1985réf. 166435Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1985. Revised Final Draft script for the third episode of the 1985 NBC series which aired on April 12 1985. Copy belonging to actor Nick Dimitri who played the uncredited role of the chauffeur with manuscript ink annotations relating to his character's dialog on two pages. "Half-Nelson" was an NBC detective comedy-drama series which aired for one season from March 24 to May 10 1985. Joe Pesci stars as Rocky Nelson a former New York cop trying to make it as an actor in Hollywood who works for a private security agency catering to Hollywood's elite until he gets his big break. In this episode Rocky attempts to break an auto theft ring after Kurt Bubba Smith and Beau Dick Butkus end up in jail. Shot on location in Los Angeles Beverly Hills and Southern California. Green titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper dated March 18 1985. Title page present dated March 18 1985 noted as REVISED FINAL with credits for screenwriter Simon Muntner and Story by Janice Hendler. 71 leaves with last page of text numbered 59. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with green yellow and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated March 18 1985 and March 19 1985. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown books
1970réf. 138454Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1970 UK film. Featuring an image of Glenda Jackson seated looking pensive in a nightdress. Hand-retouched affixed to a backing board and prepared for use in advertising. Based on the 1937 collection of personal correspondence between Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his patron Nadezha von Meck edited by her granddaughter Barbara von Meck and Catherine Drinker Bowen. Director Ken Russell's dramatic and visually stunning depiction of composer Tchaikovsky's turbulent life where his passion for his music spills over into his personal life as well. Presented largely in flashbacks nightmares and fantasy sequences the film illustrates the true stories of his nymphomaniac wife his homosexual feelings for Count Anton Chiluvsky and his unusual relationship with his widowed patron to whom he never spoke. Shot on location in Somerset England. Photo 8 x 10 inches on 10 x 15 inch mat board. Very Good plus. United Artists unknown
1970réf. 138454Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1970 UK film. Featuring an image of Glenda Jackson seated looking pensive in a nightdress. Hand-retouched affixed to a backing board and prepared for use in advertising. Based on the 1937 collection of personal correspondence between Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his patron Nadezha von Meck edited by her granddaughter Barbara von Meck and Catherine Drinker Bowen. Director Ken Russell's dramatic and visually stunning depiction of composer Tchaikovsky's turbulent life where his passion for his music spills over into his personal life as well. Presented largely in flashbacks nightmares and fantasy sequences the film illustrates the true stories of his nymphomaniac wife his homosexual feelings for Count Anton Chiluvsky and his unusual relationship with his widowed patron to whom he never spoke. Shot on location in Somerset England. Photo 8 x 10 inches on 10 x 15 inch mat board. Very Good plus. United Artists unknown books
1954réf. 168145Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1954. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1955 Western film. Two with provenance stamps on the versos. A Texan cowboy hand-delivers high-priced Brahman bulls to Brazil encountering outlaws and beautiful women in the process. Shot on location in São Paolo. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Pitts 82. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1954réf. 168145Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1954. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1955 Western film. Two with provenance stamps on the versos. A Texan cowboy hand-delivers high-priced Brahman bulls to Brazil encountering outlaws and beautiful women in the process. Shot on location in São Paolo. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Pitts 82. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1968réf. 152561Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1968 film one showing Brown with basketball star Bill Russell the other showing Brown play-fighting with boxer Muhammad Ali. Mimeo snipe to the verso. In 1967 Brown and Russell both participated in the infamous "Cleveland Summit" a meeting of prominent Black athletes to discuss the controversy around Ali's draft dodging charges. Based on the 1966 Parker novel "The Seventh" by Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark. A gang of thieves begins to fall apart when half a million dollars stolen from the Los Angeles Coliseum goes missing. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1968réf. 152561Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1968 film one showing Brown with basketball star Bill Russell the other showing Brown play-fighting with boxer Muhammad Ali. Mimeo snipe to the verso. In 1967 Brown and Russell both participated in the infamous "Cleveland Summit" a meeting of prominent Black athletes to discuss the controversy around Ali's draft dodging charges. Based on the 1966 Parker novel "The Seventh" by Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark. A gang of thieves begins to fall apart when half a million dollars stolen from the Los Angeles Coliseum goes missing. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1949réf. 160343London: Kinematograph Weekly 1949. Vintage advertisement from Kinematograph Weekly for the 1949 film noir. Indicated on the recto as volume 388 number 2196 and dated June 2 1949. Also on recto is a small snippet and illustration about the box office success of "Easter Parade" 1948. Kinematograph Weekly was a British trade paper written for the British film industry that ran from 1889 until 1971. Based on the 1947 play by William Douglas-Home. In a British prison following the war prisoners all have back stories that lead them to their incarceration including one charged with murder. 8.5 x 11 inches. About Near Fine with some very slight creasing along the top edge and the top right corner. Selby UK. Selby US. Spicer UK. Kinematograph Weekly unknown
1949réf. 160343London: Kinematograph Weekly 1949. Vintage advertisement from Kinematograph Weekly for the 1949 film noir. Indicated on the recto as volume 388 number 2196 and dated June 2 1949. Also on recto is a small snippet and illustration about the box office success of "Easter Parade" 1948. Kinematograph Weekly was a British trade paper written for the British film industry that ran from 1889 until 1971. Based on the 1947 play by William Douglas-Home. In a British prison following the war prisoners all have back stories that lead them to their incarceration including one charged with murder. 8.5 x 11 inches. About Near Fine with some very slight creasing along the top edge and the top right corner. Selby UK. Selby US. Spicer UK. Kinematograph Weekly unknown books
réf. 143946London: Losey Williams Partnership Limited. Draft script for an unproduced film. Set on an island in England amongst eerie old castles a group of explorers search for buried relics and antique treasure and inadvertently unearth the island's haunted past. Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Gordon Williams. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver two piece prong fastener. Losey Williams Partnership Limited unknown
réf. 143946London: Losey Williams Partnership Limited. Draft script for an unproduced film. Set on an island in England amongst eerie old castles a group of explorers search for buried relics and antique treasure and inadvertently unearth the island's haunted past. Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Gordon Williams. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver two piece prong fastener. Losey Williams Partnership Limited unknown books
1959réf. 141359Culver City CA: Kingsmead Productions / Columbia Pictures 1959. Vintage photograph of Alec Guinness from the 1959 film. The third and final collaboration between director Carol Reed and author Graham Greene with Guinness starring as a spy caught in the midst of an espionage mechanism far beyond his control. A film that predicted the onslaught of British and American espionage films and television that would follow in the 1960s. Very Good or better in general faded to sepia color with light wear and red blue ink and graphite manuscript annotations to the verso. Kingsmead Productions / Columbia Pictures unknown
1959réf. 141359Culver City CA: Kingsmead Productions / Columbia Pictures 1959. Vintage photograph of Alec Guinness from the 1959 film. The third and final collaboration between director Carol Reed and author Graham Greene with Guinness starring as a spy caught in the midst of an espionage mechanism far beyond his control. A film that predicted the onslaught of British and American espionage films and television that would follow in the 1960s. Very Good or better in general faded to sepia color with light wear and red blue ink and graphite manuscript annotations to the verso. Kingsmead Productions / Columbia Pictures unknown books
1969réf. 147417N.p.: N.p. 1969. Draft script for an unproduced film. Three decades in the life of a German family beginning after World War II. Set in Geneva and Germany. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter GRAHAM MacABEE. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
1969réf. 147417N.p.: N.p. 1969. Draft script for an unproduced film. Three decades in the life of a German family beginning after World War II. Set in Geneva and Germany. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter GRAHAM MacABEE. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1969réf. 161706N.p.: Walnut International 1969. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 film. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos two with labels obscuring previous provenance stamps. An early ambitious skin flick period piece wherein John Alderman stars as a playboy gangster running a bootlegging racket in the east side of Chicago with the help of Playboy Playmate Vicki Carbe who runs his speakeasy. Shot on location in MacArthur Park and Spahn Ranch Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good one with a diagonal crease to the lower right and one with a center horizontal crease. Walnut International unknown
