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1974ref. 146512Rome: Aquila Cinematografica 1974. Draft script for the first episode Episode 1 of an unproduced television miniseries. Based on the short story "The Virgin Orsola" from Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio's 1902 collection "De Novelle Della Pescara." A chaste schoolteacher in a convent survives a life-threatening illness but soon after is violently sexually assaulted beaten and left for dead. Set in Italy. Orange untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1974 with credits for novelist GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO and screenwriter PASQUALE PRUNAS. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light dampstaining on the front wrapper bound internally with two gold brads. Aquila Cinematografica unknown
1985ref. 159741N.p.: ABC Capital Cities Television Network 1985. Vintage reference photographs from the 1985 television documentary film. With mimeo snipe affixed to verso advertising the film's rebroadcast on Tuesday April 30 1985. A documentary exploring high school dropouts by following the lives of four high school students who are in programs to help support them to stay in school. Shot on location in Knoxville TN Los Angeles CA New York NY and Washington DC. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. ABC Capital Cities Television Network unknown books
1930ref. 148510N.p.: N.p. 1930. Vintage photograph of F.W. Murnau cinematographer Floyd Crosby a sound engineer and extras on location during shooting of the 1931 film. Considered the first example of "docufiction." The fourth and final film made by Murnau during his time in the US. Murnau and Robert J. Flaherty wrote the unpublished story "Turia" based on a South Sea legend Flaherty had heard while working on W.S. Van Dyke's "White Shadows in the South Seas" 1928 which would later evolve into "Tabu." Two young lovers on the idyllic island of Bora Bora find themselves in danger when an old warrior declares the girl to be the Chosen Maid. Refusing the lovers run off to a "westernized" island were the boy earns a living as a pearl diver and lands in debt. When the old warrior discovers their location they plan another escape requiring the boy paying off his debts by pearl diving in shark-infested waters. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Shot on location in Tahiti and the Leeward Islands French Polynesia. 5.75 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine lightly faded. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Eureka! 61. N.p. unknown books
1930ref. 148510N.p.: N.p. 1930. Vintage photograph of F.W. Murnau cinematographer Floyd Crosby a sound engineer and extras on location during shooting of the 1931 film. Considered the first example of "docufiction." The fourth and final film made by Murnau during his time in the US. Murnau and Robert J. Flaherty wrote the unpublished story "Turia" based on a South Sea legend Flaherty had heard while working on W.S. Van Dyke's "White Shadows in the South Seas" 1928 which would later evolve into "Tabu." Two young lovers on the idyllic island of Bora Bora find themselves in danger when an old warrior declares the girl to be the Chosen Maid. Refusing the lovers run off to a "westernized" island were the boy earns a living as a pearl diver and lands in debt. When the old warrior discovers their location they plan another escape requiring the boy paying off his debts by pearl diving in shark-infested waters. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Shot on location in Tahiti and the Leeward Islands French Polynesia. 5.75 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine lightly faded. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Eureka! 61. N.p. unknown
1952ref. 144568West Germany: Rhombus Film 1952. Two vintage photographs of Zarah Leander on the set of the 1952 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1952 novel by Tibor Yost. The second role in Zarah Leander's 1950s comeback after her career as a major star during the Nazi era 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Rhombus Film unknown books
1952ref. 144568West Germany: Rhombus Film 1952. Two vintage photographs of Zarah Leander on the set of the 1952 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1952 novel by Tibor Yost. The second role in Zarah Leander's 1950s comeback after her career as a major star during the Nazi era 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Rhombus Film unknown
1924ref. 171369N.p.: N.p. 1924. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1924 German silent film released in two parts in February and April of 1924. Based on the thirteenth century poem "Nibelungenlied." A five-hour epic co-written by director Fritz Land and his then-wife Thea von Harbou. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light creases at the bottom corners. N.p. unknown books
1931ref. 141666Vienna: Illustrierter Film-Kurier 1931. Vintage Austrian program for the 1931 German film. Lang's first sound film Peter Lorre's breakthrough role and the film Lang considered to be his masterpiece-an assertion that has found much agreement since. The only second piece of ephemera from the film we have ever offered. Text in German. Issue No. 262 of "Illustrierter Film-Kurier" one of the oldest European film magazines which ran weekly from 1929 to 1956. Like its German counterpart "Film-Kurier" each issue focused on a single film and used a gravure process to reproduce images from the film making for striking images and design. 6 x 9 inches. Six pages saddle stapled. Ink annotations throughout seemingly regarding layout affecting a bit of text but no images. Very Good plus with a faint horizontal crease and light toning to the wrappers. Criterion Collection 30. Grant Germany. Godard Histoires de cinema. Ebert I. Eureka Masters of Cinema 9. Rosebaum 1000. Illustrierter Film-Kurier unknown books
1928ref. 132454London: Fritz Lang Film / UFA / W and F. 1928. Vintage UK program for the 1928 German film released in the UK as "The Spy." Lang's followup to "Metropolis" and penultimate silent film an underrated spy versus spy thriller containing some of the most virtuosic set pieces of the director's career including a spectacular train crash at the film's climax. 9.5 x 12 inches 12 pages side stapled in card wrappers. Wrappers Very Good plus overall interior bright and Near Fine. Fritz Lang Film / UFA / W and F. unknown books
1959ref. 150507Berlin: Central Cinema Company Film CCC 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Fritz Lang being attacked by the shackled Paul Hubschmid rehearsing a scene on the set of the 1959 film. German mimeo snipe and "Der Tiger von Eschnapur" stamps on verso. Based on the 1918 German novel "Das Indische Grabmal" "The Indian Tomb" by Thea von Harbou. Previously filmed in 1921 as the silent film "The Indian Tomb" directed by Joe May and starring Conrad Veidt and Mia May with a screenplay written by von Harbou and Lang who was originally slated to direct and in 1938 as the German film "Der Tiger von Eschnapur" directed by Richard Eichberg starring Philip Dorn and La Jana. Lang returned to the material some forty years later and divided the story into two films to avoid the lengthy three and a half hour running time of the original silent film. A German architect travels to the remote Indian city of Eschnapur to oversee work being done at the behest of the Maharajah and falls in love with a beautiful temple dancer who the Maharajah also loves. Set in India shot on location in Berlin Germany and Udaipur India. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Eureka 50047. Rosenbaum 1000. Central Cinema Company Film [CCC] unknown books
1960ref. 145448US: American International Pictures AIP 1960. Collection of 4 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1960 film. Starring actress Paget is prominently featured all at the behest of men. All stills with credits printed on the rectos. One image from the set is shown. Please inquire for others. Based on von Harbou's 1918 novel "Das indische Grabmal" The Indian Tomb. Lang's two films "Tiger of Bengal" 1959 and "The Indian Tomb" 1959 combined by AIP as a single longer film. A Maharajah Reyer obsesses over temple dancer Seetha Paget in a memorable belly dance routine herself more interested in a traveling architect Hubschmid. Elements of Italian "peplum" Sword-and-sandal films with Paget periodically wielding a saber. 8 x 10 inches short white borders. Very Good overall with light curling and toning marginal creases and pinholes one still with cello tape on the verso one still with trimmed credits. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1936ref. 132489Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1936. Original US herald for the 1936 film. Lang's first Hollywood film and second talkie considered one of his finest efforts and one of three films in 1936 that propelled Spencer Tracy to the upper echelons of stardom. An important precursor to film noir which would develop directly from the expressionist style Lang and others brought to Hollywood from Germany beginning in the early 1930s. 6.75 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine quite bright with a coupe of tiny closed tears and light creasing to the top edge. National Film Registry. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer US Precursor. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
2000ref. 154465Universal City: MCA TV 2000. Vintage studio still photograph from the 2000 re-release of the 1938 film showing actors Sylvia Sidney and George Raft. Two former convicts meet while working at a department store and fall in love but their relationship soon sours when one suspects the other of infidelity leading him to return to a life of crime. 10 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US Noir. MCA TV unknown books
1924ref. 141664Berlin: Film-Kurier 1924. Vintage German programs for the two-part film series "Die Nibelungen" including one for "Die Nibelungen: Siegfried" and one for "Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge" produced by German film magazine "Film-Kurier." Text in German. Based on the thirteenth century epic poem "Nibelungenlied." "Film-Kurier" was the first German film journal published daily beginning in 1919. The journal's classic era lasted until 1933 when its publisher Alfred Weiner had to flee Germany due to his Jewish origins. The issues from this era remain striking to this day because they were printed using a gravure reproduction process. Each day's issue would focus on a single film. 9 x 11.75 inches. Each program six pages folded loose leaves as issued. Very Good plus with a horizontal fold tiny pinholes to the corners and an occasional short closed tear. Masters of Cinema 46. Film-Kurier unknown books
1943ref. 163749Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1943. Vintage keybook photograph from the 1944 film showing actress Marjorie Reynolds frozen in the shadow of a giant swastika. Based on Graham Greene's 1943 novel. While en route to London after being released from a mental institution a man is accidentally caught up in a nefarious Nazi scheme and finds himself pursued by German secret agents. Set in England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned at the edges with two punch holes along the left edge. Criterion Collection 649. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1938ref. 136085Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Vintage studio still photograph from the set of the 1938 noir antecedent showing director Fritz Lang and George Raft on the set. Stamps on the verso crediting photographer C. Kenneth Lobben and Paramount along with an exclusivity notice. 8 x 10 inches with wide margins. Near Fine. Spicer US Precursor. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1938ref. 144158Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Set of three vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the set of the 1938 film noir antecedent. Shown respectively are Lang conferring with Silvia Sidney Lang on the floor setting up an unusual camera angle and Lang playing a clarinet for baby actor Donald Dodds who played Silvia Sidney's infant son in the film. Each photo with a printed snipe on the verso a number annotated and circled in blue pencil 1 2 3 respectively and a stamp crediting Paramount Studios photographer Malcolm Bulloch. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. One photo with a faint vertical crease. Spicer p. 403. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1947ref. 164576Universal City: Universal-International 1947. Vintage borderless publicity photograph from the 1947 film noir showing actress Barbara O'Neil. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Loosely based on the French fairy tale of Bluebeard about a newlywed woman who suspects that her husband is trying to kill her. 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 was tand went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures where he worked well into the 1950s. Approximately 7.5 x 9 inches trimmed irregularly. Very Good. Universal-International unknown books
1944ref. 150383N.p.: N.p. 1944. Two vintage photographs from the set of the 1944 film noir one showing director Fritz Lang closely inspecting a filmstrip the other showing Lang in conversation with actress Joan Bennett. Based on J. H. Wallis' 1943 novel "Once Off Guard." A married psychology professor gets mixed up with a beautiful young woman who plunges him into a world of blackmail and murder. One 9.5 x 7.5 inches one 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1941ref. 145323Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1941. Vintage photograph of director Fritz Lang and stars Joan Bennett and Walter Pidgeon on the set of the 1941 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso and two punch holes in the left margin. Based on the 1939 novel "Rogue Male" by Geoffrey Household. The first of Fritz Lang's anti-Nazi films after he fled Germany in the mid 1930s. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant Worldwide. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US. Spicer US. Twilight Time. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1937ref. 159941Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1937. Vintage reference photograph of director Fritz Lang and a camera crew capturing a scene with actress Sylvia Sidney on the set of the 1937 film. National Film Archive stamp on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. One of Lang's greatest American films and an important film noir antecedent very much predicting the "crime spree" films that would follow it notably "They Live By Night" 1948 "Gun Crazy" 1950 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1937ref. 158246Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1937. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1937 film "National Film Archive London" stamp on versos. One of Fritz Lang's greatest American films and an important film noir antecedent very much predicting the "crime spree" films that would follow it notably "They Live By Night" 1948 "Gun Crazy" 1950 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1937ref. 148240Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1937. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1937 film "National Film Archive London" stamp on versos. One of Fritz Lang's greatest American films and an important film noir antecedent very much predicting the "crime spree" films that would follow it notably "They Live By Night" 1948 "Gun Crazy" 1950 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1956ref. 145504Los Angeles: Bert E. Friedlob Productions 1956. Vintage press photograph of actors Dana Andrews and Sidney Blackmer on the set of the 1956 film. With a rubber stamp on the verso. A newspaper publisher conspires with his to be son-in-law to expose the ineptitude of the district attorney who has wrongly sentenced multiple people to death. Shot on location in Chicago. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant Worldwide. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Bert E. Friedlob Productions unknown books
1953ref. 153219N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph of director Fritz Lang in conversation with actress Anne Baxter on the set of the 1953 film noir. Mimeo snipe to the verso. Based on the 1951 novella by Vera Caspary. A telephone operator wakes up with a hangover and a creeping feeling that she might have murdered her date the previous night. The first installment in Lang's "newspaper noir" trilogy followed by "While the City Sleeps" 1956 and "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" 1956. Set in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
