Satan's Sadists (Eleven original photographs from the 1969 film)
by Al Adamson (director); Russ Tamblyn, Scott Brady, Kent Taylor, Regina Carrol, Greydon Clark (starring); Dennis Wayne (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1969. Eleven vintage reference photographs from the 1969 film. A group of satanic bikers murder almost all the customers and staff of a roadside diner, leaving an ex-Marine and a waitress to run for their lives into the desert. Shot at the Spahn Ranch, where Charles Manson and his "family" were living at the time, and released only a few months before the Tate murders. The film would prove to be star Russ Tamblyn's first... Read More
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Furnishings by Artists (Original catalog for the 1980 exhibition)
by [Al Aguilar, Charles Arnoldi, Billy Al Bengston, Scott Burton, John Chamberlain, Ron Cooper, Robert Mangurian, Guy Dill, Laddie John Dill, Paul Donin, Greg Ericson, Frank Gehry, Percy Gibbar, George Herms, James Isermann, Mark Keisermann, Kim MacConnel, M
Los Angeles: Otis/Parsons Gallery, 1980. Vintage catalog for an exhibition held from June 6 through July 13, 1980, at Otis/Parsons Gallery in Los Angeles. Illustrated in black-and-white. Faint rubbing near the binding, else about Fine in saddle-stapled wrappers.
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Une belle carrosserie [A Beautiful Body] (Five original photographs from the 1981 French adult film)
by Alain Payet (director); Laura Levi, Alban Ceray, Gabriel Pontello (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1981. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1981 French adult film, including four matte-finish and one glossy. Layout annotations on the verso. A wealthy industrialist's young wife agrees to sleep with a soccer team in order to encourage them to win the upcoming match. Noted French adult film director Alain Payet worked under a variety of pseudonyms, including John Pardaillan, John and Frederick Brasil Amor, James Gardner, and Alain Garnier. Payet was... Read More
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![Clinique pour soins tres speciaux [Clinic for Very Special Care] (Seven original photographs from the 1980 French film)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/144/739/1359739144.0.l.jpg)
Clinique pour soins tres speciaux [Clinic for Very Special Care] (Seven original photographs from the 1980 French film)
by Alain as John Love Payet (director); Barbara Moose, Desire Bastareaud, Jean-Pierre Armand (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1980. Seven vintage matte-finish borderless reference photographs from the 1980 French hardcore film. A man injured in a brawl with his lover's husband is taken to an erotic clinic. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Bier 318.
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Send a Woman When the Devil Fails [Quand la femme s'en mele] (Collection of 6 original film still photographs for the 1957 film)
by Alain Delon, Edwige Feuillere, Jean Servais, Bernard Blier, Jean Lefebvre [Lefevre] (starring); Yves Allegret (director); Charles Spaak (screenwriter)
France: Regina, 1957. Collection of 6 original still photographs for the 1957 French-Italian film, here under the original French title. Actress Feuillere is prominently featured, in glamour poses and answering the phone. All with ditto-style mimeo snipes on the verso, crediting the original title, Feuillere, Servais, Blier, and Allegret. Also included is a business card for starring actor Lefebvre, here as Lefevre, with an inscription in French and initials by him in manuscript ink. Housed in a manila envelope... Read More
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Hiroshima mon amour (Five original oversize photographs from the 1959 film)
by Alain Resnais (director); Marguerite Duras (screenwriter); Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1959. Five vintage oversize double weight reference photographs from the 1959 film. Two photographs with the stamp of the Lérida Ministry of Information of Spain on the verso, and all five with annotations in manuscript ink regarding cropping and identifying the film. Two photographs with titles tipped on the recto, one crediting director Alain Resnais. Resnais' meditation on memory, history, and forgetfulness proved to be a major catalyst for the Rive Gauche movement, earning Resnais... Read More
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Hiroshima mon amour (Eight original photographs from the 1959 film)
by Alain Resnais (director); Marguerite Duras (screenwriter); Emmanuelle RIva, Eiji Okada (starring)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France: Argos Films, 1959. Collection of eight vintage, borderless reference photographs from the 1959 film. Four photographs with the stamp of production company Argos Films, seven with a sticker noting they are from the collection of film historian, collector, and founder of the Tele Cine Documentation (TCD) cinema photo library Daniel Bouteiller, one with both a sticker and stamp from the collection of film historian Maurice Bessy, and all with manuscript annotations on the versos. A... Read More
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Les petites vicieuses prennent leur pied [The Little Wantons Get Theirs] (Collection of eleven original photographs from the 1981 French hardcore film)
by Alain Payet as John Love (director); Gabriel Pontello, Élisabeth Buré, Piotr Stanislas (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1981. Collection of eleven vintage borderless matte-finish reference photographs from the 1981 French hardcore film. Noted French adult film director Alain Payet worked under a variety of pseudonyms, including John Pardaillan, John and Frederick Brasil Amor, James Gardner, and Alain Garnier. Payet was best known for his boundary-pushing casting practices in films such as "Les Aventures érotiques de Lili pute" and "Les Gourmandes du sexe," and often worked with amateur actors throughout his career. ... Read More
