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David Miller director; Helen Van Slyke book; Stanford Whitmore screenwriter; Donna Reed Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Mildred Dunnock
The Best Place to Be Parts 1 and 2 Original screenplays for the 1979 television film
Burbank CA: Ross Hunter Productions Inc. / National Broadcasting Company NBC 1978. First Draft script for the 1979 television film conceived and aired in 2 parts originally by NBC on May 27 1979. Presentation copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. <br/><br/>Based on the 1976 novel of the same name by New York Times bestseller Helen Van Slyke. A widow raises rebellious children dates a younger man and renews a romance with an old friend. Donna Reed's television movie debut but also brought her back to television after a twelve-year absence. Ross Hunter's final project. <br/><br/>Set in New York and Ireland shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>Green full calf binding with titled paper wrappers as issued noted as Second Draft on the front wrapper dated August 31 1978 with credits for screenwriter Stanford Whitmore. Title page present dated August 31 1978 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Stanford Whitmore adapted from the novel by Helen Van Slyke. 220 leaves with last page of text numbered 231. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus presentation binding Near Fine. Ross Hunter Productions Inc. / National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
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Joseph Pevney director; Joel Malone Roswell Rogers screenwriter; Ann Sheridan starring
Just Across the Street Original screenplay for the 1952 film
Universal City: Universal Pictures 1952. Revised Final Draft script for the 1964 film. Presentation copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. <br/><br/>Joseph Pevney moved from acting to directing for the film noir "Female on the Beach" and followed that with much notable work including films "Man of a Thousand Faces" and television "Star Trek" "Bonanaza". Comedic romp with a working- woman being mistaken for wealthy estate owner. <br/><br/>Red full calf binding as issued. Title page present noted as Revised Final with credits for screenwriters Roswell Rogers Joel Malone Lou Breslow. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Mimeograph duplication with few blue revision pages dated 2/16/52. Pages Near Fine presentation binding Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
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David Lowell Rich director; George Di Pego screenwriter; Helen Hayes Fred Astaire Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Pat Crowley Patty Duke
A Family Upside Down Original screenplay for the 1978 television film
Hollywood: Paramount Television / National Broadcasting Company NBC 1977. Draft script for the 1978 television film originally aired on April 9 1978 on NBC. Presentation copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. <br/><br/>An elderly married couple find themselves increasingly dependent on their grown children as their physical and mental health deteriorates. Fred Astaire won an Emmy Award as Best Actor and Helen Hayes received a nomination as Best Actress for her performance. Additional Emmy nominations included Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress Patty Duke Supporting Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Outstanding Cinematography in Entertainment Programming for a Special Joseph Biroc. <br/><br/>Green full calf binding with titled paper wrappers as issued with credits for screenwriter Gerald Di Pego. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Gerald Di Pego. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus presentation binding Near Fine. Paramount Television / National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
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Richard Fleischer director; Ludovic Kennedy novel; Clive Exton screenwriter; Richard Attenborough Judy Geeson John Hurt starri
10 Rillington Place Original photograph from the 1971 film
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1971 film. <br/><br/>Based on the disturbing non fiction account by journalist Ludovic Kennedy about the British serial killer John Christie. <br/><br/>Shot on location in United Kingdom. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
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Michael Curtiz director; Ken Englund Noel Langley screenwriter; Brian Hooker William H. Post book of stage musical; Justin Hun
The Vagabond King Original screenplay for the 1956 film
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1954. Final White script for the 1956 film. Director Michael Curtiz's presentation copy in tan leather with gilt titles and Curtiz's name at the bottom right corner of the front board. <br/><br/>An adaptation of the 1925 operetta of the same name by Rudolf Friml which is based on Justin Huntly McCarthy's 1901 romantic novel and play "If I Were King." <br/><br/>Set in France in the year 1461. <br/><br/>Brown leather covered boards titles in gilt. Title page present dated December 9 1954 with credits for producer Pat Duggan director Michael Curtiz screenwriter Ken Englund. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 96A. Mimeograph duplication with blue and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 12-15-54 and 2-9-55. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus with some wear at the edges. Paramount Pictures unknown books
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Michael Curtiz director; Nelson Gidding Stephen Longstreet Dean Riesner Oscar Saul screenwriter; Ann Blyth Paul Newman starr
The Helen Morgan Story Original screenplay for the 1957 film
Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1957. Second Revised Final script for the 1957 film. Director Michael Curtiz's presentation copy in tan leather with gilt titles and Curtiz's name at the bottom right corner of the front board. <br/><br/>A highly fictionalized portrayal of the life and career of Prohibition era torch singer/actress Helen Morgan. This film marked Curtiz's return to Warner Bros since leaving in 1954 due to a salary dispute. Ever since Morgan's death Warner Bros wanted to make a film biography though struggled to find an actress and continuously in development. Working titles included "Why Was I Born" "Both Ends of the Candle" and as printed in this copy "The Jazz Age." Many female actresses auditioned including Doris Day who rejected due to her squeaky clean image. Blyth was chosen for her dramatic ability even though her singing voice was akin to Morgan's. Gogi Grant would supply the singing voice dubbed over Blyth. <br/><br/>Set in New York shot on location in Burbank CA. <br/><br/>Brown leather covered boards titles in gilt. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 1/29/57 with credits for screenwriter Nelson Gidding. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/6/57 and 3/8/57. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus. Warner Brothers unknown books
