1953réf. 160824Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1953. Vintage insert poster for the 1953 film. Loosely based on chapters 9 through 11 of Mark Twain's semi-autobiographical "Roughing It." Mark Stevens is lawman and killer Jack Slade who's committed himself to ridding society of outlaws after seeing his father gunned down at age thirteen. Followed by the 1955 sequel "The Return of Jack Slade" directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring John Ericson and Mari Blanchard. 14 x 35.75 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus with a faint crease to the top right corner some light rubbing and tiny chipping to the lower left margin. Allied Artists unknown
1953réf. 160824Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1953. Vintage insert poster for the 1953 film. Loosely based on chapters 9 through 11 of Mark Twain's semi-autobiographical "Roughing It." Mark Stevens is lawman and killer Jack Slade who's committed himself to ridding society of outlaws after seeing his father gunned down at age thirteen. Followed by the 1955 sequel "The Return of Jack Slade" directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring John Ericson and Mari Blanchard. 14 x 35.75 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus with a faint crease to the top right corner some light rubbing and tiny chipping to the lower left margin. Allied Artists unknown books
1973réf. 167387North Hollywood: Martin Rackin Productions 1973. Final Draft for the 1974 television film which aired on NBC on March 16 1974 here under the working title "Boselli's World." Bound in preceding the script is a fifteen page Shooting Schedule for December 2-21 1973 with manuscript red marker annotations noting names and striking dates. Bound in following the script are 26 script pages replaced by revision pages. Preceding the script is a page entitled "Episode Title Suggestions" implying the television movie was originally intended as a possible pilot for a series which never transpired. Ernest Borgnine stars as tugboat operator Vince Boselli who along with Della Reese the owner of a waterfront cafe clash with a dock foreman trying to change the way things are done on the piers. Orange titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated November 16 1973 with credits for screenwriters Martin Rackin and Robert Pirosh. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 86. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 11/26/73. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Martin Rackin Productions unknown
1973réf. 167387North Hollywood: Martin Rackin Productions 1973. Final Draft for the 1974 television film which aired on NBC on March 16 1974 here under the working title "Boselli's World." Bound in preceding the script is a fifteen page Shooting Schedule for December 2-21 1973 with manuscript red marker annotations noting names and striking dates. Bound in following the script are 26 script pages replaced by revision pages. Preceding the script is a page entitled "Episode Title Suggestions" implying the television movie was originally intended as a possible pilot for a series which never transpired. Ernest Borgnine stars as tugboat operator Vince Boselli who along with Della Reese the owner of a waterfront cafe clash with a dock foreman trying to change the way things are done on the piers. Orange titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated November 16 1973 with credits for screenwriters Martin Rackin and Robert Pirosh. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 86. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 11/26/73. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Martin Rackin Productions unknown books
1963réf. 151311Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film here under the working title "Hud Bannon" showing director Martin Ritt on a camera crane. Based on Larry McMurty's 1961 novel "Horseman Pass By." The arrogant selfish son of a rancher sinks into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car accident gradually leading to conflict with his hardworking father. Set and shot on location in Texas. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned. Paramount Pictures unknown
1963réf. 151311Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film here under the working title "Hud Bannon" showing director Martin Ritt on a camera crane. Based on Larry McMurty's 1961 novel "Horseman Pass By." The arrogant selfish son of a rancher sinks into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car accident gradually leading to conflict with his hardworking father. Set and shot on location in Texas. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1985réf. 150497N.p.: N.p. 1985. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Maurice Pialat on the set of the 1985 film. Brutish and jaded police detective Louis Mangin Gerard Depardieu in one of his strongest performances investigates a Tunisian drug gang and begins to fall for the girlfriend Sophie Marceau of one of the criminals. Set in and shot on location in Paris France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Olive Films 1326. Grant France. N.p. unknown
1985réf. 150497N.p.: N.p. 1985. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Maurice Pialat on the set of the 1985 film. Brutish and jaded police detective Louis Mangin Gerard Depardieu in one of his strongest performances investigates a Tunisian drug gang and begins to fall for the girlfriend Sophie Marceau of one of the criminals. Set in and shot on location in Paris France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Olive Films 1326. Grant France. N.p. unknown books
1962réf. 151313Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1962. Vintage reference photograph of actress Natalie Wood and the real "Gypsy Rose Lee" Rose Louise Hovick on the set of the 1962 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with manuscript ink and pencil annotations regarding layout. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1959 Broadway musical. The rise to fame of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee aided by her ambitious mother Mama Rose. Set in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with old cello tape on the top edge. Warner Brothers unknown
1962réf. 151313Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1962. Vintage reference photograph of actress Natalie Wood and the real "Gypsy Rose Lee" Rose Louise Hovick on the set of the 1962 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with manuscript ink and pencil annotations regarding layout. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1959 Broadway musical. The rise to fame of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee aided by her ambitious mother Mama Rose. Set in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with old cello tape on the top edge. Warner Brothers unknown books
1984réf. 147143N.p.: N.p. 1984. Revised Draft script for the 1985 film. With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper. A KGB sleeper agent is tasked with stealing top secret CIA microchips but decides to defect and use the microchips to hazard a deal with the US government instead. Shot on location in Los Angeles. White titled front wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1/10/84 noted as Revised with credits for director Dwight H. Little and screenwriter Sandra K. Bailey. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1984réf. 147143N.p.: N.p. 1984. Revised Draft script for the 1985 film. With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper. A KGB sleeper agent is tasked with stealing top secret CIA microchips but decides to defect and use the microchips to hazard a deal with the US government instead. Shot on location in Los Angeles. White titled front wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1/10/84 noted as Revised with credits for director Dwight H. Little and screenwriter Sandra K. Bailey. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1984réf. 149978N.p.: N.p. 1984. Revised Second Draft script for the 1985 television film originally aired on NBC on March 18 1985. Copy belonging to a crew member with their name in manuscript ink on the title page and on several printed labels throughout the script. With a few small manuscript pencil annotations throughout most editorial in nature. A dedicated therapist treats a woman who feels she can't control her sexual urges and a taxi driver experiencing auditory hallucinations. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated October 22 1984 noted as SECOND REVISION with credits for screenwriters David Seltzer and Thom Thomas. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/31/84 and 11/28/84. Pages Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Full provenance available. N.p. unknown
1984réf. 149978N.p.: N.p. 1984. Revised Second Draft script for the 1985 television film originally aired on NBC on March 18 1985. Copy belonging to a crew member with their name in manuscript ink on the title page and on several printed labels throughout the script. With a few small manuscript pencil annotations throughout most editorial in nature. A dedicated therapist treats a woman who feels she can't control her sexual urges and a taxi driver experiencing auditory hallucinations. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated October 22 1984 noted as SECOND REVISION with credits for screenwriters David Seltzer and Thom Thomas. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/31/84 and 11/28/84. Pages Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Full provenance available. N.p. unknown books
1949réf. 160993Paris: Keystone 1949. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Henri-Georges Clouzot talking with actors Michel Auclair and Cécile Aubry on the set of the 1949 film. Mimeo snipe and stamp of Keystone Press Agency on the verso. Loosely based on Antoine François Prévost's 1731 novel "Manon Lescaut." During World War II a French Resistance fighter begins a relationship with a woman soon souring as they become involved in prostitution and murder. Shot on location in Calvados Val-de-Marne Paris and Alpes-Maritimes France and in Erfoud and Ksar Es-Souk Morocco. 7.25 x 5 inches. Very Good plus lightly age toned. Keystone unknown
