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1952ref. 154485Culver City CA: Loew's Incorporated 1952. Treatment script for the 1953 film on yellow paper created by screenwriter Louis Morheim who received a story credit in the final film. With a single annotation in manuscript pencil changing the revision date on page five. Robert Aldrich's directorial debut wherein a baseball scout at a New York Giants training camp in Florida evaluates prospective hopefuls for a minor league contract. Starring Edward G. Robinson in his first major role after being threatened with blacklisting by the House Un-American Activities Committee HUAC. Shot on location in Melbourne Florida. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 2 stamped "Incomplete" dated 6-18-52 with credits for screenwriter Louis Morheim. 42 leaves with last page of text numbered 42. Mimeograph duplication rectos only on yellow pages dated variously between 6-18-52 and 6-20-52. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Loew's Incorporated unknown books
1977ref. 149028Universal City: Universal Pictures 1977. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1977 film. Based on the 1975 novel by Joseph Wambaugh. An ensemble piece under the direction of Robert Aldrich featuring Charles Durning Louis Gossett Jr. Randy Quaid and James Woods as Los Angeles police officers who meet up for evenings of drunken revelry in MacArthur Park often going too far. Set in Los Angeles California shot on location at Bronson Canyon Griffith Park Los Angeles California. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine. Spicer Neo-Noir US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1956ref. 153068Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1956. Vintage studio still photograph of director Robert Aldrich on the set of the 1956 film one of only a handful of war films made in the noir style during the classic era. One of Aldrich's finest efforts a noirish take on the evils of war with a interesting focus on nepotism. Unpopular on release due to a grim ending and a cynical tone much the opposite of a flag-waving World War II film. Set in Belgium. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. United Artists unknown books
1955ref. 145400Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1955. Vintage press photograph from the set of the 1955 film. Based on Clifford Odets' 1949 Broadway play. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant Worldwide. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. United Artists unknown books
1965ref. 132451Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. First Draft script for the 1965 film. Included are production notes dated November 1965 laid in and an architectural sketch of the "sky truck" noted as "REVISED / APR. 22. '65" As deluxe a script for this film as we have seen and a highspot for noted director Robert Aldrich. One of the great adventure films of the twentieth century wherein a cargo plane with fewer than a dozen men goes down in the Sahara in a sandstorm. One of the men is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for an airplane they will build to escape before food and water are depleted. Black titled wrappers noted as 2ND DRAFT on the front wrapper dated April 6th. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Heller and novelist Trevor. 178 leaves mechanical duplication with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/15/65 and 4/27/65. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine with a small fingernail-size bruise at the top left corner of the front wrapper. Bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1963ref. 155650Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Vintage contact sheet from the 1963 film showing six images of actors Frank Sinatra and Anita Ekberg during filming. Two sharpshooters duel over a large amount of cash carried by a railway official and eventually settle their differences by opening a casino. Shot on location in Mojave and Cantil California. 11 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 1422. Warner Brothers unknown books
1963ref. 149994Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Vintage studio still photograph of Dean Martin and Ursula Andress from the 1963 film. Gambling wenching and struggles for control define this iconic Rat Pack film with a stellar supporting cast including Victor Buono Charles Bronson Anita Ekberg and Ursula Andress. Set in Galveston Texas shot on location in Red Rock Canyon and Mojave California. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear and a small bruise in bottom right margin else Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1963ref. 156799Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Estimating Script for the 1963 film. Two sharpshooters duel over a large amount of cash carried by a railway official and eventually settle their differences by opening a casino. An iconic Rat Pack film. Shot on location in Mojave and Cantil California. Tan studio wrappers noted as Estimating Script on the front wrapper dated March 18 1963. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 3-18-63 with credits for screenwriters Teddi Sherman and Robert Aldrich. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Mimeograph duplication on yellow stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Housed in a custom quarter leather clamshell case. Pitts 1422. Warner Brothers unknown books
1963ref. 151297Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film showing actors Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Anita Ekberg and Ursula Andress. With layout annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso along with a provenance stamp. Two sharpshooters duel over a large amount of cash carried by a railway official and eventually settle their differences by opening a casino. Shot on location in Mojave and Cantil California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 1422. Warner Brothers unknown books
