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1980ref. 147188N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced television film. The sheriff of the town of Slayton is tasked with closing the old Barton family mine after a series of disasters and accidents-not realizing the Bartons would rather blow up the mine than surrender it to outsiders. Set in the fictional town of Slayton Nevada. Brown faux-leather non-standard titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Max Kleven. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine with a small rust mark to the first leaf wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 147188N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced television film. The sheriff of the town of Slayton is tasked with closing the old Barton family mine after a series of disasters and accidents-not realizing the Bartons would rather blow up the mine than surrender it to outsiders. Set in the fictional town of Slayton Nevada. Brown faux-leather non-standard titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Max Kleven. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine with a small rust mark to the first leaf wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1936ref. 156146N.p.: Prisma 1936. Vintage program for the 1936 Austrian film. Text and titles in German. A new member of the Vienna Boys Choir is framed for a theft. Shot on location in Tirol Austria. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. Prisma unknown
1936ref. 156146N.p.: Prisma 1936. Vintage program for the 1936 Austrian film. Text and titles in German. A new member of the Vienna Boys Choir is framed for a theft. Shot on location in Tirol Austria. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. Prisma unknown books
1945ref. 135327New York: Noel Meadow / Monogram Pictures 1945. Original program for the 1945 film. Features ad layouts side-by-side comparison of Lawrence Tierney and the real John Dillinger and various headline suggestions. Dillinger Tierney robs a store meets fellow gangster Specs Lowe in jail and continues his heists once freed from prison this time with a moll named Helen Jeffreys who eventually rats him out to the Fuzz. Nominated for an Academy Award. Director Nosseck made good use of stock footage from previous gangster films. Illustrated wrappers saddle-stapled. 16 leaves. Very Good with light foxing faint bruising and a vertical fold at the center. Grant US. Hardy The Gangster Film US. Okuda 440. Selby US. Spicer US. Stephens pp. 85-86. Noel Meadow / Monogram Pictures unknown
1954ref. 167826New York: Excelsior Pictures 1954. Vintage souvenir program for the 1954 nudist film. A widowed woman leaves the home of her tyrannical father-in-law accompanied by her young daughter and moves into a nudist camp in Florida. "Nudist" movies were typically shot at nudist campgrounds in order to skirt laws prohibiting on-screen nudity. "Garden of Eden" was nevertheless the subject of a court case in the late 1950s regarding obscenity. The court ruled that on-screen nudity was not obscene opening the door to more open depictions of nudity in film. Shot on location at the Lake Como Family Nudist Resort in Lutz Florida. 9 x 12 inches. About Fine. Excelsior Pictures unknown
1945ref. 135327New York: Noel Meadow / Monogram Pictures 1945. Original program for the 1945 film. Features ad layouts side-by-side comparison of Lawrence Tierney and the real John Dillinger and various headline suggestions. Dillinger Tierney robs a store meets fellow gangster Specs Lowe in jail and continues his heists once freed from prison this time with a moll named Helen Jeffreys who eventually rats him out to the Fuzz. Nominated for an Academy Award. Director Nosseck made good use of stock footage from previous gangster films. Illustrated wrappers saddle-stapled. 16 leaves. Very Good with light foxing faint bruising and a vertical fold at the center. Grant US. Hardy The Gangster Film US. Okuda 440. Selby US. Spicer US. Stephens pp. 85-86. Noel Meadow / Monogram Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 167826New York: Excelsior Pictures 1954. Vintage souvenir program for the 1954 nudist film. A widowed woman leaves the home of her tyrannical father-in-law accompanied by her young daughter and moves into a nudist camp in Florida. "Nudist" movies were typically shot at nudist campgrounds in order to skirt laws prohibiting on-screen nudity. "Garden of Eden" was nevertheless the subject of a court case in the late 1950s regarding obscenity. The court ruled that on-screen nudity was not obscene opening the door to more open depictions of nudity in film. Shot on location at the Lake Como Family Nudist Resort in Lutz Florida. 9 x 12 inches. About Fine. Excelsior Pictures unknown books
1935ref. 160585N.p.: N.p. 1935. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1935 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos in French. A farm girl gets tangled up with a depraved Parisian after starting a new job as a performer at a seedy music hall but finds redemption in her relationship with a wholesome milkman. One of two films written by notorious French author Colette the other being Marc Allégret's "Lake of Ladies" in 1934. Shot on location in Paris and in Hyères. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased at the corners one with faint foxing on the bottom edge of the verso. N.p. unknown
1952ref. 155081Paris: Columbia Pictures 1952. Collection of 20 vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1952 film. One photograph with the stamp of Columbia Pictures 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. 9.75 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and creasing at the corners. Criterion Collection 444. Columbia Pictures unknown
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
1952ref. 149919Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1952. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1952 French anthology film showing director Max Ophuls with a camera crew filming a scene with actor Jean Gabin who appears in the episode "La Maison Tellier." 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. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 444. Columbia Pictures unknown
1953ref. 144522Paris: Franco London Films 1953. Vintage test photograph of Charles Boyer as "General Andre de." in the 1953 French-Italian film. In the film he wears a mustache not so in this image and likely this session occurred just before or after filming was complete. Based on de Vilmorin's 1951 novel. Generally considered to be Max Ophuls' masterpiece the third of four acclaimed films he made after his return to France in 1950 and a 1950s masterpiece. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Black-and-White Rosine Delamare and Georges Annenkov. 11.5 x 14.75 inches small white border double weight full-color printed on Agfa photo paper. Very Good with moderate rubbing and curling a few short tears and creases. Criterion Collection. Ebert II. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Franco London Films unknown
