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194826448Paris France: Revue Hebdomadaire 1948. 110 pages; cover illustration from the film Aux Yeux du Souvenir; with film and movie-making advertisements and illustrations in colors and black and white throughout; printed on various paper stocks. At center is a triple-fold-out printed on heavier paper stock in three colors for the film D'Homme a Hommes; included with this large display is a translucent red overlay which denotes the Red Cross - beneath is a 17-panel folding brochure illustrated in black and white with scenes from the film along with explanatory text; this film tells the history of the Red Cross. Most of the text in French with occasional English language verbiage. Of interest in all areas of motion picture history: upcoming films reviews architecture of various venues biographical data technical and camera news and more. Approx. 9 1/2" x 12 1/4" size; some old creasing edgewear to the covers spine paper chipped a little at top and bottom; in good condition. Magazine. Soft Cover. Good. Revue Hebdomadaire paperback books
196813368Paris L'Avant Scene 1966-1968. 1968. First editions. Small 8vo. Text in French. Profusely illustrated. Dust jackets few small chips. Very good. 3 volumes. Essays on such personalities as Eisenstein Griffith Korda Laurel and Hardy Cocteau Melies Disney Sennett Stroheim etc. F. Hardcover. Paris, L'Avant Scene [1966-1968]. hardcover books
19723147021972. Approximately 38 pp comprising typed carbon typescript manuscript and a few photocopied sheets. Some edge and corner wear but very good; minor soiling to sign. WITH: An 8 x 10 inch production still. Approximately 38 pp comprising typed carbon typescript manuscript and a few photocopied sheets. An excellent archive of material related to the casting of the title role of the iconic blaxploitation film Cleopatra Jones 1973 from the files of Cassius Weathersby who headed the open auditions held in seven American cities in the late summer and fall of 1972. Weathersby was tasked with liaising with radio stations local theater groups agencies and "every conceivable source in the black community" as one of the press releases included here states it in New York Chicago Los Angeles Atlanta Washington D.C. Cleveland and San Francisco in an effort to turn out large numbers of African-American women for the auditions and the archive gives a glimpse into how the publicity campaign was organized. Among the materials are a 3 pp typescript carbon from Vincent Tubbs of Warner Brothers one of the first African American publicists at a major Hollywood studio to Jimmy Booker and Associates in New York describing the effort headed by Weathersby to reach out to African American radio djs publications writers local drama groups etc not only to cast for Cleopatra Jones but as part of a larger effort to establish "legitimate in-put for black communities" in Hollywood a topic of great interest today; several drafts typed and handwritten of text for radio spots and and press releases for casting calls; additional pages of Weathersby's holograph notes lists of contacts etc; and a typed letter signed from the film's producer William Tennant thanking Weathersby for a job well done. Also present is an outstanding visual component in the form of a 22 x 14 inch sign printed on board advertising the Los Angeles casting call at a popular south LA club: "FILM TALENT SEARCH/FOR A BLACK BEAUTY/ASPIRING TO THE TITLE ROLE IN 'CLEOPATRA JONES' . INTERVIEWS HELD . AT MAVERICK'S FLAT/4225 CRENSHAW BLVD." Two photographs in the archive one of which features Weathersby show an example of the sign taped to a car door.<br/><br/>The role of Cleopatra Jones would ultimately go to Tamara Dobson a model with working class roots in Baltimore. At 6'2" she was a striking presence on the screen and her role and performance remain a watershed for black women in cinema: "Cleopatra Jones stands as the quintessential example of the potential of a new sensibility for shaping the black female presence in popular action cinema . The portrait of heroic black femininity stands as a departure of sorts from the typical black female presence within blaxploitation and Hollywood film in general . When Cleopatra Jones premiered on July 4 1973 it marked a key moment in black women's imagery within the popular culture of the era . The Black Power movement second-wave feminism and an increasingly visible black feminist agenda were influential dynamics shaping the social backdrop to the film's debut Dunn "Baad Bitches" and Sassy Supermamas pp 85ff. unknown books
