4,915 results
1959ref. 142159France: Radio-Television Francaise RTF / Societe Financiere de Radiodiffusion / Compagnie Jean Renoir 1959. Archive of 36 press photographs taken on the set of the 1959 film mounted to four printed card stock proof sheets from "Telerama" magazine with each sheet containing manuscript ink annotations with the name of the production credits for Renoir and photographer R. Saguet and with three dated January 26 1959 and one dated April 4 1959. Accompanying the photographs are 35 negatives for photographs in the archive and 1 negative for a photograph that was not struck and mounted. All the photographs featuring cast and crew working on the set and 16 feature images of Renoir on the set. Also included are two vintage borderless press photographs depicting scenes for the film. Each with the stamp of "Telerama" on the verso along with manuscript annotations identifying the film and for layout. Renoir's loose adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" premiering at the Venice Film Festival followed by airing on French television and an international theatrical release. Proof photographs and negatives roughly 2 x 2 inches. Fine. Proof sheets 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Card stock. About Near Fine with some wear at the corners. Press photographs 7.25 x 5 inches. Light diagonal creasing to the upper corner of one photograph else Near Fine. Radio-Television Francaise [RTF] / Societe Financiere de Radiodiffusion / Compagnie Jean Renoir unknown
1975ref. 147480N.p.: Grafopress-Ciampino 1975. Vintage Italian Locandina poster for the 1975 film here under the title "Le Viziose." "Exorcisme" was released under a number of titles including "Le Viziose" and "Exorcisme et Messes Noires" as well as an X-rated version "Sexorcismes." Footage from "Exorcisme" was later re-edited in 1979 as "El Sadico de Notre-Dame." Jess Franco directs here under the pseudonym of James P. Johnson or L.P. Johnson as on the poster is the screenwriter under the pseudonym David Khune and acts under the pseudonym Jess Frank. Franco's "Exorcisme" features Franco in the lead as Mathis Vogel a psychotic defrocked priest who writes S&M stories by day and tortures and murders Satanic black mass dinner theater patrons by night. Also starring Franco's longtime collaborator and later wife Lina Romay as the free spirit Anne. 13 x 27.5 inches folded as issued. Near Fine. Thrower Stephen. Flowers of Perversion: The Delirious Cinema of Jess Franco Volume Two 1975-2013. Grafopress-Ciampino unknown
1960ref. 151692N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1960 film showing director Otto Preminger and a camera crew between takes with actor Paul Newman in the foreground whose head is in a box. With a stamp crediting still photographer Leo Fuchs on the verso. Based on Leon Uris' 1958 novel about the founding of the state of Israel in 1948 following a ship carrying Jewish immigrants whose passage to the holy land is blocked by the British with whom they must negotiate. Shot on location in Israel and Cyprus. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1940ref. 140978N.p.: N.p. 1940. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A recently paroled ex-con gets out of prison and immediately murders someone leading to a large-scale media scandal. Screenwriter Christy Cabanne was one of the most prolific directors in the history of early American film beginning in the Silent era later working with Universal on a string of low-budget movies throughout the 1930s and 1940s. Goldenrod untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Christy Cabanne. 55 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 53. Carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 133217New York: Warner Brothers 1996. First edition of the draft script for the 1996 film boldly signed by Oliver Stone based on the 1978 musical stage production by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber which was in turn based on Rice and Webber's 1976 concept album following the brief life of Argentinean first lady Eva Peron from her impoverished illegitimate beginnings to her later idolatry. The film went through many iterations of production passing between studios and directors with Parker returning to direct in 1994 after having initially rejected the opportunity in 1979. Warner Brothers unknown
1981ref. 151236N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1981 film showing actress Lynn Hancock. An unpopular orphaned military cadet seeks revenge on his bullies by summoning demonic spirits through his computer. Shot on location in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Nightmare USA. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 147580Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1971. Collection of nine photographs including six black and white vintage studio still photographs two-color studio still photographs and one black and white reference photograph for the 1971 film. Included with the collection is a xerographically duplicated four-page set of captions intended to accompany the set with "for reference" written in manuscript ink annotation across the first leaf. Loosely based on David Reuben's 1969 book. Seven comic vignettes centering different weird and wacky sexual proclivities including exhibitionism bestiality and sadism. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1972ref. 145746Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1972. Vintage photograph of Woody Allen and Louise Lasser on the set of the 1972 film. With manuscript annotations and adhesive tape on the verso. Woody Allen's comical take on David Reuben's 1969 book of the same name. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1949ref. 148303Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1949. Collection of 16 vintage photographs from the 1949 film nine studio still photographs and seven promotional photographs of Paul Douglas Linda Darnell and Celeste Holm. Based on the story "Two Can Sing" originally titled "Career in C Major" by James M. Cain a story originally serialized in American magazine in 1938 then published in the 1943 collection "Three of Kind" along with "Double Indemnity". Leonard Borland Douglas indulges his wife Doris Holm in her ambition to becoming an opera star renting her a concert hall where he meets real opera singer Celia Carver Darnell who discovers Leonard has a wonderful baritone voice. 8 x 10 inches. Uniform fading on most otherwise Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1978ref. 169541N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage color reference photograph from the 1978 film showing Clint and his crew and by that we do not mean the film crew. Provenance label and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A trucker turned prizefighter cruises through the west with his pet orangutan and manager-brother searching for his lost love an aspiring country music singer. Set and shot on location in New Mexico California Colorado and Wyoming. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly faded generally Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 149979N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Jean-Luc Goddard and crew on the set of the 1980 film. "Sauve qui peut / la Vie" stamp on verso with last three lines of stamp which include copyright date and photograph credit for Anne-Marie Mieville struck through with manuscript marker. A most Godardian examination of sexual relationships in which three protagonists interact in different combinations. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Switzerland. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 744. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 152335N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film showing actor Marty Feldman as a satyr gleefully reading a salacious paperback novel. An ad man is tasked with creating a new sexy image for a frozen porridge brand. A satirical farce directly ridiculing British conservative activist Mary Whitehouse who in 1970 was staging a war on gratuitous sex in advertising and many other fields of British life. Shot on location in London and Surrey. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good lightly wavy and edgeworn with light soil to the bottom left corner. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 153094London: Ned Sherrin 1969. Early Draft script for the 1970 British film with annotations in manuscript ink on four pages a "1." on the title page and three underlining locations. Script preceded by six pages of notes on story cast of characters and notes on principal characters. An ad man is tasked with creating a new sexy image for a frozen porridge brand. A satirical farce directly ridiculing British conservative activist Mary Whitehouse who in 1970 was staging a war on gratuitous sex in advertising and many other fields of British life. Shot on location in London and Surrey. Dark blue untitled wrappers with die-cut window in the British Fashion. Title page present dated 6th February 1969 with credits for screenwriters Marty Feldman and Barry Took and story credit for Milton Shulman and Herbert Kretzmer. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three flat metal brads. Ned Sherrin unknown
1937ref. 162378Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1937. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1937 film showing actress Mae West in a feathered headdress and matching gown surrounded by admirers. French copyright stamp on the verso along with annotations in manuscript pencil. West's last film under her Paramount contract about a plucky con artist who hatches a scheme to get rich as a nightclub singer. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with a faint tide mark on the left edge of the verso. Paramount Pictures unknown
1970ref. 161703N.p.: Grove Press 1970. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film. Five photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. A pair of filmmakers in hopes of raising money to shoot a documentary on Lenny Bruce decide to meet that goal by shooting pornographic films with runaway flower kids in Greenwich Village over a weekend. Aspects of cinema verite mixed with sexploitation with an early appearance by actress Joy Bang and a cameo by Robert Altman in the same year he directed MASH. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some faint creasing edgewear and one with a wax pencil annotation on the recto. Grove Press unknown
1970ref. 151266New York: Grove Press 1970. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 art-hardcore film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. An aspiring young filmmaker wants to make his own films but to raise the necessary money must first make some stag films enlisting the help of several teenage flower-children in 1968 Greenwich Village. Featuring an early appearance by a young Robert Altman who plays a porno distributor. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grove Press unknown
1960ref. 143202Tokyo: Toho Company 1960. Draft script for the 1960 Japanese film. Manuscript ink and stamp on the outer page edges. Production designer's script with manuscript underlining on numerous pages regarding objects needed for a given scene swimsuits sun cream summer kimonos Persian cat etc. Other annotations in the same hand fill in the names of actors who have been chosen to play the parts of various characters whose names are printed. The double directed feature intentionally creates a juxtaposition between each director's lens and the credits give no indication of how the two collaborated also intentional. According to Audie Bock author of "Japanese Film Directors" Naruse filmed all of the older generation scenes and the Japanese restaurant scenes while Kawashima did the younger generation and the geisha house scenes comparatively the 'comic relief'. A family love triangle sees a mother and daughter in competition and parallels the conflicting nature of new and older generations in modern society. Set in Japan. White titled wrappers noted as 1 on the front wrapper dated 1960. Title page present. 88 leaves with last page of text numbered g-25. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two staples wrapped in paper on spine. Toho Company unknown
1993ref. 166676N.p.: N.p. 1993. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the 1993 film showing actress Uma Thurman joyfully riding a horse. Printed snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1976 Tom Robbins novel following the adventures of a woman who capitalizes on her genetic mutation: enormous thumbs. Shot on location throughout Oregon. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1989ref. 141597Beverly Hills CA: Orion 1989. Revised Draft script for the 1991 film. Copy belonging to Brad Ricker an unknown crew member with his name on the front wrapper in manuscript ink. EVE VIII is a military cyborg designed to look like her creator. When it is damaged during a bank robbery it begins accessing dark and tragic personal memories of its creator and sets about on an unstoppable mission to kill. Colonel Jim McQuade Hines is tasked with stopping the machine of death. Shot on location in San Francisco Los Angeles and New York City. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 10/2/89 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriters Duncan Gibbins and Yale Udoff. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Orion unknown
1963ref. 161702N.p.: Eve Productions 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film. Famed director Russ Meyer's documentary about the underground world of sex work in Europe. According to film critic Roger Ebert's article "Russ Meyer: King of the Nudies" published in the Jan/Feb 1973 issue of "Film Comment" Meyer "concealed a 16-mm camera in a suitcase and got footage in the red-light districts of Paris Amsterdam and elsewhere." 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Eve Productions unknown
1963ref. 151457N.p.: N.p. 1963. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1963 film. Included is a distributor's pamphlet. A mondo documentary following the sexual exploits of buxom women across Europe. Photographs 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Pamphlet bi-fold 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good moderately chipped and soiled. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 147195N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With two brief manuscript ink annotations to the title page and front wrapper noting the number 778. Based on the life of noted Viennese composer Oscar Straus. Set in Austria and New York. Yellow untitled generic Paul Kohner wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Kent A. Barret. 41 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Mimeograph duplication on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light soil to the wrapper and first and last leaves bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 146821N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With two small manuscript ink annotations on the front wrapper and the title page. Based on the life of noted Viennese composer Oscar Straus. Set in Austria and New York. Yellow untitled generic Paul Kohner wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Kent A. Barret. 41 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Mimeograph duplication on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light offsetting along the right fore edge of the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 147644Paris: Films sans Frontieres 1960. Collection of nine vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 film. Seven black and white and two in color. Loosely based on the biblical story of Esther a Jewish woman who helps the king of Persia combat the suppression of Jews promoted by the nefarious minister Haman. Set in Persia. 8 x 10 inches. Five Near Fine with light wear to the corners Four Very Good plus with light creasing and faint soil to the top edge and verso. Films sans Frontieres unknown
1944ref. 129803Burbank CA: Vanguard Films / Warner Brothers 1944. Draft script for the 1947 film. This is an early draft developed at Vanguard Films prior to the property being sold to Warner Brothers. An American remake of the 1935 British film of the same name. Largely set in Italy the story concerns the relationship between poverty-stricken musician Sebastian Dunbrok Errol Flynn and unwed mother Gemma Smith Ida Lupino. Suspecting that her fiance Caryl Gig Young Sebastian's brother is the father of Gemma's child young heiress Fennella McLean Eleanor Parker retreats to the Italian Alps. Attempting to straighten out the situation Sebastian finds himself falling in love with Fennella. For his brother's sake Sebastian breaks off the relationship and marries Gemma but while awaiting the birth of her child he writes a heartfelt ballet score dedicated to Fennella. However when Gemma's baby dies the conscience-stricken Sebastian changes the dedication to his wife whom he has learned to genuinely love. Notable for a stirring musical score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Blue titled wrappers dated August 21 1944 with credits for playwright Margaret Kennedy. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 131 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with tearing at the left hole punches bound with three gold brads. Wrappers now encapsulated in protective mylar. Vanguard Films / Warner Brothers unknown
