Ennio de concini screenwriter (16 Ergebnisse)

Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 film. Three black and white, and one in color. Loosely based on the biblical story of Esther, a Jewish woman who helps the king of Persia combat the suppression of Jews promoted by the nefarious minister Haman. Set in Persia. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film. An historical sword-and-sandal drama, about the ancient Greek poet Sappho, who leads a life without men inside an all-women temple on the island of Lesbos. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with light wear to the left edge.

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.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1978 film. A soldier returns home to Berlin after World War I and begins working as a gigolo for wealthy women. Set in Berlin, shot on location in Berlin, Germany and Paris, France. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Weldon 1996.

Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1972 film. Three stamped production No. 72-327 on the bottom right corner of the recto. An Austrian aristocrat and war hero secretly murders his wives when he tires of them, and hides their bodies in his castle vault. Shot on location in Budapest, Hungary and Rome, Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. …

Vintage lobby card for the German release of the 1976 Italian film. Kinothek stamp on the verso. 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 the real Salon Kitty, a cabaret and brothel used by Nazi secret intelligence to collect information on high-ranking SS commandants and foreign dignitaries during World War II. Heavily edited for its US release, with many political elements purged in order to market the film as a sexploitation production. Considered one of the progenitors of the Nazi exploitation genre. Set in Berlin. 11.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus, lightly edgeworn at two corners. Blue Underground.…

Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1961 Italian film. A rogue planet enters the solar system, threatening to collide with Earth, and creating a number of hurricanes and storms as it draws closer. A mid-career effort by Academy Award-winning Italian screenwriter Ennio De Concini, here credited as Vassilij Petrov. Shot on location in Rome. 27 x 41 inches, folded. Very Good, lightly dampstained at the margins, with a closed tear at one corner.…

Collection of nine vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 film. Seven black and white, and two in color. Loosely based on the biblical story of Esther, a Jewish woman who helps the king of Persia combat the suppression of Jews promoted by the nefarious minister Haman. Set in Persia. 8 x 10 inches. Five Near Fine, with light wear to the corners, Four Very Good plus, with light creasing and faint soil to the top edge and verso.…

Complete set of eight original color studio still photographs from the 1972 film. An Austrian aristocrat and war hero secretly murders his wives when he tires of them, and hides their bodies in his castle vault. Shot on location in Budapest, Hungary and Rome, Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Draft script for the 1968 film, here under the working title "Tenderly." With a business card clipped to the first leaf. Laid in with the script is a typed two-page overview of director Franco Brusati's prior screenwriting and directorial credits. Text in English. After 15 years apart, a neurotic doctor reconnects with his childhood sweetheart, a free-spirited young woman. Set in Italy. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriters FRANCO BRUSATI and ENNIO DE CONCINI, and translator John Francis Lane. 137 leaves, with last page of text numbered 134. Carbon typescript, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, internally side stapled (our first encounter with this practice) and bound with two gold brads.…

Vintage borderless photograph from the 1972 film, showing Richard Burton and Raquel Welch in an eerie moment before a kiss. With manuscript annotations in black marker and pencil, and three press agency stamps on the verso. Another addition to the many renditions of the Bluebeard tale in which the wealthy Baron von Sepper (Richard Burton) repeatedly murders and stores the bodies of his dead wives. This time his spouse and potential victim is Anne (Joey Heatherton), an American woman who must find a way to save herself after finding a freezer full of women in his castle. Shot on location in Budapest, Hungary and Rome, Italy. 10.5 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…

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.…

Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1965 Italian/French/Spanish film, here under the alternate release title "Weekend Wives." With provenance stamps on the versos of each. Enrico Maria Salerno stars as Enrico Marletti, who spends a chaotic and terribly unpleasant weekend with his wife at the seaside, and only wishes to return to quiet of his home in Rome. Shot on location in Marche, Emilia-Romagna, and Rome. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, one with a chip at the bottom left corner (see image).…

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.…

Seven vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1976 Italian film. Based on the real Salon Kitty, a cabaret and brothel used by Nazi secret intelligence to collect information on high-ranking SS commandants and foreign dignitaries during World War II. Heavily edited for its US release, with many political elements purged in order to market the film as a sexploitation production. Considered one of the progenitors of the Nazi exploitation genre. Set in Berlin. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Blue Underground.…

Seven vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1961 film. Based on the 1893 play by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau. A laundry woman in France follows her husband to the battlefield, inadvertently helping Napoleon win a battle. They are both given the title of Duke and Duchess, though she does not understand and/or comply with the social manners of courtly life. Set in France, shot on location in Tuscany, Italy and Madrid, Spain. 7 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus, with some wear to the finish and light offsetting adhesive residue on the verso.…