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1968Best.-Nr. 156781Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Second Revised Final script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and title page. After the Civil War a Union officer and a Confederate officer are forced to band together in order to defend their respective traveling parties against bandits and revolutionaries. Shot on location in Sonora and Zacatecas Mexico and in Baton Rouge Louisiana. Cream titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper and production No. 175 dated December 3 1968. Title page present dated December 3 1968 noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL with a credit for screenwriter James Lee Barrett and story credits for Stanley Hough. 168 leaves with last page of text numbered 165. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus slightly yapped at the fore-edges bound internally with three gold brads. Housed in a custom brown quarter-leather clamshell box. Pitts 4638. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1963Best.-Nr. 151273N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the 1963 film noir. A wonderful fourth wall version of the film's most classic shot only this one including cinematographer Douglas Slocombe director Joseph Losey actor James Fox not in the original scene and a crew member adjusting the chandelier all in the reverse mirror image. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The first of director 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. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light wear to the corners. Spicer UK. N.p. unknown
1963Best.-Nr. 151273N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the 1963 film noir. A wonderful fourth wall version of the film's most classic shot only this one including cinematographer Douglas Slocombe director Joseph Losey actor James Fox not in the original scene and a crew member adjusting the chandelier all in the reverse mirror image. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The first of director 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. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light wear to the corners. Spicer UK. N.p. unknown books
1980Best.-Nr. 161094N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for the 1980 film with annotations in manuscript ink on the versos of the title page and page two and brief annotations on three additional pages. Based on the 1979 play by Ernest Thompson. One of the best stage-to-film adaptations of the 1980s buoyed by Henry Fonda's career-capping performance and a heart-rending screen adaptation by Thompson. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Screenplay Best Actor for Fonda and Best Actress for Katharine Hepburn and nominated for seven others including Best Picture. Set in Maine shot on location in New Hampshire. Front wrapper integral with the title page dated March 28 1980 with credit for screenwriter Ernest Thompson. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine overall bound with two gold brads. Housed in a blue cloth covered clamshell box with label printed on spine. N.p. unknown
1980Best.-Nr. 161094N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for the 1980 film with annotations in manuscript ink on the versos of the title page and page two and brief annotations on three additional pages. Based on the 1979 play by Ernest Thompson. One of the best stage-to-film adaptations of the 1980s buoyed by Henry Fonda's career-capping performance and a heart-rending screen adaptation by Thompson. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Screenplay Best Actor for Fonda and Best Actress for Katharine Hepburn and nominated for seven others including Best Picture. Set in Maine shot on location in New Hampshire. Front wrapper integral with the title page dated March 28 1980 with credit for screenwriter Ernest Thompson. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine overall bound with two gold brads. Housed in a blue cloth covered clamshell box with label printed on spine. N.p. unknown books
1960Best.-Nr. 150794UK: Warwick Film Productions 1960. Collection of 36 vintage reference photographs from the 1960 UK musical comedy. Two photographs depict camera crews at work on the set. One photograph with the stamp of UK distributor Eros Films on the verso a second photograph with a mimeo snipe from US distributor Columbia Pictures on the verso. After bragging about his nonexistent skills as a burglar an electrician gets mixed up with a gang of thieves planning a heist and hides out on jazz boat cruising down the Thames. Featuring music by British big band leader Ted Heath and his orchestra. 8 x 10 and 10 x8 inches. Photographs various Very Good plus to Near Fine. Warwick Film Productions unknown
1960Best.-Nr. 150794UK: Warwick Film Productions 1960. Collection of 36 vintage reference photographs from the 1960 UK musical comedy. Two photographs depict camera crews at work on the set. One photograph with the stamp of UK distributor Eros Films on the verso a second photograph with a mimeo snipe from US distributor Columbia Pictures on the verso. After bragging about his nonexistent skills as a burglar an electrician gets mixed up with a gang of thieves planning a heist and hides out on jazz boat cruising down the Thames. Featuring music by British big band leader Ted Heath and his orchestra. 8 x 10 and 10 x8 inches. Photographs various Very Good plus to Near Fine. Warwick Film Productions unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 165389London: Kestrel Films 1971. Draft script for the 1971 film seen here under the working title "Scenes of Family Life." Copy belonging to an unidentified cast or crew member with their annotations relating to props and set design on several pages in the script. Loosely based on David Mercer's 1967 television play "In Two Minds" which was based in turn on a case detailed in psychiatrist R.D. Laing's 1960 book "The Divided Mind." A conservative working class couple is shocked when their unmarried daughter reveals she is pregnant and force her to have an abortion resulting in detrimental effects to her emotional and mental health. Director Ken Loach's third feature film following his breakthrough 1969 film "Kes." Red titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for Mercer. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered 68. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong. Kestrel Films unknown
