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1968ref. 161848N.p.: Cinemation Industries 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1968 Swedish film. Two photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Marie Liljedahl stars as Inga a 17 year old sent to live her aunt who wants her to become the mistress of her rich neighbor but instead falls the young Karl a commoner. Set in and shot on location in Stockholm. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one with a wax pencil annotation at the upper left corner see image. Cinemation Industries unknown
1953ref. 158684N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph from the 1953 film serial showing actor Judd Holdren in costume as Commando Cody. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The series followed the titular masked super-scientist as he investigated of a string of climate disasters on Earth eventually uncovering a nefarious plot to take over the planet by aliens from Venus. Originally intended to be broadcast on television as a 12-episode weekly series the series was first released theatrically in 1953 as a 12-chapter weekly serial and was syndicated to television in 1955 on NBC. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly age toned. N.p. unknown
1996ref. 163362Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1996. Writer's Second Draft for the pilot of the unaired 1996 Fox television series. Created by David Silverman Twentieth Century-Fox produced and filmed seven episodes of the television series in 1996 which never aired. Judge Reinhold stars as a Lincoln Memorial security guard who after accidentally taking a bullet for the president gets his wish to become a Secret Service agent. Also starring Michael McKean as Reinhold's no-nonsense by-the-books boss. Front wrapper integral with title page dated March 6 1996 noted as WRITER'S SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Steve Pepoon David Silverman and Steve Sustarsic. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light dampstaining to the right margin throughout bound with two silver brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1947ref. 164414Universal City: Universal Pictures 1947. Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1947 film. Annotation in manuscript pencil on the versos. A group of prisoners at the strict Westgate Penitentiary plan an escape but fear their plans will be ruined by sadistic power-hungry guard Captain Munsey. Director Jules Dassin's important first film a key noir followed by several others notably "The Naked City" 1948 "Thieves' Highway" 1949 "Night and the City" 1950 and "Rififi" 1955. 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. Small creases at the top left corners else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 383. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Universal Pictures unknown
1968ref. 164342N.p.: Marlukin Productions 1968. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1968 film. An overlooked and important film one of the first to deal with contemporary Black revolutionaries who rose in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Today considered a work that seeded the explosion of Blaxploitation films in the late 1960s and into the 1970s. The story's events surround the death of Martin Luther King framed as a remake of "The Informer" John Ford 1935 in turn based on the 1925 proletarian novel by Liam O'Flaherty. Shot on location in Cleveland the first US film for noted director Jules Dassin who had left the US at the height of the McCarthy hearings in nearly two decades. 26.75 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus. with starting at the center folds. Grant US. Olive Films 425. Marlukin Productions unknown
1993ref. 171394Los Angeles CA: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1993. First Draft script for Season 1 Episode 17 of the 1992-1996 television series. Originally aired February 12 1993 on CBS. Early series created by David E. Kelley "L.A. Law" "Chicago Hope" "Ally McBeal" "Boston Legal" "Big Little Lies". The police in a small Wisconsin town find themselves continuously investigating strange crimes. In this episode the sheriff is shot with an arrow in his rear by a serial killer known as cupid. Winner of two Emmy Awards. Set in Rome Wisconsin. White titled studio wrappers production No. 9K16. Title page present dated January 7 1993 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for director Dan Lerner and uncredited screenwriter David E. Kelley. 58 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
1972ref. 151604Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Vintage press kit for the 1972 film here called an "editor's portfolio." Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 12 black and white photographs and one gathering of promotional reading material. A dramatization of the life and work of French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. Much of the content was taken from letters sent between Henri and his older emotionally detached lover Polish writer Sophie Brzeska. Shot on location in England. Folder photographs and promotional material Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1971ref. 150397London: Russflix / MGM 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1971 musical film showing hairdresser Barbara Ritchie adjusting actress Twiggy's head sash while director Ken Russell looks out onto the set. With the stamp of Theater Page A.M. 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 low-budget musical revue after the lead actress breaks her leg. While Wilson's original is a straightforward 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 show. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn on the corners with faint toning to the bottom and right edges. Russflix / MGM unknown
1970ref. 152098Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1970. Original photographic mock-up from the 1970 film showing actor Richard Chamberlain in character with the background retouched in gray paint matted and mounted on illustration board. With annotations to the mat and board in manuscript ink and pencil. Based on the 1937 collection of personal correspondence between Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his patron Nadezha von Meck edited by her granddaughter Barbara von Meck and Catherine Drinker Bowen. Director Ken Russell's dramatic and visually stunning depiction of composer Tchaikovsky's turbulent life. Presented largely in flashbacks nightmares and fantasy sequences the film illustrates the true stories of his nymphomaniac wife his homosexual feelings for Count Anton Chiluvsky and his unusual relationship with his widowed patron to whom he never spoke. Shot on location in Somerset England. Photograph 8 x 10 inches board 10 x 15 inches. Generally Very Good plus lightly age-toned with faint soil to the bottom right corner. United Artists unknown
1992ref. 157075N.p.: N.p. 1992. Vintage two-sided Japanese flyer for the 1992 film featuring a full-color graphic on the recto and the verso in black and white with three film still photographs. Text in Japanese and French. Young Japanese couple Kishin and Rie are trying to survive living in Paris as private detectives when the wealthy and powerful gangster Okuyama hires them to trail his French girlfriend Lorraine who he suspects is cheating. Before long Kishin is sleeping with Loraine and Rie discovers a link between Okuyama and a multi-million dollar heist involving an affluent Paris S&M club. Set in and shot on location in Paris France. 10 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 161018N.p.: N.p. 1960. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 film. Based on the 1957 play written at the behest of actor Laurence Olivier who reprised his role as Archie Rice an embittered third-rate music hall performer facing the dissipation of his industry and personal life. Set and shot on location in London and Morecambe. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with some faint wear on the top edges and five with old price stickers on the verso. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 163647N.p.: Crown International Pictures 1974. Vintage reference photograph from the 1974 film showing a martial arts fight between Eileen Saki and Jeannie Bell. With a large-format negative for same with both negative and photograph housed in a manila envelope with Saki's mimeographed name. Sondra Currie stars as a police officer sent to infiltrate a criminal gang of scantily clad women. Shot on location in Los Angeles and Channel Islands California. Photograph and negative 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Envelope 8.5 x 10.5 inches. Fine. Crown International Pictures unknown
1981ref. 127382Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1981. Vintage one sheet poster for US release of the French-Canadian film. An aging smalltime mobster and his aspiring croupier neighbor become entangled with the big leagues of the mob when the neighbor's estranged husband shows up with a large cache of stolen cocaine. Nominated for five Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in Atlantic City New Jersey. 27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing. National Film Registry. Ebert III. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1972ref. 148271N.p.: Greenwich Film Productions 1972. Five vintage French lobby cards from the 1972 film. 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. 4 11.5 x 8.25 inches 1 11 x 8.75 inches. Very Good plus two with pinholes at top corners one with crease on far lower left. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Rosenbaum 1000. Ebert II. Criterion Collection 102. Schrader 33. Greenwich Film Productions unknown
1970ref. 161649N.p.: Chevron Pictures 1970. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 Danish film. Three photographs with provenance stamps on the verso two with labels obscuring previous provenance stamps. The third installment in Mac Ahlberg's "I a Woman" series preceded by "I a Woman" 1965 and "I A Woman Part II" 1968. Siv's 17-year-old daughter Birthe is frigid but her sexuality soon awakens. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine one with a wax pencil annotation to the recto on the top left. Chevron Pictures unknown
1970ref. 140924Levallois France: Crosnier 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A young nurse working as the caretaker of an elderly rich man is invited to attend the funeral of the man's prized horse. It is soon revealed that the horse may not be dead after all. Green untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Marc Grunebaum. 127 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. Crosnier unknown
1969ref. 170392N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 French film showing director Marguerite Duras and actor Michael Lonsdale during filming on location. Stamp of photographer Michel Lioret on the verso. Based on the 1969 novel by Duras a dark psychological drama about four visitors to a rural French hotel. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 162396N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage borderless color reference photograph from the 1980 film. An orphaned heiress enjoys a series of erotic encounters with men and women none of whom satisfy her insatiable drive for sex. Shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. N.p. unknown
1999ref. 167772N.p.: N.p. 1999. Two draft scripts for an unproduced film. One script preceded by a two-page treatment. Included with the scripts are a typed note dated 13 May 1999 from a Lisa Jones to screenwriter Mark Jacobson providing advice on the script along with a return note from Jacobson to Jones acknowledging her letter. Additionally included is a printed six-page script breakdown presumably created by Jacobson. In the late 1950s a college student dies in a car accident. After his death his soul is mistakenly placed in the body of a two-year-old although he retains his adult brain and he is sent to live with a beautiful young woman. Stamped script: Beige wrappers with the stamp of screenwriter Mark Jacobson on the front wrapper along with a phone number in manuscript pencil. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered 69. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Non-stamped script: Green untitled front wrapper blue rear wrapper. Title page integral with the first page of text. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1953ref. 160824Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1953. Vintage insert poster for the 1953 film. Loosely based on chapters 9 through 11 of Mark Twain's semi-autobiographical "Roughing It." Mark Stevens is lawman and killer Jack Slade who's committed himself to ridding society of outlaws after seeing his father gunned down at age thirteen. Followed by the 1955 sequel "The Return of Jack Slade" directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring John Ericson and Mari Blanchard. 14 x 35.75 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus with a faint crease to the top right corner some light rubbing and tiny chipping to the lower left margin. Allied Artists unknown
1973ref. 167387North Hollywood: Martin Rackin Productions 1973. Final Draft for the 1974 television film which aired on NBC on March 16 1974 here under the working title "Boselli's World." Bound in preceding the script is a fifteen page Shooting Schedule for December 2-21 1973 with manuscript red marker annotations noting names and striking dates. Bound in following the script are 26 script pages replaced by revision pages. Preceding the script is a page entitled "Episode Title Suggestions" implying the television movie was originally intended as a possible pilot for a series which never transpired. Ernest Borgnine stars as tugboat operator Vince Boselli who along with Della Reese the owner of a waterfront cafe clash with a dock foreman trying to change the way things are done on the piers. Orange titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated November 16 1973 with credits for screenwriters Martin Rackin and Robert Pirosh. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 86. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 11/26/73. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Martin Rackin Productions unknown
1963ref. 151311Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film here under the working title "Hud Bannon" showing director Martin Ritt on a camera crane. Based on Larry McMurty's 1961 novel "Horseman Pass By." The arrogant selfish son of a rancher sinks into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car accident gradually leading to conflict with his hardworking father. Set and shot on location in Texas. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned. Paramount Pictures unknown
1985ref. 150497N.p.: N.p. 1985. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Maurice Pialat on the set of the 1985 film. Brutish and jaded police detective Louis Mangin Gerard Depardieu in one of his strongest performances investigates a Tunisian drug gang and begins to fall for the girlfriend Sophie Marceau of one of the criminals. Set in and shot on location in Paris France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Olive Films 1326. Grant France. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 151313Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1962. Vintage reference photograph of actress Natalie Wood and the real "Gypsy Rose Lee" Rose Louise Hovick on the set of the 1962 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with manuscript ink and pencil annotations regarding layout. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1959 Broadway musical. The rise to fame of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee aided by her ambitious mother Mama Rose. Set in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with old cello tape on the top edge. Warner Brothers unknown
1984ref. 147143N.p.: N.p. 1984. Revised Draft script for the 1985 film. With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper. A KGB sleeper agent is tasked with stealing top secret CIA microchips but decides to defect and use the microchips to hazard a deal with the US government instead. Shot on location in Los Angeles. White titled front wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1/10/84 noted as Revised with credits for director Dwight H. Little and screenwriter Sandra K. Bailey. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
