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1973ref. 170447Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1973. Vintage studio still color photograph from the 1975 film. Provenance label and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A very nearly experimental Western made by Sam Peckinpah at his peak sufficiently strange to have remained of interest only to the most intense fans of Western revisionism. Comparable only to "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" 1971 and "The Shooting" 1966 in terms of sheer impressionism being laid upon the genre with iconic imagery and super-stylization in every frame. Shot on location in Durango Mexico. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1973ref. 150388Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1973. Vintage studio still photograph of director Sam Peckinpah on the set of the 1973 film. A very nearly experimental Western made by Peckinpah at his peak sufficiently strange to have remained of interest only to the most intense fans of revisionism. Comparable only to "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" 1971 and "The Shooting" 1966 in terms of sheer impressionism being laid upon the genre with iconic imagery and super-stylization in every frame. Particularly so in the case of Bob Dylan whose mysteriousness was yet again renewed by his performance as "Alias" in the film. Filmed on location in Durango Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1957ref. 162245Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1957. Eight vintage photographs from the 1957 film including one reference photograph and seven studio still photographs. One of the great antiwar films based on the 1935 novel by Humphrey Cobb about a group of French soldiers who are charged with cowardice after refusing to complete a suicidal attack during World War I. 8 x 10 inches. Good with moderate fading and cracking to the finish throughout and several with chips and bruises at the edges. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 538. United Artists unknown
1957ref. 162245Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1957. Eight vintage photographs from the 1957 film including one reference photograph and seven studio still photographs. One of the great antiwar films based on the 1935 novel by Humphrey Cobb about a group of French soldiers who are charged with cowardice after refusing to complete a suicidal attack during World War I. 8 x 10 inches. Good with moderate fading and cracking to the finish throughout and several with chips and bruises at the edges. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 538. United Artists unknown books
1963ref. 150844N.p.: Herts-Lion International 1963. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film. One borderless with manuscript pencil annotations on the verso. Three World War II soldiers search for a cache of lost Nazi gold. Two 10 x 8 inches one 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Herts-Lion International unknown books
1956ref. 135336Beverly Hills CA: Jed Harris / United Artists 1956. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Jed Harris / United Artists unknown books
1955ref. 172378Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 film. Based on the 1955 teleplay of the same name by Rod Sterling. The head of a corporation adds a new-hire to the team to replace his second-in-command who he is attempting to force out by worsening his working conditions. Set in and shot on location in Manhattan. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1983ref. 167723N.p.: N.p. 1983. Nine vintage color transparencies from the 1983 French film. A woman on the verge of divorce takes a trip to the beach with her teenage niece where she rekindles an old flame. The third film in Éric Rohmer's "Comedies and Proverbs" film series following "The Aviator's Wife" 1981 and "Le Beau Mariage" 1981. Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director. All transparencies 4 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1983ref. 167723N.p.: N.p. 1983. Nine vintage color transparencies from the 1983 French film. A woman on the verge of divorce takes a trip to the beach with her teenage niece where she rekindles an old flame. The third film in Éric Rohmer's "Comedies and Proverbs" film series following "The Aviator's Wife" 1981 and "Le Beau Mariage" 1981. Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director. All transparencies 4 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 147567Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1957. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 Western film. A white man raised among the Pawnee tribe is forced to choose between his race and his adoptive clan when corrupt white settlers attempt to claim tribal lands for their own. Set in Pawnee territory which included present-day Oklahoma Nebraska and Kansas. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with light edgewear and creasing to the top edges and light soil to the verso. Pitts 3058. Republic Pictures unknown books
1973ref. 147719Los Angeles: Cinerama Releasing 1973. Collection of 13 vintage studio still photographs and 2 borderless portraits of actors Elayne Heilveil and Rip Torn all from the release of the 1973 film. Six photographs shown. Please inquire to see others. A ruthless manipulative country western singer tours the southern nightclub circuit in his big Cadillac accompanied by a bevy of girlfriends and copious amounts of liquor and drugs. Set in the American South shot on location in Selma Alabama. 13 photographs 10 x 8.25 inches 2 photographs 7.5 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Cinerama Releasing unknown