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Raymond Rouleau director screenwriter; Rene Louis Lafforgue screenwriter starring; Ludmilla Tcherina Milko Sparemblek Milenk
Les amants de Teruel Collection of original still photographs for the 1962 film
Paris: Cinedis 1962. Collection of 15 original borderless single weight film stills for the 1962 French musical film. Featured are several stunning images of acrtress Tcherina as Isa Duchess of Teruel. Brief numerical annotations on the versos in holograph pencil. <br/><br/>Belgian actor-director Rouleau's nearly seen drama was the opening film at the 15th annual Cannes Film Festival winner of the festival's Technical Grand Prize and nominated for a Palme d'Or. Of note is the film's cinematographer Claude Renoir whose other credits include "Serenade" 1940 "Madame Butterfly" 1954 "Barbarella" 1968 and "The Spy Who Loved Me" 1977. <br/><br/>Isa is a dancer in a troupe of poor traveling comedians who perform in public; she stars as the Duchess of Teruel unhappily married and in love with a poor man who inevitably commits suicide resulting in Isa's nervous breakdown. <br/><br/>7 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus overall with moderate curling light edgewear a handful with slight discoloration. Cinedis unknown books
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Michel Boisrond director; Annette Wademant screenwriter; Catherine Hesse Serge Beauvarlet photographers; Dany Saval Jean Poire
How to Succeed in Love Comment reussir en amour Archive of original film stills and keybook photos for the 1962 film
Paris: France Cinema 1962. Archive of 224 vintage borderless single weight keybook contact sheets and film stills amounting to nearly 2000 numbered images for the 1962 French-Italian film here under the original French title. The entire film is represented in minute detail along with test shots set design shots and many candid off-camera shots from the set. Brief cropping and numerical annotations in pencil throughout. Housed in original mailing envelope noting on the front in holograph red ink "Cinedis" and "C.Hesse" the film distributor and still photographer and "A refreuda" in holograph red pencil. <br/><br/>153 photographs are keybook contact sheets nearly all with 12 images per photograph several with 36 each image with a series number and photos crediting at the top the photo laboratory Tele-Photo production studio France Cinema film title and photographer Hesse Beauvarlet. Remaining photographs are borderless film stills. Both photographers are credited on the keybook photos but went uncredited at the film's release. <br/><br/>The archive also extensively features actress Dany Saval in film scenes answering the phone in heated moments with male cast members including some stunningly low-lit images that echo film noir themes showcasing the variety of hair and clothing styles seen on Saval throughout the film. <br/><br/>Based on Annette Wademant's screenplay one of twelve written by Wademant for director Boisrond. Bernard Poiret is a new publisher who falls in love with Sophie Saval but their foolish love nearly destroys them and his job. <br/><br/>Keybook photos range from 8.25 x 10.75 to 9.25 x 11.75 inches three slightly smaller all but ten are 2-hole punched; film stills 7 x 9.25 inches. Very Good overall with moderate curling light edgewear a handful with slight discoloration. France Cinema unknown books
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Pietro Germie director screenwriter; Divo Cavicchioli still photographer; Ennio De Concini Alfredo Giannetti screenwriters; Ma
Divorce Italian Style Collection of 4 photographs from the 1961 film
Italy: Lux Film 1961. Collection of 4 original black-and-white single weight still photographs from the 1961 Italian film. Two stills with brief annotations on the versos in holograph ink and pencil. <br/><br/>Ferdinando Mastroianni is bored with life and his wife Rocca. He falls in love with his cousin Sandrelli and since divorce is illegal in Italy unless there is just cause like catching your spouse committing adultery he decides to find his wife another lover instead of killing her. Seems simple enough. <br/><br/>The first of Mastoianni's four "Italian Style" films and winner of an Academy Award for Best Writing a BAFTA three Golden Globes and nominated for a host of others. <br/><br/>7 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus overall with moderate curling a few with slight discoloration. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 286. Lux Film unknown books
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Raymond Rouleau director screenwriter; Rene Louis Lafforgue screenwriter starring; Ludmilla Tcherina Milko Sparemblek Milenk
Les amants de Teruel Original still photograph for the 1962 film
Paris: Cinedis 1962. Original borderless single weight film still for the 1962 French musical film. Brief numerical notation on the verso in holograph pencil. <br/><br/>Belgian actor-director Rouleau's nearly seen drama was the opening film at the 15th annual Cannes Film Festival winner of the festival's Technical Grand Prize and nominated for a Palme d'Or. Of note is the film's cinematographer Claude Renoir whose other credits include "Serenade" 1940 "Madame Butterfly" 1954 "Barbarella" 1968 and "The Spy Who Loved Me" 1977. <br/><br/>Isa is a dancer in a troupe of poor traveling comedians who perform in public; she stars as the Duchess of Teruel unhappily married and in love with a poor man who inevitably commits suicide resulting in Isa's nervous breakdown. <br/><br/>7 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus overall with moderate curling light edgewear slight discoloration on the verso. Cinedis unknown books
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Willis Goldbeck director; Harry Ruskin screenwriter; Van Johnson Lionel Barrymore Marilyn Maxwell Gloria DeHaven starring
Between Two Women Collection of 9 original concept art sketches for the 1945 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1945. Collection of nice vintage concept art sketches for advertisements or posters for the 1945 film. Pencil and marker on tracing paper. <br/><br/>The sixteenth and penultimate "Dr. Kildare" film the and the last of four films featuring Van Johnson as Dr. Randall "Red" Adams and the fifth of six films focusing on Lionel Barrymore's Dr. Gillespie after Dr. Kildare actor Lew Ayres was fired by MGM for declaring himself a conscientious objector when drafted during World War II. <br/><br/>About Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
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Paul; Bogart Hal Cooper Dennis Steinmetz director; Fred Lucky Don Nicholl Michael Ross Bernard West screenwriter; Don Nichol
The Dumplings Collection of four original photographs from the 1976 television series
Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1976. Collection of four vintage black-and-white reference studio still photographs from the 1976 television series. Snipe affixed to each image. <br/><br/>Veteran writer and producer Norman Lear developed the show which focuses on the life of a happily married middle-aged couple running a small luncheonette. Geraldine Brooks plays the jolly Angela Dumpling in the final role of her career. <br/><br/>7 x 9 inches. Near Fine with a red holograph notation to the recto of one image. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
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Dean Hargrove director screenwriter; Gabriel Dell screenwriter starring; Will Geer Anjanette Come Joyce Van Patten Vincent
Murder Caper Mystery The Manchu Eagle Original screenplay for the 1975 film
Beverly Hills CA: Strathmore Productions / United Artists 1973. Revised Draft script for the 1975 film here under the working title "The Manchu Eagle." Xerographically duplicated handwritten annotations throughout. <br/><br/>Dean Hargrove's directorial feature debut a spoof of the 1941 film noir "The Maltese Falcon." Features several performances from former members of "The Bowery Boys" film series. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 30 1973 noted as Revision with credits for screenwriters Dean Hargrove and Gabriel Dell. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Strathmore Productions / United Artists unknown books
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Jean Luc Godard director screenwriter; Michel Legrand composer; Anna Karina Jean Claude Brialy Jean Paul Belmondo starring
A Woman is a Woman Une femme est une femme Original photograph from the set of the 1961 film
France Italy: Euro International Film / Rome Paris Films 1960. Vintage borderless photograph from the soundtrack recording sessions for the 1961 film showing director Jean-Luc Godard composer Michel Legrand a visiting Serge Gainsbourg and some other guy in the studio drinking smoking and surrounded by women which is pretty much how we always imagine them. With the stamp Radio Luxembourg on the verso. <br/><br/>Godard's homage to romantic comedies and the Hollywood musical about a woman who wants to have child but is caught between her resistant boyfriend and his overeager best friend. Perhaps his warmest and funniest film. <br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 238. Euro International Film / Rome Paris Films unknown books
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Neil Jordan director screenwriter; David Leland screenwriter; Bob Hoskins Cathy Tyson Michael Caine Robbie Coltrane Clarke
Mona Lisa Original photograph from the set of the 1986 film
London: HandMade Films 1986. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1986 film showing director Jordan and star Hoskins together on location. With holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Hoskins stars as a recently released ex-con hired to drive a high class escort from job to job slowly falling in love with her as he does which leads trouble for them both. Hoskins won Best Actor at Cannes where the film was also nominated for the Palme d'Or and was nominated for an Academy Award losing to Paul Newman in "The Color of Money." <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in London and Brighton where this photograph was likely taken. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Fine. <br/><br/>Arrow 1109. Criterion Collection 107. Grant UK. Spicer UK. HandMade Films unknown books
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Abner Biberman director; Robert Tallman screenwriter; Merle Oberon Lex Barker starring
The Price of Fear Post-production script for the 1956 film
Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1956. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1956 film noir. <br/><br/>The co-owner of a dog track Barker discovers his partner has sold out to a local gangster and soon finds himself framed for two murders by the gangster and a femme fatale Oberon. <br/><br/>White self wrappers noted as Continuity and Dialogue on the front wrapper production No. 1813 dated February 27 1956 with credits for actors Merle Oberson Lex Barker et al and director Abner Biberman. Title page integral to the front wrapper. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 13. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
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Michael Schultz director; Stanley Shapiro screenwriter; George Segal Susan Saint James Denzel Washington starring
Carbon Copy Original screenplay for the 1981 film
Moore Park Australia: First City / Embassy Pictures 1981. Revised Draft script for the 1981 film. <br/><br/>An executive's life takes an unexpected turn when his illegitimate son shows up. Featuring Denzel Washington in his film debut. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter Stanley Shapiro and director Michael Schultz. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. First City / Embassy Pictures unknown books
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Wim Wenders director screenwriter; Patricia Highsmith novel; Dennis Hopper Bruno Ganz starring
The American Friend De amerikanische Freund Original photograph from the 1977 film
Grunwald Germany: Bavaria Film 1977. Vintage photograph from the 1977 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1974 novel "Ripley's Game" by Patricia Highsmith later adapted in 2002 under the original title directed by Liliana Cavani and starring John Malkovich Dougray Scott and Ray Winstone. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. <br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 793. Grant Germany. Bavaria Film unknown books
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Kevin Connor director; Edgard Rice Burroughs novel; Milton Subotsky screenwriter; Doug McClure Peter Cushing Caroline Munro st
