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1934ref. 159596London: National Film Archive 1934. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1934 film one showing actors Bette Davis and Leslie Howard the other showing director John Cromwell and a camera crew capturing a scene with Kay Johnson and Howard. Both with the stamp of National Film Archive on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. A sensitive clubfooted young man falls in love with a mercurial tearoom waitress. A breakout role for actress Bette Davis and the first of three adaptations of Maugham's novel followed by one in 1946 and one in 1964. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Archive unknown
1964ref. 155630N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film showing actress Kim Novak nude and on a bed. The third of three feature films based on W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel following the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis and the 1946 film starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine with pinholes on the corners and edges. N.p. unknown
1964ref. 137314Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM / Seven Arts 1964. Collection of 13 studio photographs from the 1964 film. The third of three feature films adapted from W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel starring Kim Novak and Laurence Harvey following the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis and the 1946 film starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker. Set in London and filmed by MGM British Studios at Ardmore Studios in County Wicklow Ireland. 10 x 8 inches 25 x 20. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Seven Arts unknown
1940ref. 149144N.p.: Vitagraph 1940. Vintage keybook photograph of L-to-R Herbert Marshall James Stephenson back to camera director William Wyler and Bette Davis lunching at the Warner Brothers commissary during the filming of the 1940 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Claiming self defense after shooting a man David Newell she was secretly having an affair with Leslie Crosbie Bette Davis is defended by an increasingly skeptical lawyer James Stephenson. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Cinematography Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor. 11 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US. Vitagraph unknown
1972ref. 150607Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Complete set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1972 film. Four photos shown please inquire to see the others. Loosely based on the 1950 film "The Asphalt Jungle" which was in turn based on W. R. Burnett's 1949 novel. A former inmate decides to gather a gang of criminals to execute a diamond heist in the hopes of using the profits to start a community bank for black-owned businesses. Set in Los Angeles and San Quentin. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lee The Heist Film. Parish and Hill 66. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 69 119-121. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1972ref. 150658Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Seven black and white studio still photographs from the 1972 film. Loosely based on the 1950 film "The Asphalt Jungle" which was in turn based on W. R. Burnett's 1949 novel. A former inmate decides to gather a gang of criminals to execute a diamond heist in the hopes of using the profits to start a community bank for black-owned businesses. Set in Los Angeles and San Quentin. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lee The Heist Film. Parish and Hill 66. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 69 119-121. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1972ref. 150607Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Complete set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1972 film. Four photos shown please inquire to see the others. Loosely based on the 1950 film "The Asphalt Jungle" which was in turn based on W. R. Burnett's 1949 novel. A former inmate decides to gather a gang of criminals to execute a diamond heist in the hopes of using the profits to start a community bank for black-owned businesses. Set in Los Angeles and San Quentin. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lee The Heist Film. Parish and Hill 66. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 69 119-121. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1950ref. 148967Paris: Films sans Frontieres 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film noir showing actors June Havoc and Iris Adrian. With a date stamp and blind stamp to the verso. A woman trying to lead an honest life finds herself led back into the world of crime when she falls for a gambling con man. Set in San Francisco and Los Angeles California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy to the upper edge with light soil to the verso. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Films sans Frontieres unknown books
1950ref. 148967Paris: Films sans Frontieres 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film noir showing actors June Havoc and Iris Adrian. With a date stamp and blind stamp to the verso. A woman trying to lead an honest life finds herself led back into the world of crime when she falls for a gambling con man. Set in San Francisco and Los Angeles California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy to the upper edge with light soil to the verso. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Films sans Frontieres unknown
1979ref. 158003N.p.: N.p. 1979. Vintage matte-finish reference photograph of writer Günter Grass child actor David Bennent and director Volker Schlöndorff on the set of the 1979 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Grass' 1959 novel about a young child with magical abilities who witnesses the rise to power of the Nazi party. Winner of the Palme d'Or and winner of an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Set in Danzig and shot on location in West Germany. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Arrow Films. Criterion Collection 234. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 149849N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of Margarethe von Trotta Volker Schlondorff cinematographer Igor Luther and other crew members on the set of the 1976 film. Based on the 1939 novel by Marguerite Yourcenar. Young left-wing aristocrat Sophie von Reval von Trotta sides with the Bolsheviks after being rejected by a young German soldier Matthias Habich preparing to fight the Red Army. The third and final collaboration between husband and wife team Schlondorff and von Trotta von Trotta here co-writing and starring before von Trotta would branch off into her own esteemed career as a director. Previously they worked together on "The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach" 1971 which von Tratt starred in and co-wrote with director Schlondorff and the New German Cinema masterwork "The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum" 1975 which they co-wrote and co-directed together. Set in 1919 Latvia during the Russian Civil War. 12 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing at far corners. Criterion Collection 192. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 149849N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of Margarethe von Trotta Volker Schlondorff cinematographer Igor Luther and other crew members on the set of the 1976 film. Based on the 1939 novel by Marguerite Yourcenar. Young left-wing aristocrat Sophie von Reval von Trotta sides with the Bolsheviks after being rejected by a young German soldier Matthias Habich preparing to fight the Red Army. The third and final collaboration between husband and wife team Schlondorff and von Trotta von Trotta here co-writing and starring before von Trotta would branch off into her own esteemed career as a director. Previously they worked together on "The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach" 1971 which von Tratt starred in and co-wrote with director Schlondorff and the New German Cinema masterwork "The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum" 1975 which they co-wrote and co-directed together. Set in 1919 Latvia during the Russian Civil War. 12 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing at far corners. Criterion Collection 192. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 158003N.p.: N.p. 1979. Vintage matte-finish reference photograph of writer Günter Grass child actor David Bennent and director Volker Schlöndorff on the set of the 1979 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Grass' 1959 novel about a young child with magical abilities who witnesses the rise to power of the Nazi party. Winner of the Palme d'Or and winner of an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Set in Danzig and shot on location in West Germany. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Arrow Films. Criterion Collection 234. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 150804Belgrade: Avala Film 1961. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1961 Yugoslavian film. Based on the 1952 play by Drago Gervais about an historical woman who saves the town of Rikecka from destruction after the British Navy begins to bombard it with cannons fire. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Avala Film unknown books
1961ref. 150804Belgrade: Avala Film 1961. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1961 Yugoslavian film. Based on the 1952 play by Drago Gervais about an historical woman who saves the town of Rikecka from destruction after the British Navy begins to bombard it with cannons fire. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Avala Film unknown
1978ref. 144593Munich: Bavaria Atelier 1978. Vintage borderless photograph of Rainer Werner Fassbinder on the set of the 1978 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov. Herman Herman Dirk Bograde a Russian immigrant and Jewish business owner in Berlin is targeted by Nazis. While slowly losing his mind he fixates on a man he believes to be his doppelganger. After taking out a new life insurance policy he devises a plan to free himself of his problems. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Shot on location in Germany. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Bavaria Atelier unknown books
1978ref. 144593Munich: Bavaria Atelier 1978. Vintage borderless photograph of Rainer Werner Fassbinder on the set of the 1978 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov. Herman Herman Dirk Bograde a Russian immigrant and Jewish business owner in Berlin is targeted by Nazis. While slowly losing his mind he fixates on a man he believes to be his doppelganger. After taking out a new life insurance policy he devises a plan to free himself of his problems. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Shot on location in Germany. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Bavaria Atelier unknown
1948ref. 161537Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1948. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1948 British film. Based on Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel wherein a young woman's loveless marriage leads her to begin an affair with a dashing Czarist officer. Set in St. Petersburg. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes and some creasing at the corners as well as two chips along the top edge. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1948ref. 161537Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1948. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1948 British film. Based on Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel wherein a young woman's loveless marriage leads her to begin an affair with a dashing Czarist officer. Set in St. Petersburg. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes and some creasing at the corners as well as two chips along the top edge. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1974ref. 137795Rome: Ultra Film S. p. A. 1974. Carbon typescript Draft script for the 1973 Italian film" Baciamo le mani" here under the English title "The Family." Released internationally as "I Kiss the Hand" "Family Killer" and "Kiss My Hand" and re-released in the US as "Sin City Confidential." Brief annotations in manuscript ink on the first page noting the role of Luca played by Spiros Focas and on a few other pages. Rubber-stamped on the title page as an Ultra Film production however Aquila Cinematografica would receive final credit. Based on Schiraldi's 1972 titular novel. Stefano Ferrante Joshua Sinclair the son of a Mafia boss Kennedy is killed by Gaspare Ardizzone Saxon because he refused to sell a piece of land. Eventually Ardizzone becomes the new Don and the prior is soon killed by some indifferent construction workers. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Schiraldo and translator Denis Hall. 208 leaves with last page of text numbered 207. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Ultra Film S. p. A. unknown books
1974ref. 137795Rome: Ultra Film S. p. A. 1974. Carbon typescript Draft script for the 1973 Italian film" Baciamo le mani" here under the English title "The Family." Released internationally as "I Kiss the Hand" "Family Killer" and "Kiss My Hand" and re-released in the US as "Sin City Confidential." Brief annotations in manuscript ink on the first page noting the role of Luca played by Spiros Focas and on a few other pages. Rubber-stamped on the title page as an Ultra Film production however Aquila Cinematografica would receive final credit. Based on Schiraldi's 1972 titular novel. Stefano Ferrante Joshua Sinclair the son of a Mafia boss Kennedy is killed by Gaspare Ardizzone Saxon because he refused to sell a piece of land. Eventually Ardizzone becomes the new Don and the prior is soon killed by some indifferent construction workers. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Schiraldo and translator Denis Hall. 208 leaves with last page of text numbered 207. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Ultra Film S. p. A. unknown
1969ref. 150478N.p.: N.p. 1969. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 sexploitation film two black and white and one in color. One with the stamp of Studio 111 on the verso. Two 9.5 x 7 inches one 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus one with light fading on the recto. N.p. unknown books
1951ref. 122115Rome: Albert and Charles Boni 1951. Original Italian program for the 1951 film based on the novel "Toto il buono" by Cesare Zavattini. SIGNED by Vittorio De Sica at the bottom of the title page. One of the director's classics pure visual storytelling made just after "Bicycle Thieves" 1948 and just before "Umberto D." 1952. A gorgeous oversize program with a central illustration on the front wrapper within a debossed frame. The wrapper houses 6 loose deluxe card plates as issued the first two devoted to text and the last four being full-color lithograph illustrations reflecting the film story. One of the most beautiful programs we've ever seen. Plates Near Fine outer wrapper Very Good plus with a few tears at the edges but no loss 12.75 x 17.25 inches. Albert and Charles Boni unknown books
1953ref. 135958Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1953. Original Spanish pressbook for the 1953 film 12 pages saddle-stapled 11 x 14 inches. Criterion Collection 202. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1967ref. 135367Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1967 film. Press stamps on the versos. A seven-part anthology ranging from comedy to drama starring actress Shirley MacLaine in various guises and all dealing with adultery and its ramifications. Shot on location in Paris. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Generally Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
