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1938Best.-Nr. 148755N.p.: N.p. 1938. Vintage borderless double weight sepia photograph of James Stewart and Jean Arthur from the 1938 film. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1936 play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about an eccentric family living in a large house in New York City including their daughter who falls in love with a banker a decent and goodhearted man despite his snobbish elitist family. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director and nominated for five more. Frank Capra's third Academy Award for Best Director in just five years. Set in New York City. 8 x 10.25 inches. Near Fine. Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. N.p. unknown books
1955Best.-Nr. 149093Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1955. Vintage double weight photograph of Robert Taylor and Kay Kendall on the set of the 1955 film. Mimeo snipe and Advertising Code "Approved" stamp dated "May 4 1955" on verso. Based on the 1923 novel by Sir Walter Scott about the penniless son of a Scottish nobleman dispatched to propose to a French countess on behalf of his aging uncle but who then falls madly in love with her. The third film in an unofficial trilogy made by director Richard Thorpe and producer Pandro S. Berman and starring Robert Taylor the two preceding films being "Ivanhoe" 1952 and "Knights of the Round Table" 1953. Set in 15th century France shot on location in France and England. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1935Best.-Nr. 149372Marseille: Les Films Marcel Pagnol 1935. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1935 film showing director Jean Renoir and actors Charles Blavette and Celia Montalvan on location during filming of the 1935 film. With the stamps of photographer Roger Corbeau and Cinemonde to the verso. Renoir's seventh sound film and an early example of the director's influence on both the French Left Bank and Italian neorealist movements. Renoir cast primarily non-professional actors and shot on location to craft the story of a group of immigrants working in a small town in Provence. Set and shot on location in the south of France. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine lightly and evenly toned. Les Films Marcel Pagnol unknown books
1995Best.-Nr. 149323Universal City: Universal Pictures 1995. Two truly striking vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1995 film each demonstrating the film's true aspect ratio. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout and the printed label of the film's still photographer Phillip V. Caruso to the verso. Shown in the two photographs are Scorsese working with actors and crew on the expansive casino floor set. Also shown are Robert De Niro Don Rickles Billy Crystal and others. Based on screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi's 1995 nonfiction book "Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas." Martin Scorsese's fifteenth film one of his finest a fast-paced bloody tale following a low-level mobster and gambling expert who climbs to power at the Mafia-run Tangiers Casino in the 1970s. Set and shot on location in Las Vegas with casino scenes shot at the Riviera. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Universal Pictures unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 146438Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a note typed on casting agent Paul Kohner's office letterhead introducing the screenplay addressed to actor Charles Bronson. The note is paper-clipped to a four page typed synopsis of the unproduced film "The Last Jump" which is also mentioned in the note. Based on noted South Carolinian humorist William Price Fox's 1967 novel following a pair of mischievous teenage boys trying to scrape together enough money to buy a car-encountering bootleggers revivalist preachers loan sharks and other figureheads of southern life in the 20th century along the way. Set in Columbia South Carolina. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 109 dated April 22 1968 with credits for screenwriter Everett Freeman and novelist William Price Fox. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1983Best.-Nr. 149305Rome: 2T Produzione Film 1983. Vintage grande French poster for the 1983 erotic film. Inspired by Ovid's 2 AD collection of poems "Ars Amatoria" "The Art of Love". Set in ancient Rome the poet Ovid teaches courses in the art of love. One of his students sets out to test his newfound skill on a woman whose husband has gone to war. 47 x 63 inches. One panel. Folded as issued. Near Fine. Bier 96. 2T Produzione Film unknown books
1974Best.-Nr. 146512Rome: Aquila Cinematografica 1974. Draft script for the first episode Episode 1 of an unproduced television miniseries. Based on the short story "The Virgin Orsola" from Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio's 1902 collection "De Novelle Della Pescara." A chaste schoolteacher in a convent survives a life-threatening illness but soon after is violently sexually assaulted beaten and left for dead. Set in Italy. Orange untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1974 with credits for novelist GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO and screenwriter PASQUALE PRUNAS. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light dampstaining on the front wrapper bound internally with two gold brads. Aquila Cinematografica unknown books
