Otto preminger director (41 Ergebnisse)

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1945 film. Based on the 1912 play "Die Zarin" by Lajos Biro and Melchior Lengyel. A lieutenant starts an affair with Catherine the Great, despite his fiancée being one of her ladies-in-waiting. Set in 18th century Russia. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with pinholes at the corners, some creasing at the top left corner, and a small tear at the top left edge.…

Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1962 film. Stamped production No. 63-83 on the verso and on the bottom right corner of the recto. Based on Allen Drury's Pulitzer Prize-winning political shocker of 1959 (but detached from the novel's Cold War agenda), about how American government functions in a free society. Set in Washington, DC, and shot on location there. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall, with a short closed tear to the left edge. Scorsese, A Personal Journey Through American Movies.…

Two vintage photographs from the 1979 film, one a studio still of Robert Morley and Derek Jacobi, the other a compilation photograph featuring headshots of John Gielgud, Morley, Jacobi, and Richard Attenborough. Based on the 1978 novel by Graham Greene, with screenplay written by Tom Stoppard. A low-level bureaucrat in the British Secret Service M16 (Nicol Williamson) finds himself unknowingly used by the Soviets as he struggles with his love for his family and the ambiguity of his ethical responsibilities. The final film directed by director Otto Preminger. Set and shot on location in UK and Kenya. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1971 film. Re-released on DVD in 2011 after decades of being unavailable for viewing, "Such Good Friends" is an ambitious, morally ambiguous story about a wife's descent into uncertainty and personal anarchy upon discovering her husband has had numerous affairs with their mutual friends. Considered by cinephiles to be among Preminger's best dramas, with a debut script by a young Elaine May, who would release her first film as a director ("A New Leaf") the same year. Shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine, with a crease to the right margin.…

Vintage photograph from the 1959 film. Based on the 1958 novel by John D. Voelker, under the pseudonym Robert Traver, which he based on a real life case of a veteran accused of killing a local man who he believed raped his wife. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor for Jimmy Stewart, and twice for Best Supporting Actor for George C. Scott and Arthur O'Connell. Set in Michigan and shot on location there. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good to Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 600. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Grant US. Selby US.…

Three vintage studio still color photographs from the 1958 film. Based on the 1954 novel by Francoise Sagan. A teenage girl feels her comfortable life begin to change when her widowed father proposes to his girlfriend, and the girl becomes determined to end their relationship. Set and shot on location in Saint-Tropez, France. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good, lightly edgeworn and lightly and evenly toned. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Twilight Time.…

Vintage pressbook for the 1971 film. Based on the 1970 novel. A Manhattan housewife discovers her husband's numerous affairs after he becomes gravely sick following a routine surgery. Set and shot on location in New York. 12.25 x 15 inches folded. Single leaf, folded twice. Lightly edgeworn, else about Near Fine.…

Vintage pressbook for the 1958 film. Based on the 1954 novel by Francoise Sagan. A teenage girl feels her comfortable life begin to change when her widowed father proposes to his girlfriend, and the girl becomes determined to end their relationship. Set and shot on location in Saint-Tropez, France. 14 x 15.5 inches. Four leaves, saddle stapled. Very Good plus, folded once horizontally. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Twilight Time. …

Vintage pressbook for the 1975 film. Five daughters of influential men are kidnapped off the yacht "Rosebud" by anti-Israel terrorists in the Palestinian Liberation Army. Peter O'Toole stars as an undercover CIA agent masquerading as a "Newsweek" reporter who must fight for the release of the girls. Shot on location in Corsica, France, and Germany. 13.25 x 18 inches. Four leaves, saddle stapled. Near Fine. …

Vintage studio still photograph of Noel Coward from the 1965 film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Spicer UK. Grant UK.

Original pressbook for the 1951 film noir. Based on the French novel, "Le Corbeau" ("The Raven") by Louis Chavance. The sixth of director Otto Preminger's seven classic "chamber noirs," a remake of the French noir masterpiece, "Le Corbeau" (1943, Henri Georges Clouzot). A testament to Production Code-era antagonism, Preminger pushed the limits of alllowed sexual content. A mile marker for films that would lead to the Code's end in the late 1950s. 16 pages, 11 x 15 inches. Original sewn signatures have been neatly removed, but binding glue intact, with no leaves missing or loose, overall Very Good plus or better. Faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages, and brief wear at a couple of corners. Still bright and appealing. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US.…

Three vintage color studio still photographs from the 1963 film. Based on the 1950 novel of the same name by Henry Morton Robinson, detailing the life of a young American priest who must face numerous moral dilemmas, the rise of Nazis, and growing bigotry while he rises into power within the church. The story is based in part on the career of Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman, archbishop of New York (1939-1967). Shot on location in Boston. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. …

Vintage reference photograph of Otto Preminger, Kim Novak, and Frank Sinatra on the set of the 1955 film. Based on the 1949 National Book Award-winning novel by Nelson Algren. A strung-out jazz drummer in Chicago trying to make it, caught between the wife who tries to manipulate him into staying with her and the hostess at a local club who encourages him to pursue his dreams. Nominated for three Academy Awards, including a Best Actor nomination for Frank Sinatra. Set in Chicago. 8.25 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1954 Western film, showing actor Robert Mitchum. Loosely based on the 1948 Italian film "Bicycle Thieves." A woman hires a widowed ex-con and his son to help her navigate a river journey to search for her gambler husband. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 3535.

