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Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the US release of the 1965 French-Italian film. A well-made, low-budget drama about two hit men sent to assassinate a man in France. Sprawling French countryside and a cool jazz-combo score set the tone for the two hit men to get to know each other on the way to kill someone. Considered a forgotten gem, with overtones of noir and French New Wave. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Pinholes, and the extremities have been roughly trimmed, else Near Fine.…

Vintage black-and-white reference still photograph from the Spanish release, circa 1970, of the 1969 French-Italian film. Notations in manuscript ink and pencil (in Spanish) on the recto and verso. Presumably a press photograph, with a cropping note on the recto (translated: "contrast a little background"). Jeff (Rouquier) is the mastermind who has planned a successful robbery, but fails to show up for share-out. His girlfriend Eva (Darc) is tortured by accomplices until she squeals, and begins search for Jeff, with the help of his confidant, Laurent (Delon). Director Herman and Alain Delon also collaborated on the 1968 crime adventure, "Farewell, Friend," also starring Charles Bronson. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus, with light creasing and foxing. Hardy, The Gangster Film US.…

Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the US release of the 1970 French-Italian-German film. Title layovers affixed to the rectos over the original titles. Based on a novel by French writer Francis Ryck (aka Yves Delville), about a woman who kills her husband under the suspicion of infidelity, when in reality, the man was a secret agent. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases to the extremities, else Near Fine.…

Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the American release of the 1970 French film, showing actor Alain Delon. 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 Parsons School of Design, his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Based on Eugene Saccomano's 1959 book "Bandits a Marseille." Two small time gangsters in 1930s Marseille join forces and go into business, vying with mob bosses for control. Director Jacques Deray released a sequel, "Borsalino and Co," in 1974, starring Delon and Riccardo Cucciolla. Set and shot on location in Marseille and Paris. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus, lightly edgeworn, with two pinholes at each corner and adhesive residue on the verso. Grant France. Spicer France.…

Draft script for the 1970 French film noir, here under the working title "Marseille 1930." Text in French. Annotation on front wrapper of release title, written large and boldly in cursive manuscript pencil, with working title on title page. Erased annotations in manuscript pencil still visible on upper left of title page of names of actors "Alan Delon," and "Belmondo," with two other names illegible. A few annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on several pages circling characters or props and one noting the camera field of vision, otherwise changes to scene numbers. Based on the 1959 history of Marseille gangsters "Bandits a Marseille" by Eugene Saccamano. Two small time gangsters (Belmondo and Delon), in 1930s Marseille, join forces and go into business themselves, vying for control against mob bosses. Director Jacques Deray released the sequel "Borsalino and Co" in 1974, starring Alain Delon and Riccardo Cucciolla. Set in and shot on location in Marseille and Paris. Gray untitled wrappers, bound at the left in black cloth tape as issued. Title page present. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine with first two pages separating from binding near top, wrapper with light soiling, else Near Fine, bound with binding tape. Grant France. Spicer France.…

Vintage one sheet poster for the US release of the 1966 French film. A modern adaptation of the 1872 Emile Zola play "La Curee." Pampered young Renee Saccard (Jane Fonda), married to the older, wealthy industrialist Alexandre Saccard (Michel Piccoli) is tricked out of her fortune when she falls for his son Maxime (Peter McEnery). The second of four films Vadim and Fonda would make together. Set in Paris. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus, some splitting to three of the folds.…

Four vintage press photographs from the 1966 film. Each with the stamp of Robert Levy on the verso, and two with the stamp of press agency Parimage. One image shows director Roger Vadim carrying a smiling Jane Fonda, whom he married just prior to the start of filming. A modern adaptation of the 1872 novel "La Curee" by Emil Zola, about a wealthy young woman who marries and older man, only to be tricked out of her fortune when she falls for his son. The second of four films Vadim and Fonda would make together. 9.25 x 7.25 inches, three photographs with wide bottom margins. Near Fine.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1973 film, showing Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin in bed together. Vadim's attempt to explore female freedom and sexuality for women by changing the classical figure of Don Juan into the modern figure of Brigitte Bardot. The fifth film Vadim made starring Bardot, and one of two released in 1973, after which she retired from acting. Shot in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1973 French film, showing Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin in bed together. Director Roger Vadim's attempt to explore women's sexual liberation by changing the classical figure of Don Juan into a woman, here played by Bardot in her fifth film with Vadim. Shot in Paris. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Very Good with some light wear at the corners, but still quite bright and clean.…