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1957réf. 154176Hollywood: Roger Corman Productions 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller who had a sizable role in the film with his name to the title page and his manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout. The finished film runs a little over an hour so the script at 127 pages was cut down substantially in the filming and editing process leaving a remarkable amount of content for study. An alienated wealthy coed at an all-girls boarding school inflicts increasing cruelties on the other students until her manipulation goes too far. 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. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Ed Waters. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Roger Corman Productions unknown books
1972réf. 154016N.p.: N.p. 1972. Collection of 32 vintage keybook snapshot photographs from the 1972 film. Possibly unique. A lesser known film in director Roman Polanski's oeuvre a comedic and highly sexualized homage to Alice in Wonderland starring Sydne Rome as an American hitchhiker who stumbles upon an increasingly bizarre and decadent party at an Italian villa. Filmed on location in Italy as "Che" the film also saw later release in the US as "Diary of Forbidden Dreams." 5 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine to Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1957réf. 153967Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Vintage borderless reference photograph of producer Darryl F. Zanuck with a camera crew on the set of the 1957 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A fairly faithful adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel about a group of British and American expatriates in Paris who travel to Pamplona to watch the running of the bulls. Featuring a career revitalizing performance from Errol Flynn as a hedonistic hard living drunk which would lead to him being cast as an alcoholic in several more films-roles he had a literal lifetime of experience preparing for. Set in Spain and France shot on location in Spain France and Mexico the latter much to the consternation of Hemingway who said "You're meant to be in Spain and all you see walking around are nothing but Mexicans. It looked pretty silly" and reportedly walked out after 25 minutes. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1970réf. 153963N.p.: N.p. 1970. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1970 film both attributed to the film's photographer Chris Marker. One photograph shows director Costa-Gavras the other a crew member with a clapboard. Based on the 1968 memoirs of Czechoslovak communist Artur London a defendant in the violent antisemitic show trial against 14 members of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in 1952. Reference photographs taken by Costa-Gavras' friend and colleague Chris Marker who would go on to become an important figure in the French New Wave in his own right directing "A Grin Without a Cat" 1977 and "Sans Soleil" 1983. Shot on location in Nord Alpes-Maritimes and Pas-de-Calais France. 9 x 6.25 inches. About Fine. Criterion Collection 759. N.p. unknown books
1936réf. 154012N.p.: N.p. 1936. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1936 film showing actress and ballerina Harriet Hoctor dancing between two lions. A dramatization of the rise to fame of Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. An extravagant runaway production with a massive budget lavish sets and costumes by noted designer Adrian. At the time of its release the film was the longest talking film of the time running just over three hours. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning three including Best Picture and Best Actress for Luise Rainer. 11 x 8.25 inches. Very Good plus with light wear to the corners and right edge. N.p. unknown books
1968réf. 154002Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1968. Vintage reference photograph of actors Joanne Woodward and James Olson during an amorous scene with director Paul Newman and a camera crew to the left. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Canadian writer Margaret Laurence's 1966 novel "A Jest of God" about the varied romantic and sexual experiences of a timid schoolteacher living with her widowed mother in an apartment in rural Connecticut. Shot on location throughout Connecticut. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books
1973réf. 154001Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1973. Vintage reference photograph from the 1973 film showing actors Warren Oates and Michelle Phillips. A dramatization of the crimes of folk hero midwestern bank robber and notorious mobster John Dillinger best known for killing five FBI agents during a shootout in Kansas City. Hot on the heels of Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967 a movie that reignited the US public's interest in 1930s gangster films. Set and shot on location throughout Arizona and Oklahoma. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1967réf. 154003N.p.: Trans American Films 1967. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1967 documentary film showing a nurse applying seaweed to a naked woman's back and legs. Layout annotations to the verso. A mondo documentary although many scenes were staged by the filmmakers presenting unusual torture methods across the world including ritual sacrifices by Satanists and pagans Nazi concentration camps medieval torture instruments and fertility rites. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Trans American Films unknown books
