10 264 résultats
1962réf. 149644Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1962. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1962 film showing a group of Allied troops storming Pegasus Bridge with a camera crew in the foreground. With manuscript pencil annotations on the verso regarding layout along with the stamp of Marine films. Based on screenwriter Cornelius Ryan's 1959 book. A star-studded dramatization of the events of D-Day from both the Allied and Axis perspectives with many scenes such as the aforementioned storming of Pegasus Bridge filmed at their corresponding real-life French locations. Set and shot on location in France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1974réf. 149645Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1974. Vintage reference photograph from the 1974 film showing actress Valerie Perrine in costume or arguably lack thereof as Lenny Bruce's wife stripper Honey Bruce. With manuscript annotations in ink and pencil on the verso regarding layout. Based on Julian Barry's 1971 play which followed the career decline and death by morphine overdose of controversial comedian Lenny Bruce. A tour de force shot in black and white with documentary-like direction interspersed with interviews. Bob Fosse's third film as director and first non-musical. Nominated for six Academy Awards and the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Miami Beach Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twilight Time. United Artists unknown books
1976réf. 146803N.p.: The Corman Company 1976. Draft script for the 1976 film. A Vietnam vet is hired to deal with a group of rowdy oil workers causing trouble in a small town and decides to occupy the town with his mercenary buddies in order to provide a solution. A low budget action film shot in just 30 days after producer Gene Corman came up with the title and nothing else. White titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter George Armitage. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. The Corman Company unknown books
1972réf. 146899N.p.: Europrodis 1972. Six vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1972 film with one of Jose Benazeraf being double weight with matte finish. "Hubert Toyot" stamp on the verso. Catherine Franck and Patricial Hermenier play sexually liberated air hostesses who seduce American journalist played by Rod Cameron and move on to their next conquest but he refuses to accept it and pursues them. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine some curling one with small crease in upper right corner. Europrodis unknown books
1976réf. 146900N.p.: Films du Berry 1976. Four vintage borderless studio still photographs and one contact sheet from the 1976 film. Two larger gloss finish photographs and two smaller matte finish photographs and contact sheet containing eleven images. Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil more commonly known as Jean Rollin had gained notoriety and some scandal with his early French vampire films "Le Viol du Vampire" 1968 "La Vampier Nue" 1970 "Le Frisson des Vampires" 1970 and "Requiem pour un Vampire" 1971. When beginning production on his first non-vampire film "La Rose de Fer" 1973 he found himself in need of funding and began making adult sex films which he continued to direct under a variety of pseudonyms through the mid-1980s. Two photographs 7 x 9.5 inches two photographs 5 x 7 inches Contact Sheet 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Hinds 222. Films du Berry unknown books
réf. 146475N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Revised Draft script for an unproduced film. Written by noted screenwriter Thomas Rickman whose produced work includes "Kansas City Bomber" 1972 "The Laughing Policeman" 1973 and "Coal Miner's Daughter" 1980. Not to be confused with the 1989 film starring Patrick Swayze. On a train bound for Kentucky an unnamed soldier murders a honor guard sent to escort the body of a soldier killed in battle to his family stealing the sergeant's identity in order to avoid being court-martialed for previously killing a different officer. A friendship develops between the soldier posing as the now-deceased "Sergeant Peck" and the fallen soldier's family and fiancee who believe him to be a valiant kind man sending the soldier into escalating guilt and shame. Set in Western Kentucky. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present noted as REVISED with credits for screenwriter Thomas Rickman. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
