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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
1984ref. 149978N.p.: N.p. 1984. Revised Second Draft script for the 1985 television film originally aired on NBC on March 18 1985. Copy belonging to a crew member with their name in manuscript ink on the title page and on several printed labels throughout the script. With a few small manuscript pencil annotations throughout most editorial in nature. A dedicated therapist treats a woman who feels she can't control her sexual urges and a taxi driver experiencing auditory hallucinations. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated October 22 1984 noted as SECOND REVISION with credits for screenwriters David Seltzer and Thom Thomas. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/31/84 and 11/28/84. Pages Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Full provenance available. N.p. unknown
1949ref. 160993Paris: Keystone 1949. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Henri-Georges Clouzot talking with actors Michel Auclair and Cécile Aubry on the set of the 1949 film. Mimeo snipe and stamp of Keystone Press Agency on the verso. Loosely based on Antoine François Prévost's 1731 novel "Manon Lescaut." During World War II a French Resistance fighter begins a relationship with a woman soon souring as they become involved in prostitution and murder. Shot on location in Calvados Val-de-Marne Paris and Alpes-Maritimes France and in Erfoud and Ksar Es-Souk Morocco. 7.25 x 5 inches. Very Good plus lightly age toned. Keystone unknown
1974ref. 159628N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage reference photograph from the 1974 film showing actors Michel Piccoli and Claudia Bianchi. Mimeo snipe and stamp of photographer Tony Crawley on the verso. An unhappily married man falls in love with his perfect woman-a sex doll. The relationship begins to sour however when he begins to project jealousy and dissatisfaction onto the mannequin. Shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 162453N.p.: 21st Century Films 1969. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 film. Two of the photographs with a provenance stamp on the verso. Teresa a young housewife is taken to a local brothel by her husband after finding out his only other experience with women was with prostitutes. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. 21st Century Films unknown
1963ref. 143919Paris: Ucinex 1963. Original Moyenne medium poster for the 1963 French release of the 1961 Hungarian film seen here under the French title "Les cigognes s'envolent a l'aube." Numerical notation on the verso in manuscript pencil. Based on a true love affair between a Hungarian doctor and a Russian girl during World War II. Director Mihaly Szemes' best-known film winner of a Silver Prize at the second Moscow International Film Festival in 1961. 22.25 x 30 inches folded as issued. About Near Fine lightly creased with toning at the folds. Ucinex unknown
1979ref. 151617Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film containing 13 black and white photographs and 2 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on the 1968 Broadway musical following a naive Vietnam draftee who befriends and eventually joins a group of drug-fueled antiwar hippies on his way to the army induction center. Photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Olive Films. United Artists unknown
1936ref. 164479Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1936. Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1936 film one showing Bing Crosby milking a cow and one showing Crosby with Amalgamated Theatres representative Sidney Davis on the set. Both photographs with a stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones and mimeo snipe on the versos. Not to be confused with 1981 film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters. 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. Based on the 1913 novel "The Peacock Feather" by Katharine Leslie Moore. A wrongly imprisoned singer promises a fellow inmate he will help the family of his victim when released. He subsequently delays his own dreams of being a gondolier in Venice in order to help the young girl and her grandfather. Nominated for an Academy Award. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown
1962ref. 151621Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1962. Collection of 20 vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1962 film. Based on Allen Drury's Pulitzer Prize-winning political shocker of 1959 but detached from the novel's Cold War agenda about how American government functions in a free society. Set and shot on location in Washington DC. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine some with light wear to the corners. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Columbia Pictures unknown
1933ref. 148767Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1933. Vintage reference photograph of Paul Robeson in full regalia from the 1933 film struck circa 1970s. With a provenance stamp on the verso. Based on Eugene O'Neill's 1920 play following a cunning railway porter who gradually manipulates his way into control of a small Caribbean island. Actor Paul Robeson's first sound feature a breakthrough role which secured the actor's status as one of the first African American leading actors of mainstream cinema. Set throughout the American South and in the Caribbean Islands shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 370. United Artists unknown
1979ref. 156412Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1979. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1979 neo-noir film. A wealthy conservative father learns that his runaway daughter is starring in pornographic films and sets out to find her and bring her home. One of director-screenwriter Paul Schrader's early screenplays and his second directorial effort. Though it never received the same level of mass critical acclaim as his earlier screenplay for "Taxi Driver" the two films share a number of similar traits both following a man's journey into an oft-unseen subculture. Set in California and Michigan shot on location in both states. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Grant US. Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Columbia Pictures unknown
1929ref. 148778Los Angeles: Fox Film 1929. Vintage reference photograph from a circa 1940s re-release of the 1929 film showing actors Stepin Fetchit and Bernice Pilot. With the reference No. 1-A79 and the insignia of photographer Max Munn Autry from the negative at the bottom corners of the image on the recto. The story of a poor African American farming family in the American South. One of the first major studio features to star an all-black cast. Set in the American South. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Fox Film unknown