195052980France 1950. 22 inscriptions/signatures and one pencil drawing on 35 leaves. 1 vols. Approxomately 4-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches. Leather binding edgeworn front hinge and spine repaired with black tape. 22 inscriptions/signatures and one pencil drawing on 35 leaves. 1 vols. Approxomately 4-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches. The Hands of Gabin Arletty Fernandel et. al. Wonderful collection of inscriptions and signatures of some of France's most celebrated actors and actresses of French stage and screen all inscribed to the album's owner "Michel" evidently a budding actor. The collection includes inscriptions/signatures from JEAN GABIN FERNANDEL ARLETTY VIVIAN ROMANCE JEAN TISSIER CECILE AUBRY and many others including Hollywood screen idol MYRNA LOY.<br/><br/>In addition artist JEAN-LOUIS MARCEL COSSON 1878-1956 known for his scenes of opera circus ballet and theatre has provided a fine pencil drawing of "l'Institut de Paris" inscribed à Michel affectueusement" and signed "Cosson".<br/><br/>An unusual and rare album of its kind. unknown books
1930893291930. JAPANESE CINEMA Tôkyô Bebi-shinema Kurabu. BABY CINEMA BEBI-SHINEMA Vol.3 12 issues 1930. Tokyo Showa 5 1930. All twelve issues are in good or better condition three have a cover with a lovely graphic of the Chrysler Building in NYC a Deco masterpiece at that point the tallest skyscraper in the world. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000266No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 22 x 28"" 55 x 70 cm. half sheet poster USA. Florence Reed Norman Trevor Henry Stephenson Don Merrifield dir: Emile Chautard; Ziegfeld Cinema Corporation/Equity Pictures. This tale based on the Algernon Charles Swinburne poem ""Faustine"" told of the daughter of a gambling hall hostess who when down on her luck impersonates her mother and reopens the palace. For one brief moment Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.'s younger brother William decided to invest in a film production company. He presented this one film starring premier Broadway actress Florence Reed and a cast of New York theatre actors after which there were no more films. Likely the ""quarter of a million dollar production"" did not make profits. The Art Nouveau presentation and various fashions Florence displays she played three roles make for a charming poster. Unfolded there is just a bit of soiling in the blank white margins NEAR FINE. unknown books
200330387Paris: ARC / Musee de la Ville de Paris 2003. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Slender bound photo-illustrated wrappers. Unpaginated. Text in English French and German. Illustrated with color photographs. A fine copy. ARC / Musee de la Ville de Paris paperback books
1983WALTER-FILM004116Vintage original 30 x 20" 76 x 51 cm. double crown poster UK. Honey Adele Bertei dir: Lizzie Borden; Cinema of Women. London: Cinema of Women 1983. Folded as issued with small tears marginal chips and signs of light handling VERY GOOD-. <br /><br /> An exceedingly scarce poster from a landmark film in 1980s LGBTQ and African American film history. ""A documentary-style feminist fiction film by Lizzie Borden that explores racism classism sexism and heterosexism in an alternative United States socialist democracy.<br /><br />"<i>The plot concerns two feminist groups in New York City each voicing their concerns to the public by pirate radio. One group led by an outspoken white lesbian Isabel Adele Bertei operates 'Radio Ragazza'. The other group led by a soft-spoken African-American Honey Honey operates 'Phoenix Radio. 'The local community is stimulated into action after a world-traveling political activist Adelaide Norris Jean Satterfield is arrested upon arriving at a New York City airport and suspiciously dies while in police custody. Also there is a Women's Army led by Hilary Hurst Hilary Hurst and advised by Zella Flo Kennedy that initially both Honey and Isabel refuse to join. This group along with Norris and the radio stations are under investigation by a callous FBI agent Ron Vawter. Their progress is tracked by three editors Becky Johnston Pat Murphy Kathryn Bigelow for a socialist newspaper who go so far they get fired</i>.<br /><br />"<i>The story involves several different women coming from different perspectives and attempts to show several examples of how sexism plays out on the street and how it can be dealt with through direct action. At one point two men attack a woman on the street and dozens of women on bicycles with whistles come to chase the men away and comfort the woman. The movie shows women despite their various differences organizing in meetings doing radio shows creating art wheatpasting putting a condom on a penis wrapping raw chicken at a processing plant etc. The film portrays a world rife with violence against women high female unemployment and government oppression. The women in the film start to come together to make a bigger impact by means that some would call terrorism</i>.