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1974ref. 162167Paris: Warner-Columbia Film 1974. Collection of twelve vintage color lobby cards for the 1974 French hardcore film. Text and titles in French. 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 softcore film about a woman who undergoes a spiritual journey marked by sexual exploration. Shot in Paris and in Colombo Sri Lanka. 11.5 x 9.25 inches. Light creasing at bottom corners else about Fine. Bier 176. Warner-Columbia Film unknown
1969ref. 143149Paris: Les Films du Carrosse 1969. Collection of eight vintage lobby cards for the 1969 French neo-noir film. A late and important color noir made at what was arguably the peak of François Truffaut's success as a filmmaker dedicated to one of his elders Jean Renoir and shot during the time he was deeply involved with lead actress Catherine Deneuve. Based on the 1947 novel by Cornell Woolrich writing as William Irish. 10.5 x 8.25 inches. Fine. Grant France. Twilight Time. Les Films du Carrosse unknown
1976ref. 132912Paris: Les Films du Carrosse / Les Productions Artistes Associes 1976. Collection of ten vintage reference photographs from the UK release of the 1976 French film. Released in the US as "Small Change." An interrelated series of vignettes about the lives of children in a small French town primarily using nonprofessional actors ranging in age from infancy to 14 years old. One of François Truffaut's best loved and most financially successful films. Shot on location in and around Thiers France. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Les Films du Carrosse / Les Productions Artistes Associes unknown
1970ref. 132913Paris: Les Films du Carrosse / Les Productions Artistes Associes 1970. Collection of twelve vintage reference photographs from the 1970 French film. Based on the true story of "feral child" Victor of Aveyron found living alone in the woods of France in 1800 and a doctor's attempts to educate him and introduce him to civilized society. Shot on location in Aubiat Auvergne and Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Les Films du Carrosse / Les Productions Artistes Associes unknown
1956ref. 133745N.p.: N.p. 1956. Draft script for an unproduced film "Just Before Laughter" based on the 1955 novel "A Change of Climate" by Stanley Kauffman. Copy belonging to screenwriter Partos with a Jaffe Agency label on the title page. The story of a professor who leaves his teaching position to become a salesman at a company he later finds had corrupt dealings with the US Army. Set in New York and Florida. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Partos and novelist Kauffmann. 131 leaves mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1946ref. 136046Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1946. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph of actress Myrna Loy from the set of the 1946 film. Based on the 1936 memoir of Hiram Percy Maxim "A Genius in the Family." Loy is shown here in period dress in the doorway of her personal trailer. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1956ref. 148868Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1956. Vintage studio still photograph of the American R&B and jump blues musical group The Treniers from the 1956 film. Mimeo snipe and Columbia Pictures Corp. stamp on verso. Rock and Roll star Arnie Haines Alan Dale returns home to the town of Melondale which banned Rock and Roll music and with the help of disc Jockey Alan Freed as himself tries to convince the town that the music won't turn their children into delinquents. With notable lip-syncing performances from Bill Haley and His Comets Little Richard and The Treniers. A follow-up to the 1956 Rock and Roll film "Rock Around the Clock" also directed by Fred F. Sears and written by Robert E. Kent and also featuring Alan Freed and Bill Haley and His Comets. Set in the fictitious town of Melondale shot on location in Los Angeles California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1938ref. 144158Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Set of three vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the set of the 1938 film noir antecedent. Shown respectively are Lang conferring with Silvia Sidney Lang on the floor setting up an unusual camera angle and Lang playing a clarinet for baby actor Donald Dodds who played Silvia Sidney's infant son in the film. Each photo with a printed snipe on the verso a number annotated and circled in blue pencil 1 2 3 respectively and a stamp crediting Paramount Studios photographer Malcolm Bulloch. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. One photo with a faint vertical crease. Spicer p. 403. Paramount Pictures unknown
1986ref. 135813London: Independent Television 1986. 3rd Draft script for the television movie. Based on the 1938 novel by Evelyn Waugh which in turn was based on Waugh's own experiences working at the Daily Mail. Working copy with manuscript annotations in blue red and black ink and pink highlighter throughout as well as handmade tape tabs marking the scenes. Laid in are a number of original and photocopied newspaper articles dealing with the production six pages of background information on their Moroccan shooting location and four pages of call sheets from Morocco. A tale of sensationalist foreign correspondents covering a war in Ishmaelia desperately looking for news of a story to send home and the unlikely man who finds the real scoop. Shot on location in Morocco and the United Kingdom. White self titled wrappers noted as 3rd Draft on the front wrapper production No. 10556 dated June 1986 with credits for screenwriter Boyd novelist Waugh director Millar and eight other crew members including producer Sue Birtwistle. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Mechanical duplication with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Independent Television unknown
