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1958ref. 144474Beverly Hills CA: MGM 1958. Vintage photograph of director Richard Brooks and actor Paul Newman on the set of the 1958 film. Typed description and manuscript annotations on the verso. 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. MGM unknown books
1958ref. 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
1962ref. 149573Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1962. Vintage reference photograph of actors Paul Newman and Shirley Knight examining film negatives with cinematographer Milton R. Krasner looking on. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1959 play wherein a failed Hollywood actor and gigolo returns to his small hometown accompanied by an older faded movie star hoping to win back his former girlfriend. Nominated for three Academy Awards winning one for Best Supporting Actor for Ed Begley. Set in St. Cloud Mississippi. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1962ref. 151424N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage reference photograph of director Richard Brooks cinematographer Milton Krasner and a camera crew capturing a boat scene with actress Shirley Knight on the set of the 1962 film. With a mimeo snipe and manuscript pencil and ink annotations on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1959 play wherein a failed Hollywood actor and gigolo returns to his small hometown accompanied by an older faded movie star hoping to win back his former girlfriend. Nominated for three Academy Awards winning one for Best Supporting Actor for Ed Begley. Set in St. Cloud Mississippi. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 146012Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage borderless photograph of Robert Blake and Scott Wilson from the 1967 film. Crop annotations in manuscript pencil and the stamp of photographer Michel Ciment stamp on the verso. Richard Brooks' unflinching and unsentimental documentary style made for a visualization that matched the power of Capote's most famous book and remains one of the great meditations on violence in America. Nominated for four Academy Awards. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus some light creasing and edgewear. National Film Registry. Ebert II. Criterion Collection 781. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1967ref. 144377Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage photograph of Mary Linda Rapelye on the set of the 1967 film. Manuscript annotations in pencil and press agency stamps on the verso. Richard Brooks' unflinching and unsentimental documentary style made for a visualization that matched the power of Capote's most famous book and remains one of the great meditations on violence in America. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 781. Ebert II. Penzler 101. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1971ref. 150685Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 film. A security consultant teams up with a call girl to steal a fortune in dirty money from criminals' safe deposit boxes which are stored in a high-tech bank vault. Set and shot on location in Hamburg West Germany. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lee The Heist Film. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1971ref. 150684Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 film. A security consultant teams up with a call girl to steal a fortune in dirty money from criminals' safe deposit boxes which are stored in a high-tech bank vault. Set and shot on location in Hamburg West Germany. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lee The Heist Film. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 172856Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 re-release of the 1956 film. A fictionalized account of the life of Alexander the Great who conquered the entire known world in his relatively short life. Shot on location in Andalucía and Madrid Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Twilight Time. United Artists unknown
1967ref. 141626Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1967. Vintage studio still photograph of Alec Guinness from the 1967 film. Snipe printed in blue ink on the verso. The film follows a sardonic hotel owner who witnesses the chaos in Haiti under the Papa Doc Duvalier regime. Starring Elizabeth Taylor in a role originally meant for Sophia Loren. Shot on location in Benin and France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1960ref. 172856Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 re-release of the 1956 film. A fictionalized account of the life of Alexander the Great who conquered the entire known world in his relatively short life. Shot on location in Andalucía and Madrid Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Twilight Time. United Artists unknown books
1955ref. 172860Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 film. A fictionalized account of the life of Alexander the Great who conquered the entire known world in his relatively short life. Shot on location in Andalucía and Madrid Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Twilight Time. United Artists unknown books
