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1948Best.-Nr. 142958New York: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1948. Treatment script for an unproduced film as well as a produced radio broadcast script for the May 25th1948 CBS radio adaptation. Manuscript ink on front wrapper noting title screenwriter Daniel Tardash and story based on the 1946 novel by Isak Dinesen writing under the pseudonym of Pierre Andrezel. Daniel Taradash would go on win an Academy Award for his 1954 adaptation of "From Here it Eternity." Set in 1840s France. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Treatment with credits for screenwriter Daniel Tardash. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 164198Universal City: Universal Pictures 1968. Vintage banner poster for US release of the 1967 Japanese-American kaiju film. Rare in this size format. The fourth film in the King Kong franchise. Loosely based on the animated Rankin/Bass' television series "The King Kong Show" the first anime-based series produced in Japan for an American company which was aired on ABC from 1966 through 1969 and the second and final Toho-produced film featuring King Kong preceded by the 1963 film "King Kong vs. Godzilla" until the 2021 film "Godzilla vs. Kong." A robot duplicate of King Kong Mechani-Kong is manufactured to dig for the highly radioactive Element X. When Mechani-Kong is unable to dig for the material the evil Doctor Who and Madame Piranha decide to kidnap the real Kong. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good with a chip missing at the top left corner several closed tears to the bottom right margin and cello and paper tape repairs to the verso of the bottom right. Colors bright and unfaded. Universal Pictures unknown
1968Best.-Nr. 164198Universal City: Universal Pictures 1968. Vintage banner poster for US release of the 1967 Japanese-American kaiju film. Rare in this size format. The fourth film in the King Kong franchise. Loosely based on the animated Rankin/Bass' television series "The King Kong Show" the first anime-based series produced in Japan for an American company which was aired on ABC from 1966 through 1969 and the second and final Toho-produced film featuring King Kong preceded by the 1963 film "King Kong vs. Godzilla" until the 2021 film "Godzilla vs. Kong." A robot duplicate of King Kong Mechani-Kong is manufactured to dig for the highly radioactive Element X. When Mechani-Kong is unable to dig for the material the evil Doctor Who and Madame Piranha decide to kidnap the real Kong. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good with a chip missing at the top left corner several closed tears to the bottom right margin and cello and paper tape repairs to the verso of the bottom right. Colors bright and unfaded. Universal Pictures unknown books
1987Best.-Nr. 152834N.p.: Taft Entertainment / Keith Barish Productions 1987. Second Draft script for the 1987 film. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning 1983 novel by William Kennedy who also wrote the screenplay about an alcoholic drifter who returns to his hometown to meet his lover and drinking companion. Nominated for two Academy Awards. White titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 17 1987 noted as Second Draft with credit for Kennedy and director Hector Babenco. Taft Entertainment / Keith Barish Productions unknown
1987Best.-Nr. 152834N.p.: Taft Entertainment / Keith Barish Productions 1987. Second Draft script for the 1987 film. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning 1983 novel by William Kennedy who also wrote the screenplay about an alcoholic drifter who returns to his hometown to meet his lover and drinking companion. Nominated for two Academy Awards. White titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 17 1987 noted as Second Draft with credit for Kennedy and director Hector Babenco. Taft Entertainment / Keith Barish Productions unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 159120N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1967 film. A masterpiece of French cinema. Using his own money director Jacques Tati meticulously constructed a second "Paris" outside of Paris for the third-and most magnificent-of the four Hulot films following "Monsieur Hulot's Holiday" 1953 and "Mon Oncle" 1958. The third feature finds him in the much-modernized heart of the city with its complexities unfolding revolving deconstructing and reconstructing before his eyes. Set in Paris. Approximately 9.5 x 12 inches. Light wear at the corners else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. 145963Beverly Hills CA: James B. Harris Productions 1973. Draft script for the 1973 cult film here under the working title "Never Call It Loving." Based on John Collier's 1938 short story. A woman drugged and kept asleep for years as a carnival attraction is bought and awakened by a jazz musician. The musician begins to realize however that reality will never measure up to his fantasies of his "sleeping dream girl." Shot on location in California. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director James B. Harris and story credit to John Collier. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Typescript rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/28/72 and 2/14/72. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing bound with two silver brads. Etiquette Pictures 3. Rosenbaum 1000. James B. Harris Productions unknown
