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1970ref. 147294N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in English. A wealthy British woman's orderly life is disrupted by her sudden marriage to a handsome unstable Sicilian man. As their relationship begins to degrade the woman suspects the marriage may have been one of convenience for her boorish new husband leading her to take violent and drastic measures to persuade him to change his misogynistic ways. Screenwriters Cesare Frugoni and Tonino Cervi were best known for their collaborations in Italian film in the late 20th century including "La nottata" 1975 "Chi dice donna dice donna" 1976 "Nest of Vipers" 1978 and "L'avaro" 1990. Set in London and rural England. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Cesare FRUGONI and Tonino CERVI. 210 leaves with last page of text numbered 207. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with perfect binding. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 159594N.p.: N.p. 1971. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1971 sexploitation film. Three with the stamp of the Bureau de surveillance du cinéma of Quebec on the verso and one with annotations in manuscript pencil regarding cropping. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. An uptight young man spends time in a sex-filled free-wheeling commune while a hippie takes his place as a French tutor for a wealthy young woman. Shot on location in Québec and St. Albans Vermont. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1945ref. 154826N.p.: N.p. 1945. Vintage reference photograph from the 1945 British film showing actress Celia Johnson leaning against a door. Based on Noel Coward's 1936 play "Still Life" about a suburban housewife who enters into a passionate extramarital affair with a married stranger she meets at a railway station. Winner of the Palme d'Or and nominated for three Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in Lancashire Cumbria and London. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 76. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1945ref. 154826N.p.: N.p. 1945. Vintage reference photograph from the 1945 British film showing actress Celia Johnson leaning against a door. Based on Noel Coward's 1936 play "Still Life" about a suburban housewife who enters into a passionate extramarital affair with a married stranger she meets at a railway station. Winner of the Palme d'Or and nominated for three Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in Lancashire Cumbria and London. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 76. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1947ref. 160183London: Ealing Studios 1947. Vintage program for the 1947 film. With original four-color illustrations throughout by Edward Ardizzone. A scarce and very expressive piece from Ealing Studios at the height of its glory. Based on the 1839 novel by Charles Dickens. Considered one of the most Dickensian of all Dickens adaptation with a dark mood and attention to the author's lowdown characters throughout. 10.75 x 8.5 inches. Saddle-stapled 16 pages. Faint foxing on the page edges and rear wrapper else about Near Fine. Ealing Studios unknown books
1964ref. 161335Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1964. Vintage studio still photograph of designer and photographer Cecil Beaton standing next to his costume design illustration for the 1964 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Beaton won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the film and alongside Gene Allen and George James Hopkins won an Academy Award for Best Production Design for the film. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased. Ebert III. Warner Brothers unknown books
1964ref. 161335Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1964. Vintage studio still photograph of designer and photographer Cecil Beaton standing next to his costume design illustration for the 1964 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Beaton won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the film and alongside Gene Allen and George James Hopkins won an Academy Award for Best Production Design for the film. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased. Ebert III. Warner Brothers unknown
1935ref. 151084N.p.: N.p. 1935. Two vintage reference photographs of Cecil B. DeMille on the set of the 1935 film one with Henry Wilcoxon and C. Aubrey Smith. Mimeo snipes printed on versos. DeMille's typically spectacular dramatization of the Third Crusade launched by King Richard the Lionheart in 1187 AD. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. 8 x 10.25 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear and creasing in margins. N.p. unknown books
1923ref. 148294Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1923. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1923 film epic showing actors Rod La Rocque and Nita Naldi. With a seller stamp on the verso. A wildly popular two-part Christian epic beginning with a retelling of the Book of Exodus and closing with a modern story of two brothers in the 1920s and their relationship to the Ten Commandments. Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture. Shot on location in California. 8 x 8 inches irregularly trimmed. Very Good with light edgewear and creasing. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1923ref. 144857Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1923. Vintage photograph of Cecil B. Demille Jeanie Macpherson and Jack Holt on the set of the 1923 film. With manuscript annotations and rubber stamp of noted collector Gene Ringgold on the verso. Filmed in two parts first is the story of Moses leading the Jews out of Egypt to the Promised Land receiving the tablets and worshiping the golden calf. The second part of the film is set in modern times and follows two brothers and their mother's contrasting relationships to the Ten Commandments. Shot on location in various locations around California. 5.5 x 8 inches irregularly trimmed. Near Fine. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1923ref. 167801Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1923. Vintage program for the 1923 silent film. A wildly popular two-part Christian epic beginning with a retelling of the Book of Exodus and closing with a modern story of two brothers in the 1920s and their relationship to the Ten Commandments. Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture. 9 x 12 inches. 17 leaves printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good wrappers Good only with an owner name on the front wrapper and moderate wear along the spine. Side-stapled. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1933ref. 145456Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1933. Five vintage double weight internal studio photographs from the set of the 1933 pre-code film. Manuscript annotations on the verso of each. One photo shown. Please inquire to see others. High school students unite against a ruthless gang leader. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1935ref. 151084N.p.: N.p. 1935. Two vintage reference photographs of Cecil B. DeMille on the set of the 1935 film one with Henry Wilcoxon and C. Aubrey Smith. Mimeo snipes printed on versos. DeMille's typically spectacular dramatization of the Third Crusade launched by King Richard the Lionheart in 1187 AD. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. 8 x 10.25 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear and creasing in margins. N.p. unknown
