Stanley Kubrick: Barry Lyndon (1975) Original Production Stills; Contact sheets; Location documents within file; and Campaign Press Books –

Thirty-six black and white Original Production stills, many stamped and numbered on reverse, a few of which are marked ‘Proof’ in red pencil to front, mostly 10 x 8 inches; together with, four black and white Contact sheets, each sheet titled “Barry Lyndon”, filming Lavenham Market Place, Proof, 24.7.74’, numbered with ink stamps on reverse, 8 x 10 inches.

Five oversized colour prints, with film title printed on reverse, printed in Italy by Rotograph, Rome, each 51 x 31cm.

A pair of Original Campaign Press Books, Warner Bros. Communications Company, colour photo. illustrations throughout, 16-pages, design Bill Gold advertising Inc., printed in USA, each 28.5 x 38.5cm.

A green ring binder file containing a quantity of Original Production Location lists, Location working notes, and related Location production documents, as compiled and collated by Malcolm Christopher during the film production. The informative typescript notes, many with Malcolm Christopher’s pencil annotations, record numerous visits and meetings Malcom carried out to prospective properties prior to shooting commencing, with references to Stanley Kubrick approving payments, additional deals, the practicalities and impracticalities of shooting at some locations, issues encountered with the various gentry and owners of the properties, and an amusing note recorded by Malcom following a location recce meeting for 1pm. at the Cavalry Club, Piccadilly, ‘M. Christopher kept the appointment but it was the wrong club. Very nice people and very nice lunch! Wrong location’.

Many owners of the location properties had concerns about their grass which the production appear to have requested they leave uncut, several home owners wanted to see a copy of the script before they agreed to anything, and some were reluctant to have a film crew in their house or on their land and needed reassurance – and more money, such as, Lord Wimborne who decided he did not wish to have a film crew in the grounds of Ashby St. Ledgers Manor House, Lord Brownlow who Mr. Kubrick agreed to give a screen credit to for the use of Belton House, the Duke of Marlborough who wanted all shooting to be completed in one day and requested Securicor be present during filming at Blenheim Palace, Messrs. Savills who had a lot of experience with film crews, not all happy, and Mrs. Mildred Tragett from Awbridge Danes School, Otham, Kent, who asked for compensation due to the inconvenience the production had caused her when they changed the shooting schedule, ‘I have left my lawns uncut, the ancient yews uncut, and worst of all, stopped painting the house . . .’,

also included are, Provisional Unit List updated 9 April, 1973; twenty-nine page Location Address List on yellow sheets; thirteen-page Set List, including Interior and Exterior Sets in Ireland, Germany and Bath, England, and Exterior Ships at Sea in English Channel; thirty-four page Hawk Films Limited Location List dated May 3, 1973; five-page Exterior and Interior Location List dated 16 May, 1973 cc’d to S, Kubrick and others; one-page Location List of National Trust properties dated 5 June, 1973; four-page report of National Trust properties collated by Malcolm Christopher dated 6 June, 1973, cc’d to Stanley Kubrick and others; five-page report headed ‘Worries’ with ‘Private and Confidential’ handwritten in red ink to front page, cc’d to Stanley Kubrick and referenced issues concerning costumes, extras, casting, flags, horses and carriages, German dialogue advisor, make-up, schedule/local weather, and firearms demonstration of reloading required; six-page report dated 21 May, 1973 headed ‘Key Worries’, cc’d to Stanley Kubrick, which included concerns with crowd costumes and noted, ‘We need to photograph all the male and female extras in the union as we did before on CLOCKWORK ORANGE’, French soldiers uniform prototype, exploring antique shops for additional furniture, the final costs of the ship being built at Pinewood Studios, Ryan O’ Neal’s residence, telephone credit cards issued to key people as before on CLOCKWORK ORANGE; two-page Wardrobe List dated 8 April 1973, cc’d to Stanley Kubrick and others; and one-page Location List dated 1 June 1973, headed ‘Locations from whom we have as yet received no reply’. (Qty).

Provenance:

The Collection of the late Malcolm Christopher (1932-2021) who worked with Stanley Kubrick on Barry Lyndon and is credited as Unit Manager.

Malcolm worked in the film and television industry as location manager, production manager, production supervisor, associate producer and line producer, his credits include, The Saint (1962-1969), The Persuaders (1971-1972), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Rollerball (1975), Voyage of the Damned (1976), Raise the Titanic (1980), Never Say Never Again (1983), Death Wish 3 (1985), Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) and many others. (Qty).