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1985ref. 141557Berlin: Silent Night GbR 1985. Draft script for the 1988 film. Here under the working title "Silent Night." The true story of how Father Joseph Mohr an Austrian priest falls in love with a prostitute hopes to reform her does not and ends up composing the popular Christmas hymn "Silent Night" with schoolteacher Franz Gruber in 1818. Set in Austria. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1985 with credits for screenwriter Monica Teuber. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Silent Night GbR unknown
1947ref. 140757Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Three vintage photographs of director Orson Welles from the 1947 film. Photographer's stamp on the versos and two with mimeo snipes on the versos. Welles promised to write produce and direct a film for Columbia Pictures president Harry Cohn in exchange for an emergency $55000 to help finance costuming for his 1946 Broadway musical "Around the World." The resultant film based on Raymond Sherwood King's 1938 novel "If I Die Before I Wake" courted controversy not least due to Welles' decision to have Hayes cut and bleach her iconic red hair for her performance. Although the film was a commercial failure in the US upon release it is now considered a touchstone of the noir genre. Shot on location in Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1972ref. 150707Los Angeles: Cinerama Releasing 1972. Complete set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1972 film. Based on J.E. Franklin's 1969 play. The youngest daughter in a working-class African American family dreams of becoming a dancer and is determined to avoid the fate of her mother and two older sisters who married and had children at a young age and who express dissatisfaction and frustration with their stagnant lives. One of the few blaxsploitation films of the 1970s to depict the everyday lives and dreams of blue collar Black women. Shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 97-98. Cinerama Releasing unknown
1936ref. 146047Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1936. Final Shooting script for the 1936 film here under the working title "Turmoil." With manuscript annotations in ink and blue pencil on the front wrapper and title page and a single manuscript pencil notation to the verso of page 80. Based on the 1930 novel "Job." Grieved by the death of his wife an Austrian sexton is abandoned by his eldest son who goes to America and finds success as an engineer and abandons his younger son at a monastery upon learning that the child is a deaf-mute. Blue titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper dated FEB. 28 1936. Title page present dated February 28 1936 noted as SHOOTING FINAL with credits for novelist Joseph Roth and screenwriter Samuel G. Engel. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/20/35 and 3/3/36. Pages Near Fine wrapper Poor with usual dryness and chipping common to Fox wrappers of this era and detached. Pages supple bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1973ref. 137578Vienna: Lisa-Film 1973. Collection of 12 vintage oversize double weight reference photographs for the 1973 German film based on the controversial 1897 play "Reigen" "La Ronde" by Arthur Schnitzler Adapted three time previously; by Max Ophuls in 1950 and Roger Vadim in 1964 both as "La Ronde" and by Richard Lerner and Paul Glickler in 1971 as "Hot Circuit" as well as several time subsequently. Schnitzler's play which satirizes the sexual and class morals of its era was not produced on stage until 1920 although published versions in various languages were available as early as 1900. With its frank sexual nature and depictions of relationships that crossed class and cultural lines the play was immediately condemned as pornography and withdrawn from the German stage although it remained popular elsewhere. The play consists of a series of vignettes each featuring a pair of lovers with each character appearing in two consecutive scenes with one character in the first scene appearing in the last. The photographs in this collection are from four scenes each featuring either Sydne Rome or Maria Schneider as follows: One photograph of Hans Bremmer and Rome as "The Soldier and the Parlor Maid." Four photographs of Rome and Helmut Berger as "The Parlor Maid and the Young Gentleman." Five photographs of Peter Weck and Schneider as "The Husband and the Little Miss." Two photographs of Schneider and Michael Heltau as "The Little Miss and the Poet." 9.5 x 12.25 inches. Near Fine. Lisa-Film unknown
1959ref. 167630N.p.: F.F.F. Films 1959. Four vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1957 West German film. An eighteen-year-old in postwar Berlin develops feelings for his male friend and is eventually drawn into the underground world of gay bars. His mother attempts to bring him back onto a heterosexual path by encouraging a romance with the family's housemaid. Director Veit Harlan is best remembered today for his work with the Nazis most notably the antisemitic propaganda film "Jud Süß" 1940. Set and shot on location in Berlin. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good to Very Good plus. F.F.F. Films unknown
