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1941ref. 146056Universal City: Universal Pictures 1941. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1941 12-episode film serial trailer. An ace pilot and his friend operate an airplane manufacturing business that has fabricated a high-speed pursuit plane for the US Army. Unfortunately the plane has also garnered the interest of a number of enemy spies. White titled self wrappers noted as production No. 1117 dated JANUARY 30 1941 with credits for directors Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor and actors Donald Woods Billy Halop Robert Armstrong Edward Ciannelli and Kathryn Adams. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 12 leaves with last page of text numbered 10. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with dampstaining to the right and lower edges bound with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
1985ref. 159104Studio City CA: ITC Productions / Blue Andre Productions 1985. Revised Second Draft script for the 1986 television film originally aired on November 10 1986 on NBC. Based on the true story of Maude DeVictor a Veterans Benefits Counselor for the Veterans Administration who worked to expose the government's coverup of the harmful effects of Agent Orange on Vietnam veterans. White generic ITC wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present dated July 19 1985 noted as REVISED SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter John Sayles and story credits for Martin M. Goldstein Stephen Doran and Robert Jacobs. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. ITC Productions / Blue Andre Productions unknown books
1970ref. 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
ref. 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
1974ref. 159381N.p.: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1974. Vintage reference photograph of actors Robert Young and Ruth Hussey from the 1973 television film. Provenance stamp and mimeo snipe advertising the film's broadcast as part of ABC's "Wednesday Movie of the Week" on Wednesday December 25 affixed to the verso. A sequel to the 1972 television film "All My Darling Daughters." One year after marrying off all of his daughters on the same day a father is now engaged to be married himself. Actress Ruth Hussey's final film appearance. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1932ref. 159602Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the 1932 pre-Code film. Single stamp on the verso. Based on the 1931 novel by Upton Sinclair following the members of two families whose lives are impacted by alcohol addiction and Prohibition. Set in Louisiana New York City and Long Island. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine with pinholes at each corner. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1990ref. 159505San Francisco: Artists' Television Access 1990. Vintage flyer for the premiere of Danny Plotnick's 1990 experimental short film "Death Sled II: Steel-Belted Romeos" with an addition screening of Plotnick's 1989 short "Creep" as well as films by Mark Street Phillip R. Ford Phillip Guilbeau Laura Rosow Jim Sikora and Dana Mendelssohn at the Artists' Television Access ATA Saturday February 3 1990. According to director Danny Plotnick's website "Death Sled II: Steel-Belted Romeos" is a "tale of backwoods blacktop mayhem-Two dim-witted lead-footed guidos from Bayonne New Jersey bust through stoplight after stoplight in their turbo-charged bad-assed jet-black Pontiac Grand Prix until their mean machine nearly eighty-sixes another hunk of American steel. And that's just the start of it . A confrontation an assault fists-a-flying and traffic violations." A trailblazer for the independent film scene of the 1990s Plotnick made over twenty films since the late 1980s and has released three VHS compilations and one DVD compilation. His coffee table art book on the history of Super 8 filmmaking "Super 8: An Illustrated History" was published in 2020. Formed in 1986 the ATA is a San Francisco-based artist-run non-profit which promotes underground and experimental art as well as providing a screening venue for independent films exhibitions performances workshops and events. 8.5 x 11 inches on pink paper. Very Good plus with light overall dampstaining and two pinholes. Artists' Television Access unknown books
1934ref. 159596London: National Film Archive 1934. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1934 film one showing actors Bette Davis and Leslie Howard the other showing director John Cromwell and a camera crew capturing a scene with Kay Johnson and Howard. Both with the stamp of National Film Archive on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. A sensitive clubfooted young man falls in love with a mercurial tearoom waitress. A breakout role for actress Bette Davis and the first of three adaptations of Maugham's novel followed by one in 1946 and one in 1964. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Archive unknown books
1980ref. 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
1954ref. 152204Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1954. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1954 film showing actor Marlon Brando giving his parents a tour of the famed "roof" set from the film accompanied by producer S.P. Eagle. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Columbia Pictures. Based on screenwriter Budd Schulberg's 1955 novel "Waterfront." A dockworker and would-be prizefighter witnesses a murder at the hands of the local mob boss' men and is forced to stand up to his corrupt union leaders. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards winning eight including Best Picture Best Director and Best Screenplay. Shot on location in Hoboken New Jersey and New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 647. Ebert I. Grant US. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1958ref. 151648Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri SF 1958. Collection of 14 vintage black and white oversize double weight studio still photographs from the 1958 film. A traveling magic show led by a depressed fraudulent illusionist Max von Sydow faces opposition from a small town's authorities who wish to expose the spectacle as a sham. Shot on location in Stockholm Sweden. 12 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 537. Rosenbaum 1000. Svensk Filmindustri [SF] unknown books
