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1980réf. 171010N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage reference photograph from the 1980 neo-noir film showing Debbie Harry and Everett McGill. Based on 1937 Cornell Woolrich story "Union City: The Corpse Next Door" about a married accountant who kills a vagrant in an obsessive fury. An early screen appearance by Harry preceding her better-known roles in "Videodrome" 1983 and "Hairspray" 1988. All photos 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1990réf. 167944Santa Monica: Home Box Office HBO / Max 1990. Vintage reference photograph from the 1988 film here with a label on the verso indicating re-use by Cinemax and HBO showing actors Bill Murray and David Johansen as Frank Cross and the Ghost of Christmas Past respectively. A holiday classic based on Charles Dickens' 1843 novella "A Christmas Carol" about a ruthless television executive who is visited by the spirits of Christmas past present and future. A return to the screen for Murray following a four-year hiatus after the release of "The Razor's Edge" in 1984. Set in New York shot on location in New York and Toronto. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded with an annotation in manuscript ink on the bottom recto margin noting the film title. Home Box Office [HBO] / Max unknown books
1923réf. 126252N.p.: Universal Jewel 1923. Vintage hand-tinted half sheet poster for the 1923 film. Also released under the titles "His Good Name" and "Your Good Name." Based on the 1922 short story "His Good Name" by William Slavens McNutt. Years after returning home from prison and finding his mother dead and father evicted Bat Shugrue then known as "Gas-Pipe Kid" becomes a baseball star and refuses to throw a game for blackmailers threatening to reveal his past. 28 x 22 inches on card stock. Very Good plus with moderate edgewear including small closed tears creasing and chipping at the extremities. Must be shipped flat Oversize volume shipping billed at cost. Universal Jewel unknown books
1970réf. 148340Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Vintage studio still photograph of Edy Williams and David Gurian from the 1970 film. Based on an original story by Roger Ebert who also helped write the screenplay. Three girls come to Hollywood to make it big with their rock band "The Kelly Affair" stopping first to visit Kelly MacNamara's 1966 Playboy Playmate Dolly Read estranged aunt. Kelly's aunt introduces the band comprised of Kelly Read Casey Anderson 1968 Playboy Playmate Cynthia Myers and Petronella Danforth Marcia McBroom to a flamboyant producer named Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell John LaZar who changes their name to "The Carrie Nations" and has them perform at one of his orgiastic parties after a set by Strawberry Alarm Clock. Throughout the success of the new band the girls use drugs and alcohol attempt to maintain romantic relationships even a lesbian tryst with Erica Gavin director Meyer's "Vixen" and find "Z-Man" to be a murderous transsexual. The film proved to be sexploitation and exploitation to its psychedelic limits at the time was Meyer's biggest box-office draw to date and gave the director a new audience: mainstream filmgoers in mainstream cinemas. Originally intended as a sequel to "Valley of the Dolls" 1967 with an original screenplay by Jacqueline Susann Twentieth Century-Fox found the script unsatisfactory and sought new material. The film was released as part of a settlement with Susann with the disclaimer "This is not a sequel to VALLEY OF THE DOLLS." One of few X-rated films released by Twentieth Century-Fox another being "Myra Breckenridge" 1970. Pam Grier got her start in this film as an uncredited party attendant. Meyer regulars like Charles Napier Lavelle Roby and Haji all make appearances. Set in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. CONDITION. Criterion Collection 836. Meyer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1932réf. 166642N.p.: N.p. 1932. Vintage double weight reference photograph taken on the set of the 1932 film. An extraordinary photo showing director Robert Florey and cinematographer Karl Freund with actors Sidney Fox and Leon Ames. Contemporary annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Loosely based on the 1841 short story by Edgar Allan Poe an atmospheric tale heavily influenced by German Expressionism about a mad scientist who kidnaps the women of Paris in order to mix their blood with his pet gorilla's. The film was the first to have actor Bela Lugosi in the role of a mad scientist or doctor a role he would reprise throughout his career. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1952réf. 166643Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1952. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1949 film noir. Cinemagence stamp on the verso. One of the great gangster films based on an original screen story by screenwriter Virginia Kellogg who was nominated for an Academy Award for her work. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Penzler 101. Selby Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
