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1966Best.-Nr. 140950N.p.: N.p. 1966. Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to crew member James H. Ware. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" 1953 "Room at the Top" 1959 "Our Man in Havana" 1959 "Charade" 1963 and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1965. Based on the short story "The Skedule" by Helen H. Wilson about a prim and proper English woman and an Aussie traveling together through the Outback where an African Queen-esque romance soon develops. A pet project of Australian actor Rod Taylor who struggled from 1964 until 1974 to get this film made though he was ultimately unsuccessful. Set in Australia. Green blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated July 1966 with credits for screenwriter Ted Willis and author Helen H. Wilson. 144 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mechanical duplication with pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between September 24 1967 and September 26 1967. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1964Best.-Nr. 134845Various cities: Various studios 1964. Collection of 49 vintage still photographs from various film adaptations of Tennessee Williams plays. All stills are black and white and US issue unless otherwise noted. Included are: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 1951 Elia Kazan 1 press photograph of Marlon Brando and Kim Hunter with TCF stamp and press annotations on the verso. THE ROSE TATTOO 1955 Daniel Mann. 14 US studio photographs THE LONG HOT SUMMER 1958 Martin Ritt Eight British front of house cards. Front-of-house cards are the equivalent of US lobby cards but the same size as US color stills and typically have images that do not appear on US lobby cards and stills. 8 x 10 inches. Very minor wear at the extremities about Near Fine overall. A film based on several literary sources including William Faulkner's "The Hamlet" Faulkner short stories "Barn Burning" and "Spotted Horses" as well as Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER 1959 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1 press photograph of Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift with press annotations on the verso. 6 British front of house cards with the rating of "X" then in use in Great Britain. SUMMER AND SMOKE 1961 Peter Glenville 12 studio still photographs 2 with press annotations on the verso and 1 on the recto at the margin. SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH 1962 Richard Brooks. 1 still photograph of Paul Newman and Geraldine Page with a mimeo ditto-style snipe describing the scene printed on the verso. NIGHT OF THE IGUANA 1964 John Huston 1 still photograph of Richard Burton grabbing a long blade. Various studios unknown
1964Best.-Nr. 134845Various cities: Various studios 1964. Collection of 49 vintage still photographs from various film adaptations of Tennessee Williams plays. All stills are black and white and US issue unless otherwise noted. Included are: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 1951 Elia Kazan 1 press photograph of Marlon Brando and Kim Hunter with TCF stamp and press annotations on the verso. THE ROSE TATTOO 1955 Daniel Mann. 14 US studio photographs THE LONG HOT SUMMER 1958 Martin Ritt Eight British front of house cards. Front-of-house cards are the equivalent of US lobby cards but the same size as US color stills and typically have images that do not appear on US lobby cards and stills. 8 x 10 inches. Very minor wear at the extremities about Near Fine overall. A film based on several literary sources including William Faulkner's "The Hamlet" Faulkner short stories "Barn Burning" and "Spotted Horses" as well as Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER 1959 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1 press photograph of Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift with press annotations on the verso. 6 British front of house cards with the rating of "X" then in use in Great Britain. SUMMER AND SMOKE 1961 Peter Glenville 12 studio still photographs 2 with press annotations on the verso and 1 on the recto at the margin. SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH 1962 Richard Brooks. 1 still photograph of Paul Newman and Geraldine Page with a mimeo ditto-style snipe describing the scene printed on the verso. NIGHT OF THE IGUANA 1964 John Huston 1 still photograph of Richard Burton grabbing a long blade. Various studios unknown books
1994Best.-Nr. 167456Los Angeles: Miramax 1994. Vintage press kit for the 1994 film including 13 black-and-white studio still photographs and a 21-page gathering of promotional material issued by Miramax in conjunction with the film's release. Tarantino's masterful second film a noir-infused grouping of three stories told together in cutup style each with one violent narrative folding in on the next. Controversial winner of the Palme d'Or and winner of a Best Original Screenplay Oscar. Nominated for six more Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Supporting Actress for Uma Thurman Best Supporting Actor for Samuel L. Jackson and Best Actor for John Travolta. Set in Los Angeles shot on location throughout California. Photographs: 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Promotional gathering: 21 leaves unnumbered. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near Fine partially bound with a single staple at the top left corner. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Miramax unknown
1994Best.-Nr. 167456Los Angeles: Miramax 1994. Vintage press kit for the 1994 film including 13 black-and-white studio still photographs and a 21-page gathering of promotional material issued by Miramax in conjunction with the film's release. Tarantino's masterful second film a noir-infused grouping of three stories told together in cutup style each with one violent narrative folding in on the next. Controversial winner of the Palme d'Or and winner of a Best Original Screenplay Oscar. Nominated for six more Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Supporting Actress for Uma Thurman Best Supporting Actor for Samuel L. Jackson and Best Actor for John Travolta. Set in Los Angeles shot on location throughout California. Photographs: 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Promotional gathering: 21 leaves unnumbered. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near Fine partially bound with a single staple at the top left corner. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Miramax unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. 149309Neuilly-sur-Seine: Argos Films 1973. Vintage grande French poster for the 1973 erotic film. Borowczyk's fourth feature length film a sexually explicit time-traveling romp ranging from the bloodthirsty exploits of Elizabeth Bathory to a nineteenth-century country girl masturbating to thoughts of Jesus Christ. 47 x 63 inches. Linen backed and rolled. Near Fine. Argos Films unknown
1973Best.-Nr. 149309Neuilly-sur-Seine: Argos Films 1973. Vintage grande French poster for the 1973 erotic film. Borowczyk's fourth feature length film a sexually explicit time-traveling romp ranging from the bloodthirsty exploits of Elizabeth Bathory to a nineteenth-century country girl masturbating to thoughts of Jesus Christ. 47 x 63 inches. Linen backed and rolled. Near Fine. Argos Films unknown books
1940Best.-Nr. 150392Universal City: Universal Pictures 1940. Two vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1940 film. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Egbert Souse a slovenly drunk finds himself in several different positions of employment through sheer luck and happenstance. After being hired on the spot to replace a film crew's no-show movie director Souse unintentionally thwarts a bank robbery and is immediately offered a job as a security guard. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased on the edges. Universal Pictures unknown books
1996Best.-Nr. 155767Burbank CA: New Line Cinema 1996. Revised Draft script for the 1998 film copy belonging to Master Lead Painter Charlie Palazzo with the annotations in manuscript ink of "Charli P. / Print Dept." and copy number "301" on the front wrapper. "Blue Rev.1" script on blue paper dated 12/11/96 with copy number "707" in manuscript ink on the top right corner of the title page. Based on the Marvel Comics character created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan. Followed by two sequels "Blade II" 2002 directed by Guillermo del Toro and "Blade: Trinity" 2004 directed by screenwriter David S. Goyer all starring Wesley Snipes. Snipes stars as the Dhampir Blade a half-man half-vampire protecting the human race from evil vampires. The beginning of Marvel Comic's success in film adaptations which still continues unabatedly two and a half decades later. Set in and shot on location in Long Beach Death Valley and Los Angeles California and London Moscow and Vancouver. White titled self wrappers noted as Production Draft on the front wrapper dated 9/19/96 with credits for screenwriter David S. Goyer. Title page present dated 12/11/96 noted as "Blue Rev. 1" with credits for screenwriter David S. Goyer. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. New Line Cinema unknown
1996Best.-Nr. 155767Burbank CA: New Line Cinema 1996. Revised Draft script for the 1998 film copy belonging to Master Lead Painter Charlie Palazzo with the annotations in manuscript ink of "Charli P. / Print Dept." and copy number "301" on the front wrapper. "Blue Rev.1" script on blue paper dated 12/11/96 with copy number "707" in manuscript ink on the top right corner of the title page. Based on the Marvel Comics character created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan. Followed by two sequels "Blade II" 2002 directed by Guillermo del Toro and "Blade: Trinity" 2004 directed by screenwriter David S. Goyer all starring Wesley Snipes. Snipes stars as the Dhampir Blade a half-man half-vampire protecting the human race from evil vampires. The beginning of Marvel Comic's success in film adaptations which still continues unabatedly two and a half decades later. Set in and shot on location in Long Beach Death Valley and Los Angeles California and London Moscow and Vancouver. White titled self wrappers noted as Production Draft on the front wrapper dated 9/19/96 with credits for screenwriter David S. Goyer. Title page present dated 12/11/96 noted as "Blue Rev. 1" with credits for screenwriter David S. Goyer. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. New Line Cinema unknown books
