Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, Circa 1947. Vintage reference photograph of director Orson Welles and his then-estranged wife, actress Rita Hayworth, waving from the cockpit of a plane preparing to fly to Acapulco, Mexico, to shoot location scenes for their 1947 film "The Lady from Mexico." Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with a provenance stamp. Welles promised.....

France: Les Films du Jeudi, Circa 1974. Two vintage oversize borderless double weight color reference photographs of Jane Birkin from the 1974 film. A liquor salesman (Jean Carmet) makes up stories to obscure his pathetic life in order to succeed at both business and with women, until he meets Jane (Birkin). 12 x 9.5 inches. Light wear at the extremities.....

N.p. Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica, Circa 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Mario Bava, John Phillip Law, and Marisa Mell on the set of the 1968 film. "A.L.A. Fotocine" stamp on verso. Based on the popular Italian comic strip "Diabolik," created in 1962 by Italian sisters Angela and Luciana Giussani. Remade as the internationally produced animated television series "Diabolik," a......

N.p. N.p., Circa 1966. Vintage borderless double weight portrait photograph of Monica Vitti, circa 1966. "ROMA's RESS PHOTO" stamp on verso. The acclaimed Italian actress is perhaps best known for her starring roles in the films of Michelangelo Antonioni, particularly his classic trilogy on "modernity and its discontents," "L'Avventura" (1960), "La Notte" (1961), and "L'Eclisse" (1962). In the mid 1960s.....

N.p. Argos Films, Circa 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1966 film, in Robert Bresson's inimitable, understated style, of the farmer's daughter Marie's hand (Anne Wiazemsky), unresponsive to the advances of her childhood sweetheart, Jacques (Walter Green).Revered as one of the masterpieces of cinema, Robert Bresson follows a donkey (Balthazar) through his life, as he is passed from owner.....

N.p. Andre Michelin Productions, Circa 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Eddie Constantine as Lemmy Caution, in bed, armed and reading a French translation of Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep," from the 1965 film. Printed snipe and provenance stamp of "G. Toussier" on verso. Jean-Luc Godard's neo-noir foray into science fiction, transplanting the fictional detective Lemmy Caution (Constantine) into a......

Paris: les Films du Carrosse, Circa 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Henri Serre painting a moustache on Jeanne Moreau from the 1962 film. Based on the 1953 novel by Henri-Pierre Roche. One of the founding films of the French New Wave, examining a long relationship between two men and an impulsive young woman before, during, and after the First.....

N.p. Les Films Corona, Circa1970. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of Yves Montand from the 1970 film. Large French "L'AVEU" stamp, "Cinemagence" stamp, and provenance stamp of "G. Troussier" on verso.Based on the 1968 autobiography "L'aveu" by Artur and Lise London. Costa-Gavras' searing indictment against Stalinism and totalitarianism, a grueling but riveting politic thriller, wherein Yves Montand stars as.....

Rome: Mars Film, Circa 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Jean-Louis Trintignant and Stefania Sandrelli from the 1970 film. Stamp of photographer Angelo Novi on verso. An intricate and incisive examination of the psychological tribulations of a man who will do anything to be "normal." Marcello Clerici (Trintignant), a young and upper-middle class Italian, joins Mussolini's Organization for Vigilance and.....

Paris: Paris Film, Circa 1938. Vintage oversize double weight reference photograph of Jean Gabin and Julien Carette, from the 1938 film. Based on the 1890 social realist novel by Emile Zola, Renoir's film remains true to the proletarian source material, while grafting on elements of film noir and his own humanist philosophy. One of the director's biggest commercial successes, with.....

N.p. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Circa 1923. Vintage reference photograph of the cast, crew, and onlookers from the set of the 1925 film. Mimeo snipe and annotations in holograph ink on verso.Based on the 1899 novel "McTeague" by Frank Norris. An impoverished miner-turned-dentist wins the lottery, but the ensuing fortune threatens to ruin the lives of everyone it touches. Director Erich von.....

