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1975ref. 159695London: National Screen Service 1975. Vintage British quad poster for the 1975 American film. Rare in this format. Based on screenwriter Neil Simon's 1971 Broadway play. In the midst of a recession a heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike a middle-aged couple must try to cope with each other after the husband is fired from his advertising job. Set and shot on location in New York City. 40 x 30 inches folded. Near Fine. National Screen Service unknown
1973ref. 158655Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage reference photograph of Jack Lemmon on the set of the 1975 film. Lemmon is seen here between takes in front of the Manhattan Savings Bank at Vanderbilt Avenue and 45th Street. The photograph is dated as 1973 in the Warner Brothers attribution on the bottom border although IMDB notes the production as taking place between August and October 1974. Based on screenwriter Neil Simon's 1971 Broadway play. In the midst of a recession a heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike a middle-aged couple must try to cope with each other after the husband is fired from his advertising job. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1999ref. 170727Hollywood: Do We 1999. Revised shooting script for the 1999 television movie originally aired on December 5 1999 on ABC. Based on Mitch Albom's 1997 memoir about his time spent with his former college professor who is dying of Lou Gehrig's disease. Winner of several Primetime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Lead Actor for Jack Lemmon and Outstanding Supporting Actor for Hank Azaria. Lemmon's final film role before his death in 2001. Set in Detroit and Boston shot on location in Los Angeles and Santa Clarita. Self wrappers. Title page present dated June 4 1999 noted as Shooting Script with credits for Albom screenwriter Tom Rickman and director Mick Jackson. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between July 6 and August 9 1999. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Do We unknown
1954ref. 168236Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1954. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1953 British film seen here under the US title "The Golden Mask." An adventure film about an ancient history scholar whose obsession with finding the legendary Golden Mask of Moloch leads to conflict with dangerous tomb robbers. Set in Algeria shot on location in Djemila Algeria and in Tunis. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. United Artists unknown books
1956ref. 139915N.p.: The Rank Organization 1956. Vintage UK one sheet poster for the 1956 British film. After inheriting a fortune a newly wealthy Englishwoman returns to Malaya where she was previously a POW with the intention of building a well for the villagers who sheltered her during the war. Set in Malaya shot on location in Malaya and England. 27 x 41 inches folded. Near Fine with light toning and black manuscript annotations to the verso. The Rank Organization unknown books
1956ref. 139914N.p.: The Rank Organization 1956. Vintage UK three-sheet poster for the 1956 British film. After inheriting a fortune a newly wealthy Englishwoman returns to Malaya where she was previously a POW with the intention of building a well for the villagers who sheltered her during World War II. Set in Malaysia shot on location in Malaysia Australia and England. 41 x 81 inches rolled and mounted on archival linen. Near Fine. Royal Books can arrange for archival linen backing of posters. Please inquire. The Rank Organization unknown books
1956ref. 139914N.p.: The Rank Organization 1956. Vintage UK three-sheet poster for the 1956 British film. After inheriting a fortune a newly wealthy Englishwoman returns to Malaya where she was previously a POW with the intention of building a well for the villagers who sheltered her during World War II. Set in Malaysia shot on location in Malaysia Australia and England. 41 x 81 inches rolled and mounted on archival linen. Near Fine. Royal Books can arrange for archival linen backing of posters. Please inquire. The Rank Organization unknown
1956ref. 139915N.p.: The Rank Organization 1956. Vintage UK one sheet poster for the 1956 British film. After inheriting a fortune a newly wealthy Englishwoman returns to Malaya where she was previously a POW with the intention of building a well for the villagers who sheltered her during the war. Set in Malaya shot on location in Malaya and England. 27 x 41 inches folded. Near Fine with light toning and black manuscript annotations to the verso. The Rank Organization unknown
1968ref. 161640N.p.: Chancellor Films 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso on a label obscuring an older provenance stamp. Loosely based on the 1924 short story "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell wherein wealthy beatnik Virginia offers a former wrestler played by boxer Jake LaMotta a washed up actor and a drug dealer $100000 if they can survive being hunted down in the streets of Manhattan. Shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Chancellor Films unknown books
1968ref. 161640N.p.: Chancellor Films 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso on a label obscuring an older provenance stamp. Loosely based on the 1924 short story "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell wherein wealthy beatnik Virginia offers a former wrestler played by boxer Jake LaMotta a washed up actor and a drug dealer $100000 if they can survive being hunted down in the streets of Manhattan. Shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Chancellor Films unknown
1959ref. 160564N.p.: N.p. 1959. Four vintage reference photographs by John Cohen from the 1959 short film. Three with the title in manuscript ink on the bottom margin of the recto and one with a provenance label on the verso. Based on a purportedly true incident in the life of Beat icons Neal and Carolyn Cassady wherein a couple's dinner party for a visiting bishop is crashed by their zany bohemian friends. Adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play "Beat Generation" with voiceover narration by Kerouac and a title taken from the poem of the same name co-written by Kerouac Cassady and Allen Ginsberg. For years the film was rumored to have been entirely unscripted capturing a real event at co-director Alfred Leslie's loft in the Bowery until Leslie revealed in a 1968 interview that the film had in fact been scripted heavily rehearsed and shot in a photography studio. 10 x 8 inches. Small chips at the top edges else about Near Fine. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 160564N.p.: N.p. 1959. Four vintage reference photographs by John Cohen from the 1959 short film. Three with the title in manuscript ink on the bottom margin of the recto and one with a provenance label on the verso. Based on a purportedly true incident in the life of Beat icons Neal and Carolyn Cassady wherein a couple's dinner party for a visiting bishop is crashed by their zany bohemian friends. Adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play "Beat Generation" with voiceover narration by Kerouac and a title taken from the poem of the same name co-written by Kerouac Cassady and Allen Ginsberg. For years the film was rumored to have been entirely unscripted capturing a real event at co-director Alfred Leslie's loft in the Bowery until Leslie revealed in a 1968 interview that the film had in fact been scripted heavily rehearsed and shot in a photography studio. 10 x 8 inches. Small chips at the top edges else about Near Fine. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown
1930ref. 167854N.p.: N.p. 1930. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1930 film showing actor Jack Holt. The retiring supervisor of a trading post in West Africa begins an affair with the wife of his replacement a stuffy tightly wound man from London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good. N.p. unknown books
1931ref. 167855N.p.: N.p. 1931. Vintage reference photograph from the 1931 pre-Code film showing actors Aileen Pringle and Jack Holt. Based on the 1929 play by Eva Kay Flint and Martha Madison. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 144227Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Vintage photograph of Carroll Baker Jack Garfein Paul Richards and Ben Gazzara on the set of the 1957 film. With mimeo snipe manuscript annotations in pencil and a press agency stamp on the verso. Based on the 1947 novel and stage play by Calder Willingham "End As a Man" and with much of the same cast as the stage production. Set at a southern military college Jocko de Paris Ben Gazzara is a sadistic cadet leader well known to be violent and power-hungry. In a particularly malicious act of hazing he sets up the expulsion of the son of the school's headmaster and subsequently manipulates his social circle into silence until they can no longer take it. Shot on location in Florida. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1957ref. 144227Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Vintage photograph of Carroll Baker Jack Garfein Paul Richards and Ben Gazzara on the set of the 1957 film. With mimeo snipe manuscript annotations in pencil and a press agency stamp on the verso. Based on the 1947 novel and stage play by Calder Willingham "End As a Man" and with much of the same cast as the stage production. Set at a southern military college Jocko de Paris Ben Gazzara is a sadistic cadet leader well known to be violent and power-hungry. In a particularly malicious act of hazing he sets up the expulsion of the son of the school's headmaster and subsequently manipulates his social circle into silence until they can no longer take it. Shot on location in Florida. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1966ref. 150731Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1966. Complete set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1966 film. Based on Jack Finney's 1959 novel. A group of adventurers pull up a World War II submarine and plan to use it to rob the RMS Queen Mary a large cruise liner. Set in the Bahamas. 10 x 8 inches. One with light wear and pinholes to the corners else Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1966ref. 132176Hollywood: National Screen Service / Paramount Pictures 1966. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1966 film. Based on the 1959 novel by Jack Finney. A band of incompetent treasure hunters including Frank Sinatra unsuccessfully attempt to highjack the Queen Mary by utilizing an old World War II Nazi submarine that they find sunk in the Bahamas. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Screen Service / Paramount Pictures unknown books
