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1975ref. 129187Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1975. First Draft script for the 1977 film. Benny Fikus owns a failing clothing store and wishes to cash in on it by burning down his store and collecting the money from the fire insurance policy. He goes on vacation with his wife and puts his son in charge and suffers a heart attack while away. His other son Ezra attempts to adopt an African American teenager to have him play on his basketball team so that he may keep his job as the unsuccessful high school basketball coach. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 19 1975 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter Klane. 124 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1972ref. 168139Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Two vintage studio still photographs taken on the set of the 1974 film one showing director Richard Rush and actor James Caan the other showing Caan with motorcycle stunt instructor Mike Bast. A blueprint for the buddy cop movie about two inept police officers portrayed with wonderful chemistry by Alan Arkin and James Caan who wreak utter mayhem and destruction while trying to bring down a local mob boss. Director Richard Rush's ludicrous politically incorrect black comedy satirizing the popular revenge and police action films of the period. Set and shot on location in San Francisco California. 7.5 x 10 inches. Warner Brothers unknown
1975ref. 129187Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1975. First Draft script for the 1977 film. Benny Fikus owns a failing clothing store and wishes to cash in on it by burning down his store and collecting the money from the fire insurance policy. He goes on vacation with his wife and puts his son in charge and suffers a heart attack while away. His other son Ezra attempts to adopt an African American teenager to have him play on his basketball team so that he may keep his job as the unsuccessful high school basketball coach. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 19 1975 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter Klane. 124 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1977ref. 163630Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Vintage promotional portrait photographs of Sid Caesar and Rob Reiner respectively from the 1977 film. Based on Robert Klane's 1975 novel about a store owner and his two sons one of whom he has essentially disowned. Ezra Alan Arkin is the lesser son who coaches a worthless high school basketball team and has a wife much too eager to have children. A well regarded comedy about a dysfunctional Jewish family with a cast of veteran comedic actors. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1985ref. 168286Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1985. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1985 film including four compilation photographs. Based on the 1977 book "Calling Dr. Horowitz" about an aspiring doctor who decides to study medicine abroad in a small program in Latin America after being rejected from American medical schools. Shot on location in Madrid Mercia and Lorca Spain. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine to Fine two with pieces of paper tape affixed to the right portion of the recto. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1976ref. 150124N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage reference photograph with horizontal margins of director Alan J. Pakula Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford on the set of the 1976 film. Based on the 1974 book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. The iconic New Hollywood account of the Watergate investigation starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman in exceptionally strong performances as Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein respectively who uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation. Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and nominated for four others including Best Picture and Best Director. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Spicer US Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 135370Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1974. Two vintage black and white still reference photographs from the 1974 film. Both with mimeograph snipes on the verso and one with a red press crop line at the right margin. Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and nominated for four others including Best Picture and Best Director. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1976ref. 150124N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage reference photograph with horizontal margins of director Alan J. Pakula Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford on the set of the 1976 film. Based on the 1974 book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. The iconic New Hollywood account of the Watergate investigation starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman in exceptionally strong performances as Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein respectively who uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation. Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and nominated for four others including Best Picture and Best Director. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Spicer US Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 135370Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1974. Two vintage black and white still reference photographs from the 1974 film. Both with mimeograph snipes on the verso and one with a red press crop line at the right margin. Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and nominated for four others including Best Picture and Best Director. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1989ref. 157850Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1989. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1989 film. Two photographs with the stamp of photographer S. Karin Epstein on the verso. Having both been abandoned by their respective spouses a man and a woman living in New York begin dating but discover that their pasts make trust and respect difficult. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1959ref. 149472Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Alan Ladd in a dynamic pose with the image manipulated for effect from the 1959 film noir. Based on the 1956 novel by Hugh Wheeler under the pseudonym Patrick Quentin. A struggling artist Alan Ladd is accused of murdering his unstable alcoholic wife Carolyn Jones when she goes missing and must flee from the lynch mob forming amongst the townsfolk. Set in fictional Stoneville Connecticut shot on location in Woodstock and Thompson Connecticut and Framingham Massachusetts. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear and faint toning at edges else Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US. United Artists unknown
1959ref. 149472Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Alan Ladd in a dynamic pose with the image manipulated for effect from the 1959 film noir. Based on the 1956 novel by Hugh Wheeler under the pseudonym Patrick Quentin. A struggling artist Alan Ladd is accused of murdering his unstable alcoholic wife Carolyn Jones when she goes missing and must flee from the lynch mob forming amongst the townsfolk. Set in fictional Stoneville Connecticut shot on location in Woodstock and Thompson Connecticut and Framingham Massachusetts. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear and faint toning at edges else Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US. United Artists unknown books
1949ref. 151394Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1949. Post-production Release Dialogue script for the 1949 film. Based on Tiffany Thayer's 1947 novel "One Woman." A South Side reporter discovers the body of a dead call girl and tries to track down her killer using her address book. Set in Chicago. Tall white titled wrappers noting 10 reels dated February 21 1949. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads at the top edge. Paramount Pictures unknown
1949ref. 151394Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1949. Post-production Release Dialogue script for the 1949 film. Based on Tiffany Thayer's 1947 novel "One Woman." A South Side reporter discovers the body of a dead call girl and tries to track down her killer using her address book. Set in Chicago. Tall white titled wrappers noting 10 reels dated February 21 1949. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads at the top edge. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 149801Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1970. Archive of five vintage oversize double weight photographs from the 1970 film four of which are borderless. One photograph SIGNED and dated 1969 by photographer Alan Pappe on the verso all photographs with his stamp. All five photographs feature legendary Italian director Federico Fellini in his cameo role as himself with one showing the director on the set with a clapboard and crew members in front of him while a second features a manuscript pencil annotation describing Fellini and actor Donald Sutherland discussing a scene with an out-of-frame director Paul Mazursky. Pappe worked as a film still and press photographer for 30 years photographing a who's who of film and music stars including iconic images of Sharon Tate Jimi Hendrix and Liza Minnelli as well as album cover for the "Grease" soundtrack album and the interior images of Jefferson Airplane's "After Bathing at Baxter's." His 1972 "Time" magazine cover photograph of Minnelli in "Cabaret" is part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. A young filmmaker struggles to come up with ideas for new film after his previous commercial and critical success while ruminating on his past present and possible futures. One photograph 11 x 11 inches four photographs roughly 14 x 11 or 11 x 14 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1970ref. 149801Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1970. Archive of five vintage oversize double weight photographs from the 1970 film four of which are borderless. One photograph SIGNED and dated 1969 by photographer Alan Pappe on the verso all photographs with his stamp. All five photographs feature legendary Italian director Federico Fellini in his cameo role as himself with one showing the director on the set with a clapboard and crew members in front of him while a second features a manuscript pencil annotation describing Fellini and actor Donald Sutherland discussing a scene with an out-of-frame director Paul Mazursky. Pappe worked as a film still and press photographer for 30 years photographing a who's who of film and music stars including iconic images of Sharon Tate Jimi Hendrix and Liza Minnelli as well as album cover for the "Grease" soundtrack album and the interior images of Jefferson Airplane's "After Bathing at Baxter's." His 1972 "Time" magazine cover photograph of Minnelli in "Cabaret" is part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. A young filmmaker struggles to come up with ideas for new film after his previous commercial and critical success while ruminating on his past present and possible futures. One photograph 11 x 11 inches four photographs roughly 14 x 11 or 11 x 14 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1991ref. 155648N.p.: N.p. 1991. Vintage reference photograph of director Alan Parker standing with the members of the band on the set of the beloved 1991 film. Based on the 1987 novel about a young man from Dublin who assembles a soul band composed of a group of working-class music fans. Set and shot on location in Dublin. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. N.p. unknown
