Jacques Demy Director Screenwriter (21 results)

Vintage reference photograph of Jacques Demy and Yves Montand on the set of the 1988 film. Demy's fanciful portrait of the life of singer and actor Yves Montand (playing himself), who returns to Marseille, the city of his childhood, to rehearse a stage musical based on his life, and falls in love the female lead, Marian (only to discover she is his daughter). Music by Demy's long-time collaborator Michel Legrand. Demy's final film before his unexpected death in 1990. Set in and shot on location in Marseille, France. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000.…

Vintage matte reference photograph of Marie-France Pisier, Francis Huster, and Jean Marais from the 1985 film. Provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso. Jacques Demy's homage to, and an update on, Jean Cocteau's 1950 masterwork "Orpheus." A quintessentially 1980s Rock Opera musical with Orpheus as a French pop star, and Cocteau's Orpheus, Marais, returning as Hades, operating out of an underground parking garage. Music by Demy's long-time collaborator Michel Legrand. Set in and shot on location in Paris, France. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine.…

Six vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1964 French film. One of director Jacques Demy's most beloved films, about a young woman in Cherbourg who falls in love with a man who is promptly drafted into the Algerian War. A classic of French cinema, with every word of dialogue sung in recitative. The first French film musical shot in color, and the movie that made Catherine Deneuve a star. Winner of the Palme d'Or and two other prizes at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival, and nominated for five Academy Awards Set and shot on location in Cherbourg, Normandy, France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 716. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema.…

Two vintage reference photographs of Jacques Demy on the set of the 1988 film. Demy's fanciful portrait of the life of singer and actor Yves Montand (playing himself), who returns to Marseille, the city of his childhood, to rehearse a stage musical based on his life, and falls in love the female lead, Marian (only to discover she is his daughter). Music by Demy's long-time collaborator Michel Legrand. Demy's final film before his unexpected death in 1990. Set in and shot on location in Marseille, France. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000.…

Two vintage reference photographs from the 1969 film, one showing Gary Lockwood and Anouk Aimee, the other showing Aimee alone. One with a provenance stamp and faded annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Jacques Demy's first English language film, recently a subject of renewed interest in two different documentaries about the Laurel Canyon music scene of the late 1960s. A young, discontented man in a dead-end relationship learns his draft notice has arrived and he is due to report for Army duty the following week. While out trying to raise money to keep his car from being repossessed, he sees, and becomes obsessed with, the beautiful Lola, an older French model who works in a "model shop" posing for photographers. Set and shot on location in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twilight Time 327.…

Two vintage reference photographs, with bottom margins, from the 1979 film, one of Catriona MacColl and Barry Stokes, and one on the set photograph of MacColl, Stokes, and director Jacques Demy. One with with provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome," and layout annotations in manuscript red pencil, on verso. Based on the 1972-1973 Japanese manga series "The Rose of Versailles" by Riyoko Ikeda, which was also made into a 40 episode anime series under the same name, directed by Tadao Nagahama and Osamu Dezak, and broadcast on Nippon Television from October 10, 1979 to September 3, 1980. Oscar Francois de Jarjayes, captain of the guards at the Palace of Versailles under King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, was born a girl and raised as a boy by her militant father. She now finds herself conflicted, while in the maw of the French Revolution, with the boy she loved in her youth, Oscar, on the opposite side of the struggle. Shot on location in Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Oise, and Versailles, France. 9.25 x 7 inches. Some faint creasing, else Near Fine.…

Vintage borderless reference photograph of actors Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo with director Jacques Demy on the set of the 1964 film. Stamp of Parc Film on the verso. One of Demy's most beloved films, about a young woman in Cherbourg who falls in love with a man who is promptly drafted into the Algerian War. A classic of French cinema, with every word of dialogue sung in recitative. The first French film musical shot in color, and the movie that made Catherine Deneuve a star. Winner of the Palme d'Or and two other prizes at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival, and nominated for five Academy Awards Set and shot on location in Cherbourg, Normandy, France. 7.25 x 5 inches. Very Good plus, with a small bruise and light wear to the finish on the top edge. Criterion Collection 716. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema.…

Two vintage borderless photographs from the 1969 film, including one reference photograph and one studio still. Director Jacques Demy's first English language film, recently a subject of renewed interest in two different documentaries about the Laurel Canyon music scene of the late 1960s. A young, discontented man in a dead-end relationship learns his draft notice has arrived and he is due to report for Army duty the following week. While out trying to raise money to keep his car from being repossessed, he sees, and becomes obsessed with, the beautiful Lola, an older French model who works in a "model shop" posing for photographers. Set and shot on location in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles. One 9.75 x 8 inches, one 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, one with light toning to the bottom edge, the other with a short closed tear to the left edge, repaired with paper tape on the verso. Twilight Time 327. …

Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of actors Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo on the set of the 1964 film. With the stamp of still photographer Patrick Gil Bertrand on the verso, along with manuscript ink annotations identifying the actors. One of director Jacques Demy's most beloved films, about a young woman in Cherbourg who falls in love with a man who is promptly drafted into the Algerian War. A classic of French cinema, with every word of dialogue sung in recitative. The first French film musical shot in color, and the movie that made Catherine Deneuve a star. Winner of the Palme d'Or and two other prizes at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival, and nominated for five Academy Awards Set and shot on location in Cherbourg, Normandy, France. 10.5 x 8.5 inches. Very Good plus, slightly wavy, with light creasing and a few scratches to the image. Criterion Collection 716. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema.…

Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1967 French film. Both with stamps on the verso crediting photographer André Grassart. In search of love, two sisters leave their small hometown and begin working as traveling carnival singers. Director Jacques Demy's charming follow-up to his 1964 film "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg." Shot on location in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France. Both photographs approximately 12 x 8 inches. Near Fine. BFI. Criterion Collection 717. Rosenbaum 1000.…

Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Jacques Demy with actors Gary Lockwood and Anouk Aimee on the set of the 1969 film. Demy's first English language film, recently a subject of renewed interest in two different documentaries about the Laurel Canyon music scene of the late 1960s. A young, discontented man in a dead-end relationship learns his draft notice has arrived and he is due to report for Army duty the following week. While out trying to raise money to keep his car from being repossessed, he sees, and becomes obsessed with, the beautiful Lola, an older French model who works in a "model shop" posing for photographers. Set and shot on location in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles. 10 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine. Twilight Time 327.…

Three vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1982 film, one of Jacques Demy and Dominique Sanda, and two of Demy and crew with camera. One with with provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso. Although similar to Demy's 1964 "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" in that it is an operettta-musical in which all the dialogue is sung, here Demy is much more explicitly political, and possibly even more tragic. Set during the Nantes worker's strike in 1955, shipyard worker Francois Guilbaud, a strikers, falls in love with his upper-class landlady's married daughter, Edith. Set in and shot on location in Nantes, France. 1) 9.5 x 6 inches, 2) 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 719. Rosenbaum 1000.…

Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph of Anouk Aimee from the 1961 film. Provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome," and provenance label of "de Selva - Tapabor," on verso. Jacques Demy's tribute to Max Ophuls, with title and character inspired by Josef von Sternberg's "Der Blaue Engel" (1930), starring Marlene Dietrich. Roland Cassard is a bored layabout until he has a chance encounter with Lola, a girl he dated in his teens before the war. Roland finds a renewed purpose in life, realizing he is still in love with Lola, now a cabaret dancer and mother who hopes her son's father, her true love, may still return. Shot on location in Nantes, France. 8.75 x 12 inches. Very Good plus with some edge and corner wear. Criterion Collection 714. Rosenbaum 1000.…

Five vintage borderless photographs from the 1964 film, including three reference photographs showing Jacques Demy on the set and one of Demy and composer Michel Legrand. Three with French release stamps on the verso, and one with a provenance stamp on the same. One of Demy's most beloved films, about a young woman in Cherbourg who falls in love with a man who is promptly drafted into the Algerian War. A classic of French cinema, with every word of dialogue sung in recitative. The first French film musical shot in color, and the movie that made Deneuve a star. Winner of the Palme d'Or and two other prizes at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival, and nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in Cherbourg, Normandy, France. Photographs range in size from 7 x 5 inches to 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Some light edgewear, else Near Fine overall. Criterion Collection 716. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. …