At the Earth's Core Original photograph from the 1976 film
Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1976. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1976 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1914 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs the first in the Pellucidar series about adventures in the hollow earth. A British scientist and American adventurer drill through to a strange land where they lead a rebellion of Stone Age humans against their masters who happen to be intelligent flying reptiles with psychic powers. <br/><br/>9.75 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
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George Schaefer director; Daniel Taradash screenwriter; Frank G. Slaughter novel; Dylan Cannon Richard Crenna Gene Hackman sta
Doctors' Wives Original screenplay for the 1971 film
Culver City CA: Frankovich Productions / Columbia Pictures 1968. First Estimating script for the 1971 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1967 novel "Doctors' Wives" by Frank G. Slaughter a real life physician who attended Johns Hopkins medical school. One of the few feature films directed by George Schaefer known mostly for his work directing plays and musicals for television garnering seven Emmy wins and 21 total nominations. Life or death become the stakes as infidelity unfolds in the hospital ward. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated June 28 1968 noted as First Estimating Draft with credits for screenwriter Daniel Taradash. 157 leaves with last page of text numbered 162. Xerographic duplication with yellow revision pages throughout dated 8/20/68. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Frankovich Productions / Columbia Pictures unknown books
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Paul Mazursky director screenwriter; Jill Clayburgh Alan Bates Michael Murphy starring
An Unmarried Woman Original photograph from the set of the 1978 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1978. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1978 film showing director Mazursky and star Clayburgh conferring on the set while the crew waits behind them. With identifying holograph ink annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>A woman attempts to reenter the dating scene and rediscover herself after her husband leaves her for a younger woman. Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Screenplay and Best Actress. Also nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes where Clayburgh would win Best Actress. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in New York. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
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John Ford director; Wilson Collison play; John Lee Mahin screenwriter; Clark Gable Ava Garnder Grace Kelly starring
Mogambo Original photograph of John Ford and Clark Gable on the set of the 1953 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1953. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1953 film. Director John Ford and star Clark Gable take a smoke break in between shots. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1928 play "Red Dust" by Wilson Collison previously adapted to film under that name in 1932 starring Gable Jean Harlow and Mary Astor. "Mogambo" moves the action from French Indochina to Africa where it was shot on location. Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly received Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress nominations respectively for their roles in the film. <br/><br/>10.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 142170
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Lewis Milestone director; Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall novel; Charles Lederer screenwriter; Marlon Brando Trevor Howa
Mutiny on the Bounty Collection of 6 original contact sheets from the set of the 1962 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1962. Collection of six vintage contact sheets featuring 54 images from the set of the 1962 film. The images show Brando in costume on the set posing with co-star Tarita Teriipaia who he would later marry cast and crew filming a boat landing and many images of relaxing locals in traditional garb preparing for their work as extras with and without members of the crew all taken on location on one of the islands in French Polynesian where the film was shot. <br/><br/>Based on the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall itself a fictionalized account of the real life mutiny aboard a British ship in 1789. The third of three film versions the other two being in 1933 and 1935. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. <br/><br/>Contact sheets 8.5 x 11 inches images roughly 2.25 x 2.25 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
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H. G. Clouzot director screenwriter; Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac novel; Jerome Geronimi Rene Masson Frederic Grendel s
Les diaboliques Diabolique Original French program for the 1955 film
Paris: Filmsonor 1955. Original French program for the classic 1955 French film noir. This program produced by the film's distributor Cinedis. With a stunning illustrated and textured front wrapper making dazzling use of a two-color process in green-gray. Laid in are credits leaves featuring biographies on Henri-Georges Clouzot Vera Clouzot Simone Signoret and Paul Meurisse. French text. <br/><br/>Based on the 1952 novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. <br/><br/>Program 9.5 x 12 inches folded once as issued credits leaves 8.25 x 10.5 inches corner-stapled mimeograph on both sides. Small clip from the lower corner of the front flap. Very Good Plus overall. <br/><br/>Buss French Film Noir. Criterion Collection 35. Grant US. Selby Masterwork US. Spicer US. Filmsonor unknown books
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Jan de Bont director; Graham Yost screenwriter; Keanu Reeves Dennis Hopper Sandra Bullock Joe Morton starring
Speed Original screenplay for the 1994 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1993. Rainbow Draft script for the 1994 film. <br/><br/>One of the best action films of the 1990s which launched the career of Sandra Bullock turned Keanu Reeves into a star and Dennis Hopper into a catchphrase. <br/><br/>Director and screenwriter Joss Whedon went uncredited as the film's script doctor and screenwriter Graham Yost went on to create and write the acclaimed television series "Justified" 2010. <br/><br/>Winner of two Academy Awards nominated for a third. <br/><br/>Self wrappers. Title page present dated September 20 1993 noted as REVISED #3 GREEN with credits for screenwriter Yost. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 251 leaves with last page of text numbered 12. Mechanical duplication with blue green pink goldenrod and salmon revision pages throughout dated 9/20/93 and 10/5/93. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
