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1982ref. 138390Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1982. First Draft script for the 1984 film dated two years prior to the film's release. A remake of Mario Monicelli's "Pigeon" set on location in San Francisco a comedy about the completely disorganized heist of a pawn shop. With a stellar cast including Jack Warden Donald Sutherland and a young Sean Penn. Gray titled wrappers noted as SECOND DRAFT SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy number dated September 30 1982. Title page present dated September 30 1982 with credits for producer Edward Lewis co-producer Robert F. Cortes director Louis Malle and screenwriter Jeffrey Alan Fiskin. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Lee The Heist Film. Universal Pictures unknown books
1992ref. 150347N.p.: N.p. 1992. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Louis Malle on the set of the 1992 film. Based on the 1991 novel by Josephine Hart. British cabinet minister Dr. Stephen Fleming Jeremy Irons falls desperately and obsessively in love with his son's fiancee Anna Juliette Binoche. After beginning a tempestuous affair Stephen tells Anna that he is willing to sacrifice his family and his cabinet position to be with her something which Anna has no intention of allowing. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Miranda Richardson. Shot on location in England and France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1958ref. 132901Paris: Nouvelles Editions de Films NEF 1958. Collection of twelve vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1958 French film. The great French director's second film about a wealthy woman who has become bored with both her emotionally distant husband and her lover and abruptly leaves them both to take up with a younger man she just met. After it was released in the US the film became the subject of a landmark First Amendment case before the Supreme Court where Justice Potter Stewart in declaring the film not obscene issued the immortal phrase "I know it when I see it" in regards to what constitutes pornographic material. A story set and shot on location in France including Paris Dijon Burgundy and the Cote-d'Or. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine or better with light toning to a few of the photographs. Criterion Collection 58. Nouvelles Editions de Films [NEF] unknown books
1978ref. 156351N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Louis Malle and actress Brooke Shields. 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 at Cannes. Set and shot on location in Hattiesburg Mississippi and New Orleans. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. 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
1978ref. 168491Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1978. Vintage borderless publicity photograph from the 1978 film showing actress Susan Sarandon. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. 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 at Cannes. Set and shot on location in Hattiesburg Mississippi and New Orleans. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1978ref. 160507N.p.: N.p. 1978. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1978 film. One with the stamp of photographer Maureen Lambray on the verso. 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 at Cannes. Set and shot on location in Hattiesburg Mississippi and New Orleans. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 162161N.p.: Cinema International 1975. Six vintage lobby cards for the 1975 French film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. An experimental film loosely based on Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" about a young woman in a post-apocalyptic world who seeks refuge from a violent civil war in an abandoned château. 11.5 x 9.25 inches. About Fine. Criterion Collection 571. Cinema International 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
1958ref. 171784N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage borderless oversize reference photograph from the 1958 French film noir showing a gloved Julien Tavernier carefully staging his lover's husband's death as a suicide. The film's new cinematic realism was both indebted and pivotal to the French New Wave and skyrocketed the career of Moreau whose disaffected makeup-less performance was the scandal of Paris for months following the film's release. 12 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 335. Grant France. Selby France. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 150445N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage borderless publicity photograph from the 1960 French film showing actress Catherine Demongeot posing near a metro stop in Paris. With a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's German release on the verso along with layout annotations in ink. A satire of Parisian society through the eyes of a ten-year-old girl visiting from the French countryside who sneaks away from her relatives to venture into the city alone. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 132925Paris: Nouvelles Editions de Films NEF 1960. Three vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1960 French film. An anarchic Louis Malle comedy one of his finest films where ten-year-old Zazie from a provincial town escapes the custody of her cross-dressing Uncle George and sets out to explore Paris on her own-all while her mother is off spending time with a lover. Story set and shot on location in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with very light toning. Criterion Collection 570. Nouvelles Editions de Films [NEF] unknown books
1971ref. 154479N.p.: N.p. 1971. Draft script for the 1971 film. Text and titles in French. A coming of age story following an intelligent jazz loving teenage boy growing up in a complicated bourgeois family in 1950s Dijon. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set and shot on location in Dijon Yvelines and Nievre France. Orange titled wrappers. Title page present undated. 71 leaves with last page of text numbered 70. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine with perfect binding. Criterion Collection 328. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 152383N.p.: N.p. 1967. Collection of 21 vintage borderless double weight photographs from the 1967 film. Many with the stamp of still photographer Vincent Rossel on the verso one with the stamp of Globe Photos and one with a provenance stamp. Based on the 1897 novel by Georges Darien. After his inheritance is stolen by his uncle a young man embarks on a life of crime to win back what was taken from him. Set and shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 149639Paris: Nouvelles editions de films 1967. Two vintage borderless double weight photographs from the set of the 1967 film. The first photograph shows Louis Malle and Jean-Paul Belmondo who is in costume conferring on the set. With the stamp of photographer Vincent Rossel and the name of the film as well as manuscript annotations regarding layout on the verso. The second photograph shows director Louis Malle standing with his back to the camera and other crew members at work on a rooftop in preparation for a scene. A few penciled annotations on the verso. Based on the 1897 novel by Georges Darien. After his inheritance is stolen by his uncle a young man embarks on a life of crime to win back what was taken from him. Set and shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Nouvelles editions de films unknown books
