France: Arcadie Productions, 1975. Two vintage color and five borderless, black and white reference photographs from the 1975 film. One of ten films made by the French novelist Robbe-Grillet, ostensibly about the target of a kidnapping plot hiding out at a high society brothel, but in reality an exercise in image making, fourth wall breaking, and the exploration of Robbe-Grillet's... (read more)

Barcelona: Magin Alfonso, 1950s. Vintage salesman's sample card circa 1950s, promoting the Magin Alfonso company, headed by Vinas, "fabrica de pinturas y barinces" (paint and varnish manufacturers) but presumably they also made stationery. Company paper sample number "58" printed on the recto. Office jobs and events are parodied through famous film titles, the card itself titled "La oficina y el... (read more)

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... (read more)

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... (read more)

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... (read more)

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... (read more)

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... (read more)

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... (read more)

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... (read more)

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... (read more)

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... (read more)

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... (read more)

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,"... (read more)

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... (read more)

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... (read more)

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... (read more)

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... (read more)

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... (read more)

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... (read more)

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... (read more)

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... (read more)

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... (read more)

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... (read more)

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... (read more)

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... (read more)

Paris: Cinedis, 1961. Archive of 749 original black-and-white keybook still photographs from the 1961 French-Italian film. Over 200 are loose, the remainder being affixed with cello tape on thick stock in two folio "Lavis aquarelle" spiral bound notebooks with maroon faux leather front wrappers, one title label present. Each photo is numbered in holograph pencil on the versos, 13 photos... (read more)

France: N.p., Circa 1961. Collection of 91 vintage candid photographs featuring director Rene Clair and members of the cast and crew at release parties for the 1961 film. Clair is seen with fans, giving a speech, signing autographs, conducting a recorded interview, and cavorting with stars of the film like Colette Castel, Alfred Adam, and Annie Fratellini. The festivities seem... (read more)

France: N.p., Circa 1961. Vintage borderless still photograph from the 1961 film. Starring actress Annie Frattelini is featured in polka dots at the mirror, adjusting a shiny crucifix around her neck. A businessman (Noiret) wants to buy land around the village of Cabosse, claiming his desire for seclusion but with intentions to sell the water from the village fountain, purportedly... (read more)

N.p. N.p., Circa 1960s. Collection of 8 vintage borderless black-and-white photographs of actress Dominique Clement, including two contact sheets, one with cropping notations. All photos, shot by an unknown photographer, feature the demure Parisian contemplating nature, or life itself. Little has been documented of Clement (1940-2012), but she had roles in Jacqueline Audry's "Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon" (1959), Henri..... (read more)

Paris: Filmsonor, 1955. Original French program for the classic 1955 French film noir. This program produced by the film's distributor, Cinedis. With a stunning illustrated and textured front wrapper, making dazzling use of a two-color process in green-gray. Laid in are credits leaves featuring biographies on Henri-Georges Clouzot, Vera Clouzot, Simone Signoret, and Paul Meurisse. French text. Based on the... (read more)

Los Angeles: New World Pictures, 1972-1976. Collection of 6 pressbooks for the US releases of some of the most important foreign films of the 1970s, all released via Roger Corman's New World Pictures to the arthouse market that was emerging at the time. Included are striking color pressbooks for Bergman's "Cries and Whispers" (1972) and "Autumn Sonata" (1978), Truffaut's "The... (read more)

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists / Les Films 13, Circa 1969. Collection of 4 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1969 UK release of the 1969 French film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos. Produced late in the French New Wave cycle, implementing flashbacks and imagined scenarios, about a troubled young man who meets a pretty shop girl, and the... (read more)

London: Charwill Productions, 1967. Revised Draft script for an unproduced film, based on the 1959 novel by Mark Rascovich, co-written by Jack Davies and director Ken Annakin, who had received an Best Screenplay Oscar nomination for "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" the previous year. A man and his bear attempt to flee Soviet Russia after the bear is... (read more)