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Claude Chabrol director screenwriter; Robert Cohen still photographer; Sylvia Kristel Charles Vanel Jean Carmet starring
Alice or the Last Escapade Alice ou la derniere fugue Two photographs from the set of the 1977 film
France: Filmel 1986. Two photographs for airings of the 1977 film on French public television channel France 3. <br/><br/>The first photograph for a September 6 1978 airing is borderless and shows director Chabrol and star Kristel in between takes with the stamp of photographer Robert Cohen and a mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>The second photograph for an October 2 1986 airing is of a topless Sylvia Kristel with a mimeo snipe on the verso. <br/><br/>Chabrol riffs on both "Alice in Wonderland" and the popular 1970s horror mini-genre where a beautiful young woman becomes trapped through supernatural means in a house after seeking shelter there. In this case it's "Emmanuelle" star Sylvia Kristel whose car breaks down in the middle of the night after she walks out on her husband and Chabrol is more interested in her journey toward emancipation than actual horror. <br/><br/>Both photographs 7 x 5 inches. Fine. Filmel unknown books
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Liliana Cavani director screenwriter; Italo Moscati screenwriter; Dirk Bogarde Charlotte Rampling starring
The Night Porter Collection of 4 original photographs from the 1974 film
Italy: Lotar Film 1974. Collection of four vintage photographs from the 1974 film. Each with the stamp of collector A. Marinie on the verso one photograph with holograph annotations regarding layout. <br/><br/>Italian director Cavani's international breakthrough a deeply controversial film about a Holocaust survivor who renews her sadomasochistic sexual relationship with her Nazi torturer after a chance encounter which threatens to expose his fellow former SS officers now living in secret in postwar Vienna. <br/><br/>Photographs roughly 10 x 8 inches one with a wide bottom margin the rest borderless. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 59. Grant Italy. Lotar Film unknown books
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Michael Carreras director screenwriter; Dennis Wheatley novel; Eric Porter Hildegard Knef Suzanna Leigh Tony Beckley James
The Lost Continent Original photograph from the 1968 film
London: Hammer Films 1968. Vintage press photograph from the 1968 film. With stamp and mimeograph snipe from the Associated Press on the verso identifying actress Dana Gillespie here posed with a giant scorpion as a champion junior water skier. <br/><br/>Based on the 1938 novel "Uncharted Sea" by Dennis Wheatley about the passengers and crew of a steamer run aground on an island in the Saragasso Sea filled as one would expect with man-eating seaweed giant crabs even more giant scorpions pirates and the descendants of Spanish Conquistadors who believe the Inquisition is still on. <br/><br/>6 x 8 inches with a wide bottom margin. Near Fine. Hammer Films unknown books
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Arthur Penn director; Horton Foote playwright; Lillian Hellman screenwriter; Marlon Brando Robert Redford Jane Fonda Angie Di
The Chase Original photograph from the set of the 1966 film
Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1966. Vintage photograph on Jane Fonda taking a peek through a camera during shooting on the set of the 1966 film. With a Columbia Pictures stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1952 Broadway play by Horton Foote about a small town sheriff on the look out for an escaped prisoner he believes is innocent while the townspeople whip themselves into a vigilante frenzy. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Spicer US. Twilight Time 242. Columbia Pictures unknown books
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J. Lee Thompson director; Joan Henry novel screenwriter; John Cresswell screenwriter; Diana Dors Yvonne Mitchell Michael Crai
Yield to the Night Blonde Sinner Original photograph from the set of the 1956 film
United Kingdom: Associated British Picture Corporation 1956. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1956 film showing director Thompson adjusting a camera as he looks off screen. With the stamp of Associated British Picture and a mimeo snipe on the verso detailing the film's inclusion in the forthcoming Cannes Film Festival. <br/><br/>Based on the 1954 novel by Joan Henry about a woman who kills her true love's mistress after he proves himself just the latest in a long line of abusive philanderers. Released as "Blonde Sinner" in the US. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7.5 inches. Very Good with a diagonal crease to the upper right corner and nicking to the bottom left corner. <br/><br/>Grant UK. Lyons. Selby UK. Spicer UK. Associated British Picture Corporation unknown books
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Walter Barnsdale director producer screenwriter
Prison Bars Original poster for the 1901 documentary film
Wisconsin: Walter Barnsdale 1901. Vintage US one sheet lithographic poster for the 1901 documentary film short. <br/><br/>One of the earliest silent documentary film shorts created by early Wisconsin film pioneer Walter Barnsdale who traveled around the state screening some of the first films ever made including "Prison Bars" a film featuring the Wright Brothers and a Western starring sharpshooter Buffalo Bill. Touring with an electronic lamp house and a portable gasoline-powered electric power supply of his own invention he found great success with his traveling show until stationery theaters made his business model obsolete in 1917. From a nearly-forgotten era of film history his name innovations and films have largely been lost. <br/><br/>Set in Wisconsin's Waupun Prison and shot there on location where Barnsdale had arranged to film the lives of inmates in exchange for screening entertainment for the them. An especially bright attractive copy of this piece of early film history and an uncommonly detailed artifact from the height of stone lithography poster advertisements. One of the earliest documentary motion picture ads we have ever seen in remarkable condition. Created by the U.S. Lithograph Company Russel-Morgan Print. <br/><br/>42 x 28 inches rolled. Two light creases else Fine. Walter Barnsdale unknown books
