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1958réf. 150861N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage reference photograph of Paul Newman and director Richard Brooks on the set of the 1958 film. Based on the 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Tennessee Williams though without much of the homosexual themes and cultural critique of the original. Brick Pollitt Paul Newman is a troubled man beat up from a drunken accident on his way to visit his dying father Big Daddy Burl Ives and the rest of his family with his wife Maggie Elizabeth Taylor. The gathering brings out the family's deeply buried tension repression and anxiety. Nominated for six Academy Awards. Shot on location in Long Island New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1977réf. 150559N.p.: Charles Band 1977. Four vintage matte-finish studio still photographs from the 1977 film. A NASA research scientist accidentally uncovers a supernatural plot to take over Earth by aliens from the planet Utopia. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Charles Band unknown books
1974réf. 150582Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1974. Eight vintage black and white studio still photographs from the 1974 adult animated film. Based on R. Crumb's 1965-1972 comic strip. Fritz an irresponsible womanizing leftist finds himself married and drowning in domesticity and escapes through a drug-fueled fantasy about his "nine lives." The first animated feature film to receive an R rating. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1944réf. 128914Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Draft script for the 1945 film. Copy belonging to studio secretary Marion Pecht with her name in manuscript pencil at the top right corner of the front wrapper. The sixth and final Inner Sanctum installment featuring spiritualists a haunted house and a murder by suffocation in what was seemingly a last gasp from the studio's film series. Sadly the film's failure superseded its potential even with all the right elements of a chilling melodrama. ChaneyJr. plays attorney Wayne Fletcher who is engaged in an affair with his secretary Donna Joyce who is tied to a rich family. He arrives home after a late night at the office to discover his wife has been murdered a death by asphyxiation with Wayne as the suspect. With the help psychic Julian Julian Bromberg the police investigate the murder. The psychic's motives are questionable but he says he can contact Wayne's dead wife. At a seance to reach Vivian's spirit the reluctant Wayne hears what he thinks is her voice but discovers Julian Julian in the shadows and accuses him of conspiracy. After several sleepless nights haunted by the voice of his lost wife Wayne finally "gives in" to her spirit and attempts to kill Donna with a pillow but is overpowered by police and leaps from a window to his death per his wife's instructions. Gray card titled wrappers lacking rear wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7285 dated February 19 1945 with credits for screenwriter Bricker and story writer Babcock. 106 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good lacking rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. Weaver Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
1977réf. 146208N.p.: N.p. 1977. Fourth Draft script for the 1977 film. With a single manuscript ink notation on the front wrapper's right top corner. Based on the 1977 novel by Colin Forbes about a defecting Russian general who collaborates with an American secret agent to expose KGB spies throughout Europe by luring them onto a train headed west. Director Mark Robson and actor Robert Shaw died of unrelated heart attacks within months of the film's release making "Avalanche Express" a final film for both. Set and shot on location in Germany England Ireland Italy and the US. Tan titled wrappers noted as FOURTH DRAFT on the front wrapper dated December 30 1977 with credits for screenwriter Abraham Polonsky. Title page present dated December 30 1977 noted as FOURTH DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Abraham Polonsky. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with tearing on the front wrapper binding bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1960réf. 151218N.p.: N.p. 1960. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1960 British film. A gang of four small-time criminals are sentenced to time in a progressive experimental prison where inmates are permitted to wear street clothes and subject to a psychiatrist's efforts to reform their deviant ways. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1960réf. 151136London: J. Arthur Rank 1960. Shooting script for the 1961 film. Laid in with the script is a 36-leaf gathering of revision pages on pink stock bound with a single staple on the top left corner dated 5.4.60. Based on the 1953 novel by Audrey Erskine Lindop. A Catholic priest is sent to establish a parish in a rural Mexican town under the control of a ruthless but educated bandit. Set in Mexico shot on location in Spain. Blue titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 15-3-60. Title page present noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT dated 18th March 1960 with credits for screenwriter Nigel Balchin. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a silver prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown books
