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1951ref. 147895N.p.: Ealing Studios 1951. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1951 film. Holland Alec Guinness has been a dutiful bank clerk for 20 years until a new neighbor Alfred Pendlebury Stanley Holloway an eccentric artist who owns a foundry that makes souvenirs helps him hatch a plan to steal gold bullion and melt them into miniature Eiffel Towers. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay and nominated for Best Actor for Guiness. Ranked the 17th greatest British film of all time by BFI. Set in and shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. CONDITION. Lee "The Heist Film. Ealing Studios unknown books
1947ref. 171760Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1947. Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film showing Charlie Chaplin standing on the sidewalk outside a cafe in Paris. Annotation in manuscript pencil on the verso noting the film title. A black comedy featuring a rare villainous turn by Chaplin as the titular Henri Verdoux a bigamist serial killer loosely based on real-life French killer Henri Désiré Landru. Chaplin was at the time facing accusations of being a Communist and the film was met with boycotts and picketing by the public and hostility by the press. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly toned else about Fine. United Artists unknown books
ref. 151997N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Vintage reference photograph from the 1942 re-release of the 1925 film showing actors Charlie Chaplin and Mack Swain in a tense moment. With manuscript ink annotations to the verso along with a stamp indicating that the photo came from the library of noted film historian and tastemaker Maurice Bessy. A bravely optimistic gold prospector Chaplin struggles to survive in the Klondike where prospectors face starvation sickness loneliness and animal attack. Frequently considered Chaplin's greatest work a masterpiece of the silent film era. Set in Alaska. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall with a short nick to the left edge. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 615. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1947ref. 171760Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1947. Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film showing Charlie Chaplin standing on the sidewalk outside a cafe in Paris. Annotation in manuscript pencil on the verso noting the film title. A black comedy featuring a rare villainous turn by Chaplin as the titular Henri Verdoux a bigamist serial killer loosely based on real-life French killer Henri Désiré Landru. Chaplin was at the time facing accusations of being a Communist and the film was met with boycotts and picketing by the public and hostility by the press. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly toned else about Fine. United Artists unknown
1969ref. 161922N.p.: Cinex Film Industries 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Hawk is a brutal sadist who forces men into selling their wives into white slavery for drugs and inflicts terrible pain onto the wives leaving them begging for more. Actor John Savage's first film now presumed lost. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with wax pencil and ink annotations at the bottom margin of the recto. Cinex Film Industries unknown books
1969ref. 161922N.p.: Cinex Film Industries 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Hawk is a brutal sadist who forces men into selling their wives into white slavery for drugs and inflicts terrible pain onto the wives leaving them begging for more. Actor John Savage's first film now presumed lost. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with wax pencil and ink annotations at the bottom margin of the recto. Cinex Film Industries unknown
1962ref. 159185Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 re-release of the 1938 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso. A man paid for his brother to get through school so he could join his racketeering business. Instead his brother decides to begin working for the Department of Justice. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1981ref. 121497Rome: 23 Giugno 1981. Vintage French theatrical poster for the 1981 Italian/French film. Based on the 1972 short story collection "Erections Ejaculation Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness" by Charles Bukowski. The first film adaptation of the author's work and one of the most challenging films of the 1980s. Ben Gazzara and Ornelia Muti portray two self-destructive souls that become soulmates hell-bent on sex alcohol and general torment. One of Gazzara's most unvarnished performances having warmed up in the 1970s with a trio of Cassavetes films. 15.25 x 20.5 inches rolled. Near Fine. 23 Giugno unknown books
1981ref. 121497Rome: 23 Giugno 1981. Vintage French theatrical poster for the 1981 Italian/French film. Based on the 1972 short story collection "Erections Ejaculation Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness" by Charles Bukowski. The first film adaptation of the author's work and one of the most challenging films of the 1980s. Ben Gazzara and Ornelia Muti portray two self-destructive souls that become soulmates hell-bent on sex alcohol and general torment. One of Gazzara's most unvarnished performances having warmed up in the 1970s with a trio of Cassavetes films. 15.25 x 20.5 inches rolled. Near Fine. 23 Giugno unknown
1973ref. 159690Bradford: W.E. Berry 1973. Vintage British quad poster for the 1973 Italian-English film. Based on John Gardner's 1969 novel "A Complete State of Death." A detective uncovers a plot by the mob to use Vietnam veterans in a vast murder scheme. Shot on location in New York and California. 40 x 30 inches folded. Fine. Grant Italy. W.E. Berry unknown books
1958ref. 168167Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox / Regalscope 1958. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1958 film. A high school teacher in Los Angeles witnesses a gangland murder agreeing to testify against the perpetrators and thereby making himself a target of increasing criminal violence. The second of two Regal Films collaborations between director Gene Fowler and actor Charles Bronson following "Showdown at Boot Hill" 1958. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly toned else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox / Regalscope unknown books
1977ref. 143875London: ITC 1977. Draft script for the 1979 film. Laid in is a 14-page shooting schedule. A lawman is sent to Switzerland to convince the girlfriend of a well-known gangster to come back to America to testify against him. The gang has sent people of their own to Switzerland assassins who seek only to kill the messenger. Set in Switzerland shot on location there as well as Arizona. White titled wrappers. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. ITC unknown books
1987ref. 146831Los Angeles: Cannon Films 1987. Revised Shooting script for the 1988 film. Based on Rex Burns' 1983 novel "The Avenging Angel." A newspaper reporter investigates the ritualistic slaying of a group of Mormons in Colorado. The penultimate film leading man Charles Bronson would make with director J. Lee Thompson following "St. Ives" 1976 "The White Buffalo" 1977 "Caboblanco" 1980 "10 to Midnight" 1983 "The Evil That Men Do" 1984 "Murphy's Law" 1986 and "Death Wish 4: The Crackdown" 1987 and followed by "Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects" 1989 Thompson's final film. Set and shot on location in Colorado. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated October 16 1987 noted as REVISED SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter RICHARD SALE and novelist REX BURNS. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with light dampstaining to the top page edges bound internally with two gold brads. Grant US. Olive Films 1102. Cannon Films unknown books
1931ref. 140125Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1931. Vintage still photograph from the set of the 1931 film. Featuring Madge Evans and Lew Cody comparing binoculars while a very young and not yet famous Clark Gable smiles over their shoulders. Mimeograph snipe on the verso. Based on the short story "Horse Flesh" by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan published in the "Saturday Evening Post" on September 13 1930. An orphaned foal's journey through various owners including that of nefarious gambler Ludeking Hallam Cooley before being returned to his loving breeder Jim Ernest Torrence. Clark Gable's first starring role as a card dealer with occasional moral failings whose love story with Ruby Madge Evans makes for an entertaining side plot. Set in Kentucky shot on location in Lexington Kentucky and California. 8 x 10 inches. Just about Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1952ref. 141395N.p.: Artes Films 1952. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1952 French film. Mimeo snipe affixed to the versos of four stills. Based on Jean-Paul Sartre's 1946 play "The Respectful Prostitute." A racially charged film based on the play which caused Sartre to be deemed "anti-American" for its incisive critique of racism in America. A prostitute is compelled to testify against an innocent African American in a murder cover-up. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Light ware and curling overall scattered manuscript ink and pencil annotations to the versos. Artes Films unknown books
1931ref. 140125Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1931. Vintage still photograph from the set of the 1931 film. Featuring Madge Evans and Lew Cody comparing binoculars while a very young and not yet famous Clark Gable smiles over their shoulders. Mimeograph snipe on the verso. Based on the short story "Horse Flesh" by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan published in the "Saturday Evening Post" on September 13 1930. An orphaned foal's journey through various owners including that of nefarious gambler Ludeking Hallam Cooley before being returned to his loving breeder Jim Ernest Torrence. Clark Gable's first starring role as a card dealer with occasional moral failings whose love story with Ruby Madge Evans makes for an entertaining side plot. Set in Kentucky shot on location in Lexington Kentucky and California. 8 x 10 inches. Just about Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1977ref. 143875London: ITC 1977. Draft script for the 1979 film. Laid in is a 14-page shooting schedule. A lawman is sent to Switzerland to convince the girlfriend of a well-known gangster to come back to America to testify against him. The gang has sent people of their own to Switzerland assassins who seek only to kill the messenger. Set in Switzerland shot on location there as well as Arizona. White titled wrappers. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. ITC unknown
