1900 (Original photograph on the set of the 1976 film)
by Bernardo Bertolucci (director, screenwriter); Franco Arcalli, Giuseppe Bertolucci (screenwriters); Robert De Niro, Gerard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini (starring)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1976. Vintage photograph on the set of the 1976 film, showing director Bernardo Bertolucci giving instructions to actors Robert De Niro, Gerard Depardieu, and Romolo Valli. Director Bernardo Bertolucci's epic film was a gargantuan undertaking, requiring the resources of three European countries and a trio of American movie studios. Set in the small... Read More
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Angelique (Original photograph from the 1964 film)
by Bernard Borderie (director, screenwriter); Anne Golon (novel); Claude Brulé (screenwriter); Michéle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Jean Rochefort (starring)
N.p.: Imperial Pictures, 1964. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1964 film. Based on the 1956 novel "Angélique, Marquise des Anges," by Anne and Serge Golon. The first of a series of five films, followed by "Marvelous Angelique" (1965), "Angelique and the King" (1966), "Untamable Angelique" (1967), and "Angelique and the Sultan" (1968). Angelique finds herself entangled... Read More
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The Conformist [Il Conformista] (Original photograph from the 1970 Italian film)
by Bernardo Bertolucci (director); Angelo Novi (photographer); Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1970 film, showing director Bernardo Bertolucci behind a camera on the set. Stamp of photographer Claude Steiner on the verso. A young upper-middle class Italian man joins Mussolini's Organization for Vigilance and Repression of Antifascism, and his first assignment is to assassinate his former teacher, a political dissident... Read More
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![A Gorgeous Bird Like Me [Une belle fille comme moi] (Original photograph of Bernadette La Laffont from the 1972 French film)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/686/240/1691240686.0.m.jpg)
A Gorgeous Bird Like Me [Une belle fille comme moi] (Original photograph of Bernadette La Laffont from the 1972 French film)
by Bernadette Lafont (starring, subject); François Truffaut (director, screenwriter); Henry Farrell (novel); Andre Dussollier, Claude Brasseur, Charles Denner (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1972 French film, showing actress Bernadette Lafont topless in bed. Provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1967 novel by Henry Farrell. A young criminologist falls in love with his subject, a woman accused of murdering her lover and her father. 10 x 8 inches. About... Read More
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The Visit [La visite] (Six original photographs from the 1964 film)
by Bernhard Wicki (director); Alberto Corchi (photographer); Friedrich Durrenmatt (play); Ben Barzman (screenwriter); Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Quinn, Paolo Stoppa, Romolo Valli (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1964. Six vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1964 internationally produced film, here under the US title, "The Visit." Included are two film credits sheets from publicity manager Mort Segal, referring to actress Demick as she visits Tunisia, smokes a hookah, and shops locally. One image from the set is shown. Please inquire... Read More
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Fathers and Sons: Part III: Power and Powerlessness- 1932-1938 [Joint Venture: Part III: Politics- 1932-1939](Original screenplay for the 1986 television series)
by Bernhard Sinkel (screenwriter, director); Julie Christie, Tina Engel. Dieter Laser, Rudiger Vogler (starring)
Munich: Bavaria Atelier, 1984. Draft script for Season 1, Episode 3 of the 1986 series titled here under the working title "Joint Venture: Part III: Politics- 1932-1939." Set in Germany a few years into the global economic crisis. The Nazis rise to power and work deals with the IG Group to shed their dependence on oil imports... Read More
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![Anonyme Skulpturen: Eine Typologie technischer Bauten (First Edition) + Anonyme Skulpturen Kunst-Zeitung Nummer [No.] 2](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/298/873/1684873298.0.m.jpg)
Anonyme Skulpturen: Eine Typologie technischer Bauten (First Edition) + Anonyme Skulpturen Kunst-Zeitung Nummer [No.] 2
by Bernhard Becher, Hilla Becher
Dusseldorf, Germany: Art-Press Verlag, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. The Bechers' first major photo book. Included is the Dusseldorf edition of "Anonyme Skulpturen: Kunst Zeitung," in white-and-pink wrappers as issued. Anonyme Skulpturen: Eine Typologie technischer Bauten: Near Fine in a faintly rubbed, Near Fine dust jacket. Book is Fine and unread but for tiny bit of... Read More
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Fathers and Sons: Part I: Dear Fatherland 1911-1916 [Joint Venture: Part I: Chemistry 1911-1916] (Original screenplay for the 1986 television episode)
by Bernhard Sinkel (director, screenwriter); Burt Lancaster, Julie Christie, Bruno Ganz, Dieter Laser (starring)