1955Best.-Nr. 149955Santa Monica: RKO Radio Pictures 1955. Vintage reference photograph of Virginia Mayo and Allan Dwan on the set of the 1955 film. Rita Mayo and Bully David Farrar convince her ex Dan Dennis Morgan to join them in an expedition to steal rare black pearls from the natives of a South Pacific island. Shot on location in Hawaii. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear and small crease on upper right edge else Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1954Best.-Nr. 149976N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Cosetta Greco from the 1954 film. Annotation in manuscript ink on bottom left margin "Georges Sadoul" and "Foto Civirani" stamps on verso. Based on the acclaimed 1947 Italian novel by Vasco Pratolini.Carlo Lizzani's Neo-Realist portrait of Fascist Italy wherein young typographer Mario Gabriele Tinti after moving to via del Corno to be near his girlfriend and befriending his anti-fascist landlord Maciste Marcello Mastroianni is beaten by the fascists. Set in Via del Corno Florence Italy shot on location in Tuscany Italy. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and small closed tear on right. N.p. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 149870France: Les Films du Jeudi / Gaumont 1974. Two vintage oversize borderless reference photographs one double weight of Jane Birkin from the 1974 film. A liquor salesman Jean Carmet makes up stories to obscure his pathetic life in order to succeed at both business and with women until he meets Jane Birkin. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with creasing and wear at the extremities. Les Films du Jeudi / Gaumont unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 149858N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Pierre Etaix and Claudine Auger from the 1965 film. 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. 9 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 655. N.p. unknown books
1969Best.-Nr. 149604Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1969. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 film a highlight of early New Hollywood cinema. One shows actor Harold Blankenship the other with actors Robert Forster Peter Bonerz and Janet Langhart. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Paramount Pictures the other with the stamp of Israel Film Archive on the verso. A hardened and dubiously ethical television cameraman finds out he is being watched by the FBI amidst the tumultuous protests taking place around the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Highly influential for its groundbreaking use of factual historical events interspersed with fictional narrative. Featuring early music by Frank Zappa's band Mothers of Invention and addressing underlying social issues of race gender and poverty the film frankly depicted much of the growing countercultural movement of the late 1960s even going so far as to use real-life footage of civil disobedience occurring in 1968 Chicago. Due to its startlingly political narrative as well as nudity and language the film was originally given an X rating by the MPAA though by 1970 this would be downgraded to an R. One photograph 10 x 8 inches one photograph 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 658. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1982Best.-Nr. 149977Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1982. Vintage borderless reference studio still photograph from the 1982 film. "1982 20th Century-Fox" stamp on verso. Based on the 1978 Frank De Felitta novel about a real case of an alleged haunting. In 1974 Culver City Doris Bither claimed the ghosts of three men were raping her. De Felitta was present during the investigation with lead researcher and parapsychologist Dr. Barry Taff who served as technical advisor on "The Entity" as well as being represented in the film by the character Gene Kraft. "The Entity" is one of the few possession films that ends with White Science and Black Magic in a draw. Critics of the time dismissed the film but it still became something of a cult classic that evoked "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Exorcist." Martin Scorsese considers "The Entity" as one of the greatest horror films of all time. In a Halloween themed contribution to the website "The Daily Beast" 2013 "The Entity" scored fourth place in Scorsese's list. Shot on location in El Segundo and Santa Monica California. 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Scorcese The Dark Eleven. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1985Best.-Nr. 149992N.p.: N.p. 1985. Draft script for the 1986 film. With a manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper noting copy No. 356. Missing five pages likely as used or issued. A young librarian poses as a police officer for a one-time charity dance event but attempts to maintain the ruse when he catches the attentions of a young attractive policewoman. Light blue illustrated titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 12 1985 with credits for director Michael Dinner and screenwriter Mark Medoff. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 5/20/85 and 7/16/85. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. N.p. unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 147259N.p.: N.p. 1976. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on the true story of Padre Pio an Italian friar and mystic who was later venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Screenwriter Giampaolo Lomi was best known for "Tropic of Cancer" 1972 and "The Barons" 1975. Set in Italy. Mustard cloth covered titled boards. Title page present dated 1976 with credits for screenwriter GIANMPAOLO LOMI sic. 67 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and boards Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1951Best.-Nr. 149591Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1951. Vintage studio still photograph of director Jean Renoir and screenwriter Rumer Godden on the set of the 1951 film. Based on Godden's 1946 novel. Renoir's first feature length film in color following an adolescent girl coming of age in British colonial India. Shot on location in West Bengal India. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Ebert III. BFI 619. Criterion Collection 276. United Artists unknown books
1960Best.-Nr. 150525N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage reference photograph of Elia Kazan Warren Beatty and four other female cast members on the set of the 1961 film. Warren Beatty's film debut. Natalie Wood was nominated for Best Actress Academy Award and William Inge won for Best Screenplay his first original screenplay after a career as a playwright. Family and societal pressures on Deanie Wood and Bud's Beatty heated teen romance threaten their romance and their sanity. 10.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown books
