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1967ref. 152709Paris: Compagnie Francaise de Distribution Cinematographique CFDC 1967. Vintage French pressbook for the 1967 French film. In a rural French village a young girl named Mouchette or "Little Fly" lives a lonely difficult life supporting her alcoholic father sickly mother and infant brother and finds nothing but unkindness and despair in her daily interactions. One of Robert Bresson's greatest achievements at turns grim and graceful purportedly a favorite of Andrei Tarkovsky and Kelly Reichardt. Shot on location in Vaucluse France. Bi-fold 6.5 x 8.5 inches. Near Fine with a small crease to the bottom left corner. Criterion Collection 363. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Compagnie Francaise de Distribution Cinematographique [CFDC] unknown
1965ref. 152052California: Eve Productions 1965. Vintage pressbook for the 1965 film. The final film in Russ Meyer's "noir" cycle 1964-1965 or "Gothic" period as Meyer puts it a series of sexploitation films shot in black and white with powerful and vengeful female characters male impotence and a serious dramatic plot involving less of the "nudie" filmmaking style so prominent in the director's early films. One of the first films to discuss post-traumatic stress disorder in a Vietnam War veteran. Six pages saddle stitched 11 x 17 inches. Folded once horizontally. Very Good plus overall. Eve Productions unknown books
1965ref. 152052California: Eve Productions 1965. Vintage pressbook for the 1965 film. The final film in Russ Meyer's "noir" cycle 1964-1965 or "Gothic" period as Meyer puts it a series of sexploitation films shot in black and white with powerful and vengeful female characters male impotence and a serious dramatic plot involving less of the "nudie" filmmaking style so prominent in the director's early films. One of the first films to discuss post-traumatic stress disorder in a Vietnam War veteran. Six pages saddle stitched 11 x 17 inches. Folded once horizontally. Very Good plus overall. Eve Productions unknown
1960ref. 144125N.p.: N.p. 1960. Typescript for an unproduced television series including an introduction short synopsis and full treatments of each episode. The series follows the childhood adventures of Robby Mcdonald a turn of the century mountain boy raised by his pioneer grandmother. Set in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Yellow untitled Paul Kohner INC. wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Elaine Ryan. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered 11. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 144125N.p.: N.p. 1960. Typescript for an unproduced television series including an introduction short synopsis and full treatments of each episode. The series follows the childhood adventures of Robby Mcdonald a turn of the century mountain boy raised by his pioneer grandmother. Set in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Yellow untitled Paul Kohner INC. wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Elaine Ryan. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered 11. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1927ref. 141367Russia: Mezhrabpom-Rus 1927. Vintage German program for the 1926 Russian silent film. Photo-illustrated throughout. The only cinema paper dating from the decade of release we have encountered for the film. Based on the 1906 novel by Maxim Gorky about a woman's struggle to free her son from a Czarist prison camp during the Russian Revolution of 1905. The first film in Pudovkin's "revolutionary trilogy" followed by "The End of St. Petersburg" 1927 and "Storm Over Asia" 1928 and a key film in the development of montage techniques in film although in contrast to his colleague Eisenstein Pudovkin tended to use montage to capture individual character rather than mass movements. Six pages in self wrappers. Manuscript pencil annotations on the front wrapper. Presenting as Very Good with light chipping and a few short closed tears. Disbound binding repaired with cello tape. Mezhrabpom-Rus unknown books
1996ref. 157244Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1996. Vintage photograph of Albert Brooks from the set of the 1997 film. Albert Brooks stars as a science-fiction novelist who after his second failed marriage moves back in with his mother Debbie Reyonds hoping to find the cause of his relationship woes. "Mother" was Reynolds' first major film role in over 20 years. Shot on location in San Francisco and Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1927ref. 141367Russia: Mezhrabpom-Rus 1927. Vintage German program for the 1926 Russian silent film. Photo-illustrated throughout. The only cinema paper dating from the decade of release we have encountered for the film. Based on the 1906 novel by Maxim Gorky about a woman's struggle to free her son from a Czarist prison camp during the Russian Revolution of 1905. The first film in Pudovkin's "revolutionary trilogy" followed by "The End of St. Petersburg" 1927 and "Storm Over Asia" 1928 and a key film in the development of montage techniques in film although in contrast to his colleague Eisenstein Pudovkin tended to use montage to capture individual character rather than mass movements. Six pages in self wrappers. Manuscript pencil annotations on the front wrapper. Presenting as Very Good with light chipping and a few short closed tears. Disbound binding repaired with cello tape. Mezhrabpom-Rus unknown
