1970réf. 141382N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text and titles in German. White untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Janusz Henryk Kryst. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a Very Good black Velo binding. N.p. unknown books
1994réf. 166475N.p.: Reno & Osborn Productions 1994. Revised Final Draft for Season 2 Episode 7 for the 1994-1997 television series. Originally aired April 24 1995 on USA Network. This adult animated series based on the 1990 comic by Everett Peck follows a duck who works as a private investigator. In this episode someone arrives claiming to be the illegitimate son of Duckman's business partner conceived when he was fighting in Vietnam. White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated August 31 1994 with credits for uncredited screenwriters Jeffrey S. Astrof and Mike Sikowitz. Title page integral with front wrapper. 34 leaves with last page of text numbered 32. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Reno & Osborn Productions unknown books
1961réf. 162511N.p.: Phaeton Productions 1961. Vintage studio still photograph of Doris Gohlke from the 1961 film. A Prohibition-era bookkeeper attempts to hide from gangsters at a health farm teeming with beautiful scantily-clad women. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Phaeton Productions unknown books
1957réf. 144607Paris: Chronos Films 1957. Collection of 6 original black-and-white photographs for the 1959 French film all featuring starring actor Richard in uniforms on bicycles and drinking Perrier bottled water. Film title in manuscript ink on the versos 1 photo with a "Le Parisien libere" press rubberstamp. A little seen comedy about a two French towns who compete at football soccer the goalie of what town who is traded to the other for a cow becomes infatuated by a local young woman Tanguy. Director Bastia was an assistant director in the 1940s and 1950s when he worked almost exclusively with director Jean Boyer until his debut with this film the first in this series involving gendarmes and Champignol followed by "The Gendarm of Champignol" 1959 and "The Boss of Champignol" 1966. Photographs range 3 x 4.25 inches to 9.25 x 11.75 inches. Very Good overall light curling a few brief creases slight discoloration to one a few with pinholes. Chronos Films unknown books
1961réf. 140962Paris: G. de Boissiere 1961. Original French press kit for the 1961 French-Italian film "Le rendez-vous." Text in French. Resembling the star biography and film credit packets often seen with US press kits this material details film credits cast and crew biographies and a synopsis. The film was produced by Cinetel but here is credited to publicity manager G. de Boissiere with their cute cat logo. Unseen noir based on Patrick Quentin's 1955 novel "The Man with Two Wives" released in France as "La Verite du Mensonge." Pierre Pascal witnesses a murder while with his wife Madeleine Girardot the decease being a photographer who snapped some lurid photos of Pierre's sister-in-law Daphne Parisy. Pierre gives Daphne a false alibi and the police discover the photographer was Madeleine's lover. 22 leaves printed rectos a few corner-stapled on "DEB de Boissiere parchment mimeograph duplication. Housed in a DEB pocketed paper folder 8.5 x 12.25 inches. Near Fine overall. G. de Boissiere unknown books
1958réf. 159350N.p.: Intermondia Films 1958. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1958 film. With a two page press sheet detailing captions for photographs from the film. A serial killer has been targeting women. A detective suspects he may know who the killer is until a woman questions his reasoning. Shot on location in Paris France. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Grant France. Intermondia Films unknown books
1965réf. 146061N.p.: N.p. 1965. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Incomplete as issued with an annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and a single manuscript annotation in pencil on page 29. A pilot returning to the US after being blinded in the Vietnam War is trapped in his own fear and post-traumatic memories leading his fiancee to take drastic measures to snap him out of his depression. Screenwriter Jean Holloway wrote the 1966 drama "Madame X" as well as the musical adaptations of "Words and Music" and "Til the Clouds Roll By" as well as extensive story writing for television. Set in Maryland. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated July 20 1965 noted as First Draft Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Jean Holloway. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1986réf. 130714Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1986. Combined Continuity script for the 1986 film. A young girl in Paleolithic Europe is separated from her tribe and subsequently attacked by a cave lion. When she is taken in by a clan of Neanderthals she must prove herself worthy of being a member of their community. Set in Europe shot on location in Canada. Tall white titled self-wrappers with back wrapper missing noted as Combined Continuity on the front wrapper with credits for director Michael Chapman. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine unbound. Warner Brothers unknown books
1957réf. 159061Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1957. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1957 film. Mimeo snipe and one provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1951 story by James A. Michener. During WWII three sisters fall in and out of love with the soldiers who are stationed in Christchurch though one sister is married. Set and shot on location in New Zealand. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with some small splashes at the top center. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1985réf. 146958N.p.: N.p. 1985. Final Draft script for the 1986 film. Based on Winston Groom's 1980 novel. In the late 1950s an elderly Black woman fights to keep the land she was given by the former owner of the plantation where she worked for years. Set in southern Louisiana shot on location in Valdosta Georgia. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated FEBRUARY 28 1985 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Jeff Andrus. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good lightly dampstained on the front wrapper bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1981réf. 151184Universal City: Universal Pictures 1981. Vintage press kit for the 1981 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing ten black and white photographs and eleven gatherings of promotional reading material. A middle-aged executive in the midst of a midlife begins an affair with his son's girlfriend a suburban housewife who is married to a volatile fireman. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1973réf. 161724N.p.: Lurco Films 1973. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1973 French/German film. One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso. A quintet of beautiful young girls travel for the summer to one of the girls' father's remote villa and spend their days shoplifting hitchhiking and having orgies. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Lurco Films unknown books