1947ref. 165206Universal City: Universal Pictures 1947. Two vintage publicity photographs featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Paula Corday from the 1947 film. Both photographs with mimeo snipes affixed to the versos one also with a provenance stamp on the verso. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Loosely based on the 1926 novel "His Majesty the King" by Cosmo Hamilton. King Charles II lives in exile in the Netherlands after being deposed by Oliver Cromwell and his supporters. There Charles falls in love with a farm girl while hiding from Cromwell's assassins. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown
1947ref. 164413Universal City: Universal Pictures 1947. Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1947 film both showing actor Nigel Bruce. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso of one. Loosely based on the 1926 novel "His Majesty the King" by Cosmo Hamilton. King Charles II lives in exile in the Netherlands after being deposed by Oliver Cromwell and his supporters. There Charles falls in love with a farm girl while hiding from Cromwell's assassins. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown
1947ref. 165206Universal City: Universal Pictures 1947. Two vintage publicity photographs featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Paula Corday from the 1947 film. Both photographs with mimeo snipes affixed to the versos one also with a provenance stamp on the verso. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Loosely based on the 1926 novel "His Majesty the King" by Cosmo Hamilton. King Charles II lives in exile in the Netherlands after being deposed by Oliver Cromwell and his supporters. There Charles falls in love with a farm girl while hiding from Cromwell's assassins. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown books
1947ref. 164413Universal City: Universal Pictures 1947. Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1947 film both showing actor Nigel Bruce. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso of one. Loosely based on the 1926 novel "His Majesty the King" by Cosmo Hamilton. King Charles II lives in exile in the Netherlands after being deposed by Oliver Cromwell and his supporters. There Charles falls in love with a farm girl while hiding from Cromwell's assassins. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown books
1935ref. 160585N.p.: N.p. 1935. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1935 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos in French. A farm girl gets tangled up with a depraved Parisian after starting a new job as a performer at a seedy music hall but finds redemption in her relationship with a wholesome milkman. One of two films written by notorious French author Colette the other being Marc Allégret's "Lake of Ladies" in 1934. Shot on location in Paris and in Hyères. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased at the corners one with faint foxing on the bottom edge of the verso. N.p. unknown books
1952ref. 155081Paris: Columbia Pictures 1952. Collection of 20 vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1952 film. One photograph with the stamp of Columbia Pictures 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. 9.75 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and creasing at the corners. Criterion Collection 444. Columbia Pictures 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
1952ref. 149919Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1952. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1952 French anthology film showing director Max Ophuls with a camera crew filming a scene with actor Jean Gabin who appears in the episode "La Maison Tellier." 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. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 444. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1953ref. 144522Paris: Franco London Films 1953. Vintage test photograph of Charles Boyer as "General Andre de." in the 1953 French-Italian film. In the film he wears a mustache not so in this image and likely this session occurred just before or after filming was complete. Based on de Vilmorin's 1951 novel. Generally considered to be Max Ophuls' masterpiece the third of four acclaimed films he made after his return to France in 1950 and a 1950s masterpiece. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Black-and-White Rosine Delamare and Georges Annenkov. 11.5 x 14.75 inches small white border double weight full-color printed on Agfa photo paper. Very Good with moderate rubbing and curling a few short tears and creases. Criterion Collection. Ebert II. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Franco London Films unknown books
1970ref. 161818N.p.: Rochambeau Films 1970. Five vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1970 French film. Greta a Swedish student arrives in Paris and finds refuge from dogged men in the arms of Claude a rich possessive lesbian. But she soon feels oppressed and begins falling for Jean a bisexual lover of a celebrated gay artist. Set in and shot on location in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. 88 Films. Rochambeau Films unknown
1975ref. 161837N.p.: Group 1 Int. Dist. Org 1975. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1974 French film. Two photographs with provenance stamps on the versos one of which also has a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. A beautiful woman undresses in the back of Marcel's taxi and proceeds to take him to the "Private Club" a sex club where he can live out his wildest sexual fantasies unfortunately Marcel's mind is on Lisa a girl he met in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one with a wax pencil annotation on the top right of the recto. Group 1 Int. Dist. Org unknown
1974ref. 163967N.p.: N.p. 1974. Collection of 13 vintage oversize borderless color reference photographs from the 1974 French erotic film. Typed labels affixed to the recto corners noting the film's French title and an over-18 rating. A taxi driver falls for a seductive passenger and follows her to an erotic club where he enjoys a series of sexual encounters with various women. Director Max Pécas worked as a screenwriter director and producer through the late twentieth century and while he is today best remembered for directing "La main noire" 1968 and "Felicia" 1975 much of his filmography has been recently restored and released by the curated label Cult Epics in the US and 88 Films in the UK resulting in a wave of renewed interest. 9.25 x 12 inches. Near Fine. 88 Films. Pitts pp. 189-190. N.p. unknown
