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Collection of 6 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1961 Italian film. Marcello Mastroianni is a bored man, bored with life and his wife. He falls in love with a younger woman, and since divorce is illegal in Italy unless there is just cause (like catching your spouse committing adultery), he decides to find his wife another lover. That way he wont need to kill her. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light creases and toning overall. Several pinholes to a few; one with a small chip and corresponding closed tears.

Original English-language treatment script for an unproduced Italian film. A factory worker recounts his life and loves to his captors after being taken by government operatives on suspicion of having subversive ties. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Alfredo Giannetti, with the stamp of Excelsior Cinematografica. 8 leaves, with last page of text numbered 6. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine, with perfect binding.

English-language treatment script for an unproduced Italian film. With a single manuscript ink annotation to page 2, noting an editorial revision. Laid in with the script is a xerographically duplicated cost estimate sheet, in both English and Italian, noting the name of cinematographer Pasqualino de Santis, dated July 1978. A middle-aged, newlywed nobleman feels trapped in his marriage to his young wife, a beautiful but avaricious middle-class woman, and is led to increasingly bizarre measures in order to escape her clutches. Ostensibly intended as a follow-up to "Divorce Italian Style" (1961, co-written by screenwriter Alfredo Giannetti) and "Marriage Italian Style" (1964). Set in Sicily. Green wrappers, with a title label and credits for screenwriter A. Giannetti affixed on the front wrapper. Missing title page, presumably as issued. 8 leaves, with last page of text numbered 6. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine, with perfect binding.

Collection of 4 original black-and-white single weight still photographs from the 1961 Italian film. Two stills with brief annotations on the versos, in manuscript ink and pencil. Ferdinando (Mastroianni) is bored with life and his wife (Rocca). He falls in love with his cousin (Sandrelli), and since divorce is illegal in Italy unless there is just cause (like catching your spouse committing adultery), he decides to find his wife another lover instead of killing her. Seems simple enough. The first of Mastoianni's four "Italian Style" films, and winner of an Academy Award for Best Writing, a BAFTA, three Golden Globes, and nominated for a host of others. 7 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus overall, with moderate curling, a few with slight discoloration. Criterion Collection 286.

Original Italian program for the 1961 film, here under the original Italian title, "Divorzio all'italiana." Illustrated throughout with black-and-white still photos from the film, full-color front wrapper fold-out art, and the program details a synopsis and cast and crew credits. Notations throughout in manuscript ink, mostly amending certain words of the synopsis. Ferdinando (Mastroianni) is bored with life and his wife (Rocca). He falls in love with his cousin (Sandrelli), and since divorce is illegal in Italy unless there is just cause (like catching your spouse committing adultery), he decides to find his wife another lover instead of killing her. Seems simple enough. The first of Mastoianni's four "Italian Style" films, and winner of an Academy Award for Best Writing, a BAFTA, three Golden Globes, and nominated for a host of others. 9.5 x 13.25 inches, 9 leaves, saddle-stapled. Very Good overall, lacking staples, with creases, brief tears and foxing. Criterion Collection 286.