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1985réf. 147215N.p.: N.p. 1985. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few small manuscript ink proofreading annotations throughout. A Cold War comedy about a kind but unstable translator for the USSR who must balance the amorous intentions of the US President's aide with the warring factions of their separate countries over the course of a prolonged summit meeting. Screenwriter Paul D. Zimmerman was best known for the successful crime film "The King of Comedy" Scorsese 1982. Set in Russia Vienna and Washington DC. White titled self-wrappers. Title page present dated December 1985 noted as First-Draft with credits for screenwriters Paul D. Zimmerman and Peter Benchley. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus unbound. N.p. unknown books
1968réf. 171378Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 film showing Peter Sellers getting down at a dance party surrounded by hippies and other distinctive characters. Dissatisfied with his life and impending marriage a mid-thirties attorney gets high and runs off with a young hippie only to discover he's still unhappy. The title of the film is a reference to "Alice B. Toklas brownies" a slang term for pot brownies. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly creased at a couple of corners else Near Fine. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books
1968réf. 158501N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage reference photograph from the 1968 film showing actress Leigh Taylor-Young dancing. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Dissatisfied with his life and impending marriage a mid-thirties attorney gets high and runs off with a young hippie only to discover he's still unhappy. The title of the film is a reference to "Alice B. Toklas brownies" a slang term for cannabis brownies. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with light wear at the bottom right corner. N.p. unknown books
1966réf. 132242Germany: Obpacher Aktiengesellschaft / Atlas Films 1966. Original 1966 German A1 poster for the 1965 French film. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. 23 x 33.25 inches rolled. Near Fine. Obpacher Aktiengesellschaft / Atlas Films unknown books
1965réf. 149484N.p.: N.p. 1965. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1965 film. Each borderless except for a bottom margin see image. After losing everything in the stock market crash of 1929 a millionaire Pierre Etaix finds happiness his lost love and the son he never knew he had by joining the circus. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Morbihan Bas-Rhin and Yvelines France. 4.75 x 3.75 inches. Light curling else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 655. N.p. unknown books
1966réf. 135639Paris: C.A.P.A.C. 1966. Collection of 3 vintage borderless black-and-white reference photographs from the French release of the 1966 film. With reference information in manual type on the verso of each photograph. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 655. C.A.P.A.C. unknown books
1964réf. 143860Montreal: Cooperation Productions 1964. Original French scenario script for the 1964 film here under the original French-Canadian title "Trouble-fete." Bound at the front of the script is a Canadian program from the premiere of the film in Montreal Friday March 20 1964. The program features film reviews by Jean Le Moyne and Jacques Godbout and extensive film credits. Lucien Hamelin is a middle-class teenager actively involved in campus politics inciting protests and fighting to change the moral face of his college. He changes the life of an incompetent teacher is expelled from school and accidentally causes the death of a gay man. Religious themes human sexuality and an early entry in Canadian feature film industry just as the country's federal government took measures to expand cinema audiences. Director Patry's first feature film his earlier ventures part of the cinema verite movement include "Eye Witness No. 99" 1958 "The Little Sisters" 1959 "Le chanoine Lionel Groulx historien" 1960 "Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine" 1962 and "Francoise" 1964. Set in Montreal. Green and white untitled wrappers. Title page present undated noted as "Scenario" with credits for screenwriters Lord and Patry. 76 leaves with last page of text numbered 76. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus side-stapled. Bound-in program 9 leaves Near Fine. Cooperation Productions unknown books
1964réf. 151660N.p.: Continental Distributing 1964. Collection of eight vintage lobby cards from the US release of the 1964 Italian film along with two French studio still photographs one oversize with the film's French title on the bottom left corner and one with a printed mimeo snipe and the stamp of photographer Divo Cavicchioli to the verso. The teenage daughter of a wealthy Sicilian quarry owner is seduced by her sister's fiance prompting her parents to demand that he marry her instead to save her honor. A merciless sensationalistic satire of Sicilian social customs a worthy successor to director Pietro Germi's previous film "Divorce Italian Style" 1961. Set in Sciacca Italy. Cards 24 x 11 inches. One photograph 12 x 9.5 inches the other photograph 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Cards and photographs generally Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 350. Continental Distributing unknown books