1969réf. 161706N.p.: Walnut International 1969. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 film. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos two with labels obscuring previous provenance stamps. An early ambitious skin flick period piece wherein John Alderman stars as a playboy gangster running a bootlegging racket in the east side of Chicago with the help of Playboy Playmate Vicki Carbe who runs his speakeasy. Shot on location in MacArthur Park and Spahn Ranch Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good one with a diagonal crease to the lower right and one with a center horizontal crease. Walnut International unknown books
1971réf. 163565Universal City: Universal Pictures 1971. Two vintage reference photographs of actor Gregory Peck on the set of the 1971 Western film including one borderless and one bordered. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. Based on Will James' 1930 novel "The Lone Cowboy" about a bank robber who is forced to care for a young girl while searching for his duplicitous former partner. Shot on location in Santa Fe Cerrillos Chama and Los Alamos New Mexico and in Lake Crowley Inyo National Forest and Round Valley California. One 8 x 10 inches the other 7.5 x 9.75 inches. About Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1952réf. 163556N.p.: N.p. 1952. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1952 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1936 short story by Ernest Hemingway. As he lies dying from an infection while on safari a writer recalls his past relationships and travels. 7.5 x 10 inches trimmed as shown see image. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1962réf. 163562N.p.: N.p. 1962. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1962 film including one borderless and one bordered. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. Based on the 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee. One of the greatest and most loved literary adaptations ever to reach the screen and the film debut of Robert Duvall as the iconic Boo Radley. Nominated for eight Academy Awards winning three including Best Actor for Gregory Peck and Best Screenplay. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in the fictional town of Maycomb Alabama shot on location in Monroeville Alabama and Pasadena California. One 10 x 8 inches one 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Penzler 101 Greatest Films of Mystery and Suspense. N.p. unknown
1971réf. 163565Universal City: Universal Pictures 1971. Two vintage reference photographs of actor Gregory Peck on the set of the 1971 Western film including one borderless and one bordered. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. Based on Will James' 1930 novel "The Lone Cowboy" about a bank robber who is forced to care for a young girl while searching for his duplicitous former partner. Shot on location in Santa Fe Cerrillos Chama and Los Alamos New Mexico and in Lake Crowley Inyo National Forest and Round Valley California. One 8 x 10 inches the other 7.5 x 9.75 inches. About Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1952réf. 163556N.p.: N.p. 1952. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1952 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1936 short story by Ernest Hemingway. As he lies dying from an infection while on safari a writer recalls his past relationships and travels. 7.5 x 10 inches trimmed as shown see image. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1962réf. 163562N.p.: N.p. 1962. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1962 film including one borderless and one bordered. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. Based on the 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee. One of the greatest and most loved literary adaptations ever to reach the screen and the film debut of Robert Duvall as the iconic Boo Radley. Nominated for eight Academy Awards winning three including Best Actor for Gregory Peck and Best Screenplay. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in the fictional town of Maycomb Alabama shot on location in Monroeville Alabama and Pasadena California. One 10 x 8 inches one 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Penzler 101 Greatest Films of Mystery and Suspense. N.p. unknown books
1947réf. 156173N.p.: N.p. 1947. Vintage program for the 1947 German film. Text and titles in German. A sawmill administrator at the center of a remote forest contends with the wishes of the factory heiress who wishes to borrow an astronomical sum in order to open a nightclub in town. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1943réf. 156167N.p.: N.p. 1943. Vintage program for the 1943 German film. Text and titles in German. A doctor finds herself caught between her former lover now a paraplegic seeking her treatment and a highly respected fellow doctor in Vienna. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown
