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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
1958ref. 138250Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1958. Original three-sheet poster for the 1958 US film. Based on the 1951 novel by Joseph Hilton Smyth. Mobster Joe Sante played by Steve Cochran finds himself in front of a US Senate subcommittee on racketeering and recalls his rise to power via a series of flashbacks. One of Cochran's better roles in which he navigates the nuanced character's strict moral compass as well as his ruthless gangster tendencies. A notable film also for its inclusion of Lili St. Cyr's famed "bubble bath" burlesque act. 41 x 80 inches folded in two sections as issued. Very Good plus with a handful of closed tears at the folds. A bright attractive copy. Royal Books can arrange for archival linen backing of posters. Please inquire. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1968ref. 150771Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1968. Vintage reference photograph of Roman Polanski on the set of the 1968 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Of note the Paramount Pictures mimeo snipe announces that playing with "Rosemary's Baby" is the Neil Simon "laugh hit 'The Odd Couple.'" Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin. A seminal horror film one of the best genre pictures ever made from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema bringing together newcomer Roman Polanski as director established producer William Castle young star Mia Farrow and Hollywood veteran John Cassavetes. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ruth Gordon and nominated for Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine National Film Registy. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Criterion Collection 630. Rosenbaum 1000. Paramount Pictures unknown
1975ref. 149729N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1970 film showing actresses Erica Gavin and an uncredited model with cinematographer Fred J. Koenekamp behind the camera at the far left. With the film's French 1975 release title "Orgissimo" at the bottom right. After nearly a decade as one of America's most successful independent filmmakers sexploitation auteur Russ Meyer first reached out for the brass ring of major studio success with this frantic and most entertaining cult favorite once described by Meyer and screenwriter Roger Ebert as "the first exploitation-horror-camp-musical." The film follows three members of an all-girl rock band called The Kelly Affair who relocate to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Their success comes at the price of their friendship and integrity however and the girls eventually succumb to a nonstop train of decadence drugs and betrayal. Featuring one-hit wonders the Strawberry Alarm Clock supporting performances by Meyer regulars Charles Napier and Haji and a bit part from future Blaxploitation icon Pam Grier "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" proved to be Meyer's biggest box-office success. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 12 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine with light wear to the corners. Criterion Collection 836. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 166001N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Sam Peckinpah and a camera crew on the set of the 1972 Western film. Perhaps the most sympathetic of Peckinpah's films about a rodeo rider who returns to his hometown to participate in the annual Independence Day rodeo and reunite with his estranged parents and brother. Set and shot on location in Prescott Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1951ref. 163823N.p.: Lippert Pictures 1951. Vintage insert poster for the 1951 film. Director Samuel Fuller's underrated and influential Korean War film wherein a group of ragtag soldiers battle against overwhelming Communist forces in an abandoned Buddhist Temple. Fuller's first of several war films with probably his most gripping and realistic depictions of life and death on the battlefield. The film was shot in ten days on a budget of $100 000 and dealt with themes of American racism bigotry and war crimes which caused Fuller as well as actor Gene Evans to be a target of an FBI investigation. 14 x 36 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection Eclipse Series 5. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby Master. Spicer US. Lippert Pictures unknown
1972ref. 147273Paris: Paris-Cannes Productions 1972. Draft script for the 1972 French-Italian film. With handwritten pagination throughout. A French cosmetologist is robbed and sexually assaulted by a race car driver leading her to seek revenge. Set and shot on location in Seine-Maritime and Essonne France. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director SERGIO GOBBI and English translator Patrick LITTLE-LEADER. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Carbon typescript with a typescript title page rectos only. Pages Very Good with light creasing to the first two leaves wrapper Very Good plus bound with a silver clasp. Paris-Cannes Productions unknown
1963ref. 151321N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the seminal 1963 film. Partial label on the verso. Based on the 1960 play by Warren Miller and Robert Rossen which was based on Miller's 1959 novel. The second feature to be directed by independent filmmaker Shirley Clarke following "The Connection" 1961. Both films were statements on the limitations of cinema verite and while appearing improvisational were in fact semi-documentaries with carefully scripted dialogue. Clarke aspired to make a non-judgmental film that resisted the moralizing prevalent in Hollywood "social issue" films. It was the first film to be produced by Frederick Wiseman who would go on to become a legendary documentary filmmaker and was scored by noted jazz composer and pianist Mal Waldron with performances by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. Set and shot on location in New York. 5 x 8 inches trimmed irregularly with wide margins photograph measuring 3.75 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 141610N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on Sigrid Undset's 1920 trilogy "Kristin Lavransdatter." The trilogy is the story of Kristin a Norwegian living during the Middle Ages the daughter of an affluent father who in difficult times often found solace in her Catholicism. The popularity as well as its accurate descriptions of Medieval life led to Undset being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. Set in Norway. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for author Sigrid Undset and screenwriter Laurence W. Beilenson. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1995ref. 162669N.p.: N.p. 1995. Archive of vintage treatments and proposals for 16 unproduced sitcom television series. All material housed together in a generic three-ring binder with a manuscript label on the binder spine noting "1995 Pilot Pitches" in the hand of screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic. 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. Lacking title page presumably as issued. Approximately 150 leaves. Pages Very Good plus with light discoloration on the bottom edge of the first leaf and faint foxing on the page edges. Binder Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1953ref. 125507Sherman Oaks CA: Republic Pictures 1953. Original pressbook for the 1953 film noir. Screenplay by noted screenwriter Steve Fisher. One sheet folded once as issued 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages. Lyons US. Martin 121. Selby US. 71. Spicer US. Republic Pictures unknown
1959ref. 147069N.p.: Hammer Film Productions 1959. Collection of ten vintage photographs two reference photographs and eight studio still photographs from the 1959 film. Three photos shown. Please inquire for additional images. Although an ostensible remake of the hit 1932 Universal film Hammer Film adaptation of this title borrowed its plot largely from Universal's "The Mummy's Hand" 1940 and "The Mummy's Tomb" 1942 with the climax taken directly from "The Mummy's Ghost" 1944. When British archeologists led by John Banning Peter Cushing despoil the tomb of an Egyptian high priestess Princess Anaka Yvonne Furneaux they awaken her keeper and former lover high priest Kharis Christopher Lee. The only Hammer film to feature the actor combination of Lee Cushing and Michael Ripper. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine some light creasing one with two closed tears and pinholes and one photo with top right corner clipped. Hammer Film Productions unknown
1968ref. 135902Paris: Le Spectacle du Monde 1968. Vintage borderless black-and-white double weight press photograph from the set of the film in Rome. Pictured are director Christian Marquand whose faux-grim countenance is in nice contrast to the attractive innocence of the film's lead actress Ewa Aulin. With the stamp of French magazine Le Spectacle du Monde twice on the verso. 8 x 10.5 inches. Fine. Le Spectacle du Monde unknown
1991ref. 153730N.