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1978ref. 141772Munich: Bavaria Atelier 1978. Press kit for the 1978 film. Full-color illustrated folder with six black-and-white borderless reference photographs and 15 gatherings of promotional reading material housed all together in a white envelope. Based on the novella by Thomas Tryon from his 1976 collection "Crowned Heads." A struggling Hollywood producer attempts to revive his career by luring a retired and reclusive actress back into the spotlight. Told in flashback beginning with her suicide-by-train. The fifth and final pairing of director Billy Wilder and actor William Holden who began their association in 1950 with the classic "Sunset Blvd." "Fedora" has been seen as a companion piece to that film. Set in Hollywood shot on location in France Germany and Greece. Folder and contents Near Fine. Envelope Very Good plus lightly toned on the edges. Bavaria Atelier unknown
1978ref. 141772Munich: Bavaria Atelier 1978. Press kit for the 1978 film. Full-color illustrated folder with six black-and-white borderless reference photographs and 15 gatherings of promotional reading material housed all together in a white envelope. Based on the novella by Thomas Tryon from his 1976 collection "Crowned Heads." A struggling Hollywood producer attempts to revive his career by luring a retired and reclusive actress back into the spotlight. Told in flashback beginning with her suicide-by-train. The fifth and final pairing of director Billy Wilder and actor William Holden who began their association in 1950 with the classic "Sunset Blvd." "Fedora" has been seen as a companion piece to that film. Set in Hollywood shot on location in France Germany and Greece. Folder and contents Near Fine. Envelope Very Good plus lightly toned on the edges. Bavaria Atelier unknown books
1970ref. 141401N.p.: N.p. 1970. Revised Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript ink on page 106. Searching for deeper meaning in her life a single mother with three daughters decides to research and write a book on sex much to the chagrin of her friends and family. Set in Big Sur. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Revised with credit for screenwriter Blanche Hanalis. 164 leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 141401N.p.: N.p. 1970. Revised Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript ink on page 106. Searching for deeper meaning in her life a single mother with three daughters decides to research and write a book on sex much to the chagrin of her friends and family. Set in Big Sur. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Revised with credit for screenwriter Blanche Hanalis. 164 leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 151952N.p.: Filmways 1981. Vintage reference photograph of Brian De Palma on the set of the 1981 film. Based on Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film "Blow Up" with an audio recording replacing a photograph early 1980s Philadelphia replacing Swinging London and a tight political thriller plot replacing the looser and less immediate one in the original. Shot on location in Philadelphia. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Criterion Collection 562. Grant US. Spicer Neo-Noir. Filmways unknown
1981ref. 151952N.p.: Filmways 1981. Vintage reference photograph of Brian De Palma on the set of the 1981 film. Based on Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film "Blow Up" with an audio recording replacing a photograph early 1980s Philadelphia replacing Swinging London and a tight political thriller plot replacing the looser and less immediate one in the original. Shot on location in Philadelphia. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Criterion Collection 562. Grant US. Spicer Neo-Noir. Filmways unknown books
ref. 140830N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single notation in manuscript ink. Pete is a freeloader who makes a little money at the swap meet but has a keen propensity for getting laid off and living off his current wife. When wife number two tells him he has to keep his job for six months so that she won't run out on him with their child he gets fired in a matter of weeks for insulting a receptionist and being a bad bowler. Rather than go home he hitches to Las Vegas and is picked up by a smut dealer who robs him before he gets to his destination. After getting fired from a restaurant he ends up at Caesar's Palace looking for his ex-wife who is getting too old to be a showgirl and wants nothing to do with Pete. Set in California and Nevada. White titled self wrapper lacking rear wrapper with credits for screenwriter Brian Mori. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 145. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a comb binding. N.p. unknown
ref. 140830N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single notation in manuscript ink. Pete is a freeloader who makes a little money at the swap meet but has a keen propensity for getting laid off and living off his current wife. When wife number two tells him he has to keep his job for six months so that she won't run out on him with their child he gets fired in a matter of weeks for insulting a receptionist and being a bad bowler. Rather than go home he hitches to Las Vegas and is picked up by a smut dealer who robs him before he gets to his destination. After getting fired from a restaurant he ends up at Caesar's Palace looking for his ex-wife who is getting too old to be a showgirl and wants nothing to do with Pete. Set in California and Nevada. White titled self wrapper lacking rear wrapper with credits for screenwriter Brian Mori. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 145. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a comb binding. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 141824Los Angeles: Mohawk Film Company 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A British shipping clerk is laid off from his position in Los Angeles but is shortly thereafter offered a job as a bodyguard. Set in Los Angeles. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter C. Arthur Rivers. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrappers Good with front wrapper detached bound with three silver brads. Mohawk Film Company unknown
1970ref. 141824Los Angeles: Mohawk Film Company 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A British shipping clerk is laid off from his position in Los Angeles but is shortly thereafter offered a job as a bodyguard. Set in Los Angeles. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter C. Arthur Rivers. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrappers Good with front wrapper detached bound with three silver brads. Mohawk Film Company unknown books