Cambridge, MA: David Bull, 1995. First Edition. Photo-illustrated throughout in color and black-and-white. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.

San Rafael, CA: Insight Editions, 2004. First Edition, one of 450 copies (this being No. 250) SIGNED by the photographer and including a signed photographic print. A collection of photographs taken by Dick Waterman throughout his long association with the blues as a writer, promoter, and founder of Avalon Productions, the first booking agency to specifically represent blues acts. Published.....

N.p. N.p., 1955. Vintage script for the 1955 Broadway play, which debuted at the Morosco Theatre on March 24 and ran for 700 performances. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member, with their holograph pencil annotations to virtually every page, noting stage blocking and deletions. One of Tennessee Williams' most successful works, about the deeply dysfunctional family of a dying.....

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1976. Third Revised Shooting Final script, rainbow revision, for the 1976 film. Included with the script are six studio still photographs for the film, and promotional documents, including cast and credit list, production notes, a synopsis, a sample press release, biographies of the cast, and a typed note unsigned from Leo Wilder at Warner Bros. serving.....

London: Amicus Productions, 1974. Draft script for the 1974 British horror anthology film. Copy belonging to actor Ian Carmichael, with his holograph ink and pencil annotations throughout. Laid in with the screenplay is a signed photograph of Carmichael and a manuscript note signed by the actor, dated 18/8/73, giving the script to a Mrs. Mugford for her "celebrity sale." Based.....

New York: Little, Brown, 1993. First Edition. Association copy, playfully altered and INSCRIBED by Thom Jones to fellow author Chris Offutt and decorated with drawings and tipped-in images by the author on the half-title verso and title page: "To Chris: / from one genius to another (fuck false modesty!), / with best wishes and deepest admiration, / Thom Jones." From.....

Tokyo: Toho Company, Circa 1948. Draft script for the 1948 Japanese film. Text and titles in Japanese.The first of sixteen film collaborations between director Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune. Kurosawa's seventh film saw him exploring the inter workings and motivations of the yakuza and machismo. Censorship was tight regarding the occupation, forbidding American criticism, leading Kurosawa to slip in.....

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1978. Revised Final Shooting script for the 1978 film, here under the working title "Stingray."A teenage boy (Mark Hamill) heads to Las Vegas, determined to track down his high school shop class' stolen project car, a tricked-out Corvette. Set and shot on location in southern California and Nevada. Goldenrod titled wrappers, noted as FINAL SHOOTING.....

N.p. Alfa Cinematografica, Circa 1971. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of Luchino Visconti and Silvana Mangano on the set of the 1971 film. Mimeo snipe, "Parimage" stamp, and "Camera Press" stamp, on verso. Based on Thomas Mann's 1912 novella. Mann's lonely and obsessed novelist was transformed by Visconti into a composer based on Mahler who travels to Venice for his.....

N.p. San Marco, Circa 1969. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of Pier Paolo Pasolini and Maria Callas on the set of the 1969 film. Photographer "Mario Tursi" stamps on versos. Based on the ancient Greek myth, and loosely on the 431 BC play by Euripides, wherein the titular character famously kills her sons as revenge against an unfaithful husband. The.....

London: United Artists, 1969. Vintage borderless photograph of Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers on the set of the 1968 film, from the 1969 UK release of the film. British United Artists snipe and provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso.Edwards' most outrageous collaboration with Sellers, the only one that wasn't a "Pink Panther" film. Sellers, in.....

Paris: Les Films du Carrosse, 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Francois Truffaut, cinematographer Pierre-William Glenn, and cast and crew members on the set of the 1976 film. French and English printed snipe, and "Sygma," and photographer "Simonpietri" stamps on verso.An interrelated series of vignettes about the lives of children in a small French town, primarily using non-professional actors ranging.....

