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1946ref. 146146Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1946. Vintage studio photograph of Mervyn LeRoy and Louella Parsons rehearsing on the set of the 1946 film. Based on the obscure 1946 pulp novel by Jane Allen and Mae Livingston about a best selling novelist who meets Marine who she thinks is perfect for the lead in an upcoming film adaptation although he doesn't her book. An abundance of Hollywood cameos with columnist Louella Parsons playing herself. 8.25 x 10 inches. Near Fine with some light creasing. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1946ref. 146146Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1946. Vintage studio photograph of Mervyn LeRoy and Louella Parsons rehearsing on the set of the 1946 film. Based on the obscure 1946 pulp novel by Jane Allen and Mae Livingston about a best selling novelist who meets Marine who she thinks is perfect for the lead in an upcoming film adaptation although he doesn't her book. An abundance of Hollywood cameos with columnist Louella Parsons playing herself. 8.25 x 10 inches. Near Fine with some light creasing. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1982ref. 141680London: Channel Four Films 1982. Draft script for the 1987 French film. A washed-up Hollywood actor a French financier a British director and a group of other misfits converge in a small hotel in Paris. Set in France. Title page present dated August 18 1982 with credits for screenwriter Jana Bokova. 191 leaves with last page of text numbered 179. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine lacking wrapper. Channel Four Films unknown books
1982ref. 141680London: Channel Four Films 1982. Draft script for the 1987 French film. A washed-up Hollywood actor a French financier a British director and a group of other misfits converge in a small hotel in Paris. Set in France. Title page present dated August 18 1982 with credits for screenwriter Jana Bokova. 191 leaves with last page of text numbered 179. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine lacking wrapper. Channel Four Films unknown
1973ref. 149156Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Final Draft script for the 1974 film. Laid in are six blue revision pages dated 2/26/73. Based on the 1942 novel "The Stranger" by Lillian Bos Ross. Later re-released under the title "For Better For Worse." Gene Hackman stars as a rural rancher who sends away for a mail-order bride looking for an extra ranch hand. His headstrong bride played by Liv Ullman is a tough bargain and the two eventually fall in love through shared hardship and growing respect. An early effort of screenwriter Marc Norman twenty-five years before he would receive an Oscar for his work on "Shakespeare in Love." Set in a remote region of the American West shot on location in Big Sur California. Orange titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper dated February 26 1973. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 2/26/73 noted as FINAL with credits for screenwriter Marc Norman. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1979ref. 147633Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1979. Six vintage studio still black and white photographs from the 1979 film. With a folded studio snipe on the verso and a printed description with the studio logo affixed at the bottom edge as issued. Loosely based on John Ford's 1937 film which was in turn based on the 1936 novel by James Norman Hall and Charles Nordhoff. A doomed romance between a Samoan High Chief and a young American painter the daughter of the patrician naval governor of the island. Set on the fictional island of Alaya in American Samoa shot on location in Bora Bora. 8 x 9.75 inches. Three Near Fine with light wear to the corners three Very Good plus with a few one-inch tears and faint creasing to the corners. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1973ref. 149156Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Final Draft script for the 1974 film. Laid in are six blue revision pages dated 2/26/73. Based on the 1942 novel "The Stranger" by Lillian Bos Ross. Later re-released under the title "For Better For Worse." Gene Hackman stars as a rural rancher who sends away for a mail-order bride looking for an extra ranch hand. His headstrong bride played by Liv Ullman is a tough bargain and the two eventually fall in love through shared hardship and growing respect. An early effort of screenwriter Marc Norman twenty-five years before he would receive an Oscar for his work on "Shakespeare in Love." Set in a remote region of the American West shot on location in Big Sur California. Orange titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper dated February 26 1973. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 2/26/73 noted as FINAL with credits for screenwriter Marc Norman. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1997ref. 151186London: Portobello Pictures Ltd 1997. Vintage reference photograph of Jan Sverak and cinematographer Vladimir Smutny on the set of the 1997 film. Set in 1988 Prague during the last days of Soviet Occupation of Czechoslovakia confirmed bachelor and lady's man Louka in need of money agrees to marry a Russian woman seeking Czech citizenship and ends up having to care for her sickly 5 year old son Kolya. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. One of the most successful films to have come out of the Czech Republic. Shot on location in Prague Czech Republic. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Portobello Pictures Ltd unknown books
