1925rif. 148156Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1925. Vintage reference photograph from the 1925 silent film showing actors Mae Murray and Basil Rathbone in an embrace. A Parisian dancer and her partner make their living by seducing and stealing from millionaires to the chagrin of the local police chief. Legendary filmmaker Josef von Sternberg was initially slated to direct but grew exasperated with Mae Murray's on-set behavior and walked out on the picture to be replaced by Christy Cabanne. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with light edgewear toning and a few pinholes to the border not affecting the image. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1972rif. 158059New York: N.p. 1972. Vintage pressbook for the 1972 adult film. 8.75 x 11.25 inches four leaves printed on rectos only. Very Good plus with a diagonal crease to the first two leaves. N.p. unknown
1972rif. 158059New York: N.p. 1972. Vintage pressbook for the 1972 adult film. 8.75 x 11.25 inches four leaves printed on rectos only. Very Good plus with a diagonal crease to the first two leaves. N.p. unknown books
1939rif. 161601Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1939. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1939 film. One photograph with a stamp on the verso identifying the film and actors Clark Gable and Hattie McDaniel. The legendary adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel about the headstrong daughter of an affluent confederate plantation owner whose family is brought low during the Civil War. Nominated for fifteen Academy Awards winning ten including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress making actress Hattie McDaniel the first African American to be nominated for and win an Oscar. Set in Georgia on the fictional cotton plantation Tara and shot throughout California as well as Little Rock Arkansas. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with creasing and pinholes at the corners. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1939rif. 161601Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1939. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1939 film. One photograph with a stamp on the verso identifying the film and actors Clark Gable and Hattie McDaniel. The legendary adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel about the headstrong daughter of an affluent confederate plantation owner whose family is brought low during the Civil War. Nominated for fifteen Academy Awards winning ten including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress making actress Hattie McDaniel the first African American to be nominated for and win an Oscar. Set in Georgia on the fictional cotton plantation Tara and shot throughout California as well as Little Rock Arkansas. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with creasing and pinholes at the corners. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1976rif. 146910N.p.: Italgema Roma 1976. Vintage borderless color photograph of Nathalie Baye and Ottavia Piccolo from the 1976 film. Simon Leotard Michel Piccoli is trying to retain his business after his partner Julien commits suicide over uncontrollable debt. Simon's disreputable rival Lepidon Julien Guiomar is offering to save him by buying the company but Simon may have figured a way out with the help of the beautiful and mysterious prostitute Mado Piccolo. 7 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine. Italgema Roma unknown
1976rif. 146910N.p.: Italgema Roma 1976. Vintage borderless color photograph of Nathalie Baye and Ottavia Piccolo from the 1976 film. Simon Leotard Michel Piccoli is trying to retain his business after his partner Julien commits suicide over uncontrollable debt. Simon's disreputable rival Lepidon Julien Guiomar is offering to save him by buying the company but Simon may have figured a way out with the help of the beautiful and mysterious prostitute Mado Piccolo. 7 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine. Italgema Roma unknown books
1947rif. 164461Universal City: Universal-International 1947. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1947 film showing actors Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. 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 was the first still photographer to win an Academy Award. He went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures where he worked well into the 1950s. Based on the 1945 memoir by Betty MacDonald about a young couple who decide to become chicken farmers leading to a number of humorous mishaps. Colbert was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Universal-International unknown
1947rif. 164461Universal City: Universal-International 1947. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1947 film showing actors Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. 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 was the first still photographer to win an Academy Award. He went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures where he worked well into the 1950s. Based on the 1945 memoir by Betty MacDonald about a young couple who decide to become chicken farmers leading to a number of humorous mishaps. Colbert was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Universal-International unknown books
1980rif. 151097Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1980. Vintage press kit for the 1980 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 13 black and white photographs housed in a brown paper envelope and 2 gatherings of promotional reading material. A mathematics professor in Chicago travels to New York to attend her widowed father's wedding where she falls in love with her stepmother's married adult son. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1980rif. 151097Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1980. Vintage press kit for the 1980 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 13 black and white photographs housed in a brown paper envelope and 2 gatherings of promotional reading material. A mathematics professor in Chicago travels to New York to attend her widowed father's wedding where she falls in love with her stepmother's married adult son. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1971rif. 170164Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1971. Final Draft script for Season 3 Episode 17 of the 1969-1976 television series. A long-running medical drama that followed doctors Paul Lochner and Joe Gannon as they went about their daily lives at a university hospital in Los Angeles. In this episode Gannon reconnects with an old flame a doctor with a troubled past. Originally aired on January 19 1972 on CBS. Screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith wrote prolifically for television and the stage throughout the mid- to late-twentieth century. He is best remembered today for his writing for "Hawaii Five-O" 1968-1980 and the 1974 Christmas television special "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" but also contributed episodes for "Armstrong Circle Theater" "The Streets of San Francisco" "Combat!" "Spenser for Hire" and others. In 1965 he received a Tony nomination for the Sherlock Holmes Broadway musical "Baker Street" and wrote and co-wrote a number of off-Broadway plays including a biographical play about the early life of Eleanor Roosevelt. Orange titled MGM wrappers dated November 18 1971 noted as FINAL DRAFT and production No. 7852 stamped copy No. 61 with credit for screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine with light foxing to the page edges bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1971rif. 170164Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1971. Final Draft script for Season 