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Two vintage borderless black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1972 French film "La course du lievre a travers les champs," release in the US as "And Hope to Die." Featured is a rare still of director Clement brandishing a rifle, and a still of actor Trintignant contemplating the true value of a ten-dollar bill. Loosely based on David Goodis' 1954 seminal hardboiled novel "Black Friday," a paperback original. A French fugitive heads for Canada and ends up joining a gang of criminals in the midst of kidnapping the mentally-challenged daughter of a rival crimelord. The plan goes accordingly until the girl accidentally dies. Shot on location in Quebec, Canada, and Hauts-de-Seine, France. Both stills 7 x 9.25 inches, borderless as issued. Ink annotations on the versos, else Near Fine overall.…

Vintage oversize borderless double weight photograph of Charles Aznavour and Michele Mercier from the 1960 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Aznavour spends half his time playing saloon piano and half his time on the run in this early Truffaut masterpiece, one of the great French noirs, based on the 1956 hard-boiled novel "Down There" by American pulp author David Goodis. Criterion notes: "François Truffaut is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in this, his most playful film. Part thriller, part comedy, part tragedy, Shoot the Piano Player relates the adventures of mild-mannered piano player Charlie (Charles Aznavour, in a triumph of hangdog deadpan) as he stumbles into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair. Loaded with gags, guns, clowns, and thugs, this razor-sharp homage to the American gangster film is pure nouvelle vague." 11.5 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection. Grant France.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film noir, showing Lauren Bacall and Agnes Moorehead. French release stamp on the verso. Based on the 1946 novel by David Goodis, about a man who undergoes extreme facial plastic surgery in order to avoid arrest after he is wrongly convicted of murdering his wife. The third of four films to pair Bogey and Bacall. Set and shot on location in San Francisco. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US.…

Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of actor Charles Aznavour and director François Truffaut on the set of the 1960 film. Annotations in manuscript ink and a printed provenance label on the verso. Aznavour spends half his time playing saloon piano and half his time on the run in this early Truffaut masterpiece, one of the great French noirs, based on the 1956 hard-boiled novel "Down There" by American pulp author David Goodis. Criterion notes: "François Truffaut is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in this, his most playful film. Part thriller, part comedy, part tragedy, Shoot the Piano Player relates the adventures of mild-mannered piano player Charlie (Charles Aznavour, in a triumph of hangdog deadpan) as he stumbles into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair. Loaded with gags, guns, clowns, and thugs, this razor-sharp homage to the American gangster film is pure nouvelle vague." 9 x 11.25 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 315. Grant France.…