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1957Best.-Nr. 154183Hollywood: Howco Productions 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller with his manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Miller was apparently considered for the role of Stanley as many of Stanley's lines are marked with manuscript pencil and then struck through but was ultimately cast in the role of Ben. The gangster owner of a nightclub on a carnival pier is tormented by his love for the club's star who herself is in love with a local businessman with dreams of buying out the club. An early role for Miller who appeared in 14 films directed by legendary independent filmmaker Roger Corman between 1955 and 1961 and would continue to work with Corman throughout his career. Red titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Leo Lieberman. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 71. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Howco Productions unknown books
Best.-Nr. 154198Marina del Rey: First American Films 1978. Draft script for the 1978 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller with his name on the front wrapper and title page and his manuscript ink annotations throughout. Missing seven pages likely as used or issued. Screenwriter Stephanie Rothman worked as one of two female directors the other being Barbara Peeters at Roger Corman's New World Pictures most notably directing the films "The Student Nurses" 1970 and "Terminal Island" 1974. Rothman was initially intended to direct "Starhops" but executives at Dimension Pictures chose to drastically rewrite the script and hire Peeters as director instead leading Rothman to remove her name from the script. The script on offer here is solely authored by Rothman. Set and shot on location in Venice Beach. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Stephanie Rothman. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus with faint foxing to the final leaf and light rusting to the binding bound internally with a silver prong. First American Films unknown books
1957Best.-Nr. 154178N.p.: N.p. 1957. Revised Draft script for the 1957 film here under the working title "Viking Women." Copy belonging to uncredited actor Dick Miller with his name in manuscript ink to the title page and manuscript pencil annotations throughout underlining lines for Ottar although the role was played by actor Jonathan Haze. A group of Viking women-warriors go on a sea voyage to recover the missing men from their village but an encounter with a massive dragon-serpent forces them to take shelter on a mysterious island. Beige titled wrappers noted as Revised on the front wrapper. Title page present dated undated noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter Lawrence Louis Goldman and story credits to Irving Block. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1966Best.-Nr. 154165Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1966. Draft script for the 1967 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller with his name on the title page and his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. Miller was initially cast in the role of Leroy although a motorcycle crash during filming left him with several broken ribs leading to his replacement by actor George Sims. From the estate of Dick Miller. Violence threatens to erupt in a small town when a gang of former Hell's Angels bikers are wrongfully accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. One of a handful of films in which actor John Cassavetes agreed to star in order to secure financing for his independent 1968 film "Faces." Shot on location throughout Arizona. Red titled American International Pictures wrappers. Title page present dated 12-7-66 with credits for screenwriter Charles B. Griffith. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 12-7-66. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 152715London: English Film Company Limited 1975. Draft script for the 1975 film here under the working title "The Will" with single annotation in manuscript ink of copy number "24" on first page. One of the better known British sexploitation films of the 1970s having been the subject of a 1975 episode of BBC program "Man Alive" season 9 episode 24 "Xploitation" as well as having been one of three British sex films viewed by moral reformer Lord Longford. A pair of greedy brothers are summoned to their father's estate after his death but are instructed not to enter the house until the reading of the will and are forced to stay instead with servants Adam and Nicole in a cottage on the grounds. Green titled wrappers dated January 1975. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 95. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. English Film Company Limited unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 153241London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Revised Draft script for the 1970 film. Copy belonging to crew member Bert Lea with his name in manuscript ink annotation to the title page. Playfully altered on the front wrapper with two images from the film. Based on the 1968 novel by Hugh Atkinson. The story of four marathon runners from different countries as they prepare to compete in the Olympic games in Rome. Set and shot on location in Austria Denmark England Australia Italy and Japan. Maroon untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 20.10.68 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter Erich Segal and novelist Hugh Atkinson. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1966Best.-Nr. 152456Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1966. Revised Final Draft script for the 21st episode of season one of the 1965-1966 television series originally aired on February 16 1966 on ABC. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Based on the 1958 film directed by Martin Ritt which was in turn based on the 1931 novella "Spotted Horses" the 1939 short story "Barn Burning" and the 1940 novel "The Hamlet" by William Faulkner. The series followed the Varners a wealthy Mississippi family whose patriarch is forced to confront the newly arrived young son of his former rival who challenges the Varners' control over the town. Set in the fictitious town of Frenchman's Bend Mississippi. Red titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper dated January 11 1966. Title page present dated January 11 1966 noted as REVISED FINAL with credits for screenwriter Mike Zagor. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 153845Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1975. Final Draft script for the 1977 film. Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway published posthumously in 1970 following three episodes in the life of a stoic aging artist living in the British-controlled Bahamas. Set in the Bahamas shot on location in Kaua'i Hawaii. Green generic Paramount wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated September 10 1975 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Denne Bart Petitclerc. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1954Best.-Nr. 153634N.p.: N.p. 1954. Archive of five vintage borderless oversize photographs of director Alfred Hitchcock with various cast and crew members on the set of the 1954 film noir. Manuscript ink and pencil annotations to the verso including layout annotations "FILE" stamps and the stamp of photographer Sanford H. Roth. Four photographs with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso and four photographs with manuscript annotations noting their appearance in the May 24 1954 issue of Life magazine. Brooklyn-born photojournalist Sanford Roth was best known for his portrait photography capturing intimate and now iconic images of artists and actors throughout his decades-long career including Marc Chagall Joan Crawford Albert Einstein Henri Matisse and Elizabeth Taylor among many others. Based on the 1952 play by Frederick Knott who also wrote the screenplay about a tennis player who arranges to have his wife framed for murder after discovering her infidelity. The only Hitchcock film to be shot in 3D although the format would ultimately be discarded for theatrical release and the first of three Hitchcock films to feature actress Grace Kelly followed by "Rear Window" 1954 and "To Catch a Thief" 1955. One photograph features Hitchcock leaning over a giant rotary dial a prop made as a result of Warner Brothers' proprietary 3D camera rig. Hitchcock wanted the first shot of the film to feature a finger pressing the letter M on a rotary dial telephone but the specialized 3D camera was unable to focus the close-up correctly leading the director to order a giant finger made from wood and a proportionally large dial in order to achieve the effect. Four photographs 10 x 13.5 inches one photograph 9.5 x 13.5 inches. Lightly edgeworn else generally Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 150315N.p.: Sutton Pictures 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1958 film. "Paradise Alley" premiered in 1958 but was not released until 1962. Czech-born director Hugo Haas wrote produced and directed his own swan song quite the Hollywood movie an autobiographical homage to the cinema he knew. The cast featured film veterans from old Hollywood such as silent film star Corinne Griffith vaudeville star Billy Gilbert Keystone Cop Chester Conklin and Wicked Witch of the West herself Margaret Hamilton. Aging European director Rudolph Agnus Haas moves to the seedy Los Angeles neighborhood known as Paradise Alley a crowded home of bickering tenants. Finding a friend in Mr. Gregory Chester Conklin a retired cameraman Agnus proposes making a movie with the residents as actors to unite them and stop their petty bickering. Using a camera with no film and a cucumber made up to look like a microphone Agnus plan succeeds. When a studio hears of the project they offer to bankroll it enabling Agnus to actually make his film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Sutton Pictures unknown books
1963Best.-Nr. 150212N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage borderless photograph of Luchino Visconti Burt Lancaster and crew on the set of the 1963 film. Coat of Arms with Leopard and "Le Guepard" stamps on the verso. Based on the 1958 novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Visconti's classic spacious homage to the quiet death of the Sicilian aristocracy of the mid-nineteenth century one of the great films of Italian cinema. Perhaps the apex of Ms. Cardinale's career and one of a handful of examples of Burt Lancaster's willingness to take on literate complex roles. Nominated for an Academy Award. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Rome Lazio and Sicily Italy. 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1087. Criterion Collection 235. Ebert II. Godard Histoires de cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 22. N.p. unknown books
1988Best.-Nr. 150289Universal City: Universal City Studios 1988. Vintage reference photograph of John Carpenter on the set of the 1988 film. Based on the 1963 short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" by Ray Nelson. John Nada professional wrestler Roddy Piper discovers a pair of sunglasses that reveal the culture is being ruled by aliens who conceal their appearance and condition people to consume breed work and "obey." A cult favorite whose influence continues to ripple through the culture and counterculture maybe most notably in the work of artist Shepard Fairey whose "Obey" silkscreens openly acknowledged to have been appropriated from the movie have appeared on everything from street art to skateboards to clothing. Shot on location in Los Angeles California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal City Studios unknown books
1964Best.-Nr. 149932Universal City: Universal Pictures 1964. Vintage studio still photograph of producer Stanley Shapiro and actor Marlon Brando in conversation between takes on the set of the 1964 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A love-them-and-leave-them womanizer meets a man equal in skill at deceiving women but with an added knack for conning them out of money. The two men attempt to seduce a naive American woman to settle a bet as to which one is the better con artist. Later remade as "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" 1988. Set and shot on location in Alpes-Maritimes France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1949Best.-Nr. 150238N.p.: N.p. 1949. Vintage narrow margin reference photograph featuring Michael Rennie Yolande Donlan director Val Guest and crew on the set of the 1949 film. A Val Guest favorite Donlan stars as Laramie Pilgrim an exchange factory worker from New Jersey struggling to adjust to the culture helps to save the village from a local land developer. 7.75 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1986Best.-Nr. 150254N.p.: Cannon Films 1986. Vintage studio still photograph of director Tobe Hooper with Dennis Hopper and Caroline Williams on the set of the 1986 film. Nearly a decade after the first installment now a slasher classic Tobe Hooper revisits his chainsaw-toting prodigy "Leatherface" but to the dismay of most critics. This feature with the great Dennis Hopper as a creepy sheriff has achieved cult status in light of its being underrated since its release. Set in and shot on location in Bastrop Prarie Dell and Austin Texas. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Arrow 1494. Glover Men Women and Chainsaws. Cannon Films unknown books
