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1958ref. 171031Universal City: Universal Pictures 1958. Vintage press kit for the 1958 film. Includes a full-color pocketed folder with 17 black-and-white photographs from the film a French newspaper clipping about the film and a printed illustration of a soldier returning home. Three photographs with mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Notable among the photographs are two showing cast and crew members on the set one of John Gavin holding his young children and a portrait of Liselotte Pulver that has been INSCRIBED by Pulver at the bottom left corner: "Cordialement Cordially / Liselotte Pulver." The pocket of the folder notes additional materials provided although these are missing from the kit. Based on Erich Maria Remarque's 1954 novel set during World War II on the Eastern Front. A German soldier returns home to find his family's house bombed and his parents gone. He begins to struggle to keep his sanity and survives with the help of the daughter of a political prisoner. Shot on location in Berlin. Folder Very Good or better with some wear to the folds photographs Very Good to Very Good plus with some wear curling and toning. Rosenbaum 1000. Universal Pictures unknown books
1956ref. 142863Universal City: Universal Pictures 1956. Second Revised Final Draft script for the 1957 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. Based on the 1956 autobiography of the same name by Colonel Dean E. Hess a real-life United States Air Force fighter pilot in the Korean War. Hess was a technical advisor for the film and the gold flying helmet Rock Hudson wears was his personal possession. A poster for "Battle Hymn" appears outside the movie theater in the 1959 pilot episode of The Twilight Zone "Where Is Everybody" Set in 1950s Westhampton Ohio and Seoul shot on location in Seoul South Korea and Nogales AZ. Navy full calf binding without paper wrappers as issued. Title page present noted as Second Revised Final with credits for screenwriter Charles Grayson. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 123-A. Multilith duplication with pink blue white revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/29/56 and 4/23/56. Pages Near Fine presentation binding Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1958ref. 171031Universal City: Universal Pictures 1958. Vintage press kit for the 1958 film. Includes a full-color pocketed folder with 17 black-and-white photographs from the film a French newspaper clipping about the film and a printed illustration of a soldier returning home. Three photographs with mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Notable among the photographs are two showing cast and crew members on the set one of John Gavin holding his young children and a portrait of Liselotte Pulver that has been INSCRIBED by Pulver at the bottom left corner: "Cordialement Cordially / Liselotte Pulver." The pocket of the folder notes additional materials provided although these are missing from the kit. Based on Erich Maria Remarque's 1954 novel set during World War II on the Eastern Front. A German soldier returns home to find his family's house bombed and his parents gone. He begins to struggle to keep his sanity and survives with the help of the daughter of a political prisoner. Shot on location in Berlin. Folder Very Good or better with some wear to the folds photographs Very Good to Very Good plus with some wear curling and toning. Rosenbaum 1000. Universal Pictures unknown
1957ref. 161062Universal City: Universal Pictures 1957. Five vintage photographs taken on the set of the 1958 film including four studio still photographs showing director Douglas Sirk talking with actors Lisa Pulver and John Gavin and one borderless photograph showing novelist screenwriter and actor Erich Maria Remarque. Two with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Based on Remarque's 1954 novel about a German soldier who returns home to find his home bombed and his parents gone. Shot on location in Berlin. Studio still photographs 8 x 10 inches borderless photograph 7 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus several with light toning and wear on the edges. Rosenbaum 1000. Universal Pictures unknown
1958ref. 132741London: Unviersal International Pictures 1958. Eight vintage full-color still photographs from the UK country of origin release of the 1958 film. Based on Erich Maria Remarque's 1954 novel about a company of German soldiers on the Russian front during WWII. One of the soldiers is sent home where finding his home bombed he struggles for his sanity and survival with the help of the daughter of a political prisoner. Set on the Russian front and in Germany during World War II shot on location in Berlin. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creases else Near Fine. Masters of Cinema 65. Davenport p. 358. Hyams p. 129. Unviersal International Pictures unknown
1956ref. 142863Universal City: Universal Pictures 1956. Second Revised Final Draft script for the 1957 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. Based on the 1956 autobiography of the same name by Colonel Dean E. Hess a real-life United States Air Force fighter pilot in the Korean War. Hess was a technical advisor for the film and the gold flying helmet Rock Hudson wears was his personal possession. A poster for "Battle Hymn" appears outside the movie theater in the 1959 pilot episode of The Twilight Zone "Where Is Everybody" Set in 1950s Westhampton Ohio and Seoul shot on location in Seoul South Korea and Nogales AZ. Navy full calf binding without paper wrappers as issued. Title page present noted as Second Revised Final with credits for screenwriter Charles Grayson. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 123-A. Multilith duplication with pink blue white revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/29/56 and 4/23/56. Pages Near Fine presentation binding Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1949ref. 133084Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1949. Vintage studio still photograph of director Douglas Sirk working on the set of the 1949 film noir. A wonderful photograph of the entire crew shooting a scene where Cornel Wilde and Patricia Knight are parting at an airport. Sirk is standing on a crane support at the left and cinematographer Charles Lawton Jr. is seated just below. A key American noir from an original screenplay by Samuel Fuller. Shot on location throughout Los Angeles and notably in the Bradbury Building on Broadway now an architectural landmark originally built in 1893 by Los Angeles mining millionaire Lewis L. Bradbury and designed by George Wyman. In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. 