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1974réf. 139926Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. First Draft script for an unproduced television movie. Based on John Steinbeck's 1939 novel of the same title and adapted from the screenplay by Nunnally Johnson for the 1940 film. During the Great Depression and dustbowl era a family of tenant farmers living and suffering in Oklahoma and forced to move west abandoning their home. They end up in California with many other "Okies" like them searching for a new future. Peter Knopf is a Emmy-nominated writer best known for his work on "Posse" 1975 "Peter and Paul" 1981 and "Not My Kid" 1985. Set in Oklahoma and California. Green titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper dated April 12 1974. Title page present dated April 12 1974 noted as First Draft with credits for novelist Steinbeck screenwriter Knopf screenwriter Johnson and producer Stanley Hough. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
réf. 140667Toronto: Roy Krost Productions. Draft script for an unproduced film. A woman comes to a Vietnam vet turned private investigator to learn the truth about her dead fiance who she still believes is alive. Both are Irish and are led on a long road of Irish organizations some fighting for a United Ireland some old blood from the motherland some born in America and only know Ireland as an ideal classic Irish cops some gangsters who identify with Irish liberation and some gangsters who know no loyalties. All come together to work against this private investigator who has bitten off more than he can chew. Set in Los Angeles. Tan untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Tim Kelly. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Roy Krost Productions unknown books
1979réf. 152096Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Four promotional newspaper ad mats for the 1979 film made for use by distributors exhibitors and the press. Based on the 1968 Broadway musical following a naive Vietnam draftee who befriends and eventually joins a group of drug-fueled antiwar hippies on his way to the army induction center. 12.5 x 19 inches. Four leaves unbound on standard glossy ad mat stock. Generally Very Good plus with a few nicks and light creasing. United Artists unknown books
1971réf. 146396Beverly Hills CA: Ronald S. Dunas - Paul Leserman 1971. Draft script for an unproduced Western film. Included with the script is a typed letter reviewing the screenplay dated 12-8-71 ostensibly from a reader within the Paul Kohner Casting Agency. On the US-Mexico border Captain Lucas Randall and his posse of ex-Texas Ranger bounty hunters believe they have killed the notorious bandit "Mano Rojo" Castinares and his band of criminals Los Hermanos Perdidos. When members of the posse start turning up dead however the gang realizes the bloodthirsty Castinares is indeed alive and seeking vengeance. A bizarre story most memorably featuring a number of heads preserved in pickling jars death by scorpion and a final Black Mass-style shootout in a mission church turned Satanic temple. Set on the US-Mexico border. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter N.G. Lao. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 146. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Ronald S. Dunas - Paul Leserman unknown books
réf. 146397Los Angeles: Pomegranate Productions Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a Pomegranate Productions business card belonging to president Robert French stapled to the title page. When her abusive mother dies in a freak accident young Sylvia believes she's lucked out and will be able to finally live as a family with her caring stepfather. Nobody else will accept the mother's death as an accident however and even Sylvia begins to believe her stepfather is guilty fomenting discord between the two. Set in Los Angeles. Black titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter William J. Cassidy. 163 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Pomegranate Productions unknown books
1974réf. 125588Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1974. Second Revised Final Draft script for the 1977 film. The story of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur played by Gregory Peck Supreme Allied Commander during World War II and United Nations Commander for the Korean War. "MacArthur" begins in 1942 following the fall of Philippines and covers the remarkable career of this military legend up through and including the Korean War and into MacArthur's days of forced retirement after being dismissed from his post by President Truman. Shot on location in San Diego and Sierra Madre California and in Washington and New York. Orange titled wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL DRAFT SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper dated October 29 1974. Title page present with credits for writers Barwood and Robbins. 133 leaves Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Davenport p. 212. Universal Pictures unknown books
1973réf. 154638Los Angeles: ICM International Creative Management 1973. Draft Agency script for an unproduced film written by Paul Schrader. Undated but according to the 1979 James Monaco book "American Film Now: The People the Power the Money the Movies" written by Schrader in 1973. Schrader wrote the script to Martin Scorsese's acclaimed 1976 film "Taxi Driver" in fifteen days in 1972. The year following 1973 would be a very proflici period resulting in "The Yakuza" shot by Sydney Pollack in 1974 "Deja Vu" made as "Obsession" by Brian De Palma in 1976 "Rolling Thunder" made by John Flynn in 1977 and "Quebecois." Monaco notes in "American Film Now": "In seven years 1972-1978 Paul Schrader has written ten scripts all originals no adaptations each of them contrasting strongly with the dominant mood of the industry. All but one have been sold for better than satisfactory prices and six out of ten have been shot and released. Two have been major hits. Four were written in 1973." "Quebecois" was optioned to Lewis Allen but never went into production. The story of a modern day French-Italian gang war set in Montreal. Tan ICM Agency wrappers with white label on upper right with title and credits for screenwriter Paul Schrader. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Paul Schrader. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two flat metal brads. ICM [International Creative Management] unknown books
