1964rif. 158255N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1964 Japanese anthology film showing actor Katsuo Nakamura in the film's third segment "Miminashi H ichi no Hanashi" "Hoichi the Earless". Provenance stamps on the verso as well as a stamp of the film's title. Based on Lafcadio Hearn's 1904 collection of Japanese ghost tales "Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things." Nominated for an Academy Award and the Palme d'Or. 11 x 9 inches. Very Good with wear on the finish and light creases at the corners. Criterion Collection 90. Eureka Masters of Cinema 228. N.p. unknown books
1944rif. 168473Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1944. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1944 film showing director Mervyn LeRoy hosing down a plane prop on the set with Spencer Tracy making a goofy face from the pilot's seat. Printed mimeo snipe in French and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stamp on the verso. Based on the 1943 book an eyewitness account of the first American retaliatory strike against Japan four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led by US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle. Set in Florida and shot on location in Florida and California. 8.5 x 6.5 inches. Faint discoloration on the top edge of the verso else Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1986rif. 161137Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1986. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1987 film including one taken on the set showing director Adrian Lyne talking with actors Glenn Close and Michael Douglas between takes. Layout annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. Based on screenwriter James Dearden's 1980 short film "Diversion." An enormous box office success and the highest grossing film of 1987. Nominated for six Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in New York. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Penzler 101. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1989rif. 166586N.p.: N.p. 1989. Revised Final Draft script for the 1990 television film which aired on ABC on March 25 1990 with manuscript ink annotations on ten pages mostly adding page and scene numbers. Laid in are three revision pages two goldenrod pages 95 and 101 and one lilac page 94. Carl Weather stars as a security man who works for Billy Dee Williams a sadistic ganger with an alluring and seductive wife Lonette McKee. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Front wrapper integral with title page with the latest revision dated 11/3/89 noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Brian Taggert. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication rectos only with green yellow goldenrod and lilac revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/31/89 and 11/10/89. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Moore The Good the Tough and the Deadly: Action Movies and Stars 1960s-2015. N.p. unknown books
1970rif. 151201N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A lawyer investigates the wrongful detainment of his partner by the police who he suspects has been held due to his political activities during a recent social unrest. Screenwriter Michael Sarne is best known for his work as a director including "Joanna" 1968 and "Myra Breckinridge" 1970 and as an actor most notably in "Intimidade" 1975 and "Eastern Promises" 2007. Set in South America. Red untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Michael Sarne. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1968rif. 153241London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Revised Draft script for the 1970 film. Copy belonging to crew member Bert Lea with his name in manuscript ink annotation to the title page. Playfully altered on the front wrapper with two images from the film. Based on the 1968 novel by Hugh Atkinson. The story of four marathon runners from different countries as they prepare to compete in the Olympic games in Rome. Set and shot on location in Austria Denmark England Australia Italy and Japan. Maroon untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 20.10.68 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter Erich Segal and novelist Hugh Atkinson. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1962rif. 150414Rome: Cineriz 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Michelangelo Antonioni and actors Monica Vitti and Alain Delon during a cafe scene on the set of the 1962 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso along with the stamps of Keystone Photo and Publifoto and a stamp noting No. 8710. A woman's newfound relationship with a power-hungry stockbroker gradually erodes as she becomes dissatisfied with his shallow interests. The final film in Antonioni's modernity trilogy all starring Vitti preceded by "L'avventura" 1960 and "La notte" 1961. Awarded the Jury Special Prize and nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. Shot on location in Rome and Verona Italy. 10.5 x 8.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 278. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Cineriz unknown books
1996rif. 156630N.p.: PPCM Photo Press Agency 1996. Five vintage studio still photographs from the French release of the 1996 animated comedy film. Based on the satirical 1990s animated television series created by Mike Judge about the misadventures of two apathetic teenage slackers. Followed by a 2022 sequel "Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe." 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. PPCM Photo Press Agency unknown books
1976rif. 156360Paris: Les Films Jacques Leitienne 1976. Two vintage oversize borderless matte-finish color photographs from the 1976 Italian-Yugoslavian film. Stamps of Les Films Jacques Leitienne on the versos. A young wealthy and bored prince flits from affair to affair at his family's sprawling country estate culminating in a wild orgy that ends in death. Shot on location in Croatia. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the corners. Les Films Jacques Leitienne unknown books
1966rif. 150132N.p.: N.p. 1966. Three vintage borderless reference photographs of Hana Brejchova from the 1965 film. German mimeo snipe on verso of two of the photographs. One of the best known films from the Czechoslovak New Wave nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and bringing director Milos Forman to international attention. Set in Moravia Czechoslovakia. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. One with a small faint crease and one slightly wavy else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 144. Second Run 54. N.p. unknown books
1997rif. 157411Hollywood: Volcanic Films 1997. Revised Draft script for the 1998 film. A pitch-black comedy about two middle-class couples who lie and cheat in their struggles to find satisfaction in their empty relationships. Neil LaBute's second feature following "In the Company of Men" 1997. Gray titled wrappers with credit for director-screenwriter Neil LaBute. Title page present dated 10/20/97 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter Neil LaBute. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper about Fine bound with two gold brads. Volcanic Films unknown books
1960rif. 151134London: J. Arthur Rank 1960. Draft script for the pilot episode of the 1961-1964 television series originally aired on ATV on September 9 1961. Based on the 1959 book by John Gosling. The series followed an elite division of Scotland Yard nicknamed the "Ghost Squad" generally sent to investigate unusual cases which fell outside the scope of normal police work. In this first entry a squad operator is sent to investigate a criminal ring smuggling gold from Hong Kong to Karachi. Red titled wrappers noted as DRAFT OF PILOT SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 14th June 1960. Title page present dated June 1960 noted as DRAFT OF PILOT SCRIPT. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 54. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine lightly faded to the binding and top edge of the front wrapper side stitched. J. Arthur Rank unknown books
1947rif. 156253Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film showing a blonde Rita Hayworth perched on the railing of Errol Flynn's yacht "Zaca" during filming on location in Mexico. Stamp of Columbia Pictures on the verso. Director Orson Welles promised to write produce and direct a film for Columbia Pictures president Harry Cohn in exchange for an emergency $55000 to help finance costuming for his 1946 Broadway musical "Around the World." The resultant film based on Raymond Sherwood King's 1938 novel "If I Die Before I Wake" courted controversy not least due to Welles' decision to have Hayes cut and bleach her iconic red hair for her performance. Although the film was a commercial failure in the US upon release it is now considered a touchstone of the noir genre. Shot on location in Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good lightly toned overall with brief wear at the corners. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1972rif. 160635N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the UK release of the 1971 Italian giallo film. Provenance stamps and a mimeo snipe on the verso. A police detective investigates a string of murders where the victims are paralyzed and disemboweled. Set and shot on location in Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Howarth So Deadly So Perverse Volume 1 1963-1972. N.p. unknown books
1968rif. 154002Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1968. Vintage reference photograph of actors Joanne Woodward and James Olson during an amorous scene with director Paul Newman and a camera crew to the left. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Canadian writer Margaret Laurence's 1966 novel "A Jest of God" about the varied romantic and sexual experiences of a timid schoolteacher living with her widowed mother in an apartment in rural Connecticut. Shot on location throughout Connecticut. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books
1956rif. 172053N.p.: N.p. 1956. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1956 film showing Paul Newman receiving a champion's welcome in Brooklyn accompanied by Pier Angeli. One with a mimeo snipe and provenance label affixed to the verso. Based on middleweight boxing champion Rocky Graziano's 1955 autobiography from his early years suffering abuse at the hands of his father his dishonorable discharge from the US Army and eventual rise to boxing stardom. One of Newman's first starring roles. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Black-and-White Cinematography and Art Direction. Set in Brooklyn and shot on location in the Lower East Side and Brooklyn and at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. Approximately 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1975rif. 158021N.p.: N.p. 1975. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1975 French hardcore adult film. A prominent French politician is blackmailed with tapes of her son performing in pornographic movies leading her to recruit a private investigator to find and stop the culprit. Set and shot on location in Paris. 5.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Bier 161. N.p. unknown books
1973rif. 154942N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 Dutch film showing actress Monique van de Ven. Mimeo snipe and provenance stamp on the verso. Based on Jan Wolkers' 1969 novel. A gifted but poor sculptor marries a beautiful wealthy young woman but their relationship is tumultuous and soon sours. Director Paul Verhoeven's second feature film the screen debuts of both Rutger Hauer and van de Ven and the most successful release in the history of Dutch cinema. Set and shot on location in Noord-Holland and Rotterdam Netherlands. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear. N.p. unknown books
1976rif. 168497N.p.: N.p. 1976. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1976 film both showing Lynne Frederick topless screaming and covered in blood. A newlywed contends with a murderous stalker from her past although her husband psychiatrist and the police refuse to believe her claims. Shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1971rif. 163748Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film showing actress Cybill Shepherd talking with director Peter Bogdanovich. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on Larry McMurtry's 1966 semi-autobiographical novel following the everyday lives of three directionless teenagers in a small lonely Texan town. Peter Bogdanovich's directorial breakthrough one of the defining films about Texas and the American Southwest shot in black-and-white on location in Archer City Texas. Winner of two Academy Awards for actors Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman and nominated for another six. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine lightly worn at the corners. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 549. Ebert III. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1976rif. 151230Burbank CA: Columbia Pictures 1976. Vintage reference photograph from the 1976 film showing Peter Bogdanovich directing actor Burt Reynolds with actor Alan Gibbs looking on to the right. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Bogdanovich's ode to silent film. A lawyer turned film director falls hopelessly in love with his beautiful but klutzy leading lady who is in turn engaged to a vile action actor. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1967rif. 156031N.p.: N.p. 1967. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of Suzy Kendall Terence Morgan and Norman Rodway from the 1967 British film. Loosely based on the 1967 play "The Meter Man" by Scott Forbes. A pair of oafish thugs break into a wealthy London penthouse apartment planning to terrorize the couple they find within-only to discover the couple ready and willing to explore a number of bizarre sexual fetishes. Set in London. 7.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1987rif. 150490N.p.: The Callender Company 1987. Vintage studio still photograph of Peter Greenaway and crew on the set of the 1987 film. Paper snipe on verso. American architect Stourley Kracklite Brian Dennehy arrives in Rome to supervise an exhibition for the little known French architect Etienne-Louis Boullee. Over several months working on the exhibition Kracklite's health and marriage deteriorate as he becomes convinced he is being poisoned like Caesar Augustus. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in and shot on location in Rome Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1092. The Callender Company unknown books
1979rif. 163662Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. Fourth Draft script for the 1981 film seen here under the working title "Janitor." SIGNED by screenwriter Steve Tesich on the title page. Laid in with the script is a studio still photograph of Tesich and director Peter Yates on the set. A janitor becomes the lead suspect in a murder investigation in the building where he works leading a beautiful local television reporter to cover the story. The second film collaboration between Yates and Tesich following "Breaking Away" two years prior. Set and shot on location in New York. Blue untitled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers. Title page present dated October 31 1979 noted as Fourth Draft with credit for Tesich. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/10/79 and 3/13/80. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1972rif. 156660N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage reference photograph of director Peter Yates and actor Robert Redford on the set of the 1972 film. Based on the 1970 novel by Donald Westlake about two jewel thieves who plan to steal a diamond from a museum.over and over again. A small gem of the New Hollywood cinema. Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lee p. 118. N.p. unknown books