1973ref. 171988Various cities: Nederland Film / British Leyland 1973. Vintage program for the 1973 Dutch film. Issued by British Leyland automotive company in collaboration with Nederland Film with a contest advertised at the rear of the program. Text in Dutch. Based on Jan Wolkers' 1969 novel. A gifted but poor sculptor marries a beautiful wealthy young woman but their relationship is tumultuous and soon sours. Director Paul Verhoeven's second feature film the screen debuts of both Rutger Hauer and van de Ven and the most successful release in the history of Dutch cinema. Set and shot on location in Noord-Holland and Rotterdam Netherlands. 6 x 9 inches. Seven pages. Very Good plus in side-stapled wrappers with last leaf partially detached from the binding. Nederland Film / British Leyland unknown
1969ref. 164085N.p.: RAF Industries 1969. Vintage 45 RPM vinyl record of radio spot announcements for the 1969 film. Red label variant. Rare. An awkward young man makes a deal with the devil offering his soul for youth beauty and power-but all at a cost. 7 inches. Fine with nominal surface wear housed in a Fine brown paper sleeve. RAF Industries unknown
1989ref. 167419Universal City: Universal Television 1989. Draft script for the fifth episode of the sixth season of the 1984-1996 CBS television series which aired on October 29 1989. Created by Peter S. Fischer Richard Levinson and William Link the popular and long running Emmy Award winning CBS television series starred Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher a mystery writer and amateur detective who becomes involved in solving murders in her fictional home town of Cabot Cove Maine and across the US. The series ran for 12 seasons totaling 264 episodes from September 30 1984 to May 19 1996. In this episode Jessica tells the story of an ex-football player who investigates the murder of an old teammate with the help of his teammate's dog Jack. Front wrapper integral with title page dated April 4 1989 with credits for screenwriters Peter Fischer and Chuck Bowman. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Xerographic duplication on pink leaves rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 5/31/89. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Television unknown
1972ref. 156320Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the US release of the 1972 Italian film showing actress Heather Johnson on the set. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the medieval narrative poem by Geoffrey Chaucer and the second film in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Trilogy of Life series following "The Decameron" 1971 and followed by "A Thousand and One Nights" 1974. Johnson appeared in the segment "The Steward's Tale." Set and shot on location throughout England. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with moderate edgewear curling and a short closed tear on the bottom edge. BFI 1116. Criterion Collection 633. United Artists unknown
1951ref. 167481Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1951. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 39 of the 1950-1951 television talk show. Copy belonging to actor Jack Naughton with his annotations in manuscript pencil on seven leaves denoting dialogue. A one-season variety series hosted by actress Betty Furness set in her penthouse starring celebrity musicians and actors. Originally aired on June 8 1951 on ABC. Self wrappers. Title page present dated June 8 1951 with credits for director Bob Doyle screenwriter Larry Markes musician Buddy Weed and others. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 39. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a single staple at the top left corner with the first leaf partially detached from the staple. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown
1970ref. 161871N.p.: Audubon Films 1970. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1970 Italian/German film. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos one with two labels on the verso obscuring a previous provenance stamp. After a father mother and son watch a stag film in their castle home they drive into town to a local carnival. There they meet a girl they believe is the woman in the film and invite her back to their castle for the evening. Shot on location in Castello Piccolomini Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one photograph with a small chip in the lower left margin. Audubon Films unknown
1986ref. 161074Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1986. Vintage studio still photograph showing musicians Ry Cooder and Otis Taylor during a soundtrack recording session for the 1986 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A white teenager is pulled into an adventure as he explores the legend of blues musician Robert Johnson who purportedly sold his soul to the devil in exchange for lifelong fame and talent. Set and shot on location in Beulah Mississippi. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1990ref. 167473N.p.: Viacom 1990. First Draft script for the tenth episode of the second season of the 1989-91 television series which aired on ABC on March 15 1990. Laid in are two gatherings of revision pages one gathering of 31 pages of pink revision leaves with the latest revisions dated February 15 1990 and one gathering of 24 yellow revision pages with the latest revisions dated February 16 1990 as well as a 20 page shooting schedule dated February 15 1990 a two-page cast list dated 2-16-90 a two-page Housing List dated February 15 1990 an eleven-page Contact List dated 1/2/90 and a 45-page "Welcome to Denver" "Father Dowling" gathering of maps emergency numbers local restaurants and services for the cast and crew. Based upon the characters created by Ralph McInerny in his series of mystery novels "Father Dowling Mysteries" starred Tom Bosley as the titular character who continually stumbles upon murders and other crimes in the fictional Parish of St. Michael's in Chicago Illinois. The series ran for three seasons and a total of 43 episodes and premiered on NBC for the first season premiering on January 20 1989 and on ABC for its second and third seasons ending on May 2 1991. In this episode Father Phil James Stephens is overjoyed about returning the Chalice of St. Sophia to it's home country Bucharest but unfortunately has fallen victim to a confidence scam. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated February 7 1990 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Gerry Conway. 57 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink yellow green and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between February 15 1990 and February 20 1990. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Supplemental materials: Very Good to Near Fine with some of the revision pages with dampstaining and edgewear. Viacom unknown
