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1984Best.-Nr. 137587Hollywood: The Ladd Company 1984. Original press kit for the 1984 Italian-American film. Included in the press kit are 24 black-and-white still photographs including one photograph of director Sergio Leone biographies of select cast and crew final credits production information and insight into Leone's process. Based on Harry Grey's 1952 novel "The Hoods." David Aaronson De Niro is a former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster who after thirty years of absence returns to Manhattan where he confronts the foibles of his past and the painful truth of his life to date. Actress Jennifer Connelly's film debut and director Leone's final film a film that like his similarly titled 1968 classic "One Upon a Time in the West" remains one of his few American productions. Film stills various sizes. Biographies credits and production information printed on 8 x 10 leaves corner-stapled rectos only. Stills and printed leaves Near Fine house in a Very Good plus full-color 9 x 12 studio single-pocket folder. The Ladd Company unknown books
1966Best.-Nr. 157627Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1966. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 Japanese film. Stamps of Nikkatsu Productions on the verso along with annotations in manuscript ink. A disillusioned pornographer tries to stay out of the clutches of the local mob while taking care of his ailing landlady and her children secretly spending time with his mistress and lusting after his teenage stepdaughter. 6 x 4.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 207. Nikkatsu unknown
1966Best.-Nr. 157627Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1966. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 Japanese film. Stamps of Nikkatsu Productions on the verso along with annotations in manuscript ink. A disillusioned pornographer tries to stay out of the clutches of the local mob while taking care of his ailing landlady and her children secretly spending time with his mistress and lusting after his teenage stepdaughter. 6 x 4.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 207. Nikkatsu unknown books
1985Best.-Nr. 141111N.p.: N.p. 1985. Revised Draft script for the 1985 play. Copy belonging to Peter Mark Richman who played the character of Lewis in this production with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and annotations throughout in manuscript ink. The story of a screenwriter living in Los Angeles who can not seem to finish any screenplays and thus is haunted by his unfinished characters including Adolf Eichmann a gorilla and a blue-collar worker named "The Raincoat." Steve Shagan was a critically acclaimed novelist playwright and screenwriter who came to prominence working on the television series "Tarzan." Throughout his long career he was nominated for both Academy Awards and Emmy Awards. Set in Los Angeles. Tan untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Revised Draft with credits for playwright Steve Shagan. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1985Best.-Nr. 141111N.p.: N.p. 1985. Revised Draft script for the 1985 play. Copy belonging to Peter Mark Richman who played the character of Lewis in this production with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and annotations throughout in manuscript ink. The story of a screenwriter living in Los Angeles who can not seem to finish any screenplays and thus is haunted by his unfinished characters including Adolf Eichmann a gorilla and a blue-collar worker named "The Raincoat." Steve Shagan was a critically acclaimed novelist playwright and screenwriter who came to prominence working on the television series "Tarzan." Throughout his long career he was nominated for both Academy Awards and Emmy Awards. Set in Los Angeles. Tan untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Revised Draft with credits for playwright Steve Shagan. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 150475Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1967. Vintage studio still photograph of director Stuart Rosenberg and actor Paul Newman on the set of the 1967 film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso. Based on the 1965 novel by Donn Pearce who co-wrote the screenplay about a convict who wins a bet to eat 50 hard-boiled eggs in an hour and later suffers a failure of communication with the warden. Winner of a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for George Kennedy and nominated for three others including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for Newman. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a light horizontal crease affecting the lower portion of the image. National Film Registry. Ebert III. Warner Brothers unknown
1967Best.-Nr. 150475Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1967. Vintage studio still photograph of director Stuart Rosenberg and actor Paul Newman on the set of the 1967 film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso. Based on the 1965 novel by Donn Pearce who co-wrote the screenplay about a convict who wins a bet to eat 50 hard-boiled eggs in an hour and later suffers a failure of communication with the warden. Winner of a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for George Kennedy and nominated for three others including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for Newman. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a light horizontal crease affecting the lower portion of the image. National Film Registry. Ebert III. Warner Brothers unknown books
