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BRITISH
All prints are originals
unless otherwise stated
"ADVENTURES OF SADIE" 1953,
Joan Collins, George Cole, Kenneth More, Hermione Gingold, In this hilarious British satire, three love-hungry men are shipwrecked on a deserted island with a very young and voluptuous Joan Collins
PRINT IS EXC.- $125
ANGEL
WITH A TRUMPET 1950,
Eileen Herlie, Basil Sidney,
charming story of a Viennese piano family,
tale of two generations from Mayerling affair to World War
2, beautiful quality print- $150
  
THE
CARETAKER 1964, Alan Bates, Robert Shaw, Donald Pleasence
Director: Clive Donner, Screenplay: Harold Pinter THE CARETAKER was the play that made Harold Pinter's name when it was first performed in 1960, and it remains probably his most famous work. Two years later, Clive Donner's film version began shooting, with finance raised from figures such as
Noel Coward, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Sellers, Peter Hall and Leslie Caron; all passionate admirers of the play. Two of the cast of the original stage
production; Donald Pleasence and Alan Bates - are joined by Robert Shaw and together they deliver mesmerising performances in this tragi-comic study of dispossession, illusion and fraternal love.,
EXC. print- $150
CONSPIRACY
OF HEARTS 1960, Lilli Palmer, Yvonne Mitchell, Ronald Lewis, Sylvia Sims.
In wartime Italy nuns in a convent regularly smuggle Jewish children out of a nearby internment camp. The Italian army officer in charge suspects what may be going on but deliberately turns a blind eye. When the Germans take over the camp security the nuns' activities become far more dangerous.
Print is in v.g. to exc. shape- $150
"CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY"
1951 Adapted from the novel by Alan Paton, this 1951 film is set in South Africa and is a sad commentary about apartheid. It stars Canada Lee as a native aging Christian priest, who travels to Johannesburg in search of his sister and his son. He finds that his sister is a prostitute and his son is missing. After a long search with the help of his fellow priest, played by Sidney Poitier, they discover that his son is involved in a murder of a white man. Charles Carson plays the father of the murdered man, a bigot who changes his views as he reads some of his own son's writings about the inhumanity of apartheid. Print is in excellent shape, with all opening & closing titles-
$165
"FAME IS THE SPUR"
1947, Michael
Redgrave, Bernard Miles A promising politician rockets to fame and fortune in this British drama,
directed by England's famed Boulting Brothers. V.G. to exc. shape-
$125
FIRST LOVE 1970,
British, French, Swiss, Austrian director Maximilian Schell wrote, directed and
starred in a version of Ivan Turgenev's novella, called Erste Liebe
(American and British name: First Love), Print is excellent, color is faded,
uncut, R Rated- $65
"KITCHEN, THE"
1962,
Director, James Hill, Starring: Carl Mohner, from the play by Arnold Wesker, excellent print,
74 min.- $90
"LEASE OF LIFE" 1954,
starring Adrienne Corri , Denholm Elliott , Lease of Life was the next-to-last film in the relatively short cinema career of actor Robert
Donat, directed by Charles Frend, Donat stars in this drama as a village priest who is told that he only has a year to live. Although he takes the news calmly, he is anxious that he still has to provide for his daughter, Adrienne
Corri-
$125
LIBEL 1959,
fine courtroom drama piece with a superb performance by Dirk Bogarde in three roles. Although nominated only for a Sound Oscar (deserved- the sound mixing was excellent), it should have earned nods for Actor and Screenplay as well. Bogarde plays a WWII shattered Lord whose pre-prisoner of war camp escape memories have
disappeared. starring Olivia de Havilland, Dirk Bogarde, Paul Massie, Robert Morley,
Wilfrid Hyde-White, Anthony Dawson, exc. print $175
"LOVER BOY" 1954,
(LOVERS, HAPPY LOVERS) Gerard Philipe, Valerie Hobson, witty, ironic sex
comedy, print is v.g. to exc. shape- $150
MR.
DENNING DRIVES NORTH- 1951
comedy/drama in which John Mills accidentally
bumps off crook Herbert Lom, his daughter's bad boyfriend. Good boyfriend Sam
Wanamaker tries to uncover the truth. Phyllis Calvert, Raymond Huntley, Eileen
Moore, Bernard Lee, Wilfrid Hyde White, V.G.
to Excellent shape- $150
"SIDEWALKS OF LONDON" aka
St. Martin's Lane- 1938 Rex Harrison, Charles Laughton,
Vivian Leigh, story of love, ambition and sacrifice among the buskers (street
performers) of London. Exc. quality reduction, v.g. to exc. shape-
$90
"STEVIE" 1978.
British screen biography of English poet Stevie Smith (Glenda Jackson), the tough but sensitive spinster who lived just about all of her life in the same row house in a London suburb with her loving maiden aunt (Mona Washbourne). Based on Hugh Whitemore's play and directed by Robert Enders, the movie's warmly sympathetic portrayal of these two women is unusually intelligent and articulate. It also proves to be highly entertaining fare, thanks largely to their memorable, very human performances.
Also starring Trevor Howard, Print is exc.,
so-so color-
$60
"STORM IN A TEACUP"
1937,
Vivian Leigh, Rex Harrison, Witty British comedy, exc. print-
$125
"TIGER BAY"
1959, starring John Mills, his daughter Hayley Mills
in her first important film role, and Horst Buchholz. Shot on location in the
Tiger Bay district of Cardiff, and Newport (specifically Newport Transporter
Bridge, some 12 miles from Cardiff) it features many authentic scenes of the
children's street culture, and the black street culture, of the time. It also
features many dockside shots, scenes in real pubs and in the countryside that
surrounds the area. The movie marks a vital transitional moment in the move
towards the British New Wave cinema exemplified a few years later by A Taste of
Honey, LETTERBOXED PRINT, EXC. SHAPE- $175
"A TOUCH OF
LARCENY" 1959 James Mason,
Vera Miles, George Sanders, British comedy
A formerly
rakish submarine captain is transferred to a desk job. His reputation as a hero
and playboy precedes him. He meets an old comrade and his gorgeous fiancee, a
Yankee widow. His buddy is quite wealthy and the retired captain realizes that
he too must make plenty of dough to steal the woman away.
V.G. to EXCELLENT
PRINT- $175
CANADIAN
THE LUCK OF GINGER COFFEY
1964,
directed by Irvin Kershner, stars real-life couple Robert Shaw and Mary Ure as Irish immigrants in Montreal. A simple story of luck, love and tough times, Shaw especially gives a phenomenal performance as the somewhat escapist Coffey.
Excellent B&W print-
$150
Israel
WALL IN
JERUSALEM, 1968, a feature length documentary narrated by
Richard Burton; directed by Frederic Rossif and Albert Knobler; written by
Joseph Kessel; produced by Para-France Films. A Wall in Jerusalem" pays
its tribute to the Diaspora: East European ghettos in film going back to the
turn of the century, Nazi Germany, World War II, the postwar immigrant ships
taken by the British virtually at the shores of Palestine. There are glimpses of
the oldest Zionist settlements, the building of Tel Aviv after World War I, Sir
Herbert Samuel (first British high commissioner) ceremoniously celebrating with
both Jews and Arabs, a bit of Jewish vaudeville, the Palestinian sunlight on the
deserted streets of the old city—prelude to the account of an Arab uprising in
Jerusalem. 90 min. exc. shape- $150
SALLAH- 1965, Topol,
Oscar nomination
for 'best foreign film'
An Oriental Jewish family moves to a settlement camp in Israel in 1949.
The patriarch, a lazy rube, tries several schemes to make money and get housing,
but becomes tangled up by slick politicians, government bureaucracy, European
and Oriental Jews, the nearby kibbutz, and his marriageable daughter, complete
print with all titles, has some splices at the beginning of reels 1, but clears
up, SUBTITLED in English-
$75
FRENCH
all films in French
with English subtitles, unless otherwise stated
BACK STREETS OF PARIS
(Macadam) Andrée Clément
Simone Signoret, Print is v.g. to exc., some splices in the titles then clears
up, nothing missing- $125
A MATTER OF
RESISTANCE Vie de château, La,
1966 Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, starring
Catherine Deneuve, Sweet and engaging French comedy with a
World War II setting Letterboxed- 1:66:1 $250
THE RED AND THE
BLACK- 1954 Based on the novel by STENDAHL. A
lavish and vivid filming of Stendahls classic story of passion, ambition and
conflict in 1830 France., directed by Claude Autant-Lara. The movie starred
Gérard Philipe and Danielle Darrieux. color is faded, print is excellent-
$65
DEAR INSPECTOR
1977,
Director: Philippe de Broca, charming comedy/adventure film. Annie Girardot stars as
woman cop who becomes involved with old flame (pompous professor Noiret) as she hunts a killer.
