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1952réf. 149482Tokyo: Toho 1952. Collection of four vintage oversize borderless reference photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the 1952 Japanese film. One with a stamp noting the name of actor Takashi Shimura to the bottom right corner of the verso. A mid-level government bureaucrat discovers he has terminal cancer and decides to try to find meaning in life before his death. The first collaboration between director Akira Kurosawa and screenwriter Hideo Oguni beginning a decade-long involvement which would produce among many others "Seven Samurai" 1954 "Throne of Blood" 1957 and "The Hidden Fortress" 1958. Set and shot on location in Tokyo. Four photographs 10 x 8 inches one photograph 6.5 x 5 inches. Very Good plus one photograph with light foxing on the verso. BFI 591. Criterion Collection 221. Ebert I. Rosenbaum 1000. Toho unknown books
1971réf. 133462Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1971. Final script for the 1973 film. Copy belonging to producer Tony Bill with his signature in black holograph ink at the top right corner: "Tony Bill director/producer." Included is a typed letter of provenance signed by Bill. The second pairing between Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland in which the two are members of a group of misfits seeking to fix up an amphibious plane in order to escape a society they find constricting. From Wikipedia: Fonda Sutherland and Boyle were active in anti-war activities when the film was made and as a result it did not receive wide release or much publicity. It remains memorable however for its oddball characters anti-establishment message and 1970s sensibilities. "Steelyard Blues" found a warm reception among college students and non-conformists. With a soundtrack by musicians Mike Bloomfield Paul Butterfield Nick Gravenites Maria Muldaur and others. Shot on location throughout California. Yellow titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper dated April 26 1971 with credits for screenwriter Ward. Title page present dated April 26 1971 with credits for screenwriter Ward and producers Bill and Phillips. 103 leaves photocopy. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1963réf. 149554Universal City: Universal Pictures 1963. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1963 film showing director Alfred Hitchcock and screenwriter Evan Hunter walking along the pier which would be used later in the film for Melanie Daniel's Tippi Hedren visit to the Brenner farm with what appears to be Hedren herself visible to the far left in a fur coat at the end of the pier. With holograph ink annotations on the verso. Hitchcock's last great film a grim psychological study made all the more terrifying by the lack of motivation assigned to its violence. Shot in various locations throughout California including Bodega Bay Bloomfield Valley Ford the Venice Canals and Union Square in San Francisco. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Godard Histoires du cinema. Universal Pictures unknown books
1930réf. 146907N.p.: Gloria Productions 1930. Vintage double weight photograph from the 1930 film. Stamps on the verso reading: "Gloria Swanson in 'What a Widow' Directed by Allan Dwan United Artists Picture" and "United Artists Corporation." A young woman inherits a fortune from her late elderly husband and is pursued by several high society suitors. Gloria Swanson's first picture originally filmed with sound and the final film produced by her Gloria Productions studio. Now considered a lost film its trailer is preserved at the Library of Congress and soundtrack is preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Gloria Productions unknown books
1986réf. 152349N.p.: Crimson 1986. Collection of four vintage photographs from the 1986 film including two of director Andrei Tarkovsky and cinematographer Sven Nykvist on the set. One with a printed label affixed to the verso and three with the stamps of Israel Film Archive. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. As World War III looms a former philosopher decides to sacrifice everything he cherishes to God to prevent nuclear war from decimating humanity. Tarkovsky's final film before his death from lung cancer in 1986. Shot on location in Sweden. Three 7 x 5 inches one 10 x 8 inches. Three with wide margins. One with stamp ink residue on the recto else Near Fine. Complete collation details available upon request. Crimson unknown books
1986réf. 150140N.p.: Crimson 1986. Vintage borderless matte-finish reference photograph of director Andrei Tarkovsky adjusting a miniature house with its life-size equivalent in the background on the set of the 1986 film. With a German agency stamp on the verso. As World War III looms a former philosopher decides to sacrifice everything he cherishes to God to prevent nuclear war from decimating humanity. Tarkovsky's final film before his death from lung cancer in 1986. Shot on location in Sweden. 7 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. Crimson unknown books
1939réf. 140631Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1939. Draft script for the 1939 film. A musical drama that follows the romantic and professional arc of two performers. Louise Hall abandons her humble beginnings to become a singer in New York City where she meets and falls in love with John Ramsey the star of Victor Herbert's operas. Ramsey takes her under his wing introducing her to New York's musical society. Their relationship is tested however when Louise's career begins to eclipse her husband's. Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Cinematography. Shot on location in California. Titled white self wrappers dated July 11 1939 and July 14 1939. Title page present with credits for the entire cast. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 146. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Two small chips to the top margin of the front wrapper. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1980réf. 146511Berlin: CCC-Film CCC-Filmkunst 1980. Draft script for the 1983 German film directed by Andrzej Wajda. With a few small holograph pencil annotations mostly regarding a character's name change and changes to pagination. Laid in with the script is a handwritten letter discussing films with KO-Productions. Text in German. Based on the 1980 novel. In 1983 a middle-aged man returns to his hometown village with his teenage son in an attempt to discover the details of his mother's affair with a Polish prisoner of war during World War II. Set in Brombach shot on location in Baden-Wurttemberg and Berlin. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated Januar 1980 with credits for screenwriters Rolf Hochhuth and Werner Jorg Luddecke. 216 leaves with last page of text numbered 210. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly soiled with perfect binding. CCC-Film [CCC-Filmkunst] unknown books
1965réf. 146897N.p.: N.p. 1965. Final Draft script for the 1965 film. With a "With Compliments" card from Seven Arts Productions laid in with the script along with a set of three stapled revision pages on pink stock. In order to provide a father figure for her infant son a recently widowed woman attempts to choose between two marital prospects-the grumpy child psychologist for whom she works or her hippie next-door neighbor. Set in Greenwich Village NY. Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter William Peter Blatty. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeographed rectos only with pink revision pages laid in dated 21.1.65. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1954réf. 131088Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1954. Final Draft script for the 1954 film. The fifth of seven films in the popular "Francis the Talking Mules series all made in the 1950s. Copy belonging to technical advisor Major Lane Carlson with his name in holograph blue ink on a label affixed to the front wrapper and his annotations throughout. Carlson acted as a consultant on the military aspects of the film as the film involves Francis joining the Army going to the Pentagon etc. Salmon titled wrappers noted as Final Screenplay on the front wrapper dated February 9 1954. 157 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 2-17-54 and 4-5-54. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus in a three ring binder used during production. Universal Pictures unknown books
1948réf. 149569Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1948. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1948 film showing director Billy Wilder demonstrating how to embrace actress Marlene Dietrich with actor John Lund looking on in the background. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with several holograph annotations regarding layout. An Iowa congresswoman enlists a US army captain to assist her in an investigation of a former Nazi entertainer. Unbeknownst to the congresswoman however the captain and the entertainer are engaged in an affair leading the captain to seduce the congresswoman in an attempt to hide his conflicting motives. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Shot on location in Berlin. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with light creases to the corners. Selby US. Selby UK. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1984réf. 140554Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1984. Draft script for the 1984 film. With a few annotations in holograph ink throughout. Rob Salinger Moore works as a television reporter and his wife Micki Reinking is a lawyer who is having difficulty getting pregnant to the chagrin of Rob. While working Rob meets a cellist Maude Irving who he begins dating without mentioning his wife. She soon becomes pregnant as well as his current wife and he ends up marrying Maude as well. To hide his bigamy he uses work as an excuse to spend days with one woman and nights with another. The women eventually find out about each other as they go into labor at the same time and are at the same hospital on the same floor. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper is present dated March 7 1984 with a credit for screenwriter Jonathan Reynolds. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Later generation photocopy with revision pages throughout dated variously between March 6 1984 and March 22 1984. Pages Very Good plus wrapper missing bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1978réf. 138139N.p.: Self published 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film titled "Dracula" written and originally to have been directed by Ken Russell. Based on Bram Stoker's 1897 classic novel of vampire vengeance. Copy belonging to editor Rik Friday who worked with Russell in post-production on "Altered States" 1980. Blue wrappers with paper spine label. Title page present dated July 21 1978 with a credit for screenwriter Russell and novelist Stoker. Last leaf of text numbered 95. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Self published unknown books
1980réf. 138685N.p.: Self published 1980. Early Draft script agency copy for the 1981 film "Blow Out" here under the working title "Personal Effects." A noirish De Palma highspot with influences from Antonioni's "Blow-Up" and Francis Ford Coppola's "The Conversation." A fine role for John Travolta who would experience a slight career dip and bounce back hard with Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction." Considered by many to be the finest of the director's films of the 1980s a paranoid thriller that is visually arresting from start to finish as well as what Criterion calls .".a devilish reflection on moviemaking." A favorite of the fickle Pauline Kael and the answer to your child's question "Daddy did John Travolta ever make a good film" Untitled blue wrappers. Title page present dated 1980 with a credit for De Palma. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication with photocopied punch holes. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Criterion Collection 502. Grant p. 80. Spicer p. 425. Self published unknown books
1967réf. 152312N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage black and white reference photograph from the set of the 1967 film showing actress Brigitte Bardot in the bath between takes with director Serge Bourguignon to her right. With cropping annotations in pencil on the verso along with a provenance stamp. A French woman is tempted to stray from her older English husband when she meets a vibrant younger man. Shot on location in London and Paris. 8 x 10 with wide side margins. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1964réf. 147146Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Draft script for the 1965 film with the name of cinematographer "Paul Vogel" followed by what appears to be "81" in holograph pencil on the first revision page page 55. Laid in is a 17 page shooting schedule dated 4-22-64 with two brief annotations in holograph pencil "arroflex zoom" and "camera car." Based on the 1960 novel by Max Evans about two aging cowhands who make a big bet that no rodeo cowboy can rider their supposedly unbreakable horse. Set in and shot on location in Arizona. Goldenrod titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 81 dated March 25 1964 with credits for producer Richard E. Lyons and screenwriter Burt Kennedy. Title page integral with first page. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Mimeographed rectos only with blue revision pages throughout and one gray revision page dated 4-7-64. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1930réf. 150164Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1930. Vintage reference photograph from the 1930 pre-Code musical film showing actors Kay Johnson and Reginald Denny. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Determined to trick her unfaithful husband a demure young woman attends a masked ball in a revealing vampish disguise in order to teach him a lesson. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned overall. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1963réf. 146893N.p.: N.p. 1963. Draft script for the 1964 British film noir. With a few holograph ink annotations to the front wrapper and throughout mostly noting deletions. The daughter of a recently deceased psychoanalyst enlists one of her father's former patients an American newscaster in helping her discover the cause of his mysterious death. Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated MAY 1963 with credits for screenwriter ROBERT L. JOSEPH. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Mimeographed on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly toned to the front wrapper bound internally with two silver brads. Grant UK. Spicer UK. N.p. unknown books
1976réf. 146929N.p.: 5 Continents 1976. Vintage oversize borderless studio still photographs from the 1976 film. Bizarre 1970s softcore sci-fi film about disembodied aliens from the dying planet Spermula who take the form of Earth women to collect semen to save their planet. featuring Udo Kier 9.5 x 12 inches. Very Good plus pinholes at the corners else clean and bright. 5 Continents unknown books
1987réf. 139456Los Angeles: TNT / Agamemnon Films / British Lion Film Corporation 1987. British Draft script for the 1988 television film originally airing on December 21 1988 on TNT the first made-for-television movie produced for the fledging network. Brief annotations in holograph ink throughout. Based on the 1960 Broadway play by Robert Bolt about Sir Thomas More's devotion to the Catholic Church during the English Reformation. Previously filmed in a 1966 Academy Award winning theatrical release directed by Fred Zimmerman and starring Paul Scofield Wendy Hiller and Leo McKern. Tan blank wrappers with die-cut title window. Title page present dated November 16 1987 with a credit for screenwriter Bolt. 180 leaves with last page of text numbered 177. Xerographically reproduced. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong brad. TNT / Agamemnon Films / British Lion Film Corporation unknown books
1977réf. 149717N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1977 Canadian film showing actress Marilyn Chambers. David Cronenberg's fourth feature continuing his meditation on horrific transformations of the human body. The film follows a woman who after being injured in a motorcycle accident and undergoing experimental surgery develops an orifice under one of her armpits. The orifice hides a phallic stinger that she uses to feed on people's blood. Her victims become rabid zombies whose bite spreads the disease leading to a murderous citywide pandemic. Set and shot on location in Toronto. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
2000réf. 149207N.p.: N.p. 2000. Draft script for the 2002 film printed on all red leaves with annotations in holograph pencil on three pages referring to location and sound effects e.g. "gas hissing". Loosely inspired by Terence Young's 1967 film "Wait Until Dark" starring Audrey Hepburn Alan Arkin Richard Crenna and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Recently divorced Meg Altman Jodi Foster and her diabetic daughter Sara Kristen Stewart spending their first night in a newly-purchased brownstone awaken to find three burglars Forest Whitaker Dwight Yoakam and Jared Leto have broken in and seek refuge in the house's panic room where a floor safe containing three million in bonds reside which the burglars are seeking. Set in the Upper West Side New York City. Red titled wrappers dated June 22 2000 with credits for screenwriter David Koepp. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with rough tear on last leaf integral with back wrapper bound with two gold brads. Grant US. N.p. unknown books
1962réf. 150467Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1962. Vintage keybook reference photograph of Alec Guinness Sam Spiegel Jack Hawkins and David Lean on the set of the 1962 film. Based on the 1926 autobiography "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by T.E. Lawrence. An incomparable film. Opening in 1935 with the death of Lawrence Peter O'Toole in a motorcycle accident at the age of 46 we then follow in flashback Lawrence as a young intelligence officer in 1916 Cairo assigned to investigate the progress of the Arab revolt against the Turks. Winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. Shot on location in England Saudi Arabia Spain and Morocco. 11 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1962réf. 148579Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1962. Vintage oversize borderless double weight photograph from the 1962 film shot on location in the Moroccan desert. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1926 autobiography "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by T.E. Lawrence. An incomparable film. Opening in 1935 with the death of Lawrence Peter O'Toole in a motorcycle accident at the age of 46 we then follow in flashback Lawrence as a young intelligence officer in 1916 Cairo assigned to investigate the progress of the Arab revolt against the Turks. Winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. Selected for the National Film Registry in 1991. Shot on location in England Saudi Arabia Spain and Morocco. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus light curling edgewear and creasing at corners but no loss or tears. Complete collation details available on request. Ebert I. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1990réf. 138817New York: Cinehaus / Ed Pressman Productions 1990. Draft script for the 1991 film. The third film to be written and directed by Mamet. Script belonging to actor Paul Butler a Mamet regular who plays Commissioner Walker in the film. Laid in is an unrelated legal agreement addressed to Butler regarding his involvement in the 1986 television series "Crime Story." Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in a nameless American city shot in Baltimore. White self wrappers integral with title page dated JULY 1990 with a credit for screenwriter Mamet and with mention of Ed Pressman Productions and Cinehaus Inc. Xerographically reproduced. 146 pages last leaf numbered 145. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good only with some edgewear bound with three gold brads. Criterion Collection 486. Grant US Neo-Noir. Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Cinehaus / Ed Pressman Productions unknown books