1973ref. 147719Los Angeles: Cinerama Releasing 1973. Collection of 13 vintage studio still photographs and 2 borderless portraits of actors Elayne Heilveil and Rip Torn all from the release of the 1973 film. Six photographs shown. Please inquire to see others. A ruthless manipulative country western singer tours the southern nightclub circuit in his big Cadillac accompanied by a bevy of girlfriends and copious amounts of liquor and drugs. Set in the American South shot on location in Selma Alabama. 13 photographs 10 x 8.25 inches 2 photographs 7.5 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Cinerama Releasing unknown books
1967ref. 147733Beverly Hills CA: Crown International Pictures 1967. Collection of nine vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Two photographs shown. Please inquire to see others. An gun-sharp outlaw tries to leave his past behind in a frontier town but is met with resistance from the locals. Shot on location in Arizona. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded and toned to the edges. Pitts 3060. Crown International Pictures unknown books
1955ref. 149955Santa Monica: RKO Radio Pictures 1955. Vintage reference photograph of Virginia Mayo and Allan Dwan on the set of the 1955 film. Rita Mayo and Bully David Farrar convince her ex Dan Dennis Morgan to join them in an expedition to steal rare black pearls from the natives of a South Pacific island. Shot on location in Hawaii. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear and small crease on upper right edge else Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1955ref. 149955Santa Monica: RKO Radio Pictures 1955. Vintage reference photograph of Virginia Mayo and Allan Dwan on the set of the 1955 film. Rita Mayo and Bully David Farrar convince her ex Dan Dennis Morgan to join them in an expedition to steal rare black pearls from the natives of a South Pacific island. Shot on location in Hawaii. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear and small crease on upper right edge else Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1985ref. 168490Burbank CA: Mainline 1985. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1985 film. Based in part on the 1948 Italian film "The Bicycle Thief" directed by Vittorio De Sica in which Pee-wee's beloved bicycle is stolen and he must follow a goofy cross-country trail of leads in order to retrieve it. Director Tim Burton's debut feature film and the first pairing of Burton and his longtime composer Danny Elfman. Shot on location in California and Texas. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine. Mainline unknown
1985ref. 168490Burbank CA: Mainline 1985. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1985 film. Based in part on the 1948 Italian film "The Bicycle Thief" directed by Vittorio De Sica in which Pee-wee's beloved bicycle is stolen and he must follow a goofy cross-country trail of leads in order to retrieve it. Director Tim Burton's debut feature film and the first pairing of Burton and his longtime composer Danny Elfman. Shot on location in California and Texas. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine. Mainline unknown books
1960ref. 125095London: Michael Powell Theatre 1960. Vintage British Advance Poster for the classic 1960 film. The British Double Crown poster for the film turns up from time to time but this Advance issue which does not state the film's title is a rarity. Noted director Powell's most controversial film about a serial killer who films his female victims as they are dying. Reviled by critics on its release and today considered a masterpiece it is the second of three feature films director made after parting ways with his longtime filmmaking partner Emeric Pressburger. Ostensibly a film about a killer with serious Freudian issues but later reassessed as much more conceptual and complex. Roger Ebert pointed out famously in his 1999 review of the film that the audience is implicated as much as the killer."Movies make us into voyeurs. We sit in the dark watching other people's lives. It is the bargain the cinema strikes with us although most films are too well-behaved to mention it." Martin Scorsese is probably the most famous fan of the film and takes Ebert's argument further saying "I have always felt that "Peeping Tom" and "8 " say everything that can be said about filmmaking about the process of dealing with film the objectivity and subjectivity of it and the confusion between the two. "8 " captures the glamour and enjoyment of film-making while "Peeping Tom" shows the aggression of it how the camera violates. From studying them you can discover everything about people who make films or at least people who express themselves through films." 30 x 20 inches. About Near Fine on archival linen with some expert restoration at the top edge and folds. Archivally framed with an acid-free mat and UV plexi. Criterion Collection 58. Grant p. 495. Spicer p. 446. Michael Powell [Theatre] unknown
1960ref. 125095London: Michael Powell Theatre 1960. Vintage British Advance Poster for the classic 1960 film. The British Double Crown poster for the film turns up from time to time but this Advance issue which does not state the film's title is a rarity. Noted director Powell's most controversial film about a serial killer who films his female victims as they are dying. Reviled by critics on its release and today considered a masterpiece it is the second of three feature films director made after parting ways with his longtime filmmaking partner Emeric Pressburger. Ostensibly a film about a killer with serious Freudian issues but later reassessed as much more conceptual and complex. Roger Ebert pointed out famously in his 1999 review of the film that the audience is implicated as much as the killer."Movies make us into voyeurs. We sit in the dark watching other people's lives. It is the bargain the cinema strikes with us although most films are too well-behaved to mention it." Martin Scorsese is probably the most famous fan of the film and takes Ebert's argument further saying "I have always felt that "Peeping Tom" and "8 " say everything that can be said about filmmaking about the process of dealing with film the objectivity and subjectivity of it and the confusion between the two. "8 " captures the glamour and enjoyment of film-making while "Peeping Tom" shows the aggression of it how the camera violates. From studying them you can discover everything about people who make films or at least people who express themselves through films." 30 x 20 inches. About Near Fine on archival linen with some expert restoration at the top edge and folds. Archivally framed with an acid-free mat and UV plexi. Criterion Collection 58. Grant p. 495. Spicer p. 446. Michael Powell [Theatre] unknown books
1935ref. 141374N.p.: Herbert Wilcox Productions 1935. Vintage reference photograph of Anna Neagle from the 1935 film. A British biopic about the eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with a manuscript graphite notation to the verso. Herbert Wilcox Productions unknown books
1966ref. 149376Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 film showing director Arthur Hiller inspecting camera angles for actors Natalie Wood and Ian Bannen in between takes while filming on location in Central Park for the 1966 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. A bored kleptomaniac housewife decides to steal 60 thousand dollars from the bank where her husband works. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1961ref. 129837Los Angeles: Paul Kohner Inc 1961. Draft script for an unproduced film titled "Penelope" written for screen by Thornton O'Reilly. With a label from the Paul Kohner talent agency Hollywood CA and associate Ilse Lahn's name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper Lahn also credited on the title page. A story set in ancient Greece at the palace of Odysseus involving Penelope daughter of Icarius of Sparta wife of Odysseus mother of Telemachus Telemach Telemachus Antinous Parakles and other Greek personalities. Homer's "Odyssey" tells the story of how during her husband's long absence after the Trojan War many chieftains of Ithaca and nearby islands became Penelope's lovers. Light blue titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter O'Reilly. Title page present with credit for screenwriter O'Reilly. 60 leaves mimeograph on onionskin stock with the last leaf of text numbered 58. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paul Kohner Inc unknown
1966ref. 149376Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 film showing director Arthur Hiller inspecting camera angles for actors Natalie Wood and Ian Bannen in between takes while filming on location in Central Park for the 1966 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. A bored kleptomaniac housewife decides to steal 60 thousand dollars from the bank where her husband works. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1961ref. 129837Los Angeles: Paul Kohner Inc 1961. Draft script for an unproduced film titled "Penelope" written for screen by Thornton O'Reilly. With a label from the Paul Kohner talent agency Hollywood CA and associate Ilse Lahn's name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper Lahn also credited on the title page. A story set in ancient Greece at the palace of Odysseus involving Penelope daughter of Icarius of Sparta wife of Odysseus mother of Telemachus Telemach Telemachus Antinous Parakles and other Greek personalities. Homer's "Odyssey" tells the story of how during her husband's long absence after the Trojan War many chieftains of Ithaca and nearby islands became Penelope's lovers. Light blue titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter O'Reilly. Title page present with credit for screenwriter O'Reilly. 60 leaves mimeograph on onionskin stock with the last leaf of text numbered 58. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paul Kohner Inc unknown books
1977ref. 167724N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for the 1979 film. Script incomplete presumably as issued ending on page 102. A hitchhiker is sent to prison after being wrongly accused of a murder. There he joins an underground boxing tournament organized by corrupt guards in order to win his freedom. Basis for two sequels in 1982 and 1987. Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present copyright year noted as 1977 with credit for director and screenwriter Jamaa Fanaka. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a closed tear on the front wrapper repaired with cello tape on the verso. Bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
