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N.p.: N.p., 1953. Collection of seven vintage reference photographs from the 1953 Broadway play, including six matte-finish double-weight photographs and one glossy single-weight. Several with provenance and agency stamps on the verso, and all with manuscript ink and pencil annotations. In 1893 Paris, a policeman is sent to investigate a dance-hall under suspicion of performing the illegal can-can dance, but finds himself falling in love with the beautiful proprietor instead. The musical premiered at the Shubert Theatre on May 7, 1953, and ran for 892 performances before closing on June 25, 1955. Adapted for film in 1960 by director Walter Lang, starring Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
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Can-Can (Collection of seven original photographs from the 1953 Broadway musical)
by Cole Porter (music, lyrics); Abe Burrows (book, director); Eileen Darby (photographer); Lili, Hans Conried, Peter Cookson, Gwen Verdon (starring)
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Can-Can (Original souvenir play program)
by Abe Burrows (director); Cole Porter (composer); Michael Kidd (choreographer); Rita Dimitri, John Tyers, George S. Irving, Ronnie Cunningham (starring)
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New York: Shubert Theatre, 1955. Original souvenir play program for the 1953 musical "Can-Can" composed by Cole Porter. This program likely from the mid-1950s touring company production of the play, starring Rita Dimitri, John Tyers, and Ronnie Cunningham. A self righteous judge threatens to shut down a Can-Can dance hall, but finds more trouble than he expected when he falls in love with the proprietor. Winner of two Tony awards. Basis for the 1960 film directed by Walter Lang and starring Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra, and Maurice Chevalier. Twenty pages, saddle stapled, 9 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus. Hirschhorn, p. 370.
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Cleo from 5 to 7 (Four photographs from the 1962 film)
by Agnes Varda (director, screenwriter); Liliane de Kermadec (photographer); Corinne Marchand, Antoine Marchand (starring)
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Paris: Cine Tamaris / Rome Paris Films, 1962. Four vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1962 French film. Agnes Varda is an important and influential French director, writer, and artist whose work uses both documentary style realism and experimental film techniques to explore issues of feminism and social justice. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers, her early work, including this film, prefigures stylistically the French New Wave, and is today considered very much a part of it. Varda was nominated for the Palme d'Or for "Cleo from 5 to 7," her second feature film, about a female pop singer whose spends two adventurous and winsome hours on her own and talking to friends while awaiting the results of a biopsy. Set and shot on location in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Edges lightly toned.
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Cleo from 5 to 7 [Cleo de 5 a 7] (Original photograph from the 1962 film)
by Agnes Varda (director, screenwriter); Raymond Cauchetier (photographer); Corinne Marchand, Antoine Marchand (starring)
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N.p.: N.p., 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1962 French film, showing actors Michel Legrand, Corinne Marchand, and Jean-Pierre Taste-from the memorable early sequence in the film where Legrand and Taste drop in to Marchand's flat. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations on the verso. Agnes Varda's second feature film, following a pop singer over the course of two hours as she talks with friends and anxiously awaits the results of a biopsy. Varda is an important and influential French director, writer, and artist whose work uses both documentary style realism and experimental film techniques to explore issues of feminism and social justice. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers, her early work, including this film, stylistically prefigures the French New Wave, and is today considered very much a part of it. Set and shot on location in Paris. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine.
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Cleo from 5 to 7 [Cleo de 5 a 7] (Original photograph from the 1962 film)
by Agnes Varda (director, screenwriter); Raymond Cauchetier (photographer); Corinne Marchand, Antoine Marchand (starring)
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N.p.: N.p., 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Agnes Varda on the set of the 1962 French film. With a stamp noting Varda's name on the verso, along with manuscript pencil and ink annotations. Agnes Varda's second feature film, following a pop singer over the course of two hours as she talks with friends and anxiously awaits the results of a biopsy. Varda is an important and influential French director, writer, and artist whose work uses both documentary style realism and experimental film techniques to explore issues of feminism and social justice. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers, her early work, including this film, stylistically prefigures the French New Wave, and is today considered very much a part of it. Set and shot on location in Paris. 4.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine.
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Cleo from 5 to 7 [Cleo de 5 a 7] (Original photograph from the 1962 film)
by Agnes Varda (director, screenwriter); Liliane de Kermadec (photographer); Corinne Marchand, Antoine Marchand (starring)
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Paris: Cine Tamaris / Rome Paris Films, 1962. Vintage borderless black-and-white still photograph from the 1962 French film. Cleo is shown being helped into a white robe in a large bedroom. Light pencil and blue ink annotations to the verso. Agnes Varda is an important and influential French director, writer, and artist whose work uses both documentary style realism and experimental film techniques to explore issues of feminism and social justice. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers, her early work, including this film, stylistically prefigures the French New Wave, and is today considered very much a part of it. Varda was nominated for the Palme d'Or for "Cleo from 5 to 7," her second feature film, about a female pop singer whose spends two adventurous and winsome hours on her own and talking to friends while awaiting the results of a biopsy. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 9.25 inches. About Fine.