1923ref. 167801Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1923. Vintage program for the 1923 silent film. A wildly popular two-part Christian epic beginning with a retelling of the Book of Exodus and closing with a modern story of two brothers in the 1920s and their relationship to the Ten Commandments. Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture. 9 x 12 inches. 17 leaves printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good wrappers Good only with an owner name on the front wrapper and moderate wear along the spine. Side-stapled. Paramount Pictures unknown
1923ref. 144857Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1923. Vintage photograph of Cecil B. Demille Jeanie Macpherson and Jack Holt on the set of the 1923 film. With manuscript annotations and rubber stamp of noted collector Gene Ringgold on the verso. Filmed in two parts first is the story of Moses leading the Jews out of Egypt to the Promised Land receiving the tablets and worshiping the golden calf. The second part of the film is set in modern times and follows two brothers and their mother's contrasting relationships to the Ten Commandments. Shot on location in various locations around California. 5.5 x 8 inches irregularly trimmed. Near Fine. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Paramount Pictures unknown
1933ref. 145456Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1933. Five vintage double weight internal studio photographs from the set of the 1933 pre-code film. Manuscript annotations on the verso of each. One photo shown. Please inquire to see others. High school students unite against a ruthless gang leader. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
1963ref. 167736New York: P.I.P. Photo 1963. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actors Catherine Spaak and Nino Manfredi on the set of the 1963 Italian film. Agency stamps stamp of photographer Georg Michalke and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. An orphan is driven out of her small village after a love affair later beginning a new affair in Parma with a petty criminal. Shot on location in Rome Lombardia and Emilia-Romagna Italy. 7 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus. P.I.P. Photo unknown books
1966ref. 162111London: Miracle Films 1966. Vintage double weight studio still photograph from the UK release of the 1966 Italian film showing actors Catherine Spaak and Nino Manfredi. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A wife invents a lover in order to intrigue her husband who she suspects is beginning to grow bored with their relationship. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with wear at the corners and a faint tide mark on the bottom edge of the verso. Miracle Films unknown books
2001ref. 163921N.p.: N.p. 2001. One Draft script and two Revised Draft scripts for the 2002 film. Two scripts with label affixed to front wrapper of the name of crew member Brian Markey. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. A high school student's plans to go to Stanford are temporarily halted when his guidance counselor sends the incorrect transcripts. Set in Orange County California shot on location in Southern California. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Blue Revised: Blue titled self-wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as Blue Draft on the front wrapper dated January 18 2001 with credits for screenwriters Mike White. Title page integral with front wrapper. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Pink Revised: Pink titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as Revised on the front wrapper dated January 22 01 with credits for screenwriter Mike White. Title page integral with front wrapper. 19 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only comprised solely of pink undated revision pages. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a paperclip at the top left corner. Yellow Revised: Yellow titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as Revised on the front wrapper dated January 31 01 with credits for screenwriter Mike White. Title page integral with front wrapper. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only comprised solely of yellow revision pages dated 1/31/01. Pages Near Fine wrapper About Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1995ref. 162504Lyon: Sygma 1995. Vintage reference photograph of Catherine Deneuve and Laurence Côte relaxing between takes on the set of the 1996 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso crediting photographer Isabelle Weingarten. A love triangle develops between a beautiful shoplifter a cynical police officer and a philosophy professor. Shot on location in Lyon. 9.5 x 7 inches. Fine. Sygma unknown books
1929ref. 148191Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Two vintage portrait photographs of actress Catherine Dale Owen to publicize Lionel Barrymore's 1929 silent film "His Glorious Night." Owen was born in Louisville Kentucky and began her acting career on Broadway. Unfortunately her breakthrough film debut in "His Glorious Night" did much to prematurely end her career as it was universally panned for its outdated dialogue and co-star John Gilbert's unexpectedly underwhelming speaking voice on-screen. The production was Gilbert's sound film debut. Owen went on to make several more films including "The Rogue Song" 1930 and "Strictly Unconventional" 1930 until her retirement in 1935. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1957ref. 152741London: Pinewood Studios 1957. Shooting script for the 1958 British film. Annotation in manuscript ink of copy number "64" on front wrapper. Laid in are two loose pink revision pages and 36 bound pink revision pages. Based on the 1957 novel by Catherine Cookson. John Gregson in a memorable performance stars as Dublin trash collector James Ignatius Rooney who competes as a Gaelic sportsman on the weekends. Set in and shot on location in Dublin. Tall blue titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper. Title page present dated 13th August 1957 with credits for author Catherine Cookson and screenwriter Patrick Kirwan. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages laid in one undated one dated 21.11.57 and 36 dated 2.9.57. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with chipping closed tears and creasing at the extremities and spine bound with prong binding. Loose revision pages Very Good plus with toning and creasing at outer edge. Bound revision pages with some creasing to first leaf else Near Fine bound with a single flat metal brad. Pinewood Studios unknown books
1979ref. 161152N.p.: N.p. 1979. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1979 French film showing actress Dominique Laffin half-nude. An early effort by noted director Catherine Breillat about a young filmmaker's aimless sexual conquests while editing her latest project. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 162111London: Miracle Films 1966. Vintage double weight studio still photograph from the UK release of the 1966 Italian film showing actors Catherine Spaak and Nino Manfredi. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A wife invents a lover in order to intrigue her husband who she suspects is beginning to grow bored with their relationship. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with wear at the corners and a faint tide mark on the bottom edge of the verso. Miracle Films unknown
1979ref. 161152N.p.: N.p. 1979. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1979 French film showing actress Dominique Laffin half-nude. An early effort by noted director Catherine Breillat about a young filmmaker's aimless sexual conquests while editing her latest project. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