1971Best.-Nr. 165389London: Kestrel Films 1971. Draft script for the 1971 film seen here under the working title "Scenes of Family Life." Copy belonging to an unidentified cast or crew member with their annotations relating to props and set design on several pages in the script. Loosely based on David Mercer's 1967 television play "In Two Minds" which was based in turn on a case detailed in psychiatrist R.D. Laing's 1960 book "The Divided Mind." A conservative working class couple is shocked when their unmarried daughter reveals she is pregnant and force her to have an abortion resulting in detrimental effects to her emotional and mental health. Director Ken Loach's third feature film following his breakthrough 1969 film "Kes." Red titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for Mercer. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered 68. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong. Kestrel Films unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 143231Tokyo: Shochiku Company 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. Copy belonging to an unknown cast or crew member with their annotations in manuscript pencil throughout. Based on Yukio Mishima's 1961 stage adaptation of Edogawa Ranpo's 1934 novel. A cunning lady thief known as the Black Lizard tries to kidnap a wealthy jeweler's daughter as part of a plot to steal her father's priceless Star of Egypt diamond. Set in Tokyo. White titled perfect-bound wrappers dated 1968.6.17. 126 pages with last page of text numbered d-34. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good lightly foxed overall. Shochiku Company unknown
1968Best.-Nr. 143231Tokyo: Shochiku Company 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. Copy belonging to an unknown cast or crew member with their annotations in manuscript pencil throughout. Based on Yukio Mishima's 1961 stage adaptation of Edogawa Ranpo's 1934 novel. A cunning lady thief known as the Black Lizard tries to kidnap a wealthy jeweler's daughter as part of a plot to steal her father's priceless Star of Egypt diamond. Set in Tokyo. White titled perfect-bound wrappers dated 1968.6.17. 126 pages with last page of text numbered d-34. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good lightly foxed overall. Shochiku Company unknown books
1943Best.-Nr. 147112Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1943. Second Revised Final draft script for the 1944 film. A few annotations of names or checks in manuscript pencil on the top outer corner of verso. A dramatization of the trials that took place in Japan during World War II eight American aircrew members are taken prisoner by the Japanese Army. The soldiers are forced to endure systematic torture and abuse and finally accused convicted and executed as war criminals. This film brought opposition from the Department of Defense fearing strong reactions from the Japanese. Set in Japan shot on location in Washington DC. Beige titled wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 229 and production No. 936 dated OCT. 14 1943. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated October 14 1943 noted as 2nd Revised Final. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/20/43 and 12/6/43. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1943Best.-Nr. 147112Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1943. Second Revised Final draft script for the 1944 film. A few annotations of names or checks in manuscript pencil on the top outer corner of verso. A dramatization of the trials that took place in Japan during World War II eight American aircrew members are taken prisoner by the Japanese Army. The soldiers are forced to endure systematic torture and abuse and finally accused convicted and executed as war criminals. This film brought opposition from the Department of Defense fearing strong reactions from the Japanese. Set in Japan shot on location in Washington DC. Beige titled wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 229 and production No. 936 dated OCT. 14 1943. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated October 14 1943 noted as 2nd Revised Final. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/20/43 and 12/6/43. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 149639Paris: Nouvelles editions de films 1967. Two vintage borderless double weight photographs from the set of the 1967 film. The first photograph shows Louis Malle and Jean-Paul Belmondo who is in costume conferring on the set. With the stamp of photographer Vincent Rossel and the name of the film as well as manuscript annotations regarding layout on the verso. The second photograph shows director Louis Malle standing with his back to the camera and other crew members at work on a rooftop in preparation for a scene. A few penciled annotations on the verso. Based on the 1897 novel by Georges Darien. After his inheritance is stolen by his uncle a young man embarks on a life of crime to win back what was taken from him. Set and shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Nouvelles editions de films unknown
1967Best.-Nr. 149639Paris: Nouvelles editions de films 1967. Two vintage borderless double weight photographs from the set of the 1967 film. The first photograph shows Louis Malle and Jean-Paul Belmondo who is in costume conferring on the set. With the stamp of photographer Vincent Rossel and the name of the film as well as manuscript annotations regarding layout on the verso. The second photograph shows director Louis Malle standing with his back to the camera and other crew members at work on a rooftop in preparation for a scene. A few penciled annotations on the verso. Based on the 1897 novel by Georges Darien. After his inheritance is stolen by his uncle a young man embarks on a life of crime to win back what was taken from him. Set and shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Nouvelles editions de films unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 148783Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1968. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1967 French film. Buñuel's first color film about a bored and directionless young housewife who begins working in a brothel while her husband is at work with tragic consequences for him and a jealous client involved in organized crime. Winner of the Golden Lion at the 1967 Venice Film Festival. Set in and shot on location in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Rosenbaum 1000. Ebert I. Criterion Collection 593. Allied Artists unknown
1968Best.-Nr. 148783Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1968. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1967 French film. Buñuel's first color film about a bored and directionless young housewife who begins working in a brothel while her husband is at work with tragic consequences for him and a jealous client involved in organized crime. Winner of the Golden Lion at the 1967 Venice Film Festival. Set in and shot on location in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Rosenbaum 1000. Ebert I. Criterion Collection 593. Allied Artists unknown books