1984Best.-Nr. 150350N.p.: N.p. 1984. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Paolo and Vittorio Taviani on the set of the 1984 film. Based on four short stories from Luigi Pirandello's 15 volume "Novelle per un anno" "Short Stories for a Year" published 1922-1937. Four stories followed by an epilogue which take place around the birthplace of author Pirandello Girgenti on the southern coast of Sicily with each story threaded by a raven with a bell around it's next put there by locals. Shot on location in Sicily and Tuscany Italy. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1987Best.-Nr. 150243Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1987. Vintage reference photograph of Joel Coen behind the camera on the set of the 1987 film. Joel and Ethan Coen's slapstick madcap second film was as far removed from their first the 1984 neo-noir "Blood Simple" as is conceivable but equally as brilliant firmly establishing them as one of the most distinctive filmmakers to come out of the 1980s. Recidivist criminal H.I. Nicolas Cage and police officer Ed Holly Hunter fall in love over time as Ed photographs H.I.'s many mugshots. The couple marry but can't have children and when they hear about the famous "Arizona Quints" they figure the family can spare one. Featuring one of the most memorable chase sequences in film history. Shot on location throughout Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Very faint dampstaining to top margin else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. 150197Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1973. Vintage studio still photograph of Ben Gazzara from the 1973 film. Canadian production company Quadrant Films known for horror films here married the then popular disaster movie with science fiction wherein an advanced submarine is sent to find an underwater laboratory lost in an earthquake. Shot on location in Cayman Islands Bahamas and Nova Scotia and Ontario Canada. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with creasing. Canuxploitation Complete. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 150194N.p.: N.p. 1970. Reference still photograph of Jean Marais and Francoise Arnould from the 1953 film struck circa 1970s. "Gala Film Distributors" stamp on verso. Based on the 1952 French novel "18 Fantomes" by Stanislas-Andre Steeman. Detective Marco Marais investigates the murder of girl found bound in her bed at a respectable boarding school. 8 x 10.25 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and small crease in top right corner margin. N.p. unknown books
1960Best.-Nr. 150227N.p.: N.p. 1960. Two vintage reference photographs on the set of the 1960 film. Both with "Cinema Verite" and "London Express News" stamps on verso and one with mimeo snipe on verso. A young woman finds herself standing trial for the murder of her lover forcing her to reflect on her memories of their turbulent relationship. Set in and shot on location in Paris France. 6.75 x 10.25 inches and 7 x 10.25 inches. Mildly wavy else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 960. Grant France. N.p. unknown books
1974Best.-Nr. 150217N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of Robert Bresson on the set of the 1974 film one of the film's jousting sequences. Jacques Henri Lartigue credit printed on verso. Bresson's bloody take on the King Arthur legend was an expansion of the aesthetic he had already developed where the violence that was once implied became a reality-though certainly still quite surreal. Shot on location in Noirmoutier-en-L'Ile France. 11.75 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing and wear to extremities. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 150679N.p.: United Producers 1970. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film. A small-town woman finds work in London as a successful fashion model and is drawn deeper into the lascivious world of alcohol drugs and sex to the displeasure of her husband. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Producers unknown books
1958Best.-Nr. 149927N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Stanley Donen and actors Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant on the set of the 1958 British film. Based on screenwriter Norman Krasna's 1953 play "Kind Sir" wherein a lovelorn theatre actress begins an affair with a handsome married economist. Set and shot on location in London. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Olive Films 526. N.p. unknown books
2000Best.-Nr. 150199Universal City: Dreamworks 2000. Two vintage photographs and a color slide from the 2000 film one studio still of Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer and one compilation photograph featuring a studio still photograph of Ford and Pfeiffer and a reference photograph of Robert Zemenkis Pfeiffer and Ford on the set. The slide is a color image of the individual studio still photograph. Laid in is release announcement and a "2000 Summer Preview" both on DreamWorks letterhead. Dr. Norman Spencer Ford and his cellist wife Claire Pfeiffer live an idyllic life in an isolated lakehouse in Vermont until Claire begins hearing voices and seeing ghostly images in and around their home. Set in Vermont shot on location in Vermont New York and California. Photographs 8 x 10 inches. Announcement and Preview 8.5 x 11 inches. All Near Fine. Dreamworks unknown books
1974Best.-Nr. 150272N.p.: Bryanston Pictures 1974. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1974 film featuring Joe Dallesandro and Roman Polanski uncredited in the role of 'man in tavern' here under the working title "Andy Warhol's Dracula" title visible through paper tape covering byline in bottom margin. One of Warhol's two horror films the other being "Frankenstein" released the previous year both USA/Italy/France co-productions and the pinnacle of his film career in terms of popularity outside avant-garde film circles. Attempts to court commercial markets included rating the film X and director Paul Morrissey very much influenced by the look of the Hammer horror films of the 1960s gave the films a lurid shocking appeal. Set in Italy and shot on location in Italy and Serbia. 9.75 x 8 inches. Slight diagonal trim on upper left side margin else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 28. Bryanston Pictures unknown books