7 x 9 inches borderless with a studio stamp and a mimeograph snipe on the verso. Near Fine. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1958ref. 151065N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage reference photograph with wide vertical right border and cropped bottom of Douglas Sirk and Lana Turner on the set of the 1959 film. "Telegram and Gazette" stamp dated "AUG 15 1958" "Associated Press" stamp and descriptive newspaper clipping of photo now separated all on verso. Based on the 1933 novel by Fannie Hurst. Two single mothers-one white one black-struggle to raise their rebellious daughters. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Set in New York City shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with two small closed tears in right margin and cropped bottom. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 164813Universal City: Universal-International 1957. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1957 film showing actor Robert Stack. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1935 novel "Pylon" by William Faulkner. A disillusioned war hero now works as a barnstorming pilot at rural air shows accompanied by his parachuting wife young son and plane mechanic. 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. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Eureka Masters of Cinema 64. Rosenbaum 1000. Universal-International unknown
1956ref. 145758Universal City: Universal Pictures 1956. Vintage studio still photograph of Douglas Sirk and Lauren Bacall on the set of the 1956 film standing in the middle of stairway that endures much use in the course of the narrative. Mimeo snipe on verso. Based on the 1945 novel by Robert Wilder a fictionalized account of a real-life scandal involving torch singer Libby Holman and her husband Zachary Smith Reynolds heir to a tobacco fortune. A rich playboy Robert Stack impulsively marries a secretary Bacall at his father's office unaware that his best friend Rock Hudson is in love with her with tragic results. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Dorothy Malone nominated for two more including Best Supporting Actor for Stack. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 96. Ebert I. Godard Histoiries du Cinema. Universal Pictures unknown
1956ref. 140927Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1956. Vintage French film program from the 1956 US film. Based on Robert Wilder's 1946 novel of the same name. Based on the 1945 novel by Robert Wilder itself a fictionalized account of a real-life scandal involving torch singer Libby Holman and her husband Zachary Smith Reynolds heir to a tobacco fortune. A rich playboy impulsively marries a secretary at his father's office unaware that his best friend is in love with her with tragic results. Winner of a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Dorothy Malone and nominated for two more including Best Supporting Actor for Robert Stack. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Light wear to the margins and pin holes else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 96. Ebert I. Godard Histoirs du Cinema. Universal Pictures unknown
1973ref. 133028London: Harbour Productions / Cineman Films 1973. Collection of six vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1973 UK film. In a film tailor made for his unique screen presence Price plays a Shakespearean actor who exacts bloody revenge on the critics who denied him an acting award using scenes from the Bard's plays as inspiration for each murder. An undeniably appealing cult crossover between high literature and lowbrow horror-comedy. A story set and shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. Harbour Productions / Cineman Films unknown books
1973ref. 133028London: Harbour Productions / Cineman Films 1973. Collection of six vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1973 UK film. In a film tailor made for his unique screen presence Price plays a Shakespearean actor who exacts bloody revenge on the critics who denied him an acting award using scenes from the Bard's plays as inspiration for each murder. An undeniably appealing cult crossover between high literature and lowbrow horror-comedy. A story set and shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. Harbour Productions / Cineman Films unknown
1971ref. 159768Dover DE: Echelon Studios 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from "Powderkeg" the feature-length pilot for the 1971 television series. A man holds a train hostage to try and force a stop on his brother's execution by the US government. Set in the American West shot on location in Arizona. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Echelon Studios unknown books
1969ref. 167032Universal City: Universal - Public Arts Productions 1969. Draft script for the 1969 film here under the working title "The Savarona Syndrome" copy belonging to uncredited actor Nick Dimitri with the manuscript ink annotations of his name and character "cat burglar" on the front wrapper and circling the character on the "Cast" page. Based on the 1963 novel "The Twelfth of Never" by director and screenwriter Douglas Heyes. Harry Guardino stars as private investigator Leo Gordon hired to trail the mistress of a reclusive billionaire. The morning after a dalliance between the investigator and his subject Gordon finds the mistress murdered and has to find the killer and the reason he was set up as the fall guy. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles and Southern California. Front wrapper integral with the title page dated Novmeber 13 1968 with credits for screenwriter Douglas Heyes. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with green revision pages throughout dated 1/3/69. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Universal - Public Arts Productions unknown books
1969ref. 167032Universal City: Universal - Public Arts Productions 1969. Draft script for the 1969 film here under the working title "The Savarona Syndrome" copy belonging to uncredited actor Nick Dimitri with the manuscript ink annotations of his name and character "cat burglar" on the front wrapper and circling the character on the "Cast" page. Based on the 1963 novel "The Twelfth of Never" by director and screenwriter Douglas Heyes. Harry Guardino stars as private investigator Leo Gordon hired to trail the mistress of a reclusive billionaire. The morning after a dalliance between the investigator and his subject Gordon finds the mistress murdered and has to find the killer and the reason he was set up as the fall guy. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles and Southern California. Front wrapper integral with the title page dated Novmeber 13 1968 with credits for screenwriter Douglas Heyes. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with green revision pages throughout dated 1/3/69. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Universal - Public Arts Productions unknown
