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1979158125N.p.: N.p. 1979. Vintage reference photograph from the 1979 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso noting director Walerian Borowczyk's name and the film title in French. <br /> <br /> An anthology film divided into three segments set in three different time periods Rome in 1520 France at the turn of the century and modern Paris and following three women who are driven to commit crimes of passion.<br /> <br /> 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1975159953N.p.: N.p. 1975. Two vintage oversize borderless French studio still color photographs from the 1975 French film showing actress Sirpa Lane. <br /> <br /> Originally conceived as a short film used as the final installment of director Walerian Borowczyk's anthology film "Immoral Tales" 1973 and expanded in 1975 by the director into a surreal chamber drama.<br /> <br /> Loosely based on Prosper Merimee's 1869 novella "Lokis." A young newlywed in the French countryside suspects her husband may be hiding a bestial secret. Noted director Walerian Borowczyk's sixth film banned in the UK and US at the time of release now rightfully considered a cult classic. <br /> <br /> Set in the woods of France.<br /> <br /> 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners. N.p. unknown
1975160995N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless color photograph from the 1975 French film showing actress Lisbeth Hummel.<br /> <br /> Originally conceived as a short film used as the final installment of director Walerian Borowczyk's anthology film "Immoral Tales" 1973 and expanded in 1975 by the director into a surreal chamber drama.<br /> <br /> Loosely based on Prosper Merimee's 1869 novella "Lokis." A young newlywed in the French countryside suspects her husband may be hiding a bestial secret. Noted director Walerian Borowczyk's sixth film banned in the UK and US at the time of release now rightfully considered a cult classic. <br /> <br /> Set in the woods of France.<br /> <br /> 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1975161313Paris: Cinemagence 1975. Vintage oversize double weight photograph from the 1975 French film. Stamp of Paris photograph distributor on the verso. <br /> <br /> Originally conceived as a short film used as the final installment of director Walerian Borowczyk's anthology film "Immoral Tales" 1973 and expanded in 1975 by the director into a surreal chamber drama.<br /> <br /> Loosely based on Prosper Merimee's 1869 novella "Lokis." A young newlywed in the French countryside suspects her husband may be hiding a bestial secret. Noted director Walerian Borowczyk's sixth film banned in the UK and US at the time of release now rightfully considered a cult classic. <br /> <br /> Set in the woods of France.<br /> <br /> 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Cinemagence unknown
1975162170Munich: Filmverlag der Autoren 1975. Vintage borderless lobby card for the German release of the 1975 French film. <br /> <br /> From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah.<br /> <br /> Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<br /> <br /> Originally conceived as a short film used as the final installment of director Walerian Borowczyk's anthology film "Immoral Tales" 1973 and expanded in 1975 by the director into a surreal chamber drama.<br /> <br /> Loosely based on Prosper Merimee's 1869 novella "Lokis." A young newlywed in the French countryside suspects her husband may be hiding a bestial secret. Noted director Walerian Borowczyk's sixth film banned in the UK and US at the time of release now rightfully considered a cult classic. <br /> <br /> Set in the woods of France.<br /> <br /> 11.75 x 8.25 inches. Strong Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. Filmverlag der Autoren unknown
1980145913N.p.: Capital Films 1980. 3 vintage borderless photographs from the 1980 film. <br /> <br /> Based on Frank Wedekind's character Lulu from his two-play series "Erdgeist" and "Die Buschse der Pandora" Borowczyk's "Lulu" stars Anne Bennent as the enticing opportunistic and ultimately tragic Lulu. G.W. Pabst's classic 1929 "Pandora's Box" starring Louise Brooks was based on the same character.<br /> <br /> 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Near Fine light edgewear. Capital Films unknown
1980149577N.p.: Capital Films 1980. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1980 film one showing actors Anne Bennent and Udo Kier the other showing Bennent Kier and director Walerian Borowczyk. <br /> <br /> Based on Frank Wedekind's plays "Erdgeist" and "Die Buschse der Pandora." An opportunistic amoral young woman rises in society through her relationships with monied men.<br /> <br /> 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Near Fine. Capital Films unknown
1975149861N.p.: N.p. 1975. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of Grazyna Dlugolecka from the 1975 Polish film. <br /> <br /> Beautiful young Ewa Dlugolecka falls in love with the handsome lodger Lukasz Jerzy Zelnik and travels Europe in search of him falling prey to the lusts and abuses of various men.<br /> <br /> Nominated for the Palme d'Or.<br /> <br /> 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1981160661N.p.: N.p. 1981. Collection of ten vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1981 film including six in black-and-white and four in color. Black-and-white photographs with mimeo snipes on the verso. <br /> <br /> Loosely based on the classic 1866 novella. In nineteenth-century London a party guest turns up dead at a respectable couple's engagement gathering leading the remaining guests into a whirlpool of sex and debauchery in pursuit of the culprit. <br /> <br /> 9.5 x 7 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1976161046N.p.: N.p. 1976. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1976 film. One with a stamp noting the film's French title on the verso and all three with layout annotations in manuscript ink. <br /> <br /> Loosely based on the 1967 novel by André Pieyre de Mandiargues about a man who becomes romantically involved with a Parisian sex worker shortly after his wife's suicide. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Paris. <br /> <br /> 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1953WRCLIT69893Hollywood: ZIV Television Inc. 1953. 