Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1975. Collection of eight vintage black and white studio still photographs from the 1975 film. With the stamp of Consolidated Theatre Services on the verso. <br/><br/>Loosely based on Ronald Fair's 1966 novel "Hog Butcher." Two African American children are the key witnesses against the corrupt police officers who mistakenly murdered their best friend and local hero Nathaniel "Cornbread" Hamilton in a manhunt.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Draft script for the 1945 film. Copy belonging to studio secretary Marion Pecht with her name in holograph pencil at the top right corner of the front wrapper. <br/><br/>The sixth and final Inner Sanctum installment featuring spiritualists a haunted house and a murder by suffocation in what was seemingly a last gasp from the studio's film series. Sadly the film's failure superseded its potential even with all the right elements of a chilling melodrama. <br/><br/>ChaneyJr. plays attorney Wayne Fletcher who is engaged in an affair with his secretary Donna Joyce who is tied to a rich family. He arrives home after a late night at the office to discover his wife has been murdered a death by asphyxiation with Wayne as the suspect. With the help psychic Julian Julian Bromberg the police investigate the murder. The psychic's motives are questionable but he says he can contact Wayne's dead wife. At a seance to reach Vivian's spirit the reluctant Wayne hears what he thinks is her voice but discovers Julian Julian in the shadows and accuses him of conspiracy. After several sleepless nights haunted by the voice of his lost wife Wayne finally "gives in" to her spirit and attempts to kill Donna with a pillow but is overpowered by police and leaps from a window to his death per his wife's instructions. <br/><br/>Gray card titled wrappers lacking rear wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7285 dated February 19 1945 with credits for screenwriter Bricker and story writer Babcock. 106 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good lacking rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Weaver Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
N.p.: Charles Band 1977. Collection of four vintage matte-finish studio still photographs from the 1977 film.<br/><br/>A NASA research scientist accidentally uncovers a supernatural plot to take over Earth by aliens from the planet Utopia. <br/><br/>Shot on location in California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Charles Band unknown books
California: Eve Productions 1963. Collection of four vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film. With stars drawn on the recto and two with stamps on the bottom right corner of the recto noting production No. 72-640. With hand-inked black stars over portions of breasts where one would normally expect to see a nipple or a pasty.<br/><br/>An early Russ Meyer effort a faux documentary following several pin-up girls around and exploring the art of nude glamor photography. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Eve Productions unknown books
N.p.: N.p. 1967. Draft script for the 1967 Swedish film translated into English photocopied for internal distribution. With copied holograph annotations to virtually every page. <br/><br/>Vilgot Sjoman's controversial erotic drama utilizing both dramatic and documentary filmmaking techniques starring Sjoman's lover at the time actress Lena Nyman as a young theater student examining the social and political mores of 1960s Sweden and her own sexuality. Seized by customs upon entry to the US and banned from numerous US cities for sexually explicit scenes it was found in 1969 not to be obscene by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit opening the door to more frank and explicit subject matter in American film. The companion to Sjoman's 1968 film "I Am Curious Blue."<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Stockholm. <br/><br/>Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper undated with credits for director Vilgot Sjoman and translation credits to Martin Minow and Jenny Bohman. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a single staple. N.p. unknown books
N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage reference photograph of Paul Newman and screenwriter Gore Vidal on the set of the 1958 film.<br/><br/>Based on the 1955 teleplay "The Death of Billy the Kid" written by Gore Vidal for the NBC television series "The Pilco-Goodyear Television Playhouse" which also starred Paul Newman in the lead. Gore Vidal was reportedly displeased with Penn's adaptation and in 1989 it was remade from his original script as the TNT television film "Billy the Kid" directed by William Graham and starring Val Kilmer and Duncan Regehr.<br/><br/>Arthur Penn's directorial debut.<br/><br/>William Bonney aka Billy the Kid avenges the murder of a cattle boss friend John Tunstall by the local sheriff in the Lincoln County War and endangers his friends and the territorial amnesty leading to his former friend now sheriff Pat Garrett John Dehner setting out to capture him. <br/><br/>Although faring poorly at the US box office at the time of its release it was praised by French critics and is now considered a bold example of an early Revisionist Western.<br/><br/>Set in the 1870s New Mexico territory. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Scorcese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. N.p. unknown books
Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1974. Collection of eight vintage black and white studio still photographs from the 1974 adult animated film. <br/><br/>Based on R. Crumb's 1965-1972 comic strip. Fritz an irresponsible womanizing leftist finds himself married and drowning in domesticity and escapes through a drug-fueled fantasy about his "nine lives." The first animated feature film to receive an R rating. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1925. First Draft script for the 1925 film. <br/><br/>A roguish Eastern European woman is hired to help con a young heiress out of her wealth by holding fake seances with the heiress' long-dead father. Director Tod Browning was best known for his controversial masterpiece "Freaks" 1932 a quintessential film from both the perspective of horror and pre-Code film history revered by 20th century surrealists and given homage by Luis Bunuel in his film "Viridiana" 1961.<br/><br/>Beige titled wrappers rubber-stamped production No. 1520 dated 3/28/25. Title page integral with the first page of text dated March 28 1925 noted as First draft of continuity with credits for screenwriter Waldemar Young. Approximately 120 leaves without page numbers. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
N.p.: N.p. 1977. Fourth Draft script for the 1977 film. With a single holograph ink notation to the front wrapper's right top corner.<br/><br/>Based on the 1977 novel by Colin Forbes about a defecting Russian general who collaborates with an American secret agent to expose KGB spies throughout Europe by luring them onto a train headed west. Director Mark Robson and actor Robert Shaw died of unrelated heart attacks within months of the film's release making "Avalanche Express" a final film for both.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Germany England Ireland Italy and the US. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers noted as FOURTH DRAFT on the front wrapper dated December 30 1977 with credits for screenwriter Abraham Polonsky. Title page present dated December 30 1977 noted as FOURTH DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Abraham Polonsky. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with tearing to the front wrapper binding bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
London: J. Arthur Rank 1959. Final Draft script for the 1960 film. <br/><br/>Based on Richard Gordon's 1957 novel. The fourth film in Rank's popular "Doctor" series and the first not to feature actor Dirk Bogarde as Dr. Simon Sparrow although Bogarde would return for the next film in the series "Doctor in Distress" in 1963. The series follows the frequently romantic comic antics of a group of young doctors. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in London.<br/><br/>Green titled wrappers noted as Semi-final Script on the front wrapper dated 14-12-59. Title page present dated December 1959 with credits for screenwriter Nicholas Phipps and novelist Richard Gordon. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a silver prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown books
N.p.: N.p. 1960. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1960 British film. <br/><br/>A gang of four smalltime criminals are sentenced to time in a progressive experimental prison where inmates are permitted to wear street clothes and subject to a psychiatrist's efforts to reform their deviant ways. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
London: Virgin Films 1986. Draft script for the 1986 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with holograph pencil annotations throughout regarding shooting locations and times of day. <br/><br/>Based on the 1983 book written by Lucy Irvine which detailed her experiences living for a year on the remote uninhabited island of Tuin in the Torres Strait with middle-aged writer Gerald Kingsland. <br/><br/>Shot on location in London and the Seychelles. <br/><br/>Mustard untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Allan Scott and book credits to Lucy Irvine. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light rust marks near the binding bound internally with two silver brads. Virgin Films unknown books
N.p.: N.p. 1966. Collection of eight vintage borderless reference photographs and one vintage studio still photograph from the 1966 film. <br/><br/>Based on the British comic strip which originally appeared in 1963. Modesty Blaise a former criminal mastermind occasionally employed by the Secret Service must protect a shipment of diamonds en route to a small Middle Eastern kingdom from a crime syndicate. Monica Vitti's first English-speaking role. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. <br/><br/>Shot on location throughout Italy the Netherlands and England. <br/><br/>Approximately 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus several lightly toned to the edges. N.p. unknown books
