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1973ref. 145320Burbank CA: A.J. Films 1973. Vintage borderless photograph of actor Alain Delon nude along with various members of the cast on a beach location during shooting of the 1973 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. After a breakup Helene Masson Annie Girardot takes her vacation at a rejuvenation clinic run by Dr. Devilers Alain Delon and his partner Dr. Berbard Michel Duchausso to prevent aging. Although the treatment helps Helene feel well she is disgusted when she realizes the disturbing source of the revitalizing formula. Shot on location in France. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. A.J. Films unknown books
1974ref. 156669Tokyo: Toei 1974. Six vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1974 Japanese pinku pink film. 6 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine. Toei unknown
1974ref. 156669Tokyo: Toei 1974. Six vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1974 Japanese pinku pink film. 6 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine. Toei unknown books
1971ref. 163565Universal City: Universal Pictures 1971. Two vintage reference photographs of actor Gregory Peck on the set of the 1971 Western film including one borderless and one bordered. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. Based on Will James' 1930 novel "The Lone Cowboy" about a bank robber who is forced to care for a young girl while searching for his duplicitous former partner. Shot on location in Santa Fe Cerrillos Chama and Los Alamos New Mexico and in Lake Crowley Inyo National Forest and Round Valley California. One 8 x 10 inches the other 7.5 x 9.75 inches. About Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1971ref. 163565Universal City: Universal Pictures 1971. Two vintage reference photographs of actor Gregory Peck on the set of the 1971 Western film including one borderless and one bordered. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. Based on Will James' 1930 novel "The Lone Cowboy" about a bank robber who is forced to care for a young girl while searching for his duplicitous former partner. Shot on location in Santa Fe Cerrillos Chama and Los Alamos New Mexico and in Lake Crowley Inyo National Forest and Round Valley California. One 8 x 10 inches the other 7.5 x 9.75 inches. About Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 163339N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of actor Charles Aznavour and director François Truffaut on the set of the 1960 film. Annotations in manuscript ink and a printed provenance label on the verso. Aznavour spends half his time playing saloon piano and half his time on the run in this early Truffaut masterpiece one of the great French noirs based on the 1956 hard-boiled novel "Down There" by American pulp author David Goodis. Criterion notes: "François Truffaut is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in this his most playful film. Part thriller part comedy part tragedy Shoot the Piano Player relates the adventures of mild-mannered piano player Charlie Charles Aznavour in a triumph of hangdog deadpan as he stumbles into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair. Loaded with gags guns clowns and thugs this razor-sharp homage to the American gangster film is pure nouvelle vague." 9 x 11.25 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 315. Grant France. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 144417Paris: Les Films de la Pleiade 1960. Vintage oversize borderless double weight photograph of Charles Aznavour and Michele Mercier from the 1960 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Aznavour spends half his time playing saloon piano and half his time on the run in this early Truffaut masterpiece one of the great French noirs based on the 1956 hard-boiled novel "Down There" by American pulp author David Goodis. Criterion notes: "François Truffaut is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in this his most playful film. Part thriller part comedy part tragedy Shoot the Piano Player relates the adventures of mild-mannered piano player Charlie Charles Aznavour in a triumph of hangdog deadpan as he stumbles into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair. Loaded with gags guns clowns and thugs this razor-sharp homage to the American gangster film is pure nouvelle vague." 11.5 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection. Grant France. Les Films de la Pleiade unknown
1981ref. 127385Beverly Hills CA: MGM / United Artists 1981. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1982 film. George Albert Finney is caught in an affair by his wife Faith Diane Keaton destroying their already fragile marriage and devastating their four children. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in Marin County California shot on location in California. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine. MGM / United Artists unknown books
1981ref. 148070Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1981. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1982 film one of Dana Hill and one of Dana Hill Viveka Davis Tracey Gold and Tina Yothers . George Albert Finney is caught in an affair by his wife Faith Diane Keaton destroying their already fragile marriage and devastating their four children. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in Marin County California shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. One Near Fine one Very Good plus with 1 inch bruise in upper left corner. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1960ref. 163339N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of actor Charles Aznavour and director François Truffaut on the set of the 1960 film. Annotations in manuscript ink and a printed provenance label on the verso. Aznavour spends half his time playing saloon piano and half his time on the run in this early Truffaut masterpiece one of the great French noirs based on the 1956 hard-boiled novel "Down There" by American pulp author David Goodis. Criterion notes: "François Truffaut is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in this his most playful film. Part thriller part comedy part tragedy Shoot the Piano Player relates the adventures of mild-mannered piano player Charlie Charles Aznavour in a triumph of hangdog deadpan as he stumbles into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair. Loaded with gags guns clowns and thugs this razor-sharp homage to the American gangster film is pure nouvelle vague." 