1959ref. 161847N.p.: N.p. 1959. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1959 film one photograph under the original release title "Steam Heat." Director Russ Meyer's first commercially successful film. Shot without sound with a voice-over narration and a musical theme added and noted for extensive female nudity. Mr. Teas is a door to door salesman selling dentists' appliances who seems to encounter buxom nude women everywhere he goes. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles and Malibu California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one with faint creasing light edgewear and four pinholes and one with light edgewear a half inch closed tear to the upper right side and a small chip in the bottom margin. N.p. unknown
1951ref. 146057Hollywood: Tom Productions 1951. Draft script for the 1951 film here under the working title "Off We Go!" With manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Desperate to leave his lowly post as a tailgunner an unskilled G.I. asks his girlfriend who owns a cafe on the air base to flirt with his commanding officer in order to get him a promotion. Instead of the better position he desires however the officer finds himself roped by the base special intelligence officer into impersonating the head saboteur of a spy ring. Gray titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 10 and noted as production No. 1067 dated May 5 1951. Title page present dated May 5 1951 with credits for screenwriter Orville H. Hampton. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with tide marks to the lower edge bound with three gold brads. Tom Productions unknown
1973ref. 150388Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1973. Vintage studio still photograph of director Sam Peckinpah on the set of the 1973 film. A very nearly experimental Western made by Peckinpah at his peak sufficiently strange to have remained of interest only to the most intense fans of revisionism. Comparable only to "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" 1971 and "The Shooting" 1966 in terms of sheer impressionism being laid upon the genre with iconic imagery and super-stylization in every frame. Particularly so in the case of Bob Dylan whose mysteriousness was yet again renewed by his performance as "Alias" in the film. Filmed on location in Durango Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1999ref. 171716Culver City CA: N.p. 1999. Two Draft scripts a Table Draft script dated August 6 1999 and a Record Draft script dated August 12 1999 for the 2000 episode of the 1999-2000 primetime animated television series which aired on UPN on July 18 2000. Copies belonging to screenwriter and co-executive producer Stephan Sustarsic with labels with his name printed on it on the front wrappers. The Record Draft script with copied annotations noting scene numbers throughout. Based on the successful 1989-2023 comic strip by Scott Adams about the titular pessimistic white-collar engineer and his daily interactions with his idiotic boss and frustrated coworkers. In this episode Dogbert writes a best-selling book "Chronic Cubicle Syndrome" which the boss sees as an opportunity to promote a new product. Table Draft script: Front wrapper integral with title page dated August 6 1999 noted as TABLE DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Larry Charles. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 45. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Record Draft script: Blue titled wrappers noted as RECORD DRAFT on the front wrapper dated August 12 1999 with credits for screenwriters Ron Nelson and Mark Steen and story and rewrite credits for Larry Charles. 57 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 147683Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1961. Collection of nine vintage studio still photographs from the 1961 British film noir seen here under the title for its US release "Payroll." Based on Derek Bickerton's 1959 novel wherein a gang of crooks' plan to rob a local factory is complicated by the accidental murder of the getaway driver leading the driver's wife to seek revenge. Set and partially shot on location in Gateshead Whitley Bay Rugby Southwold and Newcastle upon Tyne England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant UK. Selby UK. Spicer UK. Allied Artists unknown
1939ref. 129771N.p.: N.p. 1939. Draft script for an unproduced film. A kind but reclusive woman inherits the fortune of her father a man of dubious morals who was well known at Tammany Hall and with the assistance of the Devil believes she can help put things to rights in part by funding a performance of "Faust." Written by Sidney Howard who received widespread fame for his work on "Gone with the Wind." Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated June 15 1939 with credits for screenwriter Howard. 141 leaves mimeograph on onionskin stock. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 144636Paris: Transcontinental Film Productions 1962. Two vintage photographs of Sidney Lumet directing on the set of the 1962 film. With manuscript annotations and a rubber stamp on the versos of each. Based on the 1955 play by Arthur Miller about an unhappily married man whose obsession with his niece leads to tragedy when she falls for an immigrant who is staying with them. The first American film to feature a kiss between two men though ultimately it is an act of accusation against one of the men rather than a romantic one. Shot on location in New York City and Rome. 7.5 x 5.5 inches. Near Fine. Transcontinental Film Productions unknown
1961ref. 144704Paris: Transcontinental Film Productions 1961. Vintage borderless photograph of director Sidney Lumet playwright Arthur Miller and actors Ralf Vallone and Raymond Pellegrin on the set of the 1962 film. With the stamp of photographer Jacques Moreau a mimeo snipe and manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1955 play by Arthur Miller about an unhappily married man whose obsession with his niece leads to tragedy when she falls for an immigrant who is staying with them. The first American film to feature a kiss between two men though ultimately it is an act of accusation against one of the men rather than a romantic one. Filmed in both French and English versions. Shot on location in New York City and Rome. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Transcontinental Film Productions unknown
