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Lee Marvin (starring); Jack Webb (director, starring); Mac Julian (photographer); Richard L Breen (screenwriter); Edmond O'Brien
Pete Kelly's Blues Original photograph from the set of the 1955 film
Burbank CA: Mark VII Ltd. / Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1955 film noir showing actor Lee Marvin to the far left Jack Webb driving a vintage automobile just behind him and a camera crew capturing the shot to the right. With the stamps of Warner Brothers and still photographer Mac Julian to the verso.<br /> <br /> In 1927 a Kansas City Missouri trumpet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange for protection. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Oregon. <br /> <br /> 9.5 x 4 inches with wide margins. Very Good plus.<br /> <br /> Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Mark VII Ltd. / Warner Brothers unknown
Référence libraire : 152368
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Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Sissy Spacek, Angel Tompkins (starring); Michael Ritchie (director); Robert Dillon (screenwriter)
Prime Cut Eight original photographs from the 1972 film
N.p.: N.p. 1972. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1972 film.<br /> <br /> When mob associates turn up dead at the hands of a ruthless businessman an enforcer is sent to Kansas to investigate. He finds a man who is using the local town to operate a ring of corruption: drugs bootlegging and female sexual slavery. The first film credit for Sissy Spacek. <br /> <br /> Set in Kansas City shot on location in Canada Missouri and Kansas. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Generally Very Good to Very Good plus moderately curled one with ink residue on the bottom left corner. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 165096
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Lee Meriwether, Pat Carroll, John Astin, Steve Carlson (starring); Richard Erdman (director) Marion Hargrove (screenwriter)
The Brothers O'Toole Original screenplay for the 1973 film working copy belonging to Lee Meriwether
Aurora: CVD Studios 1972. Final script for the 1973 Western comedy film. Working copy belonging to actor Lee Meriwether with her first name in manuscript ink to the top right corner of the front wrapper and her annotations on several script leaves marking dialogue. With three leaves relating to credits laid into the front of the script and a hand-drawn get-well card laid into the script's rear. <br /> <br /> Lee Meriwether is best remembered today for her performance as Catwoman in "Batman: The Movie" 1966 and for her recurring performance as Betty Jones in the 1970s crime television series "Barnaby Jones." She also made significant appearances in nearly 200 television series notably "Dr. Kildare" 1965 "The Time Tunnel" 1967 "Star Trek" 1969 and "Mission: Impossible" 1970. She also appeared in nearly three dozen feature films including "Angel in My Pocket" 1969 and "The Undefeated" 1969.<br /> <br /> <br /> Two brothers ride into a Colorado mining town searching for a quick buck only to discover the mines rich in molybdenum. Lee Meriwether is best remembered today for her performance as Catwoman in "Batman: The Movie" 1966 and for her recurring performance as Betty Jones in the 1970s crime television series "Barnaby Jones."<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Cañon City Colorado. <br /> <br /> Generic blue CVD Studios wrappers. Title page present noted as Final dated September 21 1972 with credit for screenwriter Marion Hargrove. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated September 29 1972. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. CVD Studios unknown
Référence libraire : 171323
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Lefèvre René
Le Film de ma Vie 1939-1973
France-Empire 1973 In-8 broché. Jaquette en bon état. 430 pages. Très bon état d’occasion.
Référence libraire : 97422
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Lefèvre René
Le Film de ma Vie
NRF Gallimard 1937 Edition de 1937, Même année que l’originale. Couverture bleue. In-12 broché. 220 pp. État correct d’occasion.
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Lefèvre René
Le Film de ma Vie : 1938-1940
Nrf Gallimard 1947 In-12 broché. 210 pages. Bon état d’occasion.
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LEFEVRE René
Le film de ma vie ** : 1938-1940.
Gallimard, 1947. In-12 broché, 210 pages, EDITION ORIGINALE, l'un des 13 exemplaires sur vélin pur fil Lafuma (seul grand papier), celui-ci le n° X (10). René lefèvre était un acteur et scénariste français, ceci est son autobiographie pour la période 1938-1940. Bon exemplaire bien frais, non rogné.
Référence libraire : 19129
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LEFEVRE René
Les musiciens du ciel.
Gallimard, 1938. In-12 broché, 184 pages, EDITION ORIGINALE, l'un des 45 exemplaires sur vélin pur fil Lafuma (seul grand papier), celui-ci le n° 28. René lefèvre était un acteur et scénariste français. "Les musiciens du ciel" a été adapté au cinéma en 1940 par Georges Lacombe et joué par Michèle Morgan, Michel Simon et René lefèvre lui-même. Dos un peu insolé, sinon bel exemplaire bien frais, non rogné.