N.p.: Newtown Productions 1956. Vintage reference photograph of actress Carroll Baker on the set of the 1956 film. <br/><br/>Based on Tennessee Williams' 1946 one-act plays "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" and "The Unsatisfactory Supper." A spoiled virginal teenage girl is caught between the unfulfilled passions of her middle-aged husband and his amorous business rival a Sicilian with a monopoly on local cotton plantations. <br/><br/>Set in the fictional Tiger Tail County Mississippi shot on location in Benoit Mississippi and Stockton California.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded. Newtown Productions unknown books
Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Vintage borderless black-and-white reference photograph of director J. Lee Thompson and a camera crew directing actress Patricia Neal while filming on location for the 1979 British film. With two printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso with tape along with holograph pencil and ink annotations regarding layout.<br/><br/>Based on screenwriter Bruce Nicolaysen's 1976 novel "Perilous Passage" wherein a Basque farmer helps a French scientist and his family flee to neutral Spain during World War I.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in the Pyrenees France.<br/><br/>9.5 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy. United Artists unknown books
N.p.: Les Films Marceau-Cocinor 1963. Collection of eight vintage borderless black-and-white reference photographs from the 1963 French-Italian sexploitation film. <br/><br/>A pseudo-journalistic view into the world of Italian sadomasochism in the 1960s. <br/><br/>Four photographs 9.5 x 7 inches four photographs 7 x 4.75 inches. Very Good plus. Les Films Marceau-Cocinor unknown books
London: Associated British Corporation 1968. Vintage reference photograph from Season 7 Episode 15 of the 1968 British television series which originally aired on December 16 showing actress Linda Thorson as Agent Tara King held hostage at Wainwright Timber Industries making no attempt to escape a leg shackle. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with holograph pencil and ink annotations regarding layout and two stamps specific to the French airing of the episode.<br/><br/>"The Avengers" aired from 1961 to 1969 and followed secret agent Dr. David Keel Ian Hendry and his bevy of assistants as they battle the British criminal element.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire England.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Associated British Corporation unknown books
Chicago: Esquire 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. With the stamp of R.I.C. Productions in Brussels on the verso.<br/><br/>A so-called modeling agency in New York City secretly operates as an undercover prostitution ring.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in New York.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased and edgeworn. Esquire unknown books
N.p.: Desert 1962. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1962 sexploitation film. With holograph ink annotations on the verso identifying the film's title.<br/><br/>A gold prospector lost in the desert encounters an oasis with several women wandering around in the nude.<br/><br/>One photograph 9.5 x 7 inches one photograph 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Desert unknown books
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1967. Vintage reference photograph of director Richard Thorpe and actors Angie Dickinson and Glenn Ford looking over a script on the set of the 1967 Western film. With a printed mimeo snipe noting the film's original title "The Pistolero of Red River" which has been crossed out and retitled "The Last Challenge" in holograph ink annotation affixed to the verso along with holograph ink and pencil annotations and a mimeo snipe.<br/><br/>Based on John Sherry's 1966 novel "Pistolero's Progress." A young gunslinger heads into a small western town with the intention of dueling the local sheriff who is famed for his skill and speed with a gun. Thorpe's final film concluding a decades-long affiliation with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.<br/><br/>Shot on location in California and Arizona.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a few light creases to the top right corner. <br/><br/>Pitts 2185. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Tokyo: Toho 1952. Collection of four vintage oversize borderless reference photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the 1952 Japanese film. One with a stamp noting the name of actor Takashi Shimura to the bottom right corner of the verso. <br/><br/>A mid-level government bureaucrat discovers he has terminal cancer and decides to try to find meaning in life before his death. The first collaboration between director Akira Kurosawa and screenwriter Hideo Oguni beginning a decade-long involvement which would produce among many others "Seven Samurai" 1954 "Throne of Blood" 1957 and "The Hidden Fortress" 1958.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Tokyo. <br/><br/>Four photographs 10 x 8 inches one photograph 6.5 x 5 inches. Very Good plus one photograph with light foxing on the verso. <br/><br/>BFI 591. Criterion Collection 221. Ebert I. Rosenbaum 1000. Toho unknown books
London: London Film Productions 1955. Vintage reference photograph from the 1955 British film showing an aerial view of Whitechapel Road market in London. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso.<br/><br/>Based on the 1953 novel. A young boy growing up in a working class community buys what he believes to be a unicorn in reality a small deformed goat with the hope that it will bring luck to his friends and family.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in East London.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a small tear to the top left corner. London Film Productions unknown books
N.p.: Films Sonores Tobis 1931. Vintage reference photograph from the 1931 French film showing the exterior of the phonograph factory where the film's protagonist Louis begins to find prosperity. With holograph ink and pencil annotations to the verso.<br/><br/>Director Rene Clair's third sound film a lyrical proletarian satire about friendship wealth and the price of success. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Criterion Collection 160. Films Sonores Tobis unknown books
N.p.: Aberdeen 1980. Collection of three vintage black-and-white reference photographs from the 1980 film.<br/><br/>Based on Rosalyn Drexler's 1972 novel "To Smithereens." A scrappy sports arena waitress is scouted by a wrestling promoter who believes she has what it takes to become a champion.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with faint wear to the corners. Aberdeen unknown books
London: Hammer Films 1964. Collection of four vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1964 film. One with a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's German release affixed to the verso noting the film's German title "Die brennenden Augen von Schloss Bartimore."<br/><br/>A small village in the early twentieth century is terrorized by Megaera the Gorgon a monster so hideous that even glancing at her face turns humans to stone.<br/><br/>Set in eastern Europe.<br/><br/>Two photographs 10 x 8 inches two photographs 9.25 x 7 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded in portions.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Johnson and Del Vecchio Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography pp. 241-242. Hammer Films unknown books
London: Woodfall Film Productions 1963. Vintage borderless reference photograph of cinematographer Walter Lassally filming a scene on a handheld camera with actor Hugh Griffith on location for the 1963 British film. With holograph pencil and ink annotations on the verso.<br/><br/>Based on Henry Fielding's popular 1749 novel wherein a young good-natured man of questionable origins is turned loose on the world and more to the point the world's women. Nominated for ten Academy Awards and winning four including Best Picture and Best Director.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in England.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Woodfall Film Productions unknown books
New York: Wiliam Mishkin Motion Pictures 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso.<br/><br/>Three theatre bigwigs discuss their most recent project prominently featuring aspiring actress Liz Adams who has slept her way to the top of the Broadway money chain.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in New York. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn to the bottom right corner. Wiliam Mishkin Motion Pictures unknown books
Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri 1952. Collection of eight vintage reference photographs seven borderless from the 1952 Swedish film. Three with mimeo snipes on the verso and all with holograph ink and pencil annotations as well as the stamp of Svensk Filmindustri.<br/><br/>While vacationing at a summer home four sisters-in-law tell each other stories from their respective marriages ranging from illicit affairs to elopement to immaculate conception. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Stockholm Sweden and Paris.<br/><br/>Six photographs 7.5 x 6 inches one photograph 4.5 x 5.5 inches and one photograph 5.5 x 4.25 inches. Near Fine. Svensk Filmindustri unknown books
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Vintage reference photograph of director Robert Wise and actress Julie Andrews on the set of the 1968 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso.<br/><br/>A musical adaptation of the life of British actress Gertrude Lawrence who rose to prominence in the 1930s.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in London England New York and Massachusetts.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine lightly edgeworn. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