1967ref. 141626Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1967. Vintage studio still photograph of Alec Guinness from the 1967 film. Snipe printed in blue ink on the verso. The film follows a sardonic hotel owner who witnesses the chaos in Haiti under the Papa Doc Duvalier regime. Starring Elizabeth Taylor in a role originally meant for Sophia Loren. Shot on location in Benin and France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1980ref. 167451Universal City: Universal Television 1980. Draft script for the fourth episode of the 1981 NBC mini-series here under the working title "The Gangster Chronicles: An American Story: Chapter IV" which aired on February 21 1981. Copy with a manuscript marker annotations of "role:- Aiello" on the title page and the underlining of "Narrative" on the first and last page of the script. The thirteen part critically-acclaimed Emmy Award-winning mini-series was an attempt at presenting an historically accurate crime drama about the lives of Bugsy Siegel Joe Penny Lucky Luciano Michael Nouri and Meyer Lansky Brian Benben beginning in 1907 and spanning seven decades. The series premiered on February 12 1981 and was aired over nine nights ending on May 8 1981. Later released in an edited 121-minute version on videocassette entitled "Gangster Wars." Shot on location in Capitola and Santa Cruz California. Front wrapper integral with title page dated October 21 1980 with credits for screenwriter Richard Alan Simmons. 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 237 with the script beginning on page 194. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Universal Television unknown
1972ref. 140225Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Draft script for the 1973 film. Copy belonging to uncredited cast member Merritt Blake with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Notably with a credit for screenwriter Eleanor Perry wife and frequent co-writer with her husband director Frank Perry. Jay Grobart Reynolds kills a man who raped and murdered his wife Cat Dancing. He is arrested but soon after is released and goes on a crime spree. He then meets Catherine Miles who is escaping her abusive husband and finds an unlikely mate. Shot on location in Arizona and Utah USA. Blue wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present dated October 31 1972 with credits for screenwriter Eleanor Perry and novelist Marilyn Durham. 159 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Xerographic duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between November 6 1972 and November 7 1972. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1972ref. 140225Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Draft script for the 1973 film. Copy belonging to uncredited cast member Merritt Blake with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Notably with a credit for screenwriter Eleanor Perry wife and frequent co-writer with her husband director Frank Perry. Jay Grobart Reynolds kills a man who raped and murdered his wife Cat Dancing. He is arrested but soon after is released and goes on a crime spree. He then meets Catherine Miles who is escaping her abusive husband and finds an unlikely mate. Shot on location in Arizona and Utah USA. Blue wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present dated October 31 1972 with credits for screenwriter Eleanor Perry and novelist Marilyn Durham. 159 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Xerographic duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between November 6 1972 and November 7 1972. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1980ref. 167451Universal City: Universal Television 1980. Draft script for the fourth episode of the 1981 NBC mini-series here under the working title "The Gangster Chronicles: An American Story: Chapter IV" which aired on February 21 1981. Copy with a manuscript marker annotations of "role:- Aiello" on the title page and the underlining of "Narrative" on the first and last page of the script. The thirteen part critically-acclaimed Emmy Award-winning mini-series was an attempt at presenting an historically accurate crime drama about the lives of Bugsy Siegel Joe Penny Lucky Luciano Michael Nouri and Meyer Lansky Brian Benben beginning in 1907 and spanning seven decades. The series premiered on February 12 1981 and was aired over nine nights ending on May 8 1981. Later released in an edited 121-minute version on videocassette entitled "Gangster Wars." Shot on location in Capitola and Santa Cruz California. Front wrapper integral with title page dated October 21 1980 with credits for screenwriter Richard Alan Simmons. 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 237 with the script beginning on page 194. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Universal Television unknown books
1974ref. 142679Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1974. Draft script for the 1979 film here under the working title "The Ravagers." Copy belonging to uncredited producer Walter Mirisch with his name in blue manuscript ink on the title page and with a manuscript note in the same blue ink paper-clipped on the front wrapper. Based on the 1966 novel "Path to Savagery" by Robert Edmond Alter. A grim "Mad Max" style film set post-World War III nuclear holocaust in which Richard Harris plays a man whose wife was raped and murdered by a brutal gang and who eventually seeks a home where he may live in peace. Shot on location in Alabama. Olive green titled wrappers dated October 14 1974. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Donald S. Sanford and novelist Robert Edmond Alter. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown
1974ref. 142679Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1974. Draft script for the 1979 film here under the working title "The Ravagers." Copy belonging to uncredited producer Walter Mirisch with his name in blue manuscript ink on the title page and with a manuscript note in the same blue ink paper-clipped on the front wrapper. Based on the 1966 novel "Path to Savagery" by Robert Edmond Alter. A grim "Mad Max" style film set post-World War III nuclear holocaust in which Richard Harris plays a man whose wife was raped and murdered by a brutal gang and who eventually seeks a home where he may live in peace. Shot on location in Alabama. Olive green titled wrappers dated October 14 1974. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Donald S. Sanford and novelist Robert Edmond Alter. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 125415N.p.: Layton Film Productions 1960. Original pressbook for the 1960 film noir. Brian Donlevy plays a US detective sent to Brazil to find an American woman accused of murder. He finds his target but not before getting sucked into his own brand of crime. Richard Cunha who directed a few minor but pertinent films in 1958 "Frankenstein's Daughter "Missile to the Moon" and "Giant from the Unknown" sets the pace with a television serial-like quality. A solid second feature from the post-noir period. One sheet folded twice as issued 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages a small numerical notation at the bottom of the front wrapper and light rubbing overall. Hinged diecut of the door on the front wrapper and issued in color on thick stock characteristics unique amongst pressbooks. Layton Film Productions unknown
1960ref. 125415N.p.: Layton Film Productions 1960. Original pressbook for the 1960 film noir. Brian Donlevy plays a US detective sent to Brazil to find an American woman accused of murder. He finds his target but not before getting sucked into his own brand of crime. Richard Cunha who directed a few minor but pertinent films in 1958 "Frankenstein's Daughter "Missile to the Moon" and "Giant from the Unknown" sets the pace with a television serial-like quality. A solid second feature from the post-noir period. One sheet folded twice as issued 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages a small numerical notation at the bottom of the front wrapper and light rubbing overall. Hinged diecut of the door on the front wrapper and issued in color on thick stock characteristics unique amongst pressbooks. Layton Film Productions unknown books
1983ref. 137667N.p.: N.p. 1983. Draft script for the 1984 film "Dangerous Moves" here under the working title "The Fool's Gambit." Script translated by Hilary Sandison credited on the last leaf of text. Akiva Piccoli is a Soviet Jew chess master ensconced in Communism and in declining health. His rival Pavius Arbatt is a young defector tired of Communist ways and the two face each other at the World Chess Championship. Shot on location in France. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. White wrappers with clear mylar front wrapper. Title page present dated June 1983. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Mechanical duplication. Near Fine overall bound with a black plastic comb binding. N.p. unknown
1990ref. 171272Los Angeles: Paramount Network Television 1990. First Draft script for Season 6 Episode 16 of the 1985-1992 television series. Originally aired February 18 1991 on ABC. The series followed the titular MacGyver a daring secret agent whose resourcefulness and skill save him from endless dangerous situations. In this episode A priest who is an old friend of MacGyver's is hit over the head and killed spurring on an investigation. Shot on location in British Columbia Canada. White titled studio self wrappers noted as WRITER'S FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated October 22 1990. Title page present dated October 30 1990 noted as WRITER'S FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter John Considine. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 56. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Network Television unknown
1990ref. 171272Los Angeles: Paramount Network Television 1990. First Draft script for Season 6 Episode 16 of the 1985-1992 television series. Originally aired February 18 1991 on ABC. The series followed the titular MacGyver a daring secret agent whose resourcefulness and skill save him from endless dangerous situations. In this episode A priest who is an old friend of MacGyver's is hit over the head and killed spurring on an investigation. Shot on location in British Columbia Canada. White titled studio self wrappers noted as WRITER'S FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated October 22 1990. Title page present dated October 30 1990 noted as WRITER'S FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter John Considine. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 56. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Network Television unknown books
1983ref. 137667N.p.: N.p. 1983. Draft script for the 1984 film "Dangerous Moves" here under the working title "The Fool's Gambit." Script translated by Hilary Sandison credited on the last leaf of text. Akiva Piccoli is a Soviet Jew chess master ensconced in Communism and in declining health. His rival Pavius Arbatt is a young defector tired of Communist ways and the two face each other at the World Chess Championship. Shot on location in France. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. White wrappers with clear mylar front wrapper. Title page present dated June 1983. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Mechanical duplication. Near Fine overall bound with a black plastic comb binding. N.p. unknown books
