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1964ref. 172060Universal City: Universal Pictures 1964. Vintage photograph from the 1964 film showing Angie Dickinson posed next to a race car sporting high-waisted pedal pushers a cuffed white shirt and sky-high hair. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1927 short story by Ernest Hemingway. The final film performance by Ronald Reagan and the second Hollywood adaptation of Hemingway's story following the 1946 film noir directed by Robert Siodmak. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1950ref. 136078Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1950. Vintage black-and-white keybook photograph from the 1950 film noir. Shown are Ellen Keyes pursued onto a window ledge by a policeman. Advertising Council approval stamp and Columbia Studios stamp on the verso. 8 x 11 inches. Near Fine with two keybook hole punches to the left margin as called for. Grant p. 349. Spicer p. 412. Columbia Pictures unknown
1964ref. 137342Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1964. Original pressbook for the 1964 film the second time Hemingway's short story was adapted for the screen following the classic 1946 version starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner. Notable as Ronald Reagan's last film role and perhaps in preparation for his move into politics the first time he played a villain. 12 x 18 inches. 12 pages saddle stapled. Light foxing overall else Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1970ref. 150833N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. With holograph pencil annotations to the title page. In a small majority Black bayou community in Louisiana a white priest suffers a psychotic break which convinces him that he has been called by God to violently purge the community of all evildoers. Set in Louisiana. Beige titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Bernard H. Rollins. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Bernard H. Rollins. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 136078Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1950. Vintage black-and-white keybook photograph from the 1950 film noir. Shown are Ellen Keyes pursued onto a window ledge by a policeman. Advertising Council approval stamp and Columbia Studios stamp on the verso. 8 x 11 inches. Near Fine with two keybook holes to the left margin as called for. Grant p. 349. Spicer p. 412. Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1946ref. 143449Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1946. Vintage photograph showing director Robert Siodmak meeting star Ava Gardner and her then-husband band leader Artie Shaw on the set of the 1946 film. With a fold-over mimeo snipe on the verso. A breakthrough role for Gardner as well as the screen debut of Burt Lancaster the film follows Hemingway's story closely for the first 20 minutes then explores both what led to the killing and its aftermath. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Screenplay. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with some light soil and shallow diagonal creasing to the corners. National Film Registry. Arrow Academy 1024. Criterion Collection 176. Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Penzler 101. Selby Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1964ref. 137342Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1964. Original pressbook for the 1964 film the second time Hemingway's short story was adapted for the screen following the classic 1946 version starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner. Notable as Ronald Reagan's last film role and perhaps in preparation for his move into politics the first time he played a villain. 12 x 18 inchescm. 12 pages saddle stapled. Light foxing overall else Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1968ref. 150411N.p.: N.p. 1968. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1968 film one showing actors Beryl Reid and Susannah York the other showing director Robert Aldrich. A tyrannical aging actress is a long-standing staple on a soap opera but her increasingly unstable behavior causes the producers to kill off her character. As she spirals out of control she lashes out at her lover a young and beautiful actress. Director Aldrich spent $75000 fighting the film's mature rating earned as a result of its explicit content most notably a sex scene between two women which limited the film's screening and advertisement platforms but was unsuccessful. Shot on location in London. Approximately 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 158024N.p.: N.p. 1984. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1984 film showing director Roland Joffé and actor Haing S. Ngor on the set. Stamp of photographer David Appleby on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A dramatization of the 1975 Khmer Rouge takeover in Cambodia based primarily on the accounts of journalists Sydney Schanberg and Dith Pran. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning two including Best Supporting Actor for Ngor-making him the second Asian actor to win an Oscar. Shot on location in Bangkok Thailand in California and New York in the US and in Ontario Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 136497Beverly Hills CA: Faces Music 1976. Original poster for the 1976 film this being the Ben Gazzara style with Gazzara in a "puffy shirt." One of eight known one sheet styles no priority issued by Faces Distribution for the film. Faces was a company as radical as the director himself and made small runs of posters in a wide variety of non-standard sizes and using an artful immediately recognizable style that represented a complete departure from standard film advertisement. 27 x 41 inches. Rolled on archival linen. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 254. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Faces Music unknown books
1976ref. 136496Beverly Hills CA: Faces Music 1976. Original poster for the 1976 film this being the "blurred dancer" style. One of eight known one sheet styles no priority issued by Faces Distribution for the film. Faces was a company as radical as the director himself and made small runs of posters in a wide variety of non-standard sizes and using an artful immediately recognizable style that represented a complete departure from standard film advertisement. 27 x 41 inches. Rolled on archival linen. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 254. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Faces Music unknown books
1976ref. 136495Beverly Hills CA: Faces Distribution 1976. Original US insert poster "Seymour Cassell" style for the 1976 film. One of eight known one sheet styles no priority issued by Faces Distribution for the film. Faces was a company as radical as the director himself and made small runs of posters in a wide variety of non-standard sizes and using an artful immediately recognizable style that represented a complete departure from standard film advertisement. 16.25 x 32 inches. Rolled as issued linen-backed. Fine. Criterion Collection 254. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Faces Distribution unknown books
1976ref. 136494Beverly Hills CA: Faces Distribution 1976. Original US insert poster "dancer in dressing room" style for the 1976 film picturing actress Catherine Wong in a pensive pose. One of eight known one sheet styles no priority issued by Faces Distribution for the film. Faces was a company as radical as the director himself and made small runs of posters in a wide variety of non-standard sizes and using an artful immediately recognizable style that represented a complete departure from standard film advertisement. 16.25 x 32 inches. Rolled as issued linen-backed. Fine. Criterion Collection 254. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Faces Distribution unknown books