1965ref. 151593N.p.: Prominent Films 1965. Vintage press kit for the US release of the classic 1965 Czechoslovakian film for use by distributors and the press containing 24 black and white photographs three pressbooks and a poster for the film all housed in a white paper envelope with the film's logo on the recto. Based on the 1962 short story "The Trap" by screenwriter Ladislav Grosman. A Slovak man is given a sewing notions shop owned by an elderly Jewish woman as part of the government's Aryanization program. He doesn't have the heart to tell her and pretends to be her new employee. The two form a bond which is tested when the authorities begin rounding up the town's Jewish population. One of the comparatively few films from the Czechoslovak New Wave filmed in the Slovak as opposed to the Czech language. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film. Poster photographs and pressbooks Near Fine. Criterion Collection 130. Prominent Films unknown books
1965ref. 158863N.p.: Filmove studio Barrandov 1965. Vintage studio still photograph of actress Ida Kami ska from the 1965 film. Based on the 1962 short story "The Trap" by screenwriter Ladislav Grosman. A Slovak man is given a sewing notions shop owned by an elderly Jewish woman as part of the government's Aryanization program. He doesn't have the heart to tell her and pretends to be her new employee. The two form a bond which is tested when the authorities begin rounding up the town's Jewish population. One of the comparatively few films from the Czechoslovak New Wave filmed in the Slovak as opposed to the Czech language. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Filmove studio Barrandov unknown books
1965ref. 151593N.p.: Prominent Films 1965. Vintage press kit for the US release of the classic 1965 Czechoslovakian film for use by distributors and the press containing 24 black and white photographs three pressbooks and a poster for the film all housed in a white paper envelope with the film's logo on the recto. Based on the 1962 short story "The Trap" by screenwriter Ladislav Grosman. A Slovak man is given a sewing notions shop owned by an elderly Jewish woman as part of the government's Aryanization program. He doesn't have the heart to tell her and pretends to be her new employee. The two form a bond which is tested when the authorities begin rounding up the town's Jewish population. One of the comparatively few films from the Czechoslovak New Wave filmed in the Slovak as opposed to the Czech language. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film. Poster photographs and pressbooks Near Fine. Criterion Collection 130. Prominent Films unknown
1940ref. 162233N.p.: N.p. 1940. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A drama about a young farm girl who years for an education after seeing several of her siblings die from poor medical treatment. Jan Fortune is today best remembered for penning several films in the 1930s and 1940s most notably "Dark Command" 1940 and "Mokey" 1942. Blue titled front wrapper missing rear wrapper dated March 8 1940 with credit for Fortune. Title page integral with front wrapper as issued. 36 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good moderately edgeworn wrapper Good side stapled. N.p. unknown books
1940ref. 162233N.p.: N.p. 1940. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A drama about a young farm girl who years for an education after seeing several of her siblings die from poor medical treatment. Jan Fortune is today best remembered for penning several films in the 1930s and 1940s most notably "Dark Command" 1940 and "Mokey" 1942. Blue titled front wrapper missing rear wrapper dated March 8 1940 with credit for Fortune. Title page integral with front wrapper as issued. 36 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good moderately edgeworn wrapper Good side stapled. N.p. unknown
ref. 160843Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1994 film. Copy belonging to crew member Kevin E. Patterson credited as Cable Person with his name and signature in manuscript ink on the recto of the rear wrapper. One of the best action films of the 1990s launching the careers of both Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves. Director and screenwriter Joss Whedon went uncredited as the film's script doctor and screenwriter Graham Yost went on to create and write the acclaimed television series "Justified" 2010. Blue titled wrappers dated August 6 1993. Title page present dated August 6 1993 noted as Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Graham Yost. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
