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1962ref. 149464N.p.: Desert 1962. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1962 sexploitation film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso identifying the film's title. A gold prospector lost in the desert encounters an oasis with several women wandering around in the nude. One photograph 9.5 x 7 inches one photograph 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Desert unknown books
1956ref. 149458N.p.: Newtown Productions 1956. Vintage reference photograph of actress Carroll Baker on the set of the 1956 film. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1946 one-act plays "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" and "The Unsatisfactory Supper." A spoiled virginal teenage girl is caught between the unfulfilled passions of her middle-aged husband and his amorous business rival a Sicilian with a monopoly on local cotton plantations. Set in the fictional Tiger Tail County Mississippi shot on location in Benoit Mississippi and Stockton California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. Newtown Productions unknown books
1980ref. 149461N.p.: Aberdeen 1980. Three vintage black-and-white reference photographs from the 1980 film. Based on Rosalyn Drexler's 1972 novel "To Smithereens." A scrappy sports arena waitress is scouted by a wrestling promoter who believes she has what it takes to become a champion. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with faint wear at the corners. Aberdeen unknown books
1975ref. 149621Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Vintage oversize borderless satin-finish reference photograph from the 1975 musical film. With a provenance stamp on the verso. Loosely based on Marie d'Agoult's 1848 book "Nelida." Composer and pianist Franz Liszt enjoys a decadent lifestyle aided by his legion of loyal female fans. Set in Russia and Italy. 11.5 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1943ref. 146470Universal City: Universal Pictures 1943. Revised Draft script for the 1944 film. With a few small manuscript pencil annotations throughout noting the name of an unknown crew member. A condemned murderer escapes from jail when Nazis bomb the French prison where he is being held. Encountering the body of a dead French soldier he steals the man's identification papers and uniform and escapes to Africa joining the Resistance Movement and in doing so finding new purpose and a sense of patriotism to France. Set in France and French Equatorial Africa. Beige titled wrappers noted as REVISED on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7126 dated AUGUST 4 1943 with credits for director JULIEN DUVIVIER. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/12/43 and 10/4/43. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with front wrapper detached from binding bound with three gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
1980ref. 150748Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1980. Collection of ten vintage black and white borderless studio still photographs from the 1980 film. Based on screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky's 1978 novel. Director Ken Russell's first American film itself an "altered state" during production. Russell was constantly inebriated on the set and had the actors mumble their lines in protest against Chayefsky's script. Chayefsky was subsequently banned from the set and denounced the film even before production began. Edward Jessup William Hurt in his film debut is a Harvard professor whose studies of the limits of human consciousness inevitably lead him down a strange and horrible path from early experiments with a sensory deprivation tank to participation in Mexican Ayahuasca ceremonies. Set in Boston shot on location in New York California Massachusetts and Mexico. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1976ref. 150769Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1976. Set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1976 western film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso. Based on the 1968 play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit. A revisionist look at the Buffalo Bill legend in which the buffoonish Bill hires Chief Sitting Bull to star in his Wild West Show but finds himself frequently butting heads with Sitting Bull's own vision of the American west. Shot on location in Alberta Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 554. United Artists unknown books
1978ref. 150564Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1978. Collection of 12 vintage studio still photographs from the 1978 film. Loosely based on the exploits of Jimmy Hoffa the notorious boss of the Teamsters Union. In the 1930s a ruthless warehouse worker in Cleveland climbs his way to the top of a trucking union but his links to organized crime prove to be his downfall. Shot on location in South Yorkshire in the UK Mineral Point and Dodgeville in Wisconsin Dubuque in Iowa and Los Angeles in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1959ref. 149880London: British Lion 1959. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1959 short film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. A surreal slapstick sketch comedy film filmed over 2 days on a shoestring budget of approximately 70 British pounds. Considered influential on mid-century British comedy particularly Monty Python's Flying Circus and a purported favorite of The Beatles. Two photographs approximately 10 x 8 inches one photograph 8.25 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased. British Lion unknown books