Munich: Bavaria Atelier, 1984. Draft script for the first episode [Episode 1] of the four-episode television miniseries "Vater und Sohne: Eine deutsche Tragodie" (Father and Son: A German Tragedy), which first aired November 12, 1986 on Radiotelevisione Italiana, here under the working title "Joint Venture." Text in English. The story of two wealthy German families—one family Jewish bankers,... Read More
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[The] Spider's Web (Original screenplay for the 1989 film)
by Bernhard Wicki (director, screenwriter); Wolfgang Kirchner (screenwriter); Joseph Roth (novel); Ulrich Muhe, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Klaus Maria Brandauer (starring)
West Germany: Allianz Filmproduktion / Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion, 1983. Third Draft script for the 1989 film. Text in English. Based on Joseph Roth's 1923 novel, about a mercenary World War I veteran who swears vengeance on those he deems responsible for Germany's downfall—Democrats, Jews, and and socialists. Set in Germany, shot on location in West Germany.... Read More
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Morituri (Original photograph of Marlon Brando, Janet Margolin, and Yul Brynner from the 1965 film)
by Bernhard Wicki (director); Werner Jorg Luddecke (novel); Daniel Taradash (screenwriter); Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Janet Margolin, Trevor Howard (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965. Vintage reference photograph of actors Marlon Brando, Janet Margolin, and Yul Brynner from the 1965 film. With a printed spirit duplication snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of Twentieth Century-Fox. Based on Werner Jorg Luddecke's 1958 novel. A German pacifist is blackmailed into helping sabotage a German merchant ship carrying... Read More
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Original reference photograph from "In Cold Blood
by Bernie Abramson (photographer); Truman Capote (book); Richard Brooks (director); Robert Blake, Scott Wilson (starring)
N.p.: Bernie Abramson, 1967. Vintage silver gelatin reference photograph from the brutal 1967 film, based on Truman Capote's nonfiction book. A candid photograph that captures the essence of the story's cold-blooded killers in transit, driving the vehicle in which they spend much of the film. Richard Brooks' unflinching and unsentimental documentary style made for a visualization that... Read More
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In Cold Blood (Original reference photograph of Scott Wilson from the 1967 film)
by Bernie Abramson (photographer); Truman Capote (book); Richard Brooks (director); Robert Blake, Scott Wilson (starring)
N.p.: Bernie Abramson, 1967. Vintage silver gelatin reference photograph from the brutal 1967 film, based on Truman Capote's nonfiction book. Stamped twice on the verso, once in red (Columbia Pictures) and once in black (ORIGINAL PRINT / Pictorial Press, Ltd., with contact information). This image shows Dick (Scott Wilson) taking a rifle from the back seat of... Read More
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Getting Over (Original screenplay and production archive for the 1981 film)
by Bernie Rollins (director, screenwriter); John Daniels (screenwriter, starring)
Los Angeles: Maverick International, 1979. Draft script for the 1981 film. Copy belonging to producer Cassius Weathersby, with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and title page, and manuscript annotations on nearly every page. Also included is an extensive archive of material relating to the production, including contracts, budgets, cast and crew lists, call sheets, script... Read More
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The Two of Us (First Edition)
by Claude Berri
New York: William Morrow, 1968. First American Edition. Director Claude Berri's novelization of his classic 1967 film. Very Good plus in a Very Good, price-clipped dust jacket. Slight spine lean, with faint soil on the rear board. Jacket lightly toned at the extremities, with a small closed tear on the bottom left edge of the front panel.... Read More
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Black Frat (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by S. Torriano Berry
Philadelphia: N.p., 1985. Second Draft script for an unproduced film. A drama about the members of the fictional Omega Que Rho fraternity, likely based on Omega Psi Phi, an historically Black fraternity of which screenwriter S. Torriano Berry was a member. Berry would go on to find success in the horror film genre, creating an anthology series,... Read More
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The Beginning of the End (Original screenplay for the 1957 film)
by Bert I. Gordon (director, original story); Peter Graves (starring)
Los Angeles: Republic Pictures, 1957. Early Draft script for the 1957 film, "The Beginning of the End," directed by Bert I. Gordon, based on a story by Gordon (indicated here, though not credited in the film), written for the screen by Fred Freiberger and Lester Gorn, and starring Peter Graves and Peggie Castle. One of two Republic... Read More
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Empire of the Ants [Empire of Ants] (Original screenplay for the 1977 film)
