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1979ref. 151086Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing nine black and white photographs and eleven gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on Patrick Cauvin's 1977 novel "E=mc squared Mon Amour." Two teenagers living in Paris-a French boy and an American girl-begin a romance culminating in a trip to Venice to kiss under the Bridge of Sighs in a gondola. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1970ref. 144470Paris: Les Films du Carrosse 1970. Two vintage borderless photographs from the set of the 1970 film. With Production company stamps on the versos. Based on the 1875 novel of the same name by Emile Zola. Father Mouret Francis Huster is a young priest working in a rural parish who falls in love with his nurse after suffering from a nervous breakdown and amnesia. As he regains his memory he is struck with immense guilt and ends their relationship. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Les Films du Carrosse unknown
1970ref. 141552N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A small time thief is found assassinated in a busy restaurant perplexing the local police who can uncover neither motive nor method. Set in New York City. Orange wrappers with die-cut window in the British style. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Gerald Wilson. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 144376Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1971. Vintage photograph of Gordon Hessler shooting on the set of the 1971 film. Mimeo snipe with identifying manuscript annotations in pencil. Based loosely on the Edgar Allan Poe's 1841 story of the same name. Madeline is an actress in a theater troupe in Paris at the turn of the century that is performing Poe's "Murders In The Rue Morgue." Her mother was murdered bye an ax-man some years ago and all of a sudden Madeline begins to dream of the same horrible killer. Soon after these dreams a former lover of Madeline's mother long thought to be dead after an accident on stage comes back to murder members of the troupe. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown
1969ref. 162058N.p.: UM Film Distributors 1969. Five vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1968 Swedish and German film. All photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. A young college violinist student spends the summer at his family's estate with his mother and has several trysts with young women of the area. Shot on location in Södermanlands län Sweden. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. UM Film Distributors unknown
1989ref. 145724Santa Monica: Avenue Pictures 1989. Vintage studio still photograph of director Gus Van Sant and actor Matt Dillon on the set of the 1989 film. Noted director Gus Van Sant's first feature film and a breakthrough film for actors Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch. A nihilistic answer to the onslaught of coming-of-age movies in the 1980s appropriately released at the end of that decade. The unsentimental exploits of a group of young people driven by nothing other than boredom and an obsessive need for more drugs leading inevitably to confusion and rampant lawlessness. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Avenue Pictures unknown
1991ref. 161293N.p.: N.p. 1991. Vintage reference photograph from the 1991 film showing actress Julie Kessler. Printed label affixed to the verso. Hal Hartley's third feature film about the complex melancholic relationship between a college professor and his student. Shot on location in Poughkeepsie. 6.5 x 8.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 162137N.p.: Cambist Films 1971. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1969 Danish film. Provenance stamps on the verso of one photo the other verso blank. Based on the 1967 novel "Nu" by Johannes Allen. Sixteen year old Sonja is a porn model with an obsessed middle aged lover who spies on her. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Cambist Films unknown
1959ref. 142889Paris: Cinedis 1959. Collection of 11 original black-and-white photographs from the 1959 French film. Most feature starring actress Morgan and a few show other actors including Vidal. Three on-the-set photographs of Morgan being fitted by a female crew member possibly costume designer Tanine Autré and eleven still photographs with Morgan and Blanche at a bar even an image of kids gathered in a junkyard. On the versos of the three on-the-set are French film title and "M. Morgan" in manuscript ink and rubber stamps for photographer Paul Apoteker numerical annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos of the still photographs. Housed in a French Kodak photo box with French film title label on the lid. Catherine Morgan is an alcoholic lawyer who enlists the help of reporter Walter Vidal to spy on a nefarious wine supplier who may have contributed to the killing of a young man's father. Morgan dominated French cinema for decades and even won the Best Actress Award at the first Cannes festival 1946. Photographer Apoteker's debut film followed by successful crime noirs notably "Classe Tous Risques" 1960 and later worked on "Love and Death" 1975 and the futuristic "cinema du look" film "Le prix du danger" 1983. Fourth film of noted costume designer Autré whose other credits include "Love on a Pillow" 1962 "Contempt" 1963 "Lost Command" 1966 and "The Game is Over" 1966. Photos range from 3.75 x 5.25 inches to 7 x 9.25 inches most stills with a 2-inch border at the bottom. Slight curling else Near Fine. Box Very Good overall. Complete collation upon request. Cinedis unknown