1953Best.-Nr. 150345N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of actor Anthony Perkins barefoot on the set of "The Rainmaker" circa 1953. The original penciled notations on the verso indicate that Perkins was on the set to visit Wendell Corey. With the stamps of still photographer Bill Avery and editor Bud Fraker on the verso. Shot early in his career before Perkins played his best-known role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film "Psycho." Bill Avery worked as a photographer at Columbia Pictures in the early 20th century with a brief interlude working as a combat cameraman during World War II. He also worked at MGM under noted photographer C.S. Bill and occasionally worked as a freelance publicity photographer shooting iconic images of Elvis Presley Jack Lemmon Katharine and Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine among many others. Shot partially on location in Kanab Utah. 8.5 x 13.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 159089N.p.: United International Pictures 1975. Vintage one sheet poster for the US release of the 1974 film. The poster which features an image of Bruce Lee and declares "Bruce Lee / Is He Alive or Dead / What Really Happened Where How Why / The Life and Times of the King Dragon" did not in fact feature Lee nor was the film about Lee. Set during WWII two Japanese pardoned war criminals are given an undercover assignment at a lumberyard in occupied China. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with starting at the center folds and light chipping and small closed tears at the margins. United International Pictures unknown books
1984Best.-Nr. 167521Burbank CA: Pressman Productions 1984. First Draft script for the 1985 UK/US film circa 1984 with manuscript pencil annotations on the cast of characters page noting the actor's names adjacent to their characters. Based on the 1978 play by screenwriter David Hare. Spanning nearly 20 years in the life of Englishwoman Susan Traherne played by Meryl Streep the film follows her from her life-changing experiences as a French Resistance fighter during World War II to her life in post-war England which she finds inadequate and trivial her alienation often leading her to act with disregard for those around her. Nominated for two BAFTA Awards. Of note screenwriter Hare divided the script found here into eight segments of which there is a note on the first leaf that this was not for the viewing audience but for clarity in reading for the cast and crew. The eight segments are: "The War" "Europe On The Move" "Austerity" "Plenty" "Suez" "Iran" "The Crisis" and "Liberation." Set in and shot on location in London Brusels Belgium France and Tunisia. Front wrapper integral with first introductory note leaf. Title page present noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter David Hare. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Pressman Productions unknown
1984Best.-Nr. 167521Burbank CA: Pressman Productions 1984. First Draft script for the 1985 UK/US film circa 1984 with manuscript pencil annotations on the cast of characters page noting the actor's names adjacent to their characters. Based on the 1978 play by screenwriter David Hare. Spanning nearly 20 years in the life of Englishwoman Susan Traherne played by Meryl Streep the film follows her from her life-changing experiences as a French Resistance fighter during World War II to her life in post-war England which she finds inadequate and trivial her alienation often leading her to act with disregard for those around her. Nominated for two BAFTA Awards. Of note screenwriter Hare divided the script found here into eight segments of which there is a note on the first leaf that this was not for the viewing audience but for clarity in reading for the cast and crew. The eight segments are: "The War" "Europe On The Move" "Austerity" "Plenty" "Suez" "Iran" "The Crisis" and "Liberation." Set in and shot on location in London Brusels Belgium France and Tunisia. Front wrapper integral with first introductory note leaf. Title page present noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter David Hare. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Pressman Productions unknown books
1955Best.-Nr. 151466N.p.: N.p. 1955. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1955 Italian film. With the stamp of still photographer G.B. Poletto on the verso and one with a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's French release affixed to the verso. A trio of small-time ruthless con artists undergo crises of conscience after facing the condemnation of their families. Director Federico Fellini's followup to "La strada" 1954. Set in the countryside. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Eureka Masters of Cinema 66. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. N.p. unknown
1955Best.-Nr. 151466N.p.: N.p. 1955. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1955 Italian film. With the stamp of still photographer G.B. Poletto on the verso and one with a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's French release affixed to the verso. A trio of small-time ruthless con artists undergo crises of conscience after facing the condemnation of their families. Director Federico Fellini's followup to "La strada" 1954. Set in the countryside. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Eureka Masters of Cinema 66. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. N.p. unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 162502New Orleans LA: Howco Productions 1970. Draft script for the 1970 sexploitation film seen here under the working title "His Wife's Habit." Laid in with the script is a five-page shooting schedule. A promiscuous married woman finds herself unable to resist sleeping with every man she meets leading to a savage attack by a motel parking attendant and his crony. Shot on location in New Orleans. Black generic card wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Joy N. Houck Jr. Albert J. Salzer and Robert A. Weaver. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good moderately faded on the edges bound internally with three silver brads. Howco Productions unknown
1970Best.-Nr. 162502New Orleans LA: Howco Productions 1970. Draft script for the 1970 sexploitation film seen here under the working title "His Wife's Habit." Laid in with the script is a five-page shooting schedule. A promiscuous married woman finds herself unable to resist sleeping with every man she meets leading to a savage attack by a motel parking attendant and his crony. Shot on location in New Orleans. Black generic card wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Joy N. Houck Jr. Albert J. Salzer and Robert A. Weaver. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good moderately faded on the edges bound internally with three silver brads. Howco Productions unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 170874Rome: Warner Brothers 1970. Vintage Italian 4-Fogli poster for the 1969 film designed by Italian poster artist Manfredo Acerbo. Based on director and screenwriter Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set and shot on location in Kansas. 55 x 78 inches. Printed in two panels and folded as issued. Near Fine with modest toning and starting to some of the folds. Warner Brothers unknown
1970Best.-Nr. 170874Rome: Warner Brothers 1970. Vintage Italian 4-Fogli poster for the 1969 film designed by Italian poster artist Manfredo Acerbo. Based on director and screenwriter Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set and shot on location in Kansas. 55 x 78 inches. Printed in two panels and folded as issued. Near Fine with modest toning and starting to some of the folds. Warner Brothers unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 163599N.p.: N.p. 1976. Draft script for the 1976 film musical. Approximately 23 revision pages bound in at the rear of the script. Loosely based on the story of all-Black girl group the Supremes a rags-to-riches story about a trio of singing sisters from Harlem. The breakthrough performance of actress Irene Cara who would go on to appear in a number of films most prominently "Fame" 1980. Self wrappers. Missing title page presumably as issued. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only with goldenrod yellow pink and blue revision pages bound in at the rear of the script dated variously between 5/7/75 and 6/19/75. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1976Best.-Nr. 163599N.p.: N.p. 1976. Draft script for the 1976 film musical. Approximately 23 revision pages bound in at the rear of the script. Loosely based on the story of all-Black girl group the Supremes a rags-to-riches story about a trio of singing sisters from Harlem. The breakthrough performance of actress Irene Cara who would go on to appear in a number of films most prominently "Fame" 1980. Self wrappers. Missing title page presumably as issued. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only with goldenrod yellow pink and blue revision pages bound in at the rear of the script dated variously between 5/7/75 and 6/19/75. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1948Best.-Nr. 152133N.p.: Brecher Productions 1948. Final Shooting script for the 1949 film. Copy belonging to uncredited editor Walter Thompson with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper and his manuscript pencil annotations throughout. The daughter of a factory worker causes an uproar in her family when she announces her engagement to her father's boss' son. Notable for having been written by but not starring Groucho Marx. Set in California. Red titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated August 24 1948. Title page present undated with credits for director-screenwriter Irving Brecher. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/3/48 and 10/7/48. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Brecher Productions unknown
1948Best.-Nr. 152133N.p.: Brecher Productions 1948. Final Shooting script for the 1949 film. Copy belonging to uncredited editor Walter Thompson with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper and his manuscript pencil annotations throughout. The daughter of a factory worker causes an uproar in her family when she announces her engagement to her father's boss' son. Notable for having been written by but not starring Groucho Marx. Set in California. Red titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated August 24 1948. Title page present undated with credits for director-screenwriter Irving Brecher. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/3/48 and 10/7/48. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Brecher Productions unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 159622N.p.: N.p. 1967. Four vintage borderless color reference photographs 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 10.5 x 8.5 inches. Light wear at the corners else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
