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1934ref. 157322Universal City: Universal Pictures 1934. Vintage reference photograph of director Edward Ludwig and cameraman Merritt Gerstad filming a scene with Claude Rains on the set of the 1934 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A pacifist writer discovers his publisher is in league with munitions manufacturers leading to a crisis of conscience. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 162123N.p.: Catalyst Productions 1975. Vintage studio still photograph of Pénélope Lamour from the US release of the 1975 French film. Photograph with provenance stamps on the verso. Based on the anonymously published 1748 French novel "Les Bijoux Indiscrets" "The Indiscreet Jewels" by Denis Diderot. Lamour stars as Joëlle a beautiful executive who experiences a mysterious infection in her vagina which stems from her adolescence allowing it to speak. A hardcore cult hit which spawned the 1977 sequel "Le Sexe qui parle II" also directed by Claude Mulot. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Catalyst Productions unknown books
1975ref. 162123N.p.: Catalyst Productions 1975. Vintage studio still photograph of Pénélope Lamour from the US release of the 1975 French film. Photograph with provenance stamps on the verso. Based on the anonymously published 1748 French novel "Les Bijoux Indiscrets" "The Indiscreet Jewels" by Denis Diderot. Lamour stars as Joëlle a beautiful executive who experiences a mysterious infection in her vagina which stems from her adolescence allowing it to speak. A hardcore cult hit which spawned the 1977 sequel "Le Sexe qui parle II" also directed by Claude Mulot. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Catalyst Productions unknown
1985ref. 152360N.p.: N.p. 1985. Two vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1985 film showing a young Charlotte Gainsbourg. A neglected thirteen-year-old girl from a working class neighborhood dreams of becoming the manager of her friend a wealthy teenage piano prodigy vacationing nearby but her hopes soon unravel when she is confronted with the reality of her friend's upper-class life. Shot on location in Savoie and Yvelines France. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 154508N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage reference photograph from the 1965 film showing the scantily clad posterior of Amidou. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Five teenagers decide to leave school and study at a "school for criminals." Director Claude Lelouch's first commercial success. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 167499N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actress Janine Magnan in her underwear. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Five teenagers decide to leave school and study instead at a "school for criminals." Director Claude Lelouch's first commercial success. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light toning along three edges. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 132718Los Angeles: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1974. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the US release of the 1974 French film promoted in the US in 1974. Mimeograph snipe affixed to the verso. A time-jumping romance showcasing the lives to two lovers taking place over a century and several continents. Shot on location in Israel New York and Turkey. 8 x 10 inches. Some toning on the recto see image else Near Fine. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown books
1966ref. 144479Paris: Les Films 13 1966. Four vintage photographs from the 1966 film. With agency stamps and manuscript annotations on the versos. Anne Gauthier Anouk Aimee and Jean-Louis Duroc Jean-Louis Trintignant meet as they drop their children off at boarding school. She works as a script supervisor and he as a race-car driver. They quickly become friends and as a romance starts to emerge they both reveal that each are widows still experiencing the grief of their losses. Winner of The Palme d'Or and the OCIC Award at the Cannes Film Festival also winner of two Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film. Nominated for two more. Shot on location in Paris Deauville and Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Les Films 13 unknown books
1966ref. 144479Paris: Les Films 13 1966. Four vintage photographs from the 1966 film. With agency stamps and manuscript annotations on the versos. Anne Gauthier Anouk Aimee and Jean-Louis Duroc Jean-Louis Trintignant meet as they drop their children off at boarding school. She works as a script supervisor and he as a race-car driver. They quickly become friends and as a romance starts to emerge they both reveal that each are widows still experiencing the grief of their losses. Winner of The Palme d'Or and the OCIC Award at the Cannes Film Festival also winner of two Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film. Nominated for two more. Shot on location in Paris Deauville and Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Les Films 13 unknown
1965ref. 167499N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actress Janine Magnan in her underwear. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Five teenagers decide to leave school and study instead at a "school for criminals." Director Claude Lelouch's first commercial success. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light toning along three edges. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 154508N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage reference photograph from the 1965 film showing the scantily clad posterior of Amidou. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Five teenagers decide to leave school and study at a "school for criminals." Director Claude Lelouch's first commercial success. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 162491N.p.: Times Films 1966. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1965 French film. With provenance stamps on the verso of each one with three labels obscuring its provenance stamps. Valeria Ciangottini stars as a 19-year-old Parisian girl who after a messy love affair openly decides to become a prostitute and signs a contract with a ruthless pimp. When her first client an old man who owns a marketing agency dies in her arms and a young handsome company executive comes to investigate the death it's love at first sight. 8 x 10 inches. Two Near Fine one Very Good plus with faint creasing and a wax pencil annotation to the bottom margin. Times Films unknown books
1966ref. 162491N.p.: Times Films 1966. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1965 French film. With provenance stamps on the verso of each one with three labels obscuring its provenance stamps. Valeria Ciangottini stars as a 19-year-old Parisian girl who after a messy love affair openly decides to become a prostitute and signs a contract with a ruthless pimp. When her first client an old man who owns a marketing agency dies in her arms and a young handsome company executive comes to investigate the death it's love at first sight. 8 x 10 inches. Two Near Fine one Very Good plus with faint creasing and a wax pencil annotation to the bottom margin. Times Films unknown