beautiful low fade LPP color highlight, short sequence before the main
title, nice eastman color, print is in excellent shape 105 min.- $250
DIABOLIQUE
1955,
Directed by Henri Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret, Classic French Film
The wife and mistress of a sadistic boarding school headmaster plot to kill him. They drown him in the bathtub and dump the body in the school's filthy swimming pool... but when the pool is drained, the body has disappeared - and subsequent reported sightings of the headmaster slowly drive his 'killers' (and the audience) up the wall with almost unbearable suspense...
excellent print- $300
"BLACK & WHITE IN COLOR"
1977,
Starring: Jean Carmet,
Jacques
Dufilho, Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Winner of the 1976 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Black and White in Color is a voracious and timely satire on racism, colonialism, and war. Set in the Ivory Coast during the First World War, a group of bungling French colonials learns that their country is at war with Germany. Spurred on by a capricious moment of patriotism, the Frenchmen decide to attack their German neighbors.
Color rates from good to okay, print is excellent and uncut-
$125
Bizarre, Bizarre (Drole De Drame)
1939
Riotous French comedy of errors from director Marcel Carne and scripter Jacques Prevert about a mystery writer who tries to cover up his wife's absence during a bishop's weekend visit...and winds up being suspected of murdering her!Michel Simon and Louis Jouvet star. 90 min. In French with English subtitles.Couple splices in the titles, otherwise
exc.-
$175
"THE LIARS"
1964, Dawn Adams, Jean Servais stars as an adventurer who returns from making his fortune in Africa and advertises for a wife. A lovely but mysterious woman (Dawn Adams) shows up with her 'son'
and agrees to take the job. French with English subtitles.
$150
"CLOCHEMERLE"
1948,
Also Known As: Scandals of Clochemerle, Directed by Pierre Chenal, A little town erupts in turmoil about the construction of a public urinal. The army is sent in to restore order, but the military add to the confusion by getting involved with the local women.
95 minutes, subtitled, v.g. to exc. shape-
$150
"TWO ENGLISH GIRLS" François Truffaut's adept handling of language and art, sex and caprice, is in full flower in Two English Girls, an adaptation of the Henri-Pierre Roché novel.
color is faded, exc. shape- $60
"A VERY CURIOUS GIRL"
1969,Nelly Caplan directs a 1969 tale of rural French hypocrisy, sex and revenge
A peasant girl living in a small European village decides to stop giving the local men her sexual favors for free, and begins charging for her 'services' with hilarious results.
Nelly Kaplan's sensational sex comedy, with Bernadette Lafont as the town 'loose girl' who, tired of enduring physical and sexual exploitation, begins to charge for her services, accumulating power she never imagined, and 'gets back at her clients' for what they have done unto her. French with English subtitles.
color is so-so- print is v.g. to exc., uncut R rated- $60
"DEVIL IN THE FLESH" 1946,
dubbed, with the star Micheline Preslie, dubbing her own voice, Gerard Philipe,
Jacque Tati ,exc. print & quality- $90
THE WANDERER
1967, (Le Grand Meaulnes), Directed by
Jean-Gabriel
Albicocco , Rural
France
, the
1890s. Always in motion, Augustin wanders three times. First, as a youth, while
a boarder near
Bourges
, he's
lost in the woods and finds a chateau where an engagement party's in progress:
there he falls eternally in love with Yvonne and she with him. 115 MIN., Exc.
Shape, color is faded
$45
CESAR AND ROSALIE
1972, Yves Montand, .
Claude Sautet's romantic drama César et Rosalie (Cesar and
Rosalie) stars Romy Schneider as Rosalie, a beautiful young woman
happily married to successful businessman Cesar (Yves Montand). SP Kodak
color is okay to so-so, Letterboxed, film is dubbed into English exc. shape
$55
PARDON MON AFFAIR
1976, Etienne(Jean Rochefort)is a
happily married man and a good father. His friends all have secret affairs
and/or cheat on their wives. One morning, Etienne sees a woman in red passing by
his car. He falls in love with her and tries everything to get to know her
better. Of course, this must be kept a secret to his wife. Whereas the story may
not be very original, this film is extremely charming and amiable nonetheless.