1971ref. 150457Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1971. Vintage borderless studio still photograph of director Hal Ashby and actors Charles Tyner Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort along with an unknown crew member on the set of the 1971 film. With a handwritten snipe affixed to the verso along with manuscript pencil and ink annotations identifying the figures and film title. Hal Ashby's idiosyncratic love story following the unlikely romance which blossoms between the young suicidally depressed Harold and the exuberant eighty-year-old Maude. Set and shot on location in San Francisco. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn on the corners. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 608. Eureka Masters of Cinema 83. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 149600Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1969. Vintage reference photograph of director Peter Yates and actors Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow on the set of the 1969 film. Based on Mervyn Jones' 1966 novel following a man and a woman who meet in a singles bar sleep together and spend the subsequent day learning about one another. One of the earliest New Hollywood dramas an examination of hookup culture in the late 1960s. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1965ref. 149601London: Woodfall Film Productions 1965. Vintage borderless candid photograph from the 1965 film showing actors Ray Brooks and Charlotte Rampling lounging at the beach. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with manuscript annotations regarding layout and the stamp of Keystone Agency. Based on Ann Jellicoe's 1962 play. An awkward young man seeks out the help of his slick womanizing flatmate in learning how to seduce women but trouble arises when they both set their marks on the same girl. Although nominally a comedy a film that bears far more similarity to a kitchen sink drama due largely to its polarizing final act. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Set and shot on location in London. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear and soil to the verso. Woodfall Film Productions unknown books
1978ref. 150459London: BFI Production 1978. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the UK release of the 1978 film. An experimental mystery loosely based on the work of French writer Pierre Klossowski by noted Chilean filmmaker Raul Ruiz following an art collector obsessed with creating tableaux vivants of his most beloved canvasses a collection of six paintings by a mysterious nineteenth century painter. Set and shot on location in France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. BFI Production unknown books
1980ref. 149599London: Canadian Film Development Corporation CFDC / AVCO Embassy Pictures 1980. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1980 Canadian exploitation comedy film. With a printed mimeo snipe for the film's UK distributor Bordeaux International Films affixed to the verso. Freshly expelled from military boarding school a teenage boy returns to his hometown only to discover a rough motorcycle gang terrorizing his old school and that he is falling in love with the girlfriend of the gang's leader. Shot on location in Montreal. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly soiled on the verso. Canadian Film Development Corporation [CFDC] / AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 146916N.p.: Alsid Productions 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 film showing Barbara Hershey sunning herself in a bikini. Based on the 1968 Evan Hunter aka Ed McBain novel of the same name. Three teens bond while spending a summer on Fire Island. When they're joined by a fourth the dynamic between the trio is thrown causing one to become increasingly jealous and unstable. Set and shot on location in Long Island New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine light edgewear. Alsid Productions unknown books
1974ref. 146919N.p.: EMI Film Distributors 1974. Vintage oversize borderless double weight photograph of Sidney Lumet on the set of the 1974 film. Mimeo Snipe "PHOTO A RENDRE" and "CAMERA PRESS LTD." stamps and "IMAPRESS" stamp on sticker over "PARIMAGE" stamp on the verso. Based on the 1934 novel by Agatha Christie which finds her series detective Hercule Poirot investigating a murder aboard a train with the suspects portrayed by a who's who of Hollywood stars. Ingrid Bergman won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award and the film was nominated for five more including Best Actor for Albert Finney and Best Adapted Screenplay. Remade in 2017 directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh. 8.25 x 12 inches. Near Fine some curling wear and creasing at the far corners. Penzler 101. EMI Film Distributors unknown books