1952ref. 141395N.p.: Artes Films 1952. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1952 French film. Mimeo snipe affixed to the versos of four stills. Based on Jean-Paul Sartre's 1946 play "The Respectful Prostitute." A racially charged film based on the play which caused Sartre to be deemed "anti-American" for its incisive critique of racism in America. A prostitute is compelled to testify against an innocent African American in a murder cover-up. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Light ware and curling overall scattered manuscript ink and pencil annotations to the versos. Artes Films unknown
1973ref. 159690Bradford: W.E. Berry 1973. Vintage British quad poster for the 1973 Italian-English film. Based on John Gardner's 1969 novel "A Complete State of Death." A detective uncovers a plot by the mob to use Vietnam veterans in a vast murder scheme. Shot on location in New York and California. 40 x 30 inches folded. Fine. Grant Italy. W.E. Berry unknown
1950ref. 147327N.p.: N.p. 1950. Draft script for an unproduced film. A Christmas melodrama depicting the life of Austrian composer Franz Gruber and the creation of his most famous work "Silent Night" in 1796. Screenwriter Charles Bennett was best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock in the 1930s writing "The 39 Steps" 1935 "Secret Agent" 1936 "Sabotage" 1936 and "Young and Innocent" 1937. Set in Salzburg. Housed in a black three-ring binder. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Charles Bennett and Otto Klement. 181 leaves with last page of text numbered 152. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 147327N.p.: N.p. 1950. Draft script for an unproduced film. A Christmas melodrama depicting the life of Austrian composer Franz Gruber and the creation of his most famous work "Silent Night" in 1796. Screenwriter Charles Bennett was best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock in the 1930s writing "The 39 Steps" 1935 "Secret Agent" 1936 "Sabotage" 1936 and "Young and Innocent" 1937. Set in Salzburg. Housed in a black three-ring binder. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Charles Bennett and Otto Klement. 181 leaves with last page of text numbered 152. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 140550N.p.: Charles B. Pierce Film Productions 1978. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1978 film. An 11th century Viking prince sails to North America to rescue his father from a Native American tribe. Shot on location in Florida and California. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Charles B. Pierce Film Productions unknown books
1970ref. 147475Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Vintage double weight borderless candid photograph of actor-singer Charles Aznavour and his wife Ulla Thorsell on the set of the 1970 film. Based on the 1968 novel by Hugh Atkinson. The story of four marathon runners from different countries as they prepare to compete in the Olympic games in Rome. Set and shot on location in Austria Denmark England Australia Italy and Japan. 8 x 10.5 inches. Light curling with two small imperfections to the top edge else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1970ref. 147475Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Vintage double weight borderless candid photograph of actor-singer Charles Aznavour and his wife Ulla Thorsell on the set of the 1970 film. Based on the 1968 novel by Hugh Atkinson. The story of four marathon runners from different countries as they prepare to compete in the Olympic games in Rome. Set and shot on location in Austria Denmark England Australia Italy and Japan. 8 x 10.5 inches. Light curling with two small imperfections to the top edge else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1952ref. 135028Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1952. Vintage US program for the 1952 film. Autobiographically reflective of Chaplin's fears of being left behind in the fading vaudeville and silent film era "Limelight" depicts the final years of a washed up stage clown who briefly maintains an impossible relationship with a young dancer representative of a new generation of performers. The first and only time that Charlie Chaplin and fellow silent film star Buster Keaton would appear onscreen together "Limelight" is also notable for being the only Chaplin picture to win an Academy Award albeit for the original score of the 1972 re-release. 9 x 12 inches 16 pages saddle stapled two-color wrappers. Very Good plus with light rubbing at the extremities. Criterion Collectiopn 756. United Artists unknown books
