Jerome Geronimi (7 results)

Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the set of the 1956 French film, here under the original French title, "Si tous les gars du monde." Featured are images of the cast and crew on the fishing boat seen in the film, including director Christian-Jaque and cast family members. Photographer "le grand" credited on the recto in the bottom right corner. A poignant postwar imagining of collaborating countries, beliefs, and religions, about twelve fishermen out on the North Sea. Most of them eat spoiled ham and food poisoning incapacitates all but one, a Muslim who abstains from eating pork. The crew manages to send an S.O.S. using a radio, before all of them succumb. Photos 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine overall, slight curling. Envelope Near Fine.

Draft script for the 1957 film. Text in English. Loosely based on Egon Hostovsky's 1954 novel "The Midnight Patient." In order to finance his failing private clinic, a psychiatrist accepts a bribe to temporarily shelter a defecting Soviet scientist hotly pursued by a number of international secret agents. Set and shot in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, France. Teal titled wrappers. 132 leaves, with last page of text numbered 132. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus overall, bound with two silver clasps.

Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the set of the 1956 French film, here under the original French title, "Si tous les gars du monde." Featured are images of the caste and crew on the fishing boat seen in the film, including director Christian-Jaque and cast family members. All crediting photographer "le grand" on the recto, housed in an original French Kodak paper envelope, with annotations on the front of the envelope in manuscript ink. A poignant postwar imagining of collaborating countries, beliefs, and religions, about twelve fishermen out on the North Sea. Most of them eat spoiled ham and food poisoning incapacitates all but one, a Muslim who abstains from eating pork. The crew manages to send an S.O.S. using a radio, before all of them succumb. Photographs 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine overall, slight curling. Envelope Near Fine.

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1953 film. Based on the 1950 novel by Georges Arnaud. Henri-Georges Clouzot's breakthrough masterpiece, a tense and literally volatile thriller. Four luckless Europeans are hired by an American oil company to drive two trucks of nitroglycerine through the South American wilderness to extinguish a fire in the oil fields. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Gard and Bouches-du-Rhone, France. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 36. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby France.

Vintage reference photograph from the UK release of the 1955 French film noir. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1952 novel "Celle qui n'etait plus" by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. The wife and mistress of a cruel, brutish school principal orchestrate the perfect murder, but their plans are thrown into confusion when his body disappears. Set in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, and shot on location in Yvelines, Deux-Sevres, and Hauts-de-Seine, France. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, lightly curled. Criterion Collection 35. Grant France. Selby Masterwork. Spicer France. Vogel, Film as a Subversive Art.

Vintage reference photograph of (L-R) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Charles Vanel, unidentified woman, and Vera Clouzot on the set of the 1953 French film. Based on the 1950 French novel by Georges Arnaud. Remade in 1958 as "Violent Road," directed by Howard W. Koch starring Brian Keith and Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. and again in 1977 as "Sorcerer," directed by William Friedkin, and starring Roy Scheider and Bruno Cremer. Henri-Georges Clouzot's breakthrough masterpiece, a tense and literally volatile thriller. Four luckless Europeans are hired by an American oil company to drive two trucks of nitroglycerine through the South American wilderness to extinguish a fire in the oil fields. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Gard and Bouches-du-Rhone, France. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 36. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby France.

Two vintage reference photographs on the set of the 1960 film. Both with "Cinema Verite" and "London Express News" stamps on verso and one with mimeo snipe on verso. A young woman finds herself standing trial for the murder of her lover, forcing her to reflect on her memories of their turbulent relationship. Set in and shot on location in Paris, France. 6.75 x 10.25 inches and 7 x 10.25 inches. Mildly wavy, else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 960. Grant France.