1964Best.-Nr. 137314Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM / Seven Arts 1964. Collection of 13 studio photographs from the 1964 film. The third of three feature films adapted from W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel starring Kim Novak and Laurence Harvey following the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis and the 1946 film starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker. Set in London and filmed by MGM British Studios at Ardmore Studios in County Wicklow Ireland. 10 x 8 inches 25 x 20. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Seven Arts unknown books
1978Best.-Nr. 149435Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1978. Vintage matte black-and-white reference photograph of director Walter Hill and actor Isabelle Adjani on the set of the 1978 film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso. Director Walter Hill's existential neo-noir heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" 1967 with some of the finest car-chase sequences ever committed to celluloid. The film follows a skilled getaway driver whose elusive escapes torment a self-assured police detective driving the detective to the brink of obsession. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US. Twilight Time 53. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1978Best.-Nr. 149435Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1978. Vintage matte black-and-white reference photograph of director Walter Hill and actor Isabelle Adjani on the set of the 1978 film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso. Director Walter Hill's existential neo-noir heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" 1967 with some of the finest car-chase sequences ever committed to celluloid. The film follows a skilled getaway driver whose elusive escapes torment a self-assured police detective driving the detective to the brink of obsession. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US. Twilight Time 53. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1982Best.-Nr. 146134Vienna: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion 1982. Vintage borderless studio photograph of Werner Herzog Klaus Kinski and Claudia Cardinale on the set of the 1982 film. Francois Frederic stamp on the verso. Herzog's brilliant bold and audacious "Fitzcarraldo" the story of the early 20th century rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald the ever manic Kinski intent on building an opera house in the Peruvian Amazon and on transporting a 320 ton steamer over a mountain to access a rich rubber territory. Herzog's production being every bit as unrestrained and preposterous as the story he was filming. An astonishing and insane masterpiece whose outrageous production was documented by director Les Blank in his remarkable documentary "Burden of Dreams" 1982. Winner of Best Director and nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. Set in Peru shot on location in Peru and Brazil. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Ebert III. BFI 2032. Werner Herzog Filmproduktion unknown
1982Best.-Nr. 146134Vienna: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion 1982. Vintage borderless studio photograph of Werner Herzog Klaus Kinski and Claudia Cardinale on the set of the 1982 film. Francois Frederic stamp on the verso. Herzog's brilliant bold and audacious "Fitzcarraldo" the story of the early 20th century rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald the ever manic Kinski intent on building an opera house in the Peruvian Amazon and on transporting a 320 ton steamer over a mountain to access a rich rubber territory. Herzog's production being every bit as unrestrained and preposterous as the story he was filming. An astonishing and insane masterpiece whose outrageous production was documented by director Les Blank in his remarkable documentary "Burden of Dreams" 1982. Winner of Best Director and nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. Set in Peru shot on location in Peru and Brazil. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Ebert III. BFI 2032. Werner Herzog Filmproduktion unknown books
1938Best.-Nr. 146054Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. With manuscript pencil annotations on the front wrapper. Included with the script are four pages of mimeographed notes regarding main title billing for the film. Two aviators' friendship is tested when a love triangle forms between them and their shared childhood sweetheart. Another tribute to the glories of aviation by director and former WWI fighter pilot William A. Wellman best known for "Wings" 1927 the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. White titled self wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 1156 and marked as production No. 1172 dated February 15 1938. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 144 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 2-14-38 and 6-21-38. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine side stapled. Paramount Pictures unknown
1933Best.-Nr. 136691Los Angeles: First National Pictures 1933. Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 pre-Code film. Shown is Ann Hovey as she is attacked after stowing away on a train by Ward Bond playing against type as a villainous railroad worker. The rape is not only attempted but takes place a radical element even in a pre-Code film. A film that has held up well in that it breaks the stereotype of hobos as nothing more than restless drifters and delves into what fueled the movement during the Great Depression. Many teenagers male and female were forced to leave their homes and ride the rails because their families were unable to provide support. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine with some penciled annotations on the verso regarding another actress in the film Dorothy Coonan who would go on to marry the film's director William A. Wellman. National Film Registry. First National Pictures unknown
1933Best.-Nr. 136691Los Angeles: First National Pictures 1933. Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 pre-Code film. Shown is Ann Hovey as she is attacked after stowing away on a train by Ward Bond playing against type as a villainous railroad worker. The rape is not only attempted but takes place a radical element even in a pre-Code film. A film that has held up well in that it breaks the stereotype of hobos as nothing more than restless drifters and delves into what fueled the movement during the Great Depression. Many teenagers male and female were forced to leave their homes and ride the rails because their families were unable to provide support. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine with some penciled annotations on the verso regarding another actress in the film Dorothy Coonan who would go on to marry the film's director William A. Wellman. National Film Registry. First National Pictures unknown books
