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1957 Cannes Film Festival (Collection of 16 original photographs)
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1957 Cannes Film Festival (Collection of 16 original photographs)

by Manciet, Pierre, and L. Mirkine (photographers)

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Nice: Self published, 1957. Sixteen vintage photographs from the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. On the versos of 11 photos is a rubber-stamp for photographer "L. Mirkine," photographer "Pierre Manciet" on the versos of remaining 5, and names corresponding to the image subjects on the versos in manuscript ink. Housed in a manila envelope with "Festival 1957 Cannes" on the recto in manuscript ink. The collection features images of Jean Cocteau (in the arms of Ann Heywood and June Laverick as he talks to James Robertson Justice), Patricia Smith, Izolda Izvitskaya, Roman Karmen, Don Murray, Grigoriy Chukhray, Oleg Strizhenov, Jacqueline Pagnol, Giuletta Masina, Eleanor Rossi Drago, Nadia Gray, Nicole Berger, Maurice Ronet, Melina Mercouri, William Wyler, Maëa Flohr, Mylene Demongeot, and John Kitzmiller, among others. The 1957 festival marked it's tenth anniversary, prominent jurors included André Maurois, Jean Cocteau, Marcel Pagnol, Michael Powell, Dolores del Río, Claude Aveline, and Alberto… Read More
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The 400 Blows [Les 400 Coups] (Two original photographs from the set of the 1959 French film)
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The 400 Blows [Les 400 Coups] (Two original photographs from the set of the 1959 French film)

by François Truffaut (director, screenwriter); Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Remy, Claire Maurier (starring)

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N.p.: N.p., 1959. Two vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1959 French film, both showing director François Truffaut on the set. Annotations in manuscript pencil relating to cropping on the versos, and one with a provenance stamp. Truffaut's auspicious debut, a semi-autobiographical tale of a young boy's estrangement from his family and school, leading him into a life of petty crime and culminating in trouble with the law. Winner of Best Director at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set and shot on location in Paris, France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 5. Ebert I. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000.
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The 400 Blows [Les Quatre Cents Coups] (Original photograph of François Truffaut and Guy Decomble from the set of the 1959 film)

by François Truffaut (director, screenwriter); Andre Dino (photographer); Marcel Moussy (screenwriter); Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Remy, Claire Maurier (starring)

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Paris: les Films du Carrosse, 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph, with bottom margin, of François Truffaut and Guy Decomble on the set of the 1959 film. "Les Quatre Cents Coups" and "Telerama" stamps on verso. Truffaut's auspicious debut, winner of Best Director at Cannes, nominated for the Palme d'Or, and also nominated for a Best Original Screenplay Oscar the following year. Set in and shot on location in Paris, France. 6.75 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 5. Ebert I. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000.
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The 400 Blows (Original French poster for the 1959 film)

The 400 Blows (Original French poster for the 1959 film)

by François Truffaut (director, screenwriter); Marcel Moussy (screenwriter); Jean-Pierre Léaud (starring)

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Paris: Les Films du Carrosse, 1959. Original French Grande poster for the 1959 film. Poster design by Boris Grinsson. Truffaut's auspicious debut, winner of Best Director at Cannes, nominated for the Palme d'Or, and also nominated for a Best Original Screenplay Oscar the following year. 47 x 62 inches. Linen backed and rolled. Bright and Fine. Capitaine 207. Warren, Vol. 1, p. 159.
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7 [Seven] Deaths by Prescription [Sept morts sur ordonnance] (Original photograph of Jane Birkin...
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7 [Seven] Deaths by Prescription [Sept morts sur ordonnance] (Original photograph of Jane Birkin and Gérard Depardieu from the 1975 French film)

by Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Gérard Depardieu, Marina Vlady (starring); Jacques Rouffio (director, screenwriter); Georges Conchon, Jean-Louis Chevrier (screenwriters)

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Paris: Sygma, 1975. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1975 French film, showing actors Jane Birkin and Gérard Depardieu. Mimeo snipe and stamp of Sygma on the verso. A surgeon at a public hospital in a small French town faces harassment from a rival surgeon and his incompetent sons, who hate competition. 12 x 8 inches, with a wide right margin, Very Good plus, with moderate edgewear and a short closed tear on the right edge.
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Adorable Sinner [Magnificent Sinner] [Katia] [Une Jeune Fille un Seul Amour] (Original photograph...

