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1961ref. 140160France: N.p. 1961. Collection of 32 vintage borderless reference photographs of director René Clair with members of the cast and crew at a release party for the 1961 film. Approximately half the photographs bear the stamp of photographer Walter Limot on the verso. Clair is seen with fans giving a speech signing autographs presumably conducting a radio interview and cavorting with stars of the film like Colette Castel Alfred Adam and Annie Fratellini The festivities were located perhaps at a music hall with several musicians and traditional instruments appearing in a few photos. A businessman wants to buy land around the village of Cabosse claiming his desire for seclusion but harbors a secret desire to sell the water from the village fountain purportedly a fountain of youth. Shot on location throughout France. 7.25 x 9.25 inches. About Very Good plus or better lightly curled with some faint foxing on the verso. N.p. unknown books
1961ref. 144660Paris: Cinedis 1961. Archive of 749 vintage keybook photographs from the 1961 French-Italian film. Over 200 are loose the remainder being affixed with cello tape on thick stock in two folio sized spiral bound notebooks with one title label present. Each photograph is numbered in manuscript pencil on the versos 13 photographs credit photographer Water Limot 18 with his name stamped on the verso and each notebook page with corresponding numerical annotations in manuscript pencil. Also included is a vintage Cinedis manila mailing envelope. Limot's action photographs are poignantly interlaced with on-the-set images including tender exchanged between actors Bourvil Annie Fratellini and Colette Castel herself seen in striking authority behind a handheld camera. A few feature Black musicians in the background surrounded by paparazzi and a few photos are slightly more candid with subjects hamming for the camera. A businessman wants to buy land around the village of Cabosse claiming his desire for seclusion but with intentions to sell the water from the village fountain purportedly a fountain of youth. 747 photos are 3.5 x 4.5 inches or slightly smaller with small white borders at the foot and 2 photos are 5 x 7 inches. Light curling and most with tape ghosts and discoloration else Near Fine. Envelope and notebooks Very Good overall. Cinedis unknown books
1961ref. 144266France: Limot 1961. Archive of 86 original single weight photographs from the set of 1961 film. Members of the cast and crew are seen in action shots pinup images of actress Castel Bourvil mending fences and several images of the camera crew during filming. Sprawling landscapes gunfights in the town square and charming taproom images candidly showcase one of Clair's final films. Nearly all are rubber-stamped on the verso crediting photographer Limot and all with numerical annotations in manuscript pencil. Housed in an original French Kodak photo paper box. One photograph shown. Please inquire for others. A businessman Noiret wants to buy land around the village of Cabosse claiming his desire for seclusion but with intentions to sell the water from the village fountain purportedly a fountain of youth. Shot on location throughout France. Photos 5 x 7 inches with a few trimmed slightly smaller and box slightly larger. Photos Near Fine with light curling and faint foxing and box Very Good Plus two splits to the lid. Limot unknown books
1961ref. 140159France: N.p. 1961. Archive of 91 vintage candid photographs featuring director René Clair and members of the cast and crew at release parties for the 1961 film. Clair is seen with fans giving a speech signing autographs conducting a recorded interview and cavorting with stars of the film like Colette Castel Alfred Adam and Annie Fratellini. The festivities seem to take place in a large music hall with musicians and traditional instruments appearing in a few photos. Bourvil is also present in two contact prints seen traveling cavorting with Clair getting a shave and playing bocce. Several with brief numerical annotations in manuscript pencil and a few double weight photographs with rubberstamps crediting photographer Martin on the versos. A businessman Noiret wants to buy land around the village of Cabosse claiming his desire for seclusion but with intentions to sell the water from the village fountain purportedly a fountain of youth. Shot on location throughout France. Photos range from 4.5 x 7 inches to 8 x 10.5 inches most are 7.25 x 9.25 inches with 87 frames on 35mm and medium-format negative strips. Very Good plus overall with light curling and foxing negatives lightly rubbed. N.p. unknown books
1961ref. 160356Rome: Cineriz 1961. Four vintage borderless double weight publicity photographs from the 1961 film. With stamp on verso identifying photographer H. Martin. Also with file folder with the film title in manuscript ink. A businessman wants to buy land around the village of Cabosse claiming his desire for seclusion but with intentions to sell the water from the village fountain purportedly a fountain of youth. Set in France shot on location in Lot-et-Geronne Hauts-de-Seine and Paris Fracne. Photographs 9.5 x 7.25 inches Folder 10.25 x 12.75 inches. Photographs Very Good plus Folder Very Good plus with one small tear at one of the folds. Cineriz unknown books
