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1939réf. 172228Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1939. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1939 film showing a gloomy Buster Keaton. A comedy set during the early days of film about a young Broadway star who is chosen to be an ingenue of the silent screen. Keaton appeared in a cameo in the film as did numerous other icons of the silent era including Ben Turpin Mack Sennett and Chester Conklin. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good lightly toned with offsetting to the recto. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1981réf. 147287N.p.: N.p. 1981. Draft script for the 1983 film here under the working title "Double Down." A woman with an innate talent for blackjack joins up with a seasoned gambler and the pair start to rake in the cash-before the casino catches wise. Screenwriter Michael Blake's debut film and the first of two collaborations between Blake and actor Kevin Costner followed by the Oscar-winning 1990 film "Dances with Wolves." Set in Reno Nevada shot on location in San Francisco and Reno. Black non-standard titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1981 with credits for screenwriter Michael Blake. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good plus with a light dampstain to the first few leaves and wrapper bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1960réf. 141312N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Maxwell Anderson's 1952 novel a loosely autobiographical account of his childhood on a Pennsylvania farm where he was surrounded by sexual and physical abuse. Screenplay by Anderson's daughter Hesper author of the 2000 memoir "South Mountain Road." Set in Pennsylvania. Black and white illustrated titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for author Maxwell Anderson and screenwriter Hesper Anderson. 148 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples. N.p. unknown
réf. 147264N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced television documentary short film or television special. A proposed documentary short addressing the dangers of driving while visually impaired. Screenwriter Rudy Makoul suffered from macular degeneration an incurable eye disease which worsens with age. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present noted as An outline for a Documentary Special with credits for screenwriter Rudy Makoul. 9 leaves with last page of text numbered 7. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a small paper clip on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1929réf. 172226Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1929 silent comedy film showing Dorothy Sebastian wooing a wary Buster Keaton. Spanish mimeo snipe on the verso. A dry-cleaning employee finds himself the subject of a famous stage actress' affections although she is secretly using him to make another man jealous. Keaton's second film with MGM. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good moderately toned with touchups to the recto. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1970réf. 147351N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on Nicholas Blake's 1968 novel "The Private Wound" about the struggles of a young Irish writer to resist seduction by the wife of the hot-tempered local squire. Set in West Ireland. Black titled faux-leather wrappers. Title page present dated June 1970 with credits for screenwriter Clifford Hanley and novelist Nicholas Blake. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1945réf. 148593Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1945. Complete Draft script for the 1947 film. Single annotation on front wrapper crossing out "who talked" in manuscript pencil with "talks" above in manuscript ink changing the working title "My Brother Who Talked to Horses" as it is on first two pages of script to "My Brother Talks to Horses" the released title. Stamped "Complete" and "Rerun" "Nov 1 1945" on front wrapper. Single annotation of name after "Checked By:" in manuscript pencil on verso of front wrapper a printed form for tracking revisions "Date" "Chgs" "Adds" and "Name" revision form un-entered. Based on the short story "Louie the Boy Who Talked with Horses" which was Chapter Ten of the 1945 novel "Joe the Wounded Tennis Player" by Morton Thompson who wrote the screenplay. Nine year old Baltimore boy Lewie Penrose Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins believes he can converse with horses and pick the winners of races attracting the attention of gambler Rich Roeder Charles Ruggles looking to win in the upcoming Preakness Stakes. Set in Baltimore Maryland. Yellow titled wrappers noted as COMPLETE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 126 dated 7.26-45 with credits for screenwriter Morton Thompson and "Okayed by:" producer Mr. Samuel Marx. Title page integral with the first page of text dated 7-24-45. 164 leaves with last page of text numbered 155. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 6-4-45 and 7-24-45. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1928réf. 172232Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1928. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1928 silent film an amazing shot showing crowds of onlookers gathering at the harbor to welcome a steamer ship. The effete son of a hardened steamer captain falls in love with the daughter of his father's rival. Keaton's last independent film made under his creative control before his move to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer later in the year. The film is perhaps best remembered today for Keaton's most famous stunt in which the facade of a house falls down around him while he avoids being flattened by inadvertently standing underneath an open window. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with three pinholes to the margins and a diagonal chip to the top left corner. Complete collation details available on request. National Film Registry. United Artists unknown
