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1940ref. 155137Clarksburg WV: Union Label 1940. Vintage flyer issued to promote showings of the 1940 film at the Ritz Theatre in Clarksburg West Virginia. The flyer notes: "Just in case you laugh off all your buttons- / along with your troubles- / take this along when you see / 'The Great Dictator'" and includes a safety pin with a chain ostensibly originally holding a spare button now missing. For his follow-up to his 1936 classic "Modern Times" Charlie Chaplin chose to do what only a handful of other films dared to do in 1940-make fun of Hitler. Though several of Chaplin's previous films had made use of music and sound effects and while Chaplin had sung briefly in "Modern Times" "The Great Dictator" marked the first time he spoke dialogue onscreen. 5 x 3 inches. Very Good with moderate soil overall and light rust around the safety pin. Criterion Collection 565. Union Label unknown books
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
1940ref. 155137Clarksburg WV: Union Label 1940. Vintage flyer issued to promote showings of the 1940 film at the Ritz Theatre in Clarksburg West Virginia. The flyer notes: "Just in case you laugh off all your buttons- / along with your troubles- / take this along when you see / 'The Great Dictator'" and includes a safety pin with a chain ostensibly originally holding a spare button now missing. For his follow-up to his 1936 classic "Modern Times" Charlie Chaplin chose to do what only a handful of other films dared to do in 1940-make fun of Hitler. Though several of Chaplin's previous films had made use of music and sound effects and while Chaplin had sung briefly in "Modern Times" "The Great Dictator" marked the first time he spoke dialogue onscreen. 5 x 3 inches. Very Good with moderate soil overall and light rust around the safety pin. Criterion Collection 565. Union Label unknown
1956ref. 298558Remus Films 1956. Photograph. 7 original B/W publicity photograph 7.8 x 9.8 inches. Photographs of Sydney James William Hartnell Renee Houston Dick Bentley 2 poses Brian Rix and Tommy Cooper. Near fine copies. Identification of actor written in ink on rear. Pen indentation visible with raking light on photograph surface. Remus Films unknown
1985ref. 168092N.p.: N.p. 1985. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1985 French-Belgian film showing Chantal Akerman in the process of disrobing. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Akerman's debut groundbreaking feature film an intimate and strikingly minimal exploration of sexuality and femininity. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Eclipse 19. N.p. unknown books
1978ref. 162390N.p.: N.p. 1978. Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1978 film. A Belgian filmmaker travels across western Europe to promote her latest film encountering a wide range of figures both strangers and important people from her past along the way. Set and shot on location in Belgium France and West Germany. 9.5 x 7 inches. About Fine. Criterion Collection Eclipse 19. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1985ref. 168092N.p.: N.p. 1985. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1985 French-Belgian film showing Chantal Akerman in the process of disrobing. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Akerman's debut groundbreaking feature film an intimate and strikingly minimal exploration of sexuality and femininity. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Eclipse 19. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 162390N.p.: N.p. 1978. Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1978 film. A Belgian filmmaker travels across western Europe to promote her latest film encountering a wide range of figures both strangers and important people from her past along the way. Set and shot on location in Belgium France and West Germany. 9.5 x 7 inches. About Fine. Criterion Collection Eclipse 19. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 161757Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1969. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 14 of the 1969-1976 television series seen here under the working title "The Inner Space The Alcoholic Story." Originally aired on January 7 1970 on CBS. The long-running medical drama series followed two surgeons at a university hospital in Los Angeles with a changing roster of patients showcased in each episode. In this episode a young patient needs a kidney but dark family secrets prevent her parents from becoming donors. Bright orange titled wrappers dated October 30 1969 and noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper noted as production No. 6871 and stamped copy No. 81 with credit for screenwriter Andy Lewis. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 71. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus lightly foxed on the edges wrappers Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1970ref. 161733Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1970. Draft script for Episode 21 Season 2 of the 1969-1976 television series seen here under the working title "Give and Take." Originally aired on February 17 1971 on CBS. The long-running medical drama series followed two surgeons at a university hospital in Los Angeles with a changing roster of patients showcased in each episode. In this episode an orderly struggles to provide for his sickly wife and infant daughter after abruptly quitting his job at the hospital. Lacking wrappers. Title page integral with the first leaf noted as production No. 6890. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 59. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus lightly foxed on the edges bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1969ref. 161757Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1969. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 14 of the 1969-1976 television series seen here under the working title "The Inner Space The Alcoholic Story." Originally aired on January 7 1970 on CBS. The long-running medical drama series followed two surgeons at a university hospital in Los Angeles with a changing roster of patients showcased in each episode. In this episode a young patient needs a kidney but dark family secrets prevent her parents from becoming donors. Bright orange titled wrappers dated October 30 1969 and noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper noted as production No. 6871 and stamped copy No. 81 with credit for screenwriter Andy Lewis. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 71. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus lightly foxed on the edges wrappers Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1970ref. 161733Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1970. Draft script for Episode 21 Season 2 of the 1969-1976 television series seen here under the working title "Give and Take." Originally aired on February 17 1971 on CBS. The long-running medical drama series followed two surgeons at a university hospital in Los Angeles with a changing roster of patients showcased in each episode. In this episode an orderly struggles to provide for his sickly wife and infant daughter after abruptly quitting his job at the hospital. Lacking wrappers. Title page integral with the first leaf noted as production No. 6890. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 59. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus lightly foxed on the edges bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
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 books
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
