1963rif. 162082N.p.: Westfield Productions 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the lost 1963 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. A 1963 nudist "documentary" from prolific sexploitation director Doris Wishman. Today considered lost. Shot on location in Hamburg Germany Paris France Mexico Japan and Florida Hawaii and Las Vegas. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Westfield Productions unknown books
1956rif. 168232London: The Rank Organization 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 British film showing a plane crash sequence. Annotation in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the life of British aviator Douglas Bader who achieved remarkable success in the Royal Air Force throughout World War II in spite of the amputation of both of his legs after a plane crash in 1931. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned. The Rank Organization unknown books
1993rif. 162682Burbank CA: Touchstone Television 1993. Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 1 of the 1994 television series seen here under the working title "The Bowmans." Copy belonging to producer Steve Sustarsic with his name on a printed label affixed to the title page and his annotations in manuscript ink throughout. Based on a character created by stand-up comedian John Caponera the series followed John Bowman a working class middle manager and family man as he attempts to balance work and family and improve his lot in life. In this episode John discovers his son is planning to convert to Buddhism at the urging of his son's new girlfriend. Originally aired on January 3 1994 on NBC. Self wrappers dated August 27 1993 on the front wrapper noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Warren Bell and director Gerry Cohen. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 48 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light dampstaining on the top right page edges. Bound with two gold brads. Touchstone Television unknown books
1982rif. 138021N.p.: Self published 1982. Early Draft script for the 1993 film "The Seventh Coin" here under the working title "King Herod's Children" dated a full decade before the film's release. Credited on the title page to Kikuo Kawasaki for an original concept. An Arab boy Chowdhry meets a beautiful American tourist Powers in modern-day Jerusalem. By accident the two are entrusted to guard a valuable coin dating back to King Herod but they must defend themselves and the coin from a no-good villain O'Toole. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1982 with credits for screenwriters Delman and Soref and concept person Kawasaki. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Self published unknown books
1984rif. 141892Munich: Bayerischer Rundfunk 1984. Draft script for the 1986 film. Text in German. A lawyer survives a plane crash and uses his new found lust for life to take on a new identity and start again. Based on a novel of the same title by Johannes Mario Simmel. Clear untitled wrappers. Title page present dated October 12 1984 with credits for screenwriter Johannes Mario Simmel. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with white velo binding. Bayerischer Rundfunk unknown books
1970rif. 144148N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. With occasional manuscript annotations in blue ink throughout. Adapted for the screen from Alan Morris' 1970 novel "The Tale Of The Lazy Dog." A ragtag group consisting of an Irish journalist a French woman married to a man in the CIA a mercenary pilot and a shameless adventurer are amuck in the war torn region of Laos Cambodia and Vietnam attempting to extort one and a half billion dollars. Set in Laos Cambodia and Vietnam. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present noted as with credits for screenwriter Dursley Berkeley and novelist Alan Williams. 112 with last page of text numbered 114. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1924rif. 171349Beverly Hills CA: D.W. Griffith Productions / United Artists 1924. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1924 silent film one showing Carol Dempster and Neil Hamilton the other showing Hamilton alone. Both with "Made in USA" stamps on the versos. Based on a short story by Geoffrey Moss originally published in his 1923 book "Defeat." After World War I Polish immigrants relocate to Germany only to find themselves struggling to survive as the country faces political and financial turmoil. Shot on location in Germany and Austria. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good or better. D.W. Griffith Productions / United Artists unknown books
1969rif. 162573N.p.: Boxoffice International 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso. A sailor on leave commences a bed-hopping binge to end them all. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Boxoffice International unknown books
1946rif. 126189Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1946. Post-production Continuity and dialogue script for the 1946 film. Phyllis Allenby Lockhart has an ancient curse on her family cast by a pack of wolves. After a series of local murders she is convinced she and her werewolf curse are to blame for she finds her belongings muddied torn and streaked with blood almost every morning. A greedy aunt eventually confesses to framing Phyllis in attempt to retain the Allenby's family fortune and suddenly dies by falling down a flight of stairs and onto a knife. With all the right elements of atmosphere eerie stringed instrumentation as the score and impeccable effects the film was not well received. Stands unique in the werewolf pantheon with a woman as the accursed and no werewolf actually seen. White titled wrappers dated MARCH 25 1946 production No. 1484 with credits for director Yarbrough actors Don Porter and Lloyd Corrigan and actresses June Lockhart Sara Haden and Jan Wiley. 83 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus or better with a few tiny chips short creases and small closed tears at the extremities and some offsetting to the wrappers bound with two gold brads. Wrappers now encapsulated in mylar. Weaver Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
1974rif. 140871N.p.: N.p. 1974. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Follows the travels of a Vietnam veteran and expatriate living abroad in France. Set in Paris. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter E. Lourie. Title page present dated 1974 with credits for screenwriter Lourie. 21 leaves unnumbered. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1950rif. 136078Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1950. Vintage black-and-white keybook photograph from the 1950 film noir. Shown are Ellen Keyes pursued onto a window ledge by a policeman. Advertising Council approval stamp and Columbia Studios stamp on the verso. 8 x 11 inches. Near Fine with two keybook hole punches to the left margin as called for. Grant p. 349. Spicer p. 412. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1972rif. 161921N.p.: Transatlantic-Merritt-White 1972. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1972 German film. Each photograph with a provenance stamp on the versos. A French reporter in search of Sonya the perfect masseuse gets an assignment to visit all of Munich's massage parlors. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall. Transatlantic-Merritt-White unknown books