1958réf. 170388London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1958. Eight vintage front-of-house cards for the British release of the 1958 film. Provenance stamps and annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. Based on the 1957 short story by George Langelaan about a scientist who is transformed into a grotesque human-fly hybrid after his experiments with a matter-transportation machine go very wrong. A breakthrough hit for actor Vincent Price as well as director Kurt Neumann although Neumann would pass away a month after the film's release. Basis for David Cronenberg's 1986 film and its subsequent sequel "The Fly II" in 1989. Set and shot partly on location in Montreal. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly toned with neat pinholes at each corner overall Very Good or better. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1805réf. 1234531805. First Edition. STORY Joseph. A Selection of Pleadings in Civil Actions Subsequent to the Declaration. Salem: Barnard B. Macanulty 1805. Octavo period-style full marbled calf raised bands original red morocco spine label laid down. $3000.First edition of the first published book by ""the most commanding legal figure of his age"" Hall 841 handsomely bound.""The appearance of this volume was opportune and serviceable to the Profession in this country who had hitherto been obliged to resort to the voluminous books of English Entries for Precedents. The notes and references show that the author had made no ordinary attainments in the science of special Pleading at the early age of 26 in which his first attempt at legal authorship was published"" Marvin 668. Six years later Story was appointed to a Supreme Court still very much in its formative stages. He served with distinction for 34 years and was a defining influence on the early Court. With six-page publisher's catalogue of law books bound in at rear. Sowerby Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 2156. HLC II:674. NYU 312. Last few leaves of Index and advertisements dampstained at lower corner text generally quite clean period-style binding fine and handsome. hardcover books
1990réf. 169544N.p.: Carolco 1990. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1990 film showing Paul Verhoeven and Arnold Schwarzenegger on the set. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Based on the 1966 short story "We Can Remember it for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick. A wild and violent ride in the spirit of Paul Verhoeven's earlier release "Robocop" 1987 about a 21st-century construction worker who discovers that he is a secret agent with a memory chip implanted in his brain by the government. Nominated for two Academy Awards Best Sound Best Effects and winner of the Academy's Special Achievement Award for visual effects. 10 x 8 inches. About FIne. Spicer US. Carolco unknown books
1996réf. 167031N.p.: N.p. 1996. Draft script for the 1997 film. Based on Sue Miller's 1987 short story about a pair of brothers who vie for the affections of the beautiful wealthy Abbott sisters. Set in small-town Illinois shot on location in northern California in Healdsburg Petaluma Santa Rosa and Stockton. Lavender wrappers with annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Title page present dated January 7 1996 with credits for Miller and screenwriter Ken Hixon. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrappers Near Fine bound with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1940réf. 148688Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1940. Early First Draft Continuity script for the 1942 film thirteen months before the beginning of the production according to the AFI Catalog by screenwriter Tom Reed. Front wrapper contains annotation of "Legal Dept." in manuscript ink on upper right margin and ."3" amending "2152" stamp a Twentieth Century Fox "Received" stamp dated "Nov 12 40" and "Permanent Legal Records" production number "574" and copy number "7" stamps. Laid in is a four page mimeograph duplicated letter dated December 10 1940 on a Twentieth Century-Fox interoffice form from Darryl Zanuck who was in charge of the production to Lou Edelman who was originally assigned to produce of suggestions and criticisms to a December 6 1940 treatment of the script. Front page of letter contains two annotations in manuscript pencil and "Permanent Legal Records" and production number "2152" stamps. Congress reestablishes a military academy at West Point lead by a strict commander Laird Cregar who pushes the young men in hopes of breaking their spirits. After a grueling trial the remaining ten men are sent to the Indiana territory to fight with General William Henry Harrison Douglass Dumbrille. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Set in West Point NY. Orange titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 7 and production No. 547 dated NOV. 11. 1940. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated November 11 1940 noted as 1st Draft Continuity with credits for screenwriter Tom Reed and story credit for Malvin Wald. 170 leaves with last page of text numbered 165. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Letter 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1980réf. 13776New York: St. Martin's Press 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Review copy. Signed by Story on the title page. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket unclipped $8.95 rubbed at the edges. Black cloth rubbed at the edges with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a forward lean ownership signature of Tom Benson on the front endpaper clean otherwise. Story's analysis of space god claims made by von Daniken Charroux Jessup and Robert Temple. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson. Rasmussen 951. St. Martin's Press hardcover books