1938Best.-Nr. 146054Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. With manuscript pencil annotations on the front wrapper. Included with the script are four pages of mimeographed notes regarding main title billing for the film. Two aviators' friendship is tested when a love triangle forms between them and their shared childhood sweetheart. Another tribute to the glories of aviation by director and former WWI fighter pilot William A. Wellman best known for "Wings" 1927 the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. White titled self wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 1156 and marked as production No. 1172 dated February 15 1938. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 144 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 2-14-38 and 6-21-38. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine side stapled. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 167095Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film noir showing a semi-nude Elizabeth Montgomery. Based on the 1959 novel "The Kingdom of Johnny Cool" by John McPartland about an exiled American in Rome who recruits a hit man to return to the US and take revenge on the people who forced him to flee. Set and shot on location in New York City Las Vegas and Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. United Artists unknown
1962Best.-Nr. 167095Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film noir showing a semi-nude Elizabeth Montgomery. Based on the 1959 novel "The Kingdom of Johnny Cool" by John McPartland about an exiled American in Rome who recruits a hit man to return to the US and take revenge on the people who forced him to flee. Set and shot on location in New York City Las Vegas and Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. United Artists unknown books
1918Best.-Nr. 143521US: Artcraft Pictures / Mary Pickford Company 1918. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1918 film. With an identifying manuscript notation on the verso. Based on the 1917 novel by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd about a young socialite and a millionaire who meet and fall in love while pretending to be a cook and a hired hand respectively. No known prints of the film survive and it is considered lost. 8.75 x 7.75 inches irregularly trimmed. Very Good plus. Diagonal crease to the top corner with a short closed horizontal tear to one edge. Artcraft Pictures / Mary Pickford Company unknown
1918Best.-Nr. 143521US: Artcraft Pictures / Mary Pickford Company 1918. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1918 film. With an identifying manuscript notation on the verso. Based on the 1917 novel by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd about a young socialite and a millionaire who meet and fall in love while pretending to be a cook and a hired hand respectively. No known prints of the film survive and it is considered lost. 8.75 x 7.75 inches irregularly trimmed. Very Good plus. Diagonal crease to the top corner with a short closed horizontal tear to one edge. Artcraft Pictures / Mary Pickford Company unknown books
1961Best.-Nr. 141152N.p.: Darryl F. Zanuck Productions 1961. Collection of 28 vintage studio still photographs from the 1961 film. Based on William Faulkner's novels "Sanctuary" and "Requiem for a Nun." A harsh film with frank dialogue and thematic content throughout regarding rape female sensuality and sexual brutality. The final version of the film suffered from censorship as well as an attempt to make something "literary" and "respectable" from a novel where disrespect and ill repute were at the center of a grim story. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine to Fine condition. Darryl F. Zanuck Productions unknown
1961Best.-Nr. 141152N.p.: Darryl F. Zanuck Productions 1961. Collection of 28 vintage studio still photographs from the 1961 film. Based on William Faulkner's novels "Sanctuary" and "Requiem for a Nun." A harsh film with frank dialogue and thematic content throughout regarding rape female sensuality and sexual brutality. The final version of the film suffered from censorship as well as an attempt to make something "literary" and "respectable" from a novel where disrespect and ill repute were at the center of a grim story. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine to Fine condition. Darryl F. Zanuck Productions unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. 149689Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage publicity photograph of actress Linda Blair in front of the National Theatre in Westwood California where crowds have lined up to see "The Exorcist." With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1971 novel by screenwriter William Peter Blatty. The first and finest film in the series following the demonic possession of a twelve year-old girl and the ensuing attempts to purge her body of the evil spirit. One of the great genre films of the 1970s that accomplished the uncommon feat of being an over-the-top sensation upon its release and gaining subsequent status as a classic with a strangeness and depth supplied by the strength of Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow's performances. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown
1973Best.-Nr. 149689Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage publicity photograph of actress Linda Blair in front of the National Theatre in Westwood California where crowds have lined up to see "The Exorcist." With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1971 novel by screenwriter William Peter Blatty. The first and finest film in the series following the demonic possession of a twelve year-old girl and the ensuing attempts to purge her body of the evil spirit. One of the great genre films of the 1970s that accomplished the uncommon feat of being an over-the-top sensation upon its release and gaining subsequent status as a classic with a strangeness and depth supplied by the strength of Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow's performances. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown books