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Jean Luc Godard director screenwriter; Jean Seberg starring
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers Les plus belles escroqueries de monde Original photograph from the set of the 1964 film
France: Ulysse Productions 1964. Vintage borderless photograph of a playful Jean Seberg pointing her prop camera back at the real one on the set of the 1964 film. With the stamp of production company Ulysse Productions and holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>An anthology film featuring five stories about swindlers around the world with Seberg appearing as a journalist accused of passing fake currency who then tracks down and interviews the counterfeiter in the segment "Le grand escroc" "The Great Swindler" directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Other segments were directed by Claude Chabrol Ugo Gregoretti Hiromichi Horikawa and Roman Polanski. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Olive Films 1339. Ulysse Productions unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 142630
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Jean Vigo director screenwriter
Zero for Conduct Zero de conduite Collection of three photographs from the 1933 film
Paris: Franfilmdis / Argui-Film 1933. Collection of three vintage oversize double weight studio still photographs for the landmark 1933 silent film by Jean Vigo. Each with the stamp of French weekly "Tele Magazine" on verso two with holograph annotations regarding layout. <br/><br/>Although he only made four films before his death from tuberculosis at the age 29 Jean Vigo would come to have an outsized influence on cinema particularly the French New Wave with Truffaut in particular paying homage to the anarchic boarding school students in "Zero for Conduct" during the classroom and recess scenes in "The 400 Blows." <br/><br/>11.75 x 9.75 inches with wide bottom margins. Very Good plus. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 578. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Franfilmdis / Argui-Film unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 142664
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Aram Avakian director; Jeffrey Bloom screenwriter; Charles Grodin Candice Bergen James Mason Trevor Howard starring
11 Harrowhouse Original screenplay for the 1974 film
Beverly Hills CA: EK / United Artists 1974. Early Draft British script for the 1974 British heist film. Based on Gerald Browne's 1972 novel adapted by Charles Grodin. <br/><br/>Howard Chesser Grodin is a diamond merchant supervising the cutting of a large and rare diamond. When the diamond is stolen he is blackmailed and pulled into a jewel heist at 11 Harrowhouse. <br/><br/>Set in London shot there on location and in Warwickshire England. <br/><br/>Burnt orange titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Revised Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Bloom. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Lee The Heist Film. EK / United Artists unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 142572
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Desmond Davis director; Ray Harryhausen visual effects producer; Beverly Cross screenwriter; Harry Hamlin Judi Bowker Neil Mc
Clash of the Titans Original screenplay for the 1981 film
Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM / Charles H. Schneer Productions / Peerford 1981. Final Revised Draft script for the 1981 film. British script for the US-UK co-production with the address of UK production company Peerford on the title page. <br/><br/>The final film to feature creature design and visual effects by pioneering stop motion animator Ray Harryhausen a fitting send off to both him and the special effects techniques that stretch back through film history to "King Kong" 1933 "The Lost World" 1925 and beyond but had already been eclipsed in the public imagination by the digital effects of "Star Wars" four years earlier. Based loosely on the Greek myth of Perseus and Andromeda. Remade in 2010 without any of the charm of the original. <br/><br/>Set in Ancient Greece shot on location in the UK Spain Italy and Malta. <br/><br/>Blue wrappers with title window die-cut in the British style. Title page present noted as Final Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Beverly Cross. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Charles H. Schneer Productions / Peerford unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 142567
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Jeff Burr director; John Auerbach Carolyn Lefcourt Brian Garfield Donald E. Westlake screenwriter; Terry O'Quinn and Meg Fost
The Stepfather II Original screenplay for the 1989 film
N.p.: Millimeter Films 1988. Vintage First Re-Write script for the 1989 film. <br/><br/>A rare example of a sequel that rivals its predecessor. Following up on the cult horror classic "The Stepfather" Terry O'Quinn reprises his pitch-perfect role as a psychotic killer escaped from an insane asylum who obsessed with "family values" marries into broken homes and murders his new family when he is inevitably unsatisfied with the results. <br/><br/>Set in Los Angeles shot on location in Vancouver and California. <br/><br/>Cream untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as copy No. 172 dated November 15 1988 with a credit for screenwriter John Auerbach. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Noted at copy No. 79 in holograph ink on the title page. Xerographic duplication first generation photocopy with punch holes with blue revision pages throughout dated 12/07/88. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Millimeter Films unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 142577
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Mikhail Kalatozov director; Viktor Rozov playwright screenwriter; Tatyana Samoylova Aleksey Batalov Vasiliy Merkurev Aleksan
The Cranes are Flying Letyat zhuravli Original double weight photograph from the 1957 film
Moscow: Mosfilm 1957. Vintage oversize double weight photograph from the 1957 film. From the archives of French weekly "Tele Magazine" with two stamps on the verso one referencing its inclusion in issue 52 page 5 along with holograph annotations regarding layout and the French title. <br/><br/>Based on the 1956 play "Forever Alive" by Viktor Rozov who also wrote the screenplay about a young woman who must flee in the face of Nazi Germany's invasion of Russia while feeling guilty over her missing lover who unbeknownst to her has been killed in the war. Winner of the Palme d'Or the only Soviet film to do so while star Tatiana Samoylova would receive a Special Mention for her role becoming a European film icon in the process. <br/><br/>12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good with some light creasing. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 146. Mosfilm unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 142595