1974ref. 139994England: ITC Entertainment 1974. Seven vintage full-color British lobby cards from the 1974 British-italian television miniseries. Six-hour television miniseries that aired in 1973 and 1974 a retelling of the life of Moses Lancaster the man who discovered the Ten Commandments and parted the Red Sea. Cult favorite Anthony Burgess contributed to the entire series and Thomas Keneally novelized a tie-in edition in 1975. 11 x 14 inches. Light corner bumps else Near Fine. Scarce. ITC Entertainment unknown books
1974ref. 139994England: ITC Entertainment 1974. Seven vintage full-color British lobby cards from the 1974 British-italian television miniseries. Six-hour television miniseries that aired in 1973 and 1974 a retelling of the life of Moses Lancaster the man who discovered the Ten Commandments and parted the Red Sea. Cult favorite Anthony Burgess contributed to the entire series and Thomas Keneally novelized a tie-in edition in 1975. 11 x 14 inches. Light corner bumps else Near Fine. Scarce. ITC Entertainment unknown
1930ref. 166084N.p.: N.p. 1930. Vintage publicity portrait photograph of Marlene Dietrich from the 1930 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on Benny Vigny's 1927 novel "Amy Jolly die Frau aus Marrakesch" an autobiographical story based on his own experiences in Marrakesh while serving in the French Foreign Legion. The film is today best remembered for a scene in which Dietrich performs in a man's tailcoat and kisses another woman. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Actress for Dietrich. Set in Mogador. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books
1930ref. 166084N.p.: N.p. 1930. Vintage publicity portrait photograph of Marlene Dietrich from the 1930 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on Benny Vigny's 1927 novel "Amy Jolly die Frau aus Marrakesch" an autobiographical story based on his own experiences in Marrakesh while serving in the French Foreign Legion. The film is today best remembered for a scene in which Dietrich performs in a man's tailcoat and kisses another woman. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Actress for Dietrich. Set in Mogador. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 141312N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Maxwell Anderson's 1952 novel a loosely autobiographical account of his childhood on a Pennsylvania farm where he was surrounded by sexual and physical abuse. Screenplay by Anderson's daughter Hesper author of the 2000 memoir "South Mountain Road." Set in Pennsylvania. Black and white illustrated titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for author Maxwell Anderson and screenwriter Hesper Anderson. 148 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 141312N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Maxwell Anderson's 1952 novel a loosely autobiographical account of his childhood on a Pennsylvania farm where he was surrounded by sexual and physical abuse. Screenplay by Anderson's daughter Hesper author of the 2000 memoir "South Mountain Road." Set in Pennsylvania. Black and white illustrated titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for author Maxwell Anderson and screenwriter Hesper Anderson. 148 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 129339Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film adapted from the 1949 novel by John Mason Brown. A comedic story about parents and children the parent in this case being a conservative mystery novelist named John Timothy Adams. Blue titled wrappers noted as treatment on the front wrapper dated August 9 1950 with credit for screenwriter Taylor. Title page present noted as Treatment with credits for screenwriter Taylor and writer Brown. 40 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three silver brads. David O. Selznick unknown books
1965ref. 133553London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1965 UK release of the 1965 US film. On the versos are studio rubber stamps UK and one still has a mimeo tag affixed to the verso with the reissue title "Sabateur: Code Name Morituri." Based on the 1963 novel by Werner Joerg Luedecke and one of the most underrated war films of the 1960s about Robert Crain Brando a German living in India during World War II who is blackmailed by Colonel Statter Howard to impersonate an SS officer onboard a cargo ship with Captain Mueller Brynner in charge leaving Japan for Germany. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creases and a brief evidence of cello tape removal to one still else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1965ref. 133553London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1965 UK release of the 1965 US film. On the versos are studio rubber stamps UK and one still has a mimeo tag affixed to the verso with the reissue title "Sabateur: Code Name Morituri." Based on the 1963 novel by Werner Joerg Luedecke and one of the most underrated war films of the 1960s about Robert Crain Brando a German living in India during World War II who is blackmailed by Colonel Statter Howard to impersonate an SS officer onboard a cargo ship with Captain Mueller Brynner in charge leaving Japan for Germany. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creases and a brief evidence of cello tape removal to one still else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1965ref. 151334Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Vintage reference photograph of actors Marlon Brando Janet Margolin and Yul Brynner from the 1965 film. With a printed spirit duplication snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Twentieth Century-Fox. Based on Werner Jorg Luddecke's 1958 novel. A German pacifist is blackmailed into helping sabotage a German merchant ship carrying a load of rubber a product in short supply for both sides. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1965ref. 151334Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Vintage reference photograph of actors Marlon Brando Janet Margolin and Yul Brynner from the 1965 film. With a printed spirit duplication snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Twentieth Century-Fox. Based on Werner Jorg Luddecke's 1958 novel. A German pacifist is blackmailed into helping sabotage a German merchant ship carrying a load of rubber a product in short supply for both sides. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1969ref. 158155N.p.: N.p. 1969. Three vintage oversize borderless reference photographs from the 1969 film. A German college graduate and an American expatriate hitchhike from Paris to Ibiza where the bliss of island life quickly gives way to heroin addiction and hedonism. Soundtrack by Pink Floyd. Set and shot on location in Paris and Ibiza. 11.5 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners. BFI 1040. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 158155N.p.: N.p. 1969. Three vintage oversize borderless reference photographs from the 1969 film. A German college graduate and an American expatriate hitchhike from Paris to Ibiza where the bliss of island life quickly gives way to heroin addiction and hedonism. Soundtrack by Pink Floyd. Set and shot on location in Paris and Ibiza. 11.5 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners. BFI 1040. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 147099N.p.: N.p. 1982. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single manuscript ink annotation to the title page. An older Jewish filmmaker recalls the German woman who shielded him in her storage cellar during World War II and the doomed love that developed between the two. Set in Prague and Munich. Loose leaves ordered but unbound housed in a clear plastic sleeve. Title page present dated 1982 with credits for screenwriter ANITA MALLY and translator Harald O. Dyrenforth. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine lightly toned. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 147099N.p.: N.p. 1982. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single manuscript ink annotation to the title page. An older Jewish filmmaker recalls the German woman who shielded him in her storage cellar during World War II and the doomed love that developed between the two. Set in Prague and Munich. Loose leaves ordered but unbound housed in a clear plastic sleeve. Title page present dated 1982 with credits for screenwriter ANITA MALLY and translator Harald O. Dyrenforth. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine lightly toned. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 171030Paris: Jet Film / Two World Enterprises / Les Films du Losange 1969. Vintage press kit for the 1969 film including five studio still photographs and a bound gathering of publicity material. Text in English. A German college graduate and an American expatriate hitchhike from Paris to Ibiza where the bliss of island life quickly gives way to heroin addiction and hedonism. Soundtrack by Pink Floyd. Set and shot on location in Paris and Ibiza. Photographs Near Fine promotional material Very Good plus perfect-bound in wrappers with front wrapper partially detached from the binding. BFI 1040. Jet Film / Two World Enterprises / Les Films du Losange unknown books
1969ref. 164319N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film showing a nude Mimsy Farmer. Stamp of photographer Michel Ciment on the verso. A German college graduate and an American expatriate hitchhike from Paris to Ibiza where the bliss of island life quickly gives way to heroin addiction and hedonism. Soundtrack by Pink Floyd. Set and shot on location in Paris and Ibiza. 7.25 x 5 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1040. N.p. unknown books