1977Best.-Nr. 140265Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1977. Final Revised Draft script for the 1977 television movie. Based on the 1977 book by Harold King. Included is a vintage production photo of William Devane from the film with a snipe on the verso with the CBS television logo. A computer at a nuclear power plant malfunctions and seals off the reactor room believing that a dangerous explosion has occurred and trapping the crew inside. One of a string of speculative films to feature either nuclear power plant disasters or dangerous fictional computers from the dawning era of computer technology. Set near Minneapolis shot on location in Houston Texas at NASA's Manned Space Center. White titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 17 1977 noted as FINAL REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Sandor Stern novelist Harold King executive producers Gerald I. Isenberg and Gerald W. Abrams and producer Barry Goldberg. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Mimeograph on blue stock. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Newman 104. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown
1977Best.-Nr. 140265Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1977. Final Revised Draft script for the 1977 television movie. Based on the 1977 book by Harold King. Included is a vintage production photo of William Devane from the film with a snipe on the verso with the CBS television logo. A computer at a nuclear power plant malfunctions and seals off the reactor room believing that a dangerous explosion has occurred and trapping the crew inside. One of a string of speculative films to feature either nuclear power plant disasters or dangerous fictional computers from the dawning era of computer technology. Set near Minneapolis shot on location in Houston Texas at NASA's Manned Space Center. White titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 17 1977 noted as FINAL REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Sandor Stern novelist Harold King executive producers Gerald I. Isenberg and Gerald W. Abrams and producer Barry Goldberg. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Mimeograph on blue stock. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Newman 104. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown books
1990Best.-Nr. 168777N.p.: N.p. 1990. Small archive of production documents for the 1990 film including six gatherings of Call Sheets two to ten pages each dating from "24th April 1990" to "6th May 1990" a sixteen page "Movement Order No. 4" for "Friday 27th and Saturday 28th April 1990" and a twenty-five page "Provisional Unit List" dated "29.6.90." The call sheets and "Movement Order" found here were made during location shooting in Dover and Aberdeen/Stonehaven and include the daily schedule for cast and crew as well as locations and maps to the day's shooting location. Earliest Call Sheet dating "24th April 1990" with a single manuscript ink annotation of copy number "308" in the top margin. Director Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy starring Mel Gibson in the title role. Also starring Glenn Close Alan Bates Ian Holm and Helena Bonham Carter. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Shot on location in England Scotland France and Italy. 8.25 x 11.75 inches 78 total pages in eight gatherings each corner stitched with a single staple to the top left. Near Fine overall. N.p. unknown
1990Best.-Nr. 168777N.p.: N.p. 1990. Small archive of production documents for the 1990 film including six gatherings of Call Sheets two to ten pages each dating from "24th April 1990" to "6th May 1990" a sixteen page "Movement Order No. 4" for "Friday 27th and Saturday 28th April 1990" and a twenty-five page "Provisional Unit List" dated "29.6.90." The call sheets and "Movement Order" found here were made during location shooting in Dover and Aberdeen/Stonehaven and include the daily schedule for cast and crew as well as locations and maps to the day's shooting location. Earliest Call Sheet dating "24th April 1990" with a single manuscript ink annotation of copy number "308" in the top margin. Director Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy starring Mel Gibson in the title role. Also starring Glenn Close Alan Bates Ian Holm and Helena Bonham Carter. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Shot on location in England Scotland France and Italy. 8.25 x 11.75 inches 78 total pages in eight gatherings each corner stitched with a single staple to the top left. Near Fine overall. N.p. unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 149552N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1971 film showing director Woody Allen behind a pile of bananas. With the stamp of London Press Photos Ltd. on the verso along with manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout. Anxious to impress his activist ex-girlfriend a blue collar worker travels to a fictitious South American country where he is unwittingly conscripted into a group of violent revolutionaries. Shot on location in New York and Puerto Rico. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a few tiny nicks and a small faint splash to the bottom edge. N.p. unknown
1972Best.-Nr. 156222Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actor Woody Allen from the 1972 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Allen's 1969 play. The predecessor of many films Allen would write and direct throughout the 1970s in terms of shooting style timing romantic themes and the actors involved. Allen had already directed two films at this point "Take the Money and Run" in 1969 and "Bananas" in 1971 but this film is significant in that it predicted the more substantive romantic comedies that would later place him among the most important filmmakers of his time. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Grant US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1971Best.-Nr. 149552N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1971 film showing director Woody Allen behind a pile of bananas. With the stamp of London Press Photos Ltd. on the verso along with manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout. Anxious to impress his activist ex-girlfriend a blue collar worker travels to a fictitious South American country where he is unwittingly conscripted into a group of violent revolutionaries. Shot on location in New York and Puerto Rico. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a few tiny nicks and a small faint splash to the bottom edge. N.p. unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 156222Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actor Woody Allen from the 1972 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Allen's 1969 play. The predecessor of many films Allen would write and direct throughout the 1970s in terms of shooting style timing romantic themes and the actors involved. Allen had already directed two films at this point "Take the Money and Run" in 1969 and "Bananas" in 1971 but this film is significant in that it predicted the more substantive romantic comedies that would later place him among the most important filmmakers of his time. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Grant US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