1976ref. 141696N.p.: N.p. 1976. Draft script for an unproduced film. Eight leaves laid in including a request to actor Rod Steiger to have him star in the film a document stating the intentions of screenwriter Henri Glaeser to have Faye Dunaway also star and a letter to agent Paul Kohner. Based on the 1948 novel of the same title by Ramón Sender. A Spanish duchess enjoys teasing and sexually frustrating her gardener. She finds herself at his mercy when the country comes under siege by the Republicans and must come to terms with the realization that they are now equal under the new national order. Set in Madrid. Orange titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Henri Glaeser and author Ramon Sender. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two binder clips. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 144445Nice: Studios de la Victorine 1957. Seven original black-and-white photographs from the 1957 French film here under the original French title "Une manche et la belle." Henri Vidal and Isa Miranda are seen in most and in two with Demongeot in the background. All with numerical annotations in manuscript pencil three with blue rubber-stamps Victorine and one with French film titles in manuscript pencil on the versos. Housed in a French Kodak photo paper box. Noirish murder drama loosely based on Chase's novel "The Sucker Punch" 1954. Betty Farnwell Miranda is a rich widow living in Nice with a bewitching daughter Eva Demongeot. Betty marries Philippe Vidal a good-looking but self-interested man. Cue Eva. Philippe falls for the calculating femme fatale who has plans to marry someone else. Betty's life is in danger as Philippe struggles with his transgressions. Photographs 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine with slight curling and light foxing box Very Good overall. Studios de la Victorine unknown
1969ref. 146156N.p.: Les Productions Fox Europa 1969. Vintage borderless photograph of Henri Verneuil and Lino Ventura on the set of the 1969 film. French "Le Clan Des Siciliens" stamp and crop annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1967 novel by Auguste Le Breton about a small Mafia family planning to steal a collection of diamonds while being pursued by a police commission. With a film score by the great Italian composer Ennio Morricone. Shot on location in Rome Italy and Paris. 9.25 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus transparent manuscript marker to corners light creasing and faint scratches to the recto from annotations on the verso. Les Productions Fox Europa unknown
1969ref. 144739Paris: Fox Europa 1969. Vintage borderless photograph of Jean Gabin and Alain Delon from the 1969 neo-noir film. With manuscript annotations and agency stamps on the verso. Based on the 1967 novel by Auguste Le Breton about a small Mafia family planning to steal a collection of diamonds while being pursued by a police commission. With a film score by the great Italian composer Ennio Morricone. Shot on location in Rome Italy and Paris. 12 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant Worldwide. Fox Europa unknown
1937ref. 148100Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1937. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1937 film one in black-and-white and one a hand-tinted color print. One with the stamp of Consolidated Poster Service on the verso. Based on the 1934 novel following a veteran lineman who takes a young farmer on as a "grunt" or apprentice. Set in Ohio and Chicago. 10 x 8 inches. One Very Good plus one Very Good with a one inch open tear to the lower right corner and a small tear to the upper right corner. Warner Brothers unknown
1959ref. 146808Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1959. Collection of 41 vintage studio still photographs from the 1959 film. Based on the 1952 play by Liam O'Brien. Set in early 1900s Pennsylvania where a freethinking man Mr. Horace Pennypacker Clifton Webb turns out to secretly have had a second family with a total of 17 children between the two. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good to Near Fine light curling nearly half uniformly faded some faint creasing a few with small closed tears in margins. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1950ref. 138397Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1950. Two post-production Continuity and Dialogue scripts for the 1950 film. Included are a script for the feature dated March 15 1950 and a script for the film's trailer dated March 20 1950. In this key film noir James Mason reprises in spirit his role from the British film noir "Odd Man Out" made three years before as a criminal who steals from the mob and is forced to go on the lam with mob boss Dan Duryea in no mood for forgiveness. The first American film to be directed by Argentinian import Hugo Fregonese. The AFI Catalog notes that Mexican Vice Consul Ernesto Romero acted as technical advisor and according to studio production notes an entire Mexican village was built on the Universal-International lot. Rodolfo Acosta Emma Roldan and Margarito Luna were all Mexican actors. Finally popular character actor James Best made his debut in "One-Way Street" appearing briefly in an uncredited role as a "Driver." Titled wrappers dated March 15 1950 and March 20 1950 both rubber-stamped 7684 with credits for actors Mason Toren Duryea Ruysdael Conrad Acosta Donovan and Espinoza as well as director Fregonese. Feature script noting nine reels 116 leaves; trailer script comprised of 7 leaves. Mimeograph on white stock. Feature script bound at the top with two silver brads; trailer script with punch holes top-stapled. Near Fine overall. Grant US. Selby Canon US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1980ref. 158084Universal City: Universal Pictures 1980. Vintage screening invitation for the 1980 film illustrated by Ralph Steadman on the recto with film credits on the verso. More than a little loosely based on Hunter S. Thompson's obituary for his closest associate Oscar Zeta Acosta a.k.a. Dr. Gonzo "The Banshee Screams for Buffalo Meat" which appeared in October 1977 issue of "Rolling Stone." A film that despite being an unholy mess represents in retrospect an intersection of ideas and talent as well as the first of many messy attempts to commit to celluloid the basically un-filmable life and work of Hunter S. Thompson. Bill Murray at this time little more than a droll comedic sensation arguably made the first step toward becoming the four-dimensional icon he is today though not necessarily by intention. Both Murray and Thompson had serious concerns about the quality of Kaye's script and at the beginning of filming both Thompson and Ralph Steadman came onto the set as "executive consultants." Though the author says he did little other than "wander around and fire machine guns" his influence on Murray was profound. The actor became obsessed with his idol and by all accounts became one with him. During production Murray and Thompson engaged in a series of dangerous one-upmanship contests including a Houdini-inspired stunt where Thompson tied Murray to a chair and threw him into a swimming pool. Murray nearly drowned before Thompson pulled him out. The pair's obsession with the film's poor script and continuity led to a hasty final addition of a voice-over narration and two explanatory scenes at the film's end. Three days prior to release a press screening was canceled because the film was still being edited. When Murray returned to the Saturday Night Live set in the fall of 1980 he was still immersed in character complete with long black cigarette holder dark glasses and nasty habits. One of the show's writers said that Murray .".was not Bill Murray he was Hunter Thompson. You couldn't talk to him without talking to Hunter Thompson." Doug Hill and Jeff Weingrad "Saturday Night Live: A Backstage History" William Morrow 1989 3.75 x 9 inches with a satin finish recto and matte verso. Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1985ref. 146800Starnberg: Macropus Film 1985. Draft script for the 1989 film. Text in English. Violent conflict between Muslims and Buddhists in Sri Lanka forces a young boy to hide in a traveling circus which is run by his mother a mysteriously youthful concentration camp survivor. Set in Sri Lanka. White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for directors IMRE GYONGYOSSY and BARNA KABAY and screenwriter KATALIN PETENYI. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good lightly soiled bound with three gold brads. Macropus Film unknown
1985ref. 153801N.p.: N.p. 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on screenwriter Imre Lazar's 1980 book "Der Fall Horst Wessel" "The Horst Wessel Case" about a Nazi stormtrooper who was killed by two Communists in 1930 and whose death was subsequently used by Joseph Goebbels as a propaganda symbol for the Nazi party. Set in Germany. Clear mylar front wrapper black rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1985 with credits for screenwriter and author Imre Lazar. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 139893Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1976. Eight vintage full-color lobby cards from the 1976 film. Based on characters developed by Dorothy M. Johnson. Sequel to the cult Western "A Man Called Horse" 1970 John Morgan Harris returns to save his Native tribe from being wiped out. More self-imposed rituals and torture ensue to invigorate the tribe to save their land. 11 x 14 inches. Light bumps to a few corners else Near Fine. Pitts 3369. United Artists unknown
1958ref. 144208Tokyo: Toho Company 1958. Vintage photograph from the 1958 Japanese film. Manuscript annotations in pencil and black ink on the verso. A drug smuggler's death stumps the police until they are convinced by a young scientist of the presence of "H-Men" slimy radioactive creatures who dissolve anything they come into contact with. The scientist refers to a ghost ship that washed up in the harbor as evidence of the H-bomb tests role in creating these monsters. Shot on location in Tokyo Japan. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Toho Company unknown
1973ref. 141286Los Angeles: Filmways 1973. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1971 novel by Jack Curtis about a Kansas farm boy with a big heart who grows up and becomes a crime boss. Set in Kansas. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 27 1973 with credits for screenwriter Dennis Shryack and author Jack Curtis. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 138. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Filmways unknown
1967ref. 140880N.p.: N.p. 1967. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in is a letter dated February 16 1967 from Elizabeth Leeson secretary of Leon Mirelli returning the screenplay to Ilse Lahn as well as 15 on-set photographs housed in an envelope. During the Korean War a group of marines are pinned down behind enemy lines in a remote village where the only survivor is a widowed Korean woman and her child. Chaos descends as the soldiers find their radio is broken they are running out of supplies and they are slowly being picked off by snipers. Set in Korea. Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 159352Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1950. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1950 film. With mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Based on Jack London's 1904 novel "The Sea Wolf." Two ex-fugitive employees of a corrupt gold-mine operator try to prove him to be a murderer. Shot on location in southern California. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1947ref. 144680Paris: Gaumont 1947. Vintage photograph of director Jacques Becker and actor Claire Maffei on the set of the 1947 film. With manuscript annotations and a rubber stamp on the verso. A working class couple in Paris find their dreams of a life free of financial hardship about to come true when they win the lottery only to have the dream snatched away when they lose the ticket on the Metro. Shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Gaumont unknown
