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1950réf. 144758Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1950. Vintage photograph of actors Ingrid Bergman Gian Paolo Callegari and director Roberto Rosselini on the set of the 1950 Italian-American film. With a typed description and manuscript annotations on the verso. Photographs from the set of this film shot on the islands of Stromboli and Farfa in Italy are rare. After World War II a Lithuanian refugee marries an Italian POW in order to be released from an internment camp only to despair at life on the barren volcanic island he calls home. A classic example of Italian neorealism featuring documentary like footage from the island of Stromboli and footage from the islands evacuation during one of its many volcanic eruptions. 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine. BFI. Criterion Collection 673. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1947réf. 144680Paris: Gaumont 1947. Vintage photograph of director Jacques Becker and actor Claire Maffei on the set of the 1947 film. With manuscript annotations and a rubber stamp on the verso. A working class couple in Paris find their dreams of a life free of financial hardship about to come true when they win the lottery only to have the dream snatched away when they lose the ticket on the Metro. Shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Gaumont unknown books
1959réf. 144687Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1959. Vintage press photograph of director Stanley Kramer and actor Gregory Peck on the set of the 1959 film. With brief manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on Nevil Shute's 1957 post-apocalyptic novel set in 1964 about a nuclear submarine that survives the Third World War. Commander Dwight Lionel Towers Peck confirms that the world has been destroyed and the nuclear dust is coming to Australia. He befriends the free-spirited Moira Gardner and together with his men determine to return to San Diego following faint radio signals. Shot on location in Australia and California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1962réf. 144636Paris: Transcontinental Film Productions 1962. Two vintage photographs of Sidney Lumet directing on the set of the 1962 film. With manuscript annotations and a rubber stamp on the versos of each. Based on the 1955 play by Arthur Miller about an unhappily married man whose obsession with his niece leads to tragedy when she falls for an immigrant who is staying with them. The first American film to feature a kiss between two men though ultimately it is an act of accusation against one of the men rather than a romantic one. Shot on location in New York City and Rome. 7.5 x 5.5 inches. Near Fine. Transcontinental Film Productions unknown books
1958réf. 144701Paris: Ajym Films 1958. Two vintage borderless photographs featuring Bernadette Lafont and Jean-Claude Brialy from the 1958 film. With a rubber stamp on the verso of each. Director Claude Chabrol's first film. Francois Jean-Claude Brialy returns to his home-town after a long absence to find his friend Serge Gerard Blain depressed an alcoholic and mourning the death of he and his wife Yvonne's stillborn child. Though at odds with provincial life Francois wants to help his friend. Shot on location in Sardent France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 580. Eureka Masters of Cinema. Grant France. Ajym Films unknown books
1969réf. 144739Paris: Fox Europa 1969. Vintage borderless photograph of Jean Gabin and Alain Delon from the 1969 neo-noir film. With manuscript annotations and agency stamps on the verso. Based on the 1967 novel by Auguste Le Breton about a small Mafia family planning to steal a collection of diamonds while being pursued by a police commission. With a film score by the great Italian composer Ennio Morricone. Shot on location in Rome Italy and Paris. 12 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant Worldwide. Fox Europa unknown books
1965réf. 144688Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of director Richard Brooks and actor Peter O'Toole on the set of the 1965 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. After being labeled a coward Lord Jim seeks redemption through an exceptionally dangerous mission. In its wake he finds himself faced again with the choice of self preservation or honor. The Technicolor film was based on Joseph Conrad's novel of the same name. Shot on location in Cambodia China Malaysia and England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1961réf. 144704Paris: Transcontinental Film Productions 1961. Vintage borderless photograph of director Sidney Lumet playwright Arthur Miller and actors Ralf Vallone and Raymond Pellegrin on the set of the 1962 film. With the stamp of photographer Jacques Moreau a mimeo snipe and manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1955 play by Arthur Miller about an unhappily married man whose obsession with his niece leads to tragedy when she falls for an immigrant who is staying with them. The first American film to feature a kiss between two men though ultimately it is an act of accusation against one of the men rather than a romantic one. Filmed in both French and English versions. Shot on location in New York City and Rome. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Transcontinental Film Productions unknown books
