Condition: Very Good. C. 1960. Six original b/w double-weight film still photographs from the French film, "Le coin tranquille" [The Quiet Corner] (1957), released about 1960 in the UK. The film was given an X Certificate rating, meaning no admission to anyone under 16. Based on a play by Michel Andre, about 2 couples in the woods, romance between spouses, gangsters. Starring coquettish Dany Robin and directed by Vernay, who's directorial credits reach back to the 40s, including a version of "The Count of Monte Cristo." The film is available internationally, but overall seems largely lost.ÂFive double-weight, one single-weight (press photo), all b/w, all 8x10 inches, white borders. Collation: M1, M5, M9 (press photo w/ film credits mimeo on the verso, no credits on recto), M10, M12, M14. Very Good overall, all w/ light curling, foxing, toning.
Vintage reference photograph from the 1931 film. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil and two overlapping National Film Archive stamps on the verso. A key French film noir antecedent, based on the 1929 novel by Georges de La Fouchardiere, and the 1930 play by Andre Mouezy-Eon. An aspiring painter, trapped in an abusive marriage, falls in love with a prostitute, who scams him out of the money for his paintings with the help of her pimp. The second sound film by Jean Renoir. Remade in 1945 as Scarlet Street, directed by Fritz Lang and starring Edward G. Robinson and Joan Bennett. Set in and shot on location in Paris. 9.75 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 818. Grant France.