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1942ref. 149117Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1942. Vintage photograph of Preston Sturges adjusting Claudette Colbert's outfit made of men's pajamas and a pullman blanket on the set of the 1942 film. Studio label affixed to bottom margin of recto with ambiguous initials and "May 30" written in manuscript ink. Mimeo snipe on verso. In the minds of some critics Sturges closed out the screwball comedy era with a bang in this breakneck venture which had dialogue flying back and forth at a speed that was radical even by Sturges' standards. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with some creasing and edgewear. Criterion Collection 742. Rosenbaum 1000. Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1971ref. 145842Gadd Productions 1971. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1971 film. Al Pacino's first starring feature role. Schatzberg's bleak and stark portrayal of heroin addiction on the streets of New York City is told through the love story between Bobby Pacino an addict and drug dealer and Helen Winn who is drawn into heroin use through her relationship with Bobby. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and Kitty Winn received the award for Best Actress there as well. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good Plus small bruise on lower right faint line rub on top right and very light wear to edges. Twilight Time 221. Grant US. Gadd Productions unknown
1971ref. 145842Gadd Productions 1971. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1971 film. Al Pacino's first starring feature role. Schatzberg's bleak and stark portrayal of heroin addiction on the streets of New York City is told through the love story between Bobby Pacino an addict and drug dealer and Helen Winn who is drawn into heroin use through her relationship with Bobby. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and Kitty Winn received the award for Best Actress there as well. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good Plus small bruise on lower right faint line rub on top right and very light wear to edges. Twilight Time 221. Grant US. Gadd Productions unknown books
1979ref. 149481Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Vintage borderless black-and-white reference photograph of director J. Lee Thompson and a camera crew directing actress Patricia Neal while filming on location for the 1979 British film. With two printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso with tape along with manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout. Based on screenwriter Bruce Nicolaysen's 1976 novel "Perilous Passage" wherein a Basque farmer helps a French scientist and his family flee to neutral Spain during World War I. Set and shot on location in the Pyrenees France. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy. United Artists unknown
1979ref. 149481Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Vintage borderless black-and-white reference photograph of director J. Lee Thompson and a camera crew directing actress Patricia Neal while filming on location for the 1979 British film. With two printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso with tape along with manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout. Based on screenwriter Bruce Nicolaysen's 1976 novel "Perilous Passage" wherein a Basque farmer helps a French scientist and his family flee to neutral Spain during World War I. Set and shot on location in the Pyrenees France. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy. United Artists unknown books
1975ref. 167105N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actors Maria Schneider and Jack Nicholson on the set of the 1975 film. A cynical war correspondent in northern Africa assumes the identity of a deceased arms dealer to gain information for his documentary. Antonioni's final film in a loose trilogy as well as a three-picture contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer following "Blowup" 1966 and "Zabriskie Point" 1970. Set in Chad shot on location in Germany Spain and England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 160516N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of director Michelangelo Antonioni talking with actors Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider on the set of the 1975 Italian film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso relating to cropping as well as the stamp of Cinema International in London. A cynical war correspondent in northern Africa assumes the identity of a deceased arms dealer to gain information for his documentary. Antonioni's final film in a three picture contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer following "Blowup" 1966 and "Zabriskie Point" 1970. Set in Chad shot on location in Germany Spain and England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 152317N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1975 Italian film showing actors Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider. A cynical war correspondent in northern Africa assumes the identity of a deceased arms dealer to gain information for his documentary. Antonioni's final film in a three picture contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer following "Blowup" 1966 and "Zabriskie Point" 1970. Set in Chad shot on location in Germany Spain and England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 167105N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actors Maria Schneider and Jack Nicholson on the set of the 1975 film. A cynical war correspondent in northern Africa assumes the identity of a deceased arms dealer to gain information for his documentary. Antonioni's final film in a loose trilogy as well as a three-picture contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer following "Blowup" 1966 and "Zabriskie Point" 1970. Set in Chad shot on location in Germany Spain and England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 160516N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of director Michelangelo Antonioni talking with actors Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider on the set of the 1975 Italian film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso relating to cropping as well as the stamp of Cinema International in London. A cynical war correspondent in northern Africa assumes the identity of a deceased arms dealer to gain information for his documentary. Antonioni's final film in a three picture contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer following "Blowup" 1966 and "Zabriskie Point" 1970. Set in Chad shot on location in Germany Spain and England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 152317N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1975 Italian film showing actors Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider. A cynical war correspondent in northern Africa assumes the identity of a deceased arms dealer to gain information for his documentary. Antonioni's final film in a three picture contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer following "Blowup" 1966 and "Zabriskie Point" 1970. Set in Chad shot on location in Germany Spain and England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 167103Paris: Sygma 1982. Five vintage oversize reference photographs from the 1982 film including several photographs of actress Romy Schneider director Jacques Rouffio and others on the set. Mimeo snipes and provenance stamps on the versos. Based on the 1936 novel by Joseph Kessel. Schneider's poor physical health after a kidney operation and mental health after the death of her fourteen-year-old son the previous year delayed production and this film was ultimately her final performance before her death in May of 1982. Shot on location in Berlin and Paris. 12 x 8 inches. Very Good Plus to Near Fine. Sygma unknown
1982ref. 167103Paris: Sygma 1982. Five vintage oversize reference photographs from the 1982 film including several photographs of actress Romy Schneider director Jacques Rouffio and others on the set. Mimeo snipes and provenance stamps on the versos. Based on the 1936 novel by Joseph Kessel. Schneider's poor physical health after a kidney operation and mental health after the death of her fourteen-year-old son the previous year delayed production and this film was ultimately her final performance before her death in May of 1982. Shot on location in Berlin and Paris. 12 x 8 inches. Very Good Plus to Near Fine. Sygma unknown books
1928ref. 170410N.p.: N.p. 1928. Vintage double weight borderless reference photograph from the 1928 French film showing director Carl Dreyer cinematographer Rudolph Maté and cameraman Louis Née with other crew members on the set. A rare photograph of the director at work on his magnum opus. The film was shot on a large concrete set modeled on medieval architecture in order to realistically portray the Rouen prison where Joan was known to have been held. 10.25 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 162066N.p.: Trans-Lux 1961. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1961 French film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1952 novel "La Mort de Belle" by Georges Simenon. Jean Desaily plays everyman Stéphane Blanchon a professor living a quiet life with his wife Christine in Geneva until a beautiful American student Belle living next door is found strangled to death. Shot on location in Geneva Switzerland and Val-de-Marne France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Selby France. Trans-Lux unknown
1968ref. 147185Stockholm Sweden: AB Svensk Filmindustri 1968. Treatment script for the 1969 film. With a few small manuscript ink annotations to the title page and throughout most noting grammatical revisions. A newly divorced man befriends a woman whose husband and son have recently been killed in a car accident gradually beginning a relationship in spite of their mutual emotional fragility and disconnect. Shot on location in Gotlands Ian Sweden. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 1968 with credits for director-screenwriter Ingmar Bergman and translator Alan Blair. 38 leaves with last page of text numbered 37. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. AB Svensk Filmindustri unknown
1956ref. 166264London: London Independent Producers 1956. Third Draft script for the 1957 British film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name written on the titled label on the front wrapper with manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout including rough pencil prop and set sketches on the versos of eight pages. Here under the working title "A Novel Affair" which was used as the title for the US release of the film. Laid in are over 30 production documents including: 17 pages of handwritten Prop Lists eleven dated from May to July 1956. Two pages of rough pencil sketches including several story boards with two film clippings attached by paperclip each containing 3 full frames. Three letters to Provis two autograph letters signed dating from May and June 1956 and one typed letter signed from February 1956. As well as Shooting Schedules Set Lists Locations lists and additional Prop Lists. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Novelist Judith Wynter Margaret Leighton gets inspiration for her new novel when her wheelchair-bound husband Ralph Richardson hires a new Italian chauffeur CarloCarlo Giustini. When Carlo reads her lurid tale of adultery and murder the husband mistakenly concludes that she is actually madly in love with Carlo. Green generic file wrappers with a title label noted as 3rd Draft Screenplay on the title label dated 23-4-1956. Title page present noted as Third Draft of Screenplay with credits for screenwriters Muriel and Sydney Box. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a prong binding. London Independent Producers unknown