Adorable Sinner [Magnificent Sinner] [Katia] [Une Jeune Fille un Seul Amour] (Original photograph of Robert Siodmak and Curd Jurgens from the set of the 1959 French film)

by Robert Siodmak (director); Princesse Bibesco (novel); Georges Neveux, Charles Spaak (screenwriters); Romy Schneider, Curd Jurgens, Pierre Blanchar (starring)

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N.p.: N.p., 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Robert Siodmak and Curd Jurgens on the set of the 1959 French film. Based on the 1939 historical novel "Princess Mathe Bibesco," by Bibesco under the pseudonym Lucille Decaux. A remake of the 1938 French film "Katia," directed by Maurice Tourneur starring Danielle Darrieux and John Loder. Set in St. Petersburg, Russia and shot on location in Paris, France and Vienna, Austria. 5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine.
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Adua and Her Friends [Adua e le compagne] (Original program for the 1960 film)
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Adua and Her Friends [Adua e le compagne] (Original program for the 1960 film)

by Antonio Pietrangeli (director, screenwriter); Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola, Tullio Pinelli (screenwriters); Vittorugo Contino (photographer); Simone Signoret, Sandra Milo, Emmanuelle Riva, Gina Rovere (starring)

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Paris: Zebra Films / Cineriz, 1960. Original oversize program for the 1960 Italian, here under the original title. Illustrated in red, with black-and-white stills from the film. Starring actress Signoret is prominently featured, looking pensive or embracing costar Mastroianni, and in stunning group images with her female costars. Also included is an original press packet, detailing film credits, a synopsis, and brief star biographies. Based on an original screenplay, about the 1958 Merlin Law making brothels illegal in Italy. Adua (Signoret) and her three friends are prostitutes whose brothel in Rome is shut down. Adua convinces them to pool their savings to open a restaurant to generate a living, instead of returning to prostitution. Their permit is rejected because of their lurid history, but a former client agrees to buy the building and hire them to run a brothel fronting as a restaurant, charging them rent. The restaurant is ironically successful and Adua even romances Piero (Mastroianni), but… Read More
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Adua and Her Friends [Adua e le compagne] (Collection of 64 original film stills for the 1960 film)
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Adua and Her Friends [Adua e le compagne] (Collection of 64 original film stills for the 1960 film)

by Antonio Pietrangeli (director, screenwriter); Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola, Tullio Pinelli (screenwriters); Vittorugo Contino (photographer); Simone Signoret, Sandra Milo, Emmanuelle Riva, Gina Rovere (starring)

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Rome: Zebra Films / Cineriz, 1960. Collection of 64 vintage borderless single weight film still photographs for the 1960 Italian film. Starring actress Signoret is prominently featured, looking pensive or embracing costar Mastroianni, and in stunning group images with her female costars. Numerical annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos, five with Contino's rubberstamp, and two are dupes made by the original developer. Based on an original screenplay, about the 1958 Merlin Law making brothels illegal in Italy. Adua (Signoret) and her three friends are prostitutes whose brothel in Rome is shut down. Adua convinces them to pool their savings to open a restaurant to generate a living, instead of returning to prostitution. Their permit is rejected because of their lurid history, but a former client agrees to buy the building and hire them to run a brothel fronting as a restaurant, charging them rent. The restaurant is ironically successful and Adua even romances Piero (Mastroianni), but her… Read More
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The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (Collection of six original photographs taken on the set of the...
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The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (Collection of six original photographs taken on the set of the 1957 film)

by Robert Lamoureux (starring); Jacques Becker (director, screenwriter); Albert Simonin (screenwriter)

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N.p.: N.p., 1957. Collection of six vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1957 French film, showing director Jacques Becker talking with cast and crew members. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos. Based on the popular Arsène Lupin mystery series created by Maurice Leblanc. Roguish gentleman thief Lupin outwits several prestigious jewelers, the prefect of police, and even Kaiser Wilhelm II. Set and shot on location in Paris. Three photographs 7.25 x 5 inches, three photographs 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Generally Near Fine.
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Aimee (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)

