Culver City, CA: Selznick Studio, 1950. Draft English language script for the 1951 French-Italian film, "Les miracles n'ont lieu qu'une fois," here under the English title, "Miracles Only Happen Once." Based on an original scenario by Jacques Sigurd, adapted to English by Hugh Brooke. Claudia (Valli) and Jerome (Marais) meet in Paris shortly before WWII, fall in love and expect.....

Italy: Nepi Film, 1960. Vintage oversize double weight borderless photograph from the 1961 film. A candid, on-the-set photograph of director Michelangelo Antonioni, cinematographer Gianni Di Venanzo, Jeanne Moreau, and others working on a balcony shot, part of the long party sequence that makes up the last third of the film. The second film in the trilogy that begins with "L'Avventura".....

Rome: Cineriz, 1962. Vintage borderless photograph of Monica Vitti and Alain Delon on the set of the 1962 film. With holograph annotations in blue ink and pencil on the verso. Vittoria (Monica Vitti) leaves her fiance (Francisco Rabal) and enters a new relationship with Piero, a young stock broker (Alain Delon) who is obsessed with material posessions and wealth, his.....

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1970. Vintage studio still photograph, of Daria Halprin, seemingly trapped in the middle of a mid-century modern glass vestibule, from the 1970 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso.Antonioni’s great American experiment, and the only film the director ever made in the United States, written for the screen by a young Sam Shepard. Though made from.....

Rome: Nepi Film, 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1961 film. The second film in director Michelangelo Antonioni's trilogy that begins with "L'Avventura" (1960) and ends with "L'Eclisse" (1962).Probably no one has ever said it better than Bosley Crowther, who reviewed the film for the New York Times in 1961: "Too sensitive and subtle for apt description are [Antonioni's].....

Grunwald, Germany: Concorde Film, 1982. Collection of three vintage borderless reference photographs from the German release of the 1982 Italian film. With mimeo snipes on the verso.Antonioni's rarely discussed final feature, and one of his greatest achievements. A recently divorced director pursues a new relationship with a younger woman, who he imagines could play the leading role in his next.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1966. Collection of 20 vintage borderless photographs from the 1966 film, 18 reference photographs and 2 fashion photographs of Rosaleen Murray and Ann Norman. Mimeo snipes on the verso of three of the photographs. Inspired by the 1959 short story "Las Babas del Diablo" by Julio Cortazar.Michelangelo Antonioni's first English-language film, marking the beginning of the final.....

N.p. N.p., 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Monica Vitti sitting on a sofa and staring into the existential void, from the 1962 film. "ROMA's Press Photo" stamp on verso, with address in Rome for same. The third and final chapter of Michelangelo Antonioni's trilogy, preceeded by "L'Avventura" (1960), starring Gabriele Ferzetti and Monica Vitti, and "La Notte" (1961), starring.....

Rome: Pegaso, 1969. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Text in English.A bleak retelling of the siege of Masada by Roman troops in 74 AD, leading one thousand Jews to commit suicide in order to avoid death at the hands of the Roman soldiers. An early career script by noted Italian screenwriter Nicola Badalucco, who was best known for "The.....

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., 1976. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph of actress Miou-Miou from the 1976 Italian film. With two stamps on the verso, one for La Excelsior Films N.V., and the other a large capital "F."A young college graduate with staunch anti-military beliefs finds himself unwittingly enlisted in the Italian army, where he begins a relationship with his cruel captain's.....

Italy / US: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979. Vintage studio still photograph of actress Jill Clayburgh and director Bernardo Bertolucci on the set of the 1979 film. The son of a famous opera singer falls into heroin addiction, and his mother begins an incestuous relationship with him to help him kick the habit. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine...

Rome: Fair Film, 1970. Draft script for the 1970 film. An English language script for consideration by US filmmakers, though the film was shot in Italian. Based on Alberto Bevilacqua's 1964 novel of the same name. The widow of a worker killed by police joins the militant strike against the factory owners, one of which falls in love with her.....

Germany: Atlas Films, 1955. Original German A1 poster for the 1955 Italian film, featuring an illustration of Sophia Loren, the film credits in hourglass shape to mimic her figure. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. Paolo (Marcello Mastroianni) is a Roman cab driver who gives Lina (Sophia Loren) a lift, but she tries to.....

Paris: Cinedis, 1962. Press material for the 1962 French-Italian film, "Comment reussir en amour," from the French distributor and press and film agency, Cinedis. French language throughout. Resembling the star biography and film credit packets often seen with US press kits, this material details film credits, cast and crew biographies, and the synopsis. Based on Annette Wademant's screnplay, one of.....

Paris: France Cinema, 1962. Collection of 75 original black-and-white film still photographs for the 1962 French-Italian film, here under the original French title. Starring actress Saval is prominently featured, as is costar Poiret, with metal crutches in tow, and actress Maillan. Several images show members of the crew during filming, rainy scenes, cars, and large cameras. All with numerical annotations.....

