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1942ref. 148429Burbank CA: Warner Brothers - First National 1942. Collection of ten vintage studio still photographs from the 1942 film. One with a mimeo snipe on verso one with "National Screen Service Corp" and "227- 42" stamps on verso and two with a "Photograph by Madison Lacy" stamp on versos. Included is a two-color press flyer for the film. Two migrant workers attempt to organize farmers against monopolistic packing plant owner with the help of a dancer at a local club. Set in the fictional town of Cat Tail Florida shot on location in Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some light edgewear two uniformly faded one with four pinholes to far left two with small closed tears and one with one inch closed tear with cello tape repair on verso. Press Flyer 8.5 x 11 inches Near Fine. Warner Brothers - First National unknown books
1940ref. 152961N.p.: N.p. 1940. Draft script for the 1940 film. A dramatization of the life of noted Norwegian-American football coach Knute Rockne who led the University of Notre Dame team from 1918 to 1930 before dying tragically in a 1931 plane crash at the age of 43. Set in Voss Norway and Indiana. Blue untitled wrappers. Missing title page possibly as issued. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 3/19/40. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books
1956ref. 146617Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1956. Three vintage hand-tinted studio still photographs from the 1956 film featuring Rory Calhoun Dean Jagger Martha Hyer and Lita Baron. Based upon the 1956 novel "Back Trail" by Lewis B. Patten gunman Alec Longmire Calhoun nearly loses his life in gunfight and decides to walk the straight and narrow by becoming deputy to honest sheriff Jade Murphy Dean Jagger currently dealing with disputes between small farmers and the local cattle baron. Longmire also finds he has feelings for the sheriff's daughter Caroline Martha Hyer. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus some minor creasing predominately in the margins one with a small closed tear on right margin one with closed tear and bruise along top right. Pitts 3337. Universal International Pictures unknown
1956ref. 146617Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1956. Three vintage hand-tinted studio still photographs from the 1956 film featuring Rory Calhoun Dean Jagger Martha Hyer and Lita Baron. Based upon the 1956 novel "Back Trail" by Lewis B. Patten gunman Alec Longmire Calhoun nearly loses his life in gunfight and decides to walk the straight and narrow by becoming deputy to honest sheriff Jade Murphy Dean Jagger currently dealing with disputes between small farmers and the local cattle baron. Longmire also finds he has feelings for the sheriff's daughter Caroline Martha Hyer. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus some minor creasing predominately in the margins one with a small closed tear on right margin one with closed tear and bruise along top right. Pitts 3337. Universal International Pictures unknown books
1986ref. 115890N.p.: N.p. 1986. Revised Draft script for the 1986 film. Production assistant Cynthia Jessen's copy with her name in manuscript ink on the title page numerous lines throughout the script circled and several dog-eared pages. Not to be confused with the 1994 film directed by Robert Benton and starring Paul Newman. A young woman who is tired of her life falls for a man in a traveling Shakespeare troupe. Shot on location in Prescott and Sedona AZ. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated February 19 1986 noted as Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Beth Henley. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated March 3 1986. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1986ref. 115890N.p.: N.p. 1986. Revised Draft script for the 1986 film. Production assistant Cynthia Jessen's copy with her name in manuscript ink on the title page numerous lines throughout the script circled and several dog-eared pages. Not to be confused with the 1994 film directed by Robert Benton and starring Paul Newman. A young woman who is tired of her life falls for a man in a traveling Shakespeare troupe. Shot on location in Prescott and Sedona AZ. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated February 19 1986 noted as Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Beth Henley. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated March 3 1986. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 137337Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1966. Original pressbook for the 1966 film based on the Lew Archer novel "The Moving Target" by Ross Macdonald. The name of the main character was changed purportedly at Newman's insistence following the success of his previous two "H" named films "Hud" and "The Hustler." He followed this one up with the classic Western "Hombre" so he may have been on to something. 11 x 17 inches. 19 pages saddle stapled with two advertising inserts one regarding the release of the soundtrack. Very Good plus with some light foxing. Grant US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