1981ref. 127385Beverly Hills CA: MGM / United Artists 1981. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1982 film. George Albert Finney is caught in an affair by his wife Faith Diane Keaton destroying their already fragile marriage and devastating their four children. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in Marin County California shot on location in California. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine. MGM / United Artists unknown books
1981ref. 148070Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1981. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1982 film one of Dana Hill and one of Dana Hill Viveka Davis Tracey Gold and Tina Yothers . George Albert Finney is caught in an affair by his wife Faith Diane Keaton destroying their already fragile marriage and devastating their four children. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in Marin County California shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. One Near Fine one Very Good plus with 1 inch bruise in upper left corner. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1991ref. 155648N.p.: N.p. 1991. Vintage reference photograph of director Alan Parker standing with the members of the band on the set of the beloved 1991 film. Based on the 1987 novel about a young man from Dublin who assembles a soul band composed of a group of working-class music fans. Set and shot on location in Dublin. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 152320London: United International Pictures 1982. Two vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1982 film one showing director Alan Parker director of animation Gerald Scarfe and cameraman John Stanier in conversation the other showing Parker and actor Bob Geldof. With printed mimeo snipes on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Pink Floyd's 1979 rock opera about a young rock star named Pink whose troubled childhood in 1950s England leads him into an adulthood marred by isolation and depression and eventually complete mental collapse. Shot on location in London and Quebec. 10 x 8 inches with wide bottom margins. Near Fine. Ebert IV. United International Pictures unknown books
1981ref. 152296Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1981. Final Draft script for the 1982 film. Copy belonging to special effects crew member John Burke with his name on the front wrapper in manuscript ink and his manuscript pencil annotations to the rear wrapper and throughout. Missing two pages likely as used or issued. While visiting his daughter in a small Colorado town a retired New York policeman becomes involved in solving the case of a string of cattle mutilations. Shot on location in Colorado New York and Wyoming. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 218 dated 2/27/81 with credits for director Alan Rudolph. Title page present noted as FINAL DRAFT dated 2/27/81 with credits for director Alan Rudolph. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/13/81 and 10/1/81. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1985ref. 150336N.p.: N.p. 1985. Vintage oversize reference photograph of director Alan Rudolph and Genevieve Bujold on the set of the 1985 film. Ex-cop Hawk Kris Krisofferson released from jail after serving eight years for murder is in need of "a woman and a job" and returns to his former hangout Wanda's Cafe run by his ex Wanda Bujold. Wanda's new waitress Georgia Lori Singer whose errant husband Coop Keith Carradine has gotten embroiled in shady dealings catches Hawk's eye in Alan Rudolph's stylish unusual Neo-Noir. Set in the fictional Rain City shot on location in Seattle. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies: The Complete Guide to Punks on Film. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 153848N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage reference photograph from the 1980 film showing actress Debbie Harry playfully "drumming" empty beer bottles while Meat Loaf looks on to her left. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A rowdy beer distributor from Texas gets roped into becoming a roadie for a touring rock band. Featuring numerous cameos by real-life bands including Blondie Utopia Alice Cooper Asleep at the Wheel Hank Williams Jr. and Roy Orbison. Meat Loaf's first starring role. Shot on location in New York Texas and California. 5 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. N.p. unknown books
1985ref. 150336N.p.: N.p. 1985. Vintage oversize reference photograph of director Alan Rudolph and Genevieve Bujold on the set of the 1985 film. Ex-cop Hawk Kris Krisofferson released from jail after serving eight years for murder is in need of "a woman and a job" and returns to his former hangout Wanda's Cafe run by his ex Wanda Bujold. Wanda's new waitress Georgia Lori Singer whose errant husband Coop Keith Carradine has gotten embroiled in shady dealings catches Hawk's eye in Alan Rudolph's stylish unusual Neo-Noir. Set in the fictional Rain City shot on location in Seattle. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies: The Complete Guide to Punks on Film. N.p. unknown books