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Claude Chabrol director screenwriter; Georges Pierre still photographer; Paul Gegauff screenwriter; Bernadette Lafont Clotilde
Les Bonnes Femmes Original photograph from the set of the 1960 film
Paris: Paris Film 1960. Vintage borderless photograph of director Claude Chabrol goofing about with three of the four bonnes femmes on the set of the 1960 film. With the stamp of photographer Georges Pierre and holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>A light spirited look at the lives of four young women in Paris perhaps the standout of director Chabrol's early New Wave films before he moved on to more successful mainstream features. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Paris. <br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Paris Film unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 142539
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Martha Coolidge director screenwriter producer; Amy Wright Reed Birney starring
Not a Pretty Picture Original poster for the 1976 film
Los Angeles: Films Inc 1975. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1976 autobiographical docudrama. <br/><br/>Director Martha Coolidge's debut feature film after having worked as a documentary filmmaker since the early 1970s. The film follows Coolidge's retelling of the aftermath following her high school date rape and analyzes the motives and ramifications of the action. An unusual film for its use of both narrative and documentary stylistic approaches it studies Coolidge's reactions to the reenactment of a true event. <br/><br/>29.25 x 40 inches rolled. Near Fine. Films Inc unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 142600
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Robert Wise director; Richard McKenna novel; Robert Anderson screenwriter; Steve McQueen Richard Attenborough Candice Bergen
The Sand Pebbles Original double weight photograph from the 1966 film
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. Vintage oversize borderless double weight photograph from the 1966 film. With the stamp of French weekly "Tele Magazine" and holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1962 novel by Richard McKenna about a rebellious sailor aboard the titular US gun boat patrolling China on the brink of civil war. Nominated for eight Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Actor for Steve McQueen and Best Supporting Actor for Mako. <br/><br/>Set in China shot in Hong Kong Taiwan and Texas. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 142627
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Jean Paul Sartre screenwriter; Arthur Miller play; Raymond Rouleau director; Simone Signoret Yves Montand Mylene Demongeot sta
The Crucible Les sorcieres de Salem Original photograph from the 1957 film
France Germany: Pathe Consortium Cinema 1957. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1957 film. With the stamp of French weekly "Tele Magazine" and holograph annotations regarding layout on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1953 Tony Award winning play by Arthur Miller and the first of two film adaptations. The second came 43 years later and was written by Miller himself. <br/><br/>6.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Pathe Consortium Cinema unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 142608
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Barbara Bach starring; Danny Steinman as Peter Foleg director screenwriter; Stephen Furst starring
The Unseen Original screenplay for the 1980 film with promotional program
Los Angeles: Triune Films 1980. First Draft script for the 1980 horror film. Accompanying the script is a bi-fold two-color card program issued to the press upon the film's release. <br/><br/>One of the strangest American horror films of 1980 largely unseen until a pair of restorations brought it back to light in the late 2010s. Featuring actress Barbara Bach during the relatively prolific period that came after her star-making role as a Bond girl in "The Spy Who Loved Me" 1977. <br/><br/>Shot in Santa Paula Altadena and Piru California. <br/><br/>Tall pale blue untitled wrappers noted as "The Unseen" in blue holograph ink at the top edge of the front wrapper. Title page present undated noted as SECOND DRAFT with a credit for screenwriter-director Danny Steinmann. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication bound with an internal silver prong binding. <br/><br/>Thrower Nightmare USA. RE/SEARCH Incredibly Strange Films. Scorpion Releasing. Triune Films unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 142520
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Jerry Belson director; Jerry Belson Michael Leeson Monica Johnson Harvey Miller screenwriter; Mark Blankfield Bess Armstrong
Jekyll and Hyde.Together Again Original screenplay for the 1982 film
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1980. Draft script for the 1982 film. <br/><br/>Satirical horror farce based on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Jerry Belson's cinematic directorial debut based on a late-night sketch from ABC's answer to Saturday Night Live "Fridays" wherein comedian Mark Blankfield played a recurrent cocaine-snorting pharmacist. Belson most often noted for sharing writing credits with Steven Speilberg for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and winning three Emmy's for "The Tracey Ullman Show" co-wrote with notable sitcom screenwriters Michael J. Leeson two time Emmy winner for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series 1981 "Taxi" and "The Cosby Show" 1985 sister Monica Johnson "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" "Laverne & Shirley" and Harvey Miller head writer director of "The Odd Couple". The script was championed at Paramount by Michael Eisner and part of Paramount's "Magnificent Seven" a reaction to increasing budgets and a potential director strike in 1981 where six films were rushed to production under budget in order to finance a seventh. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>Beige untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Jerry Belson Michael Leeson Monica Johnson and Harvey Miller. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus velo binding. <br/><br/>Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. Olive Films 1264. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 142637