1960réf. 140916Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1960. Vintage Italian Locandina poster for the 1960 US film. From one perspective a fairly one-dimensional representation-perhaps even a caricature-of Beat culture but culturally fascinating in that it was made at the height of the Beat era with A-list talent by a top studio and until Walter Salles' 2012 adaptation of "On the Road" was the only feature-length film ever made from a Kerouac novel. Kerouac was paid $15000 by MGM for the rights to the book and bought his first home with the proceeds on Long Island. A film that rarely screened today and has never been available on any kind of home viewing format. While its perspective on the actual Beat scene may be skewed or wildly misinterpreted it is nonetheless important as an interpretation of Kerouac's world from the outside looking in. Shot on location in San Francisco California. 13 x 27 inches folded. Near Fine with light wrinkling. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1985réf. 153792Pacific Palisades CA: Paulist Productions 1985. Draft script for the 1989 film. A dramatization of the life of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero one of the few public figures in the Catholic church to speak out and organize peaceful protests against the government's violent military regime during the Salvadorian Civil War. Shot on location in Morelos Mexico. Beige untitled wrappers. Title page present dated June 7 1985 with credits for screenwriter John Sachet Young. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Paulist Productions unknown books
1961réf. 144105Nice: Gaumont-Palace 1961. Vintage French program and two invitations for the 1961 film here under the original French titles. The collection both predates and postdates November 1 1961 generally considered the original release. A small invitation "for two" doubles as a folding RSVP for the October 17 showing at the Cyrano theatre in Villeneuve-sur-Lot a Southwest France commune with the Lot River running through the middle. The invitee's RSVP is unsigned. The two remaining pieces are from a slightly later November 15 1961 showing at the Gaumont-Palace in Nice in the Southeast of France the Riviera. A folding invitation stamped in blind with the theatre's coat of arms credits the president of the Societe Nouvelle des Etablissements Gaumont Jean Le Duc suggests formal wear and the invitee has inscribed in manuscript blue ink in French "one chair." A large program accompanies printed by Havas for the Gaumont-Palace showing details film credits and synopsis greetings from the Gaumont and advertisements for businesses in Nice. Formal programs often omitted still images from the film like this example opting for candor instead of promotion. The film echoes director's Clair's early silent films interweaving separate themes of comedy and fantasy involving a well with supernatural powers that lengthens life expectancy. Cyrano invitation 4 x 5.25 inches Gaumont invitation 4 x 8.25 inches the program 8.25 x 10.75 inches. Light rubbing and foxing overall and a vertical crease to the Gaumont invitation else Near Fine. Gaumont-Palace unknown books
1966réf. 146731N.p.: A.C. Lyles Productions 1966. Collection of 21 vintage studio still photographs from the 1966 film in their original brown paper sleeve stamped "'RED TOMAHAWK' 66/365 A17." Army captain Tom York Howard Keel arrives at the town of Deadwood after discovering the massacred 7th Cavalry and General Custer at Little Big Horn warning of an impeding Sioux attack. In desperate need of weapons he knows 2 Gatling guns are somewhere hidden in town but only Dakota Lil Joan Caulfield knows where and she refuses to disclose their whereabouts having had enough tragedy with the deaths of her husband and little boy. York persuades her to tell but before they can be assembled the guns are stolen by Sy Elkins Wendell Corey a degenerate gambler who intends on selling them to the Sioux. Set in Deadwood South Dakota shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine some with light uniform fading. Paper sleeve Near Fine with annotations of actors names in manuscript ink. Pitts 3338. A.C. Lyles Productions unknown books
1972réf. 161164Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Eight color front-of-house cards from the French release of the 1972 film. Included with the collection are two promotional pages specific to the film's French release with text in French. Based on the 1969 novel by Philip Roth. The fourth Roth novel after "Goodbye Columbus" to be adapted for the screen and the sole directorial effort for noted screenwriter Ernest Lehman "North by Northwest" "The Sweet Smell of Success" "Sabrina" "West Side Story" The Sound of Music" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". The eponymous Portnoy sees a therapist and goes on one long tirade after another about his family his childhood his sexual fantasies and desires his problems with women and his obsession with his own Judaism. Set in New York. Front-of-house cards: 11.25 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with light wear on the left corners. Synopsis: 8.25 x 12 inches. Single staple at the top left corner. Very Good plus lightly creased on the bottom edges. Warner Brothers unknown books