1974ref. 144955UK: EMI 1974. Vintage photograph from the 1974 film showing director Sidney Lumet hanging onto a train on location at a rail station along with members of the cast on the platform. Based on the 1934 novel by Agatha Christie which finds her series detective Hercule Poirot investigating a murder aboard a train with the suspects portrayed by a who's who of Hollywood stars. Ingrid Bergman won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award and the film was nominated for five more including Best Actor for Albert Finney and Best Adapted Screenplay. Remade in 2017 directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh. 10 x 8 inches. Light crease to the upper left corner overall Near Fine. EMI unknown
1984ref. 150510N.p.: N.p. 1984. Second Draft agency script for the 1986 film. From the collection of novelist William Hjortsberg who worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood between 1977-1985. Hjortsberg is best known for the film adaptation of "Angel Heart" 1987 based on his 1978 novel. Based on the 1984 novel "Doctor Slaughter" by Paul Theroux. An American research fellow at the Arab-Anglo Institute in London moonlights as a high-priced escort to bolster her income but soon finds herself unwittingly drawn into a dirty political scheme through one of her clients. Set and shot on location in Hertfordshire and London. Brown generic ICM wrappers. Title page present dated October 20 1984 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriters Bob Swaim and Edward Behr and novelist Paul Theroux. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1986ref. 146954N.p.: N.p. 1986. Final Draft script for an unproduced film. With a small handwritten label on the front wrapper reading "Please return to / Telefilm Canada / 144 S. Beverly Dr. #400 / Beverly Hills CA 90212." Based on Sinclair Ross' 1941 novel about a Canadian family's struggle to survive during the Great Depression. Set in Horizon a fictitious small Canadian prairie town. Silver untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated MARCH / 1986 noted as Final Screenplay with credits for screenwriters James de Felice Graeme Gibson and Margret Kopala. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with black comb binding. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 147367London: Winkast Programming 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Stanley Ellin's screen adaptation of his 1970 novel. Film rights for Ellin's novel had been bought in 1969 prior to its publication by producer Phil Waxman wanting Robert Redford in the lead. It would not be made into a motion picture until 1979 when Richard C. Sarafian filmed a loosely based comedic adaptation entitled "Sunburn" written by James Booth John Daly and Stephen Oliver and starring Farrah Fawcett-Majors Charles Grodin and Art Carney. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. Jake Deker is a Miami Beach insurance investigator looking into possible insurance fraud in the death of Walter Thoren uncovering false identities blackmail and organized crime. Set in Miami Beach Florida. Tan untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for novelist and screenwriter Stanley Ellin. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two flat metal brads. Winkast Programming unknown
1959ref. 144687Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1959. Vintage press photograph of director Stanley Kramer and actor Gregory Peck on the set of the 1959 film. With brief manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on Nevil Shute's 1957 post-apocalyptic novel set in 1964 about a nuclear submarine that survives the Third World War. Commander Dwight Lionel Towers Peck confirms that the world has been destroyed and the nuclear dust is coming to Australia. He befriends the free-spirited Moira Gardner and together with his men determine to return to San Diego following faint radio signals. Shot on location in Australia and California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1958ref. 139877N.p.: Curtleigh Productions 1958. Vintage US three-sheet poster for the 1958 US film. The film won two Academy Awards for best writing and cinematography and was nominated for another seven. Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier were lauded for their performances in this Academy Award winning drama in which two prisoners from a chain-gang escape. One white one African American the men originally cooperate out of necessity as they are chained to one another. However as they grow familiar with one another a deep bond and mutual respect develops between the men. "The Defiant Ones" was shot on a closed set due to the then-provocative subject matter. Special screenings were orchestrated in the southern United States for integrated audiences a relatively uncommon occurrence at the time. Montgomery Alabama however chose to cancel an integrated screening when the White Citizen's Committee Council protested the film claiming it gave rise to "moral support and financial gain to subversive propagandists" AFI catalogue. Set in the American South shot on location in California. 41 x 81 inches folded. Very Good with numerous pin holes moderate edgewear and extensive tape reinforcements to the verso. Manuscript annotations to the verso and a stamp indicating three-sheet poster. Royal Books can arrange for archival linen backing of posters. Please inquire. Curtleigh Productions unknown
1973ref. 152055Los Angeles: Dimension Pictures 1973. Vintage pressbook for the 1973 film. A small offshore island houses a number of first-degree murderers after the abolition of the death penalty. One leaf folded twice. 11 x 17 inches. Very Good plus overall. Dimension Pictures unknown