1983Best.-Nr. 163380Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1983. Final script for the 1984 film. An aspiring country music star bets the owner of a nightclub that she can turn an ill-mannered New York cab driver into a singer. Set in New York and Tennessee shot on location in Santa Clarita and Piru California and in Leipers Fork Tennessee. Gray titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers dated September 22 1983 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated September 22 1983 noted as FINAL with credits for screenwriters Sylvester Stallone and Phil Alden Robinson. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/28/83 and 1/24/84. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1983Best.-Nr. 163380Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1983. Final script for the 1984 film. An aspiring country music star bets the owner of a nightclub that she can turn an ill-mannered New York cab driver into a singer. Set in New York and Tennessee shot on location in Santa Clarita and Piru California and in Leipers Fork Tennessee. Gray titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers dated September 22 1983 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated September 22 1983 noted as FINAL with credits for screenwriters Sylvester Stallone and Phil Alden Robinson. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/28/83 and 1/24/84. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1977Best.-Nr. 160639Paris: Trinacra Films 1977. Two vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1977 film. Reference number stamps on the verso of each. The last film in the original "Emmanuelle" trilogy following "Emmanuelle" 1974 directed by Just Jaeckin and starring Kristel and Alain Cuny and "Emmanuelle 2" 1975 directed by Francis Giacobetti and starring Kristel and Umberto Orsini. 9.5 x 7 inches. One with pinholes from a staple on the bottom right corner else Near Fine. Trinacra Films unknown
1977Best.-Nr. 160639Paris: Trinacra Films 1977. Two vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1977 film. Reference number stamps on the verso of each. The last film in the original "Emmanuelle" trilogy following "Emmanuelle" 1974 directed by Just Jaeckin and starring Kristel and Alain Cuny and "Emmanuelle 2" 1975 directed by Francis Giacobetti and starring Kristel and Umberto Orsini. 9.5 x 7 inches. One with pinholes from a staple on the bottom right corner else Near Fine. Trinacra Films unknown books
1983Best.-Nr. 170264N.p.: Arkoff International 1983. Final Shooting script for the 1984 comedy film seen here under the working title "Rafts." With rainbow revision pages throughout. Four undergraduates are blackmailed into competing in a collegiate raft race facing off against cheating Ivy League students military academy saboteurs and an amorous all-women team. Red untitled wrappers with the release title noted in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. Title page present dated May 3 1983 noted as Final Shooting Script with credit for screenwriter Jim Kouf. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between August 4 and 18 1983. Pages Very Good plus with moderate foxing throughout wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. McPadden Teen Movie Hell 335. Arkoff International unknown
1976Best.-Nr. 149916N.p.: N.p. 1976. Seven vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1976 Italian film. Based on the real Salon Kitty a cabaret and brothel used by Nazi secret intelligence to collect information on high-ranking SS commandants and foreign dignitaries during World War II. Heavily edited for its US release with many political elements purged in order to market the film as a sexploitation production. Considered one of the progenitors of the Nazi exploitation genre. Set in Berlin. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Blue Underground. N.p. unknown
1976Best.-Nr. 149916N.p.: N.p. 1976. Seven vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1976 Italian film. Based on the real Salon Kitty a cabaret and brothel used by Nazi secret intelligence to collect information on high-ranking SS commandants and foreign dignitaries during World War II. Heavily edited for its US release with many political elements purged in order to market the film as a sexploitation production. Considered one of the progenitors of the Nazi exploitation genre. Set in Berlin. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Blue Underground. N.p. unknown books
1969Best.-Nr. 149558London: New Cinema Presentations 1969. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1969 film. With the label of New Cinema Presentations on the verso. Based on Rochelle Owens' 1967 play wherein a farmer's sexual relationship with his pet pig sets off an erotic increasingly unhinged chain of events among the local hicks in his small town. Shot on location in Stockton California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. New Cinema Presentations unknown
1969Best.-Nr. 149558London: New Cinema Presentations 1969. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1969 film. With the label of New Cinema Presentations on the verso. Based on Rochelle Owens' 1967 play wherein a farmer's sexual relationship with his pet pig sets off an erotic increasingly unhinged chain of events among the local hicks in his small town. Shot on location in Stockton California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. New Cinema Presentations unknown books
1977Best.-Nr. 162549Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1977. Three vintage reference photographs from the American release of the 1977 Italian film all three showing actress Ursula Andress in the bath. A police commissioner teams up with a political activist to solve the murder of a prince. Set and shot on location in Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1977Best.-Nr. 162549Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1977. Three vintage reference photographs from the American release of the 1977 Italian film all three showing actress Ursula Andress in the bath. A police commissioner teams up with a political activist to solve the murder of a prince. Set and shot on location in Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 159627Los Angeles: Boxoffice International 1971. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 sexploitation film. A middling Spaghetti Western actor dreams that he has become Casanova the world's greatest lover after he is knocked unconscious during a sex party. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Boxoffice International unknown
1971Best.-Nr. 159627Los Angeles: Boxoffice International 1971. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 sexploitation film. A middling Spaghetti Western actor dreams that he has become Casanova the world's greatest lover after he is knocked unconscious during a sex party. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Boxoffice International unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 158640N.p.: Unknown 1965. Vintage press kit for the 1965 film. Pictorial white envelope containing seven studio still photographs and two matte-finish reference photographs and one newspaper clipping with an advertisement for the film. A European-style sexploitation film about a love triangle between one woman and two jealous men during a sailing trip to Catalina Island. Set in location in Los Angeles Catalina Island and Malibu. Envelope photographs and clipping Very Good plus with light offsetting on the envelope. Unknown unknown
1965Best.-Nr. 158640N.p.: Unknown 1965. Vintage press kit for the 1965 film. Pictorial white envelope containing seven studio still photographs and two matte-finish reference photographs and one newspaper clipping with an advertisement for the film. A European-style sexploitation film about a love triangle between one woman and two jealous men during a sailing trip to Catalina Island. Set in location in Los Angeles Catalina Island and Malibu. Envelope photographs and clipping Very Good plus with light offsetting on the envelope. Unknown unknown books
1953Best.-Nr. 146323N.p.: N.p. 1953. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Included with the script are four partially-bound identical sets of carbon typescript pages listing prospective filming locations and camerawork and two smaller unbound leaves one blank and one with manuscript ink annotations to the recto. Screenwriter Vera Caspary was best known for her 1942 novel "Laura" the basis for the classic 1944 film noir and the project that most strongly established her presence among Hollywood studios as a desirable writer for film. Years later however in the midst of the HUAC investigations Caspary became persona non grata as she had been an active member of the Communist Party in the 1930s and never fully shed her proletarian leanings. In order to avoid prosecution and the potential destruction of her career Caspary moved to Europe and spent several years searching for studio financing and writing film treatments including the never-produced "Street Song." The project tells the story of an acclaimed but vain opera singer who falls in with a group of street musicians and learns humility and ultimately love. Tall orange titled wrappers noted as Treatment on the front wrapper dated 14th April 1953 noted as Copy No. 15 with credits for screenwriter Vera Caspary. Title page present dated 14th April 1953 noted as Treatment with credits for Caspary. 77 leaves with last page of text numbered 76. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with some rust to the first few leaves and light foxing wrapper Very Good plus bound with green string. N.p. unknown
1953Best.-Nr. 146323N.p.: N.p. 1953. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Included with the script are four partially-bound identical sets of carbon typescript pages listing prospective filming locations and camerawork and two smaller unbound leaves one blank and one with manuscript ink annotations to the recto. Screenwriter Vera Caspary was best known for her 1942 novel "Laura" the basis for the classic 1944 film noir and the project that most strongly established her presence among Hollywood studios as a desirable writer for film. Years later however in the midst of the HUAC investigations Caspary became persona non grata as she had been an active member of the Communist Party in the 1930s and never fully shed her proletarian leanings. In order to avoid prosecution and the potential destruction of her career Caspary moved to Europe and spent several years searching for studio financing and writing film treatments including the never-produced "Street Song." The project tells the story of an acclaimed but vain opera singer who falls in with a group of street musicians and learns humility and ultimately love. Tall orange titled wrappers noted as Treatment on the front wrapper dated 14th April 1953 noted as Copy No. 15 with credits for screenwriter Vera Caspary. Title page present dated 14th April 1953 noted as Treatment with credits for Caspary. 77 leaves with last page of text numbered 76. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with some rust to the first few leaves and light foxing wrapper Very Good plus bound with green string. N.p. unknown books
1932Best.-Nr. 156217N.p.: N.p. 1932. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1932 pre-Code film showing director Victor Fleming and a camera crew watching as actors Clark Gable and Jean Harlow film an intimate scene. Based on the 1928 play by Wilson Collison about a love triangle on a rubber plantation in French Indochina. The film was the second of six films Gable and Harlow made together following "The Secret Six" in 1931. Basis for the 1953 John Ford film "Mogambo" starring Gable and Ava Gardner. Set in French Indochina. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with two short closed tears at the top edge repaired with paper tape on the verso. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown
