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1953réf. 137621Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1953. Draft script for the 1953 film musical. Based on the original story "Why Should I Cry" by I.A.R. Wylie first seen in the 1949 Saturday Evening Post. Joan Crawford's first Technicolor feature. Ruthless and demanding Broadway musical star Jenny Stewart Joan Crawford meets her match in a blind rehearsal pianist Tye Graham Michael Wilding who unbeknownst to Jenny has held a soft spot for the tyrannical star since his days as a novice Broadway reporter. Blue titled wrappers noted as VAULT COPY on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 5537 dated 02/25/53 with credits for producer Henry Berman and screenwriter John Michael Hayes. Title page integral with first page of text dated 02/25/53. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 78. Mimeograph on yellow stock dated variously between 02/24/53 and 02/28/53. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Hirschhorn p. 338. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1958réf. 140666N.p.: Regal Films 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film. Copy belonging to actress Lyn Thomas with annotations throughout relating to her character in the film Laura. A space probe returns to earth bearing an unusual extraterrestrial fungus which when accidentally mixed with human blood turns into space rust. The rust expands rapidly threatening to consume the entire planet. Produced on a tight budget $12500 with $25000 for the screenwriters and rushed to production so that the release would coincide with the Explorer launch. Shot on location in California. Red untitled wrapper lacking front wrapper. Title page present dated March 7 1958 with credits for screenwriters Daniel Mainwaring and George Worthing Yates. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. mechanical duplication with blue pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/4/58 and 3/13/58. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine lacking front wrapper. Bound with two gold brads. Regal Films unknown books
1958réf. 162526N.p.: N.p. 1958. Two vintage reference photographs of director Richard Brooks on the set of the 1958 film one showing Brooks talking with Elizabeth Taylor the other showing Brooks with Paul Newman. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos along with the printed labels of Stillphoto in Amsterdam. Based on the 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Tennessee Williams about the deeply dysfunctional family of a dying plantation owner on the Mississippi Delta. Nominated for six Academy Awards. Shot on location in Long Island New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1964réf. 153070Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actress Sue Lyons and playwright Tennessee Williams sharing a script on the set of the 1964 film. Mimeo snipe to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Williams' 1961 play. An alcoholic former priest finds himself caught between the attentions of three women while leading a failing tour of Puerto Vallarta. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one. Set and shot on location in Mismaloya and Puerto Vallarta Mexico the latter of which became a popular tourist destination after the film's release. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1964réf. 155108Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Two vintage borderless reference photographs one double weight of director John Huston and playwright Tennessee Williams on location of the 1964 film. One photo with a National FIlm Archive stamp on verso and one with a Sunday Telegraph stamp on the verso. Based on Williams' 1961 play. An alcoholic former priest finds himself caught between the attentions of three women while leading a failing tour of Puerto Vallarta. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one. Set and shot on location in Mismaloya and Puerto Vallarta Mexico the latter of which became a popular tourist destination after the film's release. 9 x 11 inches and 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1980réf. 159604Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1980. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1980 Japanese pink film. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine faintly age toned. Nikkatsu unknown books
1977réf. 197301977. Lucas George. Star Wars: A New Hope 1977 reshaped American cinema through its synthesis of mythic storytelling science fiction and commercial spectacle establishing the modern blockbuster model. The film follows a young protagonist drawn into an interplanetary conflict integrating archetypal narrative structures with advanced visual effects. Its unprecedented global commercial success becoming the first film to surpass $500 million in worldwide revenue contributed to a reorientation of studio production toward franchise development merchandising and serialized storytelling supporting research into late twentieth-century media economics and popular culture. George Lucas's Star Wars: A New Hope. Los Angeles: 20th Century Fox 1977. Archive of 6 original vintage silver gelatin photographic stills. Glossy black-and-white prints measuring approximately 7.5 x 10 inches. The images depict staged scenes from the film including the trash compactor escape sequence with principal characters in confined mechanical space and the closing award ceremony featuring formal assembly and costumed figures. Additional compositions include appearances by Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher and Alec Guinness shown in character within spacecraft interiors battle environments and ceremonial settings. The photographs emphasize costume design spatial staging and group dynamics central to the film's visual identity. Produced during a period of transition in the American film industry Star Wars contributed to the emergence of effects-driven storytelling and long-form franchise planning. Its influence extended across subsequent science fiction and fantasy productions shaping visual expectations and narrative scope in global cinema. Light handling wear with minor surface marks; overall very good condition. A cohesive group of early production stills from the first installment of a major cinematic franchise. unknown books
1964réf. 151602Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Vintage press kit for the 1964 film here called an "editor's portfolio." Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 20 black and white photographs and one gathering of promotional reading material. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1961 play. An alcoholic former priest finds himself caught between the attentions of three women while leading a failing tour of Puerto Vallarta. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one. Set and shot on location in Mismaloya and Puerto Vallarta Mexico the latter of which became a popular tourist destination after the film's release. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1970réf. 159131N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 experimental film showing actress Verity Bargate. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso regarding cropping. Director Stephen Dwoskin was an experimental filmmaker who produced work based on themes of perception disability and sexuality. He was a cofounder of the London Film-Makers' Co-op in 1966 and the film collective Spectre in 1980. "Times For" was the first of Dwoskin's longer films and notably included a performance by performance artist and filmmaker Carolee Schneemann with a soundtrack by experimental musician Gavin Bryars. 10 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1953réf. 148513Universal City: Universal Pictures 1953. Vintage photograph of director Budd Boetticher and Julie Adams relaxing in a tree from the 1953 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. An early Technicolor Western from seminal American director Budd Boetticher. Gringo miner Gallager Van Heflin is caught up in the Mexican revolution of 1910-1911 when corrupt administrator Ruiz George Dolenz appropriates his mine. Gallager saves the life of guerilla leader Raquel Adams then finds there's a price on his head. Set in Mexico shot on location in the Simi Hills and the Ray Corrigan Ranch Simi Valley California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light creasing near the edges. Universal Pictures unknown books
1968réf. 145862Hollywood: M.J. Frankovich Productions 1968. Final Draft script for the 1969 film. Single manuscript notation on the title page. The story of two West Coast couples as they navigate the changing social and sexual climate of the late 1960s. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay. Set and shot on location in Nevada and California. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 5 1968 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between September 9 1968 and October 17 1968. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. M.J. Frankovich Productions unknown books
1956réf. 150328Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1956. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph of actor Dean Martin on the set of the 1956 film. With the stamp of Paramount photographer Jack Harris on the verso. Two men arrive in a small western community hoping to avenge the deaths of their fathers and eradicate the town's lawless criminals. The penultimate musical comedy film collaboration between Martin and Jerry Lewis. Shot on location in Arizona. 13.5 x 10.25 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing to the bottom edge. Pitts 3040. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1993réf. 93131993. Shatner William. Contract granting Interplay Productions license to use recorded scripted material associated with Star Trek characters dated October 19 1993 documents the formal extension of television-era science fiction performance into the rapidly expanding computer software and video game industry of the early 1990s. Best known for portraying Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek Shatner's authorization reflects the increasing commercialization and technological adaptation of established media franchises during a period when interactive entertainment was emerging as a major cultural and economic force. The agreement explicitly grants "license to use recorded scripted material read by you for use in connection with computer software products incorporating any of the 'Star Trek' characters" establishing a direct connection between actor performance rights and digital media production. Shatner William. Contract. October 19 1993. Agreement between William Shatner and Interplay Productions. The document formalizes the licensing of Shatner's recorded voice work for incorporation into software products tied to the Star Trek franchise indicating the growing role of recognizable character continuity in early multimedia development. Signed prominently in blue ink "William Shatner" the contract preserves both the legal framework and the commercial language governing intellectual property use during a transitional moment in entertainment media. Produced at a time when franchises increasingly migrated from film and television into interactive formats this agreement situates Star Trek within broader developments in digital storytelling licensing practices and the integration of celebrity performance into gaming environments. Such contracts mark the early infrastructure of cross-media franchising that would come to define late twentieth-century entertainment economies. Light handling wear; clean and legible; signature bold. Overall very good condition. unknown books
1910réf. 13268St. Louis MO: Lambert-Deacon-Hull Printing Co 1910. Lithographed map 21.5 x 22.25 inches printed in black and red. An attractive map of the great state of Texas created by the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway to promote their regional lines and encourage immigration. The map includes the company's railway lines coming down from Oklahoma and snaking through the central-eastern portion of the state down to the Gulf Coast. Steamship lines are indicated to various locations from Galveston. Within the area of the state locations are shown for areas adapted to certain crops and general regional elevation and rainfall figures are also printed sporadically across the state. This version of the map was distributed "Compliments of Lone Star Immigration Co." The top left usually where an inset map would be printed includes promotional text about the company: "Lone Star Immigration Co. Sells irrigated farms in the 'Magic Valley' of the Lower Rio Grande in Texas where 'Home' means health and comfort. Low round trip excursion rates via the M. K. & T. in our private Pullman Dining Cars on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Write our nearest office for literature and further information." Similar but shorter promo text appears in the lower left corner. OCLC reports about a dozen copies of some version of the map sponsored by different land and development companies with no holdings of this particular map from the LSIC. Lambert-Deacon-Hull Printing Co unknown books
1856réf. 848061856. Two Sensational Trials from Nineteenth-Century London in a Notably Handsome Sangorski & Sutcliffe Binding Trials. Palmer William 1824-1856. Illustrated and Unabridged Edition of The Times Report of the Trial of William Palmer For Poisoning John Parsons Cook At Rugeley. From the Short-Hand Notes Taken in the Central Court from Day to Day. London: Ward and Lock 158 Fleet Street 1856. 184 pp. Woodcut folding frontispiece. Woodcut text illustrations. Bound with Star Mother Mary Joseph Defendant. Kennedy Mary Magdalen Sister Defendant. The Great Convent Case: Saurin v. Star & Kennedy. Tried Before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn in the Court of Queen's Bench February 1869. Containing the Speeches of Counsel on Both Sides And the Evidence in Full of the Various Witnesses Corrected from the Short-Hand Writer' Notes. Together with Copies of the Writ of Action The Pleadings Issue Record Names of Jurymen And Other Particulars Only to be Found in this Work. London: Ward Lock And Tyler Warwick House Paternoster Row 1869. ii 174 2 pp. Main text followed by 2 pp. of advertisements. 4 added woodcut portrait plates of principal parties Saurin Star Kennedy Matthews from another account of the case. Main text in parallel columns. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4"; 20.95 x 13.33 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlets bound into later morocco signed binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe blind rules to boards raised bands and gilt fillets ornaments title and publication date to spine gilt rules to pastedowns marbled endpapers. Moderate toning to interior browning to a few sections of Palmer trial creases and a few minor tears to edges of its folding plate minor stains from laid-in plants to a few leaves offsetting to margins of a few leaves at front and rear of text block. Very good copies in a well-preserved notably handsome signed binding. $750. Only editions. This volume contains accounts of two sensational trials from nineteenth-century London. Also known as the Rugeley Poisoner or the Prince of Poisoners Palmer was a physician who abandoned his practice to own and breed racehorses which often put him in financial difficulty. A first-rate sociopath he saw murder as a way to restore his finances. In order to collect on their life insurance policies he poisoned his brother wife his moth. unknown books
1993réf. 169975N.p.: Wife N' Kids Productions 1993. Fifth Draft script for the 1993 film. With extensive manuscript marker and ink annotations to the front wrapper and manuscript ink annotations to six pages. After his grandmother is murdered a nerdy repairman with a knack for invention stumbles onto a method to make his clothes bulletproof and decides to become the low budget superhero "Blankman" to help defend his neighborhood from crime. Set in New York City filmed on location in Chicago Illinois. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated July 20 1993 noted as 5th DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Damon Wayons "based on revisions" by Wayons J.F. Lawton and Chris Matheson and "Revised by" Wayons and Lawton. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Wife N' Kids Productions unknown books
1958réf. 156282Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri SF 1958. Collection of nine vintage oversize double weight reference photographs from the 1958 Swedish film. Stamps of DLS-Film Holland on the versos and several with layout annotations in manuscript ink and pencil. Embossed censor blindstamp at the upper right corner of each photograph. A traveling magic show led by a depressed fraudulent illusionist faces opposition from a small town's authorities who wish to expose the spectacle as a sham. Shot on location in Stockholm Sweden. 9.25 x 11.75 inches. Generally Very Good with pinholes at the corners and several with small closed tears that have been repaired with archival tape on the versos. Criterion Collection 537. Rosenbaum 1000. Svensk Filmindustri [SF] unknown books
1935réf. 150693N.p.: N.p. 1935. Three original photographs of Frank Capra and Gary Cooper on the set of the 1936 film. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso of one photograph referring to the film by its working title "Opera Hat" along with the stamp of photographer A.L. Schafer and one photograph with a date stamp reading April 20 1936 on the verso. The first photo shows Capra with the film script in hand standing next to a wall calendar that prominently reads "Friday December 13th" the day the film was announced. The second is a candid shot of Capra and Gary Cooper and the third is a candid photo of Capra standing in the balcony of one of the film's sets. A small town man discovers he is the sole beneficiary of his estranged and incredibly wealthy uncle's estate and must move to New York to claim his inheritance becoming a moving target for a number of scammers in the process. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Director. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing. N.p. unknown books
1857réf. SP560Robert Carter and Brothers 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. New York 1857. 8vo publisher's black cloth xii 13-203 pp. First edition. The first edition of the Star Spangled Banner in book form. It had been printed only as a broadside in 1814. A BAL 11093 binding B with no sequence noted. A good plus to very good minus copy with excellent contents. Lean to spine chipping to cloth at head and heel of spine contemporary ownership signature to title page light normal shelfwear. Remains well preserved. "'The Star-Spangled Banner' has been in recent times censured for its awkward melodic line but its lyrics are now so much a part of the popular patriotic imagination that any attempt at literary analysis would perhaps seem unusual. The second and third stanzas of the original song are often omitted in public ceremonies as a gesture of courtesy to the British; the words "hireling and slave" of stanza three refer to the common British practice of using mercenary soldiers. It is interesting that the critic Charles F. Richardson writing in American Literature mentions the "bald rude rhymes" in the work. He goes on to say that the song along with "Adams and Liberty" and "Hail Columbia" is "so closely enshrined in the patriotic heart . . . that no one stops to think of . . . its literary poverty" vol. 2 1889 p. 26. Richardson's comments seem a just assessment of a work that had not yet become a national symbol." - ANB. Please contact us for additional pictures or information. Sabin 37669. BAL 11093. Robert Carter and Brothers hardcover books
1957réf. 161410N.p.: Jerry Wald Productions 1957. Revised Final Draft script for the 1957 film here under the working title "Down Payment." Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. Twelve reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages. All photographs except for two cast photographs with text in margin struck at the production company Twentieth Century Fox and title "Down Payment" with correction stamps of "Jerry Wald" and "No Down Payment" adjacent. Based on the 1957 novel by John McPartland. An examination of the intertwined lives of four married couples in a newly constructed suburban Los Angeles community and the issues they harbor such as alcoholism marital infidelity racism and religion. Script written by uncredited and blacklisted screenwriter Ben Maddow and fronted by Philip Yordan. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather finding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. 154 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/17/57 and 6/17/57. Pages Near Fine binding Near FIne. Selby US. Spicer US. Jerry Wald Productions unknown books
réf. 148351Rome: Reteitalia 1989. Draft script for the 1989 television film originally aired on Video 80 on May 12. Copy belonging to script supervisor Franca Invernizzi with her extensive manuscript annotations on nearly every page and many page versos regarding camera shots takes timing and dialogue. Bound in after the script is an annotated list of scenes and several handwritten pages of Invernizzi's notes. Laid in with the script are three carbon typescript revision pages and several documents relating to production. Text in Italian. Based on Giovanni Guareschi's 1982 short story. After moving to Bologna to start a new life an impoverished widow decides to hide the existence of her nine children from her landlady in order to avoid higher rent prices. Set and shot on location in Bologna. Script: Brown quarter leather spring binder housing the script. Script in yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present dated Ottobre 1987 with credits for director Lina Wertmuller and novelist Giovanni Guareschi. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light wear overall and tape reinforcements to the spine bound with two gold brads. List of scenes: Seven leaves with last page numbered 7. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light edgewear. Reteitalia unknown books