Référence libraire : 19128
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Lennart Kremser (screenwriter); Klaus Kinski (starring)
Cabrio 174 Original screenplay for an unproduced film with autograph letter signed from screenwriter Lennart Kremser to Klaus Kinski
Koln Cologne: N.p. 1982. Draft script for an unproduced German film. Laid in is a manuscript letter addressed to Kinski from Kremser dated 1982 and signed by Kremser. The letter states that Kremser wrote the screenplay with Kinski in mind as the lead role in a film that would be a "political science-fiction fairy tale." Both script and letter in German.<br /> <br /> Cream untitled wrappers. Title page present with title written in manuscript ink. 329 leaves with last page of text numbered 368. Xerographic duplication versos and rectos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine perfect-bound. Letter Very Good plus dated March 8 1982. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 137892
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Lenny Bruce, Steve Allen, Nat Hentoff (starring); Fred Baker (director, screenwriter, narrator); Barbara Baker, John Parsons (sc
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears Original film poster for the 1972 film
N.p.: Fred Baker Films 1972. Vintage one sheet poster for the little-seen 1972 documentary. At 25 x 38 inches a bit smaller than the standard one sheet poster size of 27 x 41 inches.<br /> <br /> The second documentary to be produced on Bruce after his death in 1966 though the first "Lenny Bruce in 'Lenny Bruce' 1967 was basically a film of a single performance. Baker's film combines footage of Bruce from "The Steve Allen Show" audio-only clips an interview by Nat Hentoff with a broken-down Bruce near the end of his life and the infamous video footage of Bruce dead in his bathroom of an overdose. A brutal and non-judgmental examination of the man who changed not only the nature of comedy but the nature of performance itself. <br /> <br /> Made by Bruce's longtime friend filmmaker actor screenwriter and jazz musician Fred Baker.<br /> <br /> 25 x 38 inches Folded as Issued. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Fred Baker Films unknown
Référence libraire : 160796
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Leo Joannon (director, screenwriter); Roland Laudenbach (screenwriter); Pierre Fresnay, Annie Girardot, Gil Vidal (starring)
L'homme aux clefs d'or L'homme aux cles d'or Five original candid photographs from the 1956 film
Paris: Cinedis 1956. Collection of five original black-and-white photographs for the 1956 French film. Candid on-the-set moments showing actors Gil Vidal and Annie Girardot and two images of Fresnay at a jukebox and with Girardot. French film title and actor names on the versos in manuscript ink. <br /> <br /> Fresnay plays the role of a teacher who surprises meddling students in a robbery attempt. The students two played by Vidal and Girardot aim to get revenge by framing the teacher for rape. Girardot had just begun her career one that would land her roles playing strong-willed independent women relatable for women in similar situations and she would become France's leading actress by the 1970s. <br /> <br /> 4.75 x 7 inches one slightly smaller half are slightly larger all with large borders at the bottom. Slight curling else Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Selby Worldwide France. Cinedis unknown
Référence libraire : 142888
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Leo McCarey (director, screenwriter); John Lee Mahin (screenwriter); Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Dean Jagger (starring)
My Son John My Son John Original screenplay for the 1952 film
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1951. Draft script for the 1952 film. <br /> <br /> A Red Scare narrative wherein two all-American parents unsuccessfully attempt to lure their brainy son John away from the call of Communism. Actor Robert Walker unexpectedly died before production for the film ended leading director Leo McCarey to heavily revise the script and edit in footage from Walker's scenes in Alfred Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train" 1951 in order to finish the film.<br /> <br /> Although nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing and praised by the American Legion and Catholic Press Institute the film was eviscerated by New York critics for its hot-blooded anti-intellectualism bigotry and push for conformity in the name of anti-Communism a touchstone for the country's fears during the McCarthy era.<br /> <br /> Titled self wrappers in the Paramount style. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated February 27 1951 noted as 1ST PRELIMINARY GREEN with adaptation credits for John Lee Mahin. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mimeograph duplication on green stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with some fading and edgewear wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Olive Films 418. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
Référence libraire : 146109
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Leo McCarey (director); Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers (starring); Sheridan Gibney (screenwriter)
Once Upon a Honeymoon Original photograph taken on the set of the 1942 film
Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1942. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Leo McCarey revising a line with actress Ginger Rogers on the set of the 1942 film. Printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with a RKO Radio Pictures stamp. <br /> <br /> A burlesque performer suspects her fiancé of being a Nazi sympathizer a suspicion shared by a handsome American foreign correspondent. <br /> <br /> 6.5 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
Référence libraire : 159867
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Leo McCarey (director, screenwriter); Max Shulman (novel); Claude Binyon (screenwriter); Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Joan Coll
Rally 'Round the Flag Boys! Original photograph from the 1958 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1958. Vintage press photograph of Joan Collins from the 1958 film.<br /> <br /> Based on Max Shulman's 1957 novel of the same name. A missile base is scheduled to be built in the suburban town Putnam's Landing. Grace Joan Woodward joins a group organizing to prevent the base from being built while her husband Harry Paul Newman is appointed as a liaison for the military. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
Référence libraire : 145701
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Leo Tolstoy (novella); Eugene Lourie (screenwriter)
