Italian Cinema from Royal Books, Inc.

Los Altos, CA: Paramount Pictures, 1970. Vintage lobby card for the 1970 Italian film. Text in Italian. 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.… Read more about this item

N.p.: United International Pictures, 1970. Collection of eight vintage borderless lobby cards for the Spanish release of the 1970 Italian film. Text in Spanish. 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,… Read more about this item

N.p.: Arte 7, 1977. Collection of 13 vintage borderless lobby cards for the Spanish release of the 1977 Italian film. 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… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1976. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1976 film, showing Bernardo Bertolucci talking with a woman on the set. A historical epic chronicling the friendship between two men in Italy in the first half of the twentieth century, through the rise of fascism and communism. One of the longest commercially released films, clocking in at 317… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Medallion Pictures, 1965. Collection of five vintage lobby cards for the American release of the 1959 Italian film. 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,… Read more about this item

Japan: Herald Ace / Nippon Herald Films, 1980. Vintage pressbook for the 1980 film. A Japanese-Italian coproduction, with text in both Japanese and Italian. 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,… Read more about this item

Rome: Columbia Pictures, 1977. Vintage lobby card for the 1977 Italian film. 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… Read more about this item

Munich: Universum Film [UFA], 1960. Vintage borderless lobby card for the 1960 Italian film. 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… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1978. Vintage lobby card for the German release of the 1977 Italian film. 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… Read more about this item

N.p.: Davis-Royal Films, 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 film. "The Reluctant Saint" is the story of Giuseppe Desa (Maximilian Schell), a 17th century Franciscan friar and mystic, recognized as St. Joseph of Cupertino by the Catholic Church. Set in and shot on location in Rome. 8 x 10 inches. Very… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1969. Collection of eleven vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1969 Italian sexploitation film. Faced with a broken marriage, a woman decides to try to rekindle her incestuous relationship with her younger sister, who is herself happily married to a wealthy older man. 9.25 x 7 inches. Fine.

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.: N.p., 1965. Vintage reference photograph from the 1965 Italian film, showing actress Beba Loncar. Annotations in manuscript pencil and a provenance stamp on the verso. An army officer romances his way through Europe, with the caveat that he can only find romantic satisfaction in situations where his life is in danger. Set and shot on… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1970 film. Two with the stamp of photographer Angelo Novi on the versos. 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 now residing in France. An intricate and… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1955. Three vintage reference photographs of director Jean Renoir on the set of the 1955 film, two showing Renoir with actress Françoise Arnoul, and one showing Renoir examining the ground while surrounded by cast members. All three photographs with Amsterdam distributor stamps on the versos. A dramatization of the opening of the famed Moulin Rouge nightclub,… Read more about this item

Rome: N.p., 1955. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1955 Italian film, showing actor Broderick Crawford. Stamp of still photographer G.B. Poletto on the verso. A trio of smalltime, ruthless con artists undergo crises of conscience after facing the condemnation of their families. Director Federico Fellini's followup to "La strada" (1954). 9.75 x 7 inches. Near… Read more about this item

N.p.: Aetos, 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 Italian film, showing actress Silvana Mangano. With the stamps of photographer Angelo Frontoni and ABC on the verso, along with annotations in manuscript pencil regarding layout. Over the course of several days, a mysterious visitor seduces each member of a bourgeois Milanese family. The second film in director… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Copa, 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1860 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of his four major romances. In Italy, four artists of various social standing find themselves in a complicated web of love alliances with their peers. Tan titled wrappers, with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and author… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced play. A woman with two unfaithful husbands ends up pregnant. The arrangement begins to unravel when she gives birth to twins. White titled self wrappers, with credits for screenwriter Toni Ermini, and playwright Jaia Fiastri. 94 leaves, with last page of text numbered 93. Xerographic duplication, rectos… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1971. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1971 film. A socialite and heiress begins receiving threatening blackmail letters, and suspects the culprit may be her sadistic ex-lover. Edwige Fenech's first film collaboration with noted giallo director Sergio Martino, followed by "All the Colors of the Dark" (1972) and "Your Vice Is a… Read more about this item