Rome: Daimo Cinematografica, 1978. Vintage borderless black-and-white double weight photograph of director Federico Fellini from the set of his 1978 film. With the stamp of photographer Pierluigi Praturlon on the verso. In this image, Fellini toys with the idea of learning the tympani while wearing a dust mask. Born in Rome, Praturlon (better known simply as Pierluigi) embarked upon a......

New York: Bill Doll and Company, 1961. Two vintage borderless studio still photographs from the US release of the 1961 Italian film. Large Astor Release snipe on verso, one with "R.R. Stuart Collection" stamp on verso. Fellini's most pivotal film, if not his finest. Unlike the more sentimental and abstract films that would follow, "La Dolce Vita" is an unflinching.....

N.p. Lopert Films Inc, 1957. Two vintage photographs from the 1957 film, one promotional photograph of Giulietta Masina and one studio still photograph of Masina and Francois Perier, here under the international release title "Cabiria." Federico Fellini's compassionate and grounded masterpiece, with a stunning and heart-breaking performance from (Fellini's wife) Masina as Cabiria, a naive prostitute with a resilient soul.....

N.p. Produzione Europee Associate (PEA), Circa 1969. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph, with left margin, of Federico Fellini on the set of the 1969 film. Three "Christophe L." provenance stamps on verso. Loosely based on the late first century satire by Gaius Petronius. Fellini's dream-like depiction of first century imperial Rome, in a series of gloriously decadent, extravagant, and.....

N.p. Embassy Pictures, 1962. Collection of three vintage black and white studio still photographs from the US release of the 1962 Italian film.A four-episode anthology exploring different aspects of morality and love, directed by Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti, and Mario Monicelli.Set and shot on location in Rome.10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with light edgewear.Complete collation.....

N.p. N.p., 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1962 film, showing director Federico Fellini reclining in a shooting pit with his camera crew. With the stamp of still photographer Paul Ronald on the verso. A four-episode anthology exploring different aspects of morality and love, directed by Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti, and Mario Monicelli. Fellini's episode, "Le.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1962. Two vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1962 film, one showing director Luchino Visconti and actress Romy Schneider, the other showing director Federico Fellini shooting with a Bolex camera while a crew member adjusts actress Anita Ekberg's hair. Both photos with the stamp of still photographer Paul Ronald on the verso. A......

Paris: Films sans Frontieres, 1974. Vintage borderless press photograph showing director Marco Ferreri on the set of the 1974 French-Italian film, with camera and crew behind him. With stamps of photographer Bernard Prim and French magazine "Paru dans le point," as well as holograph annotations, on the verso. A farcical reenactment of the events leading up to, and including, The.....

Italy: MMD, 1991. Vintage borderless double weight photograph from the 1991 film. With a stamp on the verso identifying the film and photographer. A black comedy in which a divorced man falls for a beautiful woman, who uses magic to turn him into a sex slave. He doesn't seem to mind, until she gets bored and wants to leave him.....

Italy: Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, 1964. Vintage borderless press photograph from the set of the 1964 film. Shown is Annie Giarardot (the "ape woman" in the film) in a dressing room with two other semi-clothed, "normal" women, conveying an immediate irony as she looks up at her husband (Ugo Tognazzi) standing in the doorway. With the stamps of both the French.....

N.p. Clesi Cinematografica, 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film, showing actors Catherine Spaak and Claudia Cardinale. With the stamp of photographer Glauco Cortini to the verso, along with a holograph ink annotation identifying the actors. A woman's obsession with finding a husband ruins her friendship with her best friend and roommate.Set and shot on location in Rome.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 2005. Draft script for the 2006 film. An intimate look at the British Royal family from May to September of 1997, following the death of Princess Diana on August 31, 1977, and the struggle between Queen Elizabeth's (Helen Mirren) desire to treat it as a private affair, and Prime Minister Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) and Prince Charles'.....

N.p. American International Pictures [AIP], 1968. Vintage studio still photograph of George Hilton from the 1968 US release of the 1966 Italian film, here under the title "The Brute and the Beast." "Film Buff's Center" stamp on the verso. Italian Spaghetti-Western starring Franco Nero, early in his career as prospector Tom Corbett, and Hilton as his drunkard half-brother Jeff Corbett.....

France / Italy: Affiches Gaillard / Cineriz, Circa 1961. Archive of 139 vintage borderless single weight still photographs from the 1961 Italian-French film. Seen in the images is starring actor Fernandel and other members of the cast in action, and a few images of the film crew at work. Notations in holograph pencil, and photographer Civirani's rubber stamp, on the.....

Rome, Italy: Produzione Gallone / Filmsonor, 1951. Original souvenir program, printed in Italy, for the 1951 Italian-French-Spanish film. With several full-color illustrations of Roman warriors and women, and black-and-white films stills and on-the-set images. Based on the powerful and influential wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius, who conspired to kill him and was executed as a result. The classic adulterous.....

