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1956ref. 143359Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1956. Vintage borderless photograph of a contemplative Alfred Hitchcock on the set of the 1956 film. With the stamp of Warner Brothers Netherlands on the verso. Based on the real life story of Manny Balestrero accused of a series of robberies he didn't commit as detailed in the nonfiction book "The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero" by Maxwell Anderson who co-wrote the screenplay and the "Life" magazine article "A Case of Identity" by Herbert Brean. Hitchcock's final film for Warner Brothers and an influence on both Jean-Luc Godard and Martin Scorsese. 7.25 x 9.25. About Near Fine. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown
1995ref. 163676Beverly Hills CA: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1995. Two vintage color promotional portrait photographs of Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in character from 1995 released during the second to third season of the beloved Fox television series which aired in its original run from September 1993 through May 2002. The show originally ran for nine seasons from 1995 through 2002 and was revived for a short six episode tenth season in 2016. Following the success of the revival the show returned for a ten episode eleventh season in 2018. In addition to the television series the show spawned two feature films "The X-Files" directed by Rob Bowman in 1998 and "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" directed by creator Chris Carter in 2008 as well as the 2001 Fox series "The Lone Gunman" and numerous comic book adaptations. Two FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder Duchovny and Dana Scully Anderson investigate the eponymous "X-Files" marginalized unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Winner of 16 Primetime Emmy Awards. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
1971ref. 162117New York: American International Pictures AIP 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the American release of the 1969 Italian film showing actor Pierre Clémenti holding a photograph of Britt Ekland. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Loosely based on the classic Athenian tragedy "Antigone" set in contemporary Milan and using the play to explore the protests of 1968 the Years of Lead and the Italian countercultural movement. 10 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus with moderate glue residue on the verso. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown
1964ref. 150332N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage oversize borderless black and white photograph of actor Omar Sharif playfully clicking his heels in the air between takes while filming on location in Austria for the 1964 film. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations on the verso along with a PIX Agency stamp crediting photographer Denis Cameron. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. A romantic comedy anthology about the varied owners of an idiosyncratic yellow Rolls-Royce from its first owners a British aristocrat and his unfaithful wife to its last a socialite who accidentally becomes involved in the Nazi invasion of Ljubljana. Set and shot on location in London and Hertfordshire in England Naples Florence and Tuscany in Italy and Austria. 11.25 x 14 inches. Near Fine with brief wear to the corners. N.p. unknown
1922ref. 172059N.p.: N.p. 1922. Vintage reference photograph from the 1922 silent film showing Marion Davies watching Pedro de Cordoba in his laboratory. Received stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1918 novel by Marie Corelli about a young woman who undergoes a surgical procedure to regain her beauty and youth at the cost of her sympathy. Davies' 14th film appearance. Currently considered lost. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 157108Paris: France-Soir 1967. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1967 French film. Both with stamps on the verso crediting photographer André Grassart. In search of love two sisters leave their small hometown and begin working as traveling carnival singers. Director Jacques Demy's charming follow-up to his 1964 film "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg." Shot on location in Rochefort Charente-Maritime France. Both photographs approximately 12 x 8 inches. Near Fine. BFI. Criterion Collection 717. Rosenbaum 1000. France-Soir unknown
1957ref. 145156Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1957. Vintage linen backed keybook photograph from the set of the 1957 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Hal Ditmar James MacArthur the teenage son of a wealthy movie producer gets in a fight the manager of a theater and struggles to convince either the police or his father that he acted in self-defense. Shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1960ref. 155070N.p.: N.p. 1960. Collection of eleven vintage reference photographs from the 1960 film. One photograph with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. After nearly being lynched as a result of falsely being accused of sexual assault a Black jazz musician flees to a small game preserve off the Carolina coast where he befriends a teenage girl under the control of a predatory abusive game warden. A complex portrait of race in postwar America written by noted blacklisted screenwriter Hugo Butler and now considered one of director Luis Buñuel's most underrated films. Shot on location in Mexico. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 163450Hollywood: Tempo Enterprises / Crown Pictures 1970. Revised Final Draft script for the 1971 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the title page and three leaves of the script. While waiting for the results from a pregnancy test a precocious high school senior decides to leave her family older lover and boyfriend behind and hitchhike to Big Sur California with her best friend. Red titled wrappers noted as copy No. 23 in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Title page present undated noted as Revised Final Draft with credit for screenwriter David Allen Dixon. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Tempo Enterprises / Crown Pictures unknown
1973ref. 162618N.p.: Cannon Group 1973. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1972 British film originally released in the UK under the title "Au Pair Girls." Both photographs with a provenance stamp on the verso one also with a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. Several young women from continental Europe and Asia arrive in England to begin jobs as au pairs and spend more time bedding their hosts than doing their jobs. Veteran British director Val Guest's first foray in the sex comedy genre. Shot on location in London and Berkshire England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Cannon Group unknown
1973ref. 133028London: Harbour Productions / Cineman Films 1973. Collection of six vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1973 UK film. In a film tailor made for his unique screen presence Price plays a Shakespearean actor who exacts bloody revenge on the critics who denied him an acting award using scenes from the Bard's plays as inspiration for each murder. An undeniably appealing cult crossover between high literature and lowbrow horror-comedy. A story set and shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. Harbour Productions / Cineman Films unknown
1968ref. 162458N.p.: Audubon Films 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the US/European 1968 film. All three photographs with a provenance stamp on the versos. Based on the 1966 French novel "Thérèse et Isabelle" by Violette Leduc. Two young students abandoned by their families in a Swiss boarding school for girls experience a profound attraction for each other. Shot on location in Potsdam Germany and Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Audubon Films unknown
1962ref. 155090N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1962 film showing actors Sami Frey and Emmanuelle Riva between takes in conversation with director Georges Franju. Stamp of International Magazine Service on the verso along with a date stamp reading April 10 1962 and the stamp of Paris-Match and Marie Claire. Based on the 1927 novel by Francois Mauriac about a woman in a loveless relationship who plans to kill her husband by gradually increasing his medication to induce an overdose. Set in the Landres and shot on location in Gironde and Paris. 9.5 x 7.25 inches with a wide bottom margin. Near Fine. Grant France. N.p. unknown
1940ref. 148173N.p.: Vitagraph 1940. Vintage studio still photograph of George Raft getting ready to throw a punch from the 1940 film. Based on the 1939 novel "Long Haul" by A.I. Bezzerides. Paul Humphrey Bogart and Joe Fabrini Raft run a trucking business barely keeping ahead of creditors when one night a fatigued Paul falls asleep at the wheel crashing the truck and losing his arm. Joe is then offered a job by his friend Ed Carlsen Alan Hale whose wife Lana Ida Lupino has taken a fancy for Joe. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with very faint creasing. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US. Vitagraph unknown
1948ref. 170586Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures 1948. Collection of 4 vintage studio still photographs from the 1948 film noir. An interesting historical artifact in that each of these has a label with a corrected title reading "They Live By Night" pasted over the original release title "The Twisted Road." One of the four photos has this label roughly removed in a demonstrative fashion see images. Based on Edward Anderson's 1937 novel "Thieves Like Us" about an escaped convict who falls in love with a woman who nurses him back to health after he is injured in a robbery. Nicholas Ray's directorial debut a "doomed lovers" tale that is considered by many to be a forerunner to "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. Generally 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Criterion Collection 880. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1936ref. 164527Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1936. Vintage publicity photograph of Fay Wray and Chester Morris from the 1936 film with a stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones and a mimeo snipe on the verso. 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. Chester Morris is a taxi driver who picks up Fay Wray a fashion store model falsely accused of stealing jewelry and sets out to prove her innocence. Set in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1972ref. 154881Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Vintage press kit for the 1972 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing five gatherings of promotional reading material. The last movie to be filmed on the famed MGM "back lot." A small town sheriff in California finds that his investigation into the murder of a pregnant woman uncovers a web of deceit a Doberman Pinscher and a mysterious nurse ambiguously connected to the murder. Folder and promotional material Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
