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1933ref. 167905Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1933. Vintage photographic advertisement for the 1933 pre-Code mystery film. A teenager with an unusual passion for mystery fiction is given the chance to put his deductive skills to the test when one of his neighbors is murdered. 8 x 7.5 inches. About Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1973ref. 161747N.p.: Times Films 1973. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1972 French film. One photograph with two provenance stamps on the verso. Stèfanie a young nurse caring for an old man in a country villa is murdered by two men who subsequently try to get a prostitute to play her double. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Times Films unknown books
1974ref. 161802N.p.: International Artists 1974. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1973 Spanish/Italian film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Shot on location in Milano Madrid and The Pyrénées. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. International Artists unknown books
1965ref. 161741New York: Sam Lake Enterprises 1965. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1965 film. Provenance stamps and one label on the versos. The Way Out Electronics Company is marketing a new color television that includes a "fourth dimension" capable of transmitting physical objects through the screen. Shot on location in Toronto. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the extremities. Sam Lake Enterprises unknown books
1992ref. 167896Los Angeles: Fox Broadcasting Company 1992. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1992-1999 television series showing actress Amy Locane. A long-running prime-time soap opera about the inhabitants of an apartment complex located at 4616 Melrose Place in West Hollywood California. Locane appeared in 13 episodes in the show's first season. 8 x 10 inches. Light toning along the bottom edge else Near Fine. Fox Broadcasting Company unknown books
1958ref. 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
1964ref. 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
1993ref. 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
1964ref. 167079N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1964 film showing actress Sue Lyon in a polka-dot bikini. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1961 play. An alcoholic ex-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 becoming a popular tourist destination after the film's release. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1958ref. 166167N.p.: N.p. 1958. Draft script for the 1958 British comedy copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with the annotation of his name along the top edge of the front wrapper with manuscript pencil annotations on four pages. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Sequel to the 1958 British film "Up the Creek" also directed by Val Guest and starring David Tomlinson and Peter Sellers. Sellers was unable to appear in the sequel because of scheduling conflicts with another film. When the Navy frigate the "Aristotle" is sold to a fictitious Middle Eastern power the ship's bosun played by Frankie Howerd sells tickets for the voyage as a luxury cruise unbeknownst to the Captain. Shot on location in Portland Harbour England. Pink titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Val Guest John Warren and Len Heath. 199 leaves with last page of text numbered 195. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three flat metal brads. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 167739Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 "surrealist documentary" rock film showing Frank Zappa. In 1970 Zappa completely re-formed the Mothers of Invention to include drummer Aynsley Dunber jazz keyboardist George Duke and three members of The Turtles. Zappa began to write a film for the new lineup and recorded "Chunga's Revenge" 1970 with them as a "preview." Subsequently Zappa met conductor Zubin Mehta and worked with him to produce a concert in May 1970 wherein the Los Angeles Philharmonic was augmented by the Mothers or vice versa as you like and referred to this as "the second preview." The film itself shot in a week at Pinewood Studios outside London was a tripped-out documentary about life as a musician on the road and Zappa characteristically chose an eclectic group of celebrities to join the proceedings including Theodore Bikel Ringo Starr and Keith Moon. The resulting soundtrack is a matter of debate among Zappa enthusiasts but is notable for its orchestral finale "Strictly Genteel" a touchstone for the variety of classical music experimentations Zappa would subsequently pursue. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1954ref. 166036London: Welbeck Films 1954. Revised Draft script for the 1954 film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name written on the top of the front wrapper and a manuscript ink annotation of the date "9/6/54" on the bottom of the title page here under the working title "To Dorothy - A Son" released in the UK as "To Dorothy a Son" and in the US as "Cash on Delivery." With a manuscript pencil annotation on one page 12A underlining a needed prop and one page 38 with a clipping of a revision page affixed over the previous dialogue. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Based on the 1950 play "To Dorothy a Son" by Roger MacDougall. Shelley Winters stars as Myrtle an American woman who stands to inherit $2 million dollars from her uncle as long as she doesn't have any male heirs. The only thing standing in her way is John Gregson as her ex-husband and his very pregnant new wife played by Peggy Cummins. Tall untitled green wrappers. Title page present with an annotated date of "9/6/54" noted as Revised Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Peter Rogers and playwright Roger MacDougall. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout undated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a prong binding. Welbeck Films unknown books
1960ref. 163883Hollywood: United Artists / Ziv 1960. Draft script for Season 2 Episode 5 of the 1959-1961 television series. Originally aired on October 22 1960 in syndication. "Lock Up" was a short-lived legal drama series focusing on the cases of renowned Philadelphia corporate attorney Herbert L. Maris. In this episode the owner of an archery range is charged with killing his psychologist after the latter is found murdered with an arrow sticking out of his chest. Screenwriter 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. Orange titled wrappers dated 29 July 1960 on the front wrapper with credit for Bloch. Title integral with the front wrapper. 40 leaves with last page of text numbered 38. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. United Artists / Ziv unknown books