1973Best.-Nr. 145963Beverly Hills CA: James B. Harris Productions 1973. Draft script for the 1973 cult film here under the working title "Never Call It Loving." Based on John Collier's 1938 short story. A woman drugged and kept asleep for years as a carnival attraction is bought and awakened by a jazz musician. The musician begins to realize however that reality will never measure up to his fantasies of his "sleeping dream girl." Shot on location in California. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director James B. Harris and story credit to John Collier. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Typescript rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/28/72 and 2/14/72. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing bound with two silver brads. Etiquette Pictures 3. Rosenbaum 1000. James B. Harris Productions unknown books
1935Best.-Nr. 149372Marseille: Les Films Marcel Pagnol 1935. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1935 film showing director Jean Renoir and actors Charles Blavette and Celia Montalvan on location during filming of the 1935 film. With the stamps of photographer Roger Corbeau and Cinemonde to the verso. Renoir's seventh sound film and an early example of the director's influence on both the French Left Bank and Italian neorealist movements. Renoir cast primarily non-professional actors and shot on location to craft the story of a group of immigrants working in a small town in Provence. Set and shot on location in the south of France. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine lightly and evenly toned. Les Films Marcel Pagnol unknown
1935Best.-Nr. 149372Marseille: Les Films Marcel Pagnol 1935. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1935 film showing director Jean Renoir and actors Charles Blavette and Celia Montalvan on location during filming of the 1935 film. With the stamps of photographer Roger Corbeau and Cinemonde to the verso. Renoir's seventh sound film and an early example of the director's influence on both the French Left Bank and Italian neorealist movements. Renoir cast primarily non-professional actors and shot on location to craft the story of a group of immigrants working in a small town in Provence. Set and shot on location in the south of France. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine lightly and evenly toned. Les Films Marcel Pagnol unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 149515France: Athos Films / Chaumiane / Filmstudio 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 French film. With the stamp of still photographer Georges Pierre on the verso. Jean-Luc Godard's neo-noir foray into science fiction following a secret agent in a dystopian future who is assigned to kill the machine intelligence that rules over a fascist state. Shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 25. Rosenbaum 1000. Grant US. Godard Histoires du cinema. Athos Films / Chaumiane / Filmstudio unknown
1965Best.-Nr. 149515France: Athos Films / Chaumiane / Filmstudio 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 French film. With the stamp of still photographer Georges Pierre on the verso. Jean-Luc Godard's neo-noir foray into science fiction following a secret agent in a dystopian future who is assigned to kill the machine intelligence that rules over a fascist state. Shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 25. Rosenbaum 1000. Grant US. Godard Histoires du cinema. Athos Films / Chaumiane / Filmstudio unknown books
1988Best.-Nr. 142577N.p.: Millimeter Films 1988. Vintage First Re-Write script for the 1989 film. A rare example of a sequel that rivals its predecessor. Following up on the cult horror classic "The Stepfather" Terry O'Quinn reprises his pitch-perfect role as a psychotic killer escaped from an insane asylum who obsessed with "family values" marries into broken homes and murders his new family when he is inevitably unsatisfied with the results. Set in Los Angeles shot on location in Vancouver and California. Cream untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as copy No. 172 dated November 15 1988 with a credit for screenwriter John Auerbach. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Noted at copy No. 79 in manuscript ink on the title page. Xerographic duplication first generation photocopy with punch holes with blue revision pages throughout dated 12/07/88. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Millimeter Films unknown