The Prisoner of the Caucasus Original treatment script for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> Based on Leo Tolstoy's 1872 novella about two Russian soldiers who are kidnapped by rival militia. Screenwriter Eugene Lourie was best known as an art director but also had success in screenwriting "Revolt in the Big House" 1958 and "The Giant Behemoth" 1959 and in directing "The Colossus of New York" 1958 and "Gorgo" 1961.<br /> <br /> Set in the North Caucasus.<br /> <br /> Green titled card wrappers with credit for screenwriter E. LOURIE. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Eugene Lourie and novelist Leo Tolstoy. 11 leaves with last page of text numbered 9. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near FIne wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 146853
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Leo Townsend (screenwriter)
A Man in the House Original treatment script for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A sociology professor is preparing for his sabbatical when his overworked wife decides they should also take a sabbatical from their marriage so that the professor can learn to take care of himself. <br /> <br /> Set in New England. <br /> <br /> Yellow titled wrapper. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Leo Townsend. 53 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 52. Xerographically duplicated rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a spiral binding. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 141044
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Leon Prochnik (screenwriter); Christian Blackwood (story)
Ray's Wife Original screenplay for an unproduced film
New York: Self published 1973. Draft script for an unproduced film called "Ray's Wife" written by Leon Prochnik who edited the cult 1959 short film "Pull My Daisy" a film narrated by Jack Kerouac and starring a plethora of literary icons like Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso. Prochnik based this screenplay on a story by director-cinematographer Christian Blackwood whose film credits include "Jim Dine: London" 1970 "David Hockney's Diaries" 1970 "Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel" 1978 and "Thelonious Monk: Straight No Chaser" 1988. <br /> <br /> Set in Las Vegas where a married man name Ray gallivants around town with hot young ladies. Ray's wife is a strong-willed woman who gets pregnant and takes control of her future long after Ray dies. <br /> <br /> Orange Studio Duplicating wrappers. Title page present dated 1973 with credits for screenwriter Prochnik and story writer Blackwood. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Self published unknown
Référence libraire : 138032
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Leonard Horn (director); Steve Fisher (screenwriter, story writer); AC Lyles (story writer, producer); Roger Smith, Dennis Morga
Rogue's Gallery Original screenplay for the 1968 film
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1967. Draft script for the 1968 film. <br /> <br /> Private detective John Rogue Smith is willing to do anything to help his finances. A psychiatrist Morgan hires him to follow a wealthy woman Baldwin on the verge of suicide. A mystery in the vein of Philip Marlowe stories. With late performances by Jackie Coogan and Brian Donlevy. <br /> <br /> Green titled wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present rubber-stamped copy No. 5 dated May 29 1967 with credits for screenwriter Fisher and story writer Lyles. 127 leaves mechanical duplication with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 8-22-67 and 9-1-67. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
Référence libraire : 131318
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Leonard Kastle (director, screenwriter); Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco, Mary Jane Higby (starring)
The Honeymoon Killers Two original photographs from the 1970 film
N.p.: American International Pictures 1969. Two vintage reference studio still photographs one borderless from the 1970 film. Borderless photo with "Lester Glassner Collection" stamp on verso. <br /> <br /> Inspired by the "lonely hearts killers" Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck of the 1940s who lured victims through lonely hearts ads.<br /> <br /> Leonard Kastle's only foray into filmmaking a black and white documentary-style film wherein the overweight and lonely nurse Martha Beck Shirley Stoler and con man Raymond Fernandez Tony Lo Bianco embark on a murder spree of elderly women.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Albany New York and Pittsfield Massachusetts. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8.25 inches. Borderless photograph 7.25 x 8.75 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 200. Rosenbaum 1000. Grant US. American International Pictures unknown
Référence libraire : 150125
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Leonard Nimoy, Pernell Roberts, Cicely Tyson, Peter Graves (starring); Barry Crane (director); Laurence Heath (screenwriter)
Mission: Impossible: Death Squad Original screenplay for the 1970 television episode
N.p.: N.p. 1970. Final Draft script for Season 4 Episode 24 of the 1966-1973 television series. <br /> <br /> The successful espionage series followed the adventures of a small team of government agents as they fought a changing roster of Cold War spies corrupt leaders of industry and Third World dictators. In this installment the team gathers to fight a chief of police operating a secret illegal "death squad" in a small Latin American country. The episode originally aired on March 15 1970 on CBS. <br /> <br /> Dark blue titled wrappers dated January 12 1970 and noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper with credit for screenwriter Laurence Heath noted as production No. 60034-100. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Mimeograph duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages lightly foxed on the edges else Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 161861
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Leonardo Bercovici (screenwriter), Nathaniel Hawthorne (novel)