1984ref. 146251Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1984. Original Shooting script for the 1984 film. Title typo on the front wrapper stamped in red. A seductive thriller about a bored housewife who is seduced by a burglar who begins to recreate erotic fantasies from her secret diary. Director-screenwriter Douglas Day Stewart had to his credit "The Blue Lagoon" 1980 and "An Officer and a Gentleman" 1982 along with the cult classic "Flashdance" 1983. Set and shot on location throughout California. Black titled front wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated January 16 1984 SHOOTING SCRIPT a small letter B written in manuscript pencil at the top right corner and with a credit for director-screenwriter Steward as well as producers Bruckheimer and Simpson. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered "107A." Xerographically duplicated rectos only with blue and pink revision pages dated variously between 1/24/84 and 2/1/84 and one page with 2/2/84 and "Office" in manuscript ink. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1984ref. 146251Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1984. Original Shooting script for the 1984 film. Title typo on the front wrapper stamped in red. A seductive thriller about a bored housewife who is seduced by a burglar who begins to recreate erotic fantasies from her secret diary. Director-screenwriter Douglas Day Stewart had to his credit "The Blue Lagoon" 1980 and "An Officer and a Gentleman" 1982 along with the cult classic "Flashdance" 1983. Set and shot on location throughout California. Black titled front wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated January 16 1984 SHOOTING SCRIPT a small letter B written in manuscript pencil at the top right corner and with a credit for director-screenwriter Steward as well as producers Bruckheimer and Simpson. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered "107A." Xerographically duplicated rectos only with blue and pink revision pages dated variously between 1/24/84 and 2/1/84 and one page with 2/2/84 and "Office" in manuscript ink. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1956ref. 168232London: The Rank Organization 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 British film showing a plane crash sequence. Annotation in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the life of British aviator Douglas Bader who achieved remarkable success in the Royal Air Force throughout World War II in spite of the amputation of both of his legs after a plane crash in 1931. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned. The Rank Organization unknown books
1956ref. 168232London: The Rank Organization 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 British film showing a plane crash sequence. Annotation in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the life of British aviator Douglas Bader who achieved remarkable success in the Royal Air Force throughout World War II in spite of the amputation of both of his legs after a plane crash in 1931. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned. The Rank Organization unknown
1980ref. 147074N.p.: N.p. 1980. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Bound in with the treatment is a copied letter addressed to writer John Sack from Lawrence S. Dietz the west coast editor of Playboy magazine discussing a Playboy assignment for "a piece tentatively titled 'Confessions of an Old Maid Man' which will reflect on the experience-yours-of being an adult male between 35 and 50 who has never been married." A 32-year-old realizes advancements in his career at a prestigious architecture firm are dependent on his marrying and starting a family forcing him to quickly find a partner after years away from the dating scene. Set in Los Angeles. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1980 with credit for screenwriter Doug McHenry. 18 leaves with last page of text numbered 16. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a silver prong. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 147074N.p.: N.p. 1980. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Bound in with the treatment is a copied letter addressed to writer John Sack from Lawrence S. Dietz the west coast editor of Playboy magazine discussing a Playboy assignment for "a piece tentatively titled 'Confessions of an Old Maid Man' which will reflect on the experience-yours-of being an adult male between 35 and 50 who has never been married." A 32-year-old realizes advancements in his career at a prestigious architecture firm are dependent on his marrying and starting a family forcing him to quickly find a partner after years away from the dating scene. Set in Los Angeles. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1980 with credit for screenwriter Doug McHenry. 18 leaves with last page of text numbered 16. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a silver prong. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 160551N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 Canadian film showing actors Jayne Eastwood and Doug McGrath. Widely considered one of the most influential Canadian films of all time about two young men who leave their small home in Nova Scotia for the promise of riches and better living in Toronto. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 160551N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 Canadian film showing actors Jayne Eastwood and Doug McGrath. Widely considered one of the most influential Canadian films of all time about two young men who leave their small home in Nova Scotia for the promise of riches and better living in Toronto. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 162018N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage reference photograph of Blaze Starr from the 1962 film here under its alternative release title "Nature Girl." Famed stripper Blaze Star escapes from the pressure of stardom by becoming a member of a nudist colony much to the dismay of her manager and boyfriend who worries she may loose her acting contract. The only feature to feature the famed Baltimore stripper. Shot on location in Homestead Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with even toning and faint creasing overall with two pinholes in the lower left margin. N.p. unknown books
