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1936ref. 164557Universal City: Universal Pictures 1936. Vintage publicity photograph of Buster Crabbe from the 1936 serial film. 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 went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Based on the 1934 comic-strip character created by Alex Raymond. The first screen adaptation of "Flash Gordon" presented as a serial film in 13 chapters and starring Buster Crabbe in the titular role battling to thwart the evil schemes of Emperor Ming the Merciless portrayed by Charles B. Middleton. Followed by two sequels also in serial form "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars" 1938 and "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" 1940. Remade in 1980 as a superhero space opera film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Sam J. Jones and Melony Anderson. Shot on location in Bronson Canyon California. 8 x 10 inches mounted onto a 8.25 x 10.25 inch black art board. Near Fine with even toning. National Film Registry. Universal Pictures unknown books
1936ref. 164557Universal City: Universal Pictures 1936. Vintage publicity photograph of Buster Crabbe from the 1936 serial film. 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 went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Based on the 1934 comic-strip character created by Alex Raymond. The first screen adaptation of "Flash Gordon" presented as a serial film in 13 chapters and starring Buster Crabbe in the titular role battling to thwart the evil schemes of Emperor Ming the Merciless portrayed by Charles B. Middleton. Followed by two sequels also in serial form "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars" 1938 and "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" 1940. Remade in 1980 as a superhero space opera film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Sam J. Jones and Melony Anderson. Shot on location in Bronson Canyon California. 8 x 10 inches mounted onto a 8.25 x 10.25 inch black art board. Near Fine with even toning. National Film Registry. Universal Pictures unknown
1971ref. 158801Beverly Hills CA: Crown International Pictures 1971. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 film. A man starts having an affair with a married woman he meets on a beach. Unbeknownst to him she previously murdered the wife of her current husband when she first began having an affair with him. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Crown International Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 140960Paris: G. de Boissiere 1960. Original French press kit for the 1960 French-Italian film "Fortunat." Text in French. Resembling the star biography and film credit packets often seen with US press kits this material details film credits cast and crew biographies and a synopsis. The film was distributed by Cinedis but here is credited to publicity manager G. de Boissiere with their cute cat logo as a complimentary kit. Based on Michel Breitman's 1955 novel "Fortunat ou le pere adopte." During the occupation of France a drunkard poacher named Fortunat Bourvil is tasked with helping Juliette Morgan and her two children escape the Nazis. Fortunat and Juliette engage in a brief love affair until she rejoins her husband the man in charge of a resistance effort and reason for Juliette's evading the Reich. 9 leaves 1 "with compliments" slip 8 printed rectos a few corner-stapled on "DEB de Boissiere parchment mimeograph duplication. Housed in a DEB pocketed paper folder 8.5 x 12.25 inches. Near Fine overall. G. de Boissiere unknown books
1974ref. 151669N.p.: Good Times 1974. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1974 adult film. 27 x 41 inches folded. Near Fine. Good Times unknown books
1972ref. 168659N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1972 adult comedy. Alex de Renzy's first fictional film following his landmark documentaries "Censorship in Denmark: A New Approach: 1970 and "A History of the Blue Movie" 1970. A mom embarks on a perilous journey into a dangerous forest to save her daughters Emily and Kandi abducted by pirates and encounters singing cross-dressers a lesbian gang gay monks and a helpful dwarf named Derek. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with starting at the center folds. Bright and unfaded. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 168659N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1972 adult comedy. Alex de Renzy's first fictional film following his landmark documentaries "Censorship in Denmark: A New Approach: 1970 and "A History of the Blue Movie" 1970. A mom embarks on a perilous journey into a dangerous forest to save her daughters Emily and Kandi abducted by pirates and encounters singing cross-dressers a lesbian gang gay monks and a helpful dwarf named Derek. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with starting at the center folds. Bright and unfaded. N.p. unknown
1951ref. 160232N.p.: N.p. 1951. Vintage reference photograph from the 1951 film. A dutiful bank clerk is convinced by his new neighbor an eccentric artist to steal gold bullion in order to melt it down to make miniature Eiffel Towers. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Ranked the 17th greatest British film of all time by the BFI. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased at the top left corner and lightly soiled on the center right edge. Lee "The Heist Film. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 153996Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Vintage reference photograph of novelist Daphne Du Maurier and her husband Sir Frederick Browning visiting actors Alec Guinness and Nicole Maurey on the set of the 1959 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1957 novel by Du Maurier about a lonely university professor who meets his lookalike a wealthy but discontented count while vacationing in France and finds himself unwittingly forced to swap places and assume the count's life. Shot on location in France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1991ref. 168153Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1991. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1992 film. Based on the 1988 off-Broadway play by Craig Lucas who also adapted this screenplay about a young woman who finds her spirit trapped in the body of an elderly man after he kisses her on her wedding day. Considered by many to be an allegory for couples affected by the AIDS crisis. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1991ref. 167030Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1991. Draft script for the 1992 film. Based on the 1988 off-Broadway play by Craig Lucas who also adapted this screenplay about a young woman who finds her spirit trapped in the body of an elderly man after he kisses her on her wedding day. Considered by many to be an allegory for couples affected by the AIDS crisis. Red titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers dated January 11 1991 on the front wrapper. Missing title page. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1986ref. 157861Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1986. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1986 television series originally aired on March 9 1986 on NBC. Based on the 1979 novel by Lucian Truscott IV about a cadet at a military academy who investigates the murder of a fellow cadet. Adapted for the screen by Gore Vidal. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1991ref. 167030Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1991. Draft script for the 1992 film. Based on the 1988 off-Broadway play by Craig Lucas who also adapted this screenplay about a young woman who finds her spirit trapped in the body of an elderly man after he kisses her on her wedding day. Considered by many to be an allegory for couples affected by the AIDS crisis. Red titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers dated January 11 1991 on the front wrapper. Missing title page. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1947ref. 160973Universal City: Universal-International 1947. Vintage reference photograph of director Zoltán Korda talking with producer and head of Universal-International William Goetz on the set of the 1948 film noir. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Aldous Huxley's 1922 short story "The Gioconda Smile" about an unfaithful husband who is wrongly charged with the murder of his first wife. 8 x 10 inches. Slightly curled else Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal-International unknown books
1947ref. 160973Universal City: Universal-International 1947. Vintage reference photograph of director Zoltán Korda talking with producer and head of Universal-International William Goetz on the set of the 1948 film noir. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Aldous Huxley's 1922 short story "The Gioconda Smile" about an unfaithful husband who is wrongly charged with the murder of his first wife. 8 x 10 inches. Slightly curled else Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal-International unknown
1965ref. 147694Rome: Arco Films 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 Italian film showing actors Rosanna Schiaffino Jean-Claude Brialy and Romolo Valli as well as several other cast members. With the stamp of The Silver Screen Archives to the verso. Based on Niccolo Machiavelli's 1518 play about a man who schemes to sleep with an infertile man's wife by pretending to be a doctor. Set and shot on location in Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with light diagonal creasing to the corners. Arco Films unknown books
1957ref. 160268N.p.: Lopert Pictures Corporation 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1957 film. A teenage girl vacations to Italy with her parents who are on the brink of divorce. She spends time on the beach fantasizing about a fairy tale romance with the lifeguard's son. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in Tuscany. 8.25 x 7 inches trimmed. Near Fine with creasing at the corners. Lopert Pictures Corporation unknown books
1964ref. 157639N.p.: Cambist Films 1964. Three vintage studio still photographs of Libertad Leblanc from the 1964 film. A young would-be nightclub singer discovers that her new performing contract is controlled by a violent drug baron. Set and shot on location in Buenos Aires and Venezuela. 10 x 8 inches. NEear Fine. Cambist Films unknown books
1973ref. 161579N.p.: Times Films 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1969 Italian-German giallo film. Photograph with two provenance stamps on the verso. Paolo an Italian journalist newly arrived in Los Angeles is attacked by two thugs looking for his childhood friend Giulio who dies in a mysterious car accident the following day. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Times Films unknown books
1970ref. 143871Rome: Fair Film 1970. Draft script for the 1970 film. An English language script for consideration by US filmmakers though the film was shot in Italian. Based on Alberto Bevilacqua's 1964 novel of the same name. The widow of a worker killed by police joins the militant strike against the factory owners one of which falls in love with her and is forced to face his glaring conflicts of interest. Shot on location in Parma Italy. Grey titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter and director Alberto Bevilacqua. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Fair Film unknown books
1970ref. 143871Rome: Fair Film 1970. Draft script for the 1970 film. An English language script for consideration by US filmmakers though the film was shot in Italian. Based on Alberto Bevilacqua's 1964 novel of the same name. The widow of a worker killed by police joins the militant strike against the factory owners one of which falls in love with her and is forced to face his glaring conflicts of interest. Shot on location in Parma Italy. Grey titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter and director Alberto Bevilacqua. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Fair Film unknown
1968ref. 162202N.p.: Cambist Films 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Despite her boyfriend's best efforts lovely young Sappho is intent on remaining a virgin until marriage until she meets the gorgeous buxom hitchhiker Brigitte. Shot on location in Stockholm Sweden. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Cambist Films unknown books
1960ref. 163713Glendale CA: Allied Artists Pictures 1960. Vintage three-color banner poster for the 1960 film. Rare in this format. Collins College consults with the campus computer "Thinko" in search for a new head of their science department which suggests Dr. Mathilda West who holds 13 degrees speaks 18 languages and is a disruptively attractive buxom blonde played by Mamie Van Doren. Released in Europe with an additional nine-minute dream sequence featuring "Thinko" and four striptease dancers. 118.5 x 24 inches. Very Good plus. Allied Artists Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 163709Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1960. Vintage full color banner poster for the 1960 film with a "Classified By Ontario Board of Censors as Adult Entertainment" label on the lower right. Rare in this format. Steve Allen stars as a sociology professor accused of corrupting the students morals after conducting a survey about their lifestyles and sexual habits. An unofficial follow-up to the hit 1958 film "High School Confidential!" 118.5 x 24 inches. Very Good plus with censor label partially detached. Bright and unfaded. Universal International Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 163709Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1960. Vintage full color banner poster for the 1960 film with a "Classified By Ontario Board of Censors as Adult Entertainment" label on the lower right. Rare in this format. Steve Allen stars as a sociology professor accused of corrupting the students morals after conducting a survey about their lifestyles and sexual habits. An unofficial follow-up to the hit 1958 film "High School Confidential!" 118.5 x 24 inches. Very Good plus with censor label partially detached. Bright and unfaded. Universal International Pictures unknown