Paris: Cinedis, 1957. Collection of 130 vintage black-and-white still photographs and 3 medium-format negatives for the 1957 French-Italian film. The collection consists of two unique but complimentary pieces, one being a set housed in the original paper box with "Crumiere / Paris" paper label, and annotations on the box top in holograph ink noting French film title and "B. Bardot,".....

Japan: Towa, 1957. Two original uncut Japanese stamp sheets for the 1957 French-Italian film. Bardot is amply represented in red and green variants, 10 stamps per sheet, also with an image of the Eiffel Tower. Produced by the Towa Corporation (Japan) with "BB" and film titles in Japanese represented. The film was released in Japan in December, about one week.....

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.....

Paris: Cinedis, 1957. Collection of 14 vintage photographs and color transparencies from the 1957 French-Italian film. Nearly all photographs are contact sheets, with 34 color transparencies, 24 are medium-format, and 5 are mounted. Starring actors Fernandel and Gray comprise most of the collection, and the contact sheets consist of candid images of Fernandel, director Boyer, noted director Christian-Jacques, and Fernandel.....

London: British Lion Film Corporation, 1956. Collection of 8 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1956 UK release of the 1954 French-Italian film. An Italian Peplum (sword-and-sandal) film, set in 600 BC, about a rebellion against a king, a plot on his life, and the beautiful queen caught in the middle of it all. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film, here under the working title "Tenderly." With a business card clipped to the first leaf. Laid in with the script is a typed two-page overview of director Franco Brusati's prior screenwriting and directorial credits. Text in English.After 15 years apart, a neurotic doctor reconnects with his childhood sweetheart, a free-spirited.....

New York: Rialto, Circa 1964. Collection of four vintage borderless reference photographs, one with horizontal margins, from the set of the 1964 film. One of Luis Bunuel, two of Bunuel and Jeanne Moreau, and one of Bunuel, Moreau, and Michel Piccoli. Mimeo snipes on versos.Based on the 1900 novel by Octave Mirbeau, a political and class satire about a chambermaid.....

Rome: A.P.E. Roma, 1943. Complete set of three vintage Italian posters for the legendary 1943 Italian film noir. Based on the 1929 novel by James M. Cain, "The Postman Always Rings Twice," and preceding the US film adaptation by three years. Visconti's trenchant first feature, an unauthorized adaptation of Cain's novel, often cited as the earliest neorealist film. Visconti himself.....

Neuilly-sur-Seine, France: Societe Nouvelle de Cinematographie [SNC], circa 1970. Draft script for the 1970 film. Text in French. A French-Italian collaboration film dealing with World War II in a humorous light. The last film made by French actor Bourvil. A British airman falls into the bedroom of a young woman and is coerced into joining the French resistance. Set in.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1960. Collection of 30 vintage press photographs and contact sheets from promotional events for the 1960 French-Italian film, here under the original French title, "Terrain vague." Starring child actors Bras and Gaubert are seen elegantly dressed, Gaubert holding a bouquet, Bras nonplussed, and the two onstage before a microphone, joined by the gala host, taken by photographer.....

Los Angeles: Film Ventures International, 1977. Collection of four vintage studio still photographs from the 1977 US release of the 1975 Italian film.Two bumbling crooks are unaware their cross-continent trucking job hauling insecticide is secretly a gun smuggling scheme. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, lightly worn, with pinholes to the corners.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1972. Collection of four vintage studio still photographs, all mounted on presentation cards as issued by the distributor, from the US release of the 1971 Italian film. A police detective investigates a string of murders where the victims are paralyzed and disemboweled.Set and shot on location in Rome. Cards 10 x 8 inches. Presentation card.....

N.p. N.p., Circa 1974. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actress Muriel Catala pulling on her stocking, while actor Michel Albertini reclines on the floor next to a record player. A woman whose son stands accused of murder blackmails the judge in an attempt to force him to acquit. 9.75 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine. Grant US.

London: Morningside Worldwide Pictures, Circa 1975. Early Revised Draft script for the 1963 British-American film, dated two years prior to its release. First generation reproduction, likely made for educational purposes circa early-mid 1970s, evidenced by the use of a photocopy process (not employed in the UK until the early 1970s). The script's vintage is also evidenced by the postal code.....

Nice: Gaumont-Palace, 1961. Vintage French program, and two invitations, for the 1961 film, here under the original French titles. The collection both predates and postdates November 1, 1961, generally considered the original release. A small invitation "for two" doubles as a folding RSVP, for the October 17 showing at the Cyrano theatre in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, a Southwest France commune with the.....