1968ref. 147185Stockholm Sweden: AB Svensk Filmindustri 1968. Treatment script for the 1969 film. With a few small manuscript ink annotations to the title page and throughout most noting grammatical revisions. A newly divorced man befriends a woman whose husband and son have recently been killed in a car accident gradually beginning a relationship in spite of their mutual emotional fragility and disconnect. Shot on location in Gotlands Ian Sweden. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 1968 with credits for director-screenwriter Ingmar Bergman and translator Alan Blair. 38 leaves with last page of text numbered 37. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. AB Svensk Filmindustri unknown books
1928ref. 170410N.p.: N.p. 1928. Vintage double weight borderless reference photograph from the 1928 French film showing director Carl Dreyer cinematographer Rudolph Maté and cameraman Louis Née with other crew members on the set. A rare photograph of the director at work on his magnum opus. The film was shot on a large concrete set modeled on medieval architecture in order to realistically portray the Rouen prison where Joan was known to have been held. 10.25 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1961ref. 162066N.p.: Trans-Lux 1961. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1961 French film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1952 novel "La Mort de Belle" by Georges Simenon. Jean Desaily plays everyman Stéphane Blanchon a professor living a quiet life with his wife Christine in Geneva until a beautiful American student Belle living next door is found strangled to death. Shot on location in Geneva Switzerland and Val-de-Marne France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Selby France. Trans-Lux unknown books
1956ref. 166264London: London Independent Producers 1956. Third Draft script for the 1957 British film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name written on the titled label on the front wrapper with manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout including rough pencil prop and set sketches on the versos of eight pages. Here under the working title "A Novel Affair" which was used as the title for the US release of the film. Laid in are over 30 production documents including: 17 pages of handwritten Prop Lists eleven dated from May to July 1956. Two pages of rough pencil sketches including several story boards with two film clippings attached by paperclip each containing 3 full frames. Three letters to Provis two autograph letters signed dating from May and June 1956 and one typed letter signed from February 1956. As well as Shooting Schedules Set Lists Locations lists and additional Prop Lists. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Novelist Judith Wynter Margaret Leighton gets inspiration for her new novel when her wheelchair-bound husband Ralph Richardson hires a new Italian chauffeur CarloCarlo Giustini. When Carlo reads her lurid tale of adultery and murder the husband mistakenly concludes that she is actually madly in love with Carlo. Green generic file wrappers with a title label noted as 3rd Draft Screenplay on the title label dated 23-4-1956. Title page present noted as Third Draft of Screenplay with credits for screenwriters Muriel and Sydney Box. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a prong binding. London Independent Producers unknown books
1947ref. 147742Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1947. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1947 film. Based on the 1947 novella by John Steinbeck who co-wrote the screenplay. A poor Mexican family living in a fishing village believe their fortune is made when they discover a valuable pearl but soon realize the treasure only brings them further trouble. Noted Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa's twelfth film collaboration with prolific Golden Age director Emilio Fernandez. Set and shot on location in Acapulco Mexico. 10 x 8 inches. Five photographs Very Good plus two photographs Very Good with uniform fading and light creasing. National Film Registry. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1947ref. 147742Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1947. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1947 film. Based on the 1947 novella by John Steinbeck who co-wrote the screenplay. A poor Mexican family living in a fishing village believe their fortune is made when they discover a valuable pearl but soon realize the treasure only brings them further trouble. Noted Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa's twelfth film collaboration with prolific Golden Age director Emilio Fernandez. Set and shot on location in Acapulco Mexico. 10 x 8 inches. Five photographs Very Good plus two photographs Very Good with uniform fading and light creasing. National Film Registry. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1973ref. 147708N.p.: Alfa Film 1973. Collection of ten vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1973 film. Six photographs shown. Please inquire to see the others. After being involved in a deadly car accident a wealthy German businessman finds himself the subject of extreme scrutiny by the media who uncover his past criminal dealings during World War II. Set in Germany shot on location in Jaffa Israel and Germany. Six photographs 8.25 x 9.5 inches three photographs 7.5 x 10 inches one photograph 8 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine with faint edgewear. Alfa Film unknown books
1974ref. 159196N.p.: Alfa Film 1974. One vintage studio still photograph one vintage color studio still photograph one vintage reference photograph and two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1973 film. After being involved in a deadly car accident a wealthy German businessman finds himself the subject of extreme scrutiny by the media who uncover his past criminal dealings during World War II. Set in Germany shot on location in Jaffa Israel and Germany. Three photographs 10 x 8 inches one photograph 7.5 x 9.75 inches one photograph 9.5 x 7.5. Near Fine. Alfa Film unknown books
