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1966Best.-Nr. 151544Rome: Arco Films 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Pier Paolo Pasolini along with his script supervisor on the set of the 1966 film. Italian "Uccellacci e Uccellini" stamp photographer "Divo Cavicchioli" stamp and provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso. An old man played by the famous Italian performer Toto and his son Ninetto Davoli are walking along the road and are joined by a talking philosopher crow whom we are told in an intertitle is a left-wing intellectual and may be a Marxist. Nominated for the Palm d'Or. Set in and shot on location in Assisi Fiumicino Rome Tuscania and Viterbo Italy. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Arco Films unknown books
1990Best.-Nr. 151534Mumbai: National Film Development Corporation of India NFDC 1990. Vintage reference photograph of Satyajit Ray on the set of the 1990 film. Provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" and label of photographer Nemai Ghosh on verso. Ghosh worked closely with Ray as his official still photographer for nearly twenty-five years. Based on the 1882 play by Henrik Ibsen. When a good doctor discovers the cause of an outbreak of illness among the townsfolk is the holy water at the local temple and tourist attraction he is met with unexpected resistance and hostility. Set in the town of Chandipur India. 4.25 x 6.25 inches narrow margins. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection Eclipise 40. National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) unknown books
1969Best.-Nr. 151531Paris: les Films du Carrosse 1969. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of director François Truffaut on the set of the 1969 French neo-noir film. Based on Cornell Woolrich's 1947 novel "Waltz into Darkness." A wealthy plantation owner on an island in the Indian Ocean anticipates the arrival of his bride-to-be but is surprised to discover the woman who arrives from France bears no resemblance to the woman in the photograph. Set in and shot on Reunion Island and Nice France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. les Films du Carrosse unknown books
1969Best.-Nr. 151549N.p.: Produzione Europee Associate PEA 1969. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph with left margin of Federico Fellini on the set of the 1969 film. Three "Christophe L." provenance stamps on verso. Loosely based on the late first century satire by Gaius Petronius. Fellini's dream-like depiction of first century imperial Rome in a series of gloriously decadent extravagant and grotesque episodes following the pan-sexual scholar Encolpius Potter and his insatiable friend Ascyltus Hiram Keller. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. Shot on location in Rome Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light rippling at top and 1.5 inch crease at bottom. Criterion Collection 747. Eureka! Masters of Cinema 112. Produzione Europee Associate (PEA) unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 151533Paris: Les Films du Carrosse 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph of François Truffaut cinematographer Pierre-William Glenn and cast and crew members on the set of the 1976 film. French and English printed snipe and "Sygma" and photographer "Simonpietri" stamps on verso. An interrelated series of vignettes about the lives of children in a small French town primarily using non-professional actors ranging in age from infancy to 14 years old. One of Truffaut's best loved and most financially successful films. Set in and shot on location in and around Thiers France. 11.75 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Les Films du Carrosse unknown books
1961Best.-Nr. 151518N.p.: International Classics 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Brigitte Bardot and director Roger Vadim on the set of the 1961 film. "Photo Walter Carone" stamp two "La Bride sur le cou" stamps and faint recurring "Paris Match Marie Claire" stamps on verso. Sophie learns her boyfriend is thinking of leaving her for another woman and her first thought is to win him back or kill the woman but with the help of her friend Alain she resolves on the former. Shot on location in Alps Haute-Savoie France. 7.75 x 10.25 inches. Very Good plus. International Classics unknown books
1959Best.-Nr. 151523Paris: les Films du Carrosse 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph with bottom margin of François Truffaut and Guy Decomble on the set of the 1959 film. "Les Quatre Cents Coups" and "Telerama" stamps on verso. Truffaut's auspicious debut winner of Best Director at Cannes nominated for the Palme d'Or and also nominated for a Best Original Screenplay Oscar the following year. Set in and shot on location in Paris France. 6.75 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 5. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. les Films du Carrosse unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 151530Lausanne: Majestic Films 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Pierre Etaix on the set of the 1965 film. "Majestic Films S.A." and "Yoyo" stamps on verso. After losing everything in the stock market crash of 1929 a millionaire Etaix finds happiness his lost love Auger and the son he never knew he had by joining the circus. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Morbihan Bas-Rhin and Yvelines France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 655. Majestic Films unknown books
1985Best.-Nr. 151510Paris: France 3 Cinema 1985. Vintage matte reference photograph of Marie-France Pisier Francis Huster and Jean Marais from the 1985 film. Provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso. Jacques Demy's homage to and an update on Jean Cocteau's 1950 masterwork "Orpheus." A quintessentially 1980s Rock Opera musical with Orpheus as a French pop star and Cocteau's Orpheus Marais returning as Hades operating out of an underground parking garage. Music by Demy's long-time collaborator Michel Legrand. Set in and shot on location in Paris France. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. France 3 Cinema unknown books