1985réf. 149641Paris: Gamma 1985. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Robert Altman and actor Carol Burnett on the set of the 1985 television film originally aired on HBO on April 1. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with the stamps of Gamma Film. Two women meet at a laundromat and reveal secrets about their lives. The third and final film collaboration between Altman and Burnett following "A Wedding" 1978 and "HealtH" 1980. Shot on location in Paris. 10.25 x 7 inches. Fine. Gamma unknown books
1947réf. 131991Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1947. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1947 film. Based on the Raymond Chandler's 1943 novel his fourth book and the fourth Philip Marlowe adventure. An unusual and ambitious film noir and Montgomery's final film for MGM. In a concept that originated with Montgomery who directed the entire film is shot from Marlowe's perspective with the protagonist only ever visible in reflections and during a few scenes when he addresses the audience directly. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Faint distribution company blindstamp to lower corner with a tiny bruise some light scratching and a couple of pin holes to the upper corners. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1947réf. 145154Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1947. Vintage linen backed keybook photograph of cinematographer James Wong Howe actress Lilli Palmer and members of the crew on the set of the 1947 film noir. Manuscript annotations on the verso. Considered by many to be amongst the best boxing films of all time as well as one of the great 1940s noirs. "Body and Soul" tells the story of a man who became a successful boxer to support himself and his mother after his father is killed but who realizes that he has slowly lost his integrity somewhere along the way. Winner of an Academy Award and nominated for two others. Shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby Canon US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. United Artists unknown books
1944réf. 149853Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Dialogue and Continuity for the 1944 film. Based on the 1942 novel by Cornell Woolrich under the pseudonym William Irish. A man is arrested for murdering his wife only he was not home at the time of the murder but no one will confirm his alibi. His secretary who is secretly in love with him attempts to prove his innocence. Robert Siodmak's first Hollywood noir. The first film produced by Joan Harrison a former Oscar-nominated screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock "Rebecca" "Foreign Correspondent" and Universal's first woman executive. Set in Manhattan New York. White titled self-wrappers noted as Dialogue Continuity on the front wrapper production No. 1346 dated January 5 1944 with credits for director Robert Siodmak. Approximately 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 13. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a small closed tear at the top edge bound with two gold brads along the top edge. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1959réf. 143090Paris: Harcourt Studios 1959. Collection of 6 original black-and-white single weight press photographs from a dog show at Harcourt portrait studios in France presumed upon the 1959 French release of the 1957 US film "Old Yeller" the French title being "Le Fidele Vagabond." Housed in the original brown paper envelope with with annotations on the front in manuscript pencil and ink noting photographer M. Dole. Three photographs with Gravaert watermark and five with brief manuscript pencil on the versos. Among the photographs are two fascinating images behind the scenes of an animal pageant: in one a mildly bemused audience spotted with various styles of contemporary women's hat fashion in the other a representative from the youth organization holding a sign reading "Nous cherchons un Maître" We are looking for a Master. A few pageant officials also seen a presenter in horn-rimmed glasses and two dog handlers one resembling noted Hollywood trainer Rudd Weatherwax who trained the original Old Yeller with his brother Frank. Hanging portraits are also seen all having Harcourt Studios imprint. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine slight curling. Harcourt Studios unknown books