The Marble Faun Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Manuscript ink on front wrapper noting title screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and a story based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1860 novel. <br /> <br /> Bercovici's screenwriting credits include; "The Bishop's Wife" in 1947 starring Cary Grant Loretta Young and David Niven and "Portrait of Jennie" in 1949 starring Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten. His other films included "Racket Busters" in 1938 "Chasing Danger" in 1939 "Monsoon" in 1953 and two foreign films that he produced and directed as well as wrote "Square of Violence" in 1963 and "Story of a Woman" in 1970. Bercovici was blacklisted during the McCarthy era losing his US passport regaining it in 1956 and then moving to Europe for several years. Bercovici later became a respected teacher of writing at UCLA and the American Film Institute work that he continued until shortly before his death. <br /> <br /> Set in Rome. <br /> <br /> Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated January 15 1957 with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus internally bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 142885
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Leonide Moguy (director); Raymond Caillava (screenwriter); Anne Vernon, Danik Patisson, Francois Guerin (starring)
Diary of a Bad Girl Original photograph from the 1956 film
N.p.: Films Around the World 1958. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1956 French/Italian film. <br /> <br /> Hélène a well off and devoted social worker convinces her family to take in Christine a young girl in distress. After Christine is kicked out for something she didn't do Hélène falls under the influence of Monsieur Roger a pimp who intends to force Hélène into prostitution.<br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a crease and a tiny chip to the bottom right corner. Films Around the World unknown
Référence libraire : 161683
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Leonora Fani, Paola Senatore, Ugo Tognazzi (starring); Salvatore Samperi (director, screenwriter); Cesare Lanza (novel); Alessan
Sweet Adolescents Nenè Original photograph from the 1977 Italian exploitation film
N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the German release of the 1977 Italian film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso with text in German.<br /> <br /> From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah.<br /> <br /> Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1976 novel by Cesare Lanza about an orphaned 15-year-old white girl's sexual relationship with a local mixed-race boy.<br /> <br /> Set in postwar Italy. <br /> <br /> 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with a single cropping annotation in manuscript pencil on the far right edge of the recto. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 162067
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Leonora Fani, Antonella Lualdi, Massimo Serato, Ronni Valente (starring); Yasuzo Masumura (director, screenwriter); Leros Pitton
The Garden of Eden Il GIardino Dell'Eden Original pressbook for the 1980 Japanese-Italian film
Japan: Herald Ace / Nippon Herald Films 1980. Vintage pressbook for the 1980 film. A Japanese-Italian coproduction with text in both Japanese and Italian.<br /> <br /> From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah.<br /> <br /> Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<br /> <br /> A pickpocket meets and falls in love with a naive wealthy girl at an art museum and the couple go to a deserted beach to live together. Director Yasuzô Masumura's penultimate film and only western production.<br /> <br /> 8.5 x 11.75 inches. Ten leaves in side-stapled pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. Herald Ace / Nippon Herald Films unknown
Référence libraire : 162166
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Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (director, screenwriter); Dalmiro Saenz, Richardo Becher, Beatriz Guido, Ricardo Luna (screenwriters); Is
The Female: Seventy Times Seven Three original photographs from the 1962 film
N.p.: Cambist Films 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 US English language release of the 1962 Argentinian film. One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso.<br /> <br /> Mexican prostitute Cora reminisces on her life and how she got to where she is. Nominated for the Palme d'Or.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Argentina. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Cambist Films unknown
Référence libraire : 161710
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Leora Barish (screenwriter, story); Henry Bean (story)
Intimacy: A Sentimental Visit Original screenplay for an unproduced television episode
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1986. Revised First Draft script for an unproduced television episode. <br /> <br /> Barish is screenwriter best known for "Desperately Seeking Susan" 1985 and two episodes of "The Hitchhiker" television series 1985-1986. <br /> <br /> Gray titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 22 1986 noted as Revised First Draft with credits for writers Barish and Bean. 39 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
Référence libraire : 130697
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Les Rose (director); Andrew Peter Marin (screenwriter); Patti D'Arbanville, Michael Biehn, Tony Rosato (starring)
Hog Wild Original photograph from the 1980 Canadian exploitation film
London: Canadian Film Development Corporation CFDC / AVCO Embassy Pictures 1980. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1980 Canadian exploitation comedy film. With a printed mimeo snipe for the film's UK distributor Bordeaux International Films affixed to the verso.<br /> <br /> Freshly expelled from military boarding school a teenage boy returns to his hometown only to discover a rough motorcycle gang terrorizing his old school and that he is falling in love with the girlfriend of the gang's leader.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Montreal.<br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly soiled on the verso. Canadian Film Development Corporation [CFDC] / AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown
Référence libraire : 149599
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Les White (screenwriter)
Why Should I Work Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1983. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a typescript letter from screenwriter Les White to talent agent Walter Kohner introducing the script. <br /> <br /> A comedy following the stunted entry into maturity of several young adults who have decided for various reasons to move back in with their parents indefinitely. <br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Les White. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 153831
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Lesley Manville, Francesca Annis, Joss Ackland, James Fleet, Dawn French (starring); William Brookfield (director, screenwriter)