9 x 11.25 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 315. Grant France. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 144417Paris: Les Films de la Pleiade 1960. Vintage oversize borderless double weight photograph of Charles Aznavour and Michele Mercier from the 1960 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Aznavour spends half his time playing saloon piano and half his time on the run in this early Truffaut masterpiece one of the great French noirs based on the 1956 hard-boiled novel "Down There" by American pulp author David Goodis. Criterion notes: "François Truffaut is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in this his most playful film. Part thriller part comedy part tragedy Shoot the Piano Player relates the adventures of mild-mannered piano player Charlie Charles Aznavour in a triumph of hangdog deadpan as he stumbles into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair. Loaded with gags guns clowns and thugs this razor-sharp homage to the American gangster film is pure nouvelle vague." 11.5 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection. Grant France. Les Films de la Pleiade unknown books
1918ref. 158606N.p.: N.p. 1918. Vintage borderless vernacular photograph of actor Charlie Chaplin writer Upton Sinclair and editor and publisher Rob Wagner on the set of the 1918 silent film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso identifying subjects. Wagner was the editor and publisher of "Script" a left-leaning weekly literary film magazine published in Beverly Hills between 1929 and 1949. A lifelong Socialist and advocate for progressive causes Wagner used "Script" to give a voice to blacklisted screenwriters including Dalton Trumbo and Gordon Kahn and prominent leftists including Sinclair Max Eastman and William C. deMille. Wagner served as something of a father figure to Chaplin who was about 17 years Wagner's junior after the two men met sometime in the mid-1910s. The pair formed a close friendship with Wagner serving as Chaplin's part-time secretary for a period and accompanying the actor on his Third Liberty Loan tour through the American south in 1918. Wagner introduced Chaplin to Sinclair and Max Eastman and together the three writers exerted a strong influence over Chaplin's political world view. Chaplin would go on to co-found the Motion Picture Relief Fund which later became the Motion Picture and Television Fund with Wagner in 1929. Approximately 5 x 4 inches. About Near Fine lightly age toned. N.p. unknown
1918ref. 158606N.p.: N.p. 1918. Vintage borderless vernacular photograph of actor Charlie Chaplin writer Upton Sinclair and editor and publisher Rob Wagner on the set of the 1918 silent film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso identifying subjects. Wagner was the editor and publisher of "Script" a left-leaning weekly literary film magazine published in Beverly Hills between 1929 and 1949. A lifelong Socialist and advocate for progressive causes Wagner used "Script" to give a voice to blacklisted screenwriters including Dalton Trumbo and Gordon Kahn and prominent leftists including Sinclair Max Eastman and William C. deMille. Wagner served as something of a father figure to Chaplin who was about 17 years Wagner's junior after the two men met sometime in the mid-1910s. The pair formed a close friendship with Wagner serving as Chaplin's part-time secretary for a period and accompanying the actor on his Third Liberty Loan tour through the American south in 1918. Wagner introduced Chaplin to Sinclair and Max Eastman and together the three writers exerted a strong influence over Chaplin's political world view. Chaplin would go on to co-found the Motion Picture Relief Fund which later became the Motion Picture and Television Fund with Wagner in 1929. Approximately 5 x 4 inches. About Near Fine lightly age toned. N.p. unknown books
1951ref. 147663Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1951. Eight vintage photographs from the 1951 film two promotional headshots of Joe E. Brown and eight studio stills two of which have "PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE" stamps and layout annotations on the verso. Based on the 1927 musical which was in turn based on Edna Ferber's 1926 novel. A wildly popular MGM musical hit wherein the daughter of the captain of the Cotton Blossom a traveling show boat falls for a roguish unlucky gambler. Nominated for two Academy Awards. The definitive version of the musical following adaptations in 1929 and 1936. Set in and shot on location in Mississippi. 8 x 10 inches. Nine Near Fine with minor creasing in margins and edgewear. One Very Good with significant chipping to top right corner. Two have stiffening coating on verso. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1994ref. 172049Los Angeles: Carolco 1994. Draft script for the 1995 film. One of the most hotly contested films of the 1990s. Largely panned at the time of its release it has since gained enormous cult status and has even been reevaluated by critics and filmmakers such as Jonathan Rosenbaum Jim Hoberman Jim Jarmusch and Jacques Rivette who defend the film as a serious satire something actor Kyle MacLachlan dismisses describing the film as ".horrible. Horrible!" and noting that "it just gets worse" as it progresses. John Waters may have described it best: "'Showgirls' is funny stupid dirty and filled with cinematic cliches; in other words perfect." Shot on location in Las Vegas Nevada. Silver generic Carolco wrappers. Title page present dated June 1994 with credit for screenwriter Joe Eszterhas. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Carolco unknown
