Italy: SpA Cinematografica, 1957. Vintage borderless press photograph from the set of the 1957 film, showing director Michelangelo Antonioni conferring with star Steve Cochran in front of the crew, while child actor Mirna Girardi examines the mud. With an Italian press agency stamp and holograph notations on the verso. A man discovers his mistress is in love with someone else...

Paris: Unifrance, Circa 1954. Two vintage black-and-white photographs of France Asselin. Both photos with holograph notations on the verso, one detailing the actress' films up to "Classe Tous Risques" (1960). One photo is a still presumably from her film "The Count of Monte Cristo" (1954). Asselin's film credits include "Cecile Is Dead" (1944), "the Love of a Woman," (1953), "Blood...

Budapest: Szikra Kiadas, 1948. First Hungarian Edition, preceding all others. Lengthily INSCRIBED by the author in Hungarian in the year preceding publication on the first blank leaf, ending with "Budapest / 47.XII.14." A rare signature. A renaissance man in the world of early cinema, Balazs began writing film criticism, poetry, librettos, and screenplays in 1907, and died after a very...

Paris: Cinedis, 1959. Collection of 269 vintage black-and-white photographs for the 1959 French film. The collection consists of two unique and complimentary pieces, one being a film still keybook with 68 contact prints of small format negatives, most with 12 images per print, amounting to over 800 images captured. Nearly all images with series number bordering the image, and credits...

Paris: Unifrance, 1959. Original French film catalog, commemorating Unifrance Film's ten years (1949-1959) of production, featuring film still images, film bibliographies, actor biographies, and commentary on the role of French film and its creators by prominent figures in the field, including a preface by Rene Clair and an introduction by Wilfrid Baumgartner, director of the Banque de France. Lavishly photo...

Paris: Cinedis, 1960. Vintage borderless photograph of director Jacques Becker and actor Jean Keraudy on the set of the 1960 film. With holograph notations on the verso. Based on Jose Giovanni's 1957 first novel, "Le Trou" (The Break). True story of the 1947 Le Sante Prison break, with one of the real escapees, Keraudy, playing his own character in the...

Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri (SF), 1956. Vintage borderless photograph, showing Bergman conversing with Bengt Ekerot, in costume as Death, on the set of the 1957 film. With the copyright stamp of Svensk Filmindustri, as well as some addition Swedish language stamps, and a date stamp of November 24, 1956 on the verso. The only production ephemera from the film we have...

Italy / US: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979. Vintage borderless photograph showing actor Jill Clayburgh and director Bernardo Bertolucci in a pensive moment during on outdoor shoot from the set of the 1979 film. With the stamp of US co-producer Twentieth Century-Fox and identifying holograph notation on the verso. The son of a famous opera singer falls into heroin addiction, and his...

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 notations...

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 notations 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...

Tours: La Nouvelle Republique, 1950s. Two original black-and-white single weight press photographs of French actor Bourvil, in the company of several men and one woman, presumably his wife, Jeanne Lefrique. Ditto-style rubber-stamp for La Nouvelle Republique, a news agency in Tours, France, on the versos. Bourvil (1917-1970) made notable films with with Louis de Funes, "Le Corniaud" (1965) and "La...

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...

Paris: Le Film illustre, 1962. Original French magazine focusing on contemporary international film, actors and actresses, and persons behind the scenes, like set decorators and directors. French text throughout. Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida graces the front wrapper, and Frida Boccara on the rear wrapper. Color centerfolds were also featured, and this issue sports a full-color spread of youthful actors Martine...

France: Compagnie Cinematographie de France, 1959. Vintage borderless press photograph from the 1959 film, showing director Robert Bresson on a Paris metro set, going over a script while actor Martin LaSalle and crew look on. With the stamp of French photo agency Dalmas and holograph pencil notations regarding layout and identifying the image on the verso. Bresson's first wholly original...

France: Filmel, Circa 1964. Revised Draft script for the 1964 French film, here under the original French title. Printed and bound by the Studio de la Copie in Paris, operated by Mme. L. (Lucienne) Sotier, with credits on the first page. Text in French.Based on Daniel-Rops' 1934 eponymous novel. Laure (Audret) is a young woman nearly raped by a member...

FranceSpain: Greenwich Film Productions / Les Films Galaxie / In-Cine Compania Industrial Cinematografica, 1977. Vintage borderless photograph showing director Luis Bunuel behind a camera on the set of the 1977 film. With identifying holographic notations on the verso. Based on the 1898 novel "Le femme et le patin" ("The Woman and the Puppet") by Pierre Louys, about the tempestuous relationship...