Milk Original screenplay for the 1999 film
London: Gummfluh Films 1998. First Production Draft script for the 1999 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with his first name in manuscript ink on the title page and his annotations regarding camera work throughout. Bound in at the front and rear of the script are several production documents including shooting schedules a contact sheet a map indicating filming locations and information regarding lodging during production. <br /> <br /> Not to be confused with the 2008 film of the same name.<br /> <br /> A motley group of siblings return to their family home after their mother's death ostensibly to grieve but in actuality in order to determine who will inherit the largest portion of her wealth.<br /> <br /> Self wrappers. Title page present dated 30 September 1998 with credit for screenwriter William Brookfield. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated October 6 and November 2 1998 respectively. Pages Very Good plus bound with a silver prong. Gummfluh Films unknown
Référence libraire : 165385
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Lesley Selander (director); John C Champion (screenwriter); John Hodiak, Barbara Britton (starring)
Dragonfly Squadron Original screenplay for the 1954 film
N.p.: N.p. 1954. Draft script for the 1954 film. With faint manuscript pencil annotations throughout.<br /> <br /> Set months before the beginning of the Korean War an American Air Force instructor is assigned to a Kungju base where he is set with the formidable task of completely transforming the South Korean pilots into unstoppable fighting machines in 25 days. Originally intended for release as a 3D film and filmed in dual 53mm Polaroid 3-D by the time the film premiered in 1954 public interest in 3D had declined and the film was shown as a flat print.<br /> <br /> Set in South Korea and shot on location in California. <br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter John C. Champion. Title page present with screenwriting and story credits for John C. Champion. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Typescript on onionskin rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 146060
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Lesley Selander (director); George Waggner (screenwriter); Jacland Marmur (journalist); Jan Sterling, Neville Brand, John Doucet
Return From the Sea Home From the Sea Original screenplay for the 1954 film
Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1954. Draft script for the 1954 film. Copy belonging to Robert Arthur who played Porter with his character's name on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil and profuse manuscript pencil annotations to his scenes throughout. <br /> <br /> Chuck MacLish Brand is having a tough time readjusting to civilian life after a life in the Navy until he meets a lonely waitress Sterling who loves him and hopes to change his ways. <br /> <br /> Set in Korea and America shot on location in San Diego USA and the Pacific Ocean. <br /> <br /> Orange titled wrappers. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated February 23 1954 with credits for screenwriter George Waggner and author Jacland Marmur. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between February 24 1954 and March 15 1954. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Allied Artists unknown
Référence libraire : 140241
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Leslie Baker (photographer); Carol Reed (director, producer); Graham Greene (screenwriter); Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles (starrin
The Third Man Original candid still photograph of director Carol Reed working on the set of the film
London: Carol Reed Productions 1948. Vintage candid black-and-white still photograph from the UK release of the 1949 film. Shown are Carol Reed and his crew setting up a shot while Graham Greene looks on a rare shot of the two collaborators at work together. Stamped on the verso is "A CAROL REED PRODUCTION / "THE THIRD MAN" / PRODUCED AT / THE LONDON FILM STUDIOS / SHEPPERTON-ENGLAND."<br /> <br /> Carol Reed's classic 1949 British film noir starring Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles at the peak of their respective powers was the second of three films in which Graham Green collaborated directly with Reed and remains Greene's only original screenplay. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Carol Reed Productions unknown
Référence libraire : 133983
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Leslie Baker (photographer); Carol Reed (director, producer); Graham Greene (screenwriter); Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles (starrin
The Third Man Original candid still photograph of actor Joseph Cotten on set with two miniature Pinschers
London: Carol Reed Productions 1948. Vintage candid photograph from the UK release of the 1949 film. <br /> <br /> From the archive of Maurice Bessy with his stamp on the verso along with the stamp of photographer Leslie Baker and another for Carol Reed Productions and The London Films Studios in Shepperton England. A mimeo snipe also on the verso describes the photo in which the film's star Joseph Cotten looks down lovingly on two miniature Pinscher dogs who are sitting in Welles' directing chair. Noted is the fact the two dogs are from the only known family of the breed in the United Kingdom. <br /> <br /> Carol Reed's classic 1949 British film noir starring Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles at the peak of their respective powers was the second of three films in which Graham Green collaborated directly with Reed and remains Greene's only originally screenplay. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Fine. In a lovely museum-quality frame with archival UV glass double mounted with both sides exposed for viewing. Carol Reed Productions unknown
Référence libraire : 133625
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Leslie Caron, Brock Peters, Bernard Lee, Tom Bell (starring); Bryan Forbes (director, screenwriter); Lynne Reid Banks (novel)
The L-Shaped Room El cuarto indiscreto Original lobby card for the Spanish release of the 1962 British film
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1962. Vintage lobby card for the Spanish release of the 1962 British film.<br /> <br /> From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah.<br /> <br /> Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1960 novel by Lynne Reid Banks. A kitchen sink drama about an unmarried pregnant woman who moves into a boarding house in London where she finds a home among the house's outcasts.<br /> <br /> 14 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
Référence libraire : 162160
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Leslie McRay, Angela Carnon, Sheri Jackson, John King III, Claudia Siefried (starring); Laurence Merrick (director, screenwriter
Guess What Happened to Count Dracula Original photograph from the 1971 film
Los Angeles: Merrick International 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film showing Des Roberts as Count Dracula fondling a nude woman. <br /> <br /> Dracula changes his name to Adrian and opens a nightclub later deciding to capture a beautiful young woman and make her into his vampiric companion. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Tiny nick on the top margin else about Fine. Merrick International unknown
Référence libraire : 167551
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Leslie Norman (director); Michael Croft (novel); John Cresswell (screenwriter); Max Bygraves, Geoffrey Keen, Donald Pleasence, R
Spare the Rod Original screenplay for the 1961 British film
London: Weyland Film Productions 1960. Draft script for the 1961 British film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with manuscript pencil annotations throughout and rough pencil sketches on the versos of four pages. Seven pages with paste-ups of goldenrod revision pages with many pages cut horizontally separating scenes and many pages creased vertically as is common with working scripts. Provenance available upon request.<br /> <br /> Laid in are 43 carbon typescript leaves detailing construction costs dating from August 1960 through January 1961 a carbon typescript copy set list a carbon typescript copy construction staff requirements page a penciled layout of an October 31 to December 2 Shop Building and Shooting Stage schedule and staff requirements and a pencil layout of an Art Department construction form. <br /> <br /> George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1954 novel by Michael Croft. Max Bygraves stars as an idealistic teacher fresh from training college who begins work at a tough East London secondary school of badly-behaved impoverished students and fellow teachers who believe corporal punishment is the most effective way of controlling the students.<br /> <br /> Shot on location in Clarendon Crescent and Ravenscourt Park Preparatory School in London. <br /> <br /> Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut window in the British fasion. Title page present dated 24th October 1960 with credits for screenwriter John Cresswell and author Michael Croft. 162 leaves with last page of text numbered 153. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 3.11.60 and undated and undated goldenrod revision paste-ups on seven pages. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three flat metal brads. Weyland Film Productions unknown
Référence libraire : 166216
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Lester Cowan (producer); Victor Wolfson (screenwriter)
Lucky You Original screenplay for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1940. Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> The story of a young girl whose emotionally disturbed mother commits suicide while the family is traveling to Mexico City by train and whose previously estranged oil baron father must then assume her care. <br /> <br /> Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for Victor Wolfson. 29 leaves mimeograph on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 129717
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Lester Orlebeck (director); J Benton Cheney (screenwriter); Bob Steele, Jimmie Dodd (starring)
Shadows on the Sage Purple on the Sage Original screenplay for the 1942 film
North Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1942. Shooting script for the 1942 film. Copy belonging to actor Harry Holman with his name on the front wrapper his copious manuscript annotations throughout and manuscript notation of the early working title "Purple on the Sage" on the front wrapper. Based on the series of novels by William Colt MacDonald. <br /> <br /> Three Mesquiteer Tucson is captured by an outlaw who assumes his identity to try and avoid capture. The first of the highly popular "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie Western series released by Republic to star Jimmie Dodd who replaced Rufe Davis as "Lullaby" Joslin. <br /> <br /> Set in Holbrook Colorado shot on location at Iverson Ranch in California. <br /> <br /> Tall green titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper marked as production No. 1211 dated June 241942 with credits for associate producer Lou Gray. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 63. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 7-1-42. Pages Very Good wrapper Good plus bound with two gold brads. Republic Pictures unknown
Référence libraire : 141919
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Lew Landers (director); George Bricker (screenwriter); George Brent, Mari Aldon, Dorothy Patrick (starring)
Tangier Incident Original screenplay for the 1953 film
Hollywood: Allied Artists 1953. Draft script for the 1953 film. With a single manuscript pencil notation reading "1952" to the top left corner of the front wrapper.<br /> <br /> In Tangier an American spy posing as a black marketeer is on a mission to stop three atomic scientists who plan to pool their government secrets and make a profitable deal with the Communists. A late-career project from prolific director Lew Landers best known for his low-budget western and adventure films at RKO and Columbia.<br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers noted as production No. 203. Title page integral with the distribution page with receipt intact rubber-stamped copy No. 46 with story and screenwriting credits to George Bricker. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 9/13/52. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some creasing and light fading bound with two gold brads. Allied Artists unknown
Référence libraire : 146144
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Lew Parker, Pat Dane, Donald O'Connor, Olga San Juan (starring); Jack Hively (director); Oscar Brodney (screenwriter); Sam Perri
Are You With It Two original publicity photographs from the 1948 film
Universal City: Universal-International 1948. Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1948 film musical one showing actor Lew Parker pointing at actress Pat Dane the other showing actress Olga San Juan in Chinese-inspired garb. Printed mimeo snipe and provenance stamps on the versos.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1945 Broadway musical in turn based on George Malcolm-Smith's 1941 novel "Slightly Perfect." A young insurance salesman quits his job and joins a traveling circus thereby discovering his ability to tap-dance and sing. <br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. One Very Good plus the other Very Good with pinholes at the corners. Universal-International unknown
Référence libraire : 164601
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Lew Wallace (novel); Fred Niblo (director); June Mathis (screenwriter); Ramon Novarro, Francis X Bushman, May McAvoy (starring)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Original photograph album compiled by a musician touring with the orchestra in support of the 1925 film September 1926 through April 1927
N.p.: N.p. 1927. Vintage photograph album containing 65 photographs compiled by cellist Carl Steppi between 1926 and 1927 documenting a tour with an orchestra in support of the 1925 film. A unique collection of vernacular photographs many with manuscript captions in English and German. Steppi is identified in contemporary newspaper articles as having been a cellist for the St. Louis Symphony in the early 1920s.<br /> <br /> The tour was apparently by rail as the archive includes several photographs of the assembled musicians outside train cars and one photograph of the musicians in a passenger car. The dates of the tour are noted on the album's first blank leaf captioned with "On the Road with the Picture 'Ben Hur' Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation / September 1926." The album's last leaf bears a photograph of presumably Steppi's wife and child captioned "Und endlich Kam die ersehnte Heimhehr! And finally the longed-for Homecoming! / Brooklyn N.Y. / Back in: April 24 1927." <br /> <br /> The many locations captioned in the photographs are: Illinois Dixon Rochelle and Rock Island Iowa Anamosa Cedar Rapids Clinton Davenport Des Moines Grinnell and Muskatine Kansas Wichita Missouri Kansas City and Hannibal Ohio Zanesville Texas Austin Dallas and Gainesville and West Virginia Charleston and Huntington with Gainesville incorrectly noted as being in Oklahoma.<br /> <br /> Jewish prince Ben-Hur is sent to prison at the behest of his childhood friend Messala as a result of a mishap during a Roman parade. Through sheer will the prince endures prison and once released vows revenge on his childhood friend. The most expensive silent film made with a budget of $3.9 million. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Italy and California.<br /> <br /> Album: 10 x 6.75 inches 30 pages. Very Good with paper tape repairs to the front and rear partially detached wrappers and with light chipping overall to the album leaves with eight leaves detached.<br /> <br /> Photographs: approximately 3 x 2 to 6 x 4 inches. Near Fine overall.<br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Godard Histoires de cinema. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 160884
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Lewis Allen (director); Lawrence P Bachmann (novel, screenwriter); Marcel Stellman (screenwriter); O W Fischer, Juliette Greco,
Whirlpool Collection of 6 British front-of-house cards from the 1959 film
London: Rank Film Distributors 1959. Collection of 6 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1959 UK film. <br /> <br /> Based on Lawrence Bachmann's 1957 novel "The Lorelei" about a girl on the run from the law and a former crime associate and her eventual refuge on a boat coasting down the river Rhine. <br /> <br /> A story set in Eastern Europe shot in Germany. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Faint creases overall else Near Fine. Rank Film Distributors unknown
Référence libraire : 132723
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Lewis Gilbert (director); Bill Naughton (play, screenwriter); Jack Dooley (photographer); Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millic
Alfie Original photograph from the 1966 film
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1966. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1966 UK film showing actor Michael Caine in conversation with director Lewis Gilbert. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. <br /> <br /> From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br /> <br /> Based on Bill Naughton's 1966 play set in sexy swinging 1960s London about a young working class chauffeur who decides to change his womanizing behavior after a tuberculosis diagnosis and the birth of his son. Director Lewis Gilbert breaks the fourth wall in this film with Caine directly addressing the camera in attempt to gain sympathy from the audience a technique used again by Gilbert in "Shirley Valentine" 1989. Gilbert also addressed the then-taboo issues of pregnancy and abortion in an uncommonly candid style. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in London.<br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine lightly age toned. Paramount Pictures unknown
Référence libraire : 159144
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Lewis Gilbert (director); Ian Fleming (novel); Christopher Wood (screenwriter); Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Rich
Moonraker Original film program for the 1979 film
Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Vintage illustrated program for the 1979 film.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1954 novel by Ian Fleming. Lewis Gilbert's third and final directorial effort in the James Bond franchise and the eleventh film in the series overall hot on the trail of the wildly successful "Star Wars" 1977. Roger Moore stars in his fourth role as the British secret agent here working to to foil a criminal enterprise involving the theft of space rockets. Nominated for an Academy Award. <br /> <br /> Set in England the United States Italy Brazil and outer space shot on location in England Argentina Brazil France Italy the United States and Guatemala. <br /> <br /> Full-color six page horizontal trifold brochure on semi-gloss finish card stock with large illustration interior with cast listing "The Players" on top third. 12 x 6 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear a small bit of discoloration on top right corner of verso of third leaf and a 1/2 inch closed tear to one fold. United Artists unknown
Référence libraire : 152285
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Lewis Gilbert (director, screenwriter); Richard Macaulay (novel); Vernon Harris (screenwriter); Laurence Harvey, Gloria Grahame,
The Good Die Young Original photograph of Gloria Grahame and Lewis Gilbert on the set of the 1954 film
Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1954. Vintage studio still photograph from the set of the 1954 film showing director Lewis Gilbert and a camera crew setting up a shot with Gloria Grahame. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1953 novel by Richard Macaulay about four desperate men who meet in a pub and decide to rob a post office. The novel's original Beverly Hills setting was changed to 1950s London. <br /> <br /> Set in London. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
Référence libraire : 157104
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Lewis John Carlino (director, screenwriter); Yukio Mishima (novel); Sarah Miles, Kris Kristofferson (starring)
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Four original photographs from the 1976 film
New York: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1976. Four vintage borderless black-and-white double weight studio still photographs from the 1976 film. Base on the 1965 novel by Yukio Mishima. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. About Fine with AVCO Embassy descriptions tipped on to the verso. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown
Référence libraire : 135482
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Lewis Milestone (director); SLA Marshall (novel); James R Webb (screenwriter); Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn, George Pe
Pork Chop Hill Original screenplay for the 1959 film copy belonging to actor Martin Landau
Los Angeles: Melville Productions 1959. Revised Shooting Final Draft script for the 1959 film belonging to actor Martin Landau his screen debut housed in paper envelope bearing Landau's name film title script and "Will pick up at the gate" on label. Annotations of Landau's name and character's name written on the top of page 36 of script and Landau's name again written at the top of page "66-67" of script in manuscript ink.<br /> <br /> Laid in is a nine page production announcement from United Artists which includes cast credits synopsis and production notes.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1956 historical novel Pork Chop Hill: The American Fighting Man in Action by S.L.A. Marshall.<br /> <br /> The first bloody Battle of Pork Chop Hill which took place in April of 1953 between the US Army's 7th Infantry Division and Chinese and North Korean forces. Gregory Peck portrays Lieutenant Joe Clemons who along with South Korean Lieutenant Suki Ohashi played by George Shibata lead the Division to recapture the hill. All while American and Communist North Korean and Chinese forces convene to discuss a cease fire 70 miles away at Panmunjon. <br /> <br /> Martin Landau's feature film debut and featuring break out performances from numerous actors who become major film and television stars in the 1960s and 1970s including Woody Strode Harry Guardino Robert Blake George Peppard Norman Fell Abel Fernandez Gavin MacLeod Harry Dean Stanton and others.<br /> <br /> Set in Cheorwon-gun South Korea shot on location in California and Arizona. <br /> <br /> Title page integral with front wrapper dated APRIL 22 1958 noted as REVISED SHOOTING FINAL with credits for screenwriter James R. Webb and author S. L. A. Marshall. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 5/20/58 and 6/20/58. Pages Very Good plus with occasional light soil and dampstain on very bottom edge of leaf following title page title page Very Good with large dampstain along two to three inches of bottom and lightly along outer edge bound with three gold brads. Melville Productions unknown
Référence libraire : 148400
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Lewis Milestone (director); Darryl F Zanuck (story); Jerome Cady (screenwriter); Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Farley Granger (st
The Purple Heart Original screenplay for the 1944 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1943. Second Revised Final draft script for the 1944 film. A few annotations of names or checks in manuscript pencil on the top outer corner of verso. <br /> <br /> A dramatization of the trials that took place in Japan during World War II eight American aircrew members are taken prisoner by the Japanese Army. The soldiers are forced to endure systematic torture and abuse and finally accused convicted and executed as war criminals. This film brought opposition from the Department of Defense fearing strong reactions from the Japanese. <br /> <br /> Set in Japan shot on location in Washington DC. <br /> <br /> Beige titled wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 229 and production No. 936 dated OCT. 14 1943. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated October 14 1943 noted as 2nd Revised Final. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/20/43 and 12/6/43. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
Référence libraire : 147112
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Lewis R Foster (director, screenwriter); Robert N Lee (screenwriter); Ray Jones (photographer); Robert Wilcox, Judith Barrett, C
Armored Car Original photograph from the 1937 film
Universal City: Universal Pictures 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph of Cesar Romero and Irving Pichel from the 1937 film with two stamps and a mimeo snipe on the verso one studio stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones and one dated Advertising Advisory Council stamp. <br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> Robert Wilcox stars as a detective who goes undercover to expose a group of hijackers. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. A small crease to the bottom right corner else Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
Référence libraire : 165066
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Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand (starring); Sam Raimi (director, screenwriter); Chuck Pfarrer, Ivan Raimi, Daniel Goldin, Joshua
Darkman Original photograph of Sam Raimi and Liam Neeson on the set of the 1990 film
N.p.: N.p. 1990. Vintage reference photograph showing director Sam Raimi and actor Liam Neeson on the set of the 1990 film. Mimeo snipe and newspaper clippings affixed to the verso along with a date stamp reading AUG 27 1990. <br /> <br /> After surviving a brutal disfiguring attack by gangsters a brilliant scientist becomes a vigilante known as Darkman assuming different identities by using a synthetic skin to create masks. The first film in the "Darkman" series an open homage to Universal horror films of the 1930s. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Ontario Canada and in Los Angeles and Altadena California. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
Référence libraire : 158486
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