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1955ref. 144602Paris: Cinedis 1955. Archive of 867 original keybook still photographs from the 1955 French film pasted on thick stock in three large quarto "Lavis aquarelle" brand spiral bound notebook with maroon faux leather front wrapper and a paper title label affixed to the front wrapper. Nearly all photos numbered in manuscript ink inside a small white border on the recto and all numbered in mimeograph on the verso. One notebook full of photos crediting photographer Beauvarlet on the rectos. Director Rene's first color film based largely on his childhood experiences. Winner of two important French film awards the Prix Louis-Delluc and the Prix Melies. Screened out-of-competition at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. Still photographer Beauvarlet remains uncredited for the film perhaps overshadowed by the film's prolific cinematographer Robert Lefebvre. Beauvarlet stuck close to Bardot throughout her career snapping stills in "Her Bridal Night" 1956 "Naughty Girl" 1956 "La Parisienne" 1957 and "The Night Heaven Fell" 1958. His quick-draw style is amply captured here in candid images of the cast and crew a jovial celebrity signing and softer posed studio portraits. Armand Philipe is a lieutenant in the French cavalry just before WWI a notorious womanizer and gambler who bets that he can seduce a woman in time for his company to being its summer maneuvers. The woman is Marie-Louise Morgan a divorcee who runs a milliner's shop and who is also being courted by Victor Desailly. A subplot involving Armand's friend Felix Yves Robert and Lucie Bardot a photographer's daughter. Photos 3.5 x 4.5 inches. Very Good overall several with bruises from offsetting paste several are loose. Cinedis unknown books
1925ref. 157313N.p.: Wardour Films 1925. Vintage double weight studio still photograph from the US release of the 1925 French silent film showing actress Sandra Milovanoff. Contemporary annotation in manuscript ink on the verso noting the film's title in English. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A man's soul is released from his body by a hypnotist at the Moulin Rouge nightclub leading him to go on a mischievous havoc-wreaking spree around the city of Paris. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Good only with brief creasing at the corners and faint overall age toning. Wardour Films unknown books
1961ref. 143870Italy: Cinematografica RI.RE 1961. Collection of 14 vintage borderless single weight studio still photographs from the 1961 Italian-French film. Action sequences picketers Delon and his compatriots and a charming candid of Barbara Lass are present. Numerical annotations and a few with actor names on the versos in manuscript pencil along with the stamp of photographer Pierluigi Praturlon. The film's premiere was at Cannes and earned director Clément a Palme d'Or nomination. In 1921 Ulysses Delon enrolls in the Italian Fascist party and his initiation is to gain the trust of local printer Fossati Cervi. Fossati's family and beautiful daughter Lass are anarchists contesting Ulysses' beliefs and he ultimately decides to forge his own political path. Set in Rome shot there on location. 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine slight curling. Cinematografica RI.RE unknown
1952ref. 148166N.p.: Valoria Films 1952. Seven vintage French lobby cards from the 1952 film one with "Agence Mediterraneenne" stamp on the verso. Based on the 1952 novel "Jeux Interdits" by Francois Boyer. Paulette Brigitte Fossey a young Parisian girl orphaned by a Nazi air raid befriends an older peasant boy Michel Georges Poujouly whose family takes her in. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Set in and shot on location in France. 11.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus overall pinholes at corners with some small chipping to corners one with bruise and cello tape on top center. Vogel "Film as a Subversive Art." Ebert III. Criterion Collection 318. Valoria Films unknown
1970ref. 147803N.p.: Avco Embassy Pictures 1970. Collection of 13 vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film. Melancolie "Mellie" Mau Marlene Jobert is attacked and raped by a masked assailant in her home who she then shoots dead dumping his body in the sea. The next day a US Army colonel named Dobbs Charles Bronson questions her at a wedding seeming to know what had happened. Set in and shot on location in France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant Worldwide. Avco Embassy Pictures unknown
1975ref. 137576Paris: Cite Films 1975. Vintage oversize double weight reference photograph for the 1975 film as known as "Scar Tissue." With the label of the Paul Kohner agency on the verso. Maria Schneider stars as a young woman who must protect the son of her ex-lover when they are kidnapped while she is babysitting him. The final directorial effort of René Clément's long illustrious career. 9.25 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine. Cite Films unknown
1960ref. 128242France / Italy: Robert and Raymond Hakim 1960. Five vintage still black-and-white photographs from the 1960 film all produced for the US/UK release by Times Film. One of greatest of the French noirs in which René Clément wisely opted for the use of color over the general French practice of black-and-white. Also easily one of the finest adaptations of Patricia Highsmith's work told in a very visual style with a dearth of dialogue. All photos are 8 x 10 inches and all Near Fine to Fine. Criterion Collection 637. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer US. Robert and Raymond Hakim unknown books
1970ref. 147803N.p.: Avco Embassy Pictures 1970. Collection of 13 vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film. Melancolie "Mellie" Mau Marlene Jobert is attacked and raped by a masked assailant in her home who she then shoots dead dumping his body in the sea. The next day a US Army colonel named Dobbs Charles Bronson questions her at a wedding seeming to know what had happened. Set in and shot on location in France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant Worldwide. Avco Embassy Pictures unknown books
1952ref. 148166N.p.: Valoria Films 1952. Seven vintage French lobby cards from the 1952 film one with "Agence Mediterraneenne" stamp on the verso. Based on the 1952 novel "Jeux Interdits" by Francois Boyer. Paulette Brigitte Fossey a young Parisian girl orphaned by a Nazi air raid befriends an older peasant boy Michel Georges Poujouly whose family takes her in. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Set in and shot on location in France. 11.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus overall pinholes at corners with some small chipping to corners one with bruise and cello tape on top center. Vogel "Film as a Subversive Art." Ebert III. Criterion Collection 318. Valoria Films unknown books
1975ref. 137576Paris: Cite Films 1975. Vintage oversize double weight reference photograph for the 1975 film as known as "Scar Tissue." With the label of the Paul Kohner agency on the verso. Maria Schneider stars as a young woman who must protect the son of her ex-lover when they are kidnapped while she is babysitting him. The final directorial effort of René Clément's long illustrious career. 9.25 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine. Cite Films unknown books
1961ref. 143870Italy: Cinematografica RI.RE 1961. Collection of 14 vintage borderless single weight studio still photographs from the 1961 Italian-French film. Action sequences picketers Delon and his compatriots and a charming candid of Barbara Lass are present. Numerical annotations and a few with actor names on the versos in manuscript pencil along with the stamp of photographer Pierluigi Praturlon. The film's premiere was at Cannes and earned director Clément a Palme d'Or nomination. In 1921 Ulysses Delon enrolls in the Italian Fascist party and his initiation is to gain the trust of local printer Fossati Cervi. Fossati's family and beautiful daughter Lass are anarchists contesting Ulysses' beliefs and he ultimately decides to forge his own political path. Set in Rome shot there on location. 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine slight curling. Cinematografica RI.RE unknown books
1963ref. 148209N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage borderless studio still photograph of Simone Signoret and Stuart Whitman from the 1963 film. In 1944 Nazi occupied France French widow Therese Dutheil Signoret reluctantly joins the resistance falling in love with downed American pilot Captain Allan Morley Whitman whom she hides from the Germans and helps to escape to Spain. Set in and shot on location in France. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 158122N.p.: N.p. 1970. Two vintage oversize borderless reference photographs from the 1970 French film. A successful model finds herself torn between her photographer boyfriend and a beautiful advertising executive. Shot on location in Martinique. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 149263N.p.: Trans World Attractions 1972. Vintage one sheet poster for the US release of the 1969 French film. Gilles Alain Libolt and Veronique Anna Gael fall in love and marry but soon after the birth of their child they find their romance fading. A wealthy playboy pursuing the impetuous Veronique may prove too difficult for her to resist. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus rough crease along the center very small closed tear at top margin. Trans World Attractions unknown books
1997ref. 171673Culver City CA: Columbia TriStar Films 1997. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1997 film both showing Rene Russo and the titular gorilla Buddy. Loosely based on the 1942 memoir "Animals Are My Hobby" written by Gertrude Davies Lintz an exotic animals owner and dog breeder. An eccentric millionaire adopts a sickly baby gorilla and names him Buddy raising him as her son but life for the pair becomes more difficult as he grows older and significantly larger. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Columbia TriStar Films unknown books
1960ref. 144617Paris: N.p. 1960. Two original borderless single weight press photographs of starring actors Giani Espositio and Pascale Petit at a screemomg presumably the premiere of the 1960 French film. Costar Nelly Borgeaud is also seen in one photo. Based on Alleins' novel "L'étrangère dans les portes" 1954. Catherine Petit marries a wealthy landowner Esposito in Africa where she also meets a mystic who influences her spiritual beliefs as does a Catholic priest. Petit and Esposito were eventually married and collaborated on "Cross of the Living" 1962. 7 x 9.25 inches one slightly longer. Very Good plus faint indentations to one the other with two horizontal creases. N.p. unknown books
1926ref. 171390Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Vintage portrait photograph of French actor Renée Adorée issued to promote her appearance in Josef von Sternberg's 1926 silent film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on Alden Brooks' 1924 novel "Escape" about a wealthy Frenchman who leaves his affluence behind to become an artist. Currently considered a lost film. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good evenly toned. with a few nicks and creases to the margins. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1926ref. 171390Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Vintage portrait photograph of French actor Renée Adorée issued to promote her appearance in Josef von Sternberg's 1926 silent film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on Alden Brooks' 1924 novel "Escape" about a wealthy Frenchman who leaves his affluence behind to become an artist. Currently considered a lost film. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good evenly toned. with a few nicks and creases to the margins. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1989ref. 146422Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1989. Draft script for the 1990 film here under the working title "58 Minutes." Sequel to the 1988 action thriller based on the 1987 novel "58 Minutes" by Walter Wager. Two years after the Nakatomi Tower incident hard-nosed cop John McClane returns to save Dulles International Airport from grenade-wielding ex-military mercenaries. Set in Washington DC and shot on location in Colorado California and Michigan. Tan titled wrappers dated APRIL 24 1989. Title page present dated 4.24.89 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Doug Richardson and novelist Walter Wager. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light rusting to the rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1980ref. 141899Los Angeles: Sandy Howard Productions / New World Pictures 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Manuscript ink notation 108 on title page. Bar-Yotam is an Israeli actor and screenwriter who is best known for his roles in "You Don't Mess with the Zohan" 2008 and "Moon Over Parador" 1988 along with several television appearances dating from 1981-2016 on programs such as "Seinfeld" " Murder She Wrote" "Shameless" and "MacGyver." An angry renegade Irish police officer who plays by his own rules to come out on top in the end. Set in Southern California. White titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Reuven Bar-Yotam. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Sandy Howard Productions / New World Pictures unknown
1980ref. 141899Los Angeles: Sandy Howard Productions / New World Pictures 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Manuscript ink notation 108 on title page. Bar-Yotam is an Israeli actor and screenwriter who is best known for his roles in "You Don't Mess with the Zohan" 2008 and "Moon Over Parador" 1988 along with several television appearances dating from 1981-2016 on programs such as "Seinfeld" " Murder She Wrote" "Shameless" and "MacGyver." An angry renegade Irish police officer who plays by his own rules to come out on top in the end. Set in Southern California. White titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Reuven Bar-Yotam. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Sandy Howard Productions / New World Pictures unknown books
1921ref. 143526US: Metro Pictures Corporation 1921. Vintage photograph from the 1921 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1916 anti-war novel by Vincent Basco Ibanez about a French and German family on both sides of World War I. Along with "The Sheik" later the same year the film the catapulted Rudolph Valentino to stardom and helped create his "Great Lover" image. The film also launched the career of director Rex Ingram made screenwriter June Mathis one of the most powerful woman in Hollywood inspired a tango craze and was the first to gross over $1000000 at the box office. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a partial and faint studio stamp on the recto light soil and edgewear. National Film Registry. Metro Pictures Corporation unknown
1921ref. 143526US: Metro Pictures Corporation 1921. Vintage photograph from the 1921 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1916 anti-war novel by Vincent Basco Ibanez about a French and German family on both sides of World War I. Along with "The Sheik" later the same year the film the catapulted Rudolph Valentino to stardom and helped create his "Great Lover" image. The film also launched the career of director Rex Ingram made screenwriter June Mathis one of the most powerful woman in Hollywood inspired a tango craze and was the first to gross over $1000000 at the box office. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a partial and faint studio stamp on the recto light soil and edgewear. National Film Registry. Metro Pictures Corporation unknown books
1966ref. 146731N.p.: A.C. Lyles Productions 1966. Collection of 21 vintage studio still photographs from the 1966 film in their original brown paper sleeve stamped "'RED TOMAHAWK' 66/365 A17." Army captain Tom York Howard Keel arrives at the town of Deadwood after discovering the massacred 7th Cavalry and General Custer at Little Big Horn warning of an impeding Sioux attack. In desperate need of weapons he knows 2 Gatling guns are somewhere hidden in town but only Dakota Lil Joan Caulfield knows where and she refuses to disclose their whereabouts having had enough tragedy with the deaths of her husband and little boy. York persuades her to tell but before they can be assembled the guns are stolen by Sy Elkins Wendell Corey a degenerate gambler who intends on selling them to the Sioux. Set in Deadwood South Dakota shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine some with light uniform fading. Paper sleeve Near Fine with annotations of actors names in manuscript ink. Pitts 3338. A.C. Lyles Productions unknown
1966ref. 146731N.p.: A.C. Lyles Productions 1966. Collection of 21 vintage studio still photographs from the 1966 film in their original brown paper sleeve stamped "'RED TOMAHAWK' 66/365 A17." Army captain Tom York Howard Keel arrives at the town of Deadwood after discovering the massacred 7th Cavalry and General Custer at Little Big Horn warning of an impeding Sioux attack. In desperate need of weapons he knows 2 Gatling guns are somewhere hidden in town but only Dakota Lil Joan Caulfield knows where and she refuses to disclose their whereabouts having had enough tragedy with the deaths of her husband and little boy. York persuades her to tell but before they can be assembled the guns are stolen by Sy Elkins Wendell Corey a degenerate gambler who intends on selling them to the Sioux. Set in Deadwood South Dakota shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine some with light uniform fading. Paper sleeve Near Fine with annotations of actors names in manuscript ink. Pitts 3338. A.C. Lyles Productions unknown books
