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1999Best.-Nr. 171957N.p.: Rutland Weekend Television 1999. Second Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1999 science fiction comedy novel by former "Monty Python" member Eric Idle published by Boxtree in the UK and Pantheon in the US about two comedians on the interplanetary comedy circuit and their robotic secretary. Self wrappers. Title page present undated noted as 2nd Draft with credit for Idle. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with silverfish damage to the first and last five leaves bound with two gold brads. Rutland Weekend Television unknown books
1978Best.-Nr. 139982Paris: Les Films du Losange 1978. Vintage French mini poster for the 1978 French film. Eric Rohmer's adaptation of Chretien de Troyes' 12th century Arthurian legend is notable for its unusual set. Unlike other adaptations the film is set in a highly stylized theatrical realm complete with props and an interactive chorus. Production designer Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko was inspired by the colorful flat compositions of Medieval paintings and seamlessly incorporated their aesthetic into his set props and lighting. Shot on location in France. 15.5 x 21.5 inches folded. Small manuscript pencil notation to the verso else Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Les Films du Losange unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 141083Paris: Les Films du Losange 1970. Vintage pressbook for the 1970 film. Director Eric Rohmer's first color film in which mountainous backdrops and varying tones play a significant visual role. In a notedly minimal narrative a newly married diplomat becomes infatuated with a lovely young acquaintance specifically with the girl's knee. His desire to touch her knee becomes the driving force behind the film. Two pages 9.5 x 12.5 inches. Near Fine with pin holes to the corners. Criterion Collection 347. Les Films du Losange unknown books
1941Best.-Nr. 150534Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1941. Vintage wide reference photograph of Ernst Lubitsch playing piano on the set of the 1942 film. Remade in 1983 directed by Alan Johnson starring Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft. Carol Lombard's final film having died in an airplane accident during post-production. Jack Benny and Carole Lombard star as Joseph and Maria Tura husband and wife thespians in Nazi occupied Warsaw who inadvertently become part of the Resistance and must utilize every acting trick in the book to retrieve a list of Polish Resistance fighters from a German spy. Set in Warsaw immediately before and during the 1939 German invasion. 10 x 8 inches image 4.5 x 3.75 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Criterion Collection 670. United Artists unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 150489N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Federico Fellini demonstrating how to stab Julius Caear Feodor Chaliapin Jr. on the set of the 1972 film. "Peter W. Engelmeier provenance label on verso. A semi-autobiographical impressionistic portrait of Rome featuring two contrasting sections one based on Fellini's first journey to the city as a young man under Mussolini the other featuring scenes of contemporary city life. Set and shot on location in Rome Italy. 8.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 848. Eureka! 86. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
1944Best.-Nr. 149848Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1944. Draft script for the 1944 film. Based on the popular Arsene Lupin mystery series created by Maurice Leblanc. In this entry roguish gentleman thief Lupin robs a young heiress of her jewels while on a train to England but later reconsiders his actions and saves her life. Set in England. Tan titled wrappers dated May 24 1944 with credits for screenwriter Bertram Millhauser and character credits to Maurice Leblanc. Title page present dated April 27 1944 with credits for screenwriter Bertram Millhauser and character credits to Maurice Leblanc. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only with five blue revision pages bound in after the script dated 10/24/44. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good dry and brittle with wear to the top and bottom edges of the front wrapper bound with three gold brads. United Artists unknown books
1981Best.-Nr. 168974N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of Francis Ford Coppola Nastassja Kinski and Frederic Forrest on the set of the 1981 film with a French snipe printed on the verso. Francis Ford Coppola's first directorial effort after his 1979 Vietnam masterpiece "Apocalypse Now" shot on strikingly stylized sets at his newly opened Zoetrope Studios. Screenwriter Bernstein had originally planned the story to be set in Chicago but the setting moved to Las Vegas at Coppola's insistence viewing the western city as a more romantic atmosphere. Hank Forrest and Franny Garr live on the outskirts of Las Vegas but after five years their relationship has deteriorated and they both yearn for new love. Hank meets Leila Kinski a beautiful high-wire artist and Franny meets Ray Julia a dashing actor-waiter. Throughout their separation Hank and Franny still love each other and their search for romance brings them back to each other. Singer-songwriter Tom Waits received an Oscar nomination for his original score performed with country singer Crystal Gayle. 11.75 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1969Best.-Nr. 149334Paris: Les Films du Carrosse 1969. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of director François Truffaut and actors Catherine Deneuve then Truffaut's wife and Jean-Paul Belmondo on the set of the 1969 French neo-noir film. With manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout on the verso along with the stamp of France-Soir dated 9 JUIL. JULY 1969 and a newspaper clipping affixed to the lower right corner. Based on Cornell Woolrich's 1947 novel "Waltz into Darkness." A wealthy plantation owner on an island in the Indian Ocean anticipates the arrival of his bride-to-be but is surprised to discover the woman who arrives from France bears no resemblance to the woman in the photograph. Set on Reunion Island and Nice France. 