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1951Best.-Nr. 150354N.p.: N.p. 1951. Vintage oversize black and white publicity portrait photograph of actor John Wayne from the 1951 film. The crew of a US submarine during World War II encounters a Japanese aircraft carrier in the middle of a secret rescue mission but trouble arises when they discover their torpedoes are defective. Set in the Pacific Ocean. 11 x 14 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned overall with light wear to the corners. N.p. unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 150349N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actor Rock Hudson wrapped in a lacy sheet. With the stamp of photographer Leo Fuchs on the verso along with the stamp of Vista Photos and several manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout. A well-to-do American businessman and a free-spirited Italian woman meet in London and impulsively marry but soon realize they have little in common and truly dislike each other. 11 x 14 inches with a wide right margin. Very Good with light wear to the edges and layout annotations in pencil on the right edge. N.p. unknown books
1964Best.-Nr. 150332N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage oversize borderless black and white photograph of actor Omar Sharif playfully clicking his heels in the air between takes while filming on location in Austria for the 1964 film. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations on the verso along with a PIX Agency stamp crediting photographer Denis Cameron. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. A romantic comedy anthology about the varied owners of an idiosyncratic yellow Rolls-Royce from its first owners a British aristocrat and his unfaithful wife to its last a socialite who accidentally becomes involved in the Nazi invasion of Ljubljana. Set and shot on location in London and Hertfordshire in England Naples Florence and Tuscany in Italy and Austria. 11.25 x 14 inches. Near Fine with brief wear to the corners. N.p. unknown books
1984Best.-Nr. 150180Culver City CA: TriStar 1984. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1984 film showing actor John Malkovich. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with several newspaper clippings showing the photograph in use and the stamp of a newspaper archive. A recently widowed woman struggles to maintain her family farm and care for her two young children in a small town in Texas in the midst of the Great Depression. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning two for Best Screenplay and Best Actress for Sally Field. Set in Waxahachie Texas and shot on location in Five Points and Waxahachie Texas. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with manuscript pencil annotations regarding cropping on the recto. TriStar unknown books
1951Best.-Nr. 150151Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1951. Vintage reference photograph from the 1951 film showing actor Humphrey Bogart in costume in the rain. Based on the 1935 novel by C. S. Forester which follows the crew of a steamship ferrying supplies to villages in East Africa during World War I. A classic masterpiece of an adventure tale in which a boozy Bogart and an uptight Katharine Hepburn find romance in the face of wartime adversity. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Actor for Bogart and nominated for Best Director Best Screenwriting and Best Actress. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. United Artists unknown books
1954Best.-Nr. 150271Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1954. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1954 Western film showing actor Robert Mitchum. Loosely based on the 1948 Italian film "Bicycle Thieves." A woman hires a widowed ex-con and his son to help her navigate a river journey to search for her gambler husband. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 3535. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1978Best.-Nr. 150162N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage borderless black and white reference photograph from the 1978 film showing actors Lily Tomlin and John Travolta. With an agency stamp on the verso. A socialite divorcee begins a May-December romance with a handsome younger drifter. A notorious box office flop at the time of its release noted by one of the film's crew members as "like being on the voyage of the damned" now considered a camp classic. Set and shot on location in Beverly Hills and Malibu California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light wear to the bottom edge. N.p. unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 150209Budapest: Interfoto 1970. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1970 Hungarian film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. A dramatization of the Hungarian peasant revolution in 1514 led by imprisoned peasant leader Gyorgy Dozsa. Director Ferenc Kosa was best known for "Ten Thousand Days" 1967 for which Kosa received the Best Director award at Cannes and "Beyond Time" 1973. Set and shot on location in Hungary. One 7 x 7 inches one 7 x 7.75 inches. Very Good plus one with a light diagonal crease to the bottom right corner. Interfoto unknown books
1989Best.-Nr. 152771Las Vegas: Sanford International Entertainment Inc 1989. Archive of Draft script and production materials for the 1989 film. The script here under the working title "Fists of Steel Part 1" contains two annotations of page numbers in manuscript ink. Included in the archive are two investment proposals a seven page Cast Sheet a two page Staff and Crew List a completion agreement from Media Guarantors International MGI and lastly a two page poem by director and screenwriter Jerry Schafer entitled "The Hell Bound Train" boldly signed in manuscript ink which begins with the line "A producer lay on the barroom floor." The 24 page investment proposal housed in a folder with clear acrylic cover is for the production of "Fists of Steel" as well as its proposed sequel and includes an illustrated cover synopsis sequel synopsis letter of interest from motion picture distribution company Seymour Borde & Associates B&A statement regarding US Hispanic Chambers of Commerce's support and promotion two page statement expounding the need for an effective Hispanic role model Carlos Palomino "Background Data" for investors credits for the two leads and headshot of Henry Silva newspaper articles on Schafer and Palomino and a letter of support from the Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce. The second 19 page investment proposal focuses largely on Schafer's concerns for Hispanic representation in media and again promotes the need for an effective Hispanic role model for which Schafer believes Palomino is ideally suited. Included in the proposal is a letter from Abel Quintela President of the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce a letter from Honolulu Mayor Frank Fasi a three-page synopsis a six page investment summary promoting Hispanic concerns and opportunities newspaper articles on Schafer and Palomino a second letter from Quintela to S&P Productions giving the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's endorsement of the film and a letter from the Executive Director of the Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce. Former boxer and Vietnam veteran Carlos Diaz Palomino has literal "Fists of Steel" and goes up against a terrorist group hiding in Hawaii responsible for the execution of his father. Conceived as platform for former boxing champion Palomino to become a national role model for Mexican Americans and the Hispanic community in general the film never received a proper theatrical release. It has since become a much sought out cult classic. Set in and shot on location in Oahu Hawaii. Gray titled wrappers with credits for director J Schafer. Title page present. 140 leaves with last page of text unnumbered. Mechanical duplication rectos only with six pink revision pages undated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine unbound with velo-binding hole punches. 24 page Investment Proposal Near Fine bound internally with two metal brads. 19 page Investment Proposal Near Fine bound with single staple on upper left. 7 page Cast Sheet dated 5/28/88 Near Fine bound with single staple on upper left. 2 page Staff & Crew List dated 5/19/88 Near Fine bound with single staple on upper left. Completion Agreement dated April 24 1988 Near Fine. Poem 2 pages Near Fine bound with a paper clip on upper left. Sanford International Entertainment, Inc unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 150229N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage photograph of director Ingmar Bergman and a camera crew preparing to film a scene between actors Elliott Gould and Bibi Andersson. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with a stamp noting No. 11620 and the stamps of Pix Inc and Camera Press Ltd. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. A seemingly happy Swedish housewife and mother begins an adulterous affair with a foreign archaeologist who is working near her home an emotionally scarred survivor of the Holocaust. Bergman's first English language film shot in England and Sweden and his first film to involve a major American actor Gould working alongside Bergman regulars Andersson and Max von Sydow. Set and shot on location in Sweden and England. 10 x 7.75 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased. N.p. unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 150244N.p.: N.p. 1967. Five vintage borderless black and white photographs from the set of the 1967 film. With two printed mimeo snipes on the verso along with the stamp of still photographer James Johnson. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. Brooks' unflinching and unsentimental documentary style made for a visualization that matched the power of Truman Capote's most famous book and remains one of the great meditations on violence in America. Nominated for four Academy Awards. 10 x 8 inches. Most Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear one Very Good with a tear to the top right corner repaired with cello tape on the verso. National Film Registry. Ebert II. Criterion Collection 781. Penzler 101. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1953Best.-Nr. 152724N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage oversize borderless matte-finish double weight photograph of Charlton Heston receiving a massage on the set of the 1953 film. With the stamp of photographer Bill Avery on the verso. A Chief of Scouts mistrusts the Apache tribe after the chief refuses to sign a peace treaty but his concerns are disregarded by the US Army. Bill Avery worked as a photographer at Columbia Pictures in the early twentieth century with a brief interlude working as a combat cameraman during World War II. He also worked at MGM under noted photographer C.S. Bill and occasionally worked as a freelance publicity photographer shooting iconic images of Elvis Presley Jack Lemmon Katharine and Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine among many others. Shot on location in Texas. 9 x 13.5 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 166. N.p. unknown books