ref. 163887N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. With Bloch's annotations throughout in manuscript ink noting changes to dialogue. A crime drama set in Mexico about an American woman who becomes involved with a controversial political revolutionary. Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Beige card wrappers with the title and the name of actor John Ireland in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Title page present with credit for Bloch. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with leaves torn at the holes and laid into wrappers. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 146251Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1984. Original Shooting script for the 1984 film. Title typo on the front wrapper stamped in red. A seductive thriller about a bored housewife who is seduced by a burglar who begins to recreate erotic fantasies from her secret diary. Director-screenwriter Douglas Day Stewart had to his credit "The Blue Lagoon" 1980 and "An Officer and a Gentleman" 1982 along with the cult classic "Flashdance" 1983. Set and shot on location throughout California. Black titled front wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated January 16 1984 SHOOTING SCRIPT a small letter B written in manuscript pencil at the top right corner and with a credit for director-screenwriter Steward as well as producers Bruckheimer and Simpson. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered "107A." Xerographically duplicated rectos only with blue and pink revision pages dated variously between 1/24/84 and 2/1/84 and one page with 2/2/84 and "Office" in manuscript ink. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1995ref. 162504Lyon: Sygma 1995. Vintage reference photograph of Catherine Deneuve and Laurence Côte relaxing between takes on the set of the 1996 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso crediting photographer Isabelle Weingarten. A love triangle develops between a beautiful shoplifter a cynical police officer and a philosophy professor. Shot on location in Lyon. 9.5 x 7 inches. Fine. Sygma unknown
1974ref. 169566Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1974. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1974 film showing Shelley Duvall holding a baby kitten. French release stamp and layout annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1937 novel by Edward Anderson previously adapted by Nicholas Ray as "They Live by Night" 1950. One of Altman's many high spots during the 1970s an early and unusual entry in the American neo-noir canon and one of the most artful gangster films made. Set and shot on location in various towns and cities in central and southern Mississippi including Jackson Hermanville Pickens and Canton. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. United Artists unknown
1950ref. 142326N.p.: N.p. 1950. Synopsis script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. The supposed memoir of a showgirl who begins who career simply as a beautiful woman who think she is untalented in all other areas and ends up embarrassing herself rather often at the start of her career. She eventually develops a camaraderie with her fellow performers and begins to accept her life with people who care about her. Set in England. Pink titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter G.E. Moore. 32 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 28. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with string binding. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 152418N.p.: N.p. 1961. Draft script for the 1962 film. From the estate of actress Monique van Vooren. Doon Spile a mute escapes from the asylum he has been committed to and encounters his estranged nephew Leroy in the woods. When Leroy almost drowns while swimming in the lake Doon overcomes his fear of water and rescues the boy only to be misinterpreted by a mob as hurting the boy. Beige titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Robert Lewin. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robert Lewin. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1949ref. 158691N.p.: N.p. 1949. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1949 film showing actress Eva Henning in a negligée. Ingmar Bergman's seventh film about the troubled romantic and sexual experiences of several Swedish adults. Based on the 1948 short story collection by Birgit Tengroth who also appeared as Viola in the film. Shot on location in Hamburg Germany. 9.5 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the corners. N.p. unknown
1944ref. 171686N.p.: Donahue And Coe 1944. Vintage advertising proof for the 1944 film. Based on the 1943 book by Captain Ted W. Lawson and edited by Robert Considine an eyewitness account of the first American retaliatory strike against Japan four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led by US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle. Set in Florida and shot on location in Florida and California. 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with tiny bruises to the four corners. Donahue And Coe unknown