Cannes, France: N.p., 1964. Original souvenir programs and film credits material showcasing some of the films from the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. It was this festival, the seventeenth one to be held, that the award name was changed from the Palme d'Or to the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, the name used until 1974 when it returned to...

France: Hermes-Films, Circa 1964. Draft script for an unproduced French film based on Maheux-Forcier's 1963 novel of lesbian love, "Amadou." Notations throughout in holograph ink, some noting cut scenes. French language. Opening scene translated: "It's dawn. The light is still undecided. In the fields, the first cries of insects, in the trees, songs of birds that awaken. The water of...

N.p. Self-published, 1958. Original invitation from Michele Morgan to "Madame de la Maziere," in the form of a letter, mechanically produced text on handmade paper, with a small plant branch affixed to the inside, similar to flower pressing. House in the original mailing envelope with Morgan's red wax seal on the verso. Mention of the film, actors, pretty women of...

Paris: Paris Film, 1960. Vintage borderless photograph of director Claude Chabrol goofing about with three of the four bonnes femmes on the set of the 1960 film. With the stamp of photographer Georges Pierre and holograph notations on the verso. A light, spirited look at the lives of four young women in Paris, perhaps the standout of director Chabrol's early...

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...

Paris: Cinedis, 1950s. Original "Happy New Year" brochure from French film production and distribution company, Cinedis, circa 1955-1960. Illustrated inside with "Service de Press / Bonne Annee / Cinedis," surrounded by red, green and yellow confetti illustration by noted film poster artist, Ferracci. The outside reproduces signatures of French actors and actresses, not all are legible, including Mylene Demongeot, Noel-Noel...

Paris: Cinedis, 1957-1960. Archive of correspondence, gift lists, and journalist lists from representatives at Cinedis, notably Christian de la Maziere, briefly the impresario of press relations (and former Waffen-SS soldier), and Maryse Martres (Martin), who managed much of the company's press and advertising responsibilities. French language throughout. Represented in the archive are more than 50 leaves and an advertising catalog...

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...

N.p. N.p., circa 1982. Original Treatment script for an unproduced film. With 17 pages of information about Polish screenwriter Witold Orzechowski laid in, including a background on his film career on the other side of the Iron Curtain and about his affiliation with the Solidarity political party. Orzechowski directed the first Eastern European cinematic adaptation of Joseph Conrad with the...

N.p. ITC Entertainment, 1976. Draft script for the 1976 German-Italian-British film. A train traveling in Europe has been exposed to a deadly disease, and the passengers are forbidden to leave the train. Terrorism and disaster follow, with a star-studded cast, including Richard Harris, Martin Sheen, and producer Carlo Ponti's wife, Sophia Loren. Green titled wrappers. Title page present, dated 1976...

Ottawa, Canada: Crawley Films Limited, 1963-1966. Archive of press material and photographs for the 1963 Canadian film, and for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the production company, Crawley Films. F.R. "Budge" Crawley was Canada's answer to Hollywood's Sam Goldwyn, and he produced hundreds of films during his 40-year career, including the Academy Award-winning 1975 documentary, "The Man Who...

Canada: National Film Board of Canada, 1965. Original souvenir program, printed in Canada, for the 1965 Canadian film. These programs saw popularity beginning in the 1960s and continued to be produced until the early 1980s and the ever-growing VHS market, with a particularly high distribution in Asian countries. This example is French language, square in shape (versus the normal rectangular)...

Paris: Les Films Ariane, 1964. Collection of 343 vintage black-and-white photographs from the set of the 1964 film, "That Man from Rio," here under the original French title, "L'homme de Rio." Most are rubber-stamped on the versos indicating film studio, Les Films Ariane, still photographer Trigo, Brazilian magazine "O Cruzeiro " and French film title, several with notations in holograph...

France: N.p., Circa 1958. Two original black-and-white portrait photographs of one-time actress Evelyne Aznavour, with an inscribed note in holograph ink, addressed to Christian de la Maziere. The note is dated "Friday 20" and seems to imply Aznavour having just missed de la Maziere, regrettably, and a future attempt will be made. Both photos with Evelyne's name in holograph ink...

Paris: Les Films Ariane, 1959. Collection of 322 original black-and-white keybook still photographs from the 1959 French-Italian film. Small photos affixed with cello tape on thick stock in a folio "Lavis aquarelle" brand spiral bound notebook with maroon faux leather front wrapper. Each photo is numbered in holograph ink on the page, and in mimeograph on the verso, all credited...