1987Best.-Nr. 149579N.p.: Xanadu 1987. Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1987 film. With the label of Xanadu Film on the verso. Co-directed by acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank his only feature-length fiction film and experimental novelist Rudolph Wurlitzer who wrote the screenplay. 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 and David Johansen. Set in and shot on location in New York and Cape Breton Island Nova Scotia. Shot on location in New York and Nova Scotia Canada. 7 x 5 inches. Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Xanadu unknown books
1986Best.-Nr. 150006N.p.: Whitehorse 1986. Second Draft script for the 1986 comedy short here under the working title "Is Anybody Listening" originally aired on August 2 on Cinemax. With a manuscript pencil annotation to the title page reading "Second Draft" and copied manuscript annotations throughout the script. A cynical beleaguered salesman for a sporting-goods store decides to take a road trip on his birthday to reconnect with his college gym coach. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated Monday February 10 1986 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriters James Belushi Fred Kaz and Marjorie Bransfield. 34 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. Whitehorse unknown books
1974Best.-Nr. 149588N.p.: Nordia Films 1974. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1974 erotic horror film. A young woman watching over her cousin's house is mistakenly kidnapped by a crazed sex cult. 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. 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus. Bier 1669. Hinds 196. Nordia Films unknown books
1980Best.-Nr. 149979N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Jean-Luc Goddard and crew on the set of the 1980 film. "Sauve qui peut / la Vie" stamp on verso with last three lines of stamp which include copyright date and photograph credit for Anne-Marie Mieville struck through with manuscript marker. A most Godardian examination of sexual relationships in which three protagonists interact in different combinations. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Switzerland. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 744. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown books
1963Best.-Nr. 150389N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Alain Robbe-Grillet on the set of the 1963 film. French "L'Immortelle" and "57- -3" stamp on verso. Directorial debut of novelist and filmmaker Alain Robbe-Grillet his first film project after writing the screenplay for Alain Resnais' "Last Year at Marienbad" 1961. Robbe-Grillet's eliptical narrative-defying tale of a withdrawn French man Jacques Doniol-Valcroze in a strange city Istanbul unable to speak the language falling in love with a mysterious woman Francoise Brion who shortly thereafter disappears. Set in and shot on location in Istanbul Turkey. 6.75 x 5 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1188. N.p. unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 150547N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage reference photograph of Peter O'Toole Gamil Ratib and David Lean on the set of the 1962 film. Based on the 1926 autobiography "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by T.E. Lawrence. An incomparable film. Opening in 1935 with the death of Lawrence Peter O'Toole in a motorcycle accident at the age of 46 we then follow in flashback Lawrence as a young intelligence officer in 1916 Cairo assigned to investigate the progress of the Arab revolt against the Turks. Winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. Shot on location in England Saudi Arabia Spain and Morocco. 10.25 x 8 inches. Some edge and corner wear else Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. N.p. unknown books
1953Best.-Nr. 150545N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph of Rita Hayworth and Stewart Granger with director William Dieterle and crew from the set of the 1953 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Columbia Pictures highly fictionalized and flamboyant Technicolor Biblical epic now considered a camp classic wherein Princess Salome Hayworth daughter of King Herod a deliciously lecherous Charles Laughton returns home from banishment and falls in love with Roman Commander Claudius Granger but is maliciously used by her evil mother Queen Herodias Judith Anderson to insure the execution of her critic John the Baptist Alan Badel. Shot on location in Israel. 10.25 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with creasing and two small closed tears to right margin. N.p. unknown books
1955Best.-Nr. 149900Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1955. Four vintage candid reference photographs from the 1955 film showing variously actors Marlon Brando Frank Sinatra composer Frank Loesser and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz on the set. The first photo double weight shows Marlon Brando as Skye Masterson surreally socking one of his gangster companions in the nose. The second photo shows Brando rehearsing "Luck Be a Lady" with sheet music in hand and with the song's composer Frank Loesser at the piano. The third photo shows Sinatra and Brando in a candid moment. The fourth photo single weight shows director Joseph L. Mankiewicz and dancer Carey Leverette relaxing contemplatively Mankiewicz sitting and smoking his pipe Leverette inside a large industrial exhaust pipe. Based on the 1950 Broadway musical which was in turn based on Damon Runyon's short stories "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure." A serial gambler wins a bet that he can get a Christian missionary to travel with him to Havana where the pair begin to fall for each other. Nominated for four Academy Awards. Set in New York and Havana. All photos: 8 x 10 inches. Very Good to Near Fine overall variously with a few pinholes and very shallow creasing. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
