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1964ref. 147638New York: Janus Films 1964. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. "The Troublemaker" was inspired by The Premise an improv group begun by Theodore J. Flicker in 1960 and starred all but one of the original members of the group George Segal. New Jersey chicken farmer Jack Armstrong Tom Aldredge moves to Greenwich Village to open a coffee house with the help of his friend lawyer T.R. Kingston Buck Henry. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near FIne. Janus Films unknown books
1930ref. 149692N.p.: N.p. 1930. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1930 film with actors Constance Bennett and Kenneth MacKenna standing together on the right along with director Paul Stein on location at a racetrack. With an agency stamp on the verso. A plain secretary works for a womanizing divorce lawyer who only dates married women. To avoid having to deal with the matrimonial pursuits of any of his potential romances he offers her financial support if she marries him in name only. Set in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with some faint soil at the margins. N.p. unknown books
1978ref. 149693Universal City: Universal City Studios 1978. Vintage reference photograph from the 1978 film showing director John Landis on the set of the film's final scene in Joliet Prison wearing a "Joliet" baseball cap with the iconic painted motto reading "It's Never Too Late to Mend" visible in the background. With the stamp of National Film Archive on the verso. An energetic and enduring comedy classic originally conceived by John Belushi and Dan Akroyd in "Saturday Night Live" sketches featuring the eponymous main characters. The film set the record for the most cars destroyed in one film at the time of its release and features an all-star cast of musical guests and subtle cameos including jazz blues and soul greats Aretha Franklin Cab Calloway James Brown Ray Charles and Chaka Khan. The Blues Brothers Band who perform the soundtrack includes actual giants of the 1960s rhythm and blues era: Steve Cropper Donald "Duck" Dunn Murphy Dunne Willie "Too Big" Hall and Matt "Guitar" Murphy. Carrie Fisher Dan Akroyd's then-girlfriend also makes an unforgettable appearance as John Belushi's homicidal ex-girlfriend. Set in and around Chicago and shot there on location. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal City Studios unknown books
1978ref. 147639Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1978. Vintage studio still photograph of Buck Henry from the 1978 film. Mimeograph snipe on the verso on Claire Harrison Associates Inc. letterhead and second mimeo snipe folded over bottom on Paramount Pictures letterhead. Warren Beatty stars as an NFL quarterback on his way to the Superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. On his way to Heaven he is informed that he wasn't ready to die but that his body has been cremated. He must find a new body and luckily one turns up: that of a recently murdered millionaire. Nominated for several Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Writing Best Cinematography and Best Music. A story set and shot in and around Los Angeles California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1977ref. 148804Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1977. Shooting Final Draft script for the 1978 film. One of "Master of Disaster" Irwin Allen's last disaster films his penultimate film as director following up on his success with "The Poseidon Adventure" 1972 and "The Towering Inferno" 1974 and featuring an enormous star-studded cast which included seven Academy Award winners Michael Caine Olivia de Havilland Ben Johnson Jose Ferrer Patty Duke Lee Grant and Henry Fonda. Based on the 1974 novel by Arthur Herzog III. A team of scientists join forces with the US military to try to stop the massive swarms of killer bees terrorizing the country. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location in California and Texas. Green illustrated custom wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper dated AUGUST 1977 with credits for screenwriter Stirling Silliphant. Title page present dated August 1977 noted as SHOOTING FINAL with credits for screenwriter Stirling Silliphang. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 138. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1969ref. 149696London: Institute of Contemporary Arts 1969. Two vintage double weight reference photographs from the 1969 French film. With printed mimeo snipes for the film's British release affixed to the verso. A man and a woman meet to discuss the Vietnam War student protests the changing relationship between the US and France and other current events of the 1960s interspersed with news clips music and narration by director Jean-Luc Godard. 8.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. Institute of Contemporary Arts unknown books
1974ref. 149708Paris: Sygma 1974. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of Sirpa Lane and Mathieu Carriere from the 1974 French film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso in French and English along with the stamps of Sigma Films a date stamp reading "25 NOV. 1974" and manuscript ink and pencil annotations. An adventurous young woman is determined to enjoy every sexual experience life has to offer even if the pursuit leads her into danger. 11.75 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a touch of ink bleed from an annotation to the verso near the right edge. Sygma unknown books
