1964réf. 137125Tokyo: Toho Company 1964. Vintage black-and-white reference studio still photograph from the US release of the 1952 Japanese film. Though not indicated in any way this film still belonged to screenwriter Leonard Schrader. The film follows the life of a woman who was sold into various forms prostitution by her father at a young age and whose bad luck follows her into ruin. 8 x 10 inches. Fine condition. Criterion Collection 664. Toho Company unknown
1977réf. 141525N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single notation in manuscript pencil on page 66 and 16 pages of additional dialogue laid in. An investment banker and financial advisor works in New York City and lives upstate. His life is the envy of all his coworkers yet he struggles with his memories of the army and with his marriage leading him to begin an affair. Set in New York City. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated February 1977 with credits for screenwriter Lane Slate. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1973réf. 162104Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage color studio still photograph from the American release of the 1973 Italian film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. An erotic comedy about a beautiful young housekeeper working for a lustful widower and his three equally lustful sons. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1972réf. 141404N.p.: Palomar Pictures 1972. Four vintage reference photographs all featuring Michael Caine and two featuring Laurence Olivier from the 1972 film. A successful crime fiction writer invites his wife's lover to his mansion with a complex plan designed to humiliate him. Shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with manuscript graphite and blue ink annotations to the verso. Penzler 101. Palomar Pictures unknown
1980réf. 146872N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. A diverse group of American G.I.s fight to survive as they battle the Vietcong learning more about each other and the Vietnamese people in the process. Set in Vietnam. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Lawrence Holden. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with a light dampstain on the fore edge wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1979réf. 147030N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for an unproduced television film. After being paralyzed from the waist down by a car accident a young girl finds her spirit again with the help of a horse named Rainbow at a physical rehabilitation ranch for children. Set in Santa Cruz California. Orange untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 1979 with credits for screenwriters Lawrence J. Serefine and Hal Price. 74 leaves with last page of text numbered 72. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1962réf. 162264Culver City CA: Olympic International Films 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 film. Provenance stamps on the verso of both photographs. Tom Newman stars as private evye Bernard Bingbang hired by old lady Agatha Bungworthy to find her runaway niece heir to the family fortune. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a wax pencil annotation in the top right margin and an editorial ink change to the actress' hair with light edgewear and a small closed tear in the right margin. Olympic International Films unknown
1970réf. 141044N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A sociology professor is preparing for his sabbatical when his overworked wife decides they should also take a sabbatical from their marriage so that the professor can learn to take care of himself. Set in New England. Yellow titled wrapper. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Leo Townsend. 53 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a spiral binding. N.p. unknown
1983réf. 153831N.p.: N.p. 1983. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a typescript letter from screenwriter Les White to talent agent Walter Kohner introducing the script. A comedy following the stunted entry into maturity of several young adults who have decided for various reasons to move back in with their parents indefinitely. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Les White. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1940réf. 129717N.p.: N.p. 1940. Treatment script for an unproduced film. The story of a young girl whose emotionally disturbed mother commits suicide while the family is traveling to Mexico City by train and whose previously estranged oil baron father must then assume her care. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for Victor Wolfson. 29 leaves mimeograph on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1948réf. 164601Universal City: Universal-International 1948. Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1948 film musical one showing actor Lew Parker pointing at actress Pat Dane the other showing actress Olga San Juan in Chinese-inspired garb. Printed mimeo snipe and provenance stamps on the versos. Based on the 1945 Broadway musical in turn based on George Malcolm-Smith's 1941 novel "Slightly Perfect." A young insurance salesman quits his job and joins a traveling circus thereby discovering his ability to tap-dance and sing. 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. 8 x 10 inches. One Very Good plus the other Very Good with pinholes at the corners. Universal-International unknown
1970réf. 141508N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced play. The times and trials of a Hollywood diner and its patrons and employees who all want to be famous in motion pictures. Set in Hollywood. White untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lillian Kreiger Burton. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 34. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970réf. 144003Simi Valley: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Written by Lincoln Demyan whose film credits as actor include episodes of "Bonanza" and "The Big Valley" "The Great Impostor" 1961 "Man's Favorite Sport" 1964 "The Brass Bottle" 1964 and "White Lightning" 1973. An underground pool hall and poker club is the site of a potential swindle. Local poker sharks con men and politicians clash as the stakes grow and all parties suspect the others are telling lies and cheating. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lincoln Demyan. 90 leaves with last page of text numbered 89. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with velo binding. N.p. unknown
1992réf. 150347N.p.: N.p. 1992. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Louis Malle on the set of the 1992 film. Based on the 1991 novel by Josephine Hart. British cabinet minister Dr. Stephen Fleming Jeremy Irons falls desperately and obsessively in love with his son's fiancee Anna Juliette Binoche. After beginning a tempestuous affair Stephen tells Anna that he is willing to sacrifice his family and his cabinet position to be with her something which Anna has no intention of allowing. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Miranda Richardson. Shot on location in England and France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1971réf. 149587Argentina: Sono Film 1971. Vintage poster for the 1971 comedy film starring legendary Argentinian comedian Luis Sandrini. 29 x 43 inches. Very Good. Light creasing and a few small closed tears and chips to the edges with starting to the folds and light soil. Folded as issued. Sono Film unknown
1970réf. 141294N.p.: N.p. 1970. First Draft script for an unproduced film. A group of celebrities and wealthy elites all meet at a remote mansion in order to learn how to avoid being kidnapped for ransom. Pink untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as FIRST DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Luther Davis. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
1964réf. 161897N.p.: Griffith Productions 1964. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1964 film. A husband and wife seeking to invigorate their sex lives enjoy a weekend apart with the husband spending the weekend watching exotic dancer Virginia Bell and the wife going to a nudist camp and partaking in various nudist activities. Shot on location in Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Griffith Productions unknown
1982réf. 147198Paris: Peri Productions 1982. Draft script for an unproduced film. Overcome with jealousy over her infidelity a crime and mystery novel writer murders his dream woman and decides to frame her lover for the crime. Set in Paris and on the French Riviera. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1982 with credits for screenwriter MARC WERNER. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Good with light tide marks on the front wrapper and binding of the first four leaves wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Peri Productions unknown
1968réf. 147011N.p.: N.p. 1968. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. An elite team of beautiful highly educated young women work in tandem with an international hotel chain to provide services for guests upon request-whether that be a dining date private hostess tennis partner interpreter or whatever "the busy traveler far away from home" needs. Red untitled card wrappers. Title page present dated 3/29/68 with credits for screenwriter MARCIA BORIE and story credits to CHARLES BRONSON. 20 leaves with last page of text numbered 19. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970réf. 141235N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A man travels to Vienna on business and falls in love with a beautiful stranger whom he suspects of stealing his car. Guided by his daily horoscope he believes he has found his soulmate. Set in London and Vienna. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Mario Garriba. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1943réf. 129155N.p.: N.p. 1943. Typescript treatment script for an unproduced film called "The Sailor and the Girl" written by Martha Chapin whose notable film credits include "Gambling with Souls" 1936 "Slaves in Bondage" 1937 and "Lightning Strikes West" 1940. Typeovers on a few pages. Set in New York during World War II with a touch of hard-boiled attitude the story follows Bill Jones an American sailor with shore leave in New York where he meets Carol a footloose woman with dark secrets involving theft and petty crime. Blue titled wrappers noted as Treatment on the front wrapper dated January 6 1943 and 6/9/43 with credit for screenwriter Chapin. 44 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 44. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two small gold brads. N.p. unknown
1947réf. 149135Universal City: Universal Pictures 1947. Vintage reference photograph of Agnes Moorehead being made to look 105 by makeup artist Bud Westmore on the set of the 1947 film noir. Mimeo snipe on verso. Loosely based on Henry James' 1888 novella "The Aspern Papers." A young publisher Robert Cummings attempts to obtain a famous writer's long-lost love letters which are kept hidden by the poet's former mistress Agnes Moorehead now an elderly recluse living in a decaying Venetian mansion. The old woman's niece Susan Hayward who acts as her live-in caretaker agrees to help the publisher find the poems discovering in the process the house holds far darker secrets. The first and only film directed by Martin Gabel. Set in Venice. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
réf. 146805N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced television film. Incomplete as issued. With a small handwritten label to the first leaf noting the name and address of screenwriter Martin Warner. A lonely widower finds new love with a vibrant retired school teacher aided by his well-intentioned but meddling apartment building neighbors. Set in Santa Monica California. White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Martin Warner. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 44. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with light rust to the first and last leaves likely from a paper clip bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1980réf. 147188N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced television film. The sheriff of the town of Slayton is tasked with closing the old Barton family mine after a series of disasters and accidents-not realizing the Bartons would rather blow up the mine than surrender it to outsiders. Set in the fictional town of Slayton Nevada. Brown faux-leather non-standard titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Max Kleven. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine with a small rust mark to the first leaf wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970réf. 146941N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. An aging undercover spy tells the story of one of his many exploits to the patrons of a dive bar-this time involving a cyber caper with millions of dollars at stake. Set in South America. Self wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Michael Agelasto. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with some light wear to the first leaf bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