8 x 12 inches. Very Good slightly wavy with two small manuscript ink annotations regarding cropping to the recto. Grant US. Les Films du Carrosse unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 151990Paris: les Films du Carrosse 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Henri Serre painting a moustache on Jeanne Moreau from the 1962 film. Based on the 1953 novel by Henri-Pierre Roche. One of the founding films of the French New Wave examining a long relationship between two men and an impulsive young woman before during and after the First World War. Shot on location throughout France. 7 x 9.25 inches. Small crease on far bottom left corner else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 281. Ebert II. Schrader Canon Fodder 27. les Films du Carrosse unknown books
1964Best.-Nr. 160660N.p.: N.p. 1964. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1964 film all four showing actors Jean Desailly and Françoise Dorleac. One with the stamp of "L'Express" and a date stamp on the verso. Truffaut's fourth film about a seemingly happily married literary scholar who begins an affair with an airline stewardess. Set and shot on location in Portugal and France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 749. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1943Best.-Nr. 153221Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1943. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1943 film showing the canteen audience with a camera crew capturing the shot in the foreground. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of RKO Radio Pictures. A musical revolving around the romantic and comic goings-on at the Stage Door Canteen a real recreational center in New York created for for American and Allied servicemen during World War II. The actual Stage Door Canteen was a basement nightclub located in the 44th Street Theatre and was too busy to be used for filming. As a result the canteen was recreated at the Fox Movietone Studio and RKO Pathe Studios in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1952Best.-Nr. 155305Universal City: Universal Pictures 1952. Vintage reference photograph from the 1952 film showing actors Frank Sinatra and Alex Nicol. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. A small-town singer gets a taste of success at a gangster's popular nightclub but his burgeoning fame comes at a high price both financially and emotionally. Made during Sinatra's mid-career slump one year before his career-reviving performance in "From Here to Eternity" 1953. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1945Best.-Nr. 159128Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1945. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1945 film showing actors Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra with then-child actor Dean Stockwell. A pair of sailors on shore leave in Hollywood help a would-be film star make it big. The first of three films to pair Sinatra and Kelly followed by "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" and "On the Town" 1949. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus evenly toned with light creasing at the corners. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1960Best.-Nr. 130773Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1960. Draft script for Season 4 Episode 11 of the anthology drama show "Playhouse 90" which aired on February 24 1960. Actor Van Heflin's working copy with his manuscript name on the first page and manuscript annotations throughout. Also included are two rehearsal schedules for the production. "Playhouse 90" ran from 1956 to 1960 on CBS presenting 90 television movies rather than the standard 60-minute format of most dramas. The program won nine Emmy Awards during it's run including one for Best Drama in its final 1960 season. Script is as issued with pages un-punched and without wrappers. Title page present dated 2-6-60 with credits for screenwriter Rose and director Schaffner. 122 leaves mimeograph duplication with pink and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 2-9-60 and 2-10-60. Pages Fine unbound. Rehearsal Schedules: 2 leaves each one on pink stock and a Call Sheet with annotations. Fine. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 151266New York: Grove Press 1970. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 art-hardcore film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. An aspiring young filmmaker wants to make his own films but to raise the necessary money must first make some stag films enlisting the help of several teenage flower-children in 1968 Greenwich Village. Featuring an early appearance by a young Robert Altman who plays a porno distributor. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grove Press unknown books
1951Best.-Nr. 163751N.p.: N.p. 1951. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1951 film both showing Gene Kelly with cabaret dancers. Minute annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. Inspired by George Gershwin's 1928 jazz-influenced orchestral composition and featuring a show-stopping 17-minute ballet choreographed to the piece as well as a number of other Gershwin tunes including the classics "Embraceable You" "Nice Work if You Can Get It" and "I Got Rhythm." Winner of six Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and Best Picture and nominated for two others including Best Director. Also nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1952. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Godard Histoires du cinema. Schrader 34. N.p. unknown books
1943Best.-Nr. 168061N.p.: N.p. 1943. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1943 film showing director G.W. Pabst with a camera crew on the set. Photographer's stamp and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. A dramatization of the life of Renaissance-era Swiss physician Paracelsus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim focusing on his work during the plague. Released in honor of the 400th anniversary of Paracelsus' death in 1541. 7 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with light toning affecting the top right portion of the photograph. N.p. unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 146803N.p.: The Corman Company 1976. Draft script for the 1976 film. A Vietnam vet is hired to deal with a group of rowdy oil workers causing trouble in a small town and decides to occupy the town with his mercenary buddies in order to provide a solution. A low budget action film shot in just 30 days after producer Gene Corman came up with the title and nothing else. White titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter George Armitage. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. The Corman Company unknown books
1954Best.-Nr. 170763N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage reference photograph from the 1954 film showing Judy Garland singing with her band. The second of four productions of "A Star is Born" following the 1937 film starring Janet Gaynor and followed by one in 1976 starring Barbra Streisand and one in 2018 starring Lady Gaga. Garland was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance which was heavily promoted by MGM as her comeback to the screen after a four-year hiatus. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine lightly faded to the right side. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 156685Universal City: Universal Pictures 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the 1972 film showing director George Roy Hill and a camera crew capturing a scene with Michael Sacks and Sharon Gans. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the classic 1969 novel by Kurt Vonnegut about a young World War II veteran who discovers that he is able to time travel to various points in his life both past and future. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and winner of the Jury Prize. Shot on location in Prague and in Minneapolis and St. Paul Minnesota. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 139565Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1962. Revised Draft script for the 1963 film. Copy belonging to uncredited cast or crew member "Brokaw" with that name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper and marginal annotations throughout in manuscript ink. Shooting schedules bound in. Included is a vintage production photograph of Kirk Douglas from the film. Based on Vahe Katcha's 1957 novel "L'hamecon." During the Korean War a group of American soldiers capture an enemy pilot and orders are to execute the prisoner. Sgt. P.J. Briscoe Douglas orders his men to kill the prisoner but their reluctance forms a wedge in their allegiance. Shot on location in the Catalina Harbor. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as COMPLETE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 63 dated May 1 1962 with a credit for screenwriter Denker. Title page integral with front wrapper. 165 leaves with last page of text numbered "133-137" followed by 24 leaves bound upside down. Mimeograph duplication with white pink yellow gray green and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/19/62 and 5/11/62. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Davenport p. 171. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 151463Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1968 play also by screenwriter Frank D. Gilroy. An aging lovelorn Las Vegas chorus girl begins an affair with a musician with a compulsive gambling habit. Set in Las Vegas and shot on location in Paris and Las Vegas Nevada. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1960Best.-Nr. 144662Rome: Cineriz 1960. Collection of 21 original borderless double weight still photographs from the 1960 film. Starring actress Susan Strasberg is seen in several photographs always in pinstripes and several feature costar Terzieff with striking images of laboring women a death pit and German soldiers. Numerical annotations in manuscript pencil and Contino's rubber-stamp on the versos. An impressive showcase in landscape format of a life behind barbed wire and the conditioning of inmates. Strasberg portrays a Jewish women sent to a concentration camp during WWII leading an escape plan even as the turmoil of war threatens to defeat her will. Pontecorvo's engaging war film with feminist undercurrents albeit overshadowed by what would become his most accomplished film "The Battle of Algiers" 1966. Nominated for an Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film. Shot on location in Yugoslavia. 9.5 x 14 inches. Very Good plus overall light curling brief foxing a few with small dampstains and corresponding bruises on the rectos. Cineriz unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 158031Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1971. Vintage studio still photograph of director Gordon Parks smoking a pipe on the set of the 1971 film. Stamp of Israel Film Archive on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1970 novel by Ernest Tidyman. One of the best and most enduring films of the early 1970s and no surprise with director/photographer/cinematographer extraordinaire Gordon Parks at the helm an Oscar-winning soundtrack by Isaac Hayes and a magnetic performance by Richard Roundtree. This film and Melvin Van Peebles' "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" 1971 set the standard for what would become "Blaxploitation" a highly stylized violent and most importantly funky genre. Followed by "Shaft's Big Score!" 1972 and "Shaft in Africa" 1973. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 7 10-11 13 23 28 38 46 48 72 188. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. 162342N.p.: N.p. 1973. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1973 Australian softcore film. In therapy a waterbed salesman ponders his irresistibility to women. Shot on location in Victoria Australia. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
