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1971ref. 141472N.p.: N.p. 1971. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in is a three page letter dated April 5 1971. A professional soldier augments his income by selling drugs. His ex-wife arrives at his outpost in San Juan and decides to start blackmailing him leading him to question his choices. Set in San Juan. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter JP Miller. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 146137Universal City: Universal 1975. Draft script for the television film that first aired on February 6 1977 on NBC. A dramatization of the rise and fall of US Senator Joseph McCarthy whose Red Scare fearmongering and persecution of suspected communists and homosexuals and other so-called subversives at the height of his political power proved to be his eventual downfall. Nominated for six Emmy awards and winning two including one for Best Screenplay. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 20 1975 with credits for screenwriter Lane Slate. 160 leaves with last page of text numbered 157. Xerographically reproduced on yellow stock rectos only with yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/8/76 and 6/28/76. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with creasing to the binding bound with two gold brads. Universal unknown books
1978ref. 151975N.p.: N.p. 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. In 1958 an American actress visiting France is conscripted into the Algerian effort for independence. Set in France. Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated February 7 1978 with credits for screenwriter Judith Braun. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 141665Paris: Paris Film Productions 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film. Snipe affixed to the verso. The young handsome Octave arrives in Paris and becomes an object of considerable attention in the female community. Shot on location in France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with a small manuscript notation to the verso. Paris Film Productions unknown books
1962ref. 143284Paris: Filmsonor / Mondex / Procinex 1962. Original French program for the 1962 French-Italian film here under the original French title "Le diable et les 10 commandements." Illustrated wrappers featuring esoteric cartoons by Vaissier with original glassine. Contents of the program include film credits synopsis actor biographies and advertisement campaigns; often these programs are illustrated throughout with still photographs from the film this production seems to have invested the visual element entirely in the wrapper art. An epic comedy on the Book of Exodu's most epic tale with elements based on David Alexander's novel "Murder Points a Finger" 1953. Over a series of 8 episodes various commandments are portrayed by prominent European actors including Alain Delon Mel Ferrer Louis de Funés Danielle Darrieux Charles Azvanour Fernandel and Dany Saval. 9.25 x 11.75 inches 18 leaves. Very Good plus with light dampstaining and foxing most reserved to the wrapper and glassine. Filmsonor / Mondex / Procinex unknown books
1962ref. 143309Paris: Filmsonor 1962. Original black-and-white borderless still photograph from the 1962 French-Italian film. Costarring actors Alain Delon Georges Wilson and Madeleine Robinson share a drink in the segment "Tes pere et mere honoreras" Honor they Father and Mother. Rubber-stamped "Photo LIMOT" and numerical notation in manuscript pencil on the verso. An epic comedy on the Book of Exodu's most epic tale with elements based on David Alexander's novel "Murder Points a Finger" 1953. Over a series of 8 episodes various commandments are portrayed by prominent European actors including Mel Ferrer Louis de Funés Danielle Darrieux Charles Azvanour Fernandel and Dany Saval. Photographer Limot's debut film was "They Were Five" 1936 another Duvivier film followed by work with notable directors like Sascha Guitry Christian-Jaque Henri Verneuil and Marcel Carné. 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Filmsonor unknown books
1963ref. 162092Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1963. Two vintage studio still photographs from the American release of the 1963 French film one showing Barbara Lass and Michel Vitold the other showing Lass and Karlheinz Böhm. 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. Loosely based on the 1953 novel by Auguste Le Breton. A gangster arrives in Tokyo planning on stealing a precious diamond from a bank vault but is forced to rely on a friend of a friend when his second-in-command is killed. Set and shot on location in Tokyo. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1988ref. 140791Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1988. Second Revised Draft script for an unproduced film. After one too many liabilities Joe is demoted from sports writer to gossip columnist at a New York newspaper especially after the former columnist entered rehab and does not plan to leave. His befriends Samantha Worthington who gives him the goods on the dirt around the city as she struggles to find a rich husband after her rich father told her he is cutting her off financially. From hating each other to tormenting each other's lives to loving each other Samantha finds a wealthy Hungarian count to marry and breaks it off in the eleventh hour for Joe who she has loved this whole time. Set in New York City. Pink titled wrappers dated November 1 1988. Title page present dated November 1 1988 noted as Second Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Kathy Cohen. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
ref. 147204N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Bound research materials for an unproduced film. Members of the French Foreign Legion experience their own conflicts of romance and resentment in the final weeks before they leave Algiers. Prolific screenwriter Ken Englund was known for "No No Nannette" 1940 "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" 1943 and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" 1947 among others. Set in Algiers and France. Yellow titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Ken Englund. 10 leaves with last page of text numbered 10. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