1929ref. 150991Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1929. Vintage borderless studio still photograph of actors Constance Talmadge and Andre Roanne from the 1929 silent film. Based on Jean Vignaud's 1928 novel. Talmadge sister of actresses Norma and Natalie starred in her first major role in D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance" 1916. Unlike her sisters Constance preferred to appear in light romantic comedies such as "A Pair of Silk Stockings" 1918 "Wedding Bells" 1921 and "The Primitive Lover" 1922. Although many of her films are now considered lost Talmadge is now best remembered for originating the tradition of preserving footprints in concrete outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre after accidentally stepping into wet concrete in front of the theatre in 1927. As with many silent film stars her career faded with the advent of sound film and by the 1930s she and her sisters had retired from the screen. 7.25 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus overall. United Artists unknown
1929ref. 150991Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1929. Vintage borderless studio still photograph of actors Constance Talmadge and Andre Roanne from the 1929 silent film. Based on Jean Vignaud's 1928 novel. Talmadge sister of actresses Norma and Natalie starred in her first major role in D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance" 1916. Unlike her sisters Constance preferred to appear in light romantic comedies such as "A Pair of Silk Stockings" 1918 "Wedding Bells" 1921 and "The Primitive Lover" 1922. Although many of her films are now considered lost Talmadge is now best remembered for originating the tradition of preserving footprints in concrete outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre after accidentally stepping into wet concrete in front of the theatre in 1927. As with many silent film stars her career faded with the advent of sound film and by the 1930s she and her sisters had retired from the screen. 7.25 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus overall. United Artists unknown books
1928ref. 170988Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1928. Vintage French pressbook for the lost 1927 silent film. Two competitive collegiate brothers Jim and Ralph Treadway James Hall and Richard Arlen are both in love with the vivacious Carol Fleming played by Louise Brooks. Rare. Two years after the release of "Rolled Stockings" frustrated with the middling roles she was receiving in Hollywood Brooks left for Germany and starred in the three feature films that launched her to international stardom "Pandora's Box" 1929 "Diary of a Lost Girl" 1929 and "Miss Europe" 1930. 8.75 x 12.5 inches. 6 pages. Very Good. Top edge of front wrapper unevenly cut as issued. Original string binding now missing faint evidence of a glue repair pages now separating at the spine. Tiny spot of soil to the front panel. See images. Paramount Pictures unknown
1990ref. 142107Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Gaumont 1990. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1990 film showing director Besson peering through a missing pane of glass with a camera. A breakthrough international success for Besson who would go on to a long career as a director and producer of action films and would hit it even bigger three years later with "The Professional" "Leon". Remade twice first as the 1991 Hong Kong film "Black Cat" "Hei Mao" directed by Stephen Shin and starring Jade Leung and then as the 1993 US film "Point of No Return" directed by John Badham and starring Bridget Fonda; and twice adapted for television in 1997 as "La Femme Nikita" starring Peta Wilson which aired for five seasons on USA then in 2010 as "Nikita" starring Maggie Q which aired for four seasons on The CW. 7 x 5 inches. Fine. Grant France. Gaumont unknown
1990ref. 142107Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Gaumont 1990. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1990 film showing director Besson peering through a missing pane of glass with a camera. A breakthrough international success for Besson who would go on to a long career as a director and producer of action films and would hit it even bigger three years later with "The Professional" "Leon". Remade twice first as the 1991 Hong Kong film "Black Cat" "Hei Mao" directed by Stephen Shin and starring Jade Leung and then as the 1993 US film "Point of No Return" directed by John Badham and starring Bridget Fonda; and twice adapted for television in 1997 as "La Femme Nikita" starring Peta Wilson which aired for five seasons on USA then in 2010 as "Nikita" starring Maggie Q which aired for four seasons on The CW. 7 x 5 inches. Fine. Grant France. Gaumont unknown books
1980ref. 161298N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage color borderless reference photograph from the 1980 Italian film. Provenance stamp and manuscript label crediting photographer Gianfranco Salis. A low-budget film actor suffers a nervous breakdown and runs away with an actress who believes herself to be Shakespeare's Ophelia. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 161298N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage color borderless reference photograph from the 1980 Italian film. Provenance stamp and manuscript label crediting photographer Gianfranco Salis. A low-budget film actor suffers a nervous breakdown and runs away with an actress who believes herself to be Shakespeare's Ophelia. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 149587Argentina: Sono Film 1971. Vintage poster for the 1971 comedy film starring legendary Argentinian comedian Luis Sandrini. 29 x 43 inches. Very Good. Light creasing and a few small closed tears and chips to the edges with starting to the folds and light soil. Folded as issued. Sono Film unknown
1971ref. 149587Argentina: Sono Film 1971. Vintage poster for the 1971 comedy film starring legendary Argentinian comedian Luis Sandrini. 29 x 43 inches. Very Good. Light creasing and a few small closed tears and chips to the edges with starting to the folds and light soil. Folded as issued. Sono Film unknown books
1971ref. 151550N.p.: Alfa Cinematografica 1971. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of Luchino Visconti and Silvana Mangano on the set of the 1971 film. Mimeo snipe "Parimage" stamp and "Camera Press" stamp on verso. Based on Thomas Mann's 1912 novella. Mann's lonely and obsessed novelist was transformed by Visconti into a composer based on Mahler who travels to Venice for his health and becomes increasingly obsessed with an adolescent Polish boy. The middle film of Visconit's "German Trilogy" an impressionistic conceptual cycle that begins with "The Damned" 1969 and ends with "Ludwig" 1972. Nominated for an Academy Award and for the Palm d'Or. Shot on location in Venice Italy. 12 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing and two small closed tears to left edge. Criterion Collection 962. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Alfa Cinematografica unknown