1980réf. 145685France: Maurice Bernard 1980. Vintage borderless photograph of Geraldine Chaplin from the 1980 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Childhood friends Lucia and Elena leave Paris for the countryside where they share an intimate understanding of each others inner lives and desires. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Maurice Bernard unknown books
réf. 141931N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. After her father loses his grip on reality and murders his wife Annie is picked up and taken in by her aunt and soon falls for a pony rider in the local fair. Set in the American Southeast. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Barry Schneider. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1965réf. 146364New York: Challenger Productions 1965. Ribbon copy typescript of a Preliminary Treatment script for an unproduced film. The manuscript does not name the author however we can reasonably presume this is Robert Newman's known treatment for Isak Dinesen's "Seven Gothic Tales" under the title "The Gothic Tales" which we have offered once in the past with that copy having a stated credit for Newman and also 53 pages; and also "Challenger Productions" as stated on title page as well as documented in Boston University's Robert Newman Collection. Contains several proofreading annotations in manuscript ink throughout. Based on the 1934 collection of short stories "Seven Gothic Tales" by Danish author Karen Blixen working under her more commonly recognized pseudonym Isak Dinesen Newman's screenplay is a series of vignettes taking place in 19th century Europe told from the perspective of the author. Dinesen is also the author of the 1937 memoir "Out of Africa" which was made into Sydney Pollack's Academy Award winning 1985 film of the same name as well as the short story "Babette's Feast" from her 1958 collection "Anecdotes of Destiny" made into Gabriel Axel's Academy Award winning 1987 film of the same name. In the late 1960s Orson Welles had the intention of creating an anthology of films adapted from Dinesen's stories. Only one was completed Welles' 1968 "The Immortal Story" starring Jeanne Moreau based on the short story of the same name from the 1958 collection "Anecdotes of Destiny." In the early 1980s Welles attempted to film "The Dreamers" based on the short story of the same name from "Seven Gothic Tales" and "Echoes" from the 1957 collection "Last Tales" but only completed a few scenes and abandoned the project after a lack of financing. In 1982 Italian director Emidio Greco directed "Ehrengard" based upon Dinesen's novel of the same name but was not released until 2002 due to financial complications. Set in Europe. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated JU 2 6195 presumably 1965 noted as Preliminary Treatment with credits for novelist Dinesen. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Ribbon copy typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good Plus bound with two gold brads. Challenger Productions unknown books
1962réf. 145348United Kingdom: Pinewood Studios / American International Pictures AIP 1962. Shooting script for the 1963 film. Copy from the StudioCanal archives with a letter of provenance laid in. Based on the simultaneously-published novel "The Mindbenders" by screenwriter James Kennaway about a professor brainwashes himself to stop loving his wife in an attempt to clear the name of a colleague suspected to be a Russian double agent who killed himself after undergoing similar experiments. Released in the US as a double feature with "Operation Bikini." Shot on location in England. Tall blue titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT dated March 1962. Title page present dated 26.3.62 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter James Kennaway. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine internal prong binding. Pinewood Studios / American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1947réf. 145972Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1947. Revised First Draft script for the 1948 film. With faint manuscript pencil annotations and watermarked CONTRACT FILE COPY throughout. Based on the 1946 Broadway play and a prequel to the 1941 film "The Little Foxes." In the fictional town of Bowden Alabama the wealthy Hubbard family holds onto their old-South prominence and prestige through exploitation and cruelty. A searing portrayal of racism and class privilege in the post-Civil War American South. Set in Alabama. Green titled wrappers noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7494 dated June 9 1947 with credits for screenwriter Vladimir Pozner. Title page integral on the front wrapper. 178 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing to the left edge bound with three gold brads. Universal International Pictures unknown books
1944réf. 146004Hollywood: Republic Productions 1944. Shooting script for the 1944 film. Single manuscript pencil notation on the front wrapper. A physician researching life-after-death is possessed by the spirit of an executed murderer who uses the doctor's body to exact vengeance on those involved in his death. A Jekyll-and-Hyde-style supernatural horror B-movie unusual for Republic Productions who were better known for their Western pictures. Tan partial titled wrapper noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper noted as production No. 1463 dated October 3 1944 with credits for screenwriter John K. Butler. Title page integral to the first page of text dated October 3 1944. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered 80. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 10/14/44. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with splashes on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Republic Productions unknown books