Aimee (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)

by Joel Farges (screenwriter)

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N.p.: N.p., 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in French. Laid in are a three-page synopsis of the film and a letter from the screenwriter. In the winter of 1934, a French woman living by the seaside with two mysterious older men gets wrapped up in the politics of the times, ultimately forcing all three to reveal their true identities. Set in France. Tan titled wrappers. 81 leaves, with last page of text numbered 80. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples.
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Alice or the Last Escapade (Four original photographs from the set of the 1977 French film)
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Alice or the Last Escapade (Four original photographs from the set of the 1977 French film)

by Claude Chabrol (director, screenwriter); Sylvia Kristel, Charles Vanel (starring)

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N.p.: N.p., 1977. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1977 French film, showing actress Sylvia Kristel variously with director Claude Chabrol, and actors Charles Vanel and Jean Carmet. A young woman in the process of leaving her husband discovers her car's windshield has mysteriously shattered, forcing her to spend the night at an isolated mansion in the countryside. Shot on location in Villennes sur Seine, France. 7 x 4.5 inches. Fine.
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Alice or the Last Escapade [Alice ou la derniere fugue] (Two photographs from the set of the 1977...
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Alice or the Last Escapade [Alice ou la derniere fugue] (Two photographs from the set of the 1977 film)

by Claude Chabrol (director, screenwriter); Robert Cohen (photographer); Sylvia Kristel, Charles Vanel, Jean Carmet (starring)

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France: Filmel, 1986. Two photographs for airings of the 1977 film on French public television channel France 3. The first photograph, for a September 6, 1978 airing, is borderless and shows director Chabrol and star Kristel in between takes, with the stamp of photographer Robert Cohen and a mimeo snipe on the verso. The second photograph, for an October 2, 1986 airing, is of a topless Sylvia Kristel, with a mimeo snipe on the verso. Chabrol riffs on both "Alice in Wonderland" and the popular 1970s horror mini-genre where a beautiful young woman becomes trapped through supernatural means in a house after seeking shelter there. In this case it's "Emmanuelle" star Sylvia Kristel, whose car breaks down in the middle of the night after she walks out on her husband, and Chabrol is more interested in her journey toward emancipation than actual horror. Both photographs 7 x 5 inches. Fine.
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Alphaville (Original photograph from the 1965 French film)

Alphaville (Original photograph from the 1965 French film)

by Jean-Luc Godard (director, screenwriter); Georges Pierre (photographer); Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff (starring)

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France: Athos Films / Chaumiane / Filmstudio, 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 French film. With the stamp of still photographer Georges Pierre on the verso. Jean-Luc Godard's neo-noir foray into science fiction, following a secret agent in a dystopian future who is assigned to kill the machine intelligence that rules over a fascist state. Shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 25. Rosenbaum 1000. Grant US. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema.
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Alyse and Chloe (Two original photographs from the 1970 film)
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Alyse and Chloe (Two original photographs from the 1970 film)

by René Gainville (director, screenwriter); Catherine Jacobsen, Michèle Girardon (starring)

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N.p.: N.p., 1970. Two vintage oversize borderless reference photographs from the 1970 French film. A successful model finds herself torn between her photographer boyfriend and a beautiful advertising executive. Shot on location in Martinique. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus, with light wear at the corners.
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...And God Created Woman [Et Dieu... créa la femme] (Original photograph from the 1956 film)

...And God Created Woman [Et Dieu... créa la femme] (Original photograph from the 1956 film)

by Brigitte Bardot (starring); Roger Vadium (director, screenwriter); Raoul Lévy (screenwriter); Curd Jurgens, Jean-Louis Trintignant (starring)

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Paris: Cocinor, 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 film. The culmination of director Roger Vadim's fascination with Brigitte Bardot. The pair had been dating since 1950 (when she was 15 years old and he was 22) and were married in 1952. The film remains one of the most single-minded tributes to an actress by a film auteur, and in twentieth century film-obsessed France, there was perhaps never a more celebrated cinematic couple. The two would part ways the following year amidst rumors of affairs, but remained close friends. Shot on location in Saint-Tropez, France. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with a small tear at the center of the bottom edge. Criterion Collection 77.
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Antoine and Antoinette (Original photograph from the set of the 1947 film)
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Antoine and Antoinette (Original photograph from the set of the 1947 film)

by Jacques Becker (director, screenwriter); Maurice Griffe, Francoise Giroud (screenwriters); Roger Pigaut, Claire Maffei, Noel Roquevert, Gaston Modot (starring)