1966réf. 146399Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1966. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single small manuscript ink annotation to page 123 changing "who" to "whom." Not to be confused with the 1943 1948 1999 or 2020 produced films with the same title. Based on Richard Martin Stern's 1963 mystery thriller by Fred Coe who was also initially slated to direct. A private investigator moves back to his hometown to bury his late father but finds himself quickly entangled in a criminal case involving the sexual assault of a local woman. Screenwriter Fred Coe was best known for directing "A Thousand Clowns" 1965 which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 48 dated October 1 1966 and dated as copied October 17 1966 with credits for screenwriter Fred Coe and novelist Richard Martin Stern. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 194 leaves with last page of text numbered 192. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated 10-13-66. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with light toning to the extremities and tearing at the rear wrapper's binding bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1975réf. 154918New York: Chappell Music Company 1975. Vintage program for the 1975 film. Peter Bogdanovich's tribute to Cole Porter and the musicals of the 1930s. Shot using nearly all black and white costumes and sets and featuring only occasional splashes of color with musical sequences and songs performed live for the camera the film was much maligned at the time of its release and was box office bomb. It was reappraised when released on Netflix in 2011 garnering a newfound respect and popularity. Two socialite couples change partners at a party in an attempt to make the others jealous. 8.5 x 11 inches Bi-fold. Near Fine with light rubbing. Chappell Music Company unknown books
1959réf. 152047Hollywood: Pad-Ram Enterprises 1959. Vintage pressbook for the 1959 film. A door-to-door dental appliance salesman has a chemical reaction to an anesthetic which grants him X-ray vision as in "seeing through women's clothes." He subsequently overcomes all of his inhibitions leading to ribald encounters with his dental nurse his therapist his secretary a girl in a bar etc. Russ Meyer's first feature produced by Pad-Ram Enterprises a monogram using the initials of director Russell Albion Meyer and producer Peter A. DeCenzie the film that basically launched the lighthearted nudie pictures of the early 1960s. At a time when Hollywood moguls were losing audiences to the comfort of in-home cinema through television Meyer and DeCenzie who spent years on the burlesque and nightclub circuits released an independent naturally sexy endeavor in the tradition of the great Chaplin films. For his debut Meyer did even more of the crew work than usual shooting in four days during the spring of 1958 with a budget of $24000 ultimately making over $1.5 million worldwide. The film was marketed as a "Frenchy" "nudist" film but exhibited all the distinctive traits for which Meyer would soon become known including large bosoms insane plots an arguably feminist perspective campy dialogue and guerilla cinematography. Shot on location in various California destinations including Malibu Lagoon State Beach. One leaf bi-fold. 11 x 17 inches. Very Good plus overall. Pad-Ram Enterprises unknown books
1972réf. 154934London: Paramount Pictures 1972. Vintage British program for the 1972 film with black and white and color film still photographs throughout. Based on the 1969 novel by Mario Puzo who co-wrote the screenplay with director Francis Ford Coppola. Widely considered one of the finest films ever made and an inescapable influence on the portrayal of organized crime in film and television. Nominated for eleven Academy Awards winning three for Best Picture Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for Brando. Set in New York New Jersey Los Angeles Las Vegas Sicily and Cuba and shot on location in New York New Jersey Los Angeles Las Vegas Sicily and the Dominican Republic. 8.5 x 11 inches. Side-stapled in illustrated card wrappers. Very Good plus. Wrappers with light rubbing overall light horizontal creasing at spine fold and a bump to the top right corner. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Penzler 101. Schrader 16. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1958réf. 145386Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1958. Vintage linen backed keybook photograph from the set of the 1958 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso tab and hole punches at the left margin as called for. A high school romance wherein Melinda Sandra Dee 16 years old and rumored to be an illegitimate child is a source of contention in her small town. When the son of a traveling salesman begins attending he school the pair are instantly drawn to one another. The relationship is another source of drama for the poor scandalized Melinda. Shot on location in California. 11 x 8 inches. Near Fine with a six hole punch in the left margin. Universal International Pictures unknown books
1936réf. 154855Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1936. Vintage reference photograph from the 1936 film. Based on the 1930 Pulitzer Prize winning play by Marc Connelly based in turn on "Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun" a 1928 collection of pseudo African American folk tales by Roark Bradford. One of only a handful of films to feature an all-Black cast made by a major Hollywood studio during the Golden Age becoming the highest grossing such film and remaining so until surpassed by "Carmen Jones" in 1954. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners and light toning overall. Warner Brothers unknown books