1983ref. 147127N.p.: N.p. 1983. Draft script for the 1983 film here under the working title "Herazaal ou La Nuit des Temps" Herazaal or the Mists of Time. Text in French. A very early draft script bearing little resemblance save the names of the central characters to the final film which focuses on the incestuous power-hungry Sicilian family of Count Carlo de Villafratti. Set in Venice. White titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director Claude d'Anna and screenwriters M.F. Bonin and Monique Lange. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus overall wrapper Very Good plus with a black comb binding. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 147197N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for the 1983 film. Text in French. An American travels to Sicily to bury his father not expecting to fall for Elisa the youngest daughter of Count Carlo de Villafratti and his incestuous power-hungry family. Set in Sicily. Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1979 with credits for director Claude d'Anna and screenwriter M.F. Bonin. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1983ref. 147127N.p.: N.p. 1983. Draft script for the 1983 film here under the working title "Herazaal ou La Nuit des Temps" Herazaal or the Mists of Time. Text in French. A very early draft script bearing little resemblance save the names of the central characters to the final film which focuses on the incestuous power-hungry Sicilian family of Count Carlo de Villafratti. Set in Venice. White titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director Claude d'Anna and screenwriters M.F. Bonin and Monique Lange. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus overall wrapper Very Good plus with a black comb binding. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 149743N.p.: N.p. 1977. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1977 French film showing actress Sylvia Kristel variously with director Claude Chabrol and actors Charles Vanel and Jean Carmet. A young woman in the process of leaving her husband discovers her car's windshield has mysteriously shattered forcing her to spend the night at an isolated mansion in the countryside. Shot on location in Villennes sur Seine France. 7 x 4.5 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 147470Rome: Panitalia 1959. Vintage borderless candid photograph of Antonella Lualdi and members of the film crew on the set of the 1959 film. With a stamp for photographer Jacques Six and mimeo snipe to the verso. Based on Stanley Ellin's 1952 novel. A wealthy vintner finds it difficult to balance the demands of his wife his children his best friend and his recently murdered mistress. Set and shot on location in Aix-en-Provence France. 9 x 6 inches. Very Good plus with faint soil. Grant France. Panitalia unknown books
1961ref. 161868N.p.: Times Films 1961. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1959 French film "À double tour" here under the US release title "Leda" also released in the US as "Web of Passion." Each photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Based on the 1952 novel "The Key to Nicholas Street" by Stanley Ellin. Monsieur Marcoux patriarch of a grand family estate and living with his wife and grown children has an affair with the beautiful Italian artist Leda. Leda is found murdered and police suspect the milk man but Marcoux' daughter's fiancé suspects someone else. Director and screenwriter Claude Chabrol's third feature film his first in color and first psychological thriller the genre that would define his career for the next five decades. Shot on location in Aix-en-Provence France. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing. Times Films unknown books
1962ref. 151511Paris: Lux Film 1962. Vintage pressbook for the 1962 French film noir. Laid in with the pressbook is a xerographically duplicated cast list and synopsis of the film. Text in French. A failed journalist in southern Germany befriends a young married couple but the friendship begins to deteriorate when he takes compromising photographs of the wife with another man. A key Chabrol film predecessor to his thrillers made later in the decade. Set and shot on location in Germany and France. 12 x 9.5 inches. Two leaves folded vertically and bound with two staples. Very Good plus with light edgewear creasing and pinholes to the corners. Grant France. Selby France. Spicer France. Lux Film unknown books
1966ref. 154556N.p.: N.p. 1966. Collection of 13 vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photographs from the 1966 French film. Loosely based on the 1946-1950 memoirs of Gilbert Renault writing as Colonel Remy about a small town in the Jura divided by a narrow river which forms the border between Nazi-occupied France and the free zone. The first of four World War II films directed by Claude Chabrol followed by "The Blood of Others" 1984 "Story of Women" 1988 and "L'oeil de Vichy" 1993. Shot on location in Belmont Chissey Dole and Port-Lesney Jura. 12 photographs 10.5 x 9.5 inches one photograph 9 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1958ref. 144701Paris: Ajym Films 1958. Two vintage borderless photographs featuring Bernadette Lafont and Jean-Claude Brialy from the 1958 film. With a rubber stamp on the verso of each. Director Claude Chabrol's first film. Francois Jean-Claude Brialy returns to his home-town after a long absence to find his friend Serge Gerard Blain depressed an alcoholic and mourning the death of he and his wife Yvonne's stillborn child. Though at odds with provincial life Francois wants to help his friend. Shot on location in Sardent France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 580. Eureka Masters of Cinema. Grant France. Ajym Films unknown books
1958ref. 148306N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage studio still photograph with narrow margins of Gerard Blain from the 1958 film. Layout annotations and "National Film Archive" stamp on the verso. Director Claude Chabrol's first film frequently cited as the first French New Wave film. Francois Jean-Claude Brialy a theology student suffering from TB returns to his home-town after ten years to recuperate and finds his friend Serge Blain depressed alcoholic and mourning the death of he and his wife Yvonne's Michele Meritz stillborn child. Shot on location in Sardent France. 6.75 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 580. Eureka Masters of Cinema. Grant France. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 148754New South Wales: Embassy Pictures 1963. Collection of 16 vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film. Based on French serial killer Henri Desire Landru. During World War I Henri Landru Charles Denner supplements his income by luring middle-class women through newspaper ads to a villa outside Paris where he seduces and kills them burns their bodies then helps himself to their bank accounts keeping himself his wife his mistress and his four children in the lifestyle to which they are accustomed. Shot on location in Paris and Gambais France. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Light creasing in margins three with pinholes to corners one with notable creasing in left margin. Grant France. Embassy Pictures unknown books
1972ref. 171794N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage borderless oversize reference photograph from the 1972 French film showing Jean-Paul Belmondo and Daniel Ivernel ogling a nude Laura Antonelli. Based on Hubert Monteilhet's 1969 novel "Murder at Leisure" about a womanizing doctor who begins drugging his wife in order to continue his affair with her younger sister. 11 x 8.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