1961ref. 144105Nice: Gaumont-Palace 1961. Vintage French program and two invitations for the 1961 film here under the original French titles. The collection both predates and postdates November 1 1961 generally considered the original release. A small invitation "for two" doubles as a folding RSVP for the October 17 showing at the Cyrano theatre in Villeneuve-sur-Lot a Southwest France commune with the Lot River running through the middle. The invitee's RSVP is unsigned. The two remaining pieces are from a slightly later November 15 1961 showing at the Gaumont-Palace in Nice in the Southeast of France the Riviera. A folding invitation stamped in blind with the theatre's coat of arms credits the president of the Societe Nouvelle des Etablissements Gaumont Jean Le Duc suggests formal wear and the invitee has inscribed in manuscript blue ink in French "one chair." A large program accompanies printed by Havas for the Gaumont-Palace showing details film credits and synopsis greetings from the Gaumont and advertisements for businesses in Nice. Formal programs often omitted still images from the film like this example opting for candor instead of promotion. The film echoes director's Clair's early silent films interweaving separate themes of comedy and fantasy involving a well with supernatural powers that lengthens life expectancy. Cyrano invitation 4 x 5.25 inches Gaumont invitation 4 x 8.25 inches the program 8.25 x 10.75 inches. Light rubbing and foxing overall and a vertical crease to the Gaumont invitation else Near Fine. Gaumont-Palace unknown books
1961ref. 144268France: Limot 1961. Original black-and-white single weight photograph from the 1961 French film. Actor Philippe Noiret is seen anxiously conversing on a telephone. Rubber-stamped on the verso crediting photographer Limot and with numerical annotations 641 in manuscript pencil. A businessman Noiret wants to buy land around the village of Cabosse claiming his desire for seclusion but with intentions to sell the water from the village fountain purportedly a fountain of youth. One of Clair's final films. Shot on location throughout France. 5 x 7 inches tiny white border at the foot. Near Fine with light curling and faint foxing. Limot unknown books
1962ref. 139131France Italy: Cineriz 1962. Archive of press material related to the 1961 French-Italian film. Includes film production-related material like shooting schedules and synopses a cinema magazine reviewing the film and several leaves of correspondence addressed from various members of film production to Maryse Martin Martres a prolific French actress who was also involved in press relations in France. Brief annotations in manuscript ink throughout. More than 150 leaves of correspondence and notes. A glimpse inside the behind-the-scenes process of French press and the attention paid to prolific French figures of cinema notably René Clair. Maryse Martin whose film credits include "The Happy Road" 1957 "Bonjour Tristesse 1958 and several films each for directors Jacqueline Audry Maurice Labro and Jean Gourguet was a popular "B" actress who played supporting roles in over 40 films. She presumably worked for a press agency involved in publication of film reviews press kits photographs and more. Several letters are represented addressed to and from Maryse from persons like Gay-Lussac Gordon Reid A. Sergio Berrocal George L. George Monsieur Bergougnous Monsieur Lourau J.D. van Leeuwen Edmundo Duran members of UniFrance Film Alessandro Ferrau R. Betmalle Clare Simpson Pierre Lazareff Francois Timmory I. Dally and even René Clair's secretary. A businessman Noiret wants to buy land around the village of Cabosse claiming his desire for seclusion but with intentions to sell the water from the village fountain purportedly a fountain of youth. Shot on location throughout France. All material Very Good overall housed in Martin's file folder with the film title in manuscript ink. Cineriz unknown books
1955ref. 145022Paris: Cinedis 1955. Original single weight film still for the 1955 French film showing actress Michele Morgan sipping tea in long black gloves. Numerical notation stamped on the verso. Director René Clair's first color film based largely on his childhood experiences. Winner of two French film awards the Prix Louis-Delluc and the Prix Melies. Screened out-of-competition at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. Still photographer Serge Beauvarlet remains uncredited for the film perhaps overshadowed by the film's prolific cinematographer Robert Lefebvre. In the years just before World War I a womanizing lieutenant bets that he can seduce a woman in time for his company to begin its summer maneuvers. The woman in question is a divorcée who runs a milliner's shop and is also being courted by another man. 9 x 7 inches with short white border. Very Good plus with light curling and brief wear to lower corners. Cinedis unknown books
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
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