1949réf. 160993Paris: Keystone 1949. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Henri-Georges Clouzot talking with actors Michel Auclair and Cécile Aubry on the set of the 1949 film. Mimeo snipe and stamp of Keystone Press Agency on the verso. Loosely based on Antoine François Prévost's 1731 novel "Manon Lescaut." During World War II a French Resistance fighter begins a relationship with a woman soon souring as they become involved in prostitution and murder. Shot on location in Calvados Val-de-Marne Paris and Alpes-Maritimes France and in Erfoud and Ksar Es-Souk Morocco. 7.25 x 5 inches. Very Good plus lightly age toned. Keystone unknown books
1974réf. 159628N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage reference photograph from the 1974 film showing actors Michel Piccoli and Claudia Bianchi. Mimeo snipe and stamp of photographer Tony Crawley on the verso. An unhappily married man falls in love with his perfect woman-a sex doll. The relationship begins to sour however when he begins to project jealousy and dissatisfaction onto the mannequin. Shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1974réf. 159628N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage reference photograph from the 1974 film showing actors Michel Piccoli and Claudia Bianchi. Mimeo snipe and stamp of photographer Tony Crawley on the verso. An unhappily married man falls in love with his perfect woman-a sex doll. The relationship begins to sour however when he begins to project jealousy and dissatisfaction onto the mannequin. Shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1969réf. 162453N.p.: 21st Century Films 1969. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 film. Two of the photographs with a provenance stamp on the verso. Teresa a young housewife is taken to a local brothel by her husband after finding out his only other experience with women was with prostitutes. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. 21st Century Films unknown
1969réf. 162453N.p.: 21st Century Films 1969. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 film. Two of the photographs with a provenance stamp on the verso. Teresa a young housewife is taken to a local brothel by her husband after finding out his only other experience with women was with prostitutes. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. 21st Century Films unknown books
1963réf. 143919Paris: Ucinex 1963. Original Moyenne medium poster for the 1963 French release of the 1961 Hungarian film seen here under the French title "Les cigognes s'envolent a l'aube." Numerical notation on the verso in manuscript pencil. Based on a true love affair between a Hungarian doctor and a Russian girl during World War II. Director Mihaly Szemes' best-known film winner of a Silver Prize at the second Moscow International Film Festival in 1961. 22.25 x 30 inches folded as issued. About Near Fine lightly creased with toning at the folds. Ucinex unknown
1963réf. 143919Paris: Ucinex 1963. Original Moyenne medium poster for the 1963 French release of the 1961 Hungarian film seen here under the French title "Les cigognes s'envolent a l'aube." Numerical notation on the verso in manuscript pencil. Based on a true love affair between a Hungarian doctor and a Russian girl during World War II. Director Mihaly Szemes' best-known film winner of a Silver Prize at the second Moscow International Film Festival in 1961. 22.25 x 30 inches folded as issued. About Near Fine lightly creased with toning at the folds. Ucinex unknown books
1979réf. 151617Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film containing 13 black and white photographs and 2 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on the 1968 Broadway musical following a naive Vietnam draftee who befriends and eventually joins a group of drug-fueled antiwar hippies on his way to the army induction center. Photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Olive Films. United Artists unknown
1979réf. 151617Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film containing 13 black and white photographs and 2 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on the 1968 Broadway musical following a naive Vietnam draftee who befriends and eventually joins a group of drug-fueled antiwar hippies on his way to the army induction center. Photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Olive Films. United Artists unknown books
1936réf. 164479Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1936. Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1936 film one showing Bing Crosby milking a cow and one showing Crosby with Amalgamated Theatres representative Sidney Davis on the set. Both photographs with a stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones and mimeo snipe on the versos. Not to be confused with 1981 film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters. 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 went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Based on the 1913 novel "The Peacock Feather" by Katharine Leslie Moore. A wrongly imprisoned singer promises a fellow inmate he will help the family of his victim when released. He subsequently delays his own dreams of being a gondolier in Venice in order to help the young girl and her grandfather. Nominated for an Academy Award. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown
