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1987réf. 171776N.p.: Handmade Films 1987. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1988 film including Jodie Foster as a young adult a young John Turturro and a photo showing director Tony Bill talking with Tim Robbins on the set. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. One of the most important independent films of the 1980s and the movie that launched Jodie Foster into her adult film career as well as one that featured striking early performances by John Turturro and Tim Robbins. A violent ex-con returns to his old neighborhood in the Bronx where he begins harassing a young woman whom he previously attempted to sexually assault. An early script by Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award-winning playwright and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley best known for "Moonstruck" 1987 and "Doubt" 2008. Set in 1960s New York and shot in New York on location. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine lightly toned to the edges. Handmade Films unknown books
1978réf. 169547N.p.: N.p. 1978. Four vintage borderless reference photographs of characters in various states of bodily distress from the 1978 film. A satirical low-budget cult classic wherein a school of flesh-eating piranhas is released into a summer resort's river. Purportedly named by Steven Spielberg as "the best of the Jaws rip-offs." Shot on location in California and Texas. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1978réf. 169547N.p.: N.p. 1978. Four vintage borderless reference photographs of characters in various states of bodily distress from the 1978 film. A satirical low-budget cult classic wherein a school of flesh-eating piranhas is released into a summer resort's river. Purportedly named by Steven Spielberg as "the best of the Jaws rip-offs." Shot on location in California and Texas. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1974réf. 169951Los Angeles: Rankin/Bass Productions 1974. Draft script for the 1974 animated Christmas television special originally aired on CBS on December 8 1974. From the archive of screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith. A children's Christmas tale loosely based on Clement Moore's classic 1823 poem. Although produced in the US the special was animated in Japan by Topcraft an animation studio later linked to Studio Ghibli. Topcraft would collaborate numerous times with Rankin/Bass throughout the 1970s and 1980s most notably on "The Hobbit" 1977 and "The Last Unicorn" 1982. Script housed in a mylar folder with a navy blue binding. Pink titled William Morris Agency wrappers. Title page present dated 3-12-74 with credits for Moore and screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith. 36 leaves with last page of text numbered 34. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrappers Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Rankin/Bass Productions unknown
1974réf. 169951Los Angeles: Rankin/Bass Productions 1974. Draft script for the 1974 animated Christmas television special originally aired on CBS on December 8 1974. From the archive of screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith. A children's Christmas tale loosely based on Clement Moore's classic 1823 poem. Although produced in the US the special was animated in Japan by Topcraft an animation studio later linked to Studio Ghibli. Topcraft would collaborate numerous times with Rankin/Bass throughout the 1970s and 1980s most notably on "The Hobbit" 1977 and "The Last Unicorn" 1982. Script housed in a mylar folder with a navy blue binding. Pink titled William Morris Agency wrappers. Title page present dated 3-12-74 with credits for Moore and screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith. 36 leaves with last page of text numbered 34. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrappers Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Rankin/Bass Productions unknown books
1944réf. 146004Hollywood: Republic Productions 1944. Shooting script for the 1944 film. Single manuscript pencil notation on the front wrapper. A physician researching life-after-death is possessed by the spirit of an executed murderer who uses the doctor's body to exact vengeance on those involved in his death. A Jekyll-and-Hyde-style supernatural horror B-movie unusual for Republic Productions who were better known for their Western pictures. Tan partial titled wrapper noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper noted as production No. 1463 dated October 3 1944 with credits for screenwriter John K. Butler. Title page integral to the first page of text dated October 3 1944. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered 80. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 10/14/44. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with splashes on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Republic Productions unknown
1944réf. 146004Hollywood: Republic Productions 1944. Shooting script for the 1944 film. Single manuscript pencil notation on the front wrapper. A physician researching life-after-death is possessed by the spirit of an executed murderer who uses the doctor's body to exact vengeance on those involved in his death. A Jekyll-and-Hyde-style supernatural horror B-movie unusual for Republic Productions who were better known for their Western pictures. Tan partial titled wrapper noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper noted as production No. 1463 dated October 3 1944 with credits for screenwriter John K. Butler. Title page integral to the first page of text dated October 3 1944. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered 80. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 10/14/44. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with splashes on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Republic Productions unknown books
1980réf. 142430New York: LaMarca Productions 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film based on the 1960 novel by John Hersey. A satire about the American educational system in which a man tries to buy a smart young child with a difficult home life in order to utilize him in an experiment to engineer super-intelligent humans. Adaptation written by Lee Minoff writer of the screenplay for the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine." Tan untitled agency wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lee Minoff and novelist John Hersey. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 145. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. LaMarca Productions unknown
1980réf. 142430New York: LaMarca Productions 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film based on the 1960 novel by John Hersey. A satire about the American educational system in which a man tries to buy a smart young child with a difficult home life in order to utilize him in an experiment to engineer super-intelligent humans. Adaptation written by Lee Minoff writer of the screenplay for the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine." Tan untitled agency wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lee Minoff and novelist John Hersey. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 145. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. LaMarca Productions unknown books
1950réf. 159942Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1950. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1950 film noir. From the collection of Joel Finler. Based on the 1949 novel by W.R. Burnett and hugely influential as one of the earliest films in the heist film sub-genre. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Selby US Masterworks. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Criterion Collection 847. National Film Registry. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1949réf. 159895Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1949. Vintage reference photograph of director John Huston talking with actors Jennifer Jones and Walter Huston on the set of the 1949 film. Printed mimeo snipe provenance label and date stamp on the verso. Loosely based on Robert Sylvester's 1948 novel "China Valdez" about a group of Cuban revolutionaries as they attempt to overthrow Gerardo Machado's government. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased and worn at the corners. Columbia Pictures unknown
1949réf. 159895Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1949. Vintage reference photograph of director John Huston talking with actors Jennifer Jones and Walter Huston on the set of the 1949 film. Printed mimeo snipe provenance label and date stamp on the verso. Loosely based on Robert Sylvester's 1948 novel "China Valdez" about a group of Cuban revolutionaries as they attempt to overthrow Gerardo Machado's government. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased and worn at the corners. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1950réf. 159942Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1950. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1950 film noir. From the collection of Joel Finler. Based on the 1949 novel by W.R. Burnett and hugely influential as one of the earliest films in the heist film sub-genre. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Selby US Masterworks. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Criterion Collection 847. National Film Registry. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1985réf. 162764Wembley: Lee International Film Studios 1985. Final Draft script for the 1985 television movie originally aired on December 2 1985 on NBC and seen here under the working title "Imagine: John and Yoko." Single annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting "Final Script" and copied annotations on three leaves. A dramatization of the relationship between John Lennon and Yoko Ono from their first meeting in 1966 to Lennon's murder by Mark David Chapman in 1980. Shot on location in London and New York. Gray generic Carson Productions Group wrappers. Title page present dated 11th July 1985 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credit for director-screenwriter Sandor Stern. 160 leaves with last page of text numbered 157. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Lee International Film Studios unknown
1985réf. 162764Wembley: Lee International Film Studios 1985. Final Draft script for the 1985 television movie originally aired on December 2 1985 on NBC and seen here under the working title "Imagine: John and Yoko." Single annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting "Final Script" and copied annotations on three leaves. A dramatization of the relationship between John Lennon and Yoko Ono from their first meeting in 1966 to Lennon's murder by Mark David Chapman in 1980. Shot on location in London and New York. Gray generic Carson Productions Group wrappers. Title page present dated 11th July 1985 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credit for director-screenwriter Sandor Stern. 160 leaves with last page of text numbered 157. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Lee International Film Studios unknown books