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Comptoir general de la bimbeloterie (Original French toy company sales catalogue and supplements, 1961-1962)
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Paris: Self-published, 1962. Original French toy and home goods sales catalogue and supplements for the "Comptoir general de la bimbeloterie" company in Paris, 1961-1962. Illustrated with black-and-white vignette photographs of items for sale, each represented with a serial number, accompanied by a corresponding descriptive price catalogue. Thousands of toys, puzzles, board games, sports equipment, and miniatures are featured, including Pierres Magiques miniatures, foosball, sewing kits, toy guns, figurines, musical instruments, watches and jewelry, dolls, holiday decorations, rocking horses, and tricycles. Also included are two descriptive price supplements for sales catalogues from early 1961, January and May, each with laid-in leaves of similar photographic vignettes. The monthly catalogues are presumably what the company issued on a regular basis, and the deluxe 1961-1962 catalogue acted as a yearbook, issued only periodically during high-demand seasons. The Comptoir general de la bimbeloterie…
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Five original photographs of Ray Charles in Paris, 1967
by Ray Charles (subject); Michel Ginfray (photographer)
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Paris: Reporters Associés, 1967. Five vintage borderless photographs of Ray Charles. Three of the photographs show Charles performing at the Salle Pleyel in Paris on April 18, 1967, and one shows him at the airport after arriving in France, accompanied by his backing singers, the Exciters. Photographs with the stamp of Reporters Associés on the versos, along with annotations in manuscript pencil crediting photogrpaher Michel Ginfray. 10.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine.
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The Fur Collar (Original screenplay for the 1962 film)
by Lawrence Huntington (director, screenwriter, producer); Martin Benson (starring)
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London: Albatross, 1962. Shooting script for the 1962 film. Date notation of "12 Sept 1982" in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper label. Hal Erickson at AllMovie: "The Fur Collar" is the principal clue in a mystery involving an espionage ring. Reporter John Bentley, assigned to the Paris beat, does his best to route out the spies. When his enemies try to assassinate him, Bentley pretends to be dead, the better to work undercover. Martin Benson co-stars as Inspector Legrain, Bentley's friendly enemy. Burgundy titled wrappers, noted as Shooting Script on the front wrapper. Title page present, noted as Shooting Script in master scenes. 116 leaves, carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, internal prong binding.
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The Happy Road (Original photograph from the 1957 film)
by Gene Kelly (director, starring); Arthur Julian, Harry Kurnitz, Joe Morhaim (screenwriters); Barbara Laage, Brigitte Fossey, Bobby Clark, Michael Redgrave (starring)
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Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1958. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1957 film, showing actors Barbara Laage and Gene Kelly. Two young students escape from their Swiss boarding school and make for Paris. Their respective parents-an American father and a French mother-team up to retrieve them. Shot on location in Paris and Côte-d'Or, France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
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Hotel du Nord (Two original photographs from the Los Angeles premiere of the 1938 film)
by Marcel Carne (director, screenwriter); Eugene Dabit (novel); Annabella, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis Jouvet, Arietty (starring)
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Paris: Societe d'Exploitation et de Distribution de Films, 1938. Two vintage black-and-white photographs from the US premiere of the 1964 film. Mimeo snipe affixed to the versos, as issued, noting that the film is making its debut at the Esquire Theatre in Los Angeles. Also on the verso is a stamp for the US distributor, THEATRICAL PLAYS. Carne's pre-war, mood-drenched masterpiece that followed the thematically similar "Port of Shadows," and preceding the much greater fame that would come to his work in 1945 with "Children of Paradise." 8 x 10 inches. Fine.
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In the French Style (Two original photographs from the 1963 film)
by Jean Seberg, Stanley Baker, Philippe Forquet (starring); Robert Parrish (director); Irwin Shaw (screenwriter)
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N.p.: N.p., 1963. Two vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1963 film, including one showing actress Jean Seberg with director Robert Parrish. A young American art student must choose between her monied life in the US and her newfound love in Paris when her father arrives to bring her home. Set and shot on location in Paris. One photograph 9.5 x 8.25 inches, one photograph 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine.