Lausanne: Majestic Films, Circa 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Pierre Etaix on the set of the 1965 film. "Majestic Films S.A." and "Yoyo" stamps on verso.After losing everything in the stock market crash of 1929, a millionaire (Etaix) finds happiness, his lost love (Auger), and the son he never knew he had by joining the circus. Nominated for the.....

N.p. International Classics, Circa 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Brigitte Bardot and director Roger Vadim on the set of the 1961 film. "Photo Walter Carone" stamp, two "La Bride sur le cou" stamps, and faint recurring "Paris Match Marie Claire" stamps, on verso. Sophie learns her boyfriend is thinking of leaving her for another woman and her first thought.....

N.p. AMLF, Circa 1988. Two vintage reference photographs of Jacques Demy on the set of the 1988 film. Demy's fanciful portrait of the life of singer and actor Yves Montand (playing himself), who returns to Marseille, the city of his childhood, to rehearse a stage musical based on his life, and falls in love the female lead, Marian (only to.....

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, Circa 1934. Vintage borderless reference photographs of Josef von Sternberg on the set of the 1934 film. Mimeo snipe printed in English and Spanish on verso. Loosely based on the diary of Catherine the Great as arranged by Manuel Komroff, following her from childhood through her rise to Empress. Sternberg's sixth and penultimate film starring Marlene.....

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1939. Master File script for the 1940 film "The Great McGinty," seen here under the working title, "Down Went McGinty," corrected in red pencil to "The Great McGinty." This revision contains an appropriately unusual and rather whimsical foreword by Sturges, with two earlier titles, "Biography of a Bum" and "The Vagrant," cited on the second and fourth.....

Tooele County, UT: N.p., 1960-1963. Archive of 163 vernacular photographs, including 145 in color and 18 in black-and-white, capturing the 1960-1963 National Speed Trials (commonly known as "Speed Week") at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Housed in 17 yellow envelopes, with dates and names of racers written in holograph ink annotation to the rectos. Offered with the archive is.....

San Diego: San Diego Timing Association, 1951-1964. Archive of vintage programs, bulletins, flyers, and newspaper clippings published by and relating to the San Diego Timing Association, a foundational sanctioning organization in US drag racing.In postwar America, the return of risk-loving, unmarried ex-GIs with advanced mechanical skills and extra money to spend led to the rise in popularity of illegal street.....

Paris: Editions de Minuit, 1961. First Photoplay Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title page: "Pour Dominique Aury / avec tout mon amitie / Alain Robbe-Grillet." ("For Dominique Aury / with all my friendship / Alain Robbe-Grillet.") Text in French. Basis for the 1961 film directed by Alain Resnais, starring Delphine Seyrig, Sacha Pitoeff, and Giorgio Albertazzi. Very Good.....

Los Angeles: ABC Pictures, 1971. Vintage borderless satin-finish reference photograph from the set of the 1971 film, showing director Sam Peckinpah and actor Jim Norton. With two printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. Based on the 1969 novel "The Siege of Trencher's Farm" by Gordon Williams. An American man returns to his wife's hometown in England, only to run.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1946. Vintage reference photograph of director David Lean and producer Ronald Neame in conversation with actor Anthony Wager between takes on the set of the 1946 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso.Based on Charles Dickens' 1861 novel. A critical and commercial success, considered by many to be one of Lean's best feature films.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1955. Collection of four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1955 Italian film. With the stamp of still photographer G.B. Poletto on the verso, and one with a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's French release affixed to the verso.A trio of small-time, ruthless con artists undergo crises of conscience after facing the condemnation of their.....

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1968 play also by screenwriter Frank D. Gilroy. An aging, lovelorn Las Vegas chorus girl begins an affair with a musician with a compulsive gambling habit.Set in Las Vegas, and shot on location in Paris and Las.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film, showing actress Angie Dickinson's legs. In 1954, during the Vietnam conflict, a smuggler named "Lucky Legs" and a group of French mercenaries infiltrate and destroy an arms depot near the Chinese border.10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, lightly and evenly toned. Olive Films 566.