1938réf. 146054Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. With manuscript pencil annotations on the front wrapper. Included with the script are four pages of mimeographed notes regarding main title billing for the film. Two aviators' friendship is tested when a love triangle forms between them and their shared childhood sweetheart. Another tribute to the glories of aviation by director and former WWI fighter pilot William A. Wellman best known for "Wings" 1927 the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. White titled self wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 1156 and marked as production No. 1172 dated February 15 1938. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 144 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 2-14-38 and 6-21-38. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine side stapled. Paramount Pictures unknown books
2007réf. 146585Hollywood: Apatow Productions 2007. Producer's archive for the 2007 comedy film including a Revised Shooting script with extensive production schedules props lists and set and wardrobe files bound in. Also included is a final cast crew and contacts list dated May 18 2007 bound separately with black coil binding. A childhood tragedy leads musician Dewey Cox up the ladder to stardom cycling through nearly every musical genre imaginable on the way up. A parody of 20th century music biopics stretching from Johnny Cash to Roy Orbison to Bob Dylan to Brian Wilson. Set in Alabama and California. Black titled wrappers with credits for production coordinator Barrett Leigh. Title page present dated May 10th 2007 with credits for screenwriters Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 2-6-2007 and 5-10-2007. Pages Near Fine housed in a Very Good plus three ring binder. Apatow Productions unknown books
1965réf. 146897N.p.: N.p. 1965. Final Draft script for the 1965 film. With a "With Compliments" card from Seven Arts Productions laid in with the script along with a set of three stapled revision pages on pink stock. In order to provide a father figure for her infant son a recently widowed woman attempts to choose between two marital prospects-the grumpy child psychologist for whom she works or her hippie next-door neighbor. Set in Greenwich Village NY. Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter William Peter Blatty. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages laid in dated 21.1.65. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1963réf. 146394Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1963. Revised Draft script for the 1964 film. With a few manuscript pencil annotations throughout mostly relating to line revisions and props. Based on the 1959 French play by Jean Anouilh. King Henry II's malcontent relationship with the Church leads to the appointment of his close friend Thomas Becket as the Archbishop of Canterbury. Henry does not anticipate however how seriously Becket will take the vocation leading to the dissolution of their friendship in the face of Becket's rising political power. Nominated for eleven Academy Awards winning one for Best Adapted Screenplay. Set in England and France. Beige titled wrappers. Title page present dated 12th February 1963 noted as REVISED. 157 leaves with last page of text numbered 155. Mimeograph duplication on yellow stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some rusting near the binding bound internally with three silver brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1957réf. 145964N.p.: Bel-Air Productions 1957. Vintage studio photograph from the 1957 film. Bel-Air Productions stamp on the verso. Based on the story "Wanton Murder" by Peter Godfrey and shot under the working title "Black Stockings" Howard W. Koch's B movie noir "The Girl in Black Stockings" despite it being a low-budget "second feature" film is surprisingly enjoyable mostly due to its exceptional cast. LA lawyer David Hewson Lex Barker arrives at a Utah lodge for a peaceful vacation only to find women being mutilated and murdered and everyone is suspect. Featuring a young Anne Bancroft as pretty young Beth Dixon switchboard operator and assistant to the bitter wheelchair-bound lodge owner Edmund Parry Ron Randell. Mamie Van Doren is Harriet Ames the flirtatious bombshell of course and "the Queen of the B's" the fabulous Marie Windsor is Julia Parry Edmund's dutiful companion and sister. Filmed in and around the Parry Lodge in Kanab Utah. The Parry lodge opened in the early 1930s by the Parry brothers was built to lodge Hollywood film crews filming early Westerns in the area and was popular among movie stars of Hollywood's golden age. Set in Kanab Utah shot on location in Kanab Utah and Fredonia Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus light creasing and edgewear. Spicer US. Grant US. Selby US. Bel-Air Productions unknown books