Los Angeles: Embassy Pictures, 1962. Collection of 6 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1961 Italian film. Marcello Mastroianni is a bored man, bored with life and his wife. He falls in love with a younger woman, and since divorce is illegal in Italy unless there is just cause (like catching your spouse committing adultery), he decides to find his.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Monica Vitti from the 1972 Italian film. Based on an unpublished short story by Alberto Moravia. The title translates to "Orders are Orders."Italian housewife Girogia (Vitti), after accidentally participating in a women's rights meeting, begins hearing a voice commanding her to do things against her will, firstly, going to the seaside.....

Paris: Intermondia Films / Pretoria / Cinedis, 1959. Collection of 4 original black-and-white single weight still photographs from the 1959 French-Italian film. Featuring Jean Gabin dancing gaily in a pub with costar Doll, all photos with brief numerical annotations in holograph pencil on the verso. Gabin plays a sophisticated tramp who lives during summer in an abandoned construction site. As.....

France / Italy: Productions Sigma, Circa 1957. Archive of 42 vintage borderless single weight still photographs and 2 color transparencies from the 1958 French-Italian film. Seen in the images is starring actress Dany Robin, both on the set and at a birthday party, and other stars of the film in action. Notations on the verso of several photos in holograph.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1955. Two vintage reference photographs of director Sacha Guitry on the set of the 1955 film, taken by photographer Edward Quinn. "Ed. Quinn" stamps on verso of both, one with additional "Cinema Napoleon" stamp.Guitry's historical epic depicting the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena, with Napoleon depicted by.....

Paris: Cinedis, 1959. Collection of 33 original borderless single weight still photographs from the 1959 French release (as "Resurrection") of the 1958 West German-Italian-French film. Action sequences, images of smoking women in brothels, and head-shots of starring actors throughout. Numerical annotations in holograph pencil, and some in ink, on the versos. Based on Tolstoy's last novel, "Resurrection" (1899), a statement.....

New York: New Yorker Films, 1968. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs, four borderless, from the 1968 film. Presented in a brown paper envelope with title annotated in holograph pencil.The first feature film from the husband-and-wife team of Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet. An austere portrayal of the life and times of Johann Sebastian Bach, depicted by renowned harpsichordist.....

N.p. New World Pictures, circa 1972. Original US one sheet poster, a variant size in a variant yellow color scheme, for the 1972 Italian film. An early role for Vonetta McGee, who would star in television shows like "L.A. Law," and "Bustin' Loose," and several other blaxploitation films in the 1970s. The film poster here is the yellow variant, also.....

N.p. Filmes Cinematografica, 1976. Collection of 3 vintage borderless photographs from the 1976 film. Grazia Neri stamps on the verso. Jancso's "Private Vices, Public Pleasures" is loosely based on the death of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, believed having killed himself after shooting his lover in a suicide pact in 1882. Jancso's film presents Rudolf (Lajos Balazsovits) as a pan-sexual.....

Paris: Franco London Film S.A, 1956. Original program for the 1956 English language release of the 1955 French-Italian film. Deluxe program in English text, illustrated throughout in black-and-white stills from the film, detailing the film synopsis. Also includes 8 full-color borderless film stills, akin to lobby cards, a brief filmography of director Renoir and transcript of an interview between Renoir.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1960s. Vintage borderless black-and-white photograph of Italian actress Sylva Koscina. Koscina, who was born Silvija Koscina in Croatia, is best remembered for her performance as Iole in "Hercules" (1958) and "Hercules Unchained" (1968), and also for her role opposite Paul Newman in "The Secret War of Harry Frigg" (1968). 3.25 x 4.25 inches. Near Fine.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1971. Revised Draft script for the 1971 Euro-Western (aka "Euro Western") film, a US-UK co-production shot in Spain. Notations throughout in holograph pencil. Euro-Westerns were made quickly and on tight budgets, and scripts for them are rare. Based on L'Amour's 1963 novel. Catlow (Brynner) is a renegade outlaw determined to pull off a gold heist.....

Paris: Pan American Airways, 1958. Original single weight press photograph of Vittorio de Sica smoking a cigarette, smiling, and entering (or leaving) an automobile, during the filming of the 1958 Italian-French film. French titles and de Sica's name in holograph ink, and a Pan American Airways rubberstamp, on the verso. Parisian paparazzi were likely on-hand as the cast and crew.....

Rome [Roma]: Lux Film, 1948. Two vintage French borderless still photographs from the 1948 Italian film. Both images depict African American actor John Kitzmiller. Foto Franci rubber stamp to the verso, alongside various holograph annotations in pencil and red felt ink. At the close of World War II an African American sergeant struggles with the temptation to sell ex-military supplies.....

Madrid: Jose Frade Producciones Cinematograficas S.A., 1978. Draft script for the 1979 film. Here under the temporary title, "Neither Losers Nor Winners." With annotations throughout in holograph ink. The film was released in Italian, though with American actors Peppard and Hamilton dubbed in Italian. The text of this draft is in English, created for consideration by the US cast and.....