1995ref. 167753N.p.: N.p. 1995. Vintage color reference photograph from the 1995 film showing Elizabeth Berkley as Nomi onstage in her early days at Cheetah's Gentleman's Club mid-striptease. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. One of the most hotly contested films of the 1990s. Largely panned at the time of its release it has since gained enormous cult status and has even been reevaluated by critics and filmmakers such as Jonathan Rosenbaum Jim Hoberman Jim Jarmusch and Jacques Rivette who defend the film as a serious satire something actor Kyle MacLachlan dismisses describing the film as ".horrible. Horrible!" and noting that "it just gets worse" as it progresses. John Waters may have described it best: "'Showgirls' is funny stupid dirty and filled with cinematic cliches; in other words perfect." Set and shot on location in Las Vegas Nevada. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1995ref. 167753N.p.: N.p. 1995. Vintage color reference photograph from the 1995 film showing Elizabeth Berkley as Nomi onstage in her early days at Cheetah's Gentleman's Club mid-striptease. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. One of the most hotly contested films of the 1990s. Largely panned at the time of its release it has since gained enormous cult status and has even been reevaluated by critics and filmmakers such as Jonathan Rosenbaum Jim Hoberman Jim Jarmusch and Jacques Rivette who defend the film as a serious satire something actor Kyle MacLachlan dismisses describing the film as ".horrible. Horrible!" and noting that "it just gets worse" as it progresses. John Waters may have described it best: "'Showgirls' is funny stupid dirty and filled with cinematic cliches; in other words perfect." Set and shot on location in Las Vegas Nevada. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1988ref. 167910Los Angeles: Cannon Group 1988. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1988 film including one photograph of director Andrei Konchalovsky on the set. A urbanite reporter takes her daughter who is secretly addicted to cocaine with her on a work trip to visit a distant branch of her family in the Louisiana bayou. Winner of the Best Actress Award at Cannes for Barbara Hershey. Shot on location in Lafayette and Catahoula Parish Louisiana and in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Cannon Group unknown
1988ref. 167910Los Angeles: Cannon Group 1988. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1988 film including one photograph of director Andrei Konchalovsky on the set. A urbanite reporter takes her daughter who is secretly addicted to cocaine with her on a work trip to visit a distant branch of her family in the Louisiana bayou. Winner of the Best Actress Award at Cannes for Barbara Hershey. Shot on location in Lafayette and Catahoula Parish Louisiana and in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Cannon Group unknown books
ref. 160435N.p.: N.p. 2017. Archive of two Draft scripts for the 2020 film one undated and with the ownership name of screenwriter Christ Zois on the title page-this being from Zois' archive collection-with Zois' extensive annotations in manuscript ink throughout the other dated June 27 2017. From the archive of Christ Zois Abel Ferrara's frequent co-screenwriter. The sixth collaboration between actor Willem Dafoe and director Abel Ferrara a psychological thriller heavily based on the work of Carl Jung about an American living a largely solitary existence in Siberia. Undated script: Self wrappers. Title page present undated. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 32. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus unbound. June 27 2017 script: Self wrappers. Title page integral with first page of text dated June 27 2017. 37 leaves with last page of text dated 37. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a single binder clip on the top left corner. N.p. unknown
ref. 160435N.p.: N.p. 2017. Archive of two Draft scripts for the 2020 film one undated and with the ownership name of screenwriter Christ Zois on the title page-this being from Zois' archive collection-with Zois' extensive annotations in manuscript ink throughout the other dated June 27 2017. From the archive of Christ Zois Abel Ferrara's frequent co-screenwriter. The sixth collaboration between actor Willem Dafoe and director Abel Ferrara a psychological thriller heavily based on the work of Carl Jung about an American living a largely solitary existence in Siberia. Undated script: Self wrappers. Title page present undated. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 32. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus unbound. June 27 2017 script: Self wrappers. Title page integral with first page of text dated June 27 2017. 37 leaves with last page of text dated 37. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a single binder clip on the top left corner. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 151683Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1972. Vintage press kit for the 1972 film for use by distributors and the press containing four color lobby cards one gathering of promotional material and one US half sheet poster-as issued. Based on the 1922 novel by Hermann Hesse about a spiritual journey of self discovery of a young Brahmin living during the time of the Gautama Buddha. Shot on location in northern India. Poster promotional material and lobby cards Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown
1972ref. 151683Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1972. Vintage press kit for the 1972 film for use by distributors and the press containing four color lobby cards one gathering of promotional material and one US half sheet poster-as issued. Based on the 1922 novel by Hermann Hesse about a spiritual journey of self discovery of a young Brahmin living during the time of the Gautama Buddha. Shot on location in northern India. Poster promotional material and lobby cards Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1949ref. 160938Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1949. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1949 film noir. A part-time mail carrier decides to steal what he believes to be $200 from a lawyer's office on his mail route but ends up taking thousands pulling him into a shadowy world of crime and deceit. Farley Granger and Cathy O'Donnell's second pairing following the noted 1948 noir "They Live By Night" directed by Nicholas Ray. Shot on location in New York City. 4.75 x 28 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the extremities. Grant US. Selby Master List. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1949ref. 160938Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1949. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1949 film noir. A part-time mail carrier decides to steal what he believes to be $200 from a lawyer's office on his mail route but ends up taking thousands pulling him into a shadowy world of crime and deceit. Farley Granger and Cathy O'Donnell's second pairing following the noted 1948 noir "They Live By Night" directed by Nicholas Ray. Shot on location in New York City. 4.75 x 28 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the extremities. Grant US. Selby Master List. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