N.p. N.p., Circa 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. N.p., Circa 1963. Collection of 12 vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1963 Italian anthology film, including 8 photographs from "The Wurdulak," 2 photographs from "The Telephone," and 2 photographs from "The Drop of Water." Three with the stamp of still photographer Gianna Assenza on the verso.A collection of three horror stories, each introduced by Boris Karloff as narrator.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1948. Vintage photograph of pioneering cinematographer Stuart Jewell adjusting a camera while capturing a time-lapse shot for "The Living Desert" (1953), Walt Disney's first feature-length film in the True-Life Adventures documentary series. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

N.p. N.p., Circa 1925. Vintage reference photograph from the 1925 film, showing actors George K. Arthur, Bruce Guerin, Otto Matiesen, and Georgia Hale. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.An impoverished group of dockside dwellers decide to move to the city to make their fortunes. Josef von Sternberg's directorial debut. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1966. Vintage reference photograph of Roman Polanski and a camera crew capturing a scene with actors Jacqueline Bisset, Donald Pleasence, and Lionel Stander. With a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's UK release affixed to the verso. Two wounded gangsters seek refuge in a secluded beachfront castle, home to a meek Englishman and his strong-willed wife.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1970. Collection of three vintage reference photographs from the 1970 film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso.Based on screenwriter Mart Crowley's off-Broadway 1968 play. A sharp, controversial, and ultimately groundbreaking film, one of the first American feature films to depict the everyday lives of gay characters, with an ensemble cast drawn from the play's initial.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1927. Vintage reference photograph from the 1927 French silent film, a fourth wall breaking moment featuring actors Josephine Baker and Adolphe Cande. With holograph pencil annotations on the verso. A beautiful, lonely islander falls in love with a visiting French engineer, unaware of his forthcoming nuptials to a wealthy French woman. The feature film debut of the.....

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1930. Two vintage oversize reference photographs from the 1930 film, one showing actors Wallace Beery and Marie Dressler, and one showing Dressler alone. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. Based on Lorna Moon's 1929 novel. A beleaguered dockside innkeeper (Dressler) tries to protect and raise her young adopted daughter, while loving and frequently.....

New York: Filmarte, 1938. Vintage program for the US premiere of the 1937 French film, which opened at the Filmarte Theatre in New York on September 12, 1938. A disparate group of French soldiers plan an escape from their German captors during World War I. Widely regarded as a masterpiece of French cinema, a poignant look at nationalism, class differences.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1952. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Max Ophuls on the set of the 1952 film. With a few small holograph pencil annotations on the verso. Based on three short stories by Guy de Maupassant: "Le Masque" (1889), "La Maison Tellier" (1881), and "Le Modele" (1883). An exploration of pleasure and its repercussions.Set and shot on location.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1970. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1970 experimental film, showing director Dick Fontaine and his wife, filmmaker and actress Pat Hartley. A fictionalized autobiography of the young filmmaker, featuring cameos by Norman Mailer and Jean Shrimpton. Fontaine is best known for his work as an independent documentary filmmaker, most notably "Will the Real Norman Mailer Please.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1978. Vintage borderless reference photograph taken on the set of the 1978 film, showing director Sam Peckinpah laughing with actress Ali McGraw in the desert.From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.An aggrieved group of truck drivers hold an ongoing high-speed protest convoy over a mile long. Peckinpah's most commercially successful film, loosely based on.....

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1931. Draft script for the 1931 film, with annotations in holograph pencil, primarily in later half of script, largely regarding dialogue, but also setting and shots. A largely fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, exotic dancer and courtesan, who was executed by France for espionage during World War I. A sensation in the.....

Amsterdam: Frans Bromet, Circa 1967. Collection of four vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1967 film, including two photographs of director Wim Verstappen and longtime producer and screenwriter Pim de la Parra. With the stamp of photographer Frans Bromet on the verso, and one with the stamp of Scorpio Films. From the archive of film historian and.....