Hollywood: The Ladd Company, 1984. Original press kit for the 1984 Italian-American film. Included in the press kit are 24 black-and-white still photographs, including one photograph of director Sergio Leone, biographies of select cast and crew, final credits, production information, and insight into Leone's process. Based on Harry Grey's 1952 novel, "The Hoods." David Aaronson (De Niro) is a former.....

Rome: de Laurentiis International Manufacturing Company, 1973. First Draft script for the 1974 Italian poliziotteschi film "Crazy Joe," here under the working title, "Crazy Joey." Lewis John Carlino would receive final credit, although not credited here, as screenwriter. Rubber-stamped Feb. 14, 1973, on the first page. A remarkable transplant of American New Hollywood stalwarts (and some of their elders) to.....

N.p. N.p., 1976. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on the true story of Padre Pio, an Italian friar and mystic who was later venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Screenwriter Giampaolo Lomi was best known for "Tropic of Cancer" (1972) and "The Barons" (1975).Set in Italy.Mustard cloth covered titled boards. Title page present, dated 1976, with.....

N.p. N.p., 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1962 film, showing director Luchino Visconti adjusting the hair of actress Romy Schneider.A four-episode anthology exploring different aspects of morality and love, directed by Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti, and Mario Monicelli. Schneider features in Visconti's episode "Il Lavoro," which follows a wealthy, well-known couple's dissolving marriage after the.....

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1964. Collection of 19 vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film.Released in the U.S. under the title "Revenge of the Gladiators," it was originally released in Italy under the title "La vendetta di Spartacus" or "The Revenge of Spartacus," which it is also known by. "Revenge of the Gladiators" was the first of Michele Lupo's.....

Italy: Excelsa Film, 1951. Vintage double weight press photograph of writer Curzio Malaparte sitting in the director's chair during the filming of his sole cinematic effort, "The Forbidden Christ." With holograph pencil annotations regarding layout on both the recto and verso, and the stamp of photographer Osvaldo Civirani and a mimeo snipe on the verso. Nominated for the Palme d'Or.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1965. Vintage borderless press photograph of Italian film star Silvana Mangano, standing in the middle of the highway, and wearing an impossibly cool dress. With the stamp of photographer Georg Michall on the verso. Taken circa 1965, between 1964's "Il disco volante" and Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1967 adaptation of "Oepidus Rex." 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1966. Vintage black and white reference photograph from the 1966 Italian science fiction film, showing several astronauts repairing their space station. A mad scientist begins kidnapping world leaders and prominent citizens for his bio-engineering eugenics program, forcing a rogue space station commander to come to the rescue. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 film. "Film Buff's Center" stamp on the verso. Based on the 1958 novel "The Bounty Killer" by Marvin H. Albert.Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western. Mexican fugitive Jose Gomez (Tomas Milian) returns to his village, pursued by the notorious bounty hunter Luke Chilson (Richard Wyler).The debut of Milian in the.....

Italy: Dania Film, Circa 1978. Draft script for the 1979 Italian film, "L'isola degli uomini pesce" (Island of the Fishmen), here under the working title, "Volcano Island." Rereleased in America in 1980 as "Something Waits in the Dark," and again in 1981 as "Screamers," by Roger Corman's New World Pictures, and in 2009 under its directly translated title "Island of.....

Cannes, France: Cinedis, 1955-1959. Archive of correspondence and film ephemera from representatives at Cinedis and UniFrance Films regarding Christian de la Maziere, briefly the impresario of press relations (and former Waffen-SS soldier) at Cinedis, detailing his participation at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival and at a few Referendum Cinematographique festivals in Vichy. Represented in the archive are 27 leaves, several.....

N.p. N.p., 1976. Original Treatment script for the 1977 Italian giallo film. Director John Huston's copy. Laid in is a typed letter signed, dated January 28, 1977, from noted agent Paul Kohner on Kohner's stationery, encouraging Huston to read the script and consider directing the film: "Dear John, / Please find enclosed copy of the screenplay of PYJAMA GIRL /.....

Paris: Filmsonor, 1960. Collection of 11 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the set of the 1960 French-Italian film, here under the original French title, "Une fille pour l'été." Featured are several images of the cast and crew on the waterfront basking in the shade, director Molinaro in white straw hat, and images of starring actress Petit, including a striking portrait.....

Rome: Euro International Film, 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film, showing director Mario Monicelli and a camera crew filming a scene with actors Marcelo Mastroianni and Margaret Lee on the set of the 1965 Italian film. With holograph ink annotations on the verso.An army officer romances his way through Europe, with the caveat that he can only.....

Italy: Clesi Cinematografica, 1969. Typescript Treatment script for the 1970 film, "The Fifth Day of Peace," here under the working title, "Gott Mit Uns!!," its translated title being "God's On Our Side." Laid in is a single typescript leaf (author unknown), dated 9/8/69, detailing the story outline, and noting the possibility of actor Max von Sydow taking on the lead.....