N.p. Sigma III, 1964. Collection of eight vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1962 Italian film. Housed in its original brown paper envelope.Necrophiliac scientist Dr. Hichcock and his wife Cynthia are stalked by his first wife, Margaretha, who seeks vengeance for Hichcock's cruelties. The first horror film to receive the Italian VM18 ("vietato ai minori di.....

Neuilly-sur-Seine, France: Gaumont, 1956. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1956 film, showing director Robert Bresson demonstrating a small action to the film's lead actor Francois Leterrier. With holograph annotations on the verso. Based on the 1956 memoir "A Man Condemned to Death has Escaped" by Andre Devigny, about a French Resistance member's escape from the Nazi controlled.....

Paris: AGIP / Cinemonde, Circa 1955. Original press photograph of French stuntman and special effects artist, Gil Delamare, at the wheel of an automobile in helmet and goggles, circa 1955. Brief cropping annotations in holograph pencil, Delamare's name in holograph ink, and rubber stamps for photographer Cohen and film magazine Cinémonde, on the verso. Cinémonde Issue number 1101 (September 8.....

Paris: Harcourt Studios, 1959. Collection of 6 original black-and-white single weight press photographs from a dog show at Harcourt portrait studios in France, presumed upon the 1959 French release of the 1957 US film, "Old Yeller," the French title being "Le Fidele Vagabond." Housed in the original brown paper envelope with with annotations on the front in holograph pencil and.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1972. Collection of six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 Hammer horror film. A traveling circus in Eastern Europe holds a terrifying secret: its performers are bloodthirsty vampires who kill and eat the children of the villages the circus visits. Often noted as one of Hammer Productions' last great films, a stylish, grotesque fairy tale romp.....

New York: International News Photos, 1953. Vintage photograph of Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini on the set of the 1954 film. Mimeo snipe, dated May 17, 1953, "International News Photos" and "Return to: Chronicle Files" stamps on verso. The International News Photos snipe addresses the movie as "New Wine." While we could not verify that working title, Rossellini and co-screenwriter.....

Rome: Ponti-De Laurentils Cinematografica, 1952. Vintage photograph of Ingrid Bergman from the classic 1952 Italian neorealist film. With holograph annotations regarding layout, mimeo snipe, and stamps of distributor Lux Films and "Cinemonde" magazine on the verso. Ingrid Bergman stars as Irene, a wealthy Rome socialite whose life is shattered following her son's suicide. Rossellini, taking inspiration in the life of.....

France: Iena Productions, 1958. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1958 film, showing director Roger Vadim positioning actor Brigitte Bardot's hands as she holds a cape. With holograph annotations on the verso identifying the film. Based on the 1954 novel by Albert Vidalie, about a young woman who runs away from a convent only to get entangled with the young man.....

Paris: Cinedis, 1957. Collection of 7 original black-and-white still photographs from the 1957 French-Italian film. Five photos feature actors Carlo Delle Piane and Hossein in a rousing bathtub scene, one a juxtaposed bar scene, and one photo features Arnoul and foreboding mystery man in black with his hand on the door. All with French film titles in holograph ink, and.....

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.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1968 French film. With holograph ink annotations and stamp of photographer Gerard Cossevin on the verso.While hiding out on a Peruvian island, an emotionally numb young woman has sex with a group of sailors on a beach. Meanwhile, her wealthy husband and his strange chauffeur search for her, to no.....

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.....

Paris: Films Polski, 1962. Collection of eight vintage French photographs from the 1962 Polish film. Starring actors and images of the sailboat are seen, including a few candid moments, and a full-length portrait of actor Anna Ciepielewska. Nearly all with numerical annotations in holograph pencil on the versos. Also included is an original French language press packet for the film.....

New York: Avco Embassy Pictures, 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1977 film, showing director Sam Peckinpah in a tub with actors Vadim Glowna and Ivica Pajer. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso.Based on Willi Heinrich's 1955 novel "The Willing Flesh," focusing on the class conflict which arises between a selfish, aristocratic Prussian officer and the.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1969. Two vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1969 Western film, one showing director Sergio Corbucci, actors Johnny Hallyday and Gastone Moschin, and various crew members between shots, the other showing Corbucci and Hallyday inspecting a gun. A lone stranger named Hud arrives in a small western town in hopes of avenging his.....

Zurich: Ypsilon Films, circa 1980s. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single notation in holograph pencil. A comedy-romance about a young scientist trying to find his way in today's society, a tongiue-in-cheek look at the world we all have to deal with, including the absurdities of the everyday. Gessner was a Hungarian filmmaker who mostly made television movies.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1962. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1962 film, showing actress Mylene Demongeot playfully sunbathing in a bikini. With a stamp noting the film's title on the verso, along with holograph pencil annotations regarding cropping. A light Italian comedy set and shot on location in Brazil, following three loosely intersecting stories of pleasure, adventure, and love.....

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.

London: Cinema 5, 1977. Early Draft British script for the 1977 comedy directed by Terry Gilliam, based on the poem by Lewis Carroll from "Through the Looking Glass" (1871). Terry Gilliam's first solo directorial effort after co-directing "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" with Terry Jones. A comedy in the Python style—and with much of the Python cast—owing much to.....

Beverly Hills, CA: Walter Shenson Films / Subafilms / United Artists, 1965. Vintage photograph from the 1965 film "Help!," showing The Beatles in a candid moment between takes, surrounded by members of the British Army while shooting an outdoor performance scene on Salisbury Plain. With the stamp of photographer Robert Cohen and holograph annotations on the verso. 7.25 x 5.....

