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Best.-Nr. 146573Los Angeles: Jerry Merton Productions Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a small manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper reading "# 39." Based on popular Western writer Zane Grey's 1923 short story about a prospector who finally strikes gold attributing the fortune to his lucky mule Jenet. Set in the American Southwest. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Stephen Kandel and novelist Zane Grey. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two gold brads. Jerry Merton Productions unknown books
1943Best.-Nr. 152391Universal City: Universal Pictures 1943. Vintage keybook reference photograph of Arthur Lubin and camerman on a crane above the opera house audience from the 1943 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Loosely based on the 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux. The second Universal film based on the story following Rupert Julian's 1925 silent film. Nominated for four Academy Awards and winning two including one for Best Cinematography. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors 1931-1946. Universal Pictures unknown books
1950Best.-Nr. 151310Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film showing the "wax works" card party composed of actress Gloria Swanson and actors Anna Q. Nilsson H.B. Warner and Buster Keaton playing themselves. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A down-on-his-luck screenwriter stumbles into the home of a forgotten silent film star quickly becoming enmeshed in her deranged plan for a comeback. A kingpin in the pantheon of films about fame and Hollywood Wilder's urban noir counterpart to the daylight rural world of "Ace in the Hole" 1951. Winner of three Academy Awards and nominated for another eight including Best Picture. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches with wide margins photograph measuring 4.75 x 3.5 inches. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1960Best.-Nr. 152388London: Lynx Films / American International Pictures 1960. Vintage reference photograph from the 1960 British film showing actors Vanda Hudson and Jack Carson. A deranged plastic surgeon becomes the owner of a traveling circus specializing in a "Temple of Beauty" transforming disfigured women into the glamorous stars of his show. Their beauty however comes at a price and any attempts to leave the circus end in their gory demise. The third film in what critic David Price called production comany Anglo-Amalgamated's "Sadian trilogy" preceded by "Horrors of the Black Museum" and "Peeping Tom" the previous year. Set in England and France shot on location in England. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Lynx Films / American International Pictures unknown books
1930Best.-Nr. 152397Paris: Societe Nouvelle des Acacias 1930. Vintage borderless oversize double weight reference photograph from the 1930 French film showing Pola Illery and Edmond T. Greville dancing at the bottom left corner with Gaston Modot looking on in a jealous sulk to the far right. With a provenance stamp and the stamp of Societe Nouvelle des Acacias to the verso. A seductive Romanian woman named Pola enchants working class street singer Albert but he must compete for her affections with his best friend Louis and a local gangster named Fred. 11.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with light creases to the corners. Criterion Collection 161. Rosenbaum 1000. Societe Nouvelle des Acacias unknown books
Best.-Nr. 152527N.p.: N.p. 1970. Dialogue transcript for the infamous unfinished film musical undated circa 1968. Copy belonging to Frank Zappa with a single annotation in Zappa's hand on the top of the first page. Full provenance available. A transcript detailing multiple takes of ten scenes shot by Zappa for his long-planned but never finished experimental film. Transcript primarily addresses scenes featuring Don Preston and Phyllis Smith Altenhaus but also contains dialogue intended to be spoken by Carl Zappa Billy Mundi Aynsley Dunbar Jimmy Carl Black and Zappa himself. Originally innovated in 1967 by Zappa featuring his then-band the Mothers of Invention the film would morph in various ways over the course of the next decade but would ultimately never come to fruition due to a lack of financing. In 1969 the Mothers of Invention released the acclaimed double album "Uncle Meat" an instrumental soundtrack to the unfinished film. Finally in 1987 a direct-to-video "making of" documentary of the uncompleted film was released. Transparent front wrapper with orange back wrapper and spine. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages with light stain on first leaf else Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 152491Paris: Pier Luigi 1967. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph of director Roger Vadim actor Honey Autumm a crew member and an extra from the set of the 1968 film. Shot by still photographer Emilio Lari with his stamp on the verso as well layout annotations in manuscript pencil and stamps reading "Noir & Blanc" "APIS-PARIS." Based on the adult comic book by Jean-Claude Forest published in the French magazine "V" in 1962 and 1964. Likely the campiest space-opera sex comedy in film history. Though not popular upon its release it was re-released to greater acclaim in 1977 and has since influenced countless fashion designers films and musicians including Duran Duran whose name is a play on that of the main villain. Set in outer space and shot in Rome. 9.5 x 11.75 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Pier Luigi unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 152359Los Angeles: Cinerama International Releasing Organization 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Daniel Mann laughing with actors Abbey Lincoln and Joseph Attles on the set of the 1968 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. In order to prevent their maid from leaving their employment to attend secretarial school the youngest son of a wealthy white Long Island family searches for a handsome executive to wine and dine her. Set in Long Island and New York. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and soiled to the right edge with brief wear to the corners. Cinerama International Releasing Organization unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 152381N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Ken Loach talking with actors Sandy Ratcliff and Grace Cave on the set of the 1971 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A teenage girl Sandy Ratcliff living with her unhappy restrictive family in London is forced to undergo psychiatric treatment for her erratic behavior. A searing portrait of conservative working-class British life in the late twentieth-century. Shot on location in Shenley. 10 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1985Best.-Nr. 152360N.p.: N.p. 1985. Two vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1985 film showing a young Charlotte Gainsbourg. A neglected thirteen-year-old girl from a working class neighborhood dreams of becoming the manager of her friend a wealthy teenage piano prodigy vacationing nearby but her hopes soon unravel when she is confronted with the reality of her friend's upper-class life. Shot on location in Savoie and Yvelines France. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 152380N.p.: N.p. 1962. Five vintage press photographs of actress Jane Fonda from the 1962 film. Based on the 1960 play by Tennessee Williams. On their ill-fated honeymoon George and Isabel visit George's war buddy whose wife has just walked out on him. Director George Roy Hill's directorial debut and a breakthrough role for Fonda. Set in Tennessee. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1957Best.-Nr. 152372N.p.: N.p. 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film showing Elvis Presley getting the lash from prison guard Bill Hickman. A handsome young man named Vince Everett is sent to prison for manslaughter and begins a musical career with the help of his cellmate a washed-up country singer. Presley's third film appearance and first film with MGM. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light toning along the top edge. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books
1969Best.-Nr. 152375N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph taken on the set of the 1969 film showing Kim Novak topless mid-costume change aided by two wardrobe ladies. Based on the 1961 novel. A genre-bending film combining heist comedy and Western genres in which multiple gangs converge on Friendly Texas in order to attempt to rob the most unrobbable bank in the West. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1966Best.-Nr. 152355Amsterdam: Scorpio Films 1966. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 Dutch film. With the stamps of Scorpio Films and still photographer Frans Bromet on the verso along with manuscript ink and pencil annotations. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A man returns to Amsterdam after a long absence and finds himself lost among the countercultural changes made after the arrival of the Provos movement. The second film by key "Dutch Wave" director Wim Verstappen who was best known for founding Scorpio Films with screenwriter Pim de la Parra a collaboration which most notably produced the groundbreaking 1971 Dutch film "Blue Movie." Set and shot on location in Amsterdam. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Scorpio Films unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 152387London: EMI Films 1971. Vintage borderless double weight photograph of director Joseph Losey actor Michael Redgrave and a camera crew on the set of the 1971 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with a provenance stamp. Based on L.P. Hartley's 1953 novel. A young boy acts as the go-between for a tenant farmer and a wealthy young woman engaged in an illicit affair. Screenwriter Harold Pinter's final collaboration with Losey following "The Servant" 1963 and "Accident" 1967. Set and shot on location in Norfolk England. 10 x 8 inches with a wide bottom margin. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. EMI Films unknown books
1928Best.-Nr. 152353N.p.: N.p. 1928. Vintage reference photograph from the 1928 film struck circa 1950 from the original negative showing actors Erich von Stroheim and Fay Wray. With a stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso along with a few manuscript ink annotations. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Stroheim's runaway production was halted after nine months of shooting by producer Pat Powers having gone nearly $1 million over budget with an edited running time of over four hours. After a disastrous preview Paramount decided to release two films from the footage as was Stroheim's original intent with the second part entitled "The Honeymoon" now lost. The film follows Prince Nicki an impoverished aristocrat who is in love with the beautiful innkeeper's daughter Mitzi Fay Wray but is forced to marry Cecilia the daughter of a wealthy factory owner Zasu Pitts. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registy. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. N.p. unknown books
1955Best.-Nr. 152368Burbank CA: Mark VII Ltd. / Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1955 film noir showing actor Lee Marvin to the far left Jack Webb driving a vintage automobile just behind him and a camera crew capturing the shot to the right. With the stamps of Warner Brothers and still photographer Mac Julian to the verso. In 1927 a Kansas City Missouri trumpet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange for protection. Set and shot on location in Oregon. 9.5 x 4 inches with wide margins. Very Good plus. Grant US. Spicer US. Mark VII Ltd. / Warner Brothers unknown books
