1986ref. 150006N.p.: Whitehorse 1986. Second Draft script for the 1986 comedy short here under the working title "Is Anybody Listening" originally aired on August 2 on Cinemax. With a manuscript pencil annotation to the title page reading "Second Draft" and copied manuscript annotations throughout the script. A cynical beleaguered salesman for a sporting-goods store decides to take a road trip on his birthday to reconnect with his college gym coach. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated Monday February 10 1986 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriters James Belushi Fred Kaz and Marjorie Bransfield. 34 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. Whitehorse unknown
1995ref. 150027Santa Monica CA: Steven Bochco Productions 1995. Draft script for the sixth episode of season three of the 1993-2005 television series originally aired on November 28 1995 on ABC. A wealthy Indian woman is discovered dead with many potential culprits. Meanwhile two detectives investigate a case involving a man left to die of an overdose. The popular television series ran for 12 seasons and followed the detective squad of Manhattan's fictional 15th precinct. Set in Manhattan. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated Sep. 26 1995 noted as Script No. 6 with credits for director Jim Charleston screenwriter Leonard Gardner and other crew members. 66 leaves with last page of text numbered 63. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 09/28/1995 and 10/04/1995. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. Steven Bochco Productions unknown
1969ref. 161571N.p.: Provocative Films 1969. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 film. Both photographs with provenance stamps on the verso one also with a label obscuring an older provenance stamp. Jennifer Welles stars as a young aspiring starlet whose stage mother will ensure her and her daughter will do anything it takes to become a star. Set in and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Provocative Films unknown
1958ref. 154930N.p.: United Artists 1958. Vintage British Quad poster for the UK release of the 1958 film. Joel McCrea gives a commanding performance as an embittered racist Calvary commander who must lead the remains of his troop through miles of Indian territory after being decimated by Apaches. An engagingly humorless bleak and cynical "lost patrol" Western influenced by John Ford's "The Searchers" 1956. Set in 1879 New Mexico Territory shot on location in Arizona Utah and New Mexico. 39.5 x 29.75 inches Folded as issued. Near Fine with some faint creasing edgewear and two small closed tears to the lower right margin. Bright and unfaded. United Artists unknown
1978ref. 141488New York: Barovick Konecky Braun Schwartz and Kay 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single annotation in manuscript pencil on the first page. Based on the 1978 novel by Michael Barak. In order to win World War II and understand where Nazi Germany's bombs are going to fall Winston Churchill tasks his intelligence service with stealing the German Enigma machine. Set in London. Tan wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Briley and author Michael Barak. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Barovick Konecky Braun Schwartz and Kay unknown
1931ref. 165928Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1931. Two vintage reference photographs by still photographer Ray Jones from the 1931 film. 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. Paul Lukas stars as a foreign diplomat who is blackmailed by dirty cops into helping them frame prostitutes. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and each with a tiny chip to the bottom left margin. Paramount Pictures unknown
1953ref. 144185Beverly Hills CA: MGM 1953. Vintage borderless photograph of Ava Gardner with the camera-crew on the set of the 1953 film. With mimeo snipe press agency stamps and manuscript annotations in blue ink. The remake of the 1932 MGM film Red Dust adapted from the play of the same name. Victor Marswell Clark Gable owns and operates a safari guide company. Eloise Kelly Ava Gardner is there to meet the former owner of the company and in his absence she falls for Victor. Linda Nordley Grace Kelly is the wife of Marswells client an anthropologist who wishes to travel deep into the jungle. Eloise goes along with them and quickly tensions run high as both Linda and Eloise are attracted to Victor. Shot on location in Kenya Uganda Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo. 10 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. MGM unknown
1953ref. 142170Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1953. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1953 film. Director John Ford and star Clark Gable take a smoke break in between shots. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1928 play "Red Dust" by Wilson Collison previously adapted to film under that name in 1932 starring Gable Jean Harlow and Mary Astor. "Mogambo" moves the action from French Indochina to Africa where it was shot on location. Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly received Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress nominations respectively for their roles in the film. 10.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1962ref. 143587N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1962 film showing Frankenheimer with camera trained on Warren Beatty. Printed mimeo snipe on the verso that refers to Beatty as the film's "exciting young star" and notes James Leo Herlihy as author of the source novel and playwright William Inge in the unusual role of screenwriter. John Frankenheimer's third film. Set in Key West Florida and shot on location there. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 144528Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Vintage borderless photograph of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo and director John Frankenheimer on the set of the 1968 film. With manuscript annotations and agency stamp on the verso. Directed by Frankenheimer based on the 1966 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Bernard Malamud written for the screen by Dalton Trumbo and starring Alan Bates Dirk Bogarde and Ian Holm. Set in the era of Czarist Russia Frankeheimer's adaptation is a brutal realization of Malamud's novel wherein a poor Jew named Yakov Bok assumes the identity of a Gentile after moving from the country to Kiev in order to secure a job working for a drunken anti-Semite. When Bok is wrongfully accused of murder he winds up having to go to prison to avoid stigmatizing the entire Jewish community. Alan Bates was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Bok. Set in Russia shot on location in Hungary 8.5 x 6 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1956ref. 144374Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1956. Four vintage photographs two borderless from the 1956 film. Mimeo snipe with press agency stamps and stickers on the verso Shot on location in the UK Spain Portugal and the Atlantic coast in the USA. Bordered photos: 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Borderless photos: 6.5 x 8.5 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1984ref. 151603Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1984. Vintage press kit for the 1984 film. Black and white pocketed folder containing 14 black and white photographs housed in a brown paper envelope and 9 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on the 1947 semi-autobiographical novel by Malcolm Lowry. A former British consul in a small Mexican town reunites with his wife after her yearlong absence due to his alcoholism. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Actor for Albert Finney as well as the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Set in 1938 Quauhnahuac Mexico and shot on location throughout Morelos Mexico. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Criterion Collection 410. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1965ref. 143360UK: Jospeh Janni Productions 1965. Vintage borderless photograph on the set of the 1965 film showing director John Schlesinger and stars Julie Christie Laurence Harvey and Dirk Bogarde relaxing between takes. With the stamp of distributor the Rank Organization on the verso. A cynical look at Swinging London about a fashion model who sleeps her way into high society only to be left empty and alone when she finally marries a rich prince. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay and Best Actress for Julia Christie and nominated for two more including Best Picture and Best Director. 9.25 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing to corners a tiny closed tear and some light edgewear. Jospeh Janni Productions unknown
1972ref. 161896N.p.: Cinepix-USA 1972. Four vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1971 Canadian film. Also released in the US under the titles "Getting High" and "The Importance of Being Sexy." All photographs with provenance stamps on the verso three with labels obscuring previous provenance stamps. A straight-laced young man and a hippie exchange roles with the hippie going to tutor a wealthy family's daughter French and the young man spending time in a commune. Shot on location in Québec Canada and Vermont. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and faint creasing and one photograph with a label shadow on the center recto. Cinepix-USA unknown
1993ref. 145759Universal City: Universal Pictures 1993. Vintage studio color still photograph of director John Woo and actor Jean Claude Van Damme on the set of the 1993 film. Natasha Binder Yancy Butler comes to New Orleans in search of her father. There she meets Chance Jean-Claude Van Damme a drifter who helps her uncover the terrifying story behind his disappearance. Shot on location in Alabama and Louisiana. 10 x 8.25 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Grant Worldwide. Universal Pictures unknown
1971ref. 147747Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1971. Collection of eleven vintage black and white studio still photographs and 2 vintage color studio still photographs from the 1971 film. Desperate for money two aging gunfighters conspire to organize a public showdown for which they plan to sell tickets. Partially shot on location in Santa Fe New Mexico and Madrid Spain. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
1986ref. 151955Beverly Hills CA: Orion Pictures 1986. Vintage studio still photograph of director Jonathan Demme and actors Jeff Daniels and Melanie Griffith on the set of the 1986 film. An uptight yuppie is coerced by a free spirited young woman into a road trip back to her home town where things take a more serious turn when her ex-con husband shows up. Shot on location in Florida New Jersey New York and Pennsylvania. 8 x 10 inches. Annotations in manuscript blue marker on bottom margin else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 563. Spicer Neo-Noir. Orion Pictures unknown
1943ref. 164464Universal City: Universal Studios 1943. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1943 film showing actor Joseph Cotten. Printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with a date stamp. 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 was the first still photographer to win an Academy Award. He went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures where he worked well into the 1950s. The third film in the "Three Smart Girls" musical trilogy starring Deanna Durbin. In the final installment Durbin reprises her role as singing socialite Penny Craig who falls in love with an Air Force pilot. 8 x 10 inches. Slightly wavy on the bottom edge else Near Fine. Universal Studios unknown
1959ref. 144215Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1959. Vintage photograph of Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift on the set of the 1959 film. With manuscript annotations in black ink and a press agency stamp on the verso. Based on the 1958 play by Tennessee Williams. Catherine Holly Elizabeth Taylor is being evaluated and coerced by her wealthy aunt Violet Venable Katharine Hepburn into receiving a lobotomy after witnessing the death of her cousin while the three of them were on vacation in Europe the summer before. Set in New Orleans and various locations in Spain. Shot on location in Spain and England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1966ref. 150448Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1966 film showing actress Monica Vitti's leg emblazoned with a tattooed scorpion a trademark of the titular character. With the stamp of Pedro Lima archive on the verso along with manuscript ink annotations identifying Vitti director Joseph Losey and the film title. Based on the British comic strip which originally appeared in 1963. Modesty Blaise a former criminal mastermind occasionally employed by the Secret Service must protect a shipment of diamonds en route to a small Middle Eastern kingdom from a crime syndicate. Monica Vitti's first English-speaking role. Shot on location throughout Italy the Netherlands and England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1975ref. 150615Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1975. Eight vintage black and white studio still photographs from the 1975 film. With the stamp of Consolidated Theatre Services on the verso. Loosely based on Ronald Fair's 1966 novel "Hog Butcher." Two African American children are the key witnesses against the corrupt police officers who mistakenly murdered their best friend and local hero Nathaniel "Cornbread" Hamilton in a manhunt. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown
1939ref. 148675N.p.: Jubilee Pictures 1939. Vintage reference photograph from the 1939 Poverty Row film showing actor Frank H. Wilson and an unknown cast member conversing at a newsstand in Harlem. A small-time Harlem comedian is scared out of town when he accidentally witnesses a mob hit. The first feature film appearance of blues great Mamie Smith. Set in Harlem shot on location in Fort Lee New Jersey. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing to the edges. Jubilee Pictures unknown
1967ref. 161527N.p.: Chellee Films 1967. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film each with a provenance stamp on the versos. An early film by prolific sexploitation pioneer Joseph W. Sarno now presumed lost. A married woman kills her lover in a private room at a racketeer's nightcub and must dispose of the body without other patrons and employees knowing. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear. Chellee Films unknown
1967ref. 161991N.p.: Amalfi Productions 1967. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Both photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Shot in the heat of Joseph Sarno's busiest year one of eight films he directed in 1967 alone. Marcia hitch-hikes from the country to the city to see her sister only to find her murdered. She then takes her sister's old job at a seedy roadhouse in order to find the murderer. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing overall and one photograph with a chip to the bottom right corner. Nilsen Warped and Faded. Amalfi Productions unknown
1968ref. 162045N.p.: Rasnel Films 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. Two photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Bored housewife Allison hooks up with her neighbor Janet and new friend Winnie. Together they rent a houseboat and explore hidden desires. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Rasnel Films unknown