réf. 149250Glendale CA: Allied Artists Pictures. Vintage one sheet poster for US release of the 1977 French film. Jean-Jacques Annaud's directorial debut. A scathing black comedy in which the residents of a French outpost in Africa learn of France's 1915 declaration of war on Germany conscript the local population and plan an attack on a nearby German garrison. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Set in and shot on location in Ivory Coast. 27 x 41 inches. Near Fine. Allied Artists Pictures unknown books
1984réf. 151105N.p.: International Spectrafilm Distribution 1984. Vintage reference photograph of Jean-Luc Godard and Valerie Dreville from the 1984 US release of the 1983 French film. Loosely based on Georges Bizet's 1875 opera. A young woman involved in a terrorist gang is embroiled in a plan to rob a bank but her plans are waylaid when she falls for the security guard. Set and shot on location in Paris. 10.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. International Spectrafilm Distribution unknown books
1970réf. 162154N.p.: Valoria Films 1970. Vintage pressbook for the 1970 French 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. The penultimate film in François Truffaut's five-film series about the character Antoine Doinel. In this entry Doinel and his wife are expecting their first child when he has an affair with a woman he meets in a business meeting at his new job. Shot on location in Paris. 9.25 x 12.5 inches. Single leaf printed on recto and verso. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 187. Valoria Films unknown books
1978réf. 151102Universal City: Universal Pictures 1978. Vintage press kit for the 1978 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 2 black and white photographs and 18 gatherings of promotional reading material. A radical hippie turned private eye is hired to investigate a fake campaign flyer showing the incumbent governor of California with a Berkeley activist who has been missing for years. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Universal Pictures unknown books
1965réf. 162542N.p.: Sam-Pam Production 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. An artist searches for the woman with the most beautiful body to paint. Shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Sam-Pam Production unknown books
2006réf. 164005N.p.: N.p. 2006. Draft script for an unproduced film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. After getting fired a lumber yard worker falls in with a violent trapper in the remote snowy countryside. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Self wrappers. Title page present dated July 7 2006 with credits for screenwriter Jerrold E. Brown. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970réf. 162301N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vntage borderless studio still photograph from the 1970 film showing actors Jane Asher and John Moulder-Brown. 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. A teenage boy takes a job at a local swim club becomes obsessed with his older coworker and tries to sabotage her engagement to another man. Shot on location in Munich Germany and London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. BFI Flipside 19. Grant UK. N.p. unknown books
1974réf. 141125N.p.: N.p. 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. In the American West an evangelical preacher establishes a movement of free love and kindness to other people but many people find his ideas radical believing that he has started a cult. Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1974 with credit for screenwriter J.H.Clay. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 6. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown books
1990réf. 163975N.p.: N.p. 1990. Draft script for an unproduced film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. A group of young adults navigate love sex holidays and drugs in the early 1990s. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Jim Chambers. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1973réf. 161689Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1973. Final Corrected script for Episode 7 Season 5 of the 1969-1976 television series. Originally aired on October 29 1973 on CBS. Noted as copy No. 19 in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. The long-running medical drama series followed two surgeons at a university hospital in Los Angeles with a changing roster of patients showcased in each episode. In this episode a young woman diver struggles with the pressure of competitive diving. Bright orange titled wrappers dated September 17 1973 stamped FILE COPY noted as FINAL CORRECTED SCRIPT and production No. 7890 on the front wrapper with credit for screenwriter Stephen Kandel. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1979réf. 138427Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1979 film. Based on the 1976 novel by Ann Beattie. Photographs have been hand-retouched affixed to a backing board and prepared for use in advertising. A stark portrait depicting the difficulty of life in the aftermath of the turbulent 1960s. The protagonist Charlie played by John Heard falls in love with the newly-separated Laura played by Mary Beth Hurt who then returns to her husband while Charlie simultaneously attempts to deal with the various members of his family. Charlie cannot seem to let go of his obsession and begins to stalk Laura in an attempt to win her back. Shot on location in Salt Lake City Utah. Released in 1979 as "Head Over Heels" as seen here it was re-released in 1982 and given a markedly more downbeat ending to a better audience reception. Photos 8 x 10 inches on 10 x 15 inch mat board with now-toned tissue overlay save one mat board with two 7 x 5 inch images. Very Good plus to Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1971réf. 162505N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1971 film showing a nude JoAnna Cameron. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. A young television producer has an affair with his man-eating boss and her teenage daughter. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1977réf. 141292N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in French. Laid in are a three-page synopsis of the film and a letter from the screenwriter. In the winter of 1934 a French woman living by the seaside with two mysterious older men gets wrapped up in the politics of the times ultimately forcing all three to reveal their true identities. Set in France. Tan titled wrappers. 81 leaves with last page of text numbered 80. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples. N.p. unknown books