1966ref. 150731Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1966. Complete set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1966 film. Based on Jack Finney's 1959 novel. A group of adventurers pull up a World War II submarine and plan to use it to rob the RMS Queen Mary a large cruise liner. Set in the Bahamas. 10 x 8 inches. One with light wear and pinholes to the corners else Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
1973ref. 141286Los Angeles: Filmways 1973. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1971 novel by Jack Curtis about a Kansas farm boy with a big heart who grows up and becomes a crime boss. Set in Kansas. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 27 1973 with credits for screenwriter Dennis Shryack and author Jack Curtis. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 138. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Filmways unknown books
1973ref. 141286Los Angeles: Filmways 1973. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1971 novel by Jack Curtis about a Kansas farm boy with a big heart who grows up and becomes a crime boss. Set in Kansas. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 27 1973 with credits for screenwriter Dennis Shryack and author Jack Curtis. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 138. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Filmways unknown
ref. 133045Burbank CA: Walt Disney Pictures 1981. Revised script for the 1983 film. Written for the screen by Ray Bradbury based on his 1962 novel. After a carnival comes to Green Town the good citizens are compelled to follow their deepest desires caught under the spell of the malevolent Mr. Dark Jonathan Pryce who can grant those desires on one condition: that the grantees will forever join his freak show. In 1977 Bradbury sold the film rights to his novel to Paramount. He and director Jack Clayton whom Bradbury had previously worked with on Moby Dick produced a completed script. However production never began and the film was eventually put into turnaround. At the time Walt Disney Pictures was concentrating on films with more mature themes in an attempt to break free from their stereotype as an animation and family film studio. After the success of darker children's fantasy pictures by competing studios such as Time Bandits and The Dark Crystal Disney decided to purchase the adaptation's rights and hired Bradbury to produce a new script from scratch. .Set in Greentown Illinois but shot on location in Morrisville and Waterville Vermont. Gray titled wrappers noted as Revised on the front wrapper marked production No. 0233 dated 8/24/81 with credits for novelist and screenwriter Bradbury. Title page wit integral with the first page of the text dated 8/24/81. 127 leaves mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 9/30/81. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Walt Disney Pictures unknown books
1987ref. 145894London: HandMade Films 1987. Revised Draft script for the 1987 film. Single manuscript notation in ink on page 62 a scene deletion. Based on the 1955 novel by Brian Moore. A pious spinster living in a boardinghouse begins an ersatz romance with a fellow resident looking to bankroll his next business venture. Novelist Moore born and raised in Belfast was highly acclaimed for his vivid descriptions of life in Ireland after the Second World War in particular for his exploration of The Troubles. Set and shot on location in Dublin. Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated February 1987 noted as Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Peter Nelson and novelist Brian Moore. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with white Velo binding partially loose. Indicator 123. HandMade Films unknown books
1974ref. 142756Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1974. Original Japanese program for the US film "The Great Gatsby." Full-color wrappers with black and white text and black and white and full-color photos throughout. Text in Japanese. The 1974 adaptation of Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel has been praised for its lavish costumes and decadent set design. Coupled with an all star cast and a screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola Jack Clayton's film has cemented its place in cinema history. Winner of two Academy Awards. Set in New York shot on location in Rhode Island New York and England. 12 x 9 inches. Twelve pages saddle stapled. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1974ref. 142784Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1974. Six vintage promotional photographs from the 1974 film. Xerographically reproduced snipe tipped on to the verso of all but one photograph and with rubber stamp to the verso of three photos as well. The 1974 adaptation of Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel has been praised for its lavish costumes and decadent set design. Coupled with an all star cast and a screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola Jack Clayton's film has cemented its place in cinema history. Winner of two Academy Awards. Shot on location in New York England and Rhode Island. 8 x 10 inches. All photos in Near Fine or better condition with snipe unattached from the verso of two photos. Paramount Pictures unknown books
