1993ref. 158004Universal City: Universal Pictures 1993. Vintage studio still photograph of director John Woo and actor Jean-Claude Van Damme on the set of the 1993 film. A woman arrives in New Orleans in search of her father where she meets a drifter who helps her uncover the terrifying story behind her father's disappearance. Shot on location in Alabama and Louisiana. 10 x 8.25 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Grant US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1973ref. 161724N.p.: Lurco Films 1973. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1973 French/German film. One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso. A quintet of beautiful young girls travel for the summer to one of the girls' father's remote villa and spend their days shoplifting hitchhiking and having orgies. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Lurco Films unknown
1973ref. 149662N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 French film showing actress Brigitte Fossey in silhouette. A man recently released from the hospital falls in love with a woman who is identical in appearance to his wife. Shot on location in Morbihan France. 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 149662N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 French film showing actress Brigitte Fossey in silhouette. A man recently released from the hospital falls in love with a woman who is identical in appearance to his wife. Shot on location in Morbihan France. 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 161724N.p.: Lurco Films 1973. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1973 French/German film. One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso. A quintet of beautiful young girls travel for the summer to one of the girls' father's remote villa and spend their days shoplifting hitchhiking and having orgies. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Lurco Films unknown books
ref. 149250Glendale CA: Allied Artists Pictures. Vintage one sheet poster for US release of the 1977 French film. Jean-Jacques Annaud's directorial debut. A scathing black comedy in which the residents of a French outpost in Africa learn of France's 1915 declaration of war on Germany conscript the local population and plan an attack on a nearby German garrison. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Set in and shot on location in Ivory Coast. 27 x 41 inches. Near Fine. Allied Artists Pictures unknown
1982ref. 156076Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1982. Five vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1981 French film. Based on the 1979 novel by Daniel Odier writing under the pseudonym Delacora. A stylish and influential French thriller wherein a young postman and opera enthusiast inadvertently becomes entangled with the mob and the police after a woman slips a cassette that fingers a corrupt police chief into his bag. Set and shot on location in Paris France. 8 x 10 inches. One with a small chip and tape shadow at the bottom right corner else Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1990ref. 167901Los Angeles: Columbia Pictures / Cinemax 1990. Two vintage reference photographs from the US release of the 1988 French film including one showing a camera crew on the set capturing a scene with Bart a trained Kodiak bear. One photo with a Cinemax label affixed to the verso. Based on James Oliver Curwood's 1916 novella "The Grizzly King" about an orphaned bear cub who befriends an adult Kodiak bear in the wild. Shot on location in the Italian and Austrian regions of the Dolomites using both live animals and animatronics created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Columbia Pictures / Cinemax unknown books
ref. 149250Glendale CA: Allied Artists Pictures. Vintage one sheet poster for US release of the 1977 French film. Jean-Jacques Annaud's directorial debut. A scathing black comedy in which the residents of a French outpost in Africa learn of France's 1915 declaration of war on Germany conscript the local population and plan an attack on a nearby German garrison. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Set in and shot on location in Ivory Coast. 27 x 41 inches. Near Fine. Allied Artists Pictures unknown books
1982ref. 156076Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1982. Five vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1981 French film. Based on the 1979 novel by Daniel Odier writing under the pseudonym Delacora. A stylish and influential French thriller wherein a young postman and opera enthusiast inadvertently becomes entangled with the mob and the police after a woman slips a cassette that fingers a corrupt police chief into his bag. Set and shot on location in Paris France. 8 x 10 inches. One with a small chip and tape shadow at the bottom right corner else Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1964ref. 150307N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1964 film showing actors Jean-Louis Trintignant and Jeanne Moreau between takes. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of PRPresse. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. Loosely based on the adventures of Dutch dancer-turned-spy Mata Hari who worked as a secret agent for the Germans during World War I. Shot on location in Paris. 8 x 11.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1964ref. 150307N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1964 film showing actors Jean-Louis Trintignant and Jeanne Moreau between takes. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of PRPresse. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. Loosely based on the adventures of Dutch dancer-turned-spy Mata Hari who worked as a secret agent for the Germans during World War I. Shot on location in Paris. 8 x 11.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1964ref. 164256N.p.: N.p. 1964. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1964 film including one of director Jean-Luc Godard pushing longtime cinematographer Raoul Cotard seated in a wheelchair on the set. Layout annotations in ink and pencil on the versos and one with a Télérama stamp. Godard used a cameraman seated in a wheelchair instead of a camera dolly in several films including "Breathless" 1959. During a period of romantic tumult a woman discovers she is pregnant with two possible fathers. After premiering at the Venice Film Festival the film was briefly banned in France for its scandalous depiction of infidelity and was only passed by the censors after forcing Godard to make several small changes including changing the film's title from "The Married Woman" to the slightly less inflammatory "A Married Woman." Four photographs 7.25 x 9.5 inches one photograph 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Masters of Cinema 80. N.p. unknown