Tokyo: Toho 1952. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1952 Japanese film showing director Akira Kurosawa adjusting the lid of a teapot while actors Takashi Shimura and Miki Odagiri look on. With the stamps of Forum Film and Israel Film Archive on the verso.<br/><br/>A mid-level government bureaucrat discovers he has terminal cancer and decides to try to find meaning in life before his death. The first collaboration between director Akira Kurosawa and screenwriter Hideo Oguni beginning a decade-long involvement which would produce among many others "Seven Samurai" 1954 "Throne of Blood" 1957 and "The Hidden Fortress" 1958.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Tokyo. <br/><br/>11 x 9 inches. Very Good with light scuffing and edgewear throughout.<br/><br/>BFI 591. Criterion Collection 221. Ebert I. Rosenbaum 1000. Toho unknown books
London: Island Records 1972. Collection of three vintage matte-finish studio still photographs from the 1972 film.<br/><br/>Loosely based on the early years of real-life Jamaican outlaw Rhyging who rose to prominence as a folk hero in the 1940s. Ska and reggae musician Jimmy Cliff's film debut in which Cliff stars as a young man from rural Jamaica who moves to Kingston with dreams of fame and fortune as a singer but is waylaid by corrupt record producers and criminal enterprises. One of the first films to feature black Jamaicans speaking Jamaican Patois and whose soundtrack played a key role in popularizing reggae music worldwide. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Kingston Jamaica.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned.<br/><br/>Criterion Collection 83. Island Records unknown books
Amsterdam: Scorpio Films 1973. Vintage reference photograph from the 1973 Dutch film showing actors Sylvia Kristel and Hugo Metsers in an intimate moment. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso.<br/><br/>One of the key films of the "Dutch Wave" of the 1970s. A man can't stop himself from cheating on his beautiful wife leading her to have an affair with a mutual friend as revenge.<br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Very Good plus with some soil and wear to the top edge. Scorpio Films unknown books
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1971. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1971 film showing actors Malcolm McDowell Vivienne Chandler and Prudence Drage. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Cine-Revue and holograph ink and pencil annotations regarding layout. <br/><br/>Based on Anthony Burgess' 1962 novel. A futuristic voyeuristic catapult into the world of teenage delinquent Alex DeLarge who forcibly undergoes experimental treatment developed by the government to cure him of his affinity for violence. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in London.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Warner Brothers unknown books
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Vintage oversize borderless satin-finish reference photograph from the 1975 musical film. With a provenance stamp on the verso.<br/><br/>Loosely based on Marie d'Agoult's 1848 book "Nelida." Composer and pianist Franz Liszt enjoys a decadent lifestyle aided by his legion of loyal female fans.<br/><br/>Set in Russia and Italy.<br/><br/>11.5 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
Universal City: Universal Pictures 1943. Revised Draft script for the 1944 film. With a few small holograph pencil annotations throughout noting the name of an unknown crew member.<br/><br/>A condemned murderer escapes from jail when Nazis bomb the French prison where he is being held. Encountering the body of a dead French soldier he steals the man's identification papers and uniform and escapes to Africa joining the Resistance Movement and in doing so finding new purpose and a sense of patriotism to France.<br/><br/>Set in France and French Equatorial Africa.<br/><br/>Beige titled wrappers noted as REVISED on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7126 dated AUGUST 4 1943 with credits for director JULIEN DUVIVIER. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Mimeographed rectos only with blue and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/12/43 and 10/4/43. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with front wrapper detached from binding bound with three gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1980. Collection of ten vintage black and white borderless studio still photographs from the 1980 film. <br/><br/>Based on screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky's 1978 novel. Director Ken Russell's first American film itself an "altered state" during production. Russell was constantly inebriated on the set and had the actors mumble their lines in protest against Chayefsky's script. Chayefsky was subsequently banned from the set and denounced the film even before production began. <br/><br/>Edward Jessup William Hurt in his film debut is a Harvard professor whose studies of the limits of human consciousness inevitably lead him down a strange and horrible path from early experiments with a sensory deprivation tank to participation in Mexican Ayahuasca ceremonies.<br/><br/>Set in Boston shot on location in New York California Massachusetts and Mexico.<br/><br/>9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Warner Brothers unknown books
Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1976. Set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1976 western film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso.<br/><br/>Based on the 1968 play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit. A revisionist look at the Buffalo Bill legend in which the buffoonish Bill Paul Newman hires Chief Sitting Bull Frank Kaquitts to star in his Wild West Show but finds himself frequently butting heads with Sitting Bull's own vision of the American west. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Alberta Canada. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Pitts 554. United Artists unknown books
N.p.: Frank Capra Productions Inc 1965. Second Draft script for an unproduced film by screenwriter Walter Newman with Frank Capra credited on the title page as "Producer-Director" and with Capra's production company Frank Capra Productions Inc. heading the front wrapper. The script is 247 pages which would roughly amount to a four hour film.<br/><br/>In 1965 Capra was in negotiations to get the financing for Newman's adaptation of Martin Caidin's 1964 novel. Unfortunately the project was too ambitious and the cost too great to get the production off the ground even after Capra had heavy revisions made to the script. Columbia Pictures' producer M.J. Frankovich offered Capra $3 million to make the film requiring a downsizing of the project too great for Capra to accept prompting him to abandon the project.<br/><br/>Walter Newman is the acclaimed three time Academy Award nominated screenwriter of "Ace in the Hole" 1951 "Cat Ballou 1965 and "Bloodbrothers" 1978 as well as the uncredited screenwriter of "The Magnificent Seven" 1960 and "The Great Escape" both of which he renounced credit on after disputes with the same director John Sturges who would go on to direct "Marooned" in 1969 and perhaps not surprisingly abandon Newman's screenplay and hire screenwriter Mayo Simon. Newman is perhaps best known for his unproduced 1970 screenplay "Harrow Alley" called by some "the greatest screenplay never made" a 172 page macabre story of the Great Plague in mediaeval England and is regularly taught in film writing classes and has for years as recently as 2018 been rumored to be in production.<br/><br/>A film adaptation of Caidin's novel was made in 1969 by director John Sturges with a screenplay by Mayo Simon and starring Gregory Peck Richard Crenna David Janssen and Gene Hackman.<br/><br/>Three astronauts after spending months in orbit prepare to return to earth only to find the rocket boosters won't fire and their oxygen levels declining.<br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as SECOND DRAFT on the front wrapper dated APRIL 14 1965. Title page present dated April 14 1965 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Walter Newman and Producer-Director Frank Capra. 249 leaves with last page of text numbered 247. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with light soiling creasing and small closed tears at extremities bound with two gold brads. Frank Capra Productions, Inc unknown books
London: British Lion 1959. Collection of three vintage reference photographs from the 1959 short film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>A surreal slapstick sketch comedy film filmed over 2 days on a shoestring budget of approximately 70 pounds. Considered influential on mid-century British comedy particularly Monty Python's Flying Circus and a purported favorite of The Beatles. <br/><br/>Two photographs approximately 10 x 8 inches one photograph 8.25 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased. British Lion unknown books
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1971. Collection of eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1970 novel by Paula Fox. A film which charts the rising fear of crime and urban decay and subsequent "white flight" to the suburbs in New York in the 1970s told through the escalating anxieties of a middle-aged married couple in Brooklyn Heights.<br/><br/>Set in New York City and shot there on location. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1978. Collection of 12 vintage studio still photographs from the 1978 film. <br/><br/>Loosely based on the exploits of Jimmy Hoffa the notorious boss of the Teamsters Union. In the 1930s a ruthless warehouse worker in Cleveland climbs his way to the top of a trucking union but his links to organized crime prove to be his downfall.<br/><br/>Shot on location in South Yorkshire in the UK Mineral Point and Dodgeville in Wisconsin Dubuque in Iowa and Los Angeles in California. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. United Artists unknown books
