French Cinema from Royal Books, Inc.

Neuilly-sur-Seine: Argos Films, 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 film, showing actress Paloma Picasso, in costume as Countess Bathory, staring down at four nude women. Stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Draft script for the 1981 French film, with a single manuscript ink annotation of copy number "20" on the title page. Released in the US in 1982 under the title "Boléro" (referring to the 1928 Maurice Ravel orchestral piece used in the film's soundtrack). An enormous 194-page script with mostly unnumbered pages, though some pages are… Read more about this item

Paris: Sygma, 1976. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1976 film, showing Jane Birkin raising her skirt to reveal that she is not wearing underwear. Mimeo snipe and Sygma stamp on the verso. A tomboyish waitress at a truck stop develops a crush on a gay garbage truck driver, and in spite of all odds they… Read more about this item

Lyon: Sygma, 1995. Vintage reference photograph of Catherine Deneuve and Laurence Côte relaxing between takes on the set of the 1996 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso crediting photographer Isabelle Weingarten. A love triangle develops between a beautiful shoplifter, a cynical police officer, and a philosophy professor. Shot on location in Lyon. 9.5 x… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1973. Collection of five vintage borderless color lobby cards from the French release of the 1970 British film. An innocent young woman is drawn into a world of perversion, drugs, and murder when her stepfather sends her to a sex cult on a remote island. Shot on location in Barcelona and Murcia. … Read more about this item

N.p.: Valoria Films, 1970. Vintage pressbook for the 1970 French film. 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… Read more about this item

N.p.: Elysee Films, 1973. Vintage pressbook for the 1973 French erotic film. Text and titles in French. 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.… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: N.p., 1962. Two vintage borderless candid photographs of Danish-French actress Anna Karina in a boutique, trying on a hat, 1962. With the stamp of Kövesdi International Press Agency on the versos. 7 x 5 inches. Very Good plus, with tide marks on the versos.

N.p.: N.p., 1974. Vintage lobby card for the German release of the 1974 French film. 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… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1978. Collection of six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1978 film. A Belgian filmmaker travels across western Europe to promote her latest film, encountering a wide range of figures, both strangers and important people from her past, along the way. Set and shot on location in Belgium, France, and West Germany. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1954. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the classic 1954 film, showing Jacques Tati on the beach. Number stamp and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Good-natured, bumbling Mr. Hulot decides to take a summer trip to the French coast, where he wreaks benevolent chaos on the residents of a small seaside resort. The… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1984. Vintage large format color slide transparency from the 1984 French film, showing actress Isabelle Pasco crucified topless. A defrocked priest and his mistress set themselves up as the divine leaders of an esoteric religious sect, and soon take control of an entire village. Originally taken by photographer Bettina Rheims, the image of Pasco half-nude and… Read more about this item

Montreal: Prima Film, 1968. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1968 French-Czechoslovak film, including one double weight and two single weight. Vanessa Redgrave & Joshua Logan on set of Camelot (1967). Double weight photograph with cropping annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the recto, single weight photographs with Canadian distribution stamps on the versos. Double weight… Read more about this item

N.p.: Cinema International, 1975. Collection of six vintage lobby cards for the 1975 French film. 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… Read more about this item

N.p.: Francos Films / Films Ege, 1974. Two vintage lobby cards for the 1974 French erotic film. 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… Read more about this item

Munich: Filmverlag der Autoren, 1975. Vintage borderless lobby card for the German release of the 1975 French film. 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… Read more about this item

Paris: Sygma, 1974. Vintage borderless oversize photograph of actress Sirpa Lane in 1974. Mimeo snipe and stamp of photographer Leonard de Raemy 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,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1979. Vintage lobby card for the 1979 French documentary film. 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… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Vintage borderless lobby card for the German release of the 1960 French film. 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.… Read more about this item

N.p.: Images Film Archive, 1979. Vintage studio still photograph of director Abel Gance from Francis Ford Coppola's 1980 re-release of the 1927 French silent film. SIGNED and dated 1979 by Gance on the bottom left corner. One of the late masterpieces of the silent era, following Napoleon's early life through his appointment as Commander in Chief of… Read more about this item