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1947ref. 164576Universal City: Universal-International 1947. Vintage borderless publicity photograph from the 1947 film noir showing actress Barbara O'Neil. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Loosely based on the French fairy tale of Bluebeard about a newlywed woman who suspects that her husband is trying to kill her. 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 was tand went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures where he worked well into the 1950s. Approximately 7.5 x 9 inches trimmed irregularly. Very Good. Universal-International unknown
1928ref. 132454London: Fritz Lang Film / UFA / W and F. 1928. Vintage UK program for the 1928 German film released in the UK as "The Spy." Lang's followup to "Metropolis" and penultimate silent film an underrated spy versus spy thriller containing some of the most virtuosic set pieces of the director's career including a spectacular train crash at the film's climax. 9.5 x 12 inches 12 pages side stapled in card wrappers. Wrappers Very Good plus overall interior bright and Near Fine. Fritz Lang Film / UFA / W and F. unknown
1953ref. 153219N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph of director Fritz Lang in conversation with actress Anne Baxter on the set of the 1953 film noir. Mimeo snipe to the verso. Based on the 1951 novella by Vera Caspary. A telephone operator wakes up with a hangover and a creeping feeling that she might have murdered her date the previous night. The first installment in Lang's "newspaper noir" trilogy followed by "While the City Sleeps" 1956 and "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" 1956. Set in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1959ref. 150507Berlin: Central Cinema Company Film CCC 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Fritz Lang being attacked by the shackled Paul Hubschmid rehearsing a scene on the set of the 1959 film. German mimeo snipe and "Der Tiger von Eschnapur" stamps on verso. Based on the 1918 German novel "Das Indische Grabmal" "The Indian Tomb" by Thea von Harbou. Previously filmed in 1921 as the silent film "The Indian Tomb" directed by Joe May and starring Conrad Veidt and Mia May with a screenplay written by von Harbou and Lang who was originally slated to direct and in 1938 as the German film "Der Tiger von Eschnapur" directed by Richard Eichberg starring Philip Dorn and La Jana. Lang returned to the material some forty years later and divided the story into two films to avoid the lengthy three and a half hour running time of the original silent film. A German architect travels to the remote Indian city of Eschnapur to oversee work being done at the behest of the Maharajah and falls in love with a beautiful temple dancer who the Maharajah also loves. Set in India shot on location in Berlin Germany and Udaipur India. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Eureka 50047. Rosenbaum 1000. Central Cinema Company Film [CCC] unknown
1944ref. 150383N.p.: N.p. 1944. Two vintage photographs from the set of the 1944 film noir one showing director Fritz Lang closely inspecting a filmstrip the other showing Lang in conversation with actress Joan Bennett. Based on J. H. Wallis' 1943 novel "Once Off Guard." A married psychology professor gets mixed up with a beautiful young woman who plunges him into a world of blackmail and murder. One 9.5 x 7.5 inches one 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1938ref. 144158Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Set of three vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the set of the 1938 film noir antecedent. Shown respectively are Lang conferring with Silvia Sidney Lang on the floor setting up an unusual camera angle and Lang playing a clarinet for baby actor Donald Dodds who played Silvia Sidney's infant son in the film. Each photo with a printed snipe on the verso a number annotated and circled in blue pencil 1 2 3 respectively and a stamp crediting Paramount Studios photographer Malcolm Bulloch. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. One photo with a faint vertical crease. Spicer p. 403. Paramount Pictures unknown
1938ref. 136085Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Vintage studio still photograph from the set of the 1938 noir antecedent showing director Fritz Lang and George Raft on the set. Stamps on the verso crediting photographer C. Kenneth Lobben and Paramount along with an exclusivity notice. 8 x 10 inches with wide margins. Near Fine. Spicer US Precursor. Paramount Pictures unknown
1937ref. 159941Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1937. Vintage reference photograph of director Fritz Lang and a camera crew capturing a scene with actress Sylvia Sidney on the set of the 1937 film. National Film Archive stamp on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. One of Lang's greatest American films and an important film noir antecedent very much predicting the "crime spree" films that would follow it notably "They Live By Night" 1948 "Gun Crazy" 1950 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1937ref. 158246Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1937. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1937 film "National Film Archive London" stamp on versos. One of Fritz Lang's greatest American films and an important film noir antecedent very much predicting the "crime spree" films that would follow it notably "They Live By Night" 1948 "Gun Crazy" 1950 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1937ref. 148240Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1937. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1937 film "National Film Archive London" stamp on versos. One of Fritz Lang's greatest American films and an important film noir antecedent very much predicting the "crime spree" films that would follow it notably "They Live By Night" 1948 "Gun Crazy" 1950 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1949ref. 156122N.p.: Pontus Film 1949. Vintage program for the 1949 German film. Text and titles in German. A poor farmer learns that he may be the father of an illegitimate son and illegally slaughters a pig in an attempt to help the young man leading to a number of comic mishaps. Set in a small wine village on the banks of the Rhine. 8 x 11.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. Pontus Film unknown books
1949ref. 156122N.p.: Pontus Film 1949. Vintage program for the 1949 German film. Text and titles in German. A poor farmer learns that he may be the father of an illegitimate son and illegally slaughters a pig in an attempt to help the young man leading to a number of comic mishaps. Set in a small wine village on the banks of the Rhine. 8 x 11.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. Pontus Film unknown
1965ref. 141222N.p.: N.p. 1965. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on Fritz Habeck's 1951 German novel "Das Boot kommt nach Mitternact" about a Nazi officer who accepts a bribe from a persecuted couple to allow them to escape Paris by boat. Set in Paris. Tan titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Peter A. Schnitzler. Title page present dated June 1965 with credits for screenwriter Peter A. Schnitzler and author Fritz Habeck. 54 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 53. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 141222N.p.: N.p. 1965. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on Fritz Habeck's 1951 German novel "Das Boot kommt nach Mitternact" about a Nazi officer who accepts a bribe from a persecuted couple to allow them to escape Paris by boat. Set in Paris. Tan titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Peter A. Schnitzler. Title page present dated June 1965 with credits for screenwriter Peter A. Schnitzler and author Fritz Habeck. 54 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 53. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1955ref. 141133Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1955. First Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1955-1961 television series. One of television's first Westerns a series following famed marshal Wyatt Earp as he attempts to maintain order and law on the American frontier. Nominated for two prime time Emmy awards. Set in Arizona and shot on location in California and Arizona. Pink titled self-wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper with credit for screenwriter Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a staple. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1972ref. 160515N.p.: N.p. 1972. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 film both showing actors Patricia Collins and Jerry Orbach. Based on Frederick Exley's classic 1968 novel about a middle-aged alcoholic writer who suffers a mental breakdown. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival. Shot on location in New York and Toronto. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 160515N.p.: N.p. 1972. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 film both showing actors Patricia Collins and Jerry Orbach. Based on Frederick Exley's classic 1968 novel about a middle-aged alcoholic writer who suffers a mental breakdown. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival. Shot on location in New York and Toronto. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1955ref. 141133Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1955. First Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1955-1961 television series. One of television's first Westerns a series following famed marshal Wyatt Earp as he attempts to maintain order and law on the American frontier. Nominated for two prime time Emmy awards. Set in Arizona and shot on location in California and Arizona. Pink titled self-wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper with credit for screenwriter Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a staple. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown
1954ref. 147138N.p.: N.p. 1954. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With a copied manuscript annotation on the front wrapper and title page noting: "BASED ON the play and NOVEL / "THE HUMAN STRONGBOX" / by / Frederic MAUZENS." Based on Frederic Mauzens' 1941 play "The Human Strong Box" about a daffy young man who accidentally swallows a priceless ruby and subsequently must defend his intestines from thugs and jewel thieves. Set in Manhattan NY. Orange titled wrappers dated November 1954 with credits for screenwriter ROBERT WYLER and play and novel credits to Frederic Mauzens. Title page present dated November 1954 with credits for screenwriter ROBERT WYLER and play and novel credits to Frederic Mauzens. 28 leaves with last page of text numbered 27. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1954ref. 147138N.p.: N.p. 1954. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With a copied manuscript annotation on the front wrapper and title page noting: "BASED ON the play and NOVEL / "THE HUMAN STRONGBOX" / by / Frederic MAUZENS." Based on Frederic Mauzens' 1941 play "The Human Strong Box" about a daffy young man who accidentally swallows a priceless ruby and subsequently must defend his intestines from thugs and jewel thieves. Set in Manhattan NY. Orange titled wrappers dated November 1954 with credits for screenwriter ROBERT WYLER and play and novel credits to Frederic Mauzens. Title page present dated November 1954 with credits for screenwriter ROBERT WYLER and play and novel credits to Frederic Mauzens. 28 leaves with last page of text numbered 27. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1990ref. 147444New York: N.p. 1990. Two scripts for an unproduced film a 1983 First Draft script and a 1990 Draft script. The First Draft script titled "Kean: A Film Biography" contains a few annotations in manuscript marker of text and dialogue corrections. The 1990 Draft script is entitled "Kean: A Play for Life." Accompanying the First Draft script is a Laid in letter as well as photographically duplicated copy signed "Fred" with New York address and telephone number and dated 6/12/83 in manuscript marker from Frederic Kimball to producer Elliott Kastner. Kimball closes the letter with "I hope you are still interested. Al is." likely referring to Al Pacino a longtime confidant and collaborator on films such as "Looking for Richard" 1996 "Author Author" 1982 "Dick Tracy" 1990 and "And Justice for All" 1979. Also laid in is an additional copy of the first page of the First Draft script. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. A biopic on the tumultuous life of the 19th century British Shakespearean actor Edumund Kean. 1983 First Draft Script: Title page integral with wrapper dated 6/10/86 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Frederic Kimball. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Offset duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound Laid in letter 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good folded horizontally 1/2" from top with large 2 x 3 inch chip on top left and small closed tears on left side. 1990 Draft Script: Title page integral with wrapper dated 1990 with credits for screenwriter Frederic Kimball. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine bound with prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1990ref. 147444New York: N.p. 1990. Two scripts for an unproduced film a 1983 First Draft script and a 1990 Draft script. The First Draft script titled "Kean: A Film Biography" contains a few annotations in manuscript marker of text and dialogue corrections. The 1990 Draft script is entitled "Kean: A Play for Life." Accompanying the First Draft script is a Laid in letter as well as photographically duplicated copy signed "Fred" with New York address and telephone number and dated 6/12/83 in manuscript marker from Frederic Kimball to producer Elliott Kastner. Kimball closes the letter with "I hope you are still interested. Al is." likely referring to Al Pacino a longtime confidant and collaborator on films such as "Looking for Richard" 1996 "Author Author" 1982 "Dick Tracy" 1990 and "And Justice for All" 1979. Also laid in is an additional copy of the first page of the First Draft script. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. A biopic on the tumultuous life of the 19th century British Shakespearean actor Edumund Kean. 1983 First Draft Script: Title page integral with wrapper dated 6/10/86 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Frederic Kimball. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Offset duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound Laid in letter 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good folded horizontally 1/2" from top with large 2 x 3 inch chip on top left and small closed tears on left side. 1990 Draft Script: Title page integral with wrapper dated 1990 with credits for screenwriter Frederic Kimball. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine bound with prong binding. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 164374N.p.: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1969. Vintage French Moyenne poster for the 1968 Hammer film here under the French release title "Dracula et les femmes." The fourth entry in Hammer Film Productions' Dracula series and the third to feature Christopher Lee as the Count. Preceded by the 1966 film "Dracula: Prince of Darkness" directed by Terence Fisher and followed by the 1970 film "Taste the Blood of Dracula" directed by Peter Sasdy. A monsignor exorcises Dracula's castle unwittingly resurrecting the Count who proceeds to prey on the monsignor's beautiful niece and friends. 23 x 31.25 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with a 4.25 inch closed tear to the upper right side and starting at the center and far right creases. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books
1969ref. 164374N.p.: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1969. Vintage French Moyenne poster for the 1968 Hammer film here under the French release title "Dracula et les femmes." The fourth entry in Hammer Film Productions' Dracula series and the third to feature Christopher Lee as the Count. Preceded by the 1966 film "Dracula: Prince of Darkness" directed by Terence Fisher and followed by the 1970 film "Taste the Blood of Dracula" directed by Peter Sasdy. A monsignor exorcises Dracula's castle unwittingly resurrecting the Count who proceeds to prey on the monsignor's beautiful niece and friends. 23 x 31.25 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with a 4.25 inch closed tear to the upper right side and starting at the center and far right creases. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown
1951ref. 145446Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1951. Vintage black-and-white double weight studio still photograph from the 1951 film. Struck from the original negative with offset black border. Starring actors Ericson and Mauldin are prominently featured. "Silver Screen Archives" rubber-stamp on the verso. Based on an original story by Alfred Hayes and Stewart Stern. Phillip Ericson is a soldier in Italy during WWII where he meets and marries Teresa Angeli and returns to the US to an overbearing mother Patricia Collinge. Hayes and Stern were nominated for an Academy Award for their story and the film grossed more international sales than domestic. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light curling and toning and a short corner crease. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
