N.p. N.p., Circa 1965. Collection of four vintage reference photographs from the 1965 film. A blind musician (Ray Charles, playing himself) helps a blind boy and his down-on-their-luck family, including the boy's overprotective mother and her hard-drinking composer boyfriend. Shot on location in Paris and London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request.
N.p. N.p., Circa 1978. Vintage photograph of Marvin Gaye, circa 1978. 7 x 5 inches. Fine.
Philadelphia: N.p., 1988. Original flier for four shows by the hardest working man in show business held at the Nu-Tec Uptown on Broad Street in Philadelphia at 7:00 and 10:30 PM on May 7th and at 4:00 and 7:30 PM on May 8th, 1988. 8.5 x 11 inches, photocopied. About Fine.
Universal City: Universal City Studios, 1978. Vintage reference photograph from the 1978 film, showing director John Landis on the set of the film's final scene in Joliet Prison, wearing a "Joliet" baseball cap, with the iconic painted motto reading "It's Never Too Late to Mend" visible in the background. With the stamp of National Film Archive on the verso. An.....
Universal City: Universal, 1978. Vintage Variety Weekly advertising supplement for the 1978 film, full color, two-sided fold-out, five double sided panels with fifth panel extending out from bottom. Loosely based on the 1974 musical with book by William F. Brown, and music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls, a contemporary African American reimagining of the 1900 L. Frank Baum children's novel "The.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1973. Two original posters, each with a different design, for the well-loved 1973 documentary about the famed Wattstax music festival, the largest all-black soul music concert of all time, held by Stax Records on August 20, 1973 commemorating the seventh anniversary of the Watts race riots. Nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Documentary. Includes.....
N.p. N.p., 1963. Archive of eleven double weight photographs of Chubby Checker in concert, apparently unpublished, by noted photographer Michael Montfort, from his estate. All but one of the photographs are bear the stamp of German weekly newspaper "Bild am Sonntag" crediting Montfort, and a separate date stamp of "5.8.63." Born in Freiburg, Germany, Michael Montfort began his career working as.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1983. Vintage photograph of Gil Scott-Heron, circa 1983. American poet, jazz musican, and author whose socially conscious spoken-word performances and recordings through the 1970s and 1980s heavily influenced and foreshadowed much of contemporary American music, most notably Hip Hop. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1956. Vintage studio still photograph of the American R&B and jump blues musical group The Treniers from the 1956 film. Mimeo snipe and Columbia Pictures Corp. stamp on verso. Rock and Roll star Arnie Haines (Alan Dale) returns home to the town of Melondale, which banned Rock and Roll music, and with the help of.....