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Last Year at Marienbad (Original photograph of Alain Resnais and Delphine Seyrig on the set of the 1961 French film)
by Alain Resnais (director); Alain Robbe-Grillet (screenwriter); Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoeff (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Alain Resnais and actress Delphine Seyrig on the set of the 1961 French film. Stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso, along with two "Photofest" stamps. alexander An enigmatic, dreamlike film, about an unnamed man and woman who meet at a party, where he insists they have met before, and she that they haven't. Shot on location in Germany and France. ... Read More
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Last Year at Marienbad [L'Annee derniere a Marienbad] (Six original French lobby cards from the 1961 film)
by Alain Resnais (director); Georges Pierre (photographer); Alain Robbe-Grillet (screenwriter); Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoeff (starring)
Paris: Cocinor, 1961. Six vintage French lobby cards from the 1961 film, "Cocinor" stamp on versos. An enigmatic, dreamlike film, about a man and a woman who meet at a party, where he insists they have met before, and she that they haven't. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. One with pinholes at corner, else Near Fine.... Read More
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Last Year at Marienbad (Original photograph of Alain Resnais on the set of the 1961 French film)
by Alain Resnais (director); Alain Robbe-Grillet (screenwriter); Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoeff (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Alain Resnais setting up a shot with a camera crew on the set of the 1961 French film. Stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso, along with manuscript ink and pencil annotations. An enigmatic, dreamlike film, about an unnamed man and woman who meet at a party, where he insists they have met before, and she that they haven't. Shot on location in... Read More
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Last Year at Marienbad (Original photograph of Alain Resnais on the set of the 1961 French film)
by Alain Resnais (director); Alain Robbe-Grillet (screenwriter); Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoeff (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1961. Vintage reference photograph of director Alain Resnais with a camera on the set of the 1961 French film. Manuscript ink and pencil annotations to the verso. An enigmatic, dreamlike film, about an unnamed man and woman who meet at a party, where he insists they have met before, and she that they haven't. A divisive film, viewed by critics as either an ambiguous, surreal masterpiece or an incomprehensible mess. Shot on location in... Read More
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Last Year at Marienbad (Original snapshot photograph of Resnais on the set of the 1961 film)
by Alain Resnais (director); Alain Robbe-Grillet (screenwriter); Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, (starring)
Paris: Cocinor, 1961. Vintage snapshot size photograph of Alain Resnais on the set of the 1961 film. With manuscript annotations in pencil and a press agency stamp on the verso of each. An enigmatic, dreamlike film, about a man and a woman who meet at a party, where he insists they have met before, and she that they haven't. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Shot on location in Germany and France.... Read More
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Last Year at Marienbad (Two original photographs from the set of the 1961 French film)
by Alain Resnais (director); Alain Robbe-Grillet (screenwriter); Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoeff (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1961. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1961 French film, one showing director Alain Resnais talking with Delphine Seyrig and Giorgio Albertazzi, the other showing Resnais talking with Seyrig alone. Provenance stamps and annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. An enigmatic, dreamlike film, about an unnamed man and woman who meet at a party, where he insists they have met before, and she that they haven't. Shot on location in Germany and... Read More
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Last Year at Marienbad [L'Annee derniere a Marienbad] (Five original photographs from the 1961 film)
by Alain Resnais (director); Georges Pierre (photographer); Alain Robbe-Grillet (screenwriter); Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoeff (starring)
Paris: F.O.G., 1961. Collection of six vintage reference photographs from the 1961 film, two borderless, two with bottom margin and one vertical photograph with left margin. "L'Annee Derniere a Marienbad" stamp on versos. Three photos shown. Please inquire for others. An enigmatic, dreamlike film, about a man and a woman who meet at a party, where he insists they have met before, and she that they haven't. Viewed as either ambiguous, surreal masterpiece or an incomprehensible indulgence,... Read More
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The War is Over [La Guerre Est Finie] (Original pressbook for the 1966 film)
by Alain Resnais (director); Jorge Semprun (screenwriter); Yves Montand, Ingrid Thulin, Genevieve Bujold (starring)
N.p.: Europa Film, 1966. Vintage pressbook for the 1966 film. In the wake of the Spanish Civil War, a communist exile continues his anti-Franco activities from his new Paris home. The film follows his disillusionment with the revolution and its questionable tactics. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Two pages, saddle stapled, 10 x 12 inches. Near Fine with a small manuscript graphite notation to the recto.