1985ref. 147215N.p.: N.p. 1985. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few small manuscript ink proofreading annotations throughout. A Cold War comedy about a kind but unstable translator for the USSR who must balance the amorous intentions of the US President's aide with the warring factions of their separate countries over the course of a prolonged summit meeting. Screenwriter Paul D. Zimmerman was best known for the successful crime film "The King of Comedy" Scorsese 1982. Set in Russia Vienna and Washington DC. White titled self-wrappers. Title page present dated December 1985 noted as First-Draft with credits for screenwriters Paul D. Zimmerman and Peter Benchley. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus unbound. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 171378Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 film showing Peter Sellers getting down at a dance party surrounded by hippies and other distinctive characters. Dissatisfied with his life and impending marriage a mid-thirties attorney gets high and runs off with a young hippie only to discover he's still unhappy. The title of the film is a reference to "Alice B. Toklas brownies" a slang term for pot brownies. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly creased at a couple of corners else Near Fine. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown
1968ref. 158501N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage reference photograph from the 1968 film showing actress Leigh Taylor-Young dancing. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Dissatisfied with his life and impending marriage a mid-thirties attorney gets high and runs off with a young hippie only to discover he's still unhappy. The title of the film is a reference to "Alice B. Toklas brownies" a slang term for cannabis brownies. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with light wear at the bottom right corner. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 135639Paris: C.A.P.A.C. 1966. Collection of 3 vintage borderless black-and-white reference photographs from the French release of the 1966 film. With reference information in manual type on the verso of each photograph. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 655. C.A.P.A.C. unknown
1966ref. 132242Germany: Obpacher Aktiengesellschaft / Atlas Films 1966. Original 1966 German A1 poster for the 1965 French film. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. 23 x 33.25 inches rolled. Near Fine. Obpacher Aktiengesellschaft / Atlas Films unknown
1965ref. 149484N.p.: N.p. 1965. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1965 film. Each borderless except for a bottom margin see image. After losing everything in the stock market crash of 1929 a millionaire Pierre Etaix finds happiness his lost love and the son he never knew he had by joining the circus. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Morbihan Bas-Rhin and Yvelines France. 4.75 x 3.75 inches. Light curling else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 655. N.p. unknown
1964ref. 143860Montreal: Cooperation Productions 1964. Original French scenario script for the 1964 film here under the original French-Canadian title "Trouble-fete." Bound at the front of the script is a Canadian program from the premiere of the film in Montreal Friday March 20 1964. The program features film reviews by Jean Le Moyne and Jacques Godbout and extensive film credits. Lucien Hamelin is a middle-class teenager actively involved in campus politics inciting protests and fighting to change the moral face of his college. He changes the life of an incompetent teacher is expelled from school and accidentally causes the death of a gay man. Religious themes human sexuality and an early entry in Canadian feature film industry just as the country's federal government took measures to expand cinema audiences. Director Patry's first feature film his earlier ventures part of the cinema verite movement include "Eye Witness No. 99" 1958 "The Little Sisters" 1959 "Le chanoine Lionel Groulx historien" 1960 "Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine" 1962 and "Francoise" 1964. Set in Montreal. Green and white untitled wrappers. Title page present undated noted as "Scenario" with credits for screenwriters Lord and Patry. 76 leaves with last page of text numbered 76. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus side-stapled. Bound-in program 9 leaves Near Fine. Cooperation Productions unknown
1964ref. 151660N.p.: Continental Distributing 1964. Collection of eight vintage lobby cards from the US release of the 1964 Italian film along with two French studio still photographs one oversize with the film's French title on the bottom left corner and one with a printed mimeo snipe and the stamp of photographer Divo Cavicchioli to the verso. The teenage daughter of a wealthy Sicilian quarry owner is seduced by her sister's fiance prompting her parents to demand that he marry her instead to save her honor. A merciless sensationalistic satire of Sicilian social customs a worthy successor to director Pietro Germi's previous film "Divorce Italian Style" 1961. Set in Sciacca Italy. Cards 24 x 11 inches. One photograph 12 x 9.5 inches the other photograph 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Cards and photographs generally Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 350. Continental Distributing unknown