<br /><br />"<i>Ultimately after both radio stations are suspiciously burned down Honey and Isabel team up and broadcast 'Phoenix Ragazza Radio' from stolen U-Haul vans. They also join the Women's Army which sends a group of terrorists to interrupt a broadcast of the President of the United States proposing that women be paid to do housework followed by bombing the antenna on top of the World Trade Center to prevent additionally destructive messages from the mainstream</i>.<br /><br />"<i>Greg Baise of the </i>Metro Times<i> called it 'an early '80s landmark of indie and queer cinema.' The film has had experienced somewhat of a renaissance after the 35mm restoration print premiered in 2016 at the Anthology Film Archives. Richard Brody of </i>The New Yorker<i> wrote 'the free ardent spontaneous creativity of Born in Flames emerges as an indispensable mode of radical change -- one that many contemporary filmmakers with political intentions have yet to assimilate.' He also wrote 'Borden's exhilarating collage-like story stages news reports documentary sequences and surveillance footage alongside tough action scenes and musical numbers; her violent vision is both ideologically complex and chilling.' Melissa Anderson of </i>The Village Voice<i> wrote 'this unruly unclassifiable film -- perhaps the sole entry in the hybrid genre of radical-lesbian-feminist sci-fi vérité -- premiered two years into the Reagan regime but its fury proves as bracing today as it was back when this country began its inexorable shift to the right</i>.'" Wikipedia books
1987180889New York: FirstRun/Icarus Films & The Cinema Guild 1987. 16p. 8.5x11 inch glossy catalogue from Icarus Films listing latest films available for rental plus three sheets from the Cinema Guild listing Latin American films offered with cover sheet and 4 glossy 8.5x11 inchhandbills illustrated with film stills advertising 4 Latin-American films for rental from the Guild with cardstock order form. The glossy handbills are for the following films: "Guazapa: the Face of the War in El Salvador";"In the Name of Democracy: Life Death and Elections in El Salvador"; "Home of the Brave"; and "Last of the Karaphuna FirstRun/Icarus Films & The Cinema Guild unknown books
193731458New York: Cinema Magazine 1937. First edition. Three numbers of four published of this deluxe annual. Issue 1: Folio 11.5 inches x 14 inches. Cloth backed pictorial boards with cover portrait of Greta Garbo by Jaro Fabry. Light wear to extremities very good condition. Limited edition numbered and specially bound. With the publisher's presentation to Edward G. Robinson. Issue 3 has the publisher's presentation to Leslie Howard. This produced one additional issue. <br/><br/> Cinema Magazine hardcover books
1961D4819Twentieth Century Fox 1961. Very Good. Full-color poster about 26-by-40 inches. With flattened creases from folding; small closed tears along the edges; a few faint spots of soiling. <br/><br/> Twentieth Century Fox unknown books
41801NY: Cinema Engage nd. Paperback. Very good. Single 14 by 11 inch sheet green stock printed in black on both sides. Some foxing overall wear at folds with a couple of tiny spots of loss and a few small closed tears. <br/><br/>"The ultimately redeeming function of cinematic art in the society of men is not only to render but originally to create through a living metaphor the essence of contemporary reality and project it into the future. Till now cinema has largely failed to illuminate even as it entertains; failed to become a revolutionary art that awakens man to the stark limits of his human condition even as it challenges his vision to transcend them." Cinema Engage paperback books
196723184New York: Harry Gantt Publishers 1967. first Edition. Wraps. Very good . 4to. Red wraps. Minor edgewear and scuffing. Some neat checkmarks in pen by directors' names throughout. Very good. 177pp. <br/><br/>Catalogue of independent films available for rental from the Film-Makers' Cooperative. Participating film-makers included: Yvonne Andersen Kenneth Anger Bruce Baillie Paul Beattie Stan Brakhage Shirley Clarke Piero Heliczer Taylor Mead Marie Menken Barbara Rubin and Andy Warhol among many others. Organized alphabetically by director with a secondary index of films by title. Included film descriptions range from one-line summaries to full-page critical analyses with cast lists. Harry Gantt Publishers paperback books