1977ref. 158792N.p.: Lions Gate Films 1977. Three vintage studio still photographs of actress Janice Rule from the 1977 film. Director Robert Altman's experimental dreamlike masterwork about three ethereal fractured women originally overlooked but later celebrated. Featuring brilliant performances from Shelley Duvall as the self-deluded socially maladroit Millie Rule as the mysterious pregnant painter Willie and Sissy Spacek as the young timid and fawning Pinky. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in a small California desert town and shot on location in Palm Springs Thousand Palms and Desert Hot Springs California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Lions Gate Films unknown
1977ref. 155775N.p.: N.p. 1977. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of Janet Rule and Shelley Duvall from the 1977 film. One photograph with a British stamp on the verso and both photographs with manuscript annotations in pencil and ink on the versos. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Director Robert Altman's experimental dreamlike masterwork about three ethereal fractured women originally overlooked but later celebrated. Featuring brilliant performances from Duvall as the self-deluded socially maladroit Millie Rule as the mysterious pregnant painter Willie and Sissy Spacek as the young timid and fawning Pinky. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in a small California desert town and shot on location in Palm Springs Thousand Palms and Desert Hot Springs California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 230. Ebert III. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 135438Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. Nine vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1979 film. A 1979 romantic comedy about a an older man and his young earth-mama musical girlfriend. The role of Marta Heflin was originally written for Sandy Dennis but due to a costar's cat allergies coupled with Dennis' pension for bring cats to script readings the role was recast with Sheila Shea. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine condition. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1978ref. 150021N.p.: N.p. 1978. Two vintage borderless reference photographs shot on the set of the 1978 film one showing Robert Altman behind the camera and one showing Altman and Carol Burnett in conversation. In a style that Altman invented and had by this time more than mastered a mishmash of overlapping stories all centering around a middle-class wedding in the American South told over the course of a single day. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
ref. 156574Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1975. Shooting script for the 1976 film. Copy belonging to title designer Dan Perri with his signature in black manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Based on the 1968 play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit. A revisionist look at the Buffalo Bill legend in which the buffoonish Bill hires Chief Sitting Bull to star in his Wild West Show but finds himself frequently butting heads with Sitting Bull's own vision of the American West. Set in the American West shot on location in Alberta Canada. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated 7/17/75 noted as SHOOTING with credits for screenwriters Alan Rudolph and Robert Altman. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. In a custom green quarter-leather clamshell box. United Artists unknown
1976ref. 150769Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1976. Set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1976 western film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso. Based on the 1968 play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit. A revisionist look at the Buffalo Bill legend in which the buffoonish Bill hires Chief Sitting Bull to star in his Wild West Show but finds himself frequently butting heads with Sitting Bull's own vision of the American west. Shot on location in Alberta Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 554. United Artists unknown
1968ref. 161974N.p.: Warner Brothers - Seven Arts 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1967 film. With one provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1964 novel "The Pilgrim Project" by Hank Searls. During the Space Race NASA decides to follow the Soviets plans to send a lone civilian to the moon a year before the Apollo 11 mission. Shot on location in Cocoa Beach Florida and Marina del Rey California and at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral Florida the McDonnell Douglas Astronauts Co. plant in Huntington Beach California and TRW Space Park in Redondo Beach Florida. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with pinholes from staples and a corresponding chip to the top center of the image. Also unevenly trimmed along the bottom edge. Weldon 1983. Warner Brothers - Seven Arts unknown
1985ref. 167654Paris: Sygma 1985. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1985 film one showing Robert Altman on the set the other showing Altman talking with actor Sam Shepard. Based on Shepard's 1983 Pulitzer Prize-nominated play about two ex-lovers with an exceedingly troubled past who inadvertently find themselves at the same run-down motel in the Mojave Desert. Shot on location in El Dorado New Mexico. 9.5 x 7 inches. Both with two neat pinholes at one corner each else about Fine. Sygma unknown