réf. 145780Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1978. Draft script for the 1979 film. Illustrated front wrapper based on Saul Bass' poster design for the film. Copy belonging to uncredited crew member David Hitchcock with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Manuscript annotations throughout primarily indicating deleted scenes. Also included is a carbon typed letter signed by Otto Preminger dated 19th October 1979 to dubbing editor Peter Pennell terminating his employment at the conclusion of production. The final film directed by director Otto Preminger based on the 1978 novel by Graham Greene with screenplay written by Tom Stoppard about a low-level bureaucrat in the British Secret Service M16 who finds himself unknowingly used by the Soviets as he struggles with his love for his family and the ambiguity of his ethical responsibilities. Set and shot on location in UK and Kenya. White illustrated titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1978 with credits for screenwriter Tom Stoppard and novelist Graham Greene rubber stamped copy No. 146. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 146. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a silver prong binding. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1970réf. 144863Beverly Hills CA: United Artists / Chrislaw Productions 1970. Vintage borderless double weight photograph of actor Sammy Davis Jr. and director Jerry Lewis on the set of the 1970 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Chris Pepper Peter Lawford and Charlie Salt Sammy Davis Jr. are about to lose their London nightclub. In desperation they turn to Pepper's aristocrat twin brother for help who shortly after they contact is murdered. Pepper assumes his dead brothers identity and together with Salt they try to solve the crime. Shot on location in Herefordshire and London. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists / Chrislaw Productions unknown books
1954réf. 145765Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1954. Shooting script for the 1955 film noir here under the working title "Code 3" with the working title crossed through on the front wrapper and "Dial Red O" written above it twice once in manuscript pencil and once in manuscript ink. Copy belonging to an uncredited crew member with annotations throughout in red pencil primarily noting locations or props. The first in a series of five noir entries made between 1955-1957 featuring Bill Elliott as a detective lieutenant in the L.A. Sheriff's department. In the first two films in the series including this one the character's name is Andy Flynn and for the remaining three films his name was changed to Andy Doyle as it turned out there was an actual officer named Andy Flynn working in L.A. law enforcement at the time. One of the best examples of the well crafted low-budget crime films produced by Allied Artists the B-movie studio that emerged from the Poverty Row studio Monogram Pictures in 1952. Printed beige titled wrapper with credits for director and screenwriter Dan Ullman and a Sunset Script Service stamp on the verso of the rear wrapper. Distribution page present with receipt removed dated October 29 1954. 104 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 99. Mimeograph duplication with Blue revision pages throughout dated 11-2-54. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good Plus bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Martin 103. Selby US. Spicer US. Allied Artists unknown books
1976réf. 146019N.p.: Filmes Cinematografica 1976. Collection of 3 vintage borderless photographs from the 1976 film. Grazia Neri stamps on the verso. Jancso's "Private Vices Public Pleasures" is loosely based on the death of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria believed having killed himself after shooting his lover in a suicide pact in 1882. Jancso's film presents Rudolf Lajos Balazsovits as a pan-sexual bored by his wife cavorting with beautiful aristocratic lovers of both sexes on his sprawling rural estate. Ordered by his father Emperor Franz Josef to leave the estate Rudolf refuses and organizes a celebration which becomes a tragic orgy. Nominated for the 1976 Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Croatia. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine some light creasing. Filmes Cinematografica unknown books
1956réf. 146325Hollywood: Allied Artists Productions 1956. Draft script for the 1957 film noir here under the working title "Night Target." A strike through the printed title and "Footsteps in the Night" and "1956" written in manuscript ink on the wrapper with the name of an uncredited crew member written in manuscript pencil on upper right of wrapper. The final of five Los Angeles-set police thrillers starring Bill Elliott as a L.A.sheriff's department detective following "Dial Red O" 1955 "Sudden Danger" 1955 "Calling Homicide" 1956 and "Chain of Evidence" 1957. Two detectives investigate the strangulation death of well-liked card player. A gambling addicted neighbor is suspected but something doesn't quite add up. "Wild" Bill Elliott's final film retiring from acting in 1957. Green titled wrappers. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page integral to the distribution page present with receipt removed dated March 14 1956 with credits for screenwriter Albert Band. 95 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Spicer US. Lyons p. 91. Grant US. Selby US. Allied Artists Productions unknown books
réf. 142403N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. A biopic about the silent film star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle who died of a heart attack in 1933 at age 46. Considered an important figure in the early development of film studios he mentored Charlie Chaplin and discovered Buster Keaton and Bob Hope. In 1920 he was one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood. Set in Hollywood. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Joseph Van Winkle. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication first generation. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