1988Best.-Nr. 151514N.p.: AMLF 1988. Two vintage reference photographs of Jacques Demy on the set of the 1988 film. Demy's fanciful portrait of the life of singer and actor Yves Montand playing himself who returns to Marseille the city of his childhood to rehearse a stage musical based on his life and falls in love the female lead Marian only to discover she is his daughter. Music by Demy's long-time collaborator Michel Legrand. Demy's final film before his unexpected death in 1990. Set in and shot on location in Marseille France. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. AMLF unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 151550N.p.: Alfa Cinematografica 1971. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of Luchino Visconti and Silvana Mangano on the set of the 1971 film. Mimeo snipe "Parimage" stamp and "Camera Press" stamp on verso. Based on Thomas Mann's 1912 novella. Mann's lonely and obsessed novelist was transformed by Visconti into a composer based on Mahler who travels to Venice for his health and becomes increasingly obsessed with an adolescent Polish boy. The middle film of Visconit's "German Trilogy" an impressionistic conceptual cycle that begins with "The Damned" 1969 and ends with "Ludwig" 1972. Nominated for an Academy Award and for the Palm d'Or. Shot on location in Venice Italy. 12 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing and two small closed tears to left edge. Criterion Collection 962. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Alfa Cinematografica unknown books
1988Best.-Nr. 151512N.p.: AMLF 1988. Vintage reference photograph of Jacques Demy and Yves Montand on the set of the 1988 film. Demy's fanciful portrait of the life of singer and actor Yves Montand playing himself who returns to Marseille the city of his childhood to rehearse a stage musical based on his life and falls in love the female lead Marian only to discover she is his daughter. Music by Demy's long-time collaborator Michel Legrand. Demy's final film before his unexpected death in 1990. Set in and shot on location in Marseille France. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. AMLF unknown books
1931Best.-Nr. 151422Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1931. Draft script for the 1931 film with annotations in manuscript pencil primarily in later half of script largely regarding dialogue but also setting and shots. A largely fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari exotic dancer and courtesan who was executed by France for espionage during World War I. A sensation in the US and Europe it was Greta Garbo's most commercially successful film. The pre-Code film was censored upon its reissue in 1936 which was the only version believed to exist until 2005 when an uncut French and Dutch subtitled version was screened at the Cinematheque Royale de Belgique in Brussels. Set in 1917 Paris shot on location in Agoura California. Tan titled wrappers with credits for screenwriters Benjamin Glazer and Leo Birinski and M-G-M label dated "Copied May 4 1931." Title page present with credits for screenwriters Benjamin Glazer and Leo Birinski. 172 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with six white revision pages dated June 5 1931. Pages Very Good plus with foxing and edgewear and stain to upper right of title page Wrapper Very Good with light soiling and chipping and closed tears to extremities and spine and upper right section cut from rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 151469Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1965. Draft script for the 1966 film. Specially bound copy belonging to actress Juanita Moore bound in full red leather with twelve reference photographs from the film tipped in and containing two inscriptions from actress Debbie Reynolds. The first inscription by Reynolds on the verso of the first leaf in manuscript ink is "Juanita I Love you! You are the greatest! My deepest Thanks Love Debbie" the second on a the recto of a photograph of Reynolds and Moore from the film in manuscript marker and making reference to Reynold's character is "What feeling! What a face! What an actress! What a great Lady! Your Fan Sister Ann." A fanciful biography on the life of Belgian nun Jeanine Deckers who recorded the number one hit pop song "Dominique" in 1963. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in and shot on location in Gent Belgium. Red full leather binding with gilt titles and with actor Juanita Moore's name in gilt at the bottom right corner of the front board. Title page integral with first page dated 9-2-65. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered "130-135." Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink blue green and gray revision pages throughout dated variously between 11-4-65 and 11-24-65. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with front wrapper detached. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1956Best.-Nr. 147226N.p.: N.p. 1956. Draft script for the ninth episode of the third season of the anthology series "Matinee Theatre" originally aired on September 12 1957 on NBC. With two manuscript pencil annotations to the title page. During the Korean War a young Korean boy whose family has been killed in a recent bombing is informally adopted by a US military outfit. When an important map goes missing the commanding officers jump at the chance to blame the boy forcing the soldiers to debate whether his ethnicity alone is enough to condemn him. Screenwriter Jack Lewis was best known for "The Amazing Transparent Man" 1960 and for his prolific work in Western films such as "Outlaw Gold" 1950 "Whistling Hills" 1951 and "Black Eagle of Santa Fe" 1965. Set in Korea. Orange titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 67 leaves with last page of text numbered 66. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1980Best.-Nr. 147222Montreal: A.S.A. Productions 1980. Second Draft script for the 1988 television film originally aired on New Star Entertainment on September 21 here under the working title "Hit and Run." Based on Tom Alderman's 1976 novel "Hit and Run" wherein a devastated Canadian woman hires a private detective to track down the driver who killed her teenage son in a hit and run accident. Set and shot on location in New York City and Montreal. Blue untitled wrappers white comb binding. Title page present dated 1980 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for director ROBIN SPRY screenwriter ARTHUR FULLER and novelist TOM ALDERMAN. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. A.S.A. Productions unknown books