by Bert I. Gordon (director, screenwriter); H.G. Wells (short story); Jack Turley (screenwriter); Joan Collins, Robert Lansing, John David Carson (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1976. Revised Draft script for the 1977 film, here with the slightly different working title "Empire of Ants." Loosely based on the 1905 short story by H.G. Wells. American International Pictures (AIP) third and final film in their H.G. Wells trilogy, beginning with "The Food of the Gods" (1976), directed and written by Bert I.... Read More
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No Medals for Joey (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Bertini, Victor, Tom Paris, Jeffrey M. Wallmann (screenwriters)
New York: Dove Productions, 1976. Third Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in is a photocopied letter from casting director RoseMari St. Charles to Paul Kohner, dated September 24, 1976. The memo makes mention of several possibilities for casting the film, including Charlie Sheen and Joanne Woodward. A hardboiled detective tale featuring a private investigator who was... Read More
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Original oversize photograph of actor Bert Lahr, producer Michael Todd, and others, circa 1946)
by Bert Lahr, Michael Todd (subjects)
New York: International News Photos, 1946. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of actor Bert Lahr with producer Mike Todd and other producers, circa 1946. With the stamp of International News Photos to the verso. The group was likely in talks for a planned musical revue produced by Todd and set to star Lahr, called "Face and Body," which... Read More
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Minimalist Architecture (First Edition)
by Franco Bertoni
Basel: Birkhauser, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.
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Going Places [Les Valseuses] (Original photograph from the 1974 film)
by Bertrand Blier (director, novel); Philippe Dumarcay (screenwriter); Gerard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Miou-Miou (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1974. Vintage borderless color reference photograph from the 1974 film, showing actress Miou-Miou. Based on director Bertrand Blier's 1972 novel, a controversial comedy following two petty criminals as they roam with abandon, deflowering women, stealing, and behaving badly in general. Shot on location in France. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. ... Read More
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Going Places [Les Valseuses] (Original photograph from the 1974 film)
by Bertrand Blier (director, novel, screenwriter); Stephane Zureck (photographer); Philippe Dumarcay (screenwriter); Gerard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Patrick Dewaere, Jeanne Moreau (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1974 film, showing Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, and Patrick Dewaere. Mimeo snipe and stamp of photographer Tony Crawley on the verso. Based on director Bertrand Blier's 1972 novel, a controversial comedy following two petty criminals as they roam with abandon, deflowering women, stealing, and behaving badly in general. ... Read More
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Going Places [Les Valseuses] (Original photograph from the 1974 film)
by Bertrand Blier (director, novel, screenwriter); Stephane Zureck (photographer); Philippe Dumarcay (screenwriter); Gerard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Patrick Dewaere, Jeanne Moreau (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1974. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1974 film. Based on director Bertrand Blier's 1972 novel, a controversial comedy following two petty criminals as they roam with abandon, deflowering women, stealing, and behaving badly in general. Remade as "The Jesus Rolls" in 2020, directed, written by, and starring John Turturro, incorporating and reprising... Read More
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Coup de Torchon [Clean Slate] (Six original French color lobby cards from the 1981 film)
by Bertrand Tavernier (director, screenwriter); Jim Thompson (novel); Jean Aurenche (screenwriter); Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Stepahne Audran (starring)
Paris: Darmon, 1981. Six vintage French color lobby cards from the 1981 film. Based on the 1964 novel "Pop. 1280" by Jim Thompson, reset from the West Texas oil boom town of the novel to colonized 1938 French West Africa. In a small French West African village, Lucien Cordier (Philippe Noiret) is the only policeman. Abused... Read More
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Jazz on a Summer's Day (Original art for an unused poster design for the 1959 film)
by Bert Stern, Aram Avakian (directors); Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Gerry Mulligan, Dianah Washinton, George Shearing, Chico Hamilton, Anita O'Day, Jack Teagarden, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Stitt (starring)
N.p.: Galaxy Productions, 1959. Original art for an unused poster design for the 1959 film. A graphite, black pencil, ink, and white paint on paper mock-up for an unused design for Bert Stern's classic 1959 jazz documentary, created by an unidentified artist, likely for the film's production company, Galaxy Productions. A handsome, minimal abstract design, befitting jazz-oriented design... Read More
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