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Paris: Gaumont, 1947. Vintage photograph of director Jacques Becker and actor Claire Maffei on the set of the 1947 film. With manuscript annotations and a rubber stamp on the verso. A working class couple in Paris find their dreams of a life free of financial hardship about to come true when they win the lottery, only to have the dream snatched away when they lose the ticket on the Metro. Shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine.
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Antoine and Antoinette (Three oversize photographs taken on the set of the 1947 film)
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Antoine and Antoinette (Three oversize photographs taken on the set of the 1947 film)

by Jacques Becker (director, screenwriter); Roger Pigaut, Claire Maffei, Noel Roquevert, Gaston Modot (starring); Maurice Griffe, Francoise Giroud (screenwriters)

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Paris: Gaumont, 1947. Three oversize photographs of director Jacques Becker and actors Claire Maffei and Roger Pigaut on the set of the 1947 film. Manuscript annotations and stamp of Gaumont Eagle-Lion on the versos. A working class couple in Paris find their dreams of a life free of financial hardship about to come true when they win the lottery, only to have the dream snatched away when they lose the ticket on the Metro. Shot on location in Paris. 12 x 9 inches. Near Fine.
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Antoine and Colette, from the anthology film Love at Twenty (Four original photographs from the 1962 film)

by François Truffaut (director, screenwriter); Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Patrick Auffay (starring)

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N.p.: N.p., 1962. Four vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1962 film. Rare. "Love at Twenty" is anthology film on the titular theme by five filmmakers, Shintaro Ishihara, Marcel Ophuls, Renzo Rossellini, François Truffault, and Andrzej Wajda, united with a score by Georges Delerue and photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson. Truffaut's short is the second of five films which follow his alter-ego, Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud). The films in the Antoine Doinel series are "The 400 Blows" (1959), "Antoine and Colette" (1962), "Stolen Kisses" (1968), "Bed and Board" (1970), and "Love on the Run" (1979). Antoine, now aged 17, falls in love for the first time to the lovely Colette (Marie-France Pisier), whose feelings, though tender, are not reciprocated. Set in and shot on location in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 185.
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Archive of original Christmas gift lists for Cinedis film agency journalists
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Archive of original Christmas gift lists for Cinedis film agency journalists

by [Cinedis] Maziere, Christian de la, and Maryse Martres

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Paris: Cinedis, 1960. Archive of correspondence, gift lists, and journalist lists from representatives at Cinedis, notably Christian de la Maziere, briefly the impresario of press relations (and former Waffen-SS soldier), and Maryse Martres (Martin), who managed much of the company's press and advertising responsibilities. Text in French. Represented in the archive are more than 50 leaves and an advertising catalog, including several checklists detailing the names of various associates who have contributed in some way to Cinedis, and a few notes of correspondence thanking de la Maziere and Martres for gifts received. Dates noted for gift lists include 1957-1958, 1958-1959, and 1959-1960, many with annotations in manuscript ink noting addresses, and some of the lists note in manuscript ink gift ideas for each recipient, being cravate (ties), bloc notes (note pads), montre (watch), crayon Balmain (pencils), echarpe (scarf), and other items. Regarding the budget for these gifts, several leaves… Read More
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Arsene Lupin (Four original photographs and one contact sheet from the 1977 short film)
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Arsene Lupin (Four original photographs and one contact sheet from the 1977 short film)

by Brigitte Lahaie (starring); Michel Jean (director)

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Paris: Tabu Film, 1977. Four vintage borderless reference photographs and a contact sheet (twelve images) from the 1977 pornographic short film, nearly all featuring Brigitte Lahaie. One of Lahaie's first appearances in film, one year later combined with three other one-reel films ("Blue Magic," "Porno Roulette," and "Frou-Frous") and released as a feature under the name "L'amour C'est Mon Metier" (1977). 7 x 5 inches. Very Good to Near Fine. Not in Bier.
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