It has a great supporting cast(Brasseur is a stand-out), very funny moments and
many real-life characters. Was later remade as THE WOMAN IN RED (with Gene Wilder
and Kelly LeBrock). Print has
pinkish color, exc. Shape-
$50
"PICNIC ON THE GRASS" 1959,
Jean Renoir, Classic Renoir film is a paean to nature and its superiority over
man- exc. print, faded color-
$50
"SHAMELESS OLD LADY"
1965,
Sylvie, Malka Ribovska, Victor Lanoux, Bertolt Brecht story charmingly brought
to the screen, print is excellent-
$175
"THE WILD OAT" 1956,
French/Italian, starring Fernandel, the great French comedy star, Andrex,
directed by Walter Rupp, excellent shape-
$90
I SENT A LETTER TO MY LOVE
1980, Simone Signoret
A middle-aged
disabled man unknowingly begins a lonely hearts correspondence with his own
unmarried sister, who takes care of him. As he writes more and more to her,
he begins to fall in love, and she, knowing that it is her brother who is
writing, discovers a new, tender side to him. But trouble looms when he asks
to meet her in person.
"VERSAILLES"
1954,
Directed by Sacha Guitry, All star cast Claudette Colbert, Danièle Delorme,
Gaby Morlay, Édith Piaf, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Fernand Gravey, Gérard Philipe, Brigitte Bardot,
Jean Marais, Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.
red color, subtitled, some wear in titles
$45
Italian
all films subtitled in
English unless otherwise stated.
Generale della Rovere, Il Vittorio De Sica
"INSPECTOR GENERAL"
Mosfilm,Vladimir Petrov: Russian (English subtitles) 125 mins. 1954. Gogol's famous play, performed by members of the Moscow Art Theatre, filmed by Vladimir Petrov. Gogol's work is a satire of provincial corruption in Czarist Russia. An entire town mistakes an illiterate worker for the Czar's Inspector General, and the corrupt officials panic as they believe the man has come to check up on them.
v.g. to exc. shape, some splices here & there-
$150
"DUEL, THE" 1962,
Chekhov's brooding story of a clash of wills between a youthful, irresponsible
philosopher and a proud arrogent older man that erupts into a duel over a
married woman, excellent print, 82 min., b&w-
$150
"THE SEDUCTION OF MIMI"
1972 film by Lina Wertmuller (Seven Beauties, Swept Away) is a wild farce of the Sicilian milieu. Mimi (who is a man) is forced to leave his hometown when he can no longer get work as a result of voting against the local strong arms in a "secret" ballot. In the big city he finds work, but also finds that life there is very much as corrupt as it was at home. He falls in love and has a child by his lover, and when forced to take a job in his hometown again,
Letterboxed, excellent shape, faded color-
$65
"ALFREDO ALFREDO"
1972,
Dustin Hoffman, Stefania Sandrelli, Carla Gravina, Clara Colosimo, Daniela Patella, Dulio Del Prete; Directed by: Pietro Germi,
Dustin Hoffman is Alfredo in this charming, funny marital comedy by Pietro Germi. Alfredo is a shy young bank employee who falls in love with a young woman he sees on the streets of Rome. When he hesitates approaching her, his quick-witted friend Oreste moves in on her and introduces the forlorn Alfredo to her companion.
Hoffman, is very funny as Alfredo, and though we're denied hearing his Italian [his Italian is voiced over by another actor] he is physically perfect for the role of man who finds that marriage gets him in deeper than he could possibly have imagined
Print is subtitled, black & white, LETTERBOXED-
$65
RUSSIAN FILMS
FATE OF A MAN 1957,
by Sholokhov, Mikhail (1957) A Soviet soldier is captured and consigned to the Nazi concentration camps. He suffers hunger, torture, and humiliation before finally managing to escape and return to the Red Army. However, his wife and children all die during the war. When peace and demobilization come, he sinks into drepression and drunkenness, until he finds an orphan boy to care for, giving him a renewed reason to live.
EXCELLENT Print, Subtitles- $150
MYRA PLISETSKAYA
1964, biographical account of Maya
Plisetskaya, prima ballerina of Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet, provides a career
spanning account of Plisetskaya's life from childhood, to her early career
development, to highlights from her greatest roles. Some of the performance
clips include her part in "Swan Lake," "Sleeping Beauty," "Spartacus," and
"Romeo and Juliet." ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide, Excellent print-
$125
The
Gypsy Camp Vanishes into the Blue (aka Queen Of The Gypsys) 1975,
Colorful, music-filled and sensual melodrama based on early stories by Maxim Gorky tells the fatal love story between the beautiful and rebellious girl Rada and the handsome horse thief Zobar. The story is set in early 20th century Bessarabia, now part of Moldova, then belonging to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Print is exc., color has faded $60
There
Was An Old Couple 1965, This modern
family chronicle of an elderly couple who go to live with their poor daughter in
the north country has been compared to Leo McCarey's Make Way For Tomorrow and
Ozu's Tokyo Story, 94 mins., exc. shape, black & white, subtitled-
$150
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