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1958réf. 150167N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage borderless photograph of actress Sophia Loren on the set of the 1958 film. With a Photoplay Library stamp on the verso along with the stamp of photographer Bill Avery and manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout. Based on Eugene O'Neill's 1924 play. A greedy New England farmer marries for a third time after working his first two wives to death. Trouble ensues when his new wife a headstrong Italian woman begins an affair with his youngest son. Bill Avery worked as a photographer at Columbia Pictures in the early 20th century with a brief interlude working as a combat cameraman during World War II. He also worked at MGM under noted photographer C.S. Bill and occasionally worked as a freelance publicity photographer shooting iconic images of Elvis Presley Jack Lemmon Katharine and Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine among many others. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1975réf. 150792Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1975 film mounted as issued by the distributor on a presentation card showing actor Charles Durning shouting into a megaphone. Based on the 1974 novel by Patrick Mann which was in turn based on a true story published in Life magazine. Director Sidney Lumet's masterpiece a snapshot of New York invoking LGBTQ politics city politics police politics personal politics and the mood of a city in the heat of the early 1970s-all without being overtly political. The film follows an inexperienced robber and his friend over the course of a doomed bank heist executed in order for the robber's girlfriend a preoperative transgender woman to afford gender confirmation surgery. Photograph 10 x 8 inches Near Fine. Presentation card 14 x 11 inches Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners. National Film Registry. Grant US. Hardy BFI Crime Companion. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
1963réf. 151111N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph of Francoise Prevost from the US release of the 1962 Italian film. Based on the 1959 play "Les Sequestres d'Altona" by Jean-Paul Sartre. A wealthy German industrialist hides his Nazi war criminal son in his mansion unaware the war has ended and continually building a case for Germany's defense. One of De Sica's darkest films. Shot on location in Hamburg Germany. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1958réf. 149420Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1958. Vintage reference photograph of director Delbert Mann directing a passionate scene between Burt Lancaster and Rita Hayworth on the set of the 1958 film. Based on Terence Rattigan's 1954 play following several long-term residents during off-season at a seaside hotel where things are not as they appear. Nominated for seven Academy Awards and winning two for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress for David Niven and Wendy Hiller respectively. Set in Bournemouth Engand. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1962réf. 149127Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1962. Vintage studio still photograph of producer Stanley Kramer and director John Cassavetes on the set of the 1962 film. Kramer and Cassavetes clashed throught the production disagreeing on technique as well as the overall message of the film leading Kramer to fire Cassavetes during the editing of the film. Dr. Matthew Clark Burt Lancaster the director of the Crawthorne State Mental Hospital for mentally handicapped and emotionally disturbed children clashes with newly arrived teacher Jean Hanson Judy Garland over the best methods in which to teach the children. Many of the students in the film were portrayed by actual intellectually disabled children from Pacific State Hospital in Pomona California. Shot on location at the Lanterman Development Center in Pomona California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with large bruise to upper right corner creasing on right side and two small closed tears on right margin repaired with paper tape on verso. United Artists unknown books
1968réf. 149585Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Vintage reference photograph from the 1968 film showing actors Frank Sinatra and Lee Remick. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1966 novel. A brooding New York detective investigates the murder of a gay man-a crime that none of his fellow officers will take seriously due to the victim's sexuality. Sinatra's fourth collaboration with director Gordon Douglas a box office success and one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to explicitly depict and discuss the lives of gay men. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light creases to the edges and a light splash to the right edge. Grant US. Twilight Time. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
réf. 147162N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for the 1977 film. Copy belonging to actor Martin Landau with his signature on the title page and manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. Included is an 18-page revised shooting schedule signed by Landau and additional material related to production. The USSR and NASA must join forces and double their nuclear firepower to destroy a massive meteor headed straight for Earth before it effectively wipes out humankind. Set in Washington DC and California. Black non-standard titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 19 1977 with credits for screenwriter Stanley Mann. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 9-16-77 and 10/19/77. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1961réf. 145426Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1961. Vintage press photograph from the set of the 1961 film. Shown on the left of the photograph in sunglasses is producer Samuel Bronston. An epic historical drama chronicling the life of the 11th century Christian Castilian knight Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar or "El Cid." Nominate for three Academy Awards. Shot on location in Spain and Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Allied Artists unknown books
1955réf. 141526N.p.: Hal Wallis Productions 1955. Six vintage double weight studio still photographs from the 1955 film. The film is based on Tennessee Williams' 1951 play in which an Italian widow and her teenage daughter cope with the aftermath of her husband's death. Shot on location in Florida and California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Hal Wallis Productions unknown books
1960réf. 141368N.p.: Afton-Linebrook 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film. Extremely watchable trash a big-budget film with lowdown agenda and the last film in which Elizabeth Taylor who won an Oscar for her performance could have been accurately described as young and radiant. Something of an American answer to De Sica's "Madame De." with the object in question being a fur coat rather than a pair of earrings. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with extensive annotations to the verso in red felt-tipped ink blue ink and manuscript graphite. Afton-Linebrook unknown books
1958réf. 141277Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1958. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1958 film. Just as Caldwell's 1933 novel was met with scrutiny and censorship upon its publication the film adaptation twenty-five years later met with similar disapproval. Scenes involving Tina Louise and actress Fay Spain were perceived as obscene the film was said to call marital fidelity into question and even worse: the film portrayed a popular uprising of mill workers. Many theaters either banned the film entirely or admitted only moviegoers ages 18 and up. Though written by Ben Maddow a blacklisted radical leftist documentary and poetry writer screenwriting for the film was attributed to Philip Yordan a writer often credited for scripts written by blacklisted authors. Tina Louise won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer for the film her debut role. Set in the American South shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with manuscript ink and graphite annotations to the verso. United Artists unknown books
1975réf. 139993England: ITC Entertainment 1975. Collection of 6 vintage full-color British lobby cards from the 1975 British-Canadian film. Based on Tom Ardies' 1974 novel "Kosygin Is Coming." Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer Shaver Segal is ensnared in a KGB assassination plot to kill a visiting Soviet Premier. 11 x 14 inches. Light corner bumps else Near Fine. Scarce. ITC Entertainment unknown books
1965réf. 138201Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Original US one sheet poster for the 1965 film based on the 1959 novel "Epitaph for an Enemy" by George Barr. An attempted sequel to the 1962 film "The Longest Day" "Up from the Beach" tells of the days after the Invasion of Normandie and of Allied attempts to "liberate" a nearby French village previously under the control of an uncommonly kind German commandant. Set in Northern France shot there on location. 27 x 41 inches folded. Very Good plus. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1981réf. 139005Nottingham UK: Lorimar / Rank Film Distributors 1981. Original British quad poster for the 1981 US film "Night School" here under the British title "Terror Eyes." Printed in England by Lonsdale and Bartholomew. Slasher film set at an all-girl night school complete with decapitations set in Boston. Director Hughes' final film one of the 33 non-prosecuted "Video Nasty" titles a selection of censored and banned films during the 1980s in the United Kingdom. 30 x 40 inches folded as issued. A few central pinholes and faint toning else Near Fine. Lorimar / Rank Film Distributors unknown books
1970réf. 137404N.p.: N.p. 1970. Original typescript screenplay for an unproduced film called "After the Fall" based on Arthur Miller's 1964 play about a Jewish intellectual living in New York. Miller's play opened on Broadway in 1964 at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre ran for 208 performances and closed on May 29 1965. A television movie of the play was released in 1974 but Mann appears to have not been involved in the project. Abby Mann 1927-2008 wrote screenplays for "Judgment at Nuremberg" 1961 earning him an Academy Award "A Child Is Waiting" 1963 "Ship of Fools" 1965 "The Detective" 1968 "Report to the Commissioner" 1975 and "War and Love 1985. His work also extended into television for series like "Medical Story" 1975-1976 and "Kojak" 1973-1978 a show he helped create and several "Kojak" television movies. Black wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for playwright Miller and screenwriter Mann. 195 leaves with last page of text numbered 194. Typescript on white stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound in a black spring binder. N.p. unknown books
1966réf. 132612Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1966. Collection of 15 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1966 US film. Based on the 1965 novel by Norman Mailer about a talk show host who is suspected of killing his wife and is pursued by both the police and a a gang of criminals. 8 x 10 inches. A few stills with small stains on the rectos else Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1971réf. 137443Burbank CA: Cinema Center Films 1971. Revised Final Draft script for the 1972 film. Based on a story by Steven W. Carabatsos. A key Western vigilante film John Benedict Holden leads a peaceful life on his ranch until a gang of Comanche Indians led by a white man murders his family and trashes his home. He assembles his own posse of ruthless outlaws guns-for-hire to help him enact sweet revenge on the murderers. Shot on location in Mexico. Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper and production No. 5008 dated January 5 1971 with a credit for screenwriter Mayes. Title page present dated January 5 1971 noted as FINAL DRAFT with a credit for screenwriter Mayes. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mechanical duplication with blue light blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/18/71 and 3/16/71. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Hardy p. 341. Pitts 3402. Cinema Center Films unknown books
1976réf. 135943Los Angeles: Albert S. Ruddy Productions / American International Pictures AIP 1976. Draft script for the 1978 film. Based on Paul Gallico's 1970 novel. Bernie Bonnelli Gould is a small-time talent agent down on his luck who discovers a boxing kangaroo named Matilda. Hoping to gain recognition and income he schedules a fight between the kangaroo and the boxing heavyweight champion of the world. The fight attracts the attention of the local mob boss who wants total control of the marsupial and the attention of animal activists looking to stop cruelty to animals. Set in New York shot on location in California New York and Nevada. Illustrated titled wrappers with glassine cover on the front wrapper. Title page present dated March 15 1976 with credits for novelist Gallico and screenwriter Galfas. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Albert S. Ruddy Productions / American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1954réf. 135205Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1954. Vintage black-and-white press photograph from the 1954 French release of the 1953 film. "Service de Presse" rubber stamp on the verso. Steve Stewart is an ex-GI who with help from his army buddy Gambi Duryea head south to begin their careers in oil drilling. Trouble greets them before their first drill when local shrimp fishermen boycott their presence. Things get worse when Steve falls in love with Stella Dru the daughter of a combative fisherman. Set in the Deep South shot on location in Louisiana. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with manuscript annotations on the verso and evidence of a mimeo snipe removal. Universal Pictures unknown books
1955réf. 135492Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1955. Vintage reference photograph from the seminal 1955 Western. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Pitts 2525. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1975réf. 130297Los Angeles: New World Pictures 1975. Early Draft script for the 1977 film issued roughly two years before the film's release. Accompanied by a typed letter signed from a woman at the Paul Kohner agency to actress Maria Schneider. Based on the 1964 novel by Joanne Greenberg written under the pseudonym Hannah Green. One of the great unsung literary adaptations of the 1970s taking a terrifically complex novel about a young woman who has completely retreated into fantasy following the death of her sister. A film that suffered inevitable comparisons to "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" but actually far more internal and horrific an actor's film brought to life by Bibi Andersson and a young Kathleen Quinlan. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Tan titled wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present with credits for novelist Green and screenwriter Mann. 102 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. New World Pictures unknown books
1976réf. 132350Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1976. Two vintage full-color studio still photographs from the 1976 film. Robert Culp plays a man with a perfect life until his wife and children are kidnapped by terrorists. James Coburn plays the ex-husband who hires professional hang gliders to help rescue the wife and kids from the terrorist's mountaintop lair. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases to the extremities else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1965réf. 132240Germany: Atlas Films 1965. Original German A1 poster for a 1965 re-release of the 1930 German film. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. Marlene Dietrich became an immediate international star on the strength of her performance as the temptress Lola Frohlich in Josef von Sternberg's classic tale of love and obsession. Professor Immanuel Rath Emil Jannings is a strict and humorless schoolmaster who is shocked when he discovers the boys in his class have been spending their time at a sleazy cabaret called The Blue Angel where an entertainer named Lola Dietrich keeps the men in thrall and sells suggestive postcards of herself. "The Blue Angel" was shot in both German and English language versions; the German is preferable as most of the cast were obviously more expert in that tongue. Dietrich introduced what would become her theme song "Falling In Love Again" in this film. 23 x 33 inches folded. Several short tears at the edges light rubbing. Very Good plus overall. Atlas Films unknown books
1845réf. 333470Boston: Wm. B. Fowle and Nahum Capen 1845. Inscribed on the front cover "G.F. Clark from Hon. Horace Mann. 124pp. 8vo. Printed wrappers small chip at upper outer margin on upper cover spine with wear and loss. Inscribed on the front cover "G.F. Clark from Hon. Horace Mann.". 124pp. 8vo. An important work by Mann responding to criticism over his educational reform particularly his common school system and the emphasis on non-sectarian education. Wm. B. Fowle and Nahum Capen unknown books
1990réf. 324018New York: The Limited Editions Club 1990. Edition limited to 375 numbered copies signed by Hejduk. 183 pp. Illustrated with lithographs by John Hejduk. 1 vols. 4to. Original full brown calf upper cover lettered in black. Fine copy in cloth slipcase with prospectus. Edition limited to 375 numbered copies signed by Hejduk. 183 pp. Illustrated with lithographs by John Hejduk. 1 vols. 4to. The Limited Editions Club unknown books