1959réf. 151138London: J. Arthur Rank 1959. Final Draft script for the 1960 film. Based on Richard Gordon's 1957 novel. The fourth film in Rank's popular "Doctor" series and the first not to feature actor Dirk Bogarde as Dr. Simon Sparrow although Bogarde would return for the next film in the series "Doctor in Distress" in 1963. The series follows the frequently romantic comic antics of a group of young doctors. Set and shot on location in London. Green titled wrappers noted as Semi-final Script on the front wrapper dated 14-12-59. Title page present dated December 1959 with credits for screenwriter Nicholas Phipps and novelist Richard Gordon. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a silver prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown books
1966réf. 151220N.p.: N.p. 1966. Eight vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 film. Based on the British comic strip which originally appeared in 1963. Modesty Blaise a former criminal mastermind occasionally employed by the Secret Service must protect a shipment of diamonds en route to a small Middle Eastern kingdom from a crime syndicate. Monica Vitti's first English-speaking role. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location throughout Italy the Netherlands and England. Approximately 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus several lightly toned to the edges. N.p. unknown books
1963réf. 149457N.p.: Les Films Marceau-Cocinor 1963. Eight vintage borderless black-and-white reference photographs from the 1963 French-Italian sexploitation film. A pseudo-journalistic view into the world of Italian sadomasochism in the 1960s. Four photographs 9.5 x 7 inches four photographs 7 x 4.75 inches. Very Good plus. Les Films Marceau-Cocinor unknown books
1968réf. 149487London: Associated British Corporation 1968. Vintage reference photograph from Season 7 Episode 15 of the 1968 British television series originally aired on December 16 showing actress Linda Thorson as Agent Tara King held hostage at Wainwright Timber Industries making no attempt to escape a leg shackle. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout and two stamps specific to the French airing of the episode. "The Avengers" aired from 1961 to 1969 and followed secret agent Dr. David Keel Ian Hendry and his bevy of assistants as they battle the British criminal element. Shot on location in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Associated British Corporation unknown books
1931réf. 149474N.p.: Films Sonores Tobis 1931. Vintage reference photograph from the 1931 French film showing the exterior of the phonograph factory where the film's protagonist Louis begins to find prosperity. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations to the verso. Director René Clair's third sound film a lyrical proletarian satire about friendship wealth and the price of success. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 160. Films Sonores Tobis unknown books
1968réf. 149478Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Vintage reference photograph of director Robert Wise and actress Julie Andrews on the set of the 1968 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso. A musical adaptation of the life of British actress Gertrude Lawrence who rose to prominence in the 1930s. Set and shot on location in London New York and Massachusetts. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1965réf. 149476Chicago: Esquire 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. With the stamp of R.I.C. Productions in Brussels on the verso. A so-called modeling agency in New York City secretly operates as an undercover prostitution ring. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased and edgeworn. Esquire unknown books
1952réf. 149504Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri 1952. Eight vintage reference photographs seven borderless from the 1952 Swedish film. Three with mimeo snipes on the verso and all with manuscript ink and pencil annotations as well as the stamp of Svensk Filmindustri. While vacationing at a summer home four sisters-in-law tell each other stories from their respective marriages ranging from illicit affairs to elopement to immaculate conception. Shot on location in Stockholm Sweden and Paris. Six photographs 7.5 x 6 inches one photograph 4.5 x 5.5 inches and one photograph 5.5 x 4.25 inches. Near Fine. Svensk Filmindustri unknown books
1964réf. 149462London: Hammer Films 1964. Four vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1964 film. One with a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's German release affixed to the verso noting the film's German title "Die brennenden Augen von Schloss Bartimore." A small village in the early twentieth century is terrorized by Megaera the Gorgon a monster so hideous that even glancing at her face turns humans to stone. Set in eastern Europe. Two photographs 10 x 8 inches two photographs 9.25 x 7 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded in portions. Johnson and Del Vecchio Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography pp. 241-242. Hammer Films unknown books