1970réf. 141376N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1976 film written and directed by Brian De Palma. Robin Hardy is a screenwriter and film director best known for having directed "The Wicker Man" 1973. Based on the 1972 novel "Singing Millionaire" by Michael Pereira. While traveling in Istanbul a German and her friend encounter a mysterious man who deals in drugs blackmail and ultimately murder. Set in the Middle East. Green wrappers with a die cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robin Hardy and John Davis and author Michael Pereira. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1958réf. 138250Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1958. Original three-sheet poster for the 1958 US film. Based on the 1951 novel by Joseph Hilton Smyth. Mobster Joe Sante played by Steve Cochran finds himself in front of a US Senate subcommittee on racketeering and recalls his rise to power via a series of flashbacks. One of Cochran's better roles in which he navigates the nuanced character's strict moral compass as well as his ruthless gangster tendencies. A notable film also for its inclusion of Lili St. Cyr's famed "bubble bath" burlesque act. 41 x 80 inches folded in two sections as issued. Very Good plus with a handful of closed tears at the folds. A bright attractive copy. Royal Books can arrange for archival linen backing of posters. Please inquire. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1968réf. 150771Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1968. Vintage reference photograph of Roman Polanski on the set of the 1968 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Of note the Paramount Pictures mimeo snipe announces that playing with "Rosemary's Baby" is the Neil Simon "laugh hit 'The Odd Couple.'" Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin. A seminal horror film one of the best genre pictures ever made from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema bringing together newcomer Roman Polanski as director established producer William Castle young star Mia Farrow and Hollywood veteran John Cassavetes. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ruth Gordon and nominated for Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine National Film Registy. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Criterion Collection 630. Rosenbaum 1000. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1975réf. 149729N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1970 film showing actresses Erica Gavin and an uncredited model with cinematographer Fred J. Koenekamp behind the camera at the far left. With the film's French 1975 release title "Orgissimo" at the bottom right. After nearly a decade as one of America's most successful independent filmmakers sexploitation auteur Russ Meyer first reached out for the brass ring of major studio success with this frantic and most entertaining cult favorite once described by Meyer and screenwriter Roger Ebert as "the first exploitation-horror-camp-musical." The film follows three members of an all-girl rock band called The Kelly Affair who relocate to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Their success comes at the price of their friendship and integrity however and the girls eventually succumb to a nonstop train of decadence drugs and betrayal. Featuring one-hit wonders the Strawberry Alarm Clock supporting performances by Meyer regulars Charles Napier and Haji and a bit part from future Blaxploitation icon Pam Grier "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" proved to be Meyer's biggest box-office success. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 12 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine with light wear to the corners. Criterion Collection 836. N.p. unknown books
1972réf. 166001N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Sam Peckinpah and a camera crew on the set of the 1972 Western film. Perhaps the most sympathetic of Peckinpah's films about a rodeo rider who returns to his hometown to participate in the annual Independence Day rodeo and reunite with his estranged parents and brother. Set and shot on location in Prescott Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1951réf. 163823N.p.: Lippert Pictures 1951. Vintage insert poster for the 1951 film. Director Samuel Fuller's underrated and influential Korean War film wherein a group of ragtag soldiers battle against overwhelming Communist forces in an abandoned Buddhist Temple. Fuller's first of several war films with probably his most gripping and realistic depictions of life and death on the battlefield. The film was shot in ten days on a budget of $100 000 and dealt with themes of American racism bigotry and war crimes which caused Fuller as well as actor Gene Evans to be a target of an FBI investigation. 14 x 36 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection Eclipse Series 5. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby Master. Spicer US. Lippert Pictures unknown books
1972réf. 147273Paris: Paris-Cannes Productions 1972. Draft script for the 1972 French-Italian film. With handwritten pagination throughout. A French cosmetologist is robbed and sexually assaulted by a race car driver leading her to seek revenge. Set and shot on location in Seine-Maritime and Essonne France. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director SERGIO GOBBI and English translator Patrick LITTLE-LEADER. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Carbon typescript with a typescript title page rectos only. Pages Very Good with light creasing to the first two leaves wrapper Very Good plus bound with a silver clasp. Paris-Cannes Productions unknown books