réf. 152527N.p.: N.p. 1970. Dialogue transcript for the infamous unfinished film musical undated circa 1968. Copy belonging to Frank Zappa with a single annotation in Zappa's hand on the top of the first page. Full provenance available. A transcript detailing multiple takes of ten scenes shot by Zappa for his long-planned but never finished experimental film. Transcript primarily addresses scenes featuring Don Preston and Phyllis Smith Altenhaus but also contains dialogue intended to be spoken by Carl Zappa Billy Mundi Aynsley Dunbar Jimmy Carl Black and Zappa himself. Originally innovated in 1967 by Zappa featuring his then-band the Mothers of Invention the film would morph in various ways over the course of the next decade but would ultimately never come to fruition due to a lack of financing. In 1969 the Mothers of Invention released the acclaimed double album "Uncle Meat" an instrumental soundtrack to the unfinished film. Finally in 1987 a direct-to-video "making of" documentary of the uncompleted film was released. Transparent front wrapper with orange back wrapper and spine. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages with light stain on first leaf else Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
réf. 160904N.p.: N.p. 1977. Early First Draft script for the seminal 1980 film here under the working title "California Girls." Copy belonging to uncredited crew member Jim Brown no relation to the actor we suspect with his name in manuscript ink on the title page. A bleak seminal coming-of-age drama about four teenage girls grappling with their families drugs and relationships in Los Angeles in the late 1970s. Adrian Lyne's directorial debut. Shot on location in San Fernando Hollywood and Los Angeles California. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated Nov. 28 1977 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Gerald Ayres. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographiic duplication with the exception of the title page which is a carbon typescript copy rectos onl. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. McPadden Teen Movie Hell. N.p. unknown books
réf. 158636N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage two-color poster for an unseen performance by punk icons the Stooges queer hippie theatre troupe the Cockettes all-girl rock group The GTOs and John Mendelsohn's short-lived rock band Super Star held at the Hollywood Palladium on July 16 1971. The show would ultimately be canceled after The Stooges formally broke up on July 9 1971. A preview of The Cockettes' satirical 1971 film "Tricia's Wedding" was also to have been shown. The film featured The Cockettes reenacting President Nixon's daughter Tricia's wedding to Edward Cox interspersed with a number of humorous scenes including Eartha Kitt spiking the punch bowl with LSD. Even before it was canceled it's hard to imagine how this concert would have come together given the clashing styles of the acts. Founded in 1969 in San Francisco the Cockettes were a performance art group that performed improvised musical numbers in elaborate genderbending costumes and had become a sensation among the West Coast arts and culture scene. The GTOs were a satirical rock band formed in Los Angeles with ties to Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa who would produce the band's only album Permanent Damage 1969. And the Stooges were simply the Stooges. 11.25 x 26 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1943réf. 53630Tunisia 1943. Nearly Fine. Five-pointed yellow cloth star sewn onto plain beige cloth 7.3 by 9 cm. Yellow dye somewhat faded else in fine state of preservation. Specimen of the yellow star imposed on the Jewish population of Tunisia in March 1943 as a mark of the slave laboror. Tunisia was the only Islamic country to come under Nazi rule at first indirectly through the Vichy regime in France between 1940 and its liberation by Allied forces on May 7 1943. In response to the Allied invasion of Algeria and Morocco German and Italian forces invaded Tunisia on November 9 1942. By the end of November the Germans took the first anti-Jewish move by arresting four of the community leaders including Moïse Borgel the president of the Jewish congregation. "In addition to the governor-general's sympathetic attitude -- and in some degree to the pro-Jewish attitude of Bey Sidi Mohammed al-Mounsaf -- the Italians also in practice interfered with the application of the anti-Jewish laws" E.H. The dignitaries were released after a week following the intervention of the mayor of Tunis and the Italian consul. Because of objections by the Italians the edict to wear the star does not appear to have been generally enforced with rigor and was only formally imposed in two cities Sfax and Tunis. While 5000 Jews had originally been put on forced labor in thirty locations and camps along the front line "at the time of the collapse and surrenter in early May 1943 only sixteen hundred Jews were employed on forced labor" E.H. Given the relatively small labor force and the lack of zeal in imposing the anti-Jewish ordinances it is clear why so few of these yellow badges have survived. References: I. Gutman ed. Encyclopedia of the Holocaust vol. 4 pp. 1521-23. unknown books
