1956rif. 131647Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1956. Original pressbook for the 1956 film starring Davis as a small town librarian branded as a communist and a subversive for refusing to remove a controversial book from the shelves. With striking poster and ad designs by the legendary Saul Bass. 16 pages 12 x 16 inches. Very Good plus with some light rubbing else a bright front wrapper. Columbia Pictures unknown
1956rif. 131647Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1956. Original pressbook for the 1956 film starring Davis as a small town librarian branded as a communist and a subversive for refusing to remove a controversial book from the shelves. With striking poster and ad designs by the legendary Saul Bass. 16 pages 12 x 16 inches. Very Good plus with some light rubbing else a bright front wrapper. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1990rif. 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
1990rif. 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
rif. 147358N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the true story of Simon Gunanoot and his brother-in-law Peter Himadam two Canadian men accused of murder in the early 1900s both ultimately found not guilty. Set in the Canadian wilderness. Black faux-leather agency wrappers with titles in gilt. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Daryl Henry. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
rif. 147358N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the true story of Simon Gunanoot and his brother-in-law Peter Himadam two Canadian men accused of murder in the early 1900s both ultimately found not guilty. Set in the Canadian wilderness. Black faux-leather agency wrappers with titles in gilt. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Daryl Henry. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1943rif. 171691N.p.: N.p. 1943. Two vintage working advertising proofs for the 1943 film both with copied layout annotations on the rectos. Based on Lillian Hellman's 1941 play. A German-born engineer and his family escape to the US after engaging in anti-Fascist activities in Europe. The screen rights for this World War II drama were attained by Jack L. Warner who saw its potential as a propaganda film. After a difficult production the film was released to positive reviews with Paul Lukas receiving the Academy Award for Best Actor. 9.75 x 22.25 inches and 7.5 x 11.5 inches. Very Good plus with three horizontal creases to the larger proof and two small pieces of cello tape to the top corners of the smaller proof. N.p. unknown
1943rif. 171691N.p.: N.p. 1943. Two vintage working advertising proofs for the 1943 film both with copied layout annotations on the rectos. Based on Lillian Hellman's 1941 play. A German-born engineer and his family escape to the US after engaging in anti-Fascist activities in Europe. The screen rights for this World War II drama were attained by Jack L. Warner who saw its potential as a propaganda film. After a difficult production the film was released to positive reviews with Paul Lukas receiving the Academy Award for Best Actor. 9.75 x 22.25 inches and 7.5 x 11.5 inches. Very Good plus with three horizontal creases to the larger proof and two small pieces of cello tape to the top corners of the smaller proof. N.p. unknown books
1979rif. 150770N.p.: New World Pictures 1979. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1979 film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso. Canadian auteur David Cronenberg's sixth film completed shortly after an acrimonious divorce following the dissolving relationship between a demonically disturbed man and his mentally ill ex-wife who is confined in an unorthodox controversial psychiatric institute. Although the film initially received mixed critical reception it has since been reconsidered as a cult film notable in particular for its frank discussion of mental illness and motherhood. Set and shot on location in Toronto and Mississauga Ontario. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Canuxploitation Complete. Criterion Collection 777. New World Pictures unknown
1979rif. 150770N.p.: New World Pictures 1979. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1979 film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso. Canadian auteur David Cronenberg's sixth film completed shortly after an acrimonious divorce following the dissolving relationship between a demonically disturbed man and his mentally ill ex-wife who is confined in an unorthodox controversial psychiatric institute. Although the film initially received mixed critical reception it has since been reconsidered as a cult film notable in particular for its frank discussion of mental illness and motherhood. Set and shot on location in Toronto and Mississauga Ontario. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Canuxploitation Complete. Criterion Collection 777. New World Pictures unknown books
1965rif. 161893N.p.: Vansan Productions 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Struggling Greenwich Village artist Tyler is in love with the belittling and mean cabaret dancer Lisa. After a nightmarish three-day LSD trip Tyler returns to his apartment to find Lisa murdered and doesn't know if he killed her. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Vansan Productions unknown
1965rif. 161893N.p.: Vansan Productions 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Struggling Greenwich Village artist Tyler is in love with the belittling and mean cabaret dancer Lisa. After a nightmarish three-day LSD trip Tyler returns to his apartment to find Lisa murdered and doesn't know if he killed her. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Vansan Productions unknown books
1969rif. 150206London: Camera Press 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 television serial showing actors John Westbrook Roger Mutton and John Rapley. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. A one-season television series dramatizing the lives of John Churchill the first Duke of Marlborough and his wife Sarah. The show originally aired in the UK on BBC on September 27 1969 and was aired two years later in the US on PBS' long-running Masterpiece Classic series. 9.5 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Camera Press unknown
1969rif. 150206London: Camera Press 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 television serial showing actors John Westbrook Roger Mutton and John Rapley. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. A one-season television series dramatizing the lives of John Churchill the first Duke of Marlborough and his wife Sarah. The show originally aired in the UK on BBC on September 27 1969 and was aired two years later in the US on PBS' long-running Masterpiece Classic series. 9.5 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Camera Press unknown books