1965réf. 149469New York: Wiliam Mishkin Motion Pictures 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso. Three theatre bigwigs discuss their most recent project prominently featuring aspiring actress Liz Adams who has slept her way to the top of the Broadway money chain. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn to the bottom right corner. Wiliam Mishkin Motion Pictures unknown books
1973réf. 149463Amsterdam: Scorpio Films 1973. Vintage reference photograph from the 1973 Dutch film showing actors Sylvia Kristel and Hugo Metsers in an intimate moment. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso. One of the key films of the "Dutch Wave" of the 1970s. A man can't stop himself from cheating on his beautiful wife leading her to have an affair with a mutual friend as revenge. 7 x 5 inches. Very Good plus with some soil and wear to the top edge. Scorpio Films unknown books
1967réf. 149453Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1967. Vintage reference photograph of director Richard Thorpe and actors Angie Dickinson and Glenn Ford looking over a script on the set of the 1967 Western film. With a printed mimeo snipe noting the film's original title "The Pistolero of Red River" which has been crossed out and retitled "The Last Challenge" in manuscript ink annotation affixed to the verso along with manuscript ink and pencil annotations and a mimeo snipe. Based on John Sherry's 1966 novel "Pistolero's Progress." A young gunslinger heads into a small western town with the intention of dueling the local sheriff who is famed for his skill and speed with a gun. Thorpe's final film concluding a decades-long affiliation with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Shot on location in California and Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a few light creases to the top right corner. Pitts 2185. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1979réf. 149481Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Vintage borderless black-and-white reference photograph of director J. Lee Thompson and a camera crew directing actress Patricia Neal while filming on location for the 1979 British film. With two printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso with tape along with manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout. Based on screenwriter Bruce Nicolaysen's 1976 novel "Perilous Passage" wherein a Basque farmer helps a French scientist and his family flee to neutral Spain during World War I. Set and shot on location in the Pyrenees France. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy. United Artists unknown books
1955réf. 149455London: London Film Productions 1955. Vintage reference photograph from the 1955 British film showing an aerial view of Whitechapel Road market in London. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1953 novel. A young boy growing up in a working class community buys what he believes to be a unicorn in reality a small deformed goat with the hope that it will bring luck to his friends and family. Set and shot on location in East London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a small tear to the top left corner. London Film Productions unknown books
1972réf. 149479London: Island Records 1972. Three vintage matte-finish studio still photographs from the 1972 film. Loosely based on the early years of real-life Jamaican outlaw Rhyging who rose to prominence as a folk hero in the 1940s. Ska and reggae musician Jimmy Cliff's film debut in which Cliff stars as a young man from rural Jamaica who moves to Kingston with dreams of fame and fortune as a singer but is waylaid by corrupt record producers and criminal enterprises. One of the first films to feature black Jamaicans speaking Jamaican Patois and whose soundtrack played a key role in popularizing reggae music worldwide. Set and shot on location in Kingston Jamaica. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned. Criterion Collection 83. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 50 150. Island Records unknown books
1962réf. 149464N.p.: Desert 1962. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1962 sexploitation film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso identifying the film's title. A gold prospector lost in the desert encounters an oasis with several women wandering around in the nude. One photograph 9.5 x 7 inches one photograph 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Desert unknown books
1956réf. 149458N.p.: Newtown Productions 1956. Vintage reference photograph of actress Carroll Baker on the set of the 1956 film. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1946 one-act plays "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" and "The Unsatisfactory Supper." A spoiled virginal teenage girl is caught between the unfulfilled passions of her middle-aged husband and his amorous business rival a Sicilian with a monopoly on local cotton plantations. Set in the fictional Tiger Tail County Mississippi shot on location in Benoit Mississippi and Stockton California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. Newtown Productions unknown books
1980réf. 149461N.p.: Aberdeen 1980. Three vintage black-and-white reference photographs from the 1980 film. Based on Rosalyn Drexler's 1972 novel "To Smithereens." A scrappy sports arena waitress is scouted by a wrestling promoter who believes she has what it takes to become a champion. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with faint wear at the corners. Aberdeen unknown books