1970ref. 160071New York: Frank Perry Films 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Screenwriter Ross Thomas was best known for his crime fiction most notably the 1971 novel "The Procane Chronicle" basis for the 1976 film "St. Ives." Thomas also received the Edgar Award in 1967 for his debut novel "The Cold War Swap." Set in Denver. Red wrappers with a title label and credit for screenwriter Ross Thomas affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Ross Thomas. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Find bound internally with a silver prong. Frank Perry Films unknown
1975ref. 135433Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Draft script for the 1976 film "St. Ives" here under the working title "St. Ives' Big Score." Included are several unbound revision sheets dated 10/11/75 on pink stock. Based on the 1972 crime novel "The Procane Chronicle" by Ross Thomas writing as Oliver Bleeck. The first of no fewer than ten films director J. Lee Thompson would make with badass Charles Bronson and ironically one of the last with a major studio behind it. The pair would go on to make taut violent potboilers such as "10 to Midnight" 1983 "The Evil That Men Do" 1984 and "Murphy's Law" 1986. Raymond St. Ives Bronson is a novelist drawn back into the world of his former profession of crime reporting by wealthy Abner Procane Houseman. St. Ives is hired to locate stolen documents with ties to the local mob. Janet Whistler Bisset is an associate of Procane's accompanying St. Ives but her motives are vague. Features early supporting roles by Jeff Goldblum and Robert "Freddy" Krueger Englund. Set in Los Angeles shot on location in Los Angeles and Pasadena California. Blue titled wrappers with gilt titles. Title page present dated September 29 1975 noted as ST. IVES' BIG SCORE with credits for actor Bronson producers Pancho Kohner and Stan Canter director Thompson and screenwriter Beckerman. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 114 with 9 laid-in pink revision pages dated 10/11/75. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Hardy The Gangster Film p. 365. Warner Brothers unknown
1970ref. 160071New York: Frank Perry Films 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Screenwriter Ross Thomas was best known for his crime fiction most notably the 1971 novel "The Procane Chronicle" basis for the 1976 film "St. Ives." Thomas also received the Edgar Award in 1967 for his debut novel "The Cold War Swap." Set in Denver. Red wrappers with a title label and credit for screenwriter Ross Thomas affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Ross Thomas. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Find bound internally with a silver prong. Frank Perry Films unknown books
1975ref. 135433Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Draft script for the 1976 film "St. Ives" here under the working title "St. Ives' Big Score." Included are several unbound revision sheets dated 10/11/75 on pink stock. Based on the 1972 crime novel "The Procane Chronicle" by Ross Thomas writing as Oliver Bleeck. The first of no fewer than ten films director J. Lee Thompson would make with badass Charles Bronson and ironically one of the last with a major studio behind it. The pair would go on to make taut violent potboilers such as "10 to Midnight" 1983 "The Evil That Men Do" 1984 and "Murphy's Law" 1986. Raymond St. Ives Bronson is a novelist drawn back into the world of his former profession of crime reporting by wealthy Abner Procane Houseman. St. Ives is hired to locate stolen documents with ties to the local mob. Janet Whistler Bisset is an associate of Procane's accompanying St. Ives but her motives are vague. Features early supporting roles by Jeff Goldblum and Robert "Freddy" Krueger Englund. Set in Los Angeles shot on location in Los Angeles and Pasadena California. Blue titled wrappers with gilt titles. Title page present dated September 29 1975 noted as ST. IVES' BIG SCORE with credits for actor Bronson producers Pancho Kohner and Stan Canter director Thompson and screenwriter Beckerman. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 114 with 9 laid-in pink revision pages dated 10/11/75. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Hardy The Gangster Film p. 365. Warner Brothers unknown books
1935ref. 139830Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1935. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1935 film. Based on William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel "Vanity Fair." Based on Thackeray's classic novel the film was the first feature length film to be shot with the three-strip Technicolor technique. However the poorly written script made the film rather unsuccessful commercially. Miriam Hopkins was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with light creasing overall black manuscript annotations to the verso and a small tan piece of paper affixed to the verso of image BS-73. Images vary slightly in size due to cropping. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1945ref. 150208N.p.: N.p. 1945. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1945 film. With a library stamp on the verso along with a manuscript ink annotation noting No. 211. A dramatization of the life of ruthless cutthroat pirate Captain William Kidd. Set in the Indian Ocean. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1933ref. 144854Los Angeles: Fox Film Corporation 1933. Vintage keybook photograph of Loretta Young and Gene Raymond on the set of the 1933 Pre-Code film. With a printed snipe and studio stamp on the verso and two holes punched into the left edge. Zani Gene Raymond a young zoo keeper has spent his life inside the zoo in Budapest where his only true friends are the animals. He meets Eve Loretta Young an orphan on a tour with her caretakers from the orphanage. They fall in love and to stay together they must hideout overnight in the zoo while a search party looks for them. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Fox Film Corporation unknown
1945ref. 150208N.p.: N.p. 1945. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1945 film. With a library stamp on the verso along with a manuscript ink annotation noting No. 211. A dramatization of the life of ruthless cutthroat pirate Captain William Kidd. Set in the Indian Ocean. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1933ref. 144854Los Angeles: Fox Film Corporation 1933. Vintage keybook photograph of Loretta Young and Gene Raymond on the set of the 1933 Pre-Code film. With a printed snipe and studio stamp on the verso and two holes punched into the left edge. Zani Gene Raymond a young zoo keeper has spent his life inside the zoo in Budapest where his only true friends are the animals. He meets Eve Loretta Young an orphan on a tour with her caretakers from the orphanage. They fall in love and to stay together they must hideout overnight in the zoo while a search party looks for them. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Fox Film Corporation unknown books
1957ref. 132165London: Rank Film Distributors 1957. Vintage black-and-white British front-of-house card from the 1957 UK film. Based on Kendal Burt's and James Leasor's book of the same title about Franz von Werra the only German prisoner of war to escape from imprisonment in Britain during the Second World War. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Rank Film Distributors unknown books
1937ref. 148516Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1937. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1938 film musical showing actor Buddy Ebsen dressed as a jockey astride a horse. With an ink stamp to the verso identifying the film by its working title "Broadway Melody of 1937" along with the reference number 988-14B. A backstage musical revue most notable for featuring a young Judy Garland in an unexpectedly popular singing role which would eventually lead to her casting in "The Wizard of Oz" in 1939. Set in New York. 7 x 9 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1971ref. 161884N.p.: Temarro Films 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film. After being raped by her stepmother's boyfriend while her stepmother watched Doria leaves home. She hooks up with a tender lesbian and models for two artists who introduce her to marijuana and LSD. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Temarro Films unknown books
1950ref. 152066Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1950. Vintage pressbook for the 1950 film. Three escaped Confederate prisoners-of-war become involved in a plan to steal a substantial Union shipment of gold carried on a wagon train from Santa Fe to St. Louis. Shot on location in Kanab Utah. 14 pages saddle stitched 12 x 17 inches. Very Good with front wrapper split from the binding and parts of pages cut out ostensibly by an exhibitor. Pitts 2986. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1973ref. 133026London: Amicus Productions 1973. Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1973 UK film based on the novel "Fengriffen" by David Case. The ghost and severed hand of a 18th century servant terrorizes the descendant of the nobleman who maimed him along with the descendant's new wife. A darker and more serious film than the typical Amicus horror films of the era. A story shot on location in the UK. 8 x 10 inches. Photos slightly wavy Near Fine. Amicus Productions unknown
1947ref. 148811West Hollywood: Eagle-Lion Films 1947. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1948 British film. One with Dion McGregor Collection stamp on the verso. After sustaining a head injury in a bus crash young scientist convalesces in a boardinghouse where a young woman is brutally murdered. Now a prime suspect with a poor memory due to the accident and no alibi he begins to wonder if he could have done it. Roy Ward Baker's directorial debut. Shot on location in Buckinghamshire and London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus light corner and edgewear one with small chip to upper left corner two with pinholes and modest bruising. Selby Master. Selby UK. Grant UK. Spicer UK. Eagle-Lion Films unknown
1960ref. 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
1947ref. 148811West Hollywood: Eagle-Lion Films 1947. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1948 British film. One with Dion McGregor Collection stamp on the verso. After sustaining a head injury in a bus crash young scientist convalesces in a boardinghouse where a young woman is brutally murdered. Now a prime suspect with a poor memory due to the accident and no alibi he begins to wonder if he could have done it. Roy Ward Baker's directorial debut. Shot on location in Buckinghamshire and London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus light corner and edgewear one with small chip to upper left corner two with pinholes and modest bruising. Selby Master. Selby UK. Grant UK. Spicer UK. Eagle-Lion Films unknown books
1960ref. 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