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Borsalino (Original photograph of Alain Delon from the 1970 film)
by Alain Delon, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Rouvel (starring); Jacques Deray (director, screenwriter); Eugene Saccomano (book); Jean-Claude Carriere, Jean Cau, Claude Sautet (screenwriters)
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1970. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the American release of the 1970 French film, showing actor Alain Delon. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali, and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, his paintings were exhibited in... Read More
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Jeff [Los Traidores] (Original photograph from the 1969 film)
by Alain Delon (starring); Jean Herman (director); Andre G. Brunelin, Jean Cau (screenwriter); Mireille Darc, Georges Rouquier, Gabriel Jabbour (starring)
Spain: Adel Productions, 1970. Vintage black-and-white reference still photograph from the Spanish release, circa 1970, of the 1969 French-Italian film. Notations in manuscript ink and pencil (in Spanish) on the recto and verso. Presumably a press photograph, with a cropping note on the recto (translated: "contrast a little background"). Jeff (Rouquier) is the mastermind who has planned a successful robbery, but fails to show up for share-out. His girlfriend Eva (Darc) is tortured by accomplices until she... Read More
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The Sicilian Clan (Original photograph from the 1969 French film noir)
by Alain Delon, Karen Blanguernon (starring); Henri Verneuil (director, screenwriter); Auguste Le Breton (novel); Jose Giovanni, Pierre Pelegri (screenwriters); Jean Gabin, Lino Ventura, Irina Demick (starring)
N.p.: Les Productions Fox Europa, 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 French film noir. Provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1967 novel by Auguste Le Breton. A small Mafia family plans to steal a collection of diamonds while being pursued by a police commissioner. Set and shot on location in Rome, New York, and Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Lee, The Heist Film.
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Les enfonceuses expertes [The Enforcement Experts] (Five original photographs from the 1979 French film)
by Alain as John Love Payet (director); Barbara Moose, Monique Carrere, Guy Bonnafoux (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1979. Five vintage matte finish reference photographs from the 1979 French hardcore film. A nurse conducts a series of erotic visits with her patients. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Bier 566.
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La Piscine [The Swimming Pool] (Original photograph of Romy Schneider and Alain Delon on the set of the 1969 film)
by Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Jane Birkin (starring); Jacques Deray (director, screenwriter); Jean-Claude Carrière, Alain Page (screenwriters)
Paris: Gamma, 1969. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film, showing Romy Schneider and Alain Delon swimming together on the set. Gamma stamp crediting photographer J.P. Bonnotte on the verso, along with layout annotations in manuscript pencil. A searing, psychologically complex erotic thriller set in the dead of summer at a villa on the Côte d'Azur. A couple's holiday is unexpectedly interrupted by the arrival of the wife's ex-lover and his beautiful teenage daughter-with violent consequences.... Read More
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La Piscine [The Swimming Pool] (Original photograph of Romy Schneider on the set of the 1969 film)
by Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Jane Birkin (starring); Jacques Deray (director, screenwriter); Jean-Claude Carrière, Alain Page (screenwriters)
Paris: Apis-Paris, 1969. Vintage borderless photograph of Romy Schneider on the set of the 1969 film. Photograph with French "APIS" stamps on the verso. A searing erotic thriller set in the dead of summer at a villa on the Côte d'Azur, where a couple's holiday is unexpectedly interrupted by the arrival of the wife's ex-lover and his beautiful teenage daughter-with violent consequences. Written by the noted screenwriter, Jean-Claude Carriere, who penned some of Luis Buñuel's finest work. ... Read More
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Je t'aime, je t'aime [I Love You, I Love You] (Original photograph of Alain Resnais on the set of the 1968 French film)
by Alain Resnais (director, screenwriter); Jacques Sternberg (screenwriter); Claude Rich, Olga Georges-Picot (starring)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France: Presse Parc Film, 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1968 French film, showing director Alain Resnais on the set. Stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. After being released from the hospital following a suicide attempt, a young man is scouted by a mysterious research group to participate in a time travel experiment. Resnais' fifth film, a brutal rumination on memory and the death of a relationship, thematically and stylistically a precursor... Read More
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The Man Who Lies [L'homme qui ment] (Three original photographs from the 1968 French-Czechoslovakian film)
by Alain Robbe-Grillet (director, screenwriter); Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ivan Mistrik (starring)
Montreal: Prima Film, 1968. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1968 French-Czechoslovak film, including one double weight and two single weight. Vanessa Redgrave & Joshua Logan on set of Camelot (1967). Double weight photograph with layout annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the recto, single weight photographs with Canadian distribution stamps on the versos. Double weight photograph shows director Alain Robbe-Grillet talking with actress Sylvie Bréal on the set. An experimental film addressing post-traumatic... Read More
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Trans-Europ-Express (Original photograph of Alain Robbe-Grillet of the set of the 1966 film)
by Alain Robbe-Grillet (director, screenwriter); Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marie-France Pisier (starring)
N.p.: N.p., 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Alain Robbe-Grillet with cinematographer Willy Kurant and a cameraman on the set of the 1966 French film. An inexperienced drug runner on a cross-continental train becomes the central figure in the imaginations of a group of filmmakers, who are engaged in the process of drafting their next feature. Set in Paris and Antwerp. 7 x 5 inches. Fine. BFI 2033. Grant France.... Read More
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