Best.-Nr. 147142N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. A middle-aged state legislator newly out of a job decides to run for president. Set in Washington DC. Non-standard untitled Tommy's Productions wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter TOM HARTLAND. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with front wrapper partially detached from the binding side stapled with three staples. N.p. unknown books
1959Best.-Nr. 151413Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1959. Estimating script for the 1960 film on yellow stock except title/distribution page white and second "This Script Is Not Final ." page pink copy belonging to uncredited crew member Nick Bova with name in manuscript ink on front wrapper and annotations in manuscript red pencil graphite pencil and ink throughout. Based on the 1960 novel by Hank Searls. The troubled and complicated lives of passengers and crew of a commercial airliner and a US Navy jet are examined as severe weather and a malfunctioning radio bring the two planes on an inextricable course toward collision. Shot on location in Washington DC and Naval Air Station North Island Coronado California. Beige titled wrappers noted as ESTIMATING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 60 dated June 5 1959. Title page integral with Distribution page receipt intact dated 6/5/59 noted as ESTIMATING. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1954Best.-Nr. 147138N.p.: N.p. 1954. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With a copied manuscript annotation on the front wrapper and title page noting: "BASED ON the play and NOVEL / "THE HUMAN STRONGBOX" / by / Frederic MAUZENS." Based on Frederic Mauzens' 1941 play "The Human Strong Box" about a daffy young man who accidentally swallows a priceless ruby and subsequently must defend his intestines from thugs and jewel thieves. Set in Manhattan NY. Orange titled wrappers dated November 1954 with credits for screenwriter ROBERT WYLER and play and novel credits to Frederic Mauzens. Title page present dated November 1954 with credits for screenwriter ROBERT WYLER and play and novel credits to Frederic Mauzens. 28 leaves with last page of text numbered 27. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 147208N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film also noted under the working title "Tennessee Overdrive" though it should be noted that by the writing of this draft the locale for the intended film was changed from Tennessee to Texas. A ex-convict looking to pay his debts teams up with a hardened trucker determined to keep his small trucking operation in spite of violent intimidation tactics by a rival company. The two men make their way along a Texas trucking route culminating in a shootout just outside Austin. Screenwriters Michael Scheff and David Spector were best known for the disaster thriller "Airport '77" 1977. Yellow generic studio wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Michael Scheff and David Spector. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with light tide marks to the top edges of the wrapper and leaves bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 147218Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1965. First Draft script for the 14th and final episode of the first and only season of "Blue Light" originally aired on ABC on May 18 1966. With manuscript ink annotations to the cast list noting the names of prospective actors for each role. An American spy living in Germany during World War II receives orders to kill a scientist who appears to be completing an atomic bomb for the SS but soon realizes the man may be working against the Nazis after all. Set in Germany. Red titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated DECEMBER 22 1965. Title page present dated December 22 1965 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Harold Livingstone. 36 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown books
1980Best.-Nr. 147217N.p.: N.p. 1980. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Two Americans busk their way across Europe traveling only with their guitars and the clothing on their backs. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Scott Fitz-Randolph and James L. Stewart. 13 leaves with last page of text numbered 11. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a small dampstain on the front wrapper bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 147135N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Set in the US in the early 1910s the film follows the disparate lives of two women starting on the day of their college graduation. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Beth Keele. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1938Best.-Nr. 151968Paris: Paris Film 1938. Vintage oversize double weight reference photograph from the 1938 film showing actors Jean Gabin and Julien Carette. Based on the 1890 social realist novel by Emile Zola. Director Jean Renoir's film remains true to the proletarian source material while grafting on elements of film noir and his own humanist philosophy. One of the director's biggest commercial successes with a powerful lead performance by Jean Gabin. Remade in the US by Fritz Lang in 1954 as "Human Desire." 15.75 x 12 inches. Very Good plus with creasing to far bottom corners with a small bruise on right side small crease to top right and a very small closed tear in top margin. Criterion Collection 324. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Paris Film unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 151996N.p.: Andre Michelin Productions 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Eddie Constantine as Lemmy Caution in bed armed and reading a French translation of Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep" from the 1965 film. Printed snipe and provenance stamp of "G. Toussier" on verso. Jean-Luc Godard's neo-noir foray into science fiction transplanting the fictional detective Lemmy Caution Constantine into a dystopian future assigned to kill the machine intelligence that rules over a fascist state where emotion is outlawed. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Very light edgewear to the corners else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 25. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Andre Michelin Productions unknown books