1998réf. 171846Culver City CA: Appleton Productions 1998. Table Draft script for Season 1 Episode 10 of the 1999-2000 television series. Originally aired May 3 1999 on UPN. With a label affixed to the front wrapper identifying co-executive producer Stephan Sustarsic. Based on the successful 1989-2023 comic strip by Scott Adams about the titular pessimistic white-collar engineer and his daily interactions with his idiotic boss and frustrated coworkers. In this episode Dilbert has to find someone to reprogram the code in the office before Y2K. White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as TABLE DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 109 dated July 24 1998 with credits for screenwriters Andrew Borakove Rachel Powell Scott Adams and Larry Charles. Title page integral with front wrapper. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Appleton Productions unknown
1929réf. 172235Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1929 silent comedy film showing Dorothy Sebastian and Buster Keaton on horseback. A dry-cleaning employee finds himself the subject of a famous stage actress' affections although she is secretly using him to make another man jealous. Keaton's second film with MGM. 14 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1926réf. 172200Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1926. Vintage reference photograph from the 1926 film showing actor Buster Keaton as Johnny Gray the train engineer. During the Civil War an engineer must work to save the two loves of his life: a woman named Annabelle Lee and a train named The General. A box office disappointment upon release but long since reconsidered and now ranked among the the finest of Keaton's films. Shot on location in California and Oregon. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a few short closed tears to the top margin. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Eureka Masters of Cinema 173. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 60. United Artists unknown
1975réf. 149647N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage reference studio still photograph of Al Goldstein Jody Maxwell and Jim Buckley from the 1975 film. Legendary pornographer and pornography activist Al Goldstein's attempt at bringing his weekly tabloid "Screw" magazine to the cinema a pastiche of sexually explicit shorts. Maxwell appears in the finale a "Tonight Show" like segment the longest segment in the film starring Buckley as host and Goldstein as sidekick. Maxwell starred in the film "Portrait" the year earlier directed by Gerard Damiano famed director of "Deep Throat" 1972 and "The Devil in Miss Jones" 1973. Shot on location in New York City Mount Vernon New York and Philadelphia Pennsylvania. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with small staining on mid right and light edgewear. Manuscript ink notation of the number "60" at the bottom margin with layout annotations in manuscript pencil on verso. N.p. unknown
1961réf. 152712Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1961. Vintage borderless photograph of Jackie Gleason from the 1961 film. Based on the 1959 novel by Walter Tevis about a small-time pool hustler who challenges a champion for a shot at the big time. Jackie Gleason famously did all of his own billiards shots while pool legend Willie Mosconi served as a technical advisor and stand in for the other actors. Nominated for nine Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actor Best Actress and twice for Best Supporting Actor. Shot on location in New York including the use of several actual pool halls. 7 x 9 inches. About Near Fine with some shallow light creasing to the corners. National Film Registry. Ebert II. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1980réf. 152544London: Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors 1980. Vintage program for the UK release of the 1980 film. A lush production directed in a neoclassical style by David Lynch based on two nonfiction accounts by Sir Frederick Treves "The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences" and Ashley Montagu "The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity". The true story of Joseph Merrick a gentle and intelligent man reviled for his severe deformities. Nominated for eight Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director and Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in London. 8.25 x 11.5 inches. Bi-fold. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 1051. Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors unknown
1949réf. 152568Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1949. Vintage reference photograph of actress Denise Darcel on the set of the 1949 film. Mimeo snipe to the verso. A dramatization of the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 following the US 101st Airborne Division as they hold the town of Bastogne against overwhelming German forces. Set in Belgium shot on location in Oregon California and Washington. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn to the bottom edge. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1989réf. 146402Studio City CA: Starvision 1989. Draft script for the 1989 film. Internally produced agency script with photocopied holes issued prior to the film's production. Missing 14 pages likely as used or issued. Two long-lost brothers-one from Cambodia one from Los Angeles-must avenge their father's untimely death at the hands of a crime boss. Set in Cambodia and California shot on location in Las Vegas. Blue generic STARVISION Inc. wrappers. Title page present with credits for director H. Kaye Dyal. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with faint toning to the extremities bound with three gold brads. Starvision unknown
1933réf. 152591N.p.: N.p. 1933. Vintage reference photograph of actress Fay Wray spotting something large and tentacled outside a boat window with a camera crew to the far left capturing the shot. Mimeo snipe to the verso. A wealthy woman funds a marine biology expedition but trouble arises when her crew declares their intentions to search for lost gold bullion in the wreckage of a German World War I U-boat instead. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with brief wear to the corners. N.p. unknown
1972réf. 152522Los Angeles: Cinerama Releasing 1972. Collection of promotional materials for the 1972 film including two vintage pressbooks and two pages of production notes. A lonely boy befriends Ben the power-hungry rat leader of a violent rat gang. Sequel to "Willard" 1971. Notable for the theme song a ballad titled "Ben" sung by Michael Jackson. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Pressbooks 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Production notes 8.5 x 13 inches. All materials folded once horizontally at the center else Near Fine. Thrower Nightmare USA. Cinerama Releasing unknown