1978réf. 13816London: New English Library 1978. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Signed by Story on the title page. Very Good. Wraps rubbed and with some creases. Square and firmly bound clean internally. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson. New English Library paperback books
1941réf. 137043Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1941. Draft script for the 1941 film. Copy belonging to studio secretary Marion Pecht with her name in manuscript pencil at the top right corner of the front wrapper. File copy rubber-stamped on the front wrapper. Housed in a custom black cloth clamshell box. From the Richard Manney collection of horror film scripts. The 1941 version of "The Black Cat" is neither a remake of Edgar G. Ulmer's 1934 Karloff-Lugosi film of the same name nor does it bear much relation to the Edgar Allan Poe story though in fairness neither did the 1934 version. It is more of a horror-comedy affair than its predecessor with Broderick Crawford and Hugh Herbert in the lead Bela Lugosi reappearing now in the more minor role of "Eduardo" and Basil Rathbone ably handling the part of the shady Mr. Hartley. Shot by the legendary Stanley Cortez of "Magnificent Ambersons" fame. Hal Erickson Rovi Gray titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 6856 dated February 15 1941. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Weaver Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
1985réf. 166915N.p.: N.p. 1985. Final Draft script for the 1986 film. Fred Williamson directs and stars as a cigar-smoking swaggering private investigator hired by a millionaire to find his missing niece in Europe. Set and shot on location in Cannes Los Angeles Rome and Venice. Front wrapper integral with title page dated June 3 1985 noted as FINAL DRAFT. 81 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light soiling to the title page side-stapled. Moore The Good the Tough and the Deadly: Action Movies and Stars 1960s-2015. N.p. unknown books
1987réf. 166564N.p.: Richard Maynard / Real Tinsel Production 1987. Revised Shooting script for the pilot episode of the 1988 television series printed on blue leaves which aired on March 6 1988 here under the working title "Supercarrier." Laid in are two Call Sheets a flyer for a cast and crew party and dance and a "Supercarrier" graphic with a "Fine Films" stamp. "Supercarrier" aired on ABC for one season of eight episodes premiering on March 6 1988 and ending on May 14 1988. Based on the 1986 book "Supercarrier An Inside Account of Life Aboard the World's Most Powerful Ship the USS John F. Kennedy" by George C. Wilson. A military drama series featuring US Navy Pilots aboard the fictional aircraft carrier the USS Georgetown. In this episode the search for a downed jet fighter brings attention to hot-dogging flyer Alex Hyde-White and begins the arrival of female forces. Shot on location in Norfolk Virginia and Jacksonville Florida. Front wrapper integral with title page dated October 16 1987 noted as REV. SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Steven E. de Souza and Story by Stanford Whitmore. 207 leaves with last page of text numbered 95. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink yellow and green revision pages throughout dated variously between October 27 1987 and November 4 1987. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Richard Maynard / Real Tinsel Production unknown books
1938réf. 164549Universal City: Universal Pictures 1938. Vintage reference photograph of actor Larry J. Blake from the 1938 film with a mimeo snipe on the verso. 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. Based on the short story "If You Break My Heart" by Steve Fisher. Sally Eilers stars as a nurse whose brother shortly after being released from prison is shot and killed in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police. Larry J. Blake a police officer is accused of shooting him but knows he didn't do it and sets out to prove it both to clear his name and because of his feelings for Eilers. Set in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1937réf. 164550Universal City: Universal Pictures 1937. Vintage publicity photograph of Walter Brennan from the 1937 film with a stamp on crediting photographer Ray Jones and a mimeo snipe on the verso. 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. A farm girl played by Virginia Bruce aspires to be an opera singer and moves to New York City where she finds success singing popular hits on Broadway. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1935réf. 164517Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1935. Vintage reference photograph of Edward G. Robinson and Jean Arthur on the set of the 1935 film. Photograph with three stamps and provenance sticker on the verso incluiding one stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones with a mimeo snipe on the verso under the working title "Passport to Fame." Not to be confused with the 1926 silent comedy directed by Edward Laemmle and starring Edward Everett Horton. 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. Based on the 1932 "Collier's" published short story "Jail Breaker" by W.R. Burnett. The meek Arthur Ferguson Jones is mistaken by the police for the evil bank robber killer Mannion which Mannion decides to use in his favor. Starring Edward G. Robinson in dual roles in an early talkie by director John Ford. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a tiny closed tear to the bottom margin. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1937réf. 164546Universal City: Universal Pictures 1937. Vintage publicity photograph of Noah Beery Jr. and Kay Hughes from the 1937 film. 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. Based on the 1937 short story "Night Patrol" by Kimball Herrick. Noah Beery Jr. stars as a newly discharged WWI soldier who goes into the dairy farm business and is hounded by his chief creditor banker Charles Halton and smitten by the banker's daughter Kay Hughes. 10.25 x 8 inches. Near FIne. Universal Pictures unknown books