1992Best.-Nr. 163845N.p.: N.p. 1992. Third Draft script for the 1993 neo-noir film. Actor Charles Hallahan's copy with his lines highlighted in yellow on pages 44 through 46. McCurdy plays the role of the doctor who examines the corpse of what appears to be Madonna's first unfortunate victim. Against his better judgment a married lawyer agrees to defend a woman suspected of murdering her husband and soon begins a sadomasochistic affair with her. Shot on location in Portland Oregon and Olympia Washington. White titled front self-wrapper yellow rear wrapper noted as THIRD DRAFT on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Brad Mirman. Title page integral with front self-wrapper. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Silver & Ursini American Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown
1992Best.-Nr. 163845N.p.: N.p. 1992. Third Draft script for the 1993 neo-noir film. Actor Charles Hallahan's copy with his lines highlighted in yellow on pages 44 through 46. McCurdy plays the role of the doctor who examines the corpse of what appears to be Madonna's first unfortunate victim. Against his better judgment a married lawyer agrees to defend a woman suspected of murdering her husband and soon begins a sadomasochistic affair with her. Shot on location in Portland Oregon and Olympia Washington. White titled front self-wrapper yellow rear wrapper noted as THIRD DRAFT on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Brad Mirman. Title page integral with front self-wrapper. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Silver & Ursini American Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown books
1945Best.-Nr. 150438Paris: Pathe 1945. Two vintage oversize double weight borderless studio still photographs from the 1945 French film one showing actress Arletty in costume as the courtesan Garance reclining on a couch the other showing the interior of the Grand Theatre where actor Pierre Brasseur is performing. An influential classic of French cinema following a courtesan in nineteenth century Paris who finds her attentions torn between four possible suitors-a mime an actor a thief and an aristocrat. Set and shot on location in France. 11 x 9 inches. Very Good plus one with pinholes and brief wear to the corners and one with a small closed tear to the top left corner. Criterion Collection 141. Ebert II. Rosenbaum 1000. Pathe unknown books
1956Best.-Nr. 164217Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Three vintage studio still photographs and three vintage reference photographs from the 1956 film all six showing actress Marilyn Monroe. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso and two with provenance stamps and labels on the same. Of particular note is a photograph of a large-scale bus advertisement for the film's premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre showing Monroe stretched across the top of a Metro Bus in Los Angeles. Based on the 1955 play by William Inge about a cowboy who attempts to force his romantic interest a saloon singer to marry him and live together in Montana. Shot on location in Arizona Idaho and California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Very Good three with ink annotations on the recto margins. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1956Best.-Nr. 164217Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Three vintage studio still photographs and three vintage reference photographs from the 1956 film all six showing actress Marilyn Monroe. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso and two with provenance stamps and labels on the same. Of particular note is a photograph of a large-scale bus advertisement for the film's premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre showing Monroe stretched across the top of a Metro Bus in Los Angeles. Based on the 1955 play by William Inge about a cowboy who attempts to force his romantic interest a saloon singer to marry him and live together in Montana. Shot on location in Arizona Idaho and California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Very Good three with ink annotations on the recto margins. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1953Best.-Nr. 172902N.p.: N.p. 1953. Eight vintage reference photographs from the 1953 film. Two photographs with cropping annotations on the verso and one photograph with cropping annotations on the verso and a tipped-on overlay with additional cropping annotations. Based on the 1951 short story "Cyclists' Raid" by Frank Rooney. Widely considered the original outlaw motorcycle gang film firmly installing the rebel biker figure as an American cultural icon and launching Marlon Brando's career from initial stardom into infamy. Set in Wrightsville CA shot on location in Southern California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. Weldon 1983. N.p. unknown
1953Best.-Nr. 172902N.p.: N.p. 1953. Eight vintage reference photographs from the 1953 film. Two photographs with cropping annotations on the verso and one photograph with cropping annotations on the verso and a tipped-on overlay with additional cropping annotations. Based on the 1951 short story "Cyclists' Raid" by Frank Rooney. Widely considered the original outlaw motorcycle gang film firmly installing the rebel biker figure as an American cultural icon and launching Marlon Brando's career from initial stardom into infamy. Set in Wrightsville CA shot on location in Southern California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. Weldon 1983. N.p. unknown books
1995Best.-Nr. 149323Universal City: Universal Pictures 1995. Two truly striking vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1995 film each demonstrating the film's true aspect ratio. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout and the printed label of the film's still photographer Phillip V. Caruso to the verso. Shown in the two photographs are Scorsese working with actors and crew on the expansive casino floor set. Also shown are Robert De Niro Don Rickles Billy Crystal and others. Based on screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi's 1995 nonfiction book "Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas." Martin Scorsese's fifteenth film one of his finest a fast-paced bloody tale following a low-level mobster and gambling expert who climbs to power at the Mafia-run Tangiers Casino in the 1970s. Set and shot on location in Las Vegas with casino scenes shot at the Riviera. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Universal Pictures unknown