1951réf. 150354N.p.: N.p. 1951. Vintage oversize black and white publicity portrait photograph of actor John Wayne from the 1951 film. The crew of a US submarine during World War II encounters a Japanese aircraft carrier in the middle of a secret rescue mission but trouble arises when they discover their torpedoes are defective. Set in the Pacific Ocean. 11 x 14 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned overall with light wear to the corners. N.p. unknown
1951réf. 150354N.p.: N.p. 1951. Vintage oversize black and white publicity portrait photograph of actor John Wayne from the 1951 film. The crew of a US submarine during World War II encounters a Japanese aircraft carrier in the middle of a secret rescue mission but trouble arises when they discover their torpedoes are defective. Set in the Pacific Ocean. 11 x 14 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned overall with light wear to the corners. N.p. unknown books
1974réf. 149688N.p.: N.p. 1974. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1974 British film. A young writer accepts a weekend invitation to visit her reclusive friend's country mansion unaware that her friend and the house itself hold a variety of dark secrets. Set and shot on location in England. 10 x 7.5 inches. Very Good lightly and evenly toned. N.p. unknown
1974réf. 149688N.p.: N.p. 1974. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1974 British film. A young writer accepts a weekend invitation to visit her reclusive friend's country mansion unaware that her friend and the house itself hold a variety of dark secrets. Set and shot on location in England. 10 x 7.5 inches. Very Good lightly and evenly toned. N.p. unknown books
1963réf. 162366N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the 1963 film showing director Joseph L. Mankiewicz sitting on the set surrounded by crew members. Based on Carlo Maria Franzero's 1957 book "The Life and Times of Cleopatra." Twentieth Century-Fox's ambitious bank-breaking venture the most expensive production ever made at the time and the first film to pair Elizabeth Taylor with Richard Burton beginning their tumultuous love-hate relationship. Set in Egypt and Rome and shot on location in Spain and Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased at the corners. N.p. unknown
1963réf. 162366N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the 1963 film showing director Joseph L. Mankiewicz sitting on the set surrounded by crew members. Based on Carlo Maria Franzero's 1957 book "The Life and Times of Cleopatra." Twentieth Century-Fox's ambitious bank-breaking venture the most expensive production ever made at the time and the first film to pair Elizabeth Taylor with Richard Burton beginning their tumultuous love-hate relationship. Set in Egypt and Rome and shot on location in Spain and Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1964réf. 157694N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film showing director Joseph Losey on the set. One photograph with the stamp of Israel Film Archive and a printed mimeo label on the verso. Based on the 1964 play "Hamp" by John Wilson in turn based on the 1955 novel "Return to the Wood" by James Lansdale Hodson. During World War I a British soldier is accused of desertion after being the sole survivor of his a bloody attack. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1971réf. 149438London: EMI Films 1971. Vintage borderless double weight photograph of director Joseph Losey filming a scene on location in Norwich with actor Dominic Guard with cast and crew members looking on. With two printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. Based on L.P. Hartley's 1953 novel. A young boy acts as the go-between for a tenant farmer and a wealthy young woman engaged in an illicit affair. Screenwriter Harold Pinter's final collaboration with Losey following "The Servant" 1963 and "Accident" 1967. Set and shot on location in Norfolk England. 10 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. EMI Films unknown
1963réf. 146913N.p.: Estree Distributors 1963. Vintage borderless photograph of Sarah Miles and Joseph Losey on the set of the 1963 film. Crop annotations in manuscript marker on recto crop annotations in manuscript pencil and "Theo Cowan LTD" and "Paris-Presse" stamps and 1 1/4" mimeo snipe on the verso. The first of Joseph Losey's three legendary collaborations with screenwriter-playwright Harold Pinter a dark squeamish parable that tells a servant-becomes-master tale but goes beyond what could have been a mediocre finish and journeys into the psyche and personal problems of the servant himself. Stunningly photographed by Douglas Slocombe. A classic of 1960s British cinema. Set in and shot on location in London. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus some faint creasing. Estree Distributors unknown
1963réf. 149757N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1963 British film showing director Joseph Losey watching a scene between actors James Fox and Wendy Craig. The first of Joseph Losey's three legendary collaborations with screenwriter-playwright Harold Pinter a dark squeamish parable that tells a familiar servant-becomes-master tale but surpasses mediocrity through a journey into the psyche of the servant himself. Stunningly photographed by Douglas Slocombe. A classic of 1960s British cinema. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light wear to the corners. Spicer UK. N.p. unknown