344 leaves plus lettered inserts. Quarto. Mimeographed and carbon typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in production company wrappers. Very very extensively annotated throughout in pencil and colored pencil with prompts revisions and camera/production notes. Clean slice into fore-margin of upper wrapper otherwise very good. A "Final Master" of this teleplay by Wald written for the FAVORITE STORY series production 70b and based on a short story "The Substitute" by Francois Coppée. Leslie Goodwins directed Robert Blake and Noah Beery Jr. and Adolphe Menjou introduced the episode as usual. This particular copy was intimately involved in the production of the episode and a manuscript designation on the upper wrapper implies it was used by Larry Lund the script supervisor. Wald had an extended and productive career as a screen and television writer for a number of the best known series of the 1950s and early 1960s. He was co-nominated with Albert Maltz for an Oscar and WG Award for screenwriting for the 1948 film THE NAKED CITY. ZIV Television, Inc. unknown books
1944134788Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1944. Second Revised Final Draft script for the 1946 film. Copy belonging to the film's editor Clarence Kolster with his name in holograph pencil on the first revision page and annotations throughout mostly noting cut or completed scenes. Actress Bette Davis' name on the front wrapper in holograph pencil though Davis was the lead role in the earlier 1934 John Cromwell version. <br/><br/>This second film version of W. Somerset Maugham's classic novel stars Paul Henreid as a clubfooted medical student. Eleanor Parker is Mildred the vulgar cockney waitress adored by Philip Carey Henreid. The subject matter of Maugham's novel exploring how sexual obsession can lead to ruin was missing in the 1946 version thanks to studio censors and Alexis Smith who played the second female lead said the remake should never have been produced. <br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers noted as 2nd REV FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 40 dated June 22 1944. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated 6/22/44 with a credit for screenwriter Turney. 169 leaves with last page of text numbered 219 several pages omitted. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/12/44 and 8/29/44. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with an archival repair to a long tear in the front wrapper now encapsulated in mylar. Bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1944131507Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1944. Second Revised Final script for the 1946 film. Presentation copy belonging to actress Alexis Smith with her initials in decorative gilt on the front board bound in full calf. Throughout the script are 5 black-and-white film stills on tipped-in leaves all featuring Smith and costar Paul Henreid. <br/><br/>Based on W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel about a forlorn artist in France who gives up the trade to become a doctor. Philip Cary Henreid the artist meets Mildred Rogers Eleanor Parker a waitress and becomes dreadfully infatuated in spite of the waitress' complete disregard for him. Eventually the waitress' charms wane and Cary reconnects with a beautiful young writer Nora Nesbitt Smith and their romance flourishes-until Mildred Rogers returns pregnant and in need. <br/><br/>First adapted to film in 1934 directed by John Cromwell and starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis the novel was also adaptated in 1964 by Ken Hughes starring Kim Novak and Laurence Harvey and has been adapted several times for television. <br/><br/>Brown full sheepskin boards with gilt titles. Distribution page present receipt intact. Title page present dated 6/22/44 with credits for screenwriter Turney. 179 leaves including black and white publicity photos bound in mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 8/12/44 and 8/29/44. Very Good. Warner Brothers unknown books
1953161400N.p.: N.p. 1953. Third Revised Final Draft script for the 1953 film with rainbow revisions. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. <br /> <br /> Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960. <br /> <br /> Based on W. Somerset Maugham's 1921 short story "Miss Thompson" wherein a Christian missionary makes the salvation of a Hawaiian nightclub singer his personal project.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Kauai Hawaii.<br /> <br /> Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present dated March 31 1953 noted as THIRD REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Harry Kleiner. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue yellow pink teal goldenrod and white revision pages throughout dated variously between April 3 1953 and June 5 1953. Pages Near FIne binding Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1934159596London: National Film Archive 1934. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1934 film one showing actors Bette Davis and Leslie Howard the other showing director John Cromwell and a camera crew capturing a scene with Kay Johnson and Howard. Both with the stamp of National Film Archive on the verso.<br /> <br /> From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. A sensitive clubfooted young man falls in love with a mercurial tearoom waitress. A breakout role for actress Bette Davis and the first of three adaptations of Maugham's novel followed by one in 1946 and one in 1964. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Archive unknown
1964155630N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film showing actress Kim Novak nude and on a bed. <br /> <br /> The third of three feature films based on W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel following the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis and the 1946 film starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker. <br /> <br /> Set in London.<br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine with pinholes on the corners and edges. N.p. unknown
1964137314Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM / Seven Arts 1964. Collection of 13 studio photographs from the 1964 film. <br /> <br /> The third of three feature films adapted from W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel starring Kim Novak and Laurence Harvey following the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis and the 1946 film starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker. <br /> <br /> Set in London and filmed by MGM British Studios at Ardmore Studios in County Wicklow Ireland. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches 25 x 20. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Seven Arts unknown
1940149144N.p.: Vitagraph 1940. Vintage keybook photograph of L-to-R Herbert Marshall James Stephenson back to camera director William Wyler and Bette Davis lunching at the Warner Brothers commissary during the filming of the 1940 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. <br /> <br /> Claiming self defense after shooting a man David Newell she was secretly having an affair with Leslie Crosbie Bette Davis is defended by an increasingly skeptical lawyer James Stephenson. <br /> <br /> Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Cinematography Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor.<br /> <br /> 11 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US. Vitagraph unknown
1972150607Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Complete set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1972 film.<br /> <br /> Four photos shown please inquire to see the others.<br /> <br /> Loosely based on the 1950 film "The Asphalt Jungle" which was in turn based on W. R. Burnett's 1949 novel. A former inmate decides to gather a gang of criminals to execute a diamond heist in the hopes of using the profits to start a community bank for black-owned businesses. <br /> <br /> Set in Los Angeles and San Quentin. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Lee The Heist Film. Parish and Hill 66. Spicer US Neo-Noir.<br /> Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 69 119-121. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1976149849N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of Margarethe von Trotta Volker Schlondorff cinematographer Igor Luther and other crew members on the set of the 1976 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1939 novel by Marguerite Yourcenar. Young left-wing aristocrat Sophie von Reval von Trotta sides with the Bolsheviks after being rejected by a young German soldier Matthias Habich preparing to fight the Red Army.<br/><br/>The third and final collaboration between husband and wife team Schlondorff and von Trotta von Trotta here co-writing and starring before von Trotta would branch off into her own esteemed career as director. Previously they worked together on "The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach" 1971 which von Tratt starred in and co-wrote with director Schlondorff and the New German Cinema masterwork "The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum" 1975 which they co-wrote and co-directed together. <br/><br/>Set in 1919 Latvia during the Russian Civil War.<br/><br/>12 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing at far corners. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 192. N.p. unknown books
1990141270N.p.: Bioskop Film 1990. Collection of 11 vintage studio still photographs from the 1990 film. <br/><br/>Based on Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel which envisions a dystopian future in which fertile women are forced to play sexual surrogate to wealthy childless families. <br/><br/>Shot on location in North Carolina. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. Bioskop Film unknown books
1976149849N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of Margarethe von Trotta Volker Schlondorff cinematographer Igor Luther and other crew members on the set of the 1976 film. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1939 novel by Marguerite Yourcenar. Young left-wing aristocrat Sophie von Reval von Trotta sides with the Bolsheviks after being rejected by a young German soldier Matthias Habich preparing to fight the Red Army.<br /> <br /> The third and final collaboration between husband and wife team Schlondorff and von Trotta von Trotta here co-writing and starring before von Trotta would branch off into her own esteemed career as a director. Previously they worked together on "The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach" 1971 which von Tratt starred in and co-wrote with director Schlondorff and the New German Cinema masterwork "The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum" 1975 which they co-wrote and co-directed together. <br /> <br /> Set in 1919 Latvia during the Russian Civil War.<br /> <br /> 12 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing at far corners. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 192. N.p. unknown
1979158003N.p.: N.p. 1979. Vintage matte-finish reference photograph of writer Günter Grass child actor David Bennent and director Volker Schlöndorff on the set of the 1979 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. <br /> <br /> From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br /> <br /> Based on Grass' 1959 novel about a young child with magical abilities who witnesses the rise to power of the Nazi party. Winner of the Palme d'Or and winner of an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.<br /> <br /> Set in Danzig and shot on location in West Germany. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Arrow Films. Criterion Collection 234. N.p. unknown
1961150804Belgrade: Avala Film 1961. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1961 Yugoslavian film. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1952 play by Drago Gervais about an historical woman who saves the town of Rikecka from destruction after the British Navy begins to bombard it with cannons fire. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Avala Film unknown
1978144593Munich: Bavaria Atelier 1978. Vintage borderless photograph of Rainer Werner Fassbinder on the set of the 1978 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov. Herman Herman Dirk Bograde a Russian immigrant and Jewish business owner in Berlin is targeted by Nazis. While slowly losing his mind he fixates on a man he believes to be his doppelganger. After taking out a new life insurance policy he devises a plan to free himself of his problems. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Germany. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Bavaria Atelier unknown books