1959ref. 149704N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph of actress Edith Scob-a haunting scene where a mentally ill girl sings in church-from the 1959 French film noir. Maître Gérane Jean Galland has his troublesome son François Jean-Pierre Mocky committed to a mental hospital. François soon makes friends with Heurtevent Charles Aznavour an innocent epileptic and both decide to attempt an escape. 11.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus. Spicer France. Selby France. N.p. unknown books
1940ref. 149144N.p.: Vitagraph 1940. Vintage keybook photograph of L-to-R Herbert Marshall James Stephenson back to camera director William Wyler and Bette Davis lunching at the Warner Brothers commissary during the filming of the 1940 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Claiming self defense after shooting a man David Newell she was secretly having an affair with Leslie Crosbie Bette Davis is defended by an increasingly skeptical lawyer James Stephenson. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Cinematography Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor. 11 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US. Vitagraph unknown books
1984ref. 149595Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1984. Vintage borderless reference photograph of producer Steven Spielberg and director Joe Dante on the set of the 1984 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. The story of a family besieged by small troublemaking creatures that wreak havoc on their town over the Christmas holiday. Criticism of the film's blend of horror and comedy caused executive producer Steven Spielberg to suggest that the Motion Picture Association of America design a new more fitting film rating which led the MPAA to create the PG-13 rating in response. Set in Kingston Falls NY. 7.75 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1962ref. 149573Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1962. Vintage reference photograph of actors Paul Newman and Shirley Knight examining film negatives with cinematographer Milton R. Krasner looking on. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. 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. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1948ref. 149569Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1948. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1948 film showing director Billy Wilder demonstrating how to embrace actress Marlene Dietrich with actor John Lund looking on in the background. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with several manuscript annotations regarding layout. An Iowa congresswoman enlists a US army captain to assist her in an investigation of a former Nazi entertainer. Unbeknownst to the congresswoman however the captain and the entertainer are engaged in an affair leading the captain to seduce the congresswoman in an attempt to hide his conflicting motives. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Shot on location in Berlin. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall with light creases to the corners. Selby US. Selby UK. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1984ref. 149571London: Cannon-Gala 1984. Vintage reference photograph of director Jacques Rivette and actress Jane Birkin on the set of the 1984 French film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Fiction and reality begin to mix when a theatre troupe begins to rehearse a play in a mysterious mansion. Set and shot on location in Paris and Hauts-de-Seine France. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Cannon-Gala unknown books
1973ref. 149572Paris: Sonocam 1973. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1973 French erotic film one showing actress Karin Schubert the other showing Schubert and actor Amidou. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso. Based on the 1971 novel. A call girl is punished by the owner of the brothel where she works and is subsequently forced to take on a variety of sadomasochistic clients. 9.5 x 7 inches. Fine. Bier 1451. Sonocam unknown books
1952ref. 149568Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1952. Vintage reference photograph from the 1952 French anthology film showing actors Jean Galland Paul Azais and Gaby Bruyere who appear in the episode "Le Masque." With manuscript pencil annotations 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 9.25 x 7 inches. Very Good plus with a light diagonal crease to the bottom right corner. Criterion Collection 444. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1961ref. 150014N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Jean-Claude Brialy and Anna Karina from the 1961 film. "Michel Casanova" stamp and "R. Levy" stamp on verso. Godard's homage to romantic comedies and the Hollywood musical about a woman who wants to have child but is caught between her resistant boyfriend and his overeager best friend. Perhaps the director's warmest and funniest film. Set in and shot on location in Paris. 9.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 238. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 150004N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Sylvia Kristel from the 1977 film. The last film in the original "Emmanuelle" trilogy following "Emmanuelle" 1974 directed by Just Jaeckin and starring Kristel and Alain Cuny and "Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman" "Emmanuelle II" 1975 directed by Francis Giacobetti and starring Kristel and Umberto Orsini. Miramax film founders Bob and Harvey Weinstein acquired the rights to the film at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival capitalizing on the popularity of what had become an international franchise broadcasting a unique appeal as an erotic film series with feminist leanings. 