1976réf. 152516London: Brent Walker Film Distributing 1976. Vintage flyer for the UK release of the 1976 Canadian exploitation thriller. Included with the flyer are two pages of promotional material for the film. A wealthy dentist and his girlfriend are terrorized by a group of psychotic thugs. When it seems the man is too afraid to do anything Diane steps in to exact revenge. Hot on the heels of Wes Craven's successful 1972 revenge thriller "Last House on the Left." Shot on location in Ontario Canada. Flyer 10 x 7.5 inches. Flyer and promotional materials Very Good plus lightly creased. Canuxploitation Complete. Brent Walker Film Distributing unknown
1951réf. 152756N.p.: Classic Pictures 1951. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1951 film. In a move that placed him in a category with Mickey Spillane Richard Wright accepted an offer to star as the leading man in a film based on his own novel. Wright was cast after initial choice Canada Lee who had starred in Orson Welles' stage adaptation of the story was stuck in South African customs after shooting "Cry the Beloved Country" 1951. Set in Chicago and shot on location in Chicago and Argentina. One photograph 10 x 8.25 inches one photograph 9.5 x 8 inches and one photograph 9 x 8 inches. Good one with a pinhole to the center others moderately toned soiled and edgeworn. Classic Pictures unknown
1985réf. 152520Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1985. Vintage promotional flyer from the 1974 film. The granddaddy of all modern vigilante movies and a watershed film for rugged American icon Charles Bronson who had roles in many crime and adventure films prior to 1974 but met with destiny as an iceman. The series became a franchise with Bronson's character falling deeper into a typecast mold with each outing. But this first film is a different matter quite faithful to Brian Garfield's novel one of the great films of the New Hollywood cinema a great New York location film and a statement on the rampant and epidemic spread of urban crime in the US during the 1970s. 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus with a light horizontal crease affecting the center of the flyer and a faint vertical crease running the length of the left edge. Grant US. 341. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1968réf. 152562Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Vintage reference photograph from the 1968 film showing actors Jim Brown Diahann Carroll Julie Harris Ernest Borgnine Warren Oates Jack Klugman and Don Sutherland. Mimeo snipe to the verso. Based on the 1966 Parker novel "The Seventh" by Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark. A gang of thieves begins to fall apart when half a million dollars stolen from the Los Angeles Coliseum goes missing. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1995réf. 171660Los Angeles CA: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1995. One Table Draft script and one Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 10 of the 1995 television series. Originally aired November 19 1995 on The WB. With label affixed to the front wrapper of the Table Draft script with the name of show creator Steve Stephen Sustarsic. The short-lived sitcom followed beleaguered single mother Ellen Carlson as she tried to balance raising her nine-year-old daughter with running a production company in Manhattan's Upper West Side. In this episode Ellen cancels a work engagement to help her friend who left her husband. Set in Manhattan. Table Draft: Pink titled wrappers noted as Table Draft on the front wrapper dated October 19 1995. Title page present dated October 19 1995 noted as TABLE DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Nancylee Myatt and director David Grossman. 46 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Final Draft: White titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper production No. 3L10 dated October 30 1995. Title page integral with front wrapper. 43 leavees with last page of text numbered 39. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine. wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
1995réf. 171652Los Angeles CA: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1995. One Table Draft script and one Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 8 of the 1995 television series. Originally aired November 5 1995 on the WB. With label affixed to the front wrapper of the Table Draft script with the name of show creator Steve Stephen Sustarsic. The short-lived sitcom followed beleaguered single mother Ellen Carlson as she tried to balance raising her nine-year-old daughter with running a production company in Manhattan's Upper West Side. In this episode Ellen's mother sets her up with a local Reverend not realizing he is already married. Set in Manhattan. Table Draft: Peach titled wrappers noted as Table Draft on the front wrapper dated September 26 1995. Title page present dated September 26 1995 noted as TABLE DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Michael Riedel and director Terri McCoy. 46 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Final Draft: Blue titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper production No. 3L08 noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated October 10 1995 with credits for screenwriter Michael Riedel and director Terri McCoy. Title page present dated October 9 1995 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Michael Riedel and director Terri McCoy. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 34. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 10-9-95 and 10-10-95. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
1943réf. 152570Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1943. Vintage press photograph of actors Glenn Ford and Marguerite Chapman from the 1943 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. During WWII a new destroyer fails its sea trials and is assigned to mail runs but nevertheless is forced to engage in combat against Japanese planes and a submarine. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