1983ref. 166582Los Angeles: Embassy Pictures 1983. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1975 novel by Stephen Becker about a former Marine turned alcoholic drifter forced to fend his way out of Peking after nearly killing an American brigadier in a bar fight. Generic white Embassy Pictures wrappers. Title page present dated 4th April 1983 with credits for Becker and screenwriter Barry Spikings. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Embassy Pictures unknown
1968ref. 162049N.p.: A.F.P.I. Productions 1968. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. Three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Marsha Jordan stars as a secretary at a computer dating service who unwittingly dates her boss his wife and their two sons. Shot on location in Maryland. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some pinholes to the margins. A.F.P.I. Productions unknown
1980ref. 164148N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic wrote frequently for sitcom television throughout the 1980s and 1990s most memorably for the television series "Alice" 1976-1985 and "The Jeffersons" 1975-1985. Sustarsic was also one of the creators of the children's animated series "The Wild Thornberrys" 1998-2004. Irving master swordsman Zorro's youngest son who's a bleeder and just wants to be a florist is chosen to be the next generation's Zorro upon his father's demise. Told in the vein of Monty Python and Mel Brooks. Generic green wrappers with a titled label with credits for screenwriter Stephen T. Sustarsic II. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Stephen Thomas Sustarsic II. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a prong binding. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 151940Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1977. Vintage reference photograph of Steven Spielberg and François Truffaut on the set of the 1977 film. Roy Neary Dreyfuss is one of several people who witness UFOs at night and subsequently begins to have visions of a mysterious place. Government agents also have similar encounters only they discover physical evidence of extraterrestrials. Roy and the agents join together and are led to a place not unlike the place in Roy's visions where they have a close encounter of the third kind: contact. Winner of an Academy Award Best Cinematography 1978 and Spielberg's third feature as director following "Jaws" 1975 and "The Sugarland Express" 1974. Set in Muncie Indiana shot on location in Alabama and India. 9.75 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Columbia Pictures unknown
1967ref. 151964N.p.: N.p. 1967. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a brief typed letterdated May 14 1968 addressed to agent Irene Heymann introducing the script. A cold-hearted mob boss is jailed on a vagrancy charge and seeks vengeance upon his release. Screenwriter Sy Bartlett worked as a screenwriter and producer for four decades most notably co-writing "Sergeant Murphy" 1938 and "13 Rue Madeleine" 1946 and producing "Cape Fear" 1962. Blue titled wrappers noted as First Draft and Production No. 8864 dated February 17 1967 with credits for screenwriter Sy Bartlett. Title page present dated February 17 1967 with credits for screenwriter Sy Bartlett. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light creasing and wear to page 142 wrapper Very Good plus lightly soiled and edgeworn bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 161525N.p.: International Coproductions 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1973 film with a provenance stamp on the verso. Film debut of actress Sylvia Kristel. Based on the 1963 novel by Nicolas Freeling the second in his Van der Valk series. A gang of wealthy young men break into a couple's house and rape the wife forcing the husband to watch. A dogged police inspector is determined to identify the men and bring them to justice. Set in and shot on location in the Netherlands. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. International Coproductions unknown
1971ref. 162070N.p.: Manson Distributing 1971. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the Canadian/US film. Provenance stamps and labels on the versos. Barbara Mills stars as a sexually unfulfilled housewife of a film producer. She begins an affair with a writer and the two break down en route to Las Vegas. There they encounter a group of thugs where things take a very dark turn. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Manson Distributing unknown
1961ref. 167579Universal City: Universal-International Pictures / Hammer Films 1961. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1961 British film showing Oliver Reed in costume as Leon Corledo the werewolf. Based on Guy Endore's 1933 novel "The Werewolf Of Paris." Reed's first starring role in a feature film and the first werewolf film to be shot in color. Released as a double feature with another Hammer film "Shadow of the Cat" 1961. Set in Spain and shot on location in Buckinghamshire and Surrey England. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the margins. Johnson and Del Vecchio. Universal-International Pictures / Hammer Films unknown
1985ref. 144247Universal City: Universal Pictures 1985. Vintage borderless photograph of director Terry Gilliam on the set of the 1985 film. With manuscript annotations regarding layout on the verso. Gilliam's masterpiece about a man trying to escape a bureaucratic authoritarian government in a dystopian future. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Screenplay. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 51. Universal Pictures unknown
1953ref. 156140N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage program for the 1953 German film. Text and titles in German. Based on the 1947 novel "Tauerngold" by Irmgard Wurmbrand. A young teacher is sexually assaulted by a wealthy sawmill owner and later learns that she is pregnant. In order to save her from shame her assaulter's brother agrees to marry her and romance blossoms between the two. Shot on location in Salzburg. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