ref. 149785N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With an annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting the film's title and the name of screenwriter Ken Hyman. Two CIA agents tail a neo-Nazi murderer in West Berlin. Hyman was best known as a producer during the 1960s and 1970s. Set in West Berlin and Virginia. White untitled wrappers. Lacking title page. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus lightly dampstained on the front wrapper and first several leaves bound with a silver prong. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 144295North Hollywood: N.p. 1979. First Draft for an unproduced film. Occasional manuscript annotations throughout. Jeremiah Jeremiah Jeremiah is a young man from rural California who has spent his whole life on his family's small farm. Now an orphan he sets out for Hollywood where he faces a whole new reality. He also possesses a complicated gift he refers to as "The Evil Eye" which arouses females human and-non human alike. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 18 1979 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Ken Mayer. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Mechanical duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with one gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 150716Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1967. Collection of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the US release of the 1967 British film. With a stamp noting production No. 68-43 on the bottom right corner of the recto. Based on Len Deighton's 1966 novel. A private eye takes on a case involving a sophisticated computer used by an anticommunist global spy network. The third and last film in the Harry Palmer series preceded by "The Ipcress File" 1965 and "Funeral in Berlin" 1966. Set and shot on location throughout Finland and England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1964ref. 137125Tokyo: Toho Company 1964. Vintage black-and-white reference studio still photograph from the US release of the 1952 Japanese film. Though not indicated in any way this film still belonged to screenwriter Leonard Schrader. The film follows the life of a woman who was sold into various forms prostitution by her father at a young age and whose bad luck follows her into ruin. 8 x 10 inches. Fine condition. Criterion Collection 664. Toho Company unknown books
1977ref. 141525N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single notation in manuscript pencil on page 66 and 16 pages of additional dialogue laid in. An investment banker and financial advisor works in New York City and lives upstate. His life is the envy of all his coworkers yet he struggles with his memories of the army and with his marriage leading him to begin an affair. Set in New York City. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated February 1977 with credits for screenwriter Lane Slate. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 162104Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage color studio still photograph from the American release of the 1973 Italian film. 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. An erotic comedy about a beautiful young housekeeper working for a lustful widower and his three equally lustful sons. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1972ref. 141404N.p.: Palomar Pictures 1972. Four vintage reference photographs all featuring Michael Caine and two featuring Laurence Olivier from the 1972 film. A successful crime fiction writer invites his wife's lover to his mansion with a complex plan designed to humiliate him. Shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with manuscript graphite and blue ink annotations to the verso. Penzler 101. Palomar Pictures unknown books
1980ref. 146872N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. A diverse group of American G.I.s fight to survive as they battle the Vietcong learning more about each other and the Vietnamese people in the process. Set in Vietnam. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Lawrence Holden. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with a light dampstain on the fore edge wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 147030N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for an unproduced television film. After being paralyzed from the waist down by a car accident a young girl finds her spirit again with the help of a horse named Rainbow at a physical rehabilitation ranch for children. Set in Santa Cruz California. Orange untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 1979 with credits for screenwriters Lawrence J. Serefine and Hal Price. 74 leaves with last page of text numbered 72. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1962ref. 162264Culver City CA: Olympic International Films 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 film. Provenance stamps on the verso of both photographs. Tom Newman stars as private evye Bernard Bingbang hired by old lady Agatha Bungworthy to find her runaway niece heir to the family fortune. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a wax pencil annotation in the top right margin and an editorial ink change to the actress' hair with light edgewear and a small closed tear in the right margin. Olympic International Films unknown books
1970ref. 141044N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A sociology professor is preparing for his sabbatical when his overworked wife decides they should also take a sabbatical from their marriage so that the professor can learn to take care of himself. Set in New England. Yellow titled wrapper. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Leo Townsend. 53 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a spiral binding. N.p. unknown books
1983ref. 153831N.p.: N.p. 1983. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a typescript letter from screenwriter Les White to talent agent Walter Kohner introducing the script. A comedy following the stunted entry into maturity of several young adults who have decided for various reasons to move back in with their parents indefinitely. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Les White. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1940ref. 129717N.p.: N.p. 1940. Treatment script for an unproduced film. The story of a young girl whose emotionally disturbed mother commits suicide while the family is traveling to Mexico City by train and whose previously estranged oil baron father must then assume her care. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for Victor Wolfson. 29 leaves mimeograph on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1948ref. 164601Universal City: Universal-International 1948. Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1948 film musical one showing actor Lew Parker pointing at actress Pat Dane the other showing actress Olga San Juan in Chinese-inspired garb. Printed mimeo snipe and provenance stamps on the versos. Based on the 1945 Broadway musical in turn based on George Malcolm-Smith's 1941 novel "Slightly Perfect." A young insurance salesman quits his job and joins a traveling circus thereby discovering his ability to tap-dance and sing. 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. 8 x 10 inches. One Very Good plus the other Very Good with pinholes at the corners. Universal-International unknown books
1970ref. 141508N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced play. The times and trials of a Hollywood diner and its patrons and employees who all want to be famous in motion pictures. Set in Hollywood. White untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lillian Kreiger Burton. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 34. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 144003Simi Valley: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Written by Lincoln Demyan whose film credits as actor include episodes of "Bonanza" and "The Big Valley" "The Great Impostor" 1961 "Man's Favorite Sport" 1964 "The Brass Bottle" 1964 and "White Lightning" 1973. An underground pool hall and poker club is the site of a potential swindle. Local poker sharks con men and politicians clash as the stakes grow and all parties suspect the others are telling lies and cheating. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lincoln Demyan. 90 leaves with last page of text numbered 89. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with velo binding. N.p. unknown books