1955ref. 152157Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1955. Draft script for the 159th episode of season one of the 1955-1958 television series originally aired on June 12 1956 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. An opportunistic newspaper reporter captures a photograph of a little boy with his head stuck in a garbage can and proceeds to use the image in a piece about child neglect-to the embarrassment and anger of the boy's parents. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter B.M. Atkinson Jr. 81 leaves with last page of text numbered III-25. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1929ref. 157096Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Vintage reference photograph of Conrad Nagel and Kay Johnson from the 1929 pre-Code film showing actors Conrad Nagel and Kay Johnson. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A socialite marries a wrongly convicted murderer in order to fulfill the requirements of her grandparents' will expecting him to be out of the picture after his planned execution in a few days. The man is unexpectedly freed when the real murderer confesses and the socialite finds herself married to-and forced to live with-a man she does not know. Kay Johnson's film debut. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1936ref. 156146N.p.: Prisma 1936. Vintage program for the 1936 Austrian film. Text and titles in German. A new member of the Vienna Boys Choir is framed for a theft. Shot on location in Tirol Austria. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. Prisma unknown books
1964ref. 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
1967ref. 157986N.p.: N.p. 1967. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. One with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso regarding cropping. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A bold film adaptation of the controversial allegorical drama by Amiri Baraka writing here as he often did in the 1960s as Leroi Jones. An erratic white woman meets an African American man on a subway car. When he begins to respond to her erotic advances she begins to taunt him viciously goading him until he explodes into violence. Anthony Anthony Harvey's important and still impactful first directorial effort followed by many successful films including "The Lion in Winter" 1968 "They Might Be Giants" 1971 and "The Glass Menagerie" 1973. Set in New York with subway exteriors shot in Manhattan and interiors shot in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 150410N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage borderless matte-finish reference photograph of director Michael Winner and actresses Madeline Kahn and Teri Garr on the set of the 1976 film. With a manuscript ink annotation on the verso noting No. 5052-14. A parody of Rin Tin Tin films set in the 1920s about a young woman who goes to Hollywood to become an actress but finds that audiences are much more interested in her pet dog Won Ton Ton. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Olive Films 1335. N.p. unknown books
1935ref. 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
1948ref. 156004N.p.: N.p. 1948. Vintage reference photograph of William Wyler visiting the set of the 1948 film talking to director Fred Zinnemann and actress Jarmila Novotná between takes. A young Auschwitz survivor searches for his mother in the years following World War II. Actor Ivan Jandl was presented with a special juvenile Academy Award but was unable to travel to the US to receive the award due to restrictions by the communist government of his native Czechoslovakia. Shot on location in postwar Germany in Ingolstadt Munich Nuremberg and Würzburg. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the corners and bottom edge. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 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
1964ref. 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
1980ref. 153848N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage reference photograph from the 1980 film showing actress Debbie Harry playfully "drumming" empty beer bottles while Meat Loaf looks on to her left. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A rowdy beer distributor from Texas gets roped into becoming a roadie for a touring rock band. Featuring numerous cameos by real-life bands including Blondie Utopia Alice Cooper Asleep at the Wheel Hank Williams Jr. and Roy Orbison. Meat Loaf's first starring role. Shot on location in New York Texas and California. 5 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 154493New York: Metromedia Producers Corporation 1972. Revised Draft script for the 1973 television film which aired on March 1 1973 on CBS. Copy belonging to uncredited still photographer Jack Stager his name in manuscript marker on top of the title page with the annotations of production dates "12-11-72 to 12-22-72" in manuscript ink and copy number "17" in manuscript green marker. Laid in are a four page and a single page Crew and Staff List a two page Schedule and a three and a single page Cast List all with the annotation of Stager's name in manuscript marker to top right of first page. Based on the 1971 book by Gay Talese about the Bonanno crime family in the 1960s. Salvatore Bonanno takes control of the family business after the kidnapping of his father causing a rift in the family and inciting a bloody Mafioso war. Yellow untitled card wrappers with a titled Metromedia Producers Corporation label. Title page present dated 12-9-72 noted as REVISE with credits for screenwriter Lewis John Carlino and author Gay Talese. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 99. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a prong binding. Metromedia Producers Corporation unknown books
1950ref. 147783Los Angeles: United Artists 1950. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1950 film. A young woman visiting her aunt in California finds herself attracted to her aunt's neighbor a wealthy man unexplainably plagued by bad luck. Set and shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and faint toning. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward. United Artists unknown books
1954ref. 151344Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1954. Vintage press kit for the 1954 film containing one full-color illustrated promotional pamphlet three black-and-white photographs of cast and crew members holding Academy Awards and one page of promotional reading material introducing the photographs. Based on screenwriter Budd Schulberg's 1955 novel "Waterfront." A dockworker and would-be prizefighter witnesses a murder at the hands of the local mob boss' men and is forced to stand up to his corrupt union leaders. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards winning eight including Best Picture Best Director and Best Screenplay. Shot on location in Hoboken New Jersey and New York City. Photographs and promotional material Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 647. Ebert I. Grant US. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