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
1965ref. 151996N.p.: Andre Michelin Productions 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Eddie Constantine as Lemmy Caution in bed armed and reading a French translation of Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep" from the 1965 film. Printed snipe and provenance stamp of "G. Toussier" on verso. Jean-Luc Godard's neo-noir foray into science fiction transplanting the fictional detective Lemmy Caution Constantine into a dystopian future assigned to kill the machine intelligence that rules over a fascist state where emotion is outlawed. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Very light edgewear to the corners else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 25. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Andre Michelin Productions unknown
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
1964ref. 167663N.p.: N.p. 1964. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1964 French film including two showing director Jean-Luc Godard with a camera on the set. One with a French release stamp on the verso and all with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the same. Based on Dolores Hitchens' 1958 novel "Fools' Gold." A young woman convinces two men to help her steal a large stash of money from her aunt. An outrageous and comical crime film and a classic of French New Wave cinema later described by Godard as "'Alice in Wonderland' meets Franz Kafka." Shot on location in Paris. Photographs range in size from 9.5 x 7 inches to 7 x 5 inches. Generally Near Fine. Grant France. Spicer France. BFI 549. Criterion Collection 174. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1964ref. 168094N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage borderless double weight oversize reference photograph from the 1964 French film showing actors Samy Frey and Claude Brasseur in the middle of a gunfight in the street. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Based on Dolores Hitchens' 1958 novel "Fools' Gold." A young woman convinces two men to help her steal a large stash of money from her aunt. An outrageous and comical crime film and a classic of French New Wave cinema later described by director Jean-Luc Godard as "'Alice in Wonderland' meets Franz Kafka." Shot on location in Paris. 11.5 x 7.5 inches. Pinholes at the top corners else about Near Fine. BFI 549. Criterion Collection 174. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer France. N.p. unknown
1964ref. 161127N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1964 French film showing Pierre Brasseur and Anna Karina reading a newspaper together. Stamp specific to the French release of the film on the verso. Based on Dolores Hitchens' 1958 novel "Fools' Gold." A young woman convinces two men to help her steal a large stash of money from her aunt. An outrageous and comical crime film and a classic of French New Wave cinema later described by Godard as "'Alice in Wonderland' meets Franz Kafka." Shot on location in Paris. 9.5 x 7.25 inches with wide bottom margin. Near Fine. BFI 549. Criterion Collection 174. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer France. N.p. unknown
1964ref. 151743N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1964 film. Based on Dolores Hitchens' 1958 novel "Fools' Gold." A young woman convinces two men to help her steal a large stash of money from her aunt. An outrageous and comical crime film and a classic of French New Wave cinema later described by director Jean-Luc Godard as "'Alice in Wonderland' meets Franz Kafka." Shot on location in Paris. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. BFI 549. Criterion Collection 174. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer France. N.p. unknown
1964ref. 153077N.p.: N.p. 1964. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1964 French film both showing director Jean-Luc Godard sitting with a camera in the open trunk of a convertible. Based on Dolores Hitchens' 1958 novel "Fools' Gold." A young woman convinces two men to help her steal a large stash of money from her aunt. An outrageous and comical crime film and a classic of French New Wave cinema later described by director Jean-Luc Godard as "'Alice in Wonderland' meets Franz Kafka." Shot on location in Paris. 9.5 x 7.25 inches with wide bottom margins. Near Fine. BFI 549. Criterion Collection 174. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer France. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 149448France: JLG Films 1985. Vintage black-and-white borderless reference photograph of director Jean-Luc Godard and actors Claude Brasseur Nathalie Baye and Johnny Hallyday playing pool on the set of the 1985 film. Two detectives staying at a Parisian hotel investigate a murder which occurred two years prior. Released the same year as Godard's highly and pointlessly controversial film "Je Vous Salue Marie." Shot on location in Paris. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. JLG Films unknown
1980ref. 149979N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Jean-Luc Goddard and crew on the set of the 1980 film. "Sauve qui peut / la Vie" stamp on verso with last three lines of stamp which include copyright date and photograph credit for Anne-Marie Mieville struck through with manuscript marker. A most Godardian examination of sexual relationships in which three protagonists interact in different combinations. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Switzerland. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 744. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown
1986ref. 154238Paris: Interpress 1986. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Marushka Detmers and director Jean-Luc Godard on the set of the 1983 film. Loosely based on Georges Bizet's 1875 opera. A young woman involved in a terrorist gang is embroiled in a plan to rob a bank but her plans are waylaid when she falls for the security guard. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Interpress unknown
1986ref. 150041Paris: Interpress 1986. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Marushka Detmers from the 1983 film. Later printed French Interpress announcement with typos on verso. Loosely based on Georges Bizet's 1875 opera. A young woman involved in a terrorist gang is embroiled in a plan to rob a bank but her plans are waylaid when she falls for the security guard. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Interpress unknown