Vintage reference photograph of Jane Fonda, Otto Preminger, and Michael Caine on the set of the 1967 film. Layout annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on verso. Based on the 1965 novel by Bert and Katya Gilden. A story of racial prejudice and land ownership in the deep south in 1946. Perhaps director Otto Preminger's worst well-cast flop of the latter part of his career, a legendary flop which came under fire from almost every angle. Flm debut of actor Faye Dunaway, who was so dissatisfied with the experience that she later claimed Preminger didn't "know anything at all about the process of acting" and sued the director to break a five-film contract she had signed with him. Set and shot on location in Georgia. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light edgewear, creasing, and annotations in manuscript wax pencil in margins. Olive Films 248.…

Vintage oversize, double weight, borderless still photograph from the 1958 film of a stone faced David Niven and smiling Deborah Kerr water skiiing on a break from filming on the French Riviera. Based on the 1954 novel by Francoise Sagan. Shot, struck, and mounted by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby, with his ASMP rubber stamp and a lengthily manuscript description of the scene on the verso. Full provenance available. After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles, photographer Robert Willoughby began working for magazines such as "Life," "Look," and "Harper's Bazaar" in the late 1940s. He spent the next 20-plus years as a set photographer for every major studio and magazine, with his images seen in print literally every week of his career. Willoughby's photographs are in the permanent collections of ten museums, including The National Portrait Galleries in Washington, DC and London, the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, The Museum of Modern Art, and The Tate Modern. 14 x 9.5. Near Fine with light edgewear. …

Draft script for the 1970 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member, with their manuscript ink annotations to the title page, and throughout pages 136-179, regarding props for scenes at the beach. Missing five pages, likely as used or issued. Based on the 1968 novel by Marjorie Kellogg, about a young woman who suffers severe facial scarring after being attacked with battery acid, but finds comfort in friendship with two other social outcasts. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Massachusetts and California. White wrappers, with a vertical tear to the partial front wrapper, obscuring the title. Title page present, dated May 1, 1969, with credits for director Otto Preminger and screenwriter-novelist Marjorie Kellogg. 177 leaves, with last page of text numbered 184. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 6/27 and 8/11. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Good, bound internally with a silver prong.…

Draft script for the 1979 film. Illustrated front wrapper based on Saul Bass' poster design for the film. Copy belonging to uncredited crew member David Hitchcock, with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Manuscript annotations throughout primarily indicating deleted scenes. Also included is a carbon typed letter signed by Otto Preminger, dated 19th October 1979, to dubbing editor Peter Pennell terminating his employment at the conclusion of production. The final film directed by director Otto Preminger, based on the 1978 novel by Graham Greene, with screenplay written by Tom Stoppard, about a low-level bureaucrat in the British Secret Service M16 who finds himself unknowingly used by the Soviets as he struggles with his love for his family and the ambiguity of his ethical responsibilities. Set and shot on location in UK and Kenya. White illustrated titled wrappers. Title page present, dated 1978, with credits for screenwriter Tom Stoppard and novelist Graham Greene, rubber stamped copy No. 146. 146 leaves, with last page of text numbered 146. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with a silver prong binding.…

Vintage oversize double weight photograph of Frank Sinatra and Kim Novak in conference with director Otto Preminger on the set of "The Man with the Golden Arm" in the fall of 1955. Shot and struck by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby. SIGNED by Willoughby on the verso, along his ASMP rubber stamp for both his New York and Ireland addresses. Full provenance available. After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles, photographer Robert Willoughby began working for magazines such as "Life," "Look," and "Harper's Bazaar" in the late 1940s. He spent the next 20-plus years as a set photographer for every major studio and magazine, with his images seen in print literally every week of his career. Willoughby's photographs are in the permanent collections of ten museums, including The National Portrait Galleries in Washington, DC and London, the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, The Museum of Modern Art, and The Tate Modern. In a custom museum-quality frame, archivally mounted, with UV glass. 8.5 x 13.5 inches. Near Fine. Selby US.…

Vintage oversize double weight photograph of Frank Sinatra on the set of "The Man with the Golden Arm" in the fall of 1955. Shot and struck by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby. SIGNED by Willoughby on the verso, along his ASMP rubber stamp for both his New York and Ireland addresses. Full provenance available. After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles, photographer Robert Willoughby began working for magazines such as "Life," "Look," and "Harper's Bazaar" in the late 1940s. He spent the next 20-plus years as a set photographer for every major studio and magazine, with his images seen in print literally every week of his career. Willoughby's photographs are in the permanent collections of ten museums, including The National Portrait Galleries in Washington, DC and London, the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, The Museum of Modern Art, and The Tate Modern. In a custom museum-quality frame, archivally mounted, with UV glass. 8.5 x 13.5 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. …