réf. 146574N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Included with the bound script are five xerographically duplicated copies of the script individually partially bound with one staple to the top left corners and two unbound copies of the title page. A series centering the adventures and exploits of the members of a women's rodeo association. Yellow untitled generic Paul Kohner-Michael Levy Agency card wrappers. Title page present noted as Format for an action series for Television with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 19 leaves with last page of text numbered 17. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall with a small dampstain on the front wrapper's bottom edge bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1943réf. 147112Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1943. Second Revised Final draft script for the 1944 film. A few annotations of names or checks in manuscript pencil on the top outer corner of verso. A dramatization of the trials that took place in Japan during World War II eight American aircrew members are taken prisoner by the Japanese Army. The soldiers are forced to endure systematic torture and abuse and finally accused convicted and executed as war criminals. This film brought opposition from the Department of Defense fearing strong reactions from the Japanese. Set in Japan shot on location in Washington DC. Beige titled wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 229 and production No. 936 dated OCT. 14 1943. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated October 14 1943 noted as 2nd Revised Final. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/20/43 and 12/6/43. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1978réf. 147119Burbank CA: Edgar J. Scherick and Associates 1978. Second Draft script for the 1978 television film. One of director John Carpenter's earliest efforts as a screenwriter released the same year as "Halloween" and the television movie "Someone's Watching Me." Originally aired on NBC on September 27 1978. While written as a vehicle for Suzanne Somers some actors that would soon eclipse her can be found in the supporting cast including Timothy Hutton Rosanna Arquette and Michael Biehn. A glamorous aging rock star takes a vacation to Zuma Beach where she unwittingly seduces the teenage beachgoers and gradually becomes involved in their lives. Set and shot on location in California. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 31 1978 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter William Schwartz. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine lightly soiled on the first leaf wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Edgar J. Scherick and Associates unknown books
1981réf. 146360Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1981. Final draft script for the 1982 film with annotations in manuscript ink striking dialogue on three pages. A cocaine fueled spoof of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" that could have only been made in the early 1980s. With tag lines like "They told Dr. Jekyll to take his amazing scientific discovery and shove it up his nose. So he did." and "The comedy that examines modern living through chemistry" one has a good idea what to expect. The film allows Mark Blankfield of the sketch comedy television show "Fridays" free range for a completely over-the-top performance as the shy timid Dr. Jekyll and the mustachioed gold-toothed hairy chested party-animal Mr. Hyde and aptly closes with a shot of Robert Louis Stevenson spinning in his grave. Tan titled Paramount wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated March 31 1981. Title page present dated March 31 1981 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Jerry Belson Michael Leeson Monica Johnson and Harvey Miller with a "DUPLICATED BY PARAMOUNT PRINT SHOP" stamp on lower right corner. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near FIne wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. Olive Films #1263. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1987réf. 145997Paris: Films A2 1987. Three vintage oversize studio photographs from French release of the 1987 French/Swiss/Canadian co-production. Co-directed by acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank his only feature length fiction film and acclaimed wirter Rudolph Wurlitzer who wrote the screenplay "Candy Mountain" is a musician's road movie heavily influenced by the lives of Frank and Wurlitzer and featuring a cast full of notable musicians such as Tom Waits Leon Redbone Dr. John Joe Strummer Arto Lindsay David Johansen and others. Set in and shot on location in New York and Cape Breton Island Nova Scotia. 12 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine some light creasing and pinholes in corners in two of the three photographs. Rosenbaum 1000. Films A2 unknown books
1959réf. 146009Burbank CA: Otto Preminger Films 1959. Vintage keybook studio photograph of Lee Remick with Jimmy Stewart and Duke Ellington at the piano from the 1959 film. Based on the 1958 novel by John D. Voelker under the pseudonym Robert Traver which he based on a real life case of a veteran accused of killing a local man who he believed raped his wife. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Adapted Screenplay Best Actor for Jimmy Stewart and twice for Best Supporting Actor for George C. Scott and Arthur O'Connell. Set in and shot on location in Michigan. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with some light edgewear. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 600. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Grant US. Selby US. Otto Preminger Films unknown books
1969réf. 147017London: Columbia British Productions 1969. Draft script for the 1970 British film. Cinematographer Douglas Slocombe's name written and underlined in manuscript ink on the title page as well as an encircled "71" in red manuscript marker. Based on Janice Elliott's 1967 novel about cousins born on the same day to twin sisters. Inseparable and maybe in love they agree to find suitable romantic partners for each other. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in and shot on location in England Spain and Sweden. ornamental embossed titled wrapper. Title page present dated 1969 with credits for screenwriter Peter Draper and novelist Janice Elliott. PAGES leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three flat metal brads. Columbia British Productions unknown books
1968réf. 147160Unknown: Unknown 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. A pitch black comedy about a man sentenced to death who survives his hanging leading to a two-hour debate among his executioners over how best to handle the situation. Loosely based on a 1958 crime and execution and a rare for its time discussion of the discrimination faced by ethnic Koreans in Japanese society. Black titled wrappers. Title page present rubber-stamped copy No. 035. Approximately 130 leaves with last page of text numbered h-8. Mimeograph duplication rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with perfect binding. Criterion Collection 798. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Unknown unknown books
1969réf. 147253N.p.: Amicus Productions 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 British film. Based on Margaret Drabble's 1965 novel "The Millstone." Produced by Amicus Productions a company typically known for its blood-drenched horror films. Venturing into another genre the studio produced this drama that follows Rosamund Stacey Sandy Dennis a bookish doctoral candidate who is perpetually dodging the sexual advances of the men in her life. This comes to an end when she meets George Matthews Ian McKellen. The film was not a box office success but ironically been called the best film produced by Amicus. Set in London shot on location in England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Amicus Productions unknown books
1956réf. 147087Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Final draft script for the 1956 film. Wrappers trimmed to conform to text block separating spine from wrapper abd cropping copy number stamp "650" and re-written in manuscript ink. Production number adjusted in manuscript pencil with ."5." "#3" in manuscript in on edge of spine. Based on Marcelle Maurette's 1952 stage play about a scheme to conspiracy to extort ten million pounds from a bank by teaching a homeless girl to impersonate the missing Russian princess Anastasia. Ingrid Bergman won an Academy Award for her lead role. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 650 and production No. 2677 dated June 7 1956. Title page present dated June 7 1956 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Arthur Laurents. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus trimmed to conform to text block with spine separate bound with two gold brads. Twilight Time 203. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1959réf. 147066N.p.: Hammer Film Productions 1959. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1959 Hammer film. Based on the 1945 play by Barre Lyndon "The Man in Half Moon Street." 104 year old sculptor Georges Bonnet Anton Diffring maintains a youthful appearance by having a victim's parathyroid glands surgically replace his own but his partner and friend Dr. Weiss Arnold Marle had a stroke and cannot perform the surgery. He then blackmails an old flame's Hazel Court boyfriend Dr. Pierre Gerard Christopher Lee into performing the surgery. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good moderate creasing with a closed tear on the left side. Hammer Film Productions unknown books
1959réf. 147069N.p.: Hammer Film Productions 1959. Collection of ten vintage photographs two reference photographs and eight studio still photographs from the 1959 film. Three photos shown. Please inquire for additional images. Although an ostensible remake of the hit 1932 Universal film Hammer Film adaptation of this title borrowed its plot largely from Universal's "The Mummy's Hand" 1940 and "The Mummy's Tomb" 1942 with the climax taken directly from "The Mummy's Ghost" 1944. When British archeologists led by John Banning Peter Cushing despoil the tomb of an Egyptian high priestess Princess Anaka Yvonne Furneaux they awaken her keeper and former lover high priest Kharis Christopher Lee. The only Hammer film to feature the actor combination of Lee Cushing and Michael Ripper. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine some light creasing one with two closed tears and pinholes and one photo with top right corner clipped. Hammer Film Productions unknown books
1945réf. 147050Universal City: Universal Pictures 1945. Vintage photograph of Onslow Stevens lighting Lon Chaney Jr.'s way up a macabre stone stairway from the 1945 film. The last entry in Universal's famed "monsters" canon a direct sequel to 1944's "House of Frankenstein" which appropriately hosted Universal's "big three" monsters all in Dracula's house including the Prince of Darkness himself John Carradine the Wolf Man Chaney Jr. and Frankenstein Glenn Strange along with the requisite mad scientist Onslow Stevens and hunchbacked assistant Jane Adams. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
1946réf. 146888Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1946. Final script for the 1946 film. Based on the 1944 comedic mystery novel by Craig Rice about the children of a widowed mystery novelist attempting to solve a murder in their neighborhood with the help of a handsome police lieutenant. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL rubber-stamped copy No. 66 and production No. 100 dated MARCH 2 1946. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated March 2 1946 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter F. Hugh Herbert. 192 leaves with last page of text numbered 160. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/12/46 and 5/7/46. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus slightly yapped to the fore edges bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1964réf. 146593Los Angeles: APJAC Productions 1964. Treatment script for an unproduced film with blue revision pages throughout. Bound in with the script are a number of black and white photograph illustrations of World War I aviators and airplanes as well as a handmade bound-in paper pouch containing 11 color reference photographs of early airplanes clipped from an issue of Life Magazine. An historic exploration of early Air Force aviators intended for release on or around the 50 year anniversary eve of World War I. Set in Polaise France. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Screen Treatment with credits for screenwriter Charles K. Peck Jr. 160 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout variously undated and dated 3/27/64. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. APJAC Productions unknown books
2000réf. 146410N.p.: The Greenblatt Janollari Studio 2000. First Draft script for an unproduced television pilot. A few months after graduating high school the eponymous teen couple Nick and Emily discover that Emily is pregnant forcing the pair to grow up more quickly than anticipated. Screenwriter R. Lee Fleming Jr. was better known for his involvement in early 2000s young adult-oriented television shows such as "Friends" 2001-2004 and "One Tree Hill" 2004-2006 as well as the films "She's All That" 1999 and "Get Over It" 2001. Set in Burbank CA. White Greenblatt Janollari studio wrappers. Title page present dated January 28 2000 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter R. Lee Fleming Jr. 58 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near FIne wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. The Greenblatt Janollari Studio unknown books
réf. 146415N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a manuscript ink annotation to the title page presumably to a prospective actor from screenwriter Darin Mercado and lines for the character "Billy" marked with manuscript pencil. Possibly incomplete. After being dumped by a long-term girlfriend once again a serial monogamist heads to a bar determined to have a one-night-stand. White self wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Darin Mercado. 24 leaves with last page of text numbered 24. Xerox rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with three staples at the top left corner. N.p. unknown books
réf. 146591N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. Members of the French Foreign Legion experience their own conflicts of romance and resentment in the final weeks before they leave Algiers. Prolific screenwriter Ken Englund was known for "No No Nannette" 1940 "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" 1943 and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" 1947 among others. Set in Algiers and France. Yellow patterned titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ken Englund. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 89. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1967réf. 147239Los Angeles: Gershwin-Kastner Productions 1967. First Draft script and a Revised Estimating script for the 1968 film. The First Draft script is early written well over two years before the film's release. The Revised Estimating script is on all yellow stock except for distribution page white and pink "This Script Is Not Final and Is Given to You for Advance Information Only" page. Written a year prior the film's release the Revised Estimating script is only 79 pages ending with "PART II TO FOLLOW." From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. A workaholic manufacturer meets a carefree young woman who takes lovers for a period of one month in order to help them get over their problems though complications ensue when he agrees to be her "November." Remade in 2001 directed by Pat O'Connor and starring Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron. Set in and shot on location in Manhattan and Brooklyn New York. First draft script: Blue titled wrappers dated July 9 1965. Title page present dated 7/9/65 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Herman Raucher. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Offset duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Rev. Estimating script: Beige titled wrappers noted as REV. ESTIMATING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 65 dated February 1. 1967. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 2/1/67. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Offset duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Gershwin-Kastner Productions unknown books