1962rif. 141261Los Angeles: H. N. Swanson 1962. Third Draft script for an unproduced film. Police receive a suicide call and head to the scene only to find the caller shooting wildly at anyone who tries to approach him. To make matters worse police discover one of the building's other inhabitants has declared that he plans to use his homemade bomb to destroy the building and everyone in it. Set in New York City. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 14 1962 noted as Third Draft with credit for screenwriter David P. Harmon. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 146. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. H. N. Swanson unknown
1962rif. 141261Los Angeles: H. N. Swanson 1962. Third Draft script for an unproduced film. Police receive a suicide call and head to the scene only to find the caller shooting wildly at anyone who tries to approach him. To make matters worse police discover one of the building's other inhabitants has declared that he plans to use his homemade bomb to destroy the building and everyone in it. Set in New York City. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 14 1962 noted as Third Draft with credit for screenwriter David P. Harmon. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 146. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. H. N. Swanson unknown books
1969rif. 150573Universal City: Universal Pictures 1969. Seven vintage color studio still photographs from the 1969 film. A young man and his girlfriend make plans to kill the man's aunt in the hopes of receiving her large fortune but their nefarious plans are waylaid by the aunt's dozens of psychic murderous cats. Shot in San Francisco. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall one with a few pinholes to the corners. Universal Pictures unknown
1969rif. 150573Universal City: Universal Pictures 1969. Seven vintage color studio still photographs from the 1969 film. A young man and his girlfriend make plans to kill the man's aunt in the hopes of receiving her large fortune but their nefarious plans are waylaid by the aunt's dozens of psychic murderous cats. Shot in San Francisco. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall one with a few pinholes to the corners. Universal Pictures unknown books
1980rif. 152544London: Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors 1980. Vintage program for the UK release of the 1980 film. A lush production directed in a neoclassical style by David Lynch based on two nonfiction accounts by Sir Frederick Treves "The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences" and Ashley Montagu "The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity". The true story of Joseph Merrick a gentle and intelligent man reviled for his severe deformities. Nominated for eight Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director and Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in London. 8.25 x 11.5 inches. Bi-fold. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 1051. Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors unknown
1980rif. 152544London: Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors 1980. Vintage program for the UK release of the 1980 film. A lush production directed in a neoclassical style by David Lynch based on two nonfiction accounts by Sir Frederick Treves "The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences" and Ashley Montagu "The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity". The true story of Joseph Merrick a gentle and intelligent man reviled for his severe deformities. Nominated for eight Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director and Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in London. 8.25 x 11.5 inches. Bi-fold. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 1051. Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors unknown books
1999rif. 157021Hollywood: Sony Pictures Classics 1999. Vintage program for the debut of the 1999 film. Based on the 1946 play by Terence Rattigan about a British family whose attempts to defend their teenage son from accusations of postal theft escalate into a costly and scandalous media storm. Set and shot on location in London. 6.5 x 9 inches. 22 leaves in perfect-bound wrappers. Near Fine. Sony Pictures Classics unknown
1999rif. 157021Hollywood: Sony Pictures Classics 1999. Vintage program for the debut of the 1999 film. Based on the 1946 play by Terence Rattigan about a British family whose attempts to defend their teenage son from accusations of postal theft escalate into a costly and scandalous media storm. Set and shot on location in London. 6.5 x 9 inches. 22 leaves in perfect-bound wrappers. Near Fine. Sony Pictures Classics unknown books
1990rif. 149971Los Angeles: Orion 1990. Revised Draft script for the 11th episode of season 2 of the 1990-1991 television series originally aired on June 19 1991 on ABC. With a single annotation in manuscript ink on page 28 underlining a prop. The third-to-last episode in the brief two-season series which followed the lives of the employees of the district attorney's office in Pittsburgh. Set in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Gray titled Orion Television generic wrappers. Title page present dated Dec. 18 1990 noted as REV. with credits for screenwriter Deborah Joy LeVine. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 49. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/10/90 and 12/18/90. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Full provenance available. Orion unknown
1991rif. 149969Los Angeles: Orion 1991. Revised Draft script for the Season 2 Episode 13 of the 1990-1991 television series originally aired on July 3 1991 on ABC. Copy belonging to a crew member with their first name in manuscript ink on the title page. The last episode of the series which ended after two seasons following the lives of the employees of the district attorney's office in Pittsburgh. In this entry a popular basketball coach is prosecuted for the death of his star player. Set in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Silver Orion Television wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present dated Jan. 17 1991 noted as REV. with credits for screenwriter Paris Qualles. 57 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/8/91 and 1/17/91. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Full provenance available. Orion unknown
1990rif. 149971Los Angeles: Orion 1990. Revised Draft script for the 11th episode of season 2 of the 1990-1991 television series originally aired on June 19 1991 on ABC. With a single annotation in manuscript ink on page 28 underlining a prop. The third-to-last episode in the brief two-season series which followed the lives of the employees of the district attorney's office in Pittsburgh. Set in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Gray titled Orion Television generic wrappers. Title page present dated Dec. 18 1990 noted as REV. with credits for screenwriter Deborah Joy LeVine. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 49. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/10/90 and 12/18/90. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Full provenance available. Orion unknown books
