1966rif. 152256N.p.: N.p. 1966. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With manuscript ink annotations on the front wrapper noting the title and "First Draft" as well as annotations to the bottom right corner of the title page noting "first draft" and the name of screenwriter Johnny Crawford. Note that this script bears no relationship at all to the "Predator" action film series that began in the 1980s. Housed in a white envelope with manuscript ink annotations noting the title date and draft and crediting Crawford and story writer Ernest Haycox. Based on the 1948 story "Dead-Man Trail" by Ernest Haycox. A man carrying a large shipment of gold dust tries to shake bandits off his trail on his way from California to The Dalles Oregon. Blue card wrappers. Title page present dated December 1966 with credits for screenwriter Johnny Crawford and story credits to Ernest Haycox. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 30. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1966rif. 152190N.p.: N.p. 1966. Archive of material for an unproduced Western film including two draft scripts two xerographically duplicated copies of Ernest Haycox's story with manuscript ink annotations four pages of handwritten notes for the screenplay and an original draft for the script containing a mix of typescript and xerographically duplicated leaves. First Draft script with a brief typed note from screenwriter Johnny Crawford clipped to the title page introducing the script and a single manuscript ink annotation to page 16 noting an editorial revision. Based on the 1948 story "Dead-Man Trail" by Ernest Haycox. A man carrying a large shipment of gold dust tries to shake bandits off his trail on his way from California to The Dalles Oregon. First Draft: Blue titled card wrappers. Title page present dated December 1966 with credits for screenwriter Johnny Crawford and story credits to Ernest Haycox. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 30. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Draft script: Blue titled card wrappers. Title page present dated December 1966 with credits for screenwriter Johnny Crawford and story credits to Ernest Haycox. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 30. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. All other ephemera generally Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1966rif. 152190N.p.: N.p. 1966. Archive of material for an unproduced Western film including two draft scripts two xerographically duplicated copies of Ernest Haycox's story with manuscript ink annotations four pages of handwritten notes for the screenplay and an original draft for the script containing a mix of typescript and xerographically duplicated leaves. First Draft script with a brief typed note from screenwriter Johnny Crawford clipped to the title page introducing the script and a single manuscript ink annotation to page 16 noting an editorial revision. Based on the 1948 story "Dead-Man Trail" by Ernest Haycox. A man carrying a large shipment of gold dust tries to shake bandits off his trail on his way from California to The Dalles Oregon. First Draft: Blue titled card wrappers. Title page present dated December 1966 with credits for screenwriter Johnny Crawford and story credits to Ernest Haycox. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 30. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Draft script: Blue titled card wrappers. Title page present dated December 1966 with credits for screenwriter Johnny Crawford and story credits to Ernest Haycox. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 30. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. All other ephemera generally Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1966rif. 152256N.p.: N.p. 1966. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With manuscript ink annotations on the front wrapper noting the title and "First Draft" as well as annotations to the bottom right corner of the title page noting "first draft" and the name of screenwriter Johnny Crawford. Note that this script bears no relationship at all to the "Predator" action film series that began in the 1980s. Housed in a white envelope with manuscript ink annotations noting the title date and draft and crediting Crawford and story writer Ernest Haycox. Based on the 1948 story "Dead-Man Trail" by Ernest Haycox. A man carrying a large shipment of gold dust tries to shake bandits off his trail on his way from California to The Dalles Oregon. Blue card wrappers. Title page present dated December 1966 with credits for screenwriter Johnny Crawford and story credits to Ernest Haycox. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 30. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1979rif. 144562Los Angeles: Essex Productions 1979. Final Draft script for the 1984 horror film. Copy belonging to makeup artist John Carl Buechler with his name in manuscript ink on the title page and two Polaroid photographs laid in. Six friends are stalked and murdered while on a camping trip. Shot on location in Idyllwild California. Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 28th 1979 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter and director Edwin Scott Brown. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages dated Oct. 7th and white undated revision pages. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine clip binding. Thrower Nightmare USA. Essex Productions unknown
1979rif. 144562Los Angeles: Essex Productions 1979. Final Draft script for the 1984 horror film. Copy belonging to makeup artist John Carl Buechler with his name in manuscript ink on the title page and two Polaroid photographs laid in. Six friends are stalked and murdered while on a camping trip. Shot on location in Idyllwild California. Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 28th 1979 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter and director Edwin Scott Brown. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages dated Oct. 7th and white undated revision pages. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine clip binding. Thrower Nightmare USA. Essex Productions unknown books