1959réf. 153996Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Vintage reference photograph of novelist Daphne Du Maurier and her husband Sir Frederick Browning visiting actors Alec Guinness and Nicole Maurey on the set of the 1959 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1957 novel by Du Maurier about a lonely university professor who meets his lookalike a wealthy but discontented count while vacationing in France and finds himself unwittingly forced to swap places and assume the count's life. Shot on location in France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1946réf. 153990Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1946. Vintage reference photograph of director Robert Florey arranging a shot with actor Peter Lorre on the set of the 1946 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with a Warner Brothers stamp the stamp of photographer Mac Julian and a provenance stamp. Based on the 1919 short story by W.F. Harvey. A wealthy disabled pianist with an interest in the occult is found murdered in his Italian villa leading local villagers to suspect evil forces involved in his death. Peter Lorre's final film for Warner Brothers ending a five-year involvement. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant UK. Selby UK. Spicer UK. Warner Brothers unknown books
1960réf. 153973London: Contemporary Films 1960. Eight vintage double weight studio still photographs from the 1960s UK re-release of the 1934 French film. Manuscript ink annotations identifying scenes on the versos. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A classic of French cinema Jean Vigo's only theatrical feature a film that in the minds of many including Francois Truffaut predicted and even helped define the French New Wave that would come 20 years later. Shot on location in Paris Yvelines and Seine-Maritime France. 10 x 8 inches. Four Near Fine four Very Good plus with faint dampstains to the bottom edges. Ebert I. Rosenbaum 1000. Contemporary Films unknown books
1961réf. 153966N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Alain Resnais setting up a shot with a camera crew on the set of the 1961 French film. Stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso along with manuscript ink and pencil annotations. An enigmatic dreamlike film about an unnamed man and woman who meet at a party where he insists they have met before and she that they haven't. Shot on location in Germany and France. 7 x 9.25 inches with a wide bottom margin. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 478. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 25. Vogel Film as Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
1965réf. 153971London: Hammer Films 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actress Tallulah Bankhead during filming on location for the 1965 Hammer film while to the right a camera crew captures the shot. Provenance stamp to the verso. Based on the 1961 novel "Nightmare" by Elizabeth Linington writing as Anne Blaisdell about a woman who is stalked and terrorized by her deceased fiance's mother. Bankhead's final feature film before her death in 1968 produced hot on the heels of "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane" 1962 and "Hush. Hush Sweet Charlotte" 1964. Shot on location in Hertfordshire England. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. Johnson and Del Vecchio Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography pp. 251-254. Hammer Films unknown books
1975réf. 153977London: Hemdale International Films 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Pete Townshend Keith Moon and John Entwistle performing onstage in the 1975 film. Printed mimeo label affixed to the verso. Based on the 1969 rock opera written by The Who about a deaf dumb and blind kid who sure plays a mean pinball and subsequently becomes the idol of a religious cult. The cast included among others every member of The Who Jack Nicholson Tina Turner and Eric Clapton. Shot on location in Cumbria Buckinghamshire and Hampshire England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Hemdale International Films unknown books
1964réf. 153961Various cities: Les Films du Carrosse / SEDIF 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director François Truffaut and his longtime cinematographer Raoul Coutard setting up a shot with actress Françoise Dorleac on the set of the 1964 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Truffaut's fourth film about a seemingly happily married literary scholar who begins an affair with an airline stewardess. Truffaut and Coutard worked together on a number of films including "Breathless" 1960 "Shoot the Piano Player" 1960 "Jules and Jim" 1962 and "The Bride Wore Black" 1968. Set and shot on location in Portugal and France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 749. Rosenbaum 1000. Les Films du Carrosse / SEDIF unknown books
1957réf. 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
réf. 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
1957réf. 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
1966réf. 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
1975réf. 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
1968réf. 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
1966réf. 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
1975réf. 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
1954réf. 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
1962réf. 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