1971ref. 169563Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film showing actor Gene Hackman. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Gene Hackman along with three additional nominations. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1970ref. 136064New York: National General Pictures 1970. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the set of the 1970 film. Shown are director Gene Kelly with James Stewart and Henry Fonda. A revisionist Western in which James Stewart an aging cowboy inherits his brother's house of prostitution. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National General Pictures unknown
1984ref. 155089N.p.: N.p. 1984. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1984 film showing actors John Hurt and Suzanna Hamilton. Based on George Orwell's classic 1949 novel about a civil servant in war-torn dystopian London. Richard Burton's final screen appearance. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1953ref. 134790Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1953. Set of 4 original lobby cards for the 1953 film "Bright Road" based on the Christopher Award winning story "See How They Run" written by Mary Elizabeth Vroman and first published in 1951 in the Ladies' Home Journal. Notable for its nearly all-black cast "Bright Road" stars Dorothy Dandridge as an Alabama schoolteacher intent on motivating one of her more lackluster students. Dandridge is said to have accepted the role because of the film's lack of racial tension as a central theme. As a result she hoped that young women of all colors could identify with her character. Harry Belafonte's debut feature film. 14 x 11 inches. Both lobby cards quite clean with no pinholes about Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1942ref. 130419Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. Final script for the 1942 film. A lighthearted drama centering on a female stamp collector obsessed with a government mail sack of undelivered letters that has turned up after missing for 50 years. The AFI Catalog notes that all the title cards for the film's opening credits are handwritten on envelopes postmarked 1889. A studio press release asserted that producer Ralph Dietrich got the idea for the film from a newspaper story concerning "the discovery in Philadelphia some months ago of a mail bag apparently the loot of a robbery some seventy-five years before." The story reported that the mail would be delivered by the post office to the addressees or their heirs. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 70 and production No. 768 dated April 1 1942. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated April 1 1942 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Braus. 122 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/1/42 and 5/1/42. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1995ref. 163974N.p.: N.p. 1995. Draft script for the 1995 film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher with her numeric annotation in manuscript ink on page 2 and her annotations in manuscript pencil regarding props on the rear wrapper. In an alternate America where the social and economic positions of white and Black Americans are reversed a white factory worker kidnaps the factory owner as revenge for an unjust firing. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Red untitled wrappers. Lacking title page presumably as issued. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 143719Los Angeles: Quinn Martin Productions 1974. Final Draft script for the 1974 television film originally aired November 20 1974 on ABC. Three armed men take over a private train car determined to rob and murder all of the passengers. Yellow titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper dated Aug 13 1974. Title page present dated Aug 13 1974 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Eugene Price. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. mechanical duplication with blue pink yellow and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/19/74 and 9/11/74. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Reyes 127 Deal 121 122. Quinn Martin Productions unknown
1975ref. 140691Los Angeles: Hollywood Television Theatre 1975. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few annotations in manuscript pencil. Based on Ibsen's 1892 play considered one of his most revealing works about Halvard Solness a master builder who returns to his hometown to construct a church with a towering steeple. Iit is revealed Solness has a great fear of heights. Yet he climbs the steeple for the grand unveiling of the building only to fall to his death. Edward Bond was an English writer and director famous for his many plays which lead to the end of theater censorship in the UK including "Saved" 1965. Though not wholly concerned with cinema he produced several screenplays in his life including an adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's "Laughter in the Dark" 1968. Set in Europe 1900. Red titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper dated May 13 1975 with credits for screenwriter Edward Bond and playwright Henrik Ibsen. Title page present dated May 13 1975 noted as First Draft with credits for playwright Ibsen and screenwriter Bond. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Hollywood Television Theatre unknown
1962ref. 142777Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1962. Collection of 12 vintage promotional photographs from the 1962 film. Based on the 1934 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The tables are turned when a psychiatrist Jason Robards who marries a patient Jennifer Jones becomes more and more dependent on her as she regains her strength. David O. Selznick had originally intended the film as a vehicle for his wife Jennifer Jones but financial difficulties forced Selznick to sell the property though he was still able to guarantee a role for Jones. Director Henry King's last film nominated for an Academy Award. Set in Switzerland and on the French Riviera shot on location in France Italy and Switzerland. 8 x 10 inches. All photos in Near Fine or better condition. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1960ref. 145447US: Le-Sac Productions 1960. Collection of 20 vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 film. One still with numerical annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Starring actor Ericson is prominently featured in the collection engaged in action romance and brandishing a Tommy gun. One photo from the set shown. Please inquire to see others. Based on real-life bank-robber Floyd 1904-1934 and recalling the hard-boiled gangster noirs of the 1930s. Bent on revenge Floyd Ericson goes on a crime spree with an unfortunate end. The first of eight biopics other adaptations include Bob Peterson in "The FBI Story" 1959 Robert Conrad in "Young Dillinger" 1965 and Martin Sheen in the TV movie "The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd" 1974. 8 x 10 inches short white borders. Very Good overall with light curling and toning several moderately toned and with pinholes small bruises and creases. Le-Sac Productions unknown
1970ref. 141642Vienna: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Text in German. Based on Herman Hesse's last full-length novel "Das Glasperlenspiel" or "The Glass Bead Game" published in 1943. Years into the future a class of intellectuals is concerned only with running boys' boarding schools and playing the Glass Bead Game which involves a sophisticated synthesis of arts science and culture in order to excel. Hesse's novel was published in Switzerland because German government officials considered it a critique of the Nazi regime. Title page present noted as Treatment with credits for author Herman Hesse and screenwriter Dr. Titus Leber. 26 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 25. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine housed in a Near Fine orange prong binder with clear front wrapper. Text in German. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 154454Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri SF 1960. Vintage program for the French release of the 1960 Swedish film. Text and titles in French. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and nominated for the Palme d'Or with director Ingmar Bergman receiving a Special Mention at Cannes. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 18 pages. Near Fine in lightly rubbed saddle stapled wrappers. Svensk Filmindustri [SF] unknown
1965ref. 145917Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1965. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1965 film. Mimeo snipe and Tony Crawley stamp on verso. A young Julie Christie sunning herself on the set of "Young Cassidy." Biographical drama based upon the life of playwright Sean O'Casey John Cassidy Taylor in the film. Following the 1911 protest against British rule in Ireland a young laborer-turned-playwrite combats the regime with his artistic practice. John Ford was originally slated to direct but fell ill early in the shooting. Set in and shot on location in Ireland and England. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good Plus some light corner creasing and edgewear. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1974ref. 142784Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1974. Six vintage promotional photographs from the 1974 film. Xerographically reproduced snipe tipped on to the verso of all but one photograph and with rubber stamp to the verso of three photos as well. The 1974 adaptation of Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel has been praised for its lavish costumes and decadent set design. Coupled with an all star cast and a screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola Jack Clayton's film has cemented its place in cinema history. Winner of two Academy Awards. Shot on location in New York England and Rhode Island. 8 x 10 inches. All photos in Near Fine or better condition with snipe unattached from the verso of two photos. Paramount Pictures unknown
1981ref. 161079Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1981. Vintage borderless studio still photograph taken on the set of the 1981 film showing director Bob Rafelson actors Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange cinematographer Sven Nykvist and other crew members gathered around a monitor. Partial provenance label and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1939 novel by James M. Cain. One of the gems of late 1970s cinema along with "The Verdict" that brought writer David Mamet to the attention of the filmmaking world leading to his working not only as a screenwriter but an important director. 9.75 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1984ref. 145127Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Gaumont 1984. Vintage borderless photograph of director Jacques Rivette and actors Geraldine Chaplin and Facundo Bo on the set of the 1984 film. Fiction and reality begin to mix when a theatre troupe begins to rehearse a play in a mysterious mansion. 7 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine. Gaumont unknown
