Fred Baker Director Screenwriter (4 results)

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. An obscure 1972 sexploitation film from filmmaker Fred Baker, now likely lost. Noted as a documentary on IMDB. 8 x 10 inches. Wax pencil annotation to the lower left corner, else Near Fine.

Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film. Five photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. A pair of filmmakers, in hopes of raising money to shoot a documentary on Lenny Bruce, decide to meet that goal by shooting pornographic films with runaway flower kids in Greenwich Village over a weekend. Aspects of cinema verite mixed with sexploitation, with an early appearance by actress Joy Bang and a cameo by Robert Altman (in the same year he directed MASH). Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with some faint creasing, edgewear, and one with a wax pencil annotation on the recto.…

Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 art-hardcore film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. An aspiring young filmmaker wants to make his own films but, to raise the necessary money, must first make some stag films, enlisting the help of several teenage flower-children in 1968 Greenwich Village. Featuring an early appearance by a young Robert Altman, who plays a porno distributor. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage one sheet poster for the little-seen 1972 documentary. At 25 x 38 inches, a bit smaller than the standard one sheet poster size of 27 x 41 inches. The second documentary to be produced on Bruce after his death in 1966, though the first, "Lenny Bruce in 'Lenny Bruce' (1967), was basically a film of a single performance. Baker's film combines footage of Bruce from "The Steve Allen Show," audio-only clips, an interview by Nat Hentoff with a broken-down Bruce near the end of his life, and the video footage of Bruce dead in his bathroom of an overdose. A brutal and non-judgmental examination of the man who changed not only the nature of comedy, but the nature of performance itself. Made by Bruce's longtime friend, filmmaker, actor, screenwriter, and jazz musician Fred Baker. 25 x 38 inches, Folded as Issued. Light edgewear else Near Fine.…