7 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1958ref. 149893N.p.: N.p. 1958. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1958 film "Dracula" released as "Horror of Dracula" in the US. One photo with manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout on the verso. Based on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel. Hammer Films' first adaptation of the Dracula story generally thought to be the finest of the studio's many horror films to feature the Count and simply one of the finest gothic horror films ever made. Christopher Lee introduced a more romantic debonair take on the character an approach that is still a mainstay of contemporary interpretations. Set in Klausenburg shot on location in Berkshire England. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus one with light soil to the bottom left corner. Johnson and DelVecchio Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 149414Munich: Constantin-Film 1969. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 German release of the US film. With printed mimeo snipes on the verso. Andy Warhol's final film an attempt to represent sex between a man and a woman Warhol superstars Louis Waldon and Viva respectively as naturalistically as possible. A groundbreaking influential production insofar as it was the first adult film to receive wide theatrical release in the US. Set and shot on location in New York. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Constantin-Film unknown books
1962ref. 149451Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1962. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of director Stanley Kubrick and cinematographer Oswald Morris on the set of the 1962 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso regarding layout. A stunning image of both Kubrick and legendary cinematographer Morris. Morris' achievements apart from "Lolita" include "Oliver Twist 1948 "Moulin Rouge" 1952 "Moby Dick" 1956 "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1965 "Fiddler on the Roof" 1971 and "The Man Who Would Be King" 1975. Kubrick's controversial adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 masterpiece about a man's all-consuming and destructive romantic desire for a prepubescent girl. Shot on location in Albany and the Adirondacks in New York Newport and Westerly in Rhode Island and Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire in England. 14 x 10.5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear and a shallow crease along the right edge. Godard Histoires du cinema. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1967ref. 149909New York: Andy Warhol Film 1967. Vintage poster for the 1967 film. The film originally screened at the Hudson Theater in a 95-minute version although this cut is considered lost. A 109-minute version would screen in 1968 as the first film shown at the New Andy Warhol Garrick Theater renamed as such after Warhol recovered from being shot by Valerie Solanas. One of several sexploitation influenced films made by Warhol an episodic story of a biker who has no bike and is both eroticized by the camera and emasculated by various Warhol superstars throughout. 19 x 25 inches rolled. Near Fine with some light soil and an almost imperceptible professional repair to a tear at the top edge. Murphy The Black Hole of Cinema. Warholstars. Andy Warhol Film unknown books
1967ref. 149869New York: Andy Warhol Film 1967. Vintage poster for the 1967 film. Two versions of the film were shot - one with an all nude all male cast that was never released publicly and one with both male and female actors wearing G-strings which was originally screened at the Hudson Theater in New York. A stylistic breakthrough in that the film entirely jettisons any pretense to plot dramatic action or sex found in Andy Warhol's previous sexploitation experiments instead featuring extended monologues by superstar Viva and conversations with others that touch on a variety of controversial topics. One of Warhol's most overtly political films also starring draft resister Andrew Duggan and the first pairing of Viva with Taylor Mead who would appear together in several more Warhol films. 19 x 25 inches rolled on archival linen with a small amount of professional restoration and repair. Near Fine with minor soil. Murphy The Black Hole of the Camera. Warholstars. Andy Warhol Film unknown books
1965ref. 150040N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Giulietta Masina Federico Fellini and crew on the set of the 1965 film. "Rizzoli Press" and "Atlantic Press" stamps on verso. Set in and shot on location in Rome. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 49. Ebert II. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. N.p. unknown books
1978ref. 150022N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Louis Malle and Keith Carradine on the set of the 1978 film. 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. Set and shot on location in Hattiesburg Mississippi and New Orleans. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1991ref. 150037N.p.: N.p. 1991. Vintage matte finish reference photograph of Steven Soderbergh on the set of the 1991 film. Printed snipe on verso. Loosely based on the life of Franz Kafka combined with elements from Kafka's novels "The Castle" 1926 and "The Trial" 1925. Soderbergh's second feature film experimental in concept and execution and today a cult favorite frequently compared to Terry Gilliam's 1985 film "Brazil" and David Cronenberg's 1991 film "Naked Lunch." Set in 1919 Prague shot on location in Prague Czech Republic. 8 x 10 inches wide bottom margin. Very light creasing in right margin else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