1989Best.-Nr. 152816N.p.: N.p. 1989. Draft script for the 1990 television film here under the working title "Fast Lane." A woman discovers that the man with whom she has just had a one-night stand is a hired assassin and tries to stop him from completing his next hit. Set in New York. Self wrappers. Missing title page presumably as issued. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only with pink yellow and green revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Reyes 39. N.p. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 150807San Francisco: Zoetrope 1981. Final Draft script for the 1981 musical film. Copy belonging to actress Lainie Kazan with her name on the title page in manuscript ink and her manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Laid in with the script is a single revision page with Kazan's manuscript pencil and ink annotations and an envelope for the Paradise Travel Agency covered with ink annotations regarding line changes containing a flight coupon signed by Kazan. Dreamy flaky Frannie leaves her down-to-earth unfaithful boyfriend Hank on their fifth anniversary. Over the course of 24 hours both have affairs with their ideal partners but eventually realize their paramours can't hold a candle to their love for each other. Francis Ford Coppola's first directorial effort after his 1979 masterpiece "Apocalypse Now" shot on strikingly stylized sets at his newly opened Zoetrope Studios. Red Zoetrope Studios wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT and production No. 032 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated January 1 1981 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for director Francis Coppola sic and screenwriter Armyan Bernstein and music credits to Tom Waits. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Zoetrope unknown books
1980Best.-Nr. 147395N.p.: N.p. 1980. Set of two treatment scripts for an unproduced television project variously described as a television series or prospective feature film. Text in German and English. Based on Nobel Prize-winning author Hermann Hesse's 1934 novel set to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Centuries into the future a closed utopian society is dedicated solely to intellectual pursuits encapsulated in the "glass bead game" an esoteric competition which requires a limitless knowledge of music math and culture to win. Hesse's novel follows Joseph Knecht as he becomes a master of the game eventually rising to the top of the hierarchy to become Magister Ludi the executive officer of the game administrators. Although "Das Glasperienspiel" was begun in 1931 publication in Germany was stalled due to the novel's anti-fascist messages leading Hesse to eventually seek publication in Switzerland in 1943. Set in Castalia a fictional province of central Europe in the 25th century. Yellow text in German: Ordered but unbound leaves housed in a yellow plastic folder. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Titus Leber. 22 leaves not numbered. Xerographically reproduced on blue and white stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus. Black text in English: Ordered but unbound leaves housed in a black plastic folder. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Titus Leber. 22 leaves with last page of text numbered 20. Xerographically reproduced on blue and white stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 147366N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced Norwegian film. With manuscript annotations in ink and pencil throughout. Incomplete as issued. Text in English. Set in Brazil. White titled self-wrappers. Title page present noted as Version 3 with credits for screenwriter VILGOT SJOMAN. 91 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Good partially bound with one paper clip. N.p. unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 150810N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on Claude Brown's successful 1965 autobiographical novel which follows a young African American boy coming of age in Harlem during the 1940s and 1950s. Adapted by Arnold Federbush a film and sound editor who also wrote two science fiction novels in the 1970s "The Man Who Lived in Inner Space" 1973 and "Ice!" 1978. Set in Harlem. Gold untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Arnold Federbush and author Claude Brown. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly rusted near the binding bound with a silver prong. N.p. unknown books
1978Best.-Nr. 152815Miami FL: Worldfilm 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a newspaper advertisement for the screenplay dated December 4 1978. A handsome secret agent named Thomas Corrigan is sent to Miami to stop an influx of drugs from Cuba smuggled in by a mysterious drug baron with World War II connections. Gray titled pictorial wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Thomas Conners. 206 leaves with last page of text numbered 205. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with dampstains affecting the first ten leaves wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Worldfilm unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 152312N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage black and white reference photograph from the set of the 1967 film showing actress Brigitte Bardot in the bath between takes with director Serge Bourguignon to her right. With layout annotations in pencil on the verso along with a provenance stamp. A French woman is tempted to stray from her older English husband when she meets a vibrant younger man. Shot on location in London and Paris. 8 x 10 with wide side margins. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1980Best.-Nr. 152436N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Written by noted African American screenwriter S. Torriano Berry. A rock star dies in a freak accident but is reincarnated to the chagrin of his greedy recording company who have already made plans to replace him in the spotlight. Heavily influenced by earlier films "Heaven Can Wait" Ernst Lubitsch 1943 and "Heaven Can Wait" Warren Beatty and Elaine May 1978 Blue titled front wrapper missing rear wrapper with credits for screenwriter S. Torriano Berry. Missing title page presumably as issued. 75 leaves with last page of text numbered 75. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1956Best.-Nr. 152463Tokyo: Shochiku 1956. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1956 film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso noting the film's title and the names of director Yasujiro Ozu and actor Chishu Ryu. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A married white-collar worker begins an affair at his job with a young woman nicknamed Goldfish. Ozu's first film after a three year hiatus and one of the last of his marriage-related films. Set and shot on location in Tokyo Okayama Shiga and Kanagawa. 6 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Eclipse 3. Shochiku unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 152317N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1975 Italian film showing actors Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider. A cynical war correspondent in northern Africa assumes the identity of a deceased arms dealer to gain information for his documentary. Antonioni's final film in a three picture contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer following "Blowup" 1966 and "Zabriskie Point" 1970. Set in Chad shot on location in Germany Spain and England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1982Best.-Nr. 152423N.p.: N.p. 1982. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Werner Herzog with actors Klaus Kinski Grande Otelo and Miguel Angel Fuentes on the set of the 1982 film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso. Early twentieth century rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald funds his dream to build an opera house in the Peruvian Amazon by hauling a huge river boat laden with rubber across a mountain. Werner Herzog's astonishing outrageous and downright insane masterpiece the subject of Les Blank's remarkable documentary "Burden of Dreams" 1982. Set and shot on location in Peru and Brazil. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. BFI 2032. Ebert III. N.p. unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 152314N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1968 French film. With manuscript ink annotations and stamp of photographer Gerard Cossevin on the verso. While hiding out on a Peruvian island an emotionally numb young woman has sex with a group of sailors on a beach. Meanwhile her wealthy husband and his strange chauffeur search for her to no avail. One of the first films to receive an X rating from the MPAA purportedly written by director Romain Gary about his marriage to actress Jean Seberg. Shot on location in Mauritania. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Bier 1209. N.p. unknown books
1957Best.-Nr. 152741London: Pinewood Studios 1957. Shooting script for the 1958 British film. Annotation in manuscript ink of copy number "64" on front wrapper. Laid in are two loose pink revision pages and 36 bound pink revision pages. Based on the 1957 novel by Catherine Cookson. John Gregson in a memorable performance stars as Dublin trash collector James Ignatius Rooney who competes as a Gaelic sportsman on the weekends. Set in and shot on location in Dublin. Tall blue titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper. Title page present dated 13th August 1957 with credits for author Catherine Cookson and screenwriter Patrick Kirwan. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages laid in one undated one dated 21.11.57 and 36 dated 2.9.57. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with chipping closed tears and creasing at the extremities and spine bound with prong binding. Loose revision pages Very Good plus with toning and creasing at outer edge. Bound revision pages with some creasing to first leaf else Near Fine bound with a single flat metal brad. Pinewood Studios unknown books