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Emil Nofal screenwriter
Drumbeat Original treatment script for an unproduced television series
Pretoria South Africa: Emil Nofal Films N.D. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. <br/><br/>A half-hour television series focusing on the unique cultures of Africa and how different groups interact with each other especially in the modern age. Written for South African television by Nofal an acclaimed South African director producer and screenwriter. <br/><br/>Set in South Africa. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Emil Nofal. 5 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 5. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus perfect bound. Emil Nofal Films unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 141676
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Karl Lamac director screenwriter; Franz Rauch screenwriter; Else von Steinkeller novel; Anny Ondra Hans Sohnker Adele Sandroc
Flitterwochen Honeymoon Faux Depart Original French pressbook for the 1936 film
Berlin Paris: Universum Film UFA / L'Alliance Cinematographique Europeenne 1936. Vintage French pressbook for the 1936 German film "Flitterwochen" seen here under the alternate title "Faux Depart." <br/><br/>A German comedy in which a honeymoon goes wrong beginning when the wife insists on bringing her pet dog on her honeymoon. <br/><br/>Two pages saddle stapled 9.5 x 12 inches. Very Good plus with a light dampstain to one corner and a couple of mild corner creases. Universum Film [UFA] / L'Alliance Cinematographique Europeenne unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 142464
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Lindsay Flickinger screenwriter
Baglady Original treatment script for an unproduced film
N.p.: N.p. 1980. Original Treatment script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>The wife of a wealthy Los Angelean developer realizes that her mother has become homeless and has been living on the street for six months after having lost the money her husband left her when he died. The discover forces the developer to realize that the "under-utilized" area he was seeking to raze and rebuild will displace low-income people already in distress and he rethinks his plans. <br/><br/>Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lindsay Flickinger. 19 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 18. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine lacking wrapper bound with a staple. N.p. unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 141679
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John Hersey novel; Lee Minoff screenwriter
The Child Buyer Original screenplay for an unproduced film
New York: LaMarca Productions 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film based on the 1960 novel by John Hersey. <br/><br/>A satire about the American educational system in which a man tries to buy a smart young child with a difficult home life in order to utilize him in an experiment to engineer super-intelligent humans. Adaptation written by Lee Minoff writer of the screenplay for the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine."<br/><br/>Tan untitled agency wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lee Minoff and novelist John Hersey. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 145. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. LaMarca Productions unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 142430
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Pierre Jean Ducis director; Jacques Bousquet screenwriter; Pauline Carton Pierre Larquey starring
Un fichu metier Original French film program for the 1938 film
Berlin: Universum Film UFA / L'Alliance Cinematographique Europeenne 1938. Original French program for the French and German film "Un fichu metier." Three-color wrappers with black and white photos and color text headers throughout. Text in French. <br/><br/>A comedy in which a wayward crown prince is causing trouble for his kingdom Vodenia so a minister decides to replace him with a double a man whose real job is a Parisian haberdasher. <br/><br/>8.5 x 10.5 inches. Six pages saddle stapled. Very Good plus. Universum Film [UFA] / L'Alliance Cinematographique Europeenne unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 142463
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Herman Hesse novel; Leber Titus screenwriter
Das Glasperlenspiel Original treatment script for an unproduced film
Vienna: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Text in German. Based on Herman Hesse's last full-length novel "Das Glasperienspiel" or "The Glass Bead Game" published in 1943. <br/><br/>Years into the future a class of intellectuals is concerned only with running boys' boarding schools and playing the Glass Bead Game which involves a sophisticated synthesis of arts science and culture in order to excel. Hesse's novel was published in Switzerland because German government officials considered it a critique of the Nazi regime. <br/><br/>Title page present noted as Treatment with credits for author Herman Hesse and screenwriter Dr. Titus Leber. 26 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 25. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine housed in a Near Fine orange prong binder with clear front wrapper. Text in German. N.p. unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 141642
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Roger Vadim director screenwriter; Jean Cau Jena Pierre Petrolacci screenwriters; Brigitte Bardot Robert Hossein Mathieu Car
Don Juan or if Don Juan Were a Woman Don Juan ou si Don Juan etait une femme. Original photograph from the 1973 film
Paris: Filmsonor 1973. Vintage reference photograph from the 1973 film a striking image of Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin in bed together. <br/><br/>Vadim's attempt to explore female freedom and sexuality for women by changing the classical figure of Don Juan into the modern figure of Brigitte Bardot. The fifth film Vadim made starring Bardot and one of two released in 1973 after which she retired from acting. <br/><br/>Shot in Paris. <br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Filmsonor unknown books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 142105
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