1973réf. 154836N.p.: N.p. 1973. Four vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1973 film including several shots of director Joseph Losey actors Jane Fonda and Edward Fox and other cast and crew members. Cinemagence stamp on the verso. Based on the 1879 play by Henrik Ibsen about a woman named Nora who leads a quiet existence with her authoritarian husband Torvald but is forced to reconsider her marriage when a blackmailer threatens to reveal secrets from her past. Shot on location in Reros Norway. 7 x 5 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1953réf. 154829Universal City: Universal Pictures 1953. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1953 film two showing scenes from a beauty pageant and one showing actress Joyce Holden performing a burlesque show for her sorority sisters. Two with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A pair of siblings from a slum neighborhood in New York dream of escaping to a better life but become involved in criminal activities out of desperation and poverty. Set in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1947réf. 154857Paris: Gaumont 1947. Three oversize photographs of director Jacques Becker and actors Claire Maffei and Roger Pigaut on the set of the 1947 film. Manuscript annotations and stamp of Gaumont Eagle-Lion on the versos. A working class couple in Paris find their dreams of a life free of financial hardship about to come true when they win the lottery only to have the dream snatched away when they lose the ticket on the Metro. Shot on location in Paris. 12 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Gaumont unknown books
1945réf. 154826N.p.: N.p. 1945. Vintage reference photograph from the 1945 British film showing actress Celia Johnson leaning against a door. Based on Noel Coward's 1936 play "Still Life" about a suburban housewife who enters into a passionate extramarital affair with a married stranger she meets at a railway station. Winner of the Palme d'Or and nominated for three Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in Lancashire Cumbria and London. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 76. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1963réf. 154839N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph of actress Janet Leigh in a brunette wig relaxing on the set of the 1963 film. Stamps of The Associated Press and Le Parisien on the verso. Based on the 1960 Tony Award winning stage musical of the same name with a book by Michael Stewart lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse. An unsuccessful pop songwriter is convinced he can make his fortune if he can get recently drafted rock and roll star Conrad Birdie on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss his high school girlfriend goodbye. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown books
1927réf. 154840N.p.: N.p. 1927. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1927 short film showing actors Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy attempting to smuggle actor James Finlayson through a comically crowded dance hall. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A wealthy oil tycoon wakes after a night of drunken carousing only to discover a new wife-who unfortunately comes with a gold-digging stepdaughter and a murderous brother-in-law. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown books
1957réf. 154819Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film. In 1954 during the Vietnam conflict a smuggler named "Lucky Legs" and a group of French mercenaries infiltrate and destroy an arms depot near the Chinese border. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Olive Films 566. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1965réf. 154508N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage reference photograph from the 1965 film showing the scantily clad posterior of Amidou. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Five teenagers decide to leave school and study at a "school for criminals." Director Claude Lelouch's first commercial success. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1968réf. 154499N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1968 film showing actress Joanna Shimkus enjoying a cigarette while a crew member irons out a crease in the back of her dress. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1963 stage play "The Milk Train Don't Stop Here Anymore." A lonely terminally ill woman has an romantic encounter with a mysterious poet who may in fact be the Angel of Death. Shot on location in Sardinia Italy. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1974réf. 154527Paris: Warner Brothers 1974. Collection of 19 vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1974 French hardcore film consisting of 17 black-and-white photographs and two oversize color photographs. Also included with the photographs are two gatherings of promotional reading material in French. A young college student leaves her school and family and seeks employment at a brothel where she enjoys a variety of strange experiences. Shot on location in France and Sri Lanka. Photographs range in size from 11.75 x 9.5 to 9.5 x 7 inches. Photographs and promotional reading material Near Fine. Bier 176. Warner Brothers unknown books
1969réf. 154520N.p.: N.p. 1969. Three vintage oversize borderless reference photographs from the 1969 French-Italian film. Based on Rene Barjavel's 1969 novel. A young Parisian man travels to Nepal to find his deadbeat father only to fall in with a group of drug-loving hippies. Set in Paris and Nepal. 12 x 8.5 inches. Very Good plus with light curling and edgewear. Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1931réf. 154507N.p.: N.p. 1931. Vintage reference photograph from the 1931 pre-Code film showing actors Will Rogers and Fifi D'Orsay. A French singer helps an older serious-minded businessman loosen up but his sons decide to intervene afraid that she is taking advantage of his largesse. Set in Chicago. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
