1967. Based on the 1965 novel by Margaret Forster a portrait of 1960s Swinging London about a young woman who is torn between romances with her father's employer and the boyfriend of her pregnant flatmate. Set in London. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus with a manuscript annotation in pencil on the bottom left corner of the recto. N.p. unknown books
1991ref. 155648N.p.: N.p. 1991. Vintage reference photograph of director Alan Parker standing with the members of the band on the set of the beloved 1991 film. Based on the 1987 novel about a young man from Dublin who assembles a soul band composed of a group of working-class music fans. Set and shot on location in Dublin. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 155651N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film showing a topless Sandy Dennis. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1965 novel by Peter Miles about a woman who becomes obsessed with a mute teenage boy. Director Robert Altman's breakthrough film. Shot on location in Vancouver Canada. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good only with pinholes on the corners and edges and paper tape reinforcements on the verso and light creasing overall. Olive 540. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 152050Los Angeles: Delta Films 1965. Vintage pressbook for the 1965 film. Based on Raymond Friday Locke's 1958 novel "Streets Paved With Gold." A melodramatic tale about a drifter who falls in love with his employer's married niece a beautiful young woman with an abusive alcoholic husband. The first film in Russ Meyer's "noir" cycle 1964-1965 or "Gothic" period as Meyer puts it a series of sexploitation films shot in black and white with powerful female characters male impotence and a serious dramatic plot involving less of the "nudie" filmmaking style so prominent in the director's early films. Set in Spooner Missouri. Six leaves saddle stitched 11 x 17 inches. Folded once horizontally. Very Good plus overall. Delta Films unknown books
1940ref. 152288Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1940. Vintage pressbook and distributor's material for the 1940 film. Based on several early one-act plays by Eugene O'Neill including "The Moon of the Caribbees" "In the Zone" "Bound East for Cardiff" and "The Long Voyage Home." In the early days of World War II Ole John Wayne and his comrades smuggle drink and dames aboard their ship the SS Glencairn leading to mounting tensions between the crew. Materials varying sizes generally Very Good plus. Rosenbaum 1000. United Artists unknown books
1965ref. 152052California: Eve Productions 1965. Vintage pressbook for the 1965 film. The final film in Russ Meyer's "noir" cycle 1964-1965 or "Gothic" period as Meyer puts it a series of sexploitation films shot in black and white with powerful and vengeful female characters male impotence and a serious dramatic plot involving less of the "nudie" filmmaking style so prominent in the director's early films. One of the first films to discuss post-traumatic stress disorder in a Vietnam War veteran. Six pages saddle stitched 11 x 17 inches. Folded once horizontally. Very Good plus overall. Eve Productions unknown books
1968ref. 155890San Francisco: Hillary Productions 1968. Vintage Tentative Shooting Schedule for the 1969 film copy belonging to casting director Marvin Paige with the annotation of his name in manuscript marker in the top right corner of the title page and two underlines to "tentative" dated June 7 1968. The 51 page shooting schedule covering the 50 days of shooting from 6/17/68 through 8/23/68 is printed horizontally on goldenrod leaves and contains copied annotations on five pages circling the sequence number interior or exterior sequence night or day sequence and a needed effect. Woody Allen's directorial debut one of the great American comedies the film that set the template for Allen's 1970s work. Allen stars as Virgil Starkwell a terribly inept bank robber whose life is told documentary-style with an FBI voiceover as well as interviews with his family and friends. Set and shot on location in San Francisco and San Quentin State Prison. Self wrappers with front wrapper integral with title page dated June 7 1968 with credits for director Woody Allen. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 50. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue white and yellow revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine bound at the top with two gold brads. Hillary Productions unknown books
1977ref. 154931N.p.: CIC 1977. Vintage British Quad poster for the UK release of the 1976 film. Based on the unfinished 1941 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. A tribute to early cinema wherein Robert De Niro plays a movie producer who nearly works himself to death. Director Elia Kazan's final directorial effort and notably the only film with De Niro and Jack Nicholson in a joint screen appearance. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in and shot on location in Hollywood. 39.75 x 29.75 inches Folded as issued. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. CIC unknown books
1977ref. 155775N.p.: N.p. 1977. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of Janet Rule and Shelley Duvall from the 1977 film. One photograph with a British stamp on the verso and both photographs with manuscript annotations in pencil and ink on the versos. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Director Robert Altman's experimental dreamlike masterwork about three ethereal fractured women originally overlooked but later celebrated. Featuring brilliant performances from Duvall as the self-deluded socially maladroit Millie Rule as the mysterious pregnant painter Willie and Sissy Spacek as the young timid and fawning Pinky. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in a small California desert town and shot on location in Palm Springs Thousand Palms and Desert Hot Springs California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 230. Ebert III. N.p. unknown books
1978ref. 155782N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage borderless reference photograph showing Lina Wertmüller directing actors Candice Bergen and Giancarlo Giannini on the set of the 1978 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. An American photographer falls in love with a chauvinistic Italian journalist while visiting a small Italian village. Set and shot on location in San Francisco and Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1985ref. 155779N.p.: N.p. 1985. Four vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1985 Italian film. Loosely based on the 1753 comedy play "La locandiera" by Carlo Goldoni. An innkeeper whose husband is lost in World War II enjoys a series of affairs with men in the small town where she lives. Director Tinto Brass is best known for his work in the adult and erotic film genre including "Salon Kitty" 1976 "Caligula" 1979 and "Così fan tutte" 1992. Set and shot on location in the Po Valley. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 155786N.p.: N.p. 1974. Original studio still photograph of actress Charlotte Rampling and director Liliana Cavani on the set of the 1974 Italian film. Stamp of the British Film Institute on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. 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. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners. Criterion Collection 59. Grant Italy. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 155776N.p.: N.p. 1959. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1959 Japanese film. One photograph with a stamp noting the film's French title "L'Etrange obsession" on the verso and all three photographs with manuscript ink annotations on the verso. Based on Jun'ichir Tanizaki's 1956 novel "The Key" about an aging voyeuristic antique collector who manipulates his wife into having an affair with his daughter's fiancé as a means of curing his impotence. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Photos 6 x 4.5 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 154948London: Juveniles Group of IPC Magazines 1970. Vintage British program for the 1970 film with color film still photographs throughout. A biographical account of the 17th century political and religious struggles taking place in England under the reign of King Charles Alec Guinness. Director Ken Hughes' favorite of his own films. Winner of an Academy Award and nominated for one other. Shot on location in Spain and England. 8.5 x 10.5 inches. 20 pages side stapled. Near FIne with light toning and two staples in the front wrapper. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Juveniles Group of IPC Magazines unknown books
1948ref. 152133N.p.: Brecher Productions 1948. Final Shooting script for the 1949 film. Copy belonging to uncredited editor Walter Thompson with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper and his manuscript pencil annotations throughout. The daughter of a factory worker causes an uproar in her family when she announces her engagement to her father's boss' son. Notable for having been written by but not starring Groucho Marx. Set in California. Red titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated August 24 1948. Title page present undated with credits for director-screenwriter Irving Brecher. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/3/48 and 10/7/48. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Brecher Productions unknown books
1988ref. 154971Culver City CA: Media Home Entertainment 1988. Vintage press kit for the VHS/Beta release of the 1988 film. Pocketed illustrated folder containing two gatherings of promotional reading materials and four pages of xerographically duplicated film reviews. Based on the novel "Twins" by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland a fictionalized account of the lives of Stewart and Cyril Marcus twin gynecologists who were discovered dead in their Manhattan apartment. Veering from the body-horror from which he had been known David Cronenberg here creates a psychological horror revolving around identity paranoia and co-dependency wherein acclaimed and brilliant twin gynecologists Elliot and Beverly Mantle's lives begin to unravel when Beverly begins to fall in love with a new patient Claire Niveau a film actress with a triple cervix. Featuring a striking performance by Jeremy Irons as the Mantle twins. Set in and shot on location in Toronto. Folder Very Good plus with light rubbing. Contents Near Fine. Criterion Collection 21. Media Home Entertainment unknown books
1962ref. 152089Burbank CA: Buena Vista / Walt Disney Productions 1962. Vintage pressbook for the 1962 film. A family adventure film centered on the experiences of Lobo a wolf living in the southwest US. Loosely based on Lobo the King of Currumpaw a famed 1890s wolf which was captured by bounty hunter Ernest Seton. Shot on location in Sedona Arizona. 15 pages saddle stitched 11 x 14.25 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and soiled to the wrappers. Buena Vista / Walt Disney Productions unknown books
