Paris: Arts et M'tiers Graphiques, 1933. First Edition. 60 full-page, black and white plates. Brassai's first and most notable photobook. A nocturnal exploration of Parisian culture, and one of the most celebrated and influential collections of urban photography ever published. Compiled in a somewhat eery sequence of encounters set around the darkest corners of 1930's Paris. Brassai does not shy.....

New York: Shubert Theatre, circa 1955. Original souvenir play program for the 1953 musical "Can-Can" composed by Cole Porter. This program likely from the mid-1950s touring company production of the play, starring Rita Dimitri, John Tyers, and Ronnie Cunningham. A self righteous judge threatens to shut down a Can-Can dance hall, but finds more trouble than he expected when he.....

Paris: Societe d'Exploitation et de Distribution de Films, 1938. Set of 3 black-and-white still photographs from the US premiere of the 1964 film. Each with a mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, as issued, noting that the film is making its debut at the Esquire Theatre in Los Angeles. Also on the verso is a stamp for the US distributor.....

Paris: Cinedis, 1958. Collection of 71 vintage single weight keybook contact sheets, amounting to over 800 numbered images, from the 1958 French film. Much of the film is represented in minute detail, along with test shots, set design shots, and many candid moments from the set. Dramatic high-contrast images of starring actors, Demongeot answering telephones and in heated embraces, with.....

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 annotations on the verso. A light, spirited look at the lives of four young women in Paris, perhaps the standout of director Chabrol's early.....

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 annotations. 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.....

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 annotations in holograph.....

N.p. N.p., 1949. Vintage photograph of Marlene Dietrich in Paris, shot in 1931 for the premiere of "Morocco," struck in 1949. With an agency stamp, archival tape and remnants from a previously adhered paper backing on the verso.Marlene Dietrich was awarded the Legion d'honneur by the French government for her work performing, and raising money for the Allied troops and.....

Paris: Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica, 1967. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1967 film. Studio rubber stamp on the verso. One of the photos features Marina Vlady sharing a cigarette with Roger Montsoret. Based on a 1966 article on casual prostitution in France by Catherine Viminet. One of three feature films Godard released in 1967, and like.....

Paris: Anouchka Films / Argos Films / Sandrews / Svensk Filmindustri, 1966. Collection of six vintage, oversize, double weight studio still photographs from the 1966 film. Originally to be based on two Guy de Maupassant short stories, "The Signal" and "Paul's Mistress," director Jean-Luc Godard discarded almost all elements of the stories and instead filmed improvisationally based on ideas written.....

Paris: Viaduc Productions, 1974. Two vintage color studio still photographs of Jane Birkin from the 1974 film. Blind stamp on upper right of each. A cynical dark comedy of sexual politics in 1970's Paris. Nicolas (Jean-Louis Trintignant), a shy, meek bank clerk discovers he has a way with beautiful women (Jane Birkin, Romy Schneider, Florinda Balkan) and is encouraged and.....

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1970. Vintage borderless photograph from the German release of the 1970 US film, based on the 1934 autobiographical novel by Henry Miller. In this image, Miller, who also had a cameo role, converses with Rip Torn, who portrays him in the film. With a German mimeo snipe and the stamp Cinema International on the verso. Set and.....

N.p. Pennebaker Productions, 1961. Vintage photograph with wide bottom margin from the set of the 1961 film showing Louis Armstrong performing in the midst of a listening audience.Two American Jazz musicians, Ram Bowen (Paul Newman) and Eddie Cook (Sidney Poitier), are living in Paris and fall in love with two vacationing young American girls, Lillian (Joanne Woodward) and Connie (Diahann.....

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1965. Revised Draft script for the 1966 film. Maggie Scott (Ann-Margret) works as an assistant to Irene Chase (Adams), a fashion purchaser for a large clothing store, and is sent to Paris as a representative for the annual fashion shows of the major European designers. While in Paris, Maggie strikes up a romance with Marc.....

Paris: Cine Tamaris / Rome Paris Films, 1962. Collection of four vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1962 French film. Agnes Varda is an important and influential French director, writer, and artist whose work uses both documentary style realism and experimental film techniques to explore issues of feminism and social justice. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche.....

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.....