3 Episode 17 of the 1969-1976 television series. A long-running medical drama that followed doctors Paul Lochner and Joe Gannon as they went about their daily lives at a university hospital in Los Angeles. In this episode Gannon reconnects with an old flame a doctor with a troubled past. Originally aired on January 19 1972 on CBS. Screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith wrote prolifically for television and the stage throughout the mid- to late-twentieth century. He is best remembered today for his writing for "Hawaii Five-O" 1968-1980 and the 1974 Christmas television special "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" but also contributed episodes for "Armstrong Circle Theater" "The Streets of San Francisco" "Combat!" "Spenser for Hire" and others. In 1965 he received a Tony nomination for the Sherlock Holmes Broadway musical "Baker Street" and wrote and co-wrote a number of off-Broadway plays including a biographical play about the early life of Eleanor Roosevelt. Orange titled MGM wrappers dated November 18 1971 noted as FINAL DRAFT and production No. 7852 stamped copy No. 61 with credit for screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine with light foxing to the page edges bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1964rif. 132433London: Warner-Pathe 1964. Eight vintage full-color front-of-house cards from the 1964 UK film. Base on a short story by Stanley Ellin about an eager young man with a crush on the boss' daughter who gets involved with a bank heist and a murder. 8 x 10 inches. A few with faint corner creases else Near Fine. Warner-Pathe unknown
1964rif. 132433London: Warner-Pathe 1964. Eight vintage full-color front-of-house cards from the 1964 UK film. Base on a short story by Stanley Ellin about an eager young man with a crush on the boss' daughter who gets involved with a bank heist and a murder. 8 x 10 inches. A few with faint corner creases else Near Fine. Warner-Pathe unknown books
1949rif. 159576Universal City: Universal Pictures 1949. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1949 film noir showing actor John Russell. A woman exacts revenge on the gangster who killed her husband landing herself in a women's prison. Afterwards she vows to change her ways but finds herself gradually drawn back into her life of crime. Set in San Francisco. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with one small bruise near the left edge of the recto and some emulsion defects. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1949rif. 159576Universal City: Universal Pictures 1949. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1949 film noir showing actor John Russell. A woman exacts revenge on the gangster who killed her husband landing herself in a women's prison. Afterwards she vows to change her ways but finds herself gradually drawn back into her life of crime. Set in San Francisco. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with one small bruise near the left edge of the recto and some emulsion defects. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1966rif. 161823N.p.: Astro Films 1966. Vintage compilation photograph of Lorna Maitland from the 1966 film. Country girl Diane is sold by her hillbilly step-dad for $50 to hick stud Rick who takes off the next day leaving the note "I got my $50 worth" leaving Diane to fend for herself against various junkies predatory lesbians go-go dancers evil bartenders and mysterious gangsters. Set in and shot on location in Mesquite and Dallas Texas. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Astro Films unknown
1966rif. 161823N.p.: Astro Films 1966. Vintage compilation photograph of Lorna Maitland from the 1966 film. Country girl Diane is sold by her hillbilly step-dad for $50 to hick stud Rick who takes off the next day leaving the note "I got my $50 worth" leaving Diane to fend for herself against various junkies predatory lesbians go-go dancers evil bartenders and mysterious gangsters. Set in and shot on location in Mesquite and Dallas Texas. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Astro Films unknown books
1944rif. 171686N.p.: Donahue And Coe 1944. Vintage advertising proof for the 1944 film. Based on the 1943 book by Captain Ted W. Lawson and edited by Robert Considine an eyewitness account of the first American retaliatory strike against Japan four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led by US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle. Set in Florida and shot on location in Florida and California. 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with tiny bruises to the four corners. Donahue And Coe unknown
1944rif. 171686N.p.: Donahue And Coe 1944. Vintage advertising proof for the 1944 film. Based on the 1943 book by Captain Ted W. Lawson and edited by Robert Considine an eyewitness account of the first American retaliatory strike against Japan four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led by US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle. Set in Florida and shot on location in Florida and California. 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with tiny bruises to the four corners. Donahue And Coe unknown books
1970rif. 137528Los Angeles: Jay Weston Productions 1970. Revised Draft script for an unproduced action film about a American soldier trying to free his son from a military prison in a fictional South American county in the throes of revolution. Goldenrod titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Gordon. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 95. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Jay Weston Productions unknown
1970rif. 137528Los Angeles: Jay Weston Productions 1970. Revised Draft script for an unproduced action film about a American soldier trying to free his son from a military prison in a fictional South American county in the throes of revolution. Goldenrod titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Gordon. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 95. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Jay Weston Productions unknown books
1975rif. 136240Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1975. Second Revised Draft script for the 1976 film "The Desperate Miles" seen here under the title "No Help Required." A disabled Vietnam war veteran takes a road trip from LA to San Diego in his wheelchair to prove himself. Green titled wrappers noted as 2nd Rev. on the front wrapper production No. 42128 dated 1/22/75 with credits for screenwriters Arthur Ross and Joel Rogosin. Title page present integral with the front wrapper. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 82 and with 9 additional revision pages at the rear. Mimeograph duplication with blue green yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/8/75 and 1/22/75. Pages Near Fine wrappers Very Good bound with two gold brads. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown
1975rif. 136240Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1975. Second Revised Draft script for the 1976 film "The Desperate Miles" seen here under the title "No Help Required." A disabled Vietnam war veteran takes a road trip from LA to San Diego in his wheelchair to prove himself. Green titled wrappers noted as 2nd Rev. on the front wrapper production No. 42128 dated 1/22/75 with credits for screenwriters Arthur Ross and Joel Rogosin. Title page present integral with the front wrapper. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 82 and with 9 additional revision pages at the rear. Mimeograph duplication with blue green yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/8/75 and 1/22/75. Pages Near Fine wrappers Very Good bound with two gold brads. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