Paris: Various, 1946-1964. Collection of 19 original French programs for French, German, Italian, and Spanish films, with a single US film, here under the original French titles, 1946-1964. All feature color wrappers, some illustrated with color stills from the film, and highlights include "Madame du Barry" (1954, Christian-Jaque), "Madame Butterfly" (1954, Carmine Gallone), "Les Diaboliques" (1955, Henri-Georges Clouzot), US film.....

Milano, Italy: Tempo, N.d. Vintage borderless photograph of director Luigi Comencini, date unknown but presumably the 1950s. With holograph annotations and photographer Federico Patellani's stamp on the verso.Comencini is regarded as one of the masters of Italian comedy, with an oeuvre containing over 50 films featuring notable Italian actors such as Nino Manfredi and Ugo Tognazzi.10 x 8 Near Fine.....

Rome: Aquila Cinematografica, 1974. Two Draft scripts and one treatment script for an unproduced television miniseries, bound together in a black binder. Text in English.Loosely based on Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio's 1902 collection "De Novelle Della Pescara." A triad of violent, often romantic fables about three women—a nun whose downfall is desire, a widow who begins a romance with a......

N.p. N.p., 1969. Two vintage oversize borderless double weight color photographs of actress Laura Antonelli from the 1969 Italian film. One photo shows Antonelli in an ecstatic semi-nude pose, the other with her completely controlled, in elaborate chain-mail bikini, wielding a riding crop (though in a bedroom, so, no horses). Latter photo with the stamp of Cine-Street on the verso.....

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975. Collection of five vintage black and white studio still photographs from the 1975 US release of the 1974 Italian film. With the stamp of Consolidated Theatre Services on the verso. A convent's vicious, power-hungry Mother Superior bullies and torments those who stand in her way, but the arrival of a young, agnostic writer looking for.....

Beverly Hills, CA: Fildebroc / Compagnia Cinematografica Montoro / United Artists, 1966. Vintage borderless black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1966 French-Italian film. Seen is actor Alan Bates serenading the cast and crew on a busted piano. At the end of WWI, the German army booby-traps a small French town, prompting mayhem and panic, and the local lunatics escape from.....

Paris: Filmsonor, 1962. Collection of 67 original single weight borderless film stills for the 1962 French-Italian film, here under the original French title, "Cartouche." Action sequences, men in military regalia, and romantically charged images of Belmondo and Cardinale, with most representing Belmondo either charming people or dueling with swords. Housed in original brown envelope, noted as "CARTOUCHE" on the flap.....

N.p. N.p., 1952. Vintage oversize double weight matte finish photograph from the set of the 1952 film. A sobering and striking image of the film's destitute loner and his dog Flike, standing in the streets of Rome late in the evening. Shot by the film's still photographer Angelo Pennoni, using a striking example of designer Virgilio Marchi's meticulously designed and.....

N.p. AVCO Embassy Pictures, 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the set of the 1970 film. One photo shown. Please inquire to see the other.Giovanna (Sophia Loren) and Antonio (Marcello Mastroianni) are newly weds torn from each other as Antonio is sent to the Russian front during World War II despite their efforts to avoid the war. When the.....

Paris: France Cinema, 1961. Collection of 9 vintage borderless black-and-white still photographs from the 1961 Italian-French film, here under the original French title, "Les Mongols." Rubber-stamps on the versos, crediting photographer Dorka and street address. Palance and Ekberg are present in a few photos, including two candid images of Ekberg. Housed in brown envelope and fold, both with French film.....

France: Cinedis, Circa 1957. Collection of 61 original black-and-white single weight photographs from the 1957 French-Italian film, released in the US as "On Foot, On Horse and On Wheels" (1958). Starring actors Noel-Noel and Grey are in nearly every image, with a few featuring Sophie Daumier. All with numerical annotations in holograph pencil, housed in an original French Crumiere photo.....

France: N.p., Circa 1967. Two vintage borderless black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1967 Italian-French-German film. From the archives of Maurice Bessy (1910-1993), a French film historian, novelist, and screenwriter ("Deadlier Than the Male," 1956, and a handful of films 1939-1950). Bessy's rubber stamp and name label on the verso of one still, with brief annotations in holograph ink on.....

Paris: Filmsonor / Mondex / Procinex, 1962. Original French program for the 1962 French-Italian film, here under the original French title, "Le diable et les 10 commandements." Illustrated wrappers featuring esoteric cartoons by Vaissier, with original glassine. Contents of the program include film credits, synopsis, actor biographies, and advertisement campaigns; often these programs are illustrated throughout with still photographs from.....

Rome: Riama Film, 1960. Original borderless double weight photograph of the extraordinary set piece at night and in the rain, shot by legendary photographer Pierluigi Praturlon, from the 1960 film. Multiple stamps on the verso, including Pierluigi's, the film's title logo, and the film's production company Cineriz. Born in Rome, Praturlon (better known simply as Pierluigi) embarked upon a career.....