London: Woodfall Film Productions, 1963. Vintage borderless reference photograph of cinematographer Walter Lassally filming a scene on a handheld camera with actor Hugh Griffith on location for the 1963 British film. With holograph pencil and ink annotations on the verso.Based on Henry Fielding's popular 1749 novel, wherein a young, good-natured man of questionable origins is turned loose on the world.....

Rome: Unitalia Film, 1950. Fourteen original promotional heralds for Italian actors, from films distributed by Unitalia Films, circa 1950. Printed in Rome for distribution in France, each brochure is a single-fold folio, actor's name printed on the front, illustrated internally with a brief promotional blurb and film credits in French and Italian, and black-and-white images of the actor, including a......

N.p. UFA, 1941. First Edition. Hungarian film annual for German films released between 1939 and 1941, containing full page advertisements for 31 films, several with stunning illustrated transparency overlays. Bound in printed wooden boards, as issued. The majority of the films were released by UFA, although Terra-Filmkunst and Wien Film are also represented among the smaller studios, reflecting the increasing.....

Spain: N.p., circa 1958-1961. Archive of 44 black and white vintage photographs, 21 photographic duplications of artistic renderings, one invitation, and three programs for the openings of various buildings whose interiors were designed by Valencia-based interior designer Vicente Melio Alfonso during Francisco Franco's fascist Spanish regime. This archive largely illustrates his work on two theaters: the Cine Imperial in Villena.....

France: N.p., Circa 1957. Two original double-weight promotional portrait photographs of French actor Gil Vidal. These photographs presumably floated between talent agencies around the time Vidal was still making French films, being "L'homme aux clefs d'or" (1956), "À pied, à cheval et en voiture" (1957), "Charmants garçons" (1957), "Sins of Youth" (1958), and "Girls of the Night" (1958). Other notable.....

Rome: Albert and Charles Boni, 1951. Original Italian program for the 1951 film, based on the novel "Toto il buono" by Cesare Zavattini. SIGNED by Vittorio De Sica at the bottom of the title page. One of the director's classics, pure visual storytelling, made just after "Bicycle Thieves" (1948) and just before "Umberto D." (1952). A gorgeous, oversize program with.....

Neuilly-sur-Seine: Argos Films, 1973. Vintage grande French poster from the 1973 erotic film. Borowczyk's fourth feature length film, an anthology film of four erotic tales set in different historical eras. Incest, bloodlust, masturbation, and loss of virginity are among the film's themes, featuring characters ranging from a nineteenth-century country girl fantasizing about Jesus to the bloodthirsty exploits of sixteenth-century Hungarian.....

Rome: 2T Produzione Film, 1983. Vintage grande French poster from the 1983 erotic film. Inspired by Ovid's 1 BCE collection of poems, "Ars Amatoria" ("The Art of Love").Set in ancient Rome, the poet Ovid (Massimo Girotti) teaches courses in the art of love. Cornelius (Philippe Taccini), one of Ovid's students, sets out to test his skill on Claudia (Marina Pierrro).....

Paris: Migra, 1959-1962. Five issues of "Le Guide de la femme" (roughly, "Woman's Guide"), a mid-century Parisian periodical published with the patronage of French author, journalist, politician, and noted feminist, Louise Weiss. The periodical, not unlike similar publications of today found on wire racks at grocery checkout lines, was produced by and for France's modern Woman, "at the forefront of.....

New York: New Yorker Films, 1979. Original US promotional window poster for the 1979 German film, issued in small numbers by New Yorker Films, who distributed Herzog's film in the US. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. 11 x 17 inches, folded as issued. Near Fine.

N.p. N.p., Circa 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph taken on the set of the 1968 French film, showing director William Klein with actors Delphine Seyrig, Philippe Noiret, and other cast members between takes. Holograph ink annotations to the verso noting the film's title, along with stamps noting "PM 1020" and "1968". A satire of superhero films and American imperialism, following.....

Amsterdam: Scorpio Films, Circa 1966. Collection of four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 Dutch film. With the stamps of Scorpio Films and still photographer Frans Bromet on the verso, along with holograph ink and pencil annotations. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.A man returns to Amsterdam after a long absence, and finds himself lost.....

Berlin: Road Movies Filmproduktion, 1980. Vintage oversize borderless reference color photograph from the 1980 film. With holograph ink annotations to the verso noting the film's title. An image and a film that was "meta" before the term was coined, let alone culturally over-saturated. Wim Wenders joins his friend and hero, director Nicholas Ray, in New York City to discuss Ray's.....

Grunwald, Germany: Bavaria Film, 1977. Vintage photograph from the 1977 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. Based on the 1974 novel "Ripley's Game" by Patricia Highsmith, later adapted in 2002 under the original title, directed by Liliana Cavani and starring John Malkovich, Dougray Scott, and Ray Winstone. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. 7 x 5 inches. Near.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1972. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from Wim Wenders' first film. With the stamp of MK2 distributor on the verso. Based on the 1970 novel by Peter Handke. A goalkeeper is sent home from a game for foul play, leaving the field and spending the night with a cinema cashier, whom he proceeds to murder. Shot on.....

Paris: Cinedis, 1961. Collection of 18 original single weight press photographs from a gala surrounding the 1961 French-Italian-West German-Japanese film. Most of the photos represent actress Kishi, here as "Kiski," in kimono, and director Ciampi, on-stage behind a microphone and signing autographs, presumably at the French premiere. Several photographs are rubber-stamped on the versos, crediting photographer Jungmann or Andre, also.....