1956rif. 164798Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1956. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1956 film showing actress Merle Oberon. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. The owner of a dog track is framed for two murders and must work to exonerate himself. One of Oberon's few unsympathetic roles. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1957rif. 120919Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1957. Vintage one sheet poster for the US release of the 1957 British film. Based on screenwriter Terence Rattigan's 1953 play "The Sleeping Prince" about the visiting prince of a small fictional Balkan nation who falls in love with an American showgirl while in London. A notoriously difficult production which forms the basis for two behind-the-scenes memoirs by Marilyn Monroe's personal assistant Colin Clark "The Prince the Showgirl and Me" 1996 and "My Week with Marilyn" 2000 the later sharing the title of the 2011 film based on the memoirs directed by Simon Curtis and starring Michelle Williams as Monroe. Set and shot in London. 27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus with restoration at the folds. Archivally backed on linen and rolled. Warner Brothers unknown
1957rif. 171355Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1957. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film both featuring Laurence Olivier. Based on Terence Rattigan's 1953 play "The Sleeping Prince" about the visiting prince of a small fictional Balkan nation who falls in love with an American showgirl while in London. A notoriously difficult production forming the basis for two behind-the-scenes memoirs by Marilyn Monroe's personal assistant Colin Clark-"The Prince the Showgirl and Me" 1996 and "My Week with Marilyn" 2000-the latter sharing the title of the 2011 film. Set and shot in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1957rif. 171356N.p.: N.p. 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film showing Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. Based on Terence Rattigan's 1953 play "The Sleeping Prince" about the visiting prince of a small fictional Balkan nation who falls in love with an American showgirl while in London. A notoriously difficult production forming the basis for two behind-the-scenes memoirs by Marilyn Monroe's personal assistant Colin Clark-"The Prince the Showgirl and Me" 1996 and "My Week with Marilyn" 2000-the latter sharing the title of the 2011 film. Set and shot in London. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly faded to the right portion of the image else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1957rif. 120919Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1957. Vintage one sheet poster for the US release of the 1957 British film. Based on screenwriter Terence Rattigan's 1953 play "The Sleeping Prince" about the visiting prince of a small fictional Balkan nation who falls in love with an American showgirl while in London. A notoriously difficult production which forms the basis for two behind-the-scenes memoirs by Marilyn Monroe's personal assistant Colin Clark "The Prince the Showgirl and Me" 1996 and "My Week with Marilyn" 2000 the later sharing the title of the 2011 film based on the memoirs directed by Simon Curtis and starring Michelle Williams as Monroe. Set and shot in London. 27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus with restoration at the folds. Archivally backed on linen and rolled. Warner Brothers unknown books
1957rif. 171356N.p.: N.p. 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film showing Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. Based on Terence Rattigan's 1953 play "The Sleeping Prince" about the visiting prince of a small fictional Balkan nation who falls in love with an American showgirl while in London. A notoriously difficult production forming the basis for two behind-the-scenes memoirs by Marilyn Monroe's personal assistant Colin Clark-"The Prince the Showgirl and Me" 1996 and "My Week with Marilyn" 2000-the latter sharing the title of the 2011 film. Set and shot in London. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly faded to the right portion of the image else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1957rif. 171355Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1957. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film both featuring Laurence Olivier. Based on Terence Rattigan's 1953 play "The Sleeping Prince" about the visiting prince of a small fictional Balkan nation who falls in love with an American showgirl while in London. A notoriously difficult production forming the basis for two behind-the-scenes memoirs by Marilyn Monroe's personal assistant Colin Clark-"The Prince the Showgirl and Me" 1996 and "My Week with Marilyn" 2000-the latter sharing the title of the 2011 film. Set and shot in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1975rif. 159695London: National Screen Service 1975. Vintage British quad poster for the 1975 American film. Rare in this format. Based on screenwriter Neil Simon's 1971 Broadway play. In the midst of a recession a heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike a middle-aged couple must try to cope with each other after the husband is fired from his advertising job. Set and shot on location in New York City. 40 x 30 inches folded. Near Fine. National Screen Service unknown
1973rif. 158655Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage reference photograph of Jack Lemmon on the set of the 1975 film. Lemmon is seen here between takes in front of the Manhattan Savings Bank at Vanderbilt Avenue and 45th Street. The photograph is dated as 1973 in the Warner Brothers attribution on the bottom border although IMDB notes the production as taking place between August and October 1974. Based on screenwriter Neil Simon's 1971 Broadway play. In the midst of a recession a heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike a middle-aged couple must try to cope with each other after the husband is fired from his advertising job. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
rif. 146853N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on Leo Tolstoy's 1872 novella about two Russian soldiers who are kidnapped by rival militia. Screenwriter Eugene Lourie was best known as an art director but also had success in screenwriting "Revolt in the Big House" 1958 and "The Giant Behemoth" 1959 and in directing "The Colossus of New York" 1958 and "Gorgo" 1961. Set in the North Caucasus. Green titled card wrappers with credit for screenwriter E. LOURIE. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Eugene Lourie and novelist Leo Tolstoy. 11 leaves with last page of text numbered 9. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near FIne wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1973rif. 158655Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage reference photograph of Jack Lemmon on the set of the 1975 film. Lemmon is seen here between takes in front of the Manhattan Savings Bank at Vanderbilt Avenue and 45th Street. The photograph is dated as 1973 in the Warner Brothers attribution on the bottom border although IMDB notes the production as taking place between August and October 1974. Based on screenwriter Neil Simon's 1971 Broadway play. In the midst of a recession a heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike a middle-aged couple must try to cope with each other after the husband is fired from his advertising job. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1975rif. 159695London: National Screen Service 1975. Vintage British quad poster for the 1975 American film. Rare in this format. Based on screenwriter Neil Simon's 1971 Broadway play. In the midst of a recession a heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike a middle-aged couple must try to cope with each other after the husband is fired from his advertising job. Set and shot on location in New York City. 40 x 30 inches folded. Near Fine. National Screen Service unknown books
rif. 146853N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on Leo Tolstoy's 1872 novella about two Russian soldiers who are kidnapped by rival militia. Screenwriter Eugene Lourie was best known as an art director but also had success in screenwriting "Revolt in the Big House" 1958 and "The Giant Behemoth" 1959 and in directing "The Colossus of New York" 1958 and "Gorgo" 1961. Set in the North Caucasus. Green titled card wrappers with credit for screenwriter E. LOURIE. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Eugene Lourie and novelist Leo Tolstoy. 11 leaves with last page of text numbered 9. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near FIne wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1966rif. 148170Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1966. Collection of 16 vintage oversize French color photographs from the 1966 film. Based on the 1964 novel "A Mule for the Marquesa" by Frank O'Rourke about four men hired to by a wealthy Texan to rescue his wife from a Mexican revolutionary only to discover the job in not exactly what it seems. A sometimes overlooked and underrated entry into the Western canon despite being nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Set in Mexico and Texas shot on location in Mexico Arizona Nevada and California. 9.5 x 11.5 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1966rif. 148170Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1966. Collection of 16 vintage oversize French color photographs from the 1966 film. Based on the 1964 novel "A Mule for the Marquesa" by Frank O'Rourke about four men hired to by a wealthy Texan to rescue his wife from a Mexican revolutionary only to discover the job in not exactly what it seems. A sometimes overlooked and underrated entry into the Western canon despite being nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Set in Mexico and Texas shot on location in Mexico Arizona Nevada and California. 9.5 x 11.5 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1998rif. 154472Burbank CA: Dimension Films 1998. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1998 film showing two images of actor Christopher Walken. Sequel to "The Prophecy" 1995. Fallen angel Gabriel returns to Earth to destroy a woman whose child will become the next savior of humankind. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Dimension Films unknown books
1940rif. 148777London: Ealing Studios 1940. Vintage reference photograph from a circa 1965 re-release of the 1940 film by Seven Arts Productions see logo at the bottom right margin showing actors Paul Robeson Jack Jones Simon Lack and Charles Williams. An African American miner from West Virginia arrives in a small town in Wales looking for work and soon wins the respect of the tight-knit mining community therein. Purportedly Robeson's favorite film in which he appeared far ahead of its time with regards to its treatment of racial harmony and the working class. Set and shot on location in Wales. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 373. Ealing Studios unknown
1953rif. 149721N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1953 French film showing actress Michele Morgan. With manuscript ink annotations regarding layout on the verso along with the stamp of City Film N.V. In the midst of a deadly typhoid outbreak a French tourist finds herself widowed and stranded in a small Mexican village where she begins to fall in love with a depressed alcoholic expatriate. Set and shot on location in Veracruz and Mexico City Mexico. 8.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with light creases to the bottom edge. N.p. unknown
1953rif. 149721N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1953 French film showing actress Michele Morgan. With manuscript ink annotations regarding layout on the verso along with the stamp of City Film N.V. In the midst of a deadly typhoid outbreak a French tourist finds herself widowed and stranded in a small Mexican village where she begins to fall in love with a depressed alcoholic expatriate. Set and shot on location in Veracruz and Mexico City Mexico. 8.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with light creases to the bottom edge. N.p. unknown books
