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Kanagawa: Daiei Studios, 1960. Vintage Japanese reference photograph from the 1960 Japanese film noir, showing actors Yukio Mishima and Yaeko Mizutani in an intimate moment. After being released from prison, a young man decides to turn his back on his past as a yakuza mobster, but finds that escaping his former life is harder than expected. Mishima's… Read more about this item

N.p.: Hollywood Cinema Associates, 1968. Five vintage bizarrely male-centric studio still photographs from the 1968 sexploitation film, all with "Tom Conroy Photos" provenance stamps on the verso. The second film by exploitation director Donald A. Davis, wherein Victor Izay stars as Captain Carter, who narrates the sexual exploits of his passengers partying in Acapulco, Mexico. 8 x… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1961. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1961 film, showing actress Elke Sommer. An international fashion model travels to Rome, where she becomes embroiled in an illegal smuggling operation. The first of several spy-themed exploitation films starring Sommer. Approximately 7 x 9.5 inches. About Near Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Second Revised Shooting Final script for the 1960 film. Presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. 26 reference photographs bound in variously among the script pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer… Read more about this item

N.p.: Griffith Productions, 1964. Collection of 19 vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 sexploitation film. Seeking to renew the excitement of their early relationship, a married couple decide to spend a weekend apart. The wife visits a nudist colony, while the husband visits an exotic dancer. A three-episode "nudie cutie." Partially shot on location… Read more about this item

N.p.: Corona, 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film, showing actors Romina Power and Harald Leipnitz. Printed mimeo snipe in German affixed to the verso. Based on the 1791 novel by the Marquis de Sade, about two orphaned sisters whose lives diverge drastically as they come into adulthood. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. About… Read more about this item

N.p.: Arca-Film, 1969. Collection of six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 West German film. Five with Arca-Film stamps on the verso. A pseudo-documentary sexploitation film about infidelity, told through several stories of broken marriages. Three photographs 9.5 x 7 inches, three photographs 7 x 5 inches. Light soil on the versos, else Near… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Revised Final script for the 1961 film. Presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. 25 reference photographs bound in variously among the script pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a… Read more about this item

Slough, England: Century 21 Productions, 1968. Draft script for the 1969 film, here under the UK release title "Doppelgänger." Copy belonging to actress Lynn Loring, here referred to by her married name Lynn Thinnes, with the manuscript marker annotations of her name on the title page and "L.T." on the top left of the front wrapper, with manuscript ink… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1966. Two vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1966 film, one showing actress Janet Leigh taking a photograph, the other showing Leigh and director-actor Jerry Lewis examining negatives. A man decides to help his girlfriend, a psychiatrist, free herself from her three most dependent patients by secretly dating each of the three… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the 1963 film, showing actor Steve McQueen sitting atop a ladder during filming on location in New York. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A young Italian-American salesgirl realizes she is pregnant after a one-night-stand with a jazz musician, and seeks him out in order to raise money… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1966. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1966 Japanese film. One with annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso, identifying the film and director. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A disillusioned pornographer tries to stay out of the clutches of the local mob while taking care of his ailing landlady… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1961. Vintage reference photograph from the 1961 film, showing Marilyn Monroe playing paddle ball. A bleak, haunting film exploring the loss of independence, about a recent divorcée who enters into an unstable relationship with an aging cowboy whom she meets in the Nevada desert. The final completed feature for Gable and Marilyn Monroe before… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Collection of six vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 film. Based on the 1957 play, written at the behest of actor Laurence Olivier, who reprised his role as Archie Rice, an embittered, third-rate music hall performer facing the dissipation of his industry and personal life. Set and shot on location in… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Cinerama, 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. Based on Daniel Keyes' 1966 novel "Flowers for Algernon," about a 32-year-old mentally disabled bakery worker who is approached by two doctors about participating in an experiment that will enhance his mental aptitude. Actor Cliff Robertson also appeared as Charly in a previous adaptation… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1965. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1965 film. A short, mostly improvised film, shot on Fire Island by Andy Warhol and longtime collaborators Paul Morrissey and Chuck Wein over Labor Day weekend in 1965, about a young, blond hustler and his humorous and strange interactions with his older clientele. A predecessor to "Midnight Cowboy" (1969).… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1963. Treatment script for an unproduced film, based on screenwriter P.E. Lapide's 1963 novel. Laid in with the treatment script is a letter addressed to casting agent Paul Kohner, as well as a typed synopsis from screenwriter P.E. Lapide discussing the success of the Portuguese, Brazilian, and German editions of his book. After being freed… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1968. Four vintage borderless double weight oversize reference photographs from the 1968 film, all showing actress Monica Nordquist in various states of undress. The titular Carmilla falls in love with her stepfather, who is shortly thereafter killed in a car accident, leading her to seek revenge against the driver responsible. 11.5 x 9.5… Read more about this item

Buckinghamshire: Paramount British Pictures, 1967. Two vintage oversize matte-finish borderless double weight reference photographs from the French release of the 1967 film, both showing actress Suzy Kendall. Loosely based on the 1967 play "The Meter Man" by Scott Forbes. A pair of oafish thugs break into a wealthy London penthouse apartment, planning to terrorize the couple they… Read more about this item

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1968. Final script for the 1968 film. With a single manuscript pencil annotation on the front wrapper, noting No. 8673. An oil rig firefighter is hospitalized after a bulldozer accident, leading him to reflect on his family and foundering personal relationships. Set in Louisiana and Texas, shot on location in… Read more about this item