1970ref. 164320N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1970 film showing director Hal Ashby with actor Beau Bridges and crew members during filming on location in New York. Ashby's directorial debut based on the 1966 novel by Kristin Hunter about a naive wealthy white man who buys an inner-city tenement in Park Slope Brooklyn intending to evict the low-income Black tenants and turn the building into a luxury home for himself. He soon grows fond of the residents even beginning a relationship with one of the women living in the building and decides to remain as the landlord. Set in Park Slope Brooklyn and shot on location in Brooklyn and Manhattan. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1992ref. 154458Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1992. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1992 film. A comedy about the romantic misadventures of a group of young adults living in Seattle during the grunge rock craze. Three members of the real-life grunge rock group Pearl Jam appeared in the film under the band name "Citizen Dick." Set and shot on location in Seattle. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
2001ref. 161764Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 2001. Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 5 of the 2001-2005 television series. Originally aired on November 7 2001 on UPN. The sixth series in the Star Trek franchise following the adventures of the crew of the titular Enterprise the first deep space explorers in Starfleet. In this episode crew members discover a comet containing a rare mineral but are disrupted in collecting samples by a ship of Vulcans lurking nearby. Gray pictorial titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper. Title page present dated October 29 2001 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Maria and Andre Jacquemetton and director Terry Windell. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper lightly soiled else about Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
2001ref. 161761Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 2001. Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 4 of the 2001-2005 television series. Originally aired on October 10 2001 on UPN. The sixth series in the Star Trek franchise following the adventures of the crew of the titular Enterprise the first deep space explorers in Starfleet. In this episode T'Pol and her crew investigate a pre-industrial society after their ship detects technology on the planet. Blue pictorial titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper and dated September 24 2001. Title page present dated September 24 2001 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Phyllis Strong and Mike Sussman and director David Livingston. 73 leaves with last page of text numbered 59. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
2001ref. 161758Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 2001. Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 6 of the 2001-2005 television series. Originally aired on October 24 2001 on UPN. The sixth series in the Star Trek franchise following the adventures of the crew of the titular Enterprise the first deep space explorers in Starfleet. In this episode the crew attempts to uncover the mystery behind the deserted planet of Terra Nova an early colonization attempt by humans. Blue pictorial titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper and dated August 6 2001. Title page present dated August 6 2001 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Antoinette Stella and director LeVar Burton. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
2001ref. 161762Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 2001. Revised Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 3 of the 2001-2005 television series. Originally aired on October 3 2001 on UPN. The sixth series in the Star Trek franchise following the adventures of the crew of the titular Enterprise the first deep space explorers in Starfleet. In this episode a bored Captain Archer decides to investigate a ship adrift in space only to discover the ship's entire crew lying dead. Gray pictorial titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper and dated September 7 2001. Title page present dated September 7 2001 noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Phyllis Strong and Mike Sussman and director Allan Kroeker. 79 leaves with last page of text numbered 66. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
2001ref. 161759Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 2001. Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 7 of the 2001-2005 television series. Originally aired on October 31 2001 on UPN. The sixth series in the Star Trek franchise following the adventures of the crew of the titular Enterprise the first deep space explorers in Starfleet. In this episode three crew members are captured by Andorians during a visit to a Vulcan monastery. Gray pictorial titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper and dated October 17 2001. Title page present dated October 17 2001 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Fred Dekker and director Roxann Dawson. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
2001ref. 161763Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 2001. Revised Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 5 of the 2001-2005 television series. Originally aired on October 17 2001 on UPN. The sixth series in the Star Trek franchise following the adventures of the crew of the titular Enterprise the first deep space explorers in Starfleet. In this episode members of the crew discover Xyrillian stowaways on the ship. Gray pictorial titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper. Title page present dated September 7 2001 noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Rick Berman and Brannon Braga and director Mike Vejar. 65 leaves with last page of text numbered 54. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper lightly soiled else about Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1957ref. 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
1958ref. 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
ref. 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
1958ref. 160810Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1958. Vintage banner poster for the 1958 film. Based on the 1957 nonfiction book "The Naked Warriors" by Commander Francis Douglas Fane about the evolution of the US Navy's Underwater Demolition Unit beginning with its inception near the end of World War II through it's utilization in the Korean War. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good with light soiling overall foxing to the left margin a 1.5 inch closed tear to the bottom center margin several pinholes throughout and a 1.5 inch closed tear to the center with corresponding rubbing and creasing between the a and r of "Warrior". Otherwise bright and unfaded. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