1976ref. 135198Beverly Hills CA: Faces Distribution 1976. Vintage black-and-white studio photograph from the US release of the 1976 film. The fourth of five films made by the pioneering independent filmmaker under his Faces distribution company about a strip club owner Gazzara who is forced to perform a hit by the mob as payment for gambling debts. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Criterion Collection 254. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Faces Distribution unknown books
1976ref. 141696N.p.: N.p. 1976. Draft script for an unproduced film. Eight leaves laid in including a request to actor Rod Steiger to have him star in the film a document stating the intentions of screenwriter Henri Glaeser to have Faye Dunaway also star and a letter to agent Paul Kohner. Based on the 1948 novel of the same title by Ramón Sender. A Spanish duchess enjoys teasing and sexually frustrating her gardener. She finds herself at his mercy when the country comes under siege by the Republicans and must come to terms with the realization that they are now equal under the new national order. Set in Madrid. Orange titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Henri Glaeser and author Ramon Sender. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two binder clips. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 159948N.p.: N.p. 1982. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1982 film. A black comedy following the delusional and increasingly violent experiences of a painfully untalented comedian. Perhaps Martin Scorsese's most underrated film a brilliant study of celebrity worship and American media culture. Basis for the successful 2019 film "Joker" starring Joaquin Phoenix. Set and shot on location in New York. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1981ref. 144553New York: New Regency Films 1981. Three vintage photographs from the shooting of the 1982 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso of one photograph and manuscript annotations and agency stamps on the verso of each. Perhaps Scorsese's most underrated film "The King of Comedy" is a brilliant study of celebrity worship and American media culture by way of an exploratory journey into the mind of Rupert Pupkin a man totally lacking in self-awareness driven only by obsession. The titular character is played by Robert De Niro cast completely against type in furious pursuit of his idol Jerry Langford Jerry Lewis along with the genius addition of Sandra Bernhard as De Niro's crazed groupie assistant. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. New Regency Films unknown
1981ref. 144553New York: New Regency Films 1981. Collection of three vintage photographs from the shooting of the 1982 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso of one photograph and holograph annotations and agency stamps on the verso of each. Perhaps Scorsese's most underrated film "The King of Comedy" is a brilliant study of celebrity worship and American media culture by way of an exploratory journey into the mind of Rupert Pupkin a man totally lacking in self-awareness driven only by obsession. The titular character is played by Robert De Niro cast completely against type in furious pursuit of his idol Jerry Langford Jerry Lewis along with the genius addition of Sandra Bernhard as De Niro's crazed groupie assistant. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. New Regency Films unknown books
1982ref. 139511Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1982. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1983 film. In this black-comedy a delusional aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin Robert De Niro stalks and eventually kidnaps his idol a late night talk show host Jerry Langford Jerry Lewis. The fifth film collaboration between De Niro and Scorsese preceded by the classic "Raging Bull." Set in New York shot on location in New Jersey and New York. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1927ref. 152286Hollywood: N.p. 1927. Vintage program for the premiere of the 1927 silent film at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. One of the most successful Hollywood Biblical epics and the first film to debut at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The second installment in Cecil B. DeMille's Biblical trilogy preceded by "The Ten Commandments" 1923 and followed by "The Sign of the Cross" 1932. 6.5 x 5 inches. Bifold. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 140434Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Jack Nicholson and Bruce Dern costar in this understated film about estranged brothers the more grounded of which is surprisingly played by Nicholson. It is a unique chance to see Nicholson play the straightman reeling in his erratic irresponsible brother all set to the backdrop of Atlantic City's waning "classic era." Many of the iconic hotels featured were demolished in the proceeding years to facilitate hotel-casinos. Shot on location in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 8 x 10 inches. Holograph ink notation to the verso else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 550. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1936ref. 164478Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1936. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1936 film. All five with studio stamps crediting photographer Ray Jones on the verso and three with mimeo snipes on the same. 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. A dramatization of the early years of Empress Elisabeth of Austria known as "Sissi" and her courtship and marriage to Franz Joseph I of Austria following his previous engagement to her older sister Duchess Helene in Bavaria. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1977ref. 161865N.p.: Maturpix 1977. Four vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1976 French film. Three photographs all with provenance stamps on the verso. Widely regarded as a classic of French adult cinema. Three young women recover in a hospital after failed suicide attempts when they are approached by the mysterious Maude who proposes they come to her country house. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Maturpix unknown
1988ref. 151165Culver City CA: Tri-Star TriStar Pictures 1988. Vintage reference photograph of director Pen Densham and Joanna Pacula on the set of the 1988 film. Jet-setter model Felice moves in with her long estranged sister Hilary and her family intent on passing a voodoo curse onto Hillary's daughter Amy. Set in Albany New York shot on location in Quebec Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Canuxploitation. Tri-Star [TriStar] Pictures unknown
1985ref. 141530Berlin: Filmedis 1985. Draft script for the 1988 film. Text in English for a German film. Here under the working title and translation of the original French novel "Do You Want to Die With Me." Based on Francis Ryck's novel "Voulez-vous Mourir Avec Moi." A man and a woman enter into a very intense relationship accentuated by the fact that this man has murdered four previous girlfriends and this one might be his next victim. Set in Finistere France shot on location there. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Filmedis unknown