1988Best.-Nr. 142577N.p.: Millimeter Films 1988. Vintage First Re-Write script for the 1989 film. A rare example of a sequel that rivals its predecessor. Following up on the cult horror classic "The Stepfather" Terry O'Quinn reprises his pitch-perfect role as a psychotic killer escaped from an insane asylum who obsessed with "family values" marries into broken homes and murders his new family when he is inevitably unsatisfied with the results. Set in Los Angeles shot on location in Vancouver and California. Cream untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as copy No. 172 dated November 15 1988 with a credit for screenwriter John Auerbach. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Noted at copy No. 79 in manuscript ink on the title page. Xerographic duplication first generation photocopy with punch holes with blue revision pages throughout dated 12/07/88. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Millimeter Films unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 149479London: Island Records 1972. Three vintage matte-finish studio still photographs from the 1972 film. Loosely based on the early years of real-life Jamaican outlaw Rhyging who rose to prominence as a folk hero in the 1940s. Ska and reggae musician Jimmy Cliff's film debut in which Cliff stars as a young man from rural Jamaica who moves to Kingston with dreams of fame and fortune as a singer but is waylaid by corrupt record producers and criminal enterprises. One of the first films to feature black Jamaicans speaking Jamaican Patois and whose soundtrack played a key role in popularizing reggae music worldwide. Set and shot on location in Kingston Jamaica. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned. Criterion Collection 83. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 50 150. Island Records unknown
1972Best.-Nr. 149479London: Island Records 1972. Three vintage matte-finish studio still photographs from the 1972 film. Loosely based on the early years of real-life Jamaican outlaw Rhyging who rose to prominence as a folk hero in the 1940s. Ska and reggae musician Jimmy Cliff's film debut in which Cliff stars as a young man from rural Jamaica who moves to Kingston with dreams of fame and fortune as a singer but is waylaid by corrupt record producers and criminal enterprises. One of the first films to feature black Jamaicans speaking Jamaican Patois and whose soundtrack played a key role in popularizing reggae music worldwide. Set and shot on location in Kingston Jamaica. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned. Criterion Collection 83. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 50 150. Island Records unknown books
2005Best.-Nr. 159991N.p.: N.p. 2005. Vintage location pictures binder for the 2006 film here under the working title "M:1-3" belonging to Pierre Cheminat assistant to Action Unit Director and Second Unit Director Vic Armstrong with the name "P. Cheminat" the working title and "Location Pictures" "Location Pix" printed on green paper inlaid on the front and spine of the binder. The location pictures binder contains 101 location photographs divided into 19 tabbed location categories with each photograph printed on heavyweight satin-finish paper and titled on the top left. Examples of the categories include: "Ext. Vatican Walls Cheat" "Int/Ext. Caserta Museum" "Ext. Tiber View Castello S.Angelo" "Electronics Mall" "Computer Smash Alley" "Safehouse" "Towers" "Car Chase" and "Limo Hook-Up." Full listing of categories and photographs available upon request. Based on the 1988-1990 ABC television series "Mission: Impossible" created by Bruce Geller and starring Peter Graves which was a continuation of the classic 1966-1973 CBS television series of the same name also created by Geller and starring Graves. The third installment of the incredibly popular film series produced by star Tom Cruise preceded by "Mission: Impossible 2" 2000 directed by John Woo and followed by "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" 2011 directed by Brad Bird. Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt a retired Mission Impossible Force agent and trainer who is forced to return to active duty to capture the elusive arms dealer Owen Davis in a memorable performance from Phillip Seymour Hoffman attempting to sell the world's most powerful nuclear device ever created the Rabbit's Foot. Set in and shot on location in the US Italy Rome Germany and China. 120 leaves. Pages Near Fine housed in a Near Fine white three-ring binder. N.p. unknown
2005Best.-Nr. 159991N.p.: N.p. 2005. Vintage location pictures binder for the 2006 film here under the working title "M:1-3" belonging to Pierre Cheminat assistant to Action Unit Director and Second Unit Director Vic Armstrong with the name "P. Cheminat" the working title and "Location Pictures" "Location Pix" printed on green paper inlaid on the front and spine of the binder. The location pictures binder contains 101 location photographs divided into 19 tabbed location categories with each photograph printed on heavyweight satin-finish paper and titled on the top left. Examples of the categories include: "Ext. Vatican Walls Cheat" "Int/Ext. Caserta Museum" "Ext. Tiber View Castello S.Angelo" "Electronics Mall" "Computer Smash Alley" "Safehouse" "Towers" "Car Chase" and "Limo Hook-Up." Full listing of categories and photographs available upon request. Based on the 1988-1990 ABC television series "Mission: Impossible" created by Bruce Geller and starring Peter Graves which was a continuation of the classic 1966-1973 CBS television series of the same name also created by Geller and starring Graves. The third installment of the incredibly popular film series produced by star Tom Cruise preceded by "Mission: Impossible 2" 2000 directed by John Woo and followed by "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" 2011 directed by Brad Bird. Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt a retired Mission Impossible Force agent and trainer who is forced to return to active duty to capture the elusive arms dealer Owen Davis in a memorable performance from Phillip Seymour Hoffman attempting to sell the world's most powerful nuclear device ever created the Rabbit's Foot. Set in and shot on location in the US Italy Rome Germany and China. 120 leaves. Pages Near Fine housed in a Near Fine white three-ring binder. N.p. unknown books