1960ref. 140916Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1960. Vintage Italian Locandina poster for the 1960 US film. From one perspective a fairly one-dimensional representation-perhaps even a caricature-of Beat culture but culturally fascinating in that it was made at the height of the Beat era with A-list talent by a top studio and until Walter Salles' 2012 adaptation of "On the Road" was the only feature-length film ever made from a Kerouac novel. Kerouac was paid $15000 by MGM for the rights to the book and bought his first home with the proceeds on Long Island. A film that rarely screened today and has never been available on any kind of home viewing format. While its perspective on the actual Beat scene may be skewed or wildly misinterpreted it is nonetheless important as an interpretation of Kerouac's world from the outside looking in. Shot on location in San Francisco California. 13 x 27 inches folded. Near Fine with light wrinkling. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1985ref. 153792Pacific Palisades CA: Paulist Productions 1985. Draft script for the 1989 film. A dramatization of the life of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero one of the few public figures in the Catholic church to speak out and organize peaceful protests against the government's violent military regime during the Salvadorian Civil War. Shot on location in Morelos Mexico. Beige untitled wrappers. Title page present dated June 7 1985 with credits for screenwriter John Sachet Young. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Paulist Productions unknown
1961ref. 144105Nice: Gaumont-Palace 1961. Vintage French program and two invitations for the 1961 film here under the original French titles. The collection both predates and postdates November 1 1961 generally considered the original release. A small invitation "for two" doubles as a folding RSVP for the October 17 showing at the Cyrano theatre in Villeneuve-sur-Lot a Southwest France commune with the Lot River running through the middle. The invitee's RSVP is unsigned. The two remaining pieces are from a slightly later November 15 1961 showing at the Gaumont-Palace in Nice in the Southeast of France the Riviera. A folding invitation stamped in blind with the theatre's coat of arms credits the president of the Societe Nouvelle des Etablissements Gaumont Jean Le Duc suggests formal wear and the invitee has inscribed in manuscript blue ink in French "one chair." A large program accompanies printed by Havas for the Gaumont-Palace showing details film credits and synopsis greetings from the Gaumont and advertisements for businesses in Nice. Formal programs often omitted still images from the film like this example opting for candor instead of promotion. The film echoes director's Clair's early silent films interweaving separate themes of comedy and fantasy involving a well with supernatural powers that lengthens life expectancy. Cyrano invitation 4 x 5.25 inches Gaumont invitation 4 x 8.25 inches the program 8.25 x 10.75 inches. Light rubbing and foxing overall and a vertical crease to the Gaumont invitation else Near Fine. Gaumont-Palace unknown
1966ref. 146731N.p.: A.C. Lyles Productions 1966. Collection of 21 vintage studio still photographs from the 1966 film in their original brown paper sleeve stamped "'RED TOMAHAWK' 66/365 A17." Army captain Tom York Howard Keel arrives at the town of Deadwood after discovering the massacred 7th Cavalry and General Custer at Little Big Horn warning of an impeding Sioux attack. In desperate need of weapons he knows 2 Gatling guns are somewhere hidden in town but only Dakota Lil Joan Caulfield knows where and she refuses to disclose their whereabouts having had enough tragedy with the deaths of her husband and little boy. York persuades her to tell but before they can be assembled the guns are stolen by Sy Elkins Wendell Corey a degenerate gambler who intends on selling them to the Sioux. Set in Deadwood South Dakota shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine some with light uniform fading. Paper sleeve Near Fine with annotations of actors names in manuscript ink. Pitts 3338. A.C. Lyles Productions unknown
1972ref. 161164Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Eight color front-of-house cards from the French release of the 1972 film. Included with the collection are two promotional pages specific to the film's French release with text in French. Based on the 1969 novel by Philip Roth. The fourth Roth novel after "Goodbye Columbus" to be adapted for the screen and the sole directorial effort for noted screenwriter Ernest Lehman "North by Northwest" "The Sweet Smell of Success" "Sabrina" "West Side Story" The Sound of Music" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". The eponymous Portnoy sees a therapist and goes on one long tirade after another about his family his childhood his sexual fantasies and desires his problems with women and his obsession with his own Judaism. Set in New York. Front-of-house cards: 11.25 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with light wear on the left corners. Synopsis: 8.25 x 12 inches. Single staple at the top left corner. Very Good plus lightly creased on the bottom edges. Warner Brothers unknown
1985ref. 149641Paris: Gamma 1985. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Robert Altman and actor Carol Burnett on the set of the 1985 television film originally aired on HBO on April 1. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with the stamps of Gamma Film. Two women meet at a laundromat and reveal secrets about their lives. The third and final film collaboration between Altman and Burnett following "A Wedding" 1978 and "HealtH" 1980. Shot on location in Paris. 10.25 x 7 inches. Fine. Gamma unknown
1947ref. 131991Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1947. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1947 film. Based on the Raymond Chandler's 1943 novel his fourth book and the fourth Philip Marlowe adventure. An unusual and ambitious film noir and Montgomery's final film for MGM. In a concept that originated with Montgomery who directed the entire film is shot from Marlowe's perspective with the protagonist only ever visible in reflections and during a few scenes when he addresses the audience directly. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Faint distribution company blindstamp to lower corner with a tiny bruise some light scratching and a couple of pin holes to the upper corners. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1947ref. 145154Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1947. Vintage linen backed keybook photograph of cinematographer James Wong Howe actress Lilli Palmer and members of the crew on the set of the 1947 film noir. Manuscript annotations on the verso. Considered by many to be amongst the best boxing films of all time as well as one of the great 1940s noirs. "Body and Soul" tells the story of a man who became a successful boxer to support himself and his mother after his father is killed but who realizes that he has slowly lost his integrity somewhere along the way. Winner of an Academy Award and nominated for two others. Shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby Canon US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. United Artists unknown
1944ref. 149853Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Dialogue and Continuity for the 1944 film. Based on the 1942 novel by Cornell Woolrich under the pseudonym William Irish. A man is arrested for murdering his wife only he was not home at the time of the murder but no one will confirm his alibi. His secretary who is secretly in love with him attempts to prove his innocence. Robert Siodmak's first Hollywood noir. The first film produced by Joan Harrison a former Oscar-nominated screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock "Rebecca" "Foreign Correspondent" and Universal's first woman executive. Set in Manhattan New York. White titled self-wrappers noted as Dialogue Continuity on the front wrapper production No. 1346 dated January 5 1944 with credits for director Robert Siodmak. Approximately 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 13. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a small closed tear at the top edge bound with two gold brads along the top edge. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1959ref. 143090Paris: Harcourt Studios 1959. Collection of 6 original black-and-white single weight press photographs from a dog show at Harcourt portrait studios in France presumed upon the 1959 French release of the 1957 US film "Old Yeller" the French title being "Le Fidele Vagabond." Housed in the original brown paper envelope with with annotations on the front in manuscript pencil and ink noting photographer M. Dole. Three photographs with Gravaert watermark and five with brief manuscript pencil on the versos. Among the photographs are two fascinating images behind the scenes of an animal pageant: in one a mildly bemused audience spotted with various styles of contemporary women's hat fashion in the other a representative from the youth organization holding a sign reading "Nous cherchons un Maître" We are looking for a Master. A few pageant officials also seen a presenter in horn-rimmed glasses and two dog handlers one resembling noted Hollywood trainer Rudd Weatherwax who trained the original Old Yeller with his brother Frank. Hanging portraits are also seen all having Harcourt Studios imprint. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine slight curling. Harcourt Studios unknown
1970ref. 141376N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1976 film written and directed by Brian De Palma. Robin Hardy is a screenwriter and film director best known for having directed "The Wicker Man" 1973. Based on the 1972 novel "Singing Millionaire" by Michael Pereira. While traveling in Istanbul a German and her friend encounter a mysterious man who deals in drugs blackmail and ultimately murder. Set in the Middle East. Green wrappers with a die cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robin Hardy and John Davis and author Michael Pereira. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
