Jules Dassin Director (15 results)

Condition: Good. Two black & white photo prints. 8 x 10". Movie stills featuring Peter Ustinov, Melina Mercouri. Printed in U.S.A.

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1955 French film noir. With one provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Auguste Le Breton. A newly released jewel thief robs a jewelry store, stoking the flames of rivalry with another gangster. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant France. Arrow Academy. Criterion Collection 115. Ebert II. Lee, The Heist Film. Selby France. …

Three vintage studio still photographs and one vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1964 film. One photograph with mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1962 novel, "The Light of Day" by Eric Ambler. Two ex-lovers plan to steal from Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. They hire a man to drive explosives for the burglary, but when the police stop him they assume he is part of an assassination attempt. Winner of one Academy Award for Peter Ustinov as Best Actor. Set in Istanbul, shot on location in Istanbul, Turkey, Kavala, Greece, Paris, France, and Hauts-de-Seine, France. Two photographs 10 x 8 inches, one photograph 7 x 9 inches. Very Good plus, with one photograph with pins holes at the corner and a tear at the bottom right corner. Lee, The Heist Film. Penzler 101.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1970 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1962 play "First Love: A Play in Three Acts" by Samuel Taylor, which was adapted from the 1960 French autobiographical novel "La Promesse de l'aube" by Romain Gary. Depiction of the the young life of writer Romain Gary, illegitimate son of Soviet silent film actress Nina Kacewa, and their life together in Leningrad, Krakow, and Paris. The last film film to be directed by Hollywood black-listed director Jules Dassin. Shot on location in Nice and Paris, France, and the USSR. 8 x 10 inches. A tiny bruise in the far bottom margin, else Near Fine.…

Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Jules Dassin with actors Melina Mercouri and Anthony Perkins on the set of the 1962 film. Based on Eurypides' Ancient Greek tragedy "Hippolytus," about the wife of a wealthy shipping tycoon who falls in love with her stepson. The fourth collaboration between Dassin and Mercouri, who would go on to marry in 1966. 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine.…

Pas de couverture. Condition: Bon. Rare - Authentic album page signed in person in 1986 in Paris. + Photo 21x15 cm (recent print). Size : 21x14 cm. Condition : please see scans. Provenance : impressive collection of a Parisian autograph hunter called Thierry (or Terry). Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.…

Vintage one sheet poster for the 1968 film. An overlooked and important film, one of the first to deal with contemporary Black revolutionaries who rose in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Today considered a work that seeded the explosion of Blaxploitation films in the late 1960s and into the 1970s. The story's events surround the death of Martin Luther King, framed as a remake of "The Informer" (John Ford, 1935), in turn based on the 1925 proletarian novel by Liam O'Flaherty. Shot on location in Cleveland, the first US film for noted director Jules Dassin (who had left the US at the height of the McCarthy hearings) in nearly two decades. 26.75 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus. with starting at the center folds. Grant US. Olive Films 425.…

Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1947 film. Annotation in manuscript pencil on the versos. A group of prisoners at the strict Westgate Penitentiary plan an escape, but fear their plans will be ruined by sadistic, power-hungry guard Captain Munsey. Director Jules Dassin's important first film, a key noir followed by several others, notably "The Naked City" (1948), "Thieves' Highway" (1949), "Night and the City" (1950), and "Rififi" (1955). From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Small creases at the top left corners, else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 383. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir.…

Vintage borderless reference photograph, with a thin bottom margin, from the 1947 film. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. A group of prisoners at the strict Westgate Penitentiary plan an escape, but fear their plans will be ruined by sadistic, power-hungry guard Captain Munsey. Director Jules Dassin's important first film, a key noir followed by several others, notably "The Naked City" (1948), "Thieves' Highway" (1949), "Night and the City" (1950), and "Rififi" (1955). 9.25 x 7.5 inches. Light even toning, else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 383. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir.…

Vintage reference photograph of actors Howard Duff, Ella Raines, and Burt Lancaster, director Jules Dassin, and producer Mark Hellinger on a lunch break on the set of the 1947 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Led by Burt Lancaster, a group of prisoners at the strict Westgate Penitentiary plan an escape, but fear their plans will be ruined by sadistic, power-hungry guard Hume Croyn. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with three hole punch impressions along the left side. Criterion Collection 383. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir.…

Vintage publicity photograph from the 1948 film, showing Howard Duff and Dorothy Hart. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. One of the most important noir films of the 1940s, in that it was the first to use location shooting in New York City, an approach that would become common in the decade to follow. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. Approximately 8 x 10 inches, trimmed irregularly. Pinholes at each corner, else about Near Fine. National Film Registry. Arrow Academy. Criterion Collection 380. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic US. Spicer Classic US.…

Collection of 6 vintage photographs from the 1947 film. 5 are studio still photographs, and one is a reference photograph. Criterion Collection 383. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby Masterwork US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US.

Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1947 film, one showing actors Ann Blyth, Ella Raines, Anita Colby, and Yvonne De Carlo walking on the set with producer Mark Hellinger, the other showing De Carlo alone. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso of one. A group of prisoners at the strict Westgate Penitentiary plan an escape, but fear their plans will be ruined by sadistic, power-hungry guard Captain Munsey. Director Jules Dassin's important first film, a key noir followed by several others, notably "The Naked City" (1948), "Thieves' Highway" (1949), "Night and the City" (1950), and "Rififi" (1955). From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 383. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir.…

Collection of 16 vintage lobby cards from the French release of the 1964 US film. Based on the 1962 novel by Eric Ambler, about a con man forced to help a group of thieves steal a jeweled dagger from an Istanbul museum. Peter Ustinov won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in the film. 9 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1948 film noir, showing director Jules Dassin and a camera crew with producer Mark Hellinger setting up a shot, while crowds of spectators look on in the background. Printed mimeo snipe and Culver Service stamps on the verso. One of the most important noir films of the 1940s, in that it was the first to use location shooting in New York City, an approach that would become common in the decade to follow. 8 x 10 inches, trimmed irregularly. About Near Fine. National Film Registry. Arrow Academy. Criterion Collection 380. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic US. Spicer Classic US.…