1970ref. 143169Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Collection of five vintage borderless oversize photographs from the 1970 film. With a small French distribution label from Twentieth Century-Fox on the recto of each photograph. Based on the 1968 novel by Richard Hooker and in turn the basis of acclaimed television show which ran for 11 seasons on CBS. Winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes and nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director and Best Supporting Actress winning for Best Adapted Screenplay. 12 x 9.5 inches. Pinholes to the corners of a single photograph Near Fine overall. National Film Registry. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1970ref. 162890Los Angeles: Twenty Pimlico Inc 1970. Vintage oversize publicity photograph of Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould from the 1970 film by photographer Lawrence Schiller. Photograph with a credit stamp on the verso stamped with the photographer name "Lawrence Schiller" for Twenty Pimlico Inc. with the annotations of Set No. "1072" and Print No. "5." Lawrence Julian Schiller is an award winning photographer film producer director screenwriter and bestselling author who has worked in film and television since the 1960s. Based on the 1968 novel by Richard Hooker and in turn the basis of the acclaimed television show which ran for 11 seasons on CBS from 1972 to 1983. A film that kick-started a great decade of cinema and one that still defines it. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay nominated for four more including Best Picture Best Director and Best Supporting Actress. Winner of the Palme d'Or. 11 x14 inches with irregular margins archivally matted in a 16 x 20 inch 8-ply mat. Near Fine with a small emulsion blemish to the far right side obscured by the matting. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. National Film Registry. Twenty Pimlico, Inc unknown
1975ref. 150321Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Robert Altman on the set of the 1975 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Robert Altman's brilliant caustic view of American politics and culture seen through the microcosm of five days in the Nashville country and gospel music scene with 24 main characters and multiple storylines a tour-de-force and a key piece of New Hollywood Cinema. Winner of an Academy Award nominated for four more including Best Picture Best Director and Best Actress. Shot on location in Nashville Tennessee. 10 x 7 inches. Some brief toning to portions of recto else Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 683. Ebert I. Eureka 80. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown
1994ref. 168325N.p.: N.p. 1994. Draft script for the 1994 film here called a "Schedule Draft". Annotations in manuscript ink on the title page noting copy No. 33 and the name of supervising accountant Danielle Sotet. Robert Altman's sardonic take on Paris Fashion Week featuring an enormous star-studded ensemble cast of international actors models and designers. Set and shot on location in Paris France. Mylar front wrapper white card rear wrapper. Title page present dated January 14 1994 noted as Schedule Draft with credit for Altman and screenwriter Barbara Shulgasser. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered 81. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good moderately soiled bound with two silver clasps. N.p. unknown
1994ref. 150134N.p.: N.p. 1994. Vintage borderless double weight color reference photograph of director Robert Altman with Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett on location at Roissy Airport Charles de Gaulle Airport for the 1994 film. French and English printed "Sipa Press" snipe and "Pica Pressfoto" label on verso. Altman's sardonic take on Paris Fashion Week featuring an enormous and star-studded ensemble cast of international actors models and designers. Set in and shot on location in Paris France . 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 155651N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film showing a topless Sandy Dennis. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1965 novel by Peter Miles about a woman who becomes obsessed with a mute teenage boy. Director Robert Altman's breakthrough film. Shot on location in Vancouver Canada. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good only with pinholes on the corners and edges and paper tape reinforcements on the verso and light creasing overall. Olive 540. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 149641Paris: Gamma 1985. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Robert Altman and actor Carol Burnett on the set of the 1985 television film originally aired on HBO on April 1. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with the stamps of Gamma Film. Two women meet at a laundromat and reveal secrets about their lives. The third and final film collaboration between Altman and Burnett following "A Wedding" 1978 and "HealtH" 1980. Shot on location in Paris. 10.25 x 7 inches. Fine. Gamma unknown
ref. 156574Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1975. Shooting script for the 1976 film. Copy belonging to title designer Dan Perri with his signature in black manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Based on the 1968 play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit. A revisionist look at the Buffalo Bill legend in which the buffoonish Bill hires Chief Sitting Bull to star in his Wild West Show but finds himself frequently butting heads with Sitting Bull's own vision of the American West. Set in the American West shot on location in Alberta Canada. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated 7/17/75 noted as SHOOTING with credits for screenwriters Alan Rudolph and Robert Altman. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. In a custom green quarter-leather clamshell box. United Artists unknown books