Two vintage oversize borderless photographs, one of Catherine Deneuve and Anne Vernon, and one of Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo, from the 1964 film. Both with provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome," one with layout annotations in manuscript ink, on the verso. One of director Demy's most beloved films, about a young woman in Cherbourg who falls in love with a man who is promptly drafted into the Algerian War. A classic of French cinema, with every word of dialogue sung in recitative. The first French film musical shot in color, and the movie that made Deneuve a star. Winner of the Palme d'Or and two other prizes at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival, and nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in Cherbourg, Normandy, France. 12 x 8.75 inches. Very Good plus, with light edgewear, one with three pinholes to corners, and one with a single pinhole and a small piece of cello tape on recto to upper left corner. Criterion Collection 716. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema.…

Two vintage borderless reference photographs from of the 1972 film, one showing actor Donovan in costume as the Piper, the other showing actors John Hurt and Donald Pleasance with director Jacques Demy on the set. One with mimeo snipe and provenance stamp of film scholar and author Jean-Pierre Berthome on the verso, the other with layout annotations in manuscript pencil on both recto and verso. Demy's take on the classic medieval German legend, set in 1349 Germany during the spread of the Black Death, and featuring Donovan, who also composed music for the film. 6.75 x 10 inches, and 7 x 10 inches. One Near Fine, the other Very Good plus, both with light rippling.…

Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1963 film, showing actors Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann. Stamp of photographer Agnès Varda, film director and wife of Jacques Demy, on the verso. Varda and director Jacques Demy were married from 1962 until Demy's death in 1990. While vacationing in Nice, a quiet young bank employee begins an affair with a gambler whose addiction and despair mirrors his own. Set and shot on location in Alpes-Maritimes, Val-d'Oise, and Paris, France, and in and Monte Carlo, Monaco. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 715.…

Three vintage reference photographs from the 1963 film, two borderless photographs of Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann, and one photograph of Jacques Demy and Moreau on the set of the film. One with provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso. A young bank employee, Jean, encouraged by his friend to try gambling, decides to vacation in Nice, where he meets and begins an affair with the beautiful Jackie, a gambling addict whose addiction masks an emptiness and despair. Set in and shot on location in Alpes-Maritimes, Val-d'Oise, and Paris, France and Monte Carlo, Monaco. 2) 8.75 x 7 inches, 1) 8 x 10 inches. One with faint creasing, else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 715. …

Collection of nine vintage reference photographs from the 1970 film, including eight borderless and one with narrow margins and wide bottom margin. Two bear provenance stamps on the verso, and one bears the stamp of photographer Andre Marinie. Three in the collection are on the set photographs featuring director Jacques Demy. Based on the 1695 French fairytale in verse by Charles Perrault, and loosely based on Jean Cocteau's 1946 "Beauty and the Beast." Shot on location in Chambord, Ecuille, Gmabais, Manche, and Oise, France. Photographs range in size from 7 x 5 inches to 10.5 x 7 inches. Generally about Near Fine. Criterion Collection 718.…

Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1969 film. Provenance stamps of film scholar and author J. P. Berthome on versos of all three, and one with a National Film Archive stamp on the verso. Demy's first English language film, recently a subject of renewed interest in two different documentaries about the Laurel Canyon music scene of the late 1960s. A young, discontented man in a dead-end relationship learns his draft notice has arrived and he is due to report for Army duty the following week. While out trying to raise money to keep his car from being repossessed, he sees, and becomes obsessed with, the beautiful Lola, an older French model who works in a "model shop" posing for photographers. Set and shot on location in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twilight Time 327.…

Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of Jacques Demy on the set of the 1970 film. Based on the 1695 French fairytale in verse by Charles Perrault, with numerous references to Jean Cocteau's 1946 "Beauty and the Beast." Upon the deathbed of his beautiful wife, the Blue Queen, the Blue King promises he would only marry someone more beautiful than her, and the only woman lovelier in the kingdom is their daughter, the Blue Princess. With the help of her wise godmother, the Fairy of the Lilac, the Blue Princess escapes to a nearby village wearing the foul skin of the king's prize donkey. Shot on location in Chambord, Ecuille, Gmabais, Manche, and Oise, France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 718.…