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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1949ref. 156122N.p.: Pontus Film 1949. Vintage program for the 1949 German film. Text and titles in German. A poor farmer learns that he may be the father of an illegitimate son and illegally slaughters a pig in an attempt to help the young man leading to a number of comic mishaps. Set in a small wine village on the banks of the Rhine. 8 x 11.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. Pontus Film unknown books
1949ref. 156122N.p.: Pontus Film 1949. Vintage program for the 1949 German film. Text and titles in German. A poor farmer learns that he may be the father of an illegitimate son and illegally slaughters a pig in an attempt to help the young man leading to a number of comic mishaps. Set in a small wine village on the banks of the Rhine. 8 x 11.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. Pontus Film unknown
1965ref. 141222N.p.: N.p. 1965. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on Fritz Habeck's 1951 German novel "Das Boot kommt nach Mitternact" about a Nazi officer who accepts a bribe from a persecuted couple to allow them to escape Paris by boat. Set in Paris. Tan titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Peter A. Schnitzler. Title page present dated June 1965 with credits for screenwriter Peter A. Schnitzler and author Fritz Habeck. 54 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 53. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 141222N.p.: N.p. 1965. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on Fritz Habeck's 1951 German novel "Das Boot kommt nach Mitternact" about a Nazi officer who accepts a bribe from a persecuted couple to allow them to escape Paris by boat. Set in Paris. Tan titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Peter A. Schnitzler. Title page present dated June 1965 with credits for screenwriter Peter A. Schnitzler and author Fritz Habeck. 54 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 53. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1955ref. 141133Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1955. First Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1955-1961 television series. One of television's first Westerns a series following famed marshal Wyatt Earp as he attempts to maintain order and law on the American frontier. Nominated for two prime time Emmy awards. Set in Arizona and shot on location in California and Arizona. Pink titled self-wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper with credit for screenwriter Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a staple. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1972ref. 160515N.p.: N.p. 1972. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 film both showing actors Patricia Collins and Jerry Orbach. Based on Frederick Exley's classic 1968 novel about a middle-aged alcoholic writer who suffers a mental breakdown. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival. Shot on location in New York and Toronto. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 160515N.p.: N.p. 1972. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 film both showing actors Patricia Collins and Jerry Orbach. Based on Frederick Exley's classic 1968 novel about a middle-aged alcoholic writer who suffers a mental breakdown. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival. Shot on location in New York and Toronto. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1955ref. 141133Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1955. First Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1955-1961 television series. One of television's first Westerns a series following famed marshal Wyatt Earp as he attempts to maintain order and law on the American frontier. Nominated for two prime time Emmy awards. Set in Arizona and shot on location in California and Arizona. Pink titled self-wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper with credit for screenwriter Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a staple. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown
