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1968ref. 162565N.p.: Provocative Films 1968. Vintage studio still photograph with irregular margins from the 1968 film. With provenance stamps on the verso. Art and Vera an unhappily married couple become involved with two sisters Nan and Lauri and group therapy sessions run by a lesbian cult leader Jennifer. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with light creasing a small chip to the bottom right margin and an emulsion irregularity along the top edge obscuring the top margin. Provocative Films unknown
2003ref. 171562N.p.: Universal Network Television 2003. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 10 of the 2003 television series here under working title "The Bunker." Originally aired March 14 2003 on NBC. With a label affixed to the front wrapper with a manuscript ink annotation identifying the name of an unknown cast member and their character name. This short-lived series followed a Democratic California senator and his staff. In this episode the Senator takes over the spot of guest speaker for the National Press Club on the same day his former Governor father gets word that a story is coming out on his past misconduct in office. Set in California. White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as PRODUCTION DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. E3511 dated January 30 2003 with credits for screenwriter Paul Haggis and director Jessica Yu. Title page integral with front wrapper. 58 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication rectos only Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Network Television unknown
1968ref. 145682Universal City: Universal Pictures 1968. Vintage borderless photograph of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director Karel Reisz on the set of the 1968 film. With a mimeo snipe manuscript annotations and a library rubber stamp on the verso. A high spot for Vanessa Redgrave in the 1960s a story that follows the life of the free spirited modern interpretive dancer Isadora Duncan. From Dan Pavlides at Allmovie: Trained in classical dance Duncan shattered the traditional conformities in her art and her personal life. The film begins at the end of her life as she recalls the past while dictating her memoirs to her male secretary. Her uninhibited sexuality and insistence on personal freedom and expression shocked more conservative and narrow-minded patrons and audiences. She brought in elements of classic Greek dance during the height of the jazz age and had children in and out of wedlock. Married to sewing-machine heir Paris Singer Jason Robards and the Russian poet Sergei Essenin Ivan Tchenko her life was a rollercoaster ride of success and tragic failures. Two of her children drowned when her chauffeur left the car unattended and the vehicle plunged into a river. Duncan lived by her own rules often shunned by the very people who had so passionately embraced her pioneering efforts in dance women's liberation and free thinking. Redgrave was nominated for an Oscar for her performance. The film's locales are international and range from California to Europe and the Soviet Union. Shot on location in various places in England Italy France and Eastern Europe. 9.25 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1984ref. 146517N.p.: N.p. 1984. Revised Second Draft script for the 1985 "American Playhouse" episode originally aired on PBS on January 21 1985. Based on the 1937 novel by Katherine Anne Porter. A Swedish stranger arrives at a small family run dairy farm out of the blue asking for work promising strong effort in exchange for very little pay. While the family is initially put off by the stranger's cold demeanor they gradually accept him and the farm thrives under his care until news arrives that lays their relationship with him and each other bare. Set in South Texas shot in Fredericksburg and Mason Texas. White titled self wrappers with title page integral with the front wrapper as issued noted as Revised Second Draft dated May 10 1984 with credits for director Michael Fields and novelist Katherine Anne Porter. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 54. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with soil to the first and final leaves bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 145588Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1968. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1968 film. Based on the 1964 novel by Ian Fleming about a down-on-his-luck inventor who transforms an old race car into a magical machine and sets off with his children on an adventure. 10 x 8. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1970ref. 154948London: Juveniles Group of IPC Magazines 1970. Vintage British program for the 1970 film with color film still photographs throughout. A biographical account of the 17th century political and religious struggles taking place in England under the reign of King Charles Alec Guinness. Director Ken Hughes' favorite of his own films. Winner of an Academy Award and nominated for one other. Shot on location in Spain and England. 8.5 x 10.5 inches. 20 pages side stapled. Near FIne with light toning and two staples in the front wrapper. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Juveniles Group of IPC Magazines unknown
2000ref. 149989N.p.: N.p. 2000. Third Draft script for the pilot episode of the 2002 television series originally aired on July 17 on the Bravo Network. A one-season drama following the team members of a fictional 24-hour cable news television network named "I-24." Set in Milwaukee and shot on location in Vancouver British Columbia. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated February 15 2000 noted as Third Draft with credits for screenwriter Gardner Stern. 64 leaves with last page of text numbered 63. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 143084London: Russflix / MGM 1971. Vintage photograph on the set of the 1971 musical with director Ken Russell staring intently at stars Twiggy and Christopher Gable. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1953 West End musical by Sandy Wilson about a mousy stage manager forced to take the lead in a touring musical after the lead actress breaks her leg. While Wilson's original is a straight forward pastiche of 1920s musicals Russell's adaptation is a full blown parody of 1930s musical films particularly Busby Berkeley with heavy metatextual elements as the more lavish numbers take place in the imagination of a Hollywood producer watching the simple touring stage show. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Russflix / MGM unknown
1971ref. 161586N.p.: Gentlemen II Productions 1971. Three studio still photographs from the presumably lost 1971 film. All photographs with provenance stamps on the verso one with a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. Posters from the film have survived but photographs are excessively rare. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one with wax pencil annotations on the recto. Gentlemen II Productions unknown
1959ref. 144308Kanagawa Japan: Daiei Studios 1959. Collection of 6 vintage US publicity photographs from the 1959 Japanese pink film. The first of several films based on the Junichiro Tanizaki. Released in Japan as "Kagi" and with the alternate English language title "The Key." An elderly antique dealer struggles with his aging body and looming impotence. To grapple with his anxiety he introduces his daughter's boyfriend a handsome doctor to his younger wife. The jealousy and voyeurism that follow invigorates his dying spirit but the chaos he has introduced eventually takes a horrific toll. Winner of the 1960 Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weisser and Weisser Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films pp. 219-220. Sharp Behind the Pink Curtain p. 372. Daiei Studios unknown
1976ref. 100704Blonay Switzerland. April 28 1976. 1976. Fine. - Over 160 words typed on his personal 11-5/8 inch high by 8-1/4 inch wide stationery with his Swiss address centered at the top. Not having heard from his friend New York City Center producer Jean Dalrymple about producing his play Norman Krasna writes "I have a letter from Jose Ferrer who informs me between barbs of witty abuse that he has had some communications with Sylvia Miles." . "I would suspect at this moment the prospect of getting her are fifty-fifty. She hasn't said yes she hasn't said no which is practically a lyric from a famous Jerome Kern show." He goes on to write that he understands if she hasn't been able to get any backing "we are in a most peculiar business at a difficult time and it is perfectly all right if you pass us by. Sad but all right." Signed "Norman". Folded for mailing with a pencil line indicating that Jean has read the letter else fine. Together with a retained copy of Jean Dalrymple's reply dated June 19 1976. Having been away Jean replies "I have been in Russia for a while making a film on ballet. and so I am terribly late in replying to your very very nice letter." She goes on to say that "Unfortunately Sylvia Miles after first saying she was VERY interested turned us down." "At the moment I can't think of anyone who is 'just right' and the play MUST have that 'just right' actress! Ah. Judy couldn't you return for a bit" She concludes with wam regards ". and maybe you have a new play easier to cast" The American screenwriter playwright producer and film director Norman Krasna 1909-1984 was known for his screwball comedies based on a case of mistaken identity. He wrote several successful Broadway plays including "Dear Ruth" and "John Loves Mary" and directed 3 films "The Ambassador's Daughter" "The Big Hangover" and "Princess O'Rourke" all of which he also wrote and was nominated 4 times for screenwriting Academy Awards winning once for "Princess O'Rourke". The recipient Jean Dalrymple 1902-1998 was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville appearing with James Cagney and Carey Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski Mary Martin Jos Iturbi Andre Kostalanetz Nathan Milstein and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943 serving as a board member and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951 Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world. Blonay, Switzerland. April 28, 1976.
1932ref. 165745Universal City: Universal Pictures 1932. Vintage double weight publicity photograph of Tom Brown and Arletta Duncan by photographer Ray Jones from the 1932 film. On the verso is Jones' photographer stamp a 1932 date stamp and a mimeo snipe here under the working title "Information Kid." 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. Tom Brown stars as Marty Black a crooked jockey who tries to mend his ways after becoming attached to Midge a young orphan boy in need of love and guidance played by Mickey Rooney. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1945ref. 156296N.p.: Screencraft 1945. Four vintage studio still photographs from a circa 1945 re-release of the 1939 film. Two photographs with National Screen Service stamps on the verso. The only feature film written by Langston Hughes in collaboration with African American actor Clarence Muse who also appeared in the film in the role of Uncle Caton. While Hughes and Muse intended to create a story about antebellum Louisiana with a more accurate portrayal of African Americans' role during the period studio interference inevitably compromised their initial vision. Set in Louisiana shot on location in Calabasas and Santa Monica California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Screencraft unknown
1965ref. 135174N.p.: N.p. 1965. Draft script for an unproduced film. An undercover Israeli secret agent investigating war criminals turns out to be an ex-Nazi whose past has finally caught up with him. Untitled black wrappers. Title page present dated March 23 1965 with credits for screenwriter Vadnay and producer-director Weis. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound internally with a silver bar. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 146744Beverly Hills CA: H.B.L. Productions 1972. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few small manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout. Based on the 1969 heist novel by Lawrence Block about a burnt-out former Green Beret who gets a tip-off about a valuable shipment of tactical nuclear weapons which he intends to steal with the help of a trained killer. Screenwriter Lorenzo Semple Jr. was known for his action and thriller films including "Daddy's Gone A-Hunting" 1969 "Papillon" 1973 and "Never Say Never Again" 1983. Set in the Florida Keys and Washington DC Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter LORENZO SEMPLE JR. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. H.B.L. Productions unknown
1958ref. 145701Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1958. Vintage press photograph of Joan Collins from the 1958 film. Based on Max Shulman's 1957 novel of the same name. A missile base is scheduled to be built in the suburban town Putnam's Landing. Grace Joan Woodward joins a group organizing to prevent the base from being built while her husband Harry Paul Newman is appointed as a liaison for the military. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
ref. 146853N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on Leo Tolstoy's 1872 novella about two Russian soldiers who are kidnapped by rival militia. Screenwriter Eugene Lourie was best known as an art director but also had success in screenwriting "Revolt in the Big House" 1958 and "The Giant Behemoth" 1959 and in directing "The Colossus of New York" 1958 and "Gorgo" 1961. Set in the North Caucasus. Green titled card wrappers with credit for screenwriter E. LOURIE. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Eugene Lourie and novelist Leo Tolstoy. 11 leaves with last page of text numbered 9. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near FIne wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 162166Japan: Herald Ace / Nippon Herald Films 1980. Vintage pressbook for the 1980 film. A Japanese-Italian coproduction with text in both Japanese and Italian. 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. A pickpocket meets and falls in love with a naive wealthy girl at an art museum and the couple go to a deserted beach to live together. Director Yasuzô Masumura's penultimate film and only western production. 8.5 x 11.75 inches. Ten leaves in side-stapled pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. Herald Ace / Nippon Herald Films unknown
1935ref. 164482Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1935. Vintage photograph of actors Lilian Harvey and Tullio Carminati on the set of the 1935 film. Two stamps and a mimeo snipe on the verso one stamp crediting studio photographer Ray Jones. 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. Carminati stars as a wealthy womanizer who haunted by his memory of a former paramour returning to find her engaged to his friend. An unsuccessful attempt at establishing German film star Harvey as a major star in Hollywood. Set in Monte Carlo. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1933ref. 167804Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures 1933. Vintage pressbook for the 1933 film. Based on the 1926 novel by Lester Cohen who also wrote the screenplay. A widowed businessman hopes to bequeath his department store to his children after his death-only to realize that they are disinterested incompetent or simply unable to manage the business. Set in Chicago. 12 x 18 inches. Ten pages side-stapled. Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1972ref. 148275N.p.: Greenwich Film Productions 1972. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1972 film with provenance stamp of film historian "Maurice Bessy" on the verso. Six bourgeois friends try to sit down to a meal together and are repeatedly interrupted by surreal dream-like happenings in Buñuel's satiric masterpiece. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film also nominated for Best Screenplay. Set in and shot on location in Paris. 9.5 x 7 inches. One uniformly faded else Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Rosenbaum 1000. Ebert II. Criterion Collection 102. Schrader 33. Greenwich Film Productions unknown
1978ref. 126628Cambridge Film Production 1978. Very Good. 8 original color lobby cards for the adult film about a drug smuggling operation that goes awry. Yachts topless women acrobatic rope tricks. All aboard! 8 x 10 inches tiny white border. Near Fine overall. Cambridge Film Production unknown
1966ref. 144364Sweden: Sandrews 1966. Vintage borderless photograph of Ingrid Thulin and Mai Zetterling on the set of the 1966 film. Mimeo snipe and press agency stamps on the verso. Jan and his fiance return to his childhood home a 14th Century castle where he is haunted by vivid flashbacks of a difficult childhood the neglect of his parents and a sexual fixation on his mother. Shot on location in Penningby Castle Stockholm Sweden. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Sandrews unknown
1978ref. 144304Paris: Roissy Films 1978. Vintage oversize borderless color photograph of Gerard Depardieu and the star chimpanzee from the 1978 film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso. An Italian-French production about a man who lives in a New York City basement and works as a jack of all trades for the owner of a wax museum and a feminist theater group. He finds an abandoned chimpanzee on the beach who he attempts to raise. A bleak and desolate depiction of New York City. Filmed in English and released dubbed in both French and Italian. Shot on location in New York City. 9.5 x 12 inches. Very Good plus. Roissy Films unknown
1974ref. 144958Paris: Films sans Frontieres 1974. Vintage borderless press photograph showing director Marco Ferreri on the set of the 1974 French-Italian film with camera and crew behind him. With stamps of photographer Bernard Prim and French magazine "Paru dans le point" as well as manuscript annotations on the verso. A farcical reenactment of the events leading up to and including The Battle of Little Big Horn anachronistically set in a contemporary area of Paris slated for urban renewal. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Near Fine. Cox 10000 Ways to Die. Films sans Frontieres unknown