ref. 146424Los Angeles: Mohawk Film Company Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. A British martial arts master is hired to protect a young woman after her wealthy father's death not knowing that the girl herself is involved in the scheme. Set in California. White generic studio wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter C. Arthur Rivers. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Mohawk Film Company unknown
ref. 146424Los Angeles: Mohawk Film Company Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. A British martial arts master is hired to protect a young woman after her wealthy father's death not knowing that the girl herself is involved in the scheme. Set in California. White generic studio wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter C. Arthur Rivers. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Mohawk Film Company unknown books
1966ref. 161784New York: CIP 1966. Vintage still photograph from the 1966 film. Two labels on the verso. Joyana Frederics stars as Poontang Plenty a secret agent dedicted to defeating evil and cracking the secret of invisibility. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing. CIP unknown
1966ref. 161784New York: CIP 1966. Vintage still photograph from the 1966 film. Two labels on the verso. Joyana Frederics stars as Poontang Plenty a secret agent dedicted to defeating evil and cracking the secret of invisibility. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing. CIP unknown books
1956ref. 141754France: Illria Film 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film. Based on the 1876 oft-produced novel by Jules Verne of the same title. Michael Strogoff is the courier of the Tsar tasked to deliver a very important message to the Tsar's brother who is in Siberia cut off from the main army due to the Tatar Army during the Crimean War. Set in the Russian Empire shot on location in Serbia. 203 leaves with last page of text numbered 203. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus lacking front wrapper bound with a silver prong binding. Illria Film unknown
1956ref. 141754France: Illria Film 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film. Based on the 1876 oft-produced novel by Jules Verne of the same title. Michael Strogoff is the courier of the Tsar tasked to deliver a very important message to the Tsar's brother who is in Siberia cut off from the main army due to the Tatar Army during the Crimean War. Set in the Russian Empire shot on location in Serbia. 203 leaves with last page of text numbered 203. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus lacking front wrapper bound with a silver prong binding. Illria Film unknown books
1970ref. 138036Los Angeles: ABC Pictures 1970. First Draft script for an unproduced film. A story about an old man named Doc his days as a horse thief and the young boy and his mother who give Doc a new outlook. Blue untitled studio wrappers with back wrapper missing. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Carroll Ballard. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. ABC Pictures unknown
1970ref. 138036Los Angeles: ABC Pictures 1970. First Draft script for an unproduced film. A story about an old man named Doc his days as a horse thief and the young boy and his mother who give Doc a new outlook. Blue untitled studio wrappers with back wrapper missing. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Carroll Ballard. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. ABC Pictures 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
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
1963ref. 146254N.p.: N.p. 1963. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A traveling preacher persuades an outlaw to join him in his holy mission but the outlaw finds it hard to leave behind his gunslinging ways in Trail City where sin abounds. Screenwriter Charles K. Peck was known for writing adventure and western films in the 1950s most notably "Seminole" in 1953. Set in the American West. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 9 1963 noted as Original Screen Treatment with credits for screenwriter Charles K. Peck Jr. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with splashes on the front wrapper and fading bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1963ref. 146254N.p.: N.p. 1963. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A traveling preacher persuades an outlaw to join him in his holy mission but the outlaw finds it hard to leave behind his gunslinging ways in Trail City where sin abounds. Screenwriter Charles K. Peck was known for writing adventure and western films in the 1950s most notably "Seminole" in 1953. Set in the American West. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 9 1963 noted as Original Screen Treatment with credits for screenwriter Charles K. Peck Jr. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with splashes on the front wrapper and fading bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1985ref. 147293N.p.: N.p. 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Text in Spanish. A seven-part television series exploring the cultural heritage of Mexico using noted director John Huston's reflections on his time spent in Puerto Vallarta Mexico as a reference. Set in Mexico. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1985 noted as Treatment and Images with credits for screenwriters. Approximately 50 leaves not numbered. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a light partial circle stain on the front wrapper and bottom edges bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 147293N.p.: N.p. 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Text in Spanish. A seven-part television series exploring the cultural heritage of Mexico using noted director John Huston's reflections on his time spent in Puerto Vallarta Mexico as a reference. Set in Mexico. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1985 noted as Treatment and Images with credits for screenwriters. Approximately 50 leaves not numbered. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a light partial circle stain on the front wrapper and bottom edges bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 146960N.p.: N.p. 1982. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. The discount section of an unfashionable department store is staffed by a motley crew of social misfits. Set in Manhattan. White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 24 1982 with credits for screenwriters Christopher Koseluk and Steven L. Kravitz. 10 leaves with last page of text numbered 9. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light rust from a paper clip to the top edge of the verso of the last leaf bound with one staple at the top left corner. N.p. unknown