1948réf. 167643London: The Rank Organization 1948. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1948 British film. Printed mimeo snipes and J. Arthur Rank stamps on the versos. Loosely based on the 1845 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen following an up-and-coming prima ballerina whose personal life is strained by her ballet master's obsessive demand that she devote herself entirely to her career. Michael Powell's tenth collaboration with his longtime partner Emeric Pressburger a critical success and worthy successor to their 1947 Technicolor classic "Black Narcissus." Nominated for five Academy Awards winning two. 9.75 x 7.75 inches. About Near Fine. Criterion Collection 44. Ebert III. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 41. The Rank Organization unknown books
1935réf. 164442Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1935. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1936 film. Mimeo snipes and studio stamps crediting photographer Ray Jones on the versos. One double weight photograph of Robert Allen one double weight keybook photograph of Marian Marsh one photograph of Ruth Chatterton and Otto Kruger and one on-the-set photograph of Chatterton. 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. Based on the short story "Maid of Honor" by Katharine Brush published in in the September 1932 issue of "Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan." Ruth Chatterton stars as a woman who disapproves of her young sister's Marian Marsh impending marriage to Otto Kruger and reveals a long-hidden secret. 8 x 10 inches to 8 x 11 inches. Near Fine overall. Columbia Pictures unknown books
réf. 167966Los Angeles: Carolco 1987. Archive of 43 vintage reference photographs from the 1990 film including still photographs design and storyboard photographs and digital prints. Also included in a Final Draft script for the film dated August 22 1989. Includes: - 9 color set design illustrations struck as color photographs on Fujichrome photo stock. 8 x 10 inches. - 23 color reference photographs from the film on Fujichrome photo stock. 8 x 10 inches. With reference numbers on the verso of each in green manuscript marker. - 2 color reference photographs from the film on Fujichrome photo stock. 8 x 10 inches. With reference numbers on the verso of each in green manuscript marker along with a Carolco Studio stamp. - 9 digital reference photographs on color office stock all with Carolco Studio stamps on the recto From the archive of a noted special effects designer. Full provenance available as well as collation details. Based on Philip K. Dick's 1966 short story "We Can Remember it for You Wholesale." A wild and violent ride in the spirit of Paul Verhoeven's earlier release "Robocop" 1987 about a 21st-century construction worker who discovers that he is a secret agent with a memory chip implanted in his brain by the government. Nominated for two Academy Awards Best Sound Best Effects and winner of the Academy's Special Achievement Award for visual effects. Script: Self wrappers unbound. Title page present dated August 22 1989 noted as Final Script with credits for Verhoeven and screenwriters Ronald Shusett Dan O'Bannon Steven Pressfield and Gary Goldman. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Internal xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. Photographs and set design illustrations: Ranging in size from 11 x 8.5 inches to 7 x 5 inches. Fine. Spicer US. Carolco unknown books
1971réf. 161530N.p.: Sherpix 1971. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1970 Danish film. Each photograph with a provenance stamp on the versos. A popular virginal school teacher Max has thirty days to marry in order to become headmaster and is initiated into the world of sex with the help of his students and the wife and daughter of the former headmaster. The first of the eight "Bedside Films" series directed by John Hilbard. Shot on location in Sjaelland Denmark. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Sherpix unknown books
1990réf. 163886N.p.: N.p. 1990. Revised Draft script for an unproduced stage play of Robert Bloch's 1960 short story adapted by noted horror author and screenwriter David J. Schow. Bound in after the script is a four-page Typed Letter Signed from Schow to Bloch as well as an image illustrating set design for the play. "The Final Performance" was first published in "Shock" magazine in September of 1960 and was adapted for television for "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" in 1965. Schow's stage play was ultimately published in his 1998 book "Crypt Orchids" a collection of short stories paying homage to Bloch and other horror authors. Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Black wrappers with a typed title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present dated 26 November 1990 noted as REVISED DRAFT B with credits for Bloch and Schow. 18 leaves with last page of text numbered 17. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