Two vintage vernacular snapshot photographs from the set of the 1955 film, one of actor Gary Cooper with uncredited camera operator Albert Myers and director of photography Sam Leavitt, and one of Myers and director Otto Preminger, with pencil and ink annotations on the versos. Photographs belonging to uncredited camera operator Myers. British born Albert Myers, usually credited as Al Myers, was a camera operator and camera crew member in Hollywood for over 50 years beginning in the late 1920s. He is credited in 30 films from 1927 to 1978, and assuredly worked on many more films uncredited during that time. His credits include "The Virginian" (1946), "Carmen Jones" (1954), "The Man with the Golden Arm" (1955), and "The Defiant Ones" (1958). Based on the true story of Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell and his court martial for questioning the loyalty of his superiors for allowing the air corp to deteriorate. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Shot on location in El Monte, California and Washington DC. 3.5 x 3.5 inches and 5 x 4 inches. Very Good plus, with faint soiling. Olive Films.…

Five vintage borderless black and white photographs from the 1965 film. One with studio information printed at the bottom margin, the remaining being reference photographs. Several stamped production No. 65-316 on the verso. Based on Merriam Modell's 1957 novel. A single mother is thrown into an existential nightmare when her little girl Bunny goes missing, with all of Bunny's possessions apparently stolen from their home, leading police to doubt the girl's existence. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good, first photo with a small corner chip at the bottom left. Grant UK. Spicer UK.…

Vintage borderless double weight photograph of Romy Schneider and Tom Tryon on the set of the 1963 film. With production stamp and manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1950 novel of the same name by Henry Morton Robinson, detailing the life of Stephen Fermoyle (Tom Tryon), a young American priest who must face personal moral dilemmas, the rise of Naziism, and bigotry while he rises into power within the church. The story is based in part on the career of Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman, archbishop of New York (1939-1967). Shot on location in Boston. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with lightly scalloped edges.…

Collection of 20 vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1962 film. Based on Allen Drury's Pulitzer Prize-winning political shocker of 1959 (but detached from the novel's Cold War agenda), about how American government functions in a free society. Set and shot on location in Washington, DC. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, some with light wear to the corners. Scorsese, A Personal Journey Through American Movies. …

Collection of nine vintage reference photographs from the 1955 film, two dated 1955 and seven dated 1956. Four photos shown, please inquire to see others. Based on the 1949 National Book Award-winning novel by Nelson Algren. A strung-out jazz drummer in Chicago trying to make it, caught between the wife who tries to manipulate him into staying with her and the hostess at a local club who encourages him to pursue his dreams. Nominated for three Academy Awards, including a Best Actor nomination for Frank Sinatra. Set in Chicago. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US.…

Vintage matte-finish reference photograph of Otto Preminger on the set of the 1955 film. Based on the 1949 novel by Nelson Algren, about a strung-out jazz drummer in Chicago trying to make it, caught between the wife who tries to manipulate him into staying with her and the hostess at a local club who encourages him to pursue his dreams. Nominated for three Academy Awards, including a Best Actor nomination for Frank Sinatra. Set in Chicago. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1954 film, showing actors Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte talking with Robert Mitchum and director Otto Preminger. Loosely based on the 1943 musical, an all-Black stage adaptation of Bizet's 1875 opera "Carmen," which was in turn based on Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy's 1845 novella. A parachute factory worker has a reputation for promiscuous behavior, but finds herself obsessed with the one man she cannot have: Joe, an engaged army officer. Set in North Carolina. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. BFI 611.…

Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1960 film, showing director Otto Preminger and a camera crew between takes, with actor Paul Newman in the foreground, whose head is in a box. With a stamp crediting still photographer Leo Fuchs on the verso. Based on Leon Uris' 1958 novel about the founding of the state of Israel in 1948, following a ship carrying Jewish immigrants whose passage to the holy land is blocked by the British, with whom they must negotiate. Shot on location in Israel and Cyprus. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage matte reference photograph of Otto Preminger on the set of the 1955 film. Based on the 1949 National Book Award-winning novel by Nelson Algren. A strung-out jazz drummer in Chicago trying to make it, caught between the wife who tries to manipulate him into staying with her and the hostess at a local club who encourages him to pursue his dreams. Nominated for three Academy Awards, including a Best Actor nomination for Frank Sinatra. Set in Chicago. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with pinholes at corners and small closed tear to left margin, with archival paper tape repairs on verso. Grant US. Selby US.…

Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1965 film, one showing Otto Preminger directing Laurence Olivier, the other showing Olivier and Carol Lynley, with crew members visible in the background. Based on Merriam Modell's 1957 novel. A single mother is thrown into an existential nightmare when her little girl Bunny goes missing, with all of Bunny's possessions apparently stolen from their home, leading police to doubt the girl's existence. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good, first photo with a small corner chip at the bottom left. Grant UK. Spicer UK.…