N.p.: N.p. 1993. Third Revision Draft script for the 1995 Western film with script divided into the four days of the tournament. From the collection of novelist-screenwriter William Hjortsberg.<br/><br/>Sam Raimi's exuberant homage to the spaghetti western criminally underrated at the time of its release it has since been reassessed a unique and finely crafted revisionist Western. Featuring memorable performances all around including Russell Crowe's first US film role and an up-and-coming Leonardo Di Caprio.<br/><br/>A woman gunfighter "The Lady" Sharon Stone rides into the town of Redemption run by the ruthless outlaw John Herod Gene Hackman to participate in a deadly quick draw elimination tournament with 15 other gunfighters and to exact revenge.<br/><br/>Set in the fictional town of Redemption shot on location in Arizona. <br/><br/>Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present dated July 1993 noted as 3red Revision with credits for screenwriter Simon Moore. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with some toning and splashing bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
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 books
Los Angeles: Continental 1967. Vintage reference photograph of director Joseph Strick and screenwriter Fred Haines on the set of the 1967 film leaning against a car examining a copy of their screenplay and a copy of "Ulysses" side by side on the car's roof. With two printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso crediting both men also as producers. <br/> <br/>The first film adaptation of James Joyce's influential modernist novel and one of the only adaptations to take its dialogue directly from the book. The film came under heavy threat of censorship due to profane for the time language and was given an X rating in the UK after Strick refused to edit out any of the "offending" passages. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay shared by Strick and Haines. <br/><br/>Set in Dublin Ireland and shot there on location. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Continental unknown books
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1971. Vintage borderless studio still photograph of director Hal Ashby and actors Charles Tyner Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort along with an unknown crew member on the set of the 1971 film. With a handwritten snipe affixed to the verso along with holograph pencil and ink annotations identifying the figures and film title. <br/><br/>Hal Ashby's idiosyncratic love story following the unlikely romance which blossoms between the young suicidally depressed Harold and the exuberant eighty-year-old Maude. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in San Francisco. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn on the corners. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 608. Eureka Masters of Cinema 83. Paramount Pictures unknown books
N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actress Muriel Catala pulling on her stocking while actor Michel Albertini reclines on the floor next to a record player. <br/><br/>A woman whose son stands accused of murder blackmails the judge in an attempt to force him to acquit. <br/><br/>9.75 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant US. N.p. unknown books
London: Woodfall Film Productions 1965. Vintage borderless candid photograph from the 1965 film showing actors Ray Brooks and Charlotte Rampling lounging at the beach. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with holograph annotations regarding layout and the stamp of Keystone Agency.<br/><br/>An awkward young man seeks out the help of his womanizing friend in learning how to seduce women but trouble arises when both men fall for the same woman a shy young country girl.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in London. <br/><br/>7.25 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear and soil to the verso. Woodfall Film Productions unknown books
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1969. Vintage reference photograph of director Peter Yates and actors Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow on the set of the 1969 film.<br/><br/>Based on Mervyn Jones' 1966 novel following a man and a woman who meet in a singles bar sleep together and spend the subsequent day learning about one another. One of the earliest New Hollywood dramas an examination of hookup culture in the late 1960s.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in New York City.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1949. Vintage photograph of John Hodiak studying his script from the set of the 1949 film. Mimeo snipe and label with photo number on the verso. <br/><br/>Newspaperman John Royer James Stewart and his old friend Carnaghan Spencer Tracey are sent by the US government in Japanese-occupied Malaya to smuggle rubber for the war effort. <br/><br/>Set in Japanese-occupied Malaya. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus light edgewear small closed tear and small light stain. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
N.p.: Embassy Pictures 1983. Vintage studio still photograph of Sam Neill and Derek Jacobi from the 1983 film. <br/><br/>Based on Michael Barak's 1978 novel "The Enigma Sacrifice."<br/><br/>C.I.A. Agent Bodley Michael Lonsdale recruits East German dissident Alex Holbeck Martin Sheen to infiltrate Soviet intelligence to prevent five KGB agents from assassinating Soviet dissidents in the west. <br/><br/>Set in Paris and Berlin shot on location in France. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Embassy Pictures unknown books
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