1966Best.-Nr. 152363N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 Russian film showing actress Irma Raush. Director Andrei Tarkovsky's sprawling 15th-century drama capturing seven episodes in the life of revered Russian iconographer Andrei Rublev from his humble origins as a traveling monk to his later years returning to painting after a long and meditative sabbatical. Set in medieval Russia shot on location in Moscow. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 34. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
1930Best.-Nr. 151436Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1930. Collection of eight vintage reference photographs from the 1930 comedy short film. Notable as the first short by the duo where Hardy says to Laurel "Well here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!" A parody of the 1927 silent film "The Cat and the Canary" with Stan and Ollie spending the night in a mansion of a deceased relative of Stan's only to be embroiled in suspected foul play. 10 x 8 inches. One photograph with a brief stray ink annotation to the recto else About Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1934Best.-Nr. 151481Munich: UFA 1934. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Brigitte Helm from the 1934 film. With a manuscript ink annotation to the verso. A scientist discovers a method for turning lead into gold but is killed in an act of sabotage leading his assistant to seek revenge. 4.75 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine. UFA unknown books
1954Best.-Nr. 152155Santa Monica: RKO Radio Pictures 1954. Six vintage studio still photographs for the 1954 stop motion animated film. Based on and incorporating music from the 1983 opera by composer Engelbert Humperdinck with a libretto by his sister Adelhied Wette itself based on the German fairy tale first published in 1812 in "Grimm's Fairy Tales." Produced by Michael Myerberg at his New York studio and originally released independently before being picked up by RKO for a Christmas 1954 release nationally the film would go on to become a staple of holiday viewing. Notable as the first feature length American animated film not made with traditional cel animation techniques and the first non-Disney feature length animated film released since 1941's "Mr. Bug Goes to Town." 10 x 8 inches. Very Good. Pinholes to the edges with light edgewear and soil. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1927Best.-Nr. 151470Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1927. Collection of nine vintage reference photographs from the 1927 silent comedy short film. Stan and Ollie help a wealthy oil tycoon escape a trio of blackmailers after his money. One the last films released prior to the duo becoming officially billed as Laurel and Hardy. 8 x 10 inches. One photograph with a scratch to the negative filled in with manuscript black marker else about Near Fine with light curling and some minor edgewear. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1929Best.-Nr. 151442Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Seven vintage reference photographs from the 1929 comedy short film. Stan and Ollie mistakenly think a reward for a stolen painting is for a horse with the same name leading to a series of slapstick misadventures when they return the horse instead of the painting. Shot as a silent but issued with synchronized music and sound effects to theatres equipped for sound. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with light curling and the occasional light crease. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1981Best.-Nr. 147355N.p.: N.p. 1981. Second Draft script for the eleventh episode of the fifth season of the anthology series "American Playhouse" originally aired on April 21 1986 on PBS. With a few small manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the front wrapper and page I-3-25. A local reporter receives a hefty bribe by a corrupt county commissioner to ignore an eco-activism group's protests against a new development but soon finds himself conflicted over the brutal tactics the commissioner uses to silence the activists. Set and shot in Fort Myers Florida Red untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Victor Nunez and director John D. MacDonald. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered IV-4-130. Dot matrix duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with a plastic prong. N.p. unknown books
1974Best.-Nr. 152517Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1974. Collection of 69 vintage photographs from the 1974 British comedy/horror film a mix of studio still photographs and reference and promotional photographs. Included is a photograph of director Clive Donner David Niven and Linda Hayden on the set. All photos housed in archival sleeves and bound in a red leather three-ring binder. The vast collection includes photographs of Niven Hayden Teresa Graves Peter Bayliss Jennie Linden Nicky Henson Bernard Bresslaw Cathie Shirriff Andrea Allan Minah Bird and Luan Peters among others. Dracula portrayed by the typically charming Niven attempts to revive his great love the Countess Vampira by collecting blood from Playboy models touring his castle but when Vampira awakens she is now a powerful black woman in a delightful performance from Graves. The US release changed the film's name to "Old Dracula" in an attempt to cash on the success of Mel Brook's 1974 blockbuster "Young Frankenstein" and the two were frequently shown as a double bill. Shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall. Binder 10 x 12 inches. Near Fine. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 180. Columbia Pictures unknown books