1961ref. 146915N.p.: Newtown Productions 1961. Vintage borderless photograph of Elia Kazan rehearsing with Barbara Loden and Gary Lockwood on the set of the 1961 film. Warren Beatty's film debut. Natalie Wood was nominated for Best Actress Academy Award and William Inge won for Best Screenplay his first original screenplay after a career as a playwright. Family and societal pressures on Deanie Wood and Bud's Beatty heated teen romance threaten their romance and their sanity. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Newtown Productions unknown books
1962ref. 146911London: Compagnia Cinematografica Montoro 1962. Vintage borderless photograph of Brigitte Bardot on the set from the 1962 film. "Brigitte BARDOT" and "PHOTO UNIFRANCE FILM" stamps on the verso. Bridgette Bardot stars in this semi-biographical film by Louie Malle about a young girl Jill who suddenly becomes a movie star and tries to manage the pressures and annoyances of celebrity. She returns home to Switzerland to escape from the paparazzi and seeks refuge in the arms of newly divorced Fabio Marcello Mastroianni. Set in and shot on location in France Switzerland and Italy. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Compagnia Cinematografica Montoro unknown books
1963ref. 146913N.p.: Estree Distributors 1963. Vintage borderless photograph of Sarah Miles and Joseph Losey on the set of the 1963 film. Crop annotations in manuscript marker on recto crop annotations in manuscript pencil and "Theo Cowan LTD" and "Paris-Presse" stamps and 1 1/4" mimeo snipe on the verso. The first of Joseph Losey's three legendary collaborations with screenwriter-playwright Harold Pinter a dark squeamish parable that tells a servant-becomes-master tale but goes beyond what could have been a mediocre finish and journeys into the psyche and personal problems of the servant himself. Stunningly photographed by Douglas Slocombe. A classic of 1960s British cinema. Set in and shot on location in London. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus some faint creasing. Estree Distributors unknown books
1962ref. 146923Paris: Cine Tamaris 1962. Vintage oversize double weight single photograph of four studio still images from the 1962 film. "CINE VOG FILMS S.A." and "CLEO DE 5 A 7" stamps on the verso. Told more or less in real time the story of a pop singer trying to distract herself from worry while awaiting the results of a biopsy. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set and shot on location in Paris. 9.25 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus some creasing and curling pinholes primarily in corners repaired with paper tape on the verso. Rosenbaum 1000. Ebert IV. Criterion Collection 73. Cine Tamaris unknown books
1958ref. 146914N.p.: Leland Hayward Productions 1958. Vintage photograph of Ernest Hemingway and Spencer Tracy on the set of the 1958 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1952. Winner of an Academy Award and nominated for two more including Best Actor for Spencer Tracy one of nine nominations he would receive during his career. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine very light creasing. Leland Hayward Productions unknown books
1976ref. 146929N.p.: 5 Continents 1976. Vintage oversize borderless studio still photographs from the 1976 film. Bizarre 1970s softcore sci-fi film about disembodied aliens from the dying planet Spermula who take the form of Earth women to collect semen to save their planet. featuring Udo Kier 9.5 x 12 inches. Very Good plus pinholes at the corners else clean and bright. 5 Continents unknown books
1969ref. 150647Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1969. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 film. With a stamp noting production No. 69-304 on the bottom right corner of the recto. Quintessential New Hollywood comedy-drama about two West Coast couples as they navigate the changing social and sexual climate of the late 1960s. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay. Set and shot on location in Nevada and California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1973ref. 149309Neuilly-sur-Seine: Argos Films 1973. Vintage grande French poster for the 1973 erotic film. Borowczyk's fourth feature length film a sexually explicit time-traveling romp ranging from the bloodthirsty exploits of Elizabeth Bathory to a nineteenth-century country girl masturbating to thoughts of Jesus Christ. 47 x 63 inches. Linen backed and rolled. Near Fine. Argos Films unknown books
1982ref. 149505Los Angeles: Lawrence Schiller Productions 1982. Original borderless photograph of director Lawrence Schiller consulting with novelist Norman Mailer regarding the script for the 1982 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1979 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Mailer who adapted his own book for the screen about the final years in the life of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore following his release from prison in Illinois and through to his re-incarceration in a Provo Utah prison and eventual execution for having committed multiple murders in Utah. Nominated for five Emmy Awards winning two including Outstanding Lead Actor for Tommy Lee Jones. A turning point in television movies wherein Jones and Arquette play wholly unsympathetic characters without reservation. One of the finest films of the 1980s on television or the silver screen. Set in Utah and Oregon shot on location in Utah. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Reyes 155. Lawrence Schiller Productions unknown books