1973rif. 162086N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1973 Canadian film. Also released in the US under its Canadian title "Corrupted." Photograph with provenance stamps on the verso. An unhappily married wealthy man has an affair with an attractive clerk at a photography studio that specializes in having male clients to take nude photos of their models. Shot on location in Toronto. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a small closed tear in the lower right margin. N.p. unknown books
1966rif. 135228Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1966. Nine vintage black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1966. Each still shows a particular location in Mexico City and in Acapulco Mexico various scenes used for shooting the film. Tarzan Mike Henry travels from Africa to Mexico at the request of an old friend to help rescue a kidnapped boy named Ramel Padilla Jr. Augustus Vinero Opatoshu the kidnapper forces Ramel to lead him to the city supposedly made of gold. Tarzan sets out with Ramel's pet leopard a lion and a chimpanzee and soon locates the boy. Ramel shows him the way to the lost city where Tarzan confronts Vinero and his henchmen. 8 x 10 inches. Tiny edge tears and creases else Near Fine overall. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1970rif. 149626N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1970 Italian film showing actress Juliette Mayniel. With a mimeo snipe and a provenance stamp on the verso. Director Edoardo Mulargia is best known as director of "Shango" 1970 and "Tropic of Cancer" 1972. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1946rif. 156162N.p.: N.p. 1946. Vintage program for the 1946 Austrian film. Text and titles in German. During World War II an Austrian prisoner in a Russian work camp overhears that his wife may have been unfaithful and decides to break up with her once he is released. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1950rif. 156145N.p.: N.p. 1950. Vintage program for the 1950 German film seen here under the working title "Das vierte Gebot." Text and titles in German. Based on the 1880s play by Ludwig Anzengruber. A formerly prosperous craftsman finds his trade increasingly irrelevant as industrialization hits Europe. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1972rif. 150704Los Angeles: Cinerama Releasing 1972. Complete set of eight original color studio still photographs from the 1972 film. An Austrian aristocrat and war hero secretly murders his wives when he tires of them and hides their bodies in his castle vault. Shot on location in Budapest Hungary and Rome Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Cinerama Releasing unknown books
1924rif. 150975New York: Theatre Owners Distributing 1924. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1924 French silent film seen here under its US title "Perils of Paris" showing actress Pearl White in riding garb perched on a railing. White's last film ending a two-decade career in films. During her Hollywood heyday the actress appeared as the plucky heroine in a number of popular serials most notably the Pathe production "The Perils of Pauline" in 1914. Unlike many of her contemporaries White performed most of her own stunts including flying airplanes racing cars long-distance swims and similar feats. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good lightly toned overall. Theatre Owners Distributing unknown books
1955rif. 160365North Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1955. Vintage color program for the 1955 film. Yvonne De Carlo stars as a café singer who inherits a fortune and buys a casino in Nassau and the many suitors including gangsters she attracks. 5.5 x 8.5 inches Tri-fold. Very Good plus with a horizontal crease and light creasing and edgewear overall. Republic Pictures unknown books
1970rif. 158068N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced Blaxploitation horror film. A reclusive Black music producer named Dr. Rocula lures young would-be musicians into his home where he feasts on their blood. Set in Los Angeles. Orange wrappers with a typed title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Edward Medard. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light wear on the bottom page edges wrapper Good with front wrapper detached from the binding bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1967rif. 161734N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1967 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. A group of buxom secret agents pose as escorts to bring down powerful men. Screenplay by B-Movie cult maestro Ed Wood Jr. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1980rif. 152417N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. After his sister is lured into snorting a fatal dose of heroin by a dastardly biker gang a teenage boy and his group of friends vow to take their revenge and stop the bikers forming their own "moped mob." Black untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter E.L. "Tony" Duke. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver clasp. N.p. unknown books
1960rif. 144125N.p.: N.p. 1960. Typescript for an unproduced television series including an introduction short synopsis and full treatments of each episode. The series follows the childhood adventures of Robby Mcdonald a turn of the century mountain boy raised by his pioneer grandmother. Set in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Yellow untitled Paul Kohner INC. wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Elaine Ryan. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered 11. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1976rif. 142770Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1976. Two vintage promotional photographs from the 1976 film. Rubber stamp to the verso of one photo. Based on the unfinished 1941 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Effectively a tribute to early cinema in which Robert De Niro plays a movie producer who nearly works himself to death. Director Elia Kazan's final directorial effort and notably the only film with De Niro and Jack Nicholson in a joint screen appearance. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in Hollywood and shot there on location. One photo 7.25 x 9.75 inches and one photo 8 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Paramount Pictures unknown books