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Lux Video Theatre: Little Boy Lost (Original screenplay for the 1956 television episode)
by Johnny Crawford, Dennis O'Keefe, Ernestine Barrier, Jacqueline Beer, Jean Del Val (starring); Earl Eby (director); William Perlberg, George Seaton, Turnley Walker (screenwriters);
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Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1956. Revised Draft script for the 25th episode of season six of the 1950-1957 television series, which originally aired on March 15, 1956, on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford, with his manuscript pencil annotations throughout. In the years after World War II, an American war correspondent travels to a Parisian orphanage to seek out his long-lost son, but is uncertain the boy he meets is truly his child. Brown titled wrappers. Missing title page, possibly as issued. 99 leaves, with last page of text numbered Act III - 40. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads.
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Morocco (Original 1931 photograph of Marlene Dietrich, struck in 1949)
by Marlene Dietrich (subject)
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N.p.: N.p., 1949. Vintage photograph of Marlene Dietrich in Paris, shot in 1931 for the premiere of "Morocco," struck in 1949. With an agency stamp, archival tape and remnants from a previously adhered paper backing on the verso. Marlene Dietrich was awarded the Legion d'honneur by the French government for her work performing, and raising money for the Allied troops and civilians escaping the Nazi Party throughout Word War II. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine.
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Once in Paris... [Paris Calling] (Original screenplay for the 1978 film)
by Frank D. Gilroy (screenwriter, director); Wayne Rogers, Gayle Hunnicutt, Jack Lenoir, Philippe March (starring)
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Leigh-McLaughlin / Atlantic Releasing Corporation, 1978. Draft script for the 1978 film. Gilroy was a writer for screen, stage, novels, film producer and director. He received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play "The Subject Was Roses" in 1965. An autobiographical tale of an American screenwriter living in Paris who has an affair with a British aristocrat. Set in and shot on location in Paris. Brown untitled wrappers, manuscript ink notation of underlined title. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Frank D. Gilroy. 148 leaves, with last page of text numbered 148. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, prong binding.
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Original photograph of The Beach Boys in Paris, circa 1960s
by Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine (subjects)
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N.p.: N.p., 1960. Vintage borderless photograph of The Beach Boys posing in front of the Eiffel Tower on what appears to have been a very foggy day, circa 1960s. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with a short diagonal tear to the bottom right corner, repaired with paper tape on the verso.
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Original photograph of Sammy Davis Jr. performing onstage at the Olympia in Paris, 1964
by Sammy Davis Jr. (subject); Alain Dessalles (photographer)
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Paris: N.p., 1964. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of singer, actor, and comedian Sammy Davis Jr. performing onstage at the Olympia Concert Hall in Paris on June 1, 1964. Stamp of photographer Alain Dessalles on the verso. 7.75 x 12 inches. Very Good plus, with moderate wear at the corners.
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Original photograph of Alan Ladd and friends at Maxim's, 1952
by Alan Ladd (subject)
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N.p.: N.p., 1952. Vintage black and white photograph of actor Alan Ladd, his wife Sue Carol, and their friends dining at Maxim's in Paris in 1952. Housed in a souvenir photograph folder, with the colorful logo of Maxim's on the front. Laid in with the photograph are two tickets for the 1952 Royal Film Performance, a charity film event attended by members of the British Royal Family. The film featured at the 1952 Royal Film Performance was "Because You're Mine," directed by Alexander Hall, starring Mario Lanza and Doretta Morrow. Photograph approximately 7.25 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Folder 10.5 x 8.25 inches. Very Good plus, lightly scuffed and creased. Tickets 3.5 x 5 inches. Very Good plus, lightly foxed and age-toned.
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Original photograph of Juliette Greco and Michel Legrand, circa 1958
by Juliette Greco, Michel Legrand (subjects); Guy Le Page (photographer)
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N.p.: N.p., 1958. Vintage borderless photograph of composer Michel Legrand and chanteuse Juliette Greco, circa 1958. Stamp of photographer Guy Le Page on the verso. Greco and Legrand collaborated on several releases in the 1950s and 1960s, most notably Greco's self-titled album produced by Columbia in 1960. 7.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine.
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Original photograph of Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, and Jimmy Hamilton in concert in Paris, 1966
by [Duke Ellington and his Orchestra] Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton (subjects); Jean-Pol Stercq (photographer)
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Paris: Parimage, 1966. Vintage borderless photograph of clarinetists Paul Gonsalves and Jimmy Hamilton with saxophonist Harry Carney in Paris, performing with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra in 1966. Stamp of photographer Jean-Pol Stercq on the verso, along with the stamp of Parimage. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus, lightly edgeworn.
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