1969Best.-Nr. 147241N.p.: N.p. 1969. Revised draft script for an unproduced film carbon typescript on onionskin stock unbound housed in an envelope with a "Winkast Programming Limited" label with "Hadrian VII Screenplay Stage play" scratched out and "'THE TRUMPH' BY JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH" written in in green manuscript marker. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. Canadian economist diplomat and noted author John Kenneth Galbraith's adaptation of his 1968 novel "The Triumph" a political satire of a myopic and inept US foreign policy response to a revolution by a moderate liberal in a small Central American country. Title page present dated 29 May 1969 noted as Revised Draft with credits for author and screenwriter John Kenneth Galbraith. 168 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine envelope Very Good plus with some small closed tears unbound. N.p. unknown
1969Best.-Nr. 147241N.p.: N.p. 1969. Revised draft script for an unproduced film carbon typescript on onionskin stock unbound housed in an envelope with a "Winkast Programming Limited" label with "Hadrian VII Screenplay Stage play" scratched out and "'THE TRUMPH' BY JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH" written in in green manuscript marker. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. Canadian economist diplomat and noted author John Kenneth Galbraith's adaptation of his 1968 novel "The Triumph" a political satire of a myopic and inept US foreign policy response to a revolution by a moderate liberal in a small Central American country. Title page present dated 29 May 1969 noted as Revised Draft with credits for author and screenwriter John Kenneth Galbraith. 168 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine envelope Very Good plus with some small closed tears unbound. N.p. unknown books
1969Best.-Nr. 133623Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1969. Vintage black-and-white borderless reference photograph from the US release of the 1969 film. Jon Voight plays a naive Texan who moves to New York to hustle his body and finds himself in an unlikely friendship with an ailing con artist played by Dustin Hoffman. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Picture and nominated for four others. Set in New York and Texas shot on location in New York Texas Florida and New Jersey. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. National Film Registry. United Artists unknown
1969Best.-Nr. 133623Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1969. Vintage black-and-white borderless reference photograph from the US release of the 1969 film. Jon Voight plays a naive Texan who moves to New York to hustle his body and finds himself in an unlikely friendship with an ailing con artist played by Dustin Hoffman. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Picture and nominated for four others. Set in New York and Texas shot on location in New York Texas Florida and New Jersey. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. National Film Registry. United Artists unknown books
1935Best.-Nr. 135077Los Angeles: B.P. Schulberg Productions 1935. Vintage black-and-white photograph of Peter Lorre on the set seated with his script from the 1935 film. Photographed by A.L. Schaefer with his credit stamp on the verso as well as a stamp reading "PETER LORRE / COLUMBIA CONTRACT PLAYER." 8 x 10 inches. Fine. B.P. Schulberg Productions unknown
1935Best.-Nr. 135077Los Angeles: B.P. Schulberg Productions 1935. Vintage black-and-white photograph of Peter Lorre on the set seated with his script from the 1935 film. Photographed by A.L. Schaefer with his credit stamp on the verso as well as a stamp reading "PETER LORRE / COLUMBIA CONTRACT PLAYER." 8 x 10 inches. Fine. B.P. Schulberg Productions unknown books
1934Best.-Nr. 151492Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1934. Vintage borderless reference photographs of Josef von Sternberg on the set of the 1934 film. Mimeo snipe printed in English and Spanish on verso. Loosely based on the diary of Catherine the Great as edited by Manuel Komroff following her from childhood through her rise to Empress. Sternberg's sixth and penultimate film starring Marlene Dietrich. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Even fading else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 109. Ebert III. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorcese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Paramount Pictures unknown