ref. 160843Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1994 film. Copy belonging to crew member Kevin E. Patterson credited as Cable Person with his name and signature in manuscript ink on the recto of the rear wrapper. One of the best action films of the 1990s launching the careers of both Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves. Director and screenwriter Joss Whedon went uncredited as the film's script doctor and screenwriter Graham Yost went on to create and write the acclaimed television series "Justified" 2010. Blue titled wrappers dated August 6 1993. Title page present dated August 6 1993 noted as Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Graham Yost. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1990ref. 167934Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1990. Five vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1989 South American-US film. Sequel to the beloved 1980 comedy film about the unlikely convergence of six people from different continents in the Kalahari desert. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1962ref. 152089Burbank CA: Buena Vista / Walt Disney Productions 1962. Vintage pressbook for the 1962 film. A family adventure film centered on the experiences of Lobo a wolf living in the southwest US. Loosely based on Lobo the King of Currumpaw a famed 1890s wolf which was captured by bounty hunter Ernest Seton. Shot on location in Sedona Arizona. 15 pages saddle stitched 11 x 14.25 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and soiled to the wrappers. Buena Vista / Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1962ref. 152089Burbank CA: Buena Vista / Walt Disney Productions 1962. Vintage pressbook for the 1962 film. A family adventure film centered on the experiences of Lobo a wolf living in the southwest US. Loosely based on Lobo the King of Currumpaw a famed 1890s wolf which was captured by bounty hunter Ernest Seton. Shot on location in Sedona Arizona. 15 pages saddle stitched 11 x 14.25 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and soiled to the wrappers. Buena Vista / Walt Disney Productions unknown
1960ref. 153165N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced Western film. Based on the 1959 novel by James Woodruff Smith. A solitary cowboy ventures into the wilderness seeking to take his revenge on the gunslinger who kidnapped his mother and left his father to die. Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for novelist and screenwriter James Woodruff Smith. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 153165N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced Western film. Based on the 1959 novel by James Woodruff Smith. A solitary cowboy ventures into the wilderness seeking to take his revenge on the gunslinger who kidnapped his mother and left his father to die. Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for novelist and screenwriter James Woodruff Smith. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 161160Los Angeles: National Theatre Westwood 1973. Vintage flyer for a preview screening of the 1973 film at the National Theatre Westwood in Los Angeles to benefit the Los Angeles International Film Exposition. An ambitious newly promoted homicide detective becomes disillusioned with the police force while investigating a case empathizing with the hippies other officers in his unit harass. Soundtrack by Chicago. Set and shot on lcoation in Fountain Hills and Monument Valley Arizona. 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. National Theatre Westwood unknown books
1973ref. 161160Los Angeles: National Theatre Westwood 1973. Vintage flyer for a preview screening of the 1973 film at the National Theatre Westwood in Los Angeles to benefit the Los Angeles International Film Exposition. An ambitious newly promoted homicide detective becomes disillusioned with the police force while investigating a case empathizing with the hippies other officers in his unit harass. Soundtrack by Chicago. Set and shot on lcoation in Fountain Hills and Monument Valley Arizona. 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. National Theatre Westwood unknown
1940ref. 164537Universal City: Universal Pictures 1940. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1940 film a publicity photograph of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Joan Bennett a test photograph of Bennett and a portrait photograph of Bennett. All three photographs with mimeo snipes on the versos two with stamps crediting photographer Ray Jones and one with a date stamp and a provenance stamp on the verso. 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. A group of American adventures journey deep into the South American jungle with two native guides in search of a lost treasure buried under an ancient Incan city. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown books
1940ref. 164537Universal City: Universal Pictures 1940. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1940 film a publicity photograph of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Joan Bennett a test photograph of Bennett and a portrait photograph of Bennett. All three photographs with mimeo snipes on the versos two with stamps crediting photographer Ray Jones and one with a date stamp and a provenance stamp on the verso. 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. A group of American adventures journey deep into the South American jungle with two native guides in search of a lost treasure buried under an ancient Incan city. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown
1950ref. 147783Los Angeles: United Artists 1950. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1950 film. A young woman visiting her aunt in California finds herself attracted to her aunt's neighbor a wealthy man unexplainably plagued by bad luck. Set and shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and faint toning. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward. United Artists unknown books