196723185New York: Harry Gantt Publishers 1967 1968. first Edition. Wraps. Near fine. 2 vols. 4tos. <br />Catalogue: Red wraps. Minor edgewear and scuffing. Near fine. 177pp. <br />Supplement: 4to. Saddle-stapled black and white wraps. Edges toned. Some pages creased. Very good plus. 48pp. <br/><br/>Catalogue of independent films available for rental from the Film-Makers' Cooperative with additional listings in the included supplement. Participating film-makers included: Yvonne Andersen Kenneth Anger Bruce Baillie Paul Beattie Stan Brakhage Shirley Clarke Piero Heliczer Taylor Mead Marie Menken Barbara Rubin and Andy Warhol among many others. Organized alphabetically by director with a secondary index of films by title. Film descriptions range from one-line summaries to full-page critical analyses with cast lists. Harry Gantt Publishers paperback books
1951WRCLIT60922Paris 1951. Whole number 2 of 6 published. Oblong octavo. Pictorial wrappers. Stills and illustrations. White wrappers very slightly foxed but a very good copy with the prospectus laid in. Edited by Robert Benayoun et al. The first issue appeared in March and OCLC suggests that the sixth issue was the last. An important serial including articles by Man Ray "Art et Cinéma" and Artaud "Le vieillesse précoce du Cinéma". The prospectus announces a forthcoming special double number devoted to Surrealism in film. unknown books
192643839Paris: Pathe-Cinema 1926. <p>Early Cinematographic Manual with Developed Film Samples</p> <p> Pathé-Cinéma. Le film vièrge Pathé. Manuel de développement et de tirage. 8vo. xii 155 pp. 6 leaves of plates containing 107 examples of film some colored. Paris: Etablissements Pathé-Cinéma 1926. 239 x 155 mm. Original publisher's quarter morocco marbled boards lower corners just a bit bumped very slight edgewear. Fine copy. Former owner's signature on flyleaf.</p> <p>First Edition of this rare technical manual of motion picture film developing and printing issued by the famous French firm founded by the Pathé brothers in the early days of cinematography. By the 1920s the Pathé firm was producing "the requisites for the entire motion picture process; i.e. raw stock cameras laboratory equipment studio and projectors" Jenkins "History of the Motion Picture" 1920 reprinted in Fielding ed. Technological History of Motion Pictures and Television pp. 1-6. The firm's manual contains detailed technical instructions on motion picture film development and printing as well as information on several Pathé innovations such as the Pathé-Baby 9.5 mm. motion picture projectors and cameras for amateur use introduced in 1922 Pathé's "film inversible" reversal film and the firm's techniques for tinting film stock and for producing full-color motion pictures. A stunning feature of the manual is its set of 107 actual frames of motion picture film illustrating correct and incorrect development the effect of temperature on film processing and the various uses of the "teintures Pathés" with which the firm colored its film stock. The manual's introduction contains a brief and adulatory history of the Pathé firm and the first chapter is devoted to a description of its factory in Vincennes. </p> . Pathe-Cinema unknown books
2000134783Various cities: Various studios 2000. An archive of 7 lobby cards 10 pressbooks and 2 press kits from 15 contemporary films with prominent African-American themes characters or cast members with the bulk of the material dating from the late 1970s. <br/><br/>This archive includes lobby cards press kits and pressbooks from 15 films including "The Greatest" "The River Niger" "Mahogany" "Stir Crazy" and more with iconic African-American stars Billy Dee Williams James Earl Jones Richard Pryor Bill Cosby and Michael Jackson. <br/><br/>Pressbooks saddle stapled ranging from 8.5 x 14 inches to 12.5 x 15 inches. Press kits 9 x 12 inches. Lobby cards 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus to about Fine condition. Various studios unknown books
198126277Germany Europe: Zweitausendeins 1981. 351 pages; illustrated in color throughout with stills from the production German & English text; introduction by Bernardo Bertolucci "The Boundless Frivolity of People About to Die." Tipped-on to the front endpaper in a clear plastic sleeve is a presentation from Movielab Inc. who had provided the prints to Fred C. Schuler & with information regarding the book Nick Ray's contribution to the film industry and this copy of Lightning over Water as a ".remembrance of a truly creative genius." Approx. 9" x 12 1/4" size; hardcover boards with tipped-on illustration. Light wear rubbing to the covers; in very good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Zweitausendeins hardcover books
1940204816Hollywood: RKO Radio Pictures 1940. First edition. Extremities slightly rubbed; plastic comb intact; an excellent copy. 4to 27 unpaginated leaves comb-bound in faux-alligator boards. Illustrated annual "Exhibitor's Book" filled with promotional display ads for forthcoming RKO releases. Most importantly this book contains the first advertisment for Orson Welles's "Citizen Kane" still under its working title "John Citizen U.S.A." Also advertised are the adaptations of "Kitty Foyle" and "Sister Carrie" each featuring a fold-out image on cardstock of its eponymous book. With portraits of studio stars including Charles Laughton Carole Lombard Cary Grant Charles Boyer Ronald Colman Ginger Rogers and many more. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
6388Hardcover. Near Fine. SCRAPBOOK of MOVIE STARS from the SILENT FILM and early TALKIES era. Staple-bound heavy cardstock wraps with tipped on photo-illustration of Mae McAvoy with her name handwritten beneath; pp. 28 each with tipped-on and hand-labeled film stills and photographic images of celebrities most with tissue guards. Front cover a bit sunned lightly chipped along the edges; internally bright and clean remarkably tidy in its layout and preservation. A collection of 110 images of actors from the silent film and early talkies era including Inga Tidblad Mona Martensson Corinne Griffith Milton Sills Norma Talmadge Colleen Moore Charlie Chaplin Lillian Gish and many more. All images are neatly labeled by hand with an indexed list of the actors handwritten on the inside rear cover. <br/><br/> hardcover books
194143024Japan 1941. Loose in a black clamshell box. Very good copies with slight curl; some with small edge or corner tears; 23 have the name of the film or featured actors/actresses rubber-stamped on the back in Japanese. 47 b/w photos. Approximately 6 x 4 inches. One duplicate. Most are group scenes from dramas a few portraits a few without characters; subject matter ranges from early historical dramas to contemporary scenes to the war and its effects. The dates have been verified on a few and all fall during the years of the Pacific War including Tadashi Imai's Tanjiko-mura 1940 "Hanagoyomi hasshojin" 1940 based on the 19th century novel "Josei hongan" 1940 made in the same year as the novel by Kan Kikuchi Yasuki Chiba's "Kuso buraku" 1939. The balance of the stills appear to date within approximately the same period. unknown books
197215606Montreal: Unicorn Publishing Corporation 1972. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. 39 pp. Early issue of this Canadian magazine devoted to the film arts. Includes articles on Shirley Clarke Canadian Women Directors Back Street and more. Printed on inexpensive newspaper stock. Tape repair to front cover. Some light toning to paper else a clean very good example. Unicorn Publishing Corporation paperback books
195726182A Paris: Imprime Par Les Fils De Victor Michel 1957. A large 4-panel promotional piece; one of a limited edition of 3000 printed on Velin Arches paper with 3 artworks by David Fredenthal signed in the print two in sepia and one with colors depicting the principal actors and scenes from the motion picture. Laid-in are loose pages of an article with drawings by David Fredenthal concerning the movie & its making from LIFE magazine. Poster approx. 21 1/4" x 29 1/4" overall size; old fold lines; little splitting at center fold; paper darkened; in good condition. . Broadside. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by David Fredenthal. Imprime Par Les Fils De Victor Michel paperback books
1930310342New York 1930. 1 p. on "Universal Pictures Corporation" letterhead. 8-1/2 x 11 inches. Old folds torn across leaf affecting three words of text tape repair else good. 1 p. on "Universal Pictures Corporation" letterhead. 8-1/2 x 11 inches. 'It Can Be Done'. An encouraging letter by one of the founders of Universal Studios. Reading in part: "When I reached America in 1884 I was probably about your age. I was the proud possessor of $50.00 - - A world of adventure lay ahead. As I look back on the years crowded with hard work and many discouragements I think the inner conviction that 'It Can Be Done' has helped me more than anything else to win through."<br/><br/>German born film making pioneer Carl Laemmle 1867-1939 produced or worked on over 400 films including most notably The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1923 The Phantom of The Opera 1925 and The Man Who Laughs 1928.<br/><br/>As a high school student Seymour Halpern 1913-1997 wrote letters to many notables of the day inquiring about their ideas to the keys to success in life. He would later go on to serve as Republican from New York to the 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st and 92nd United States Congresses holding office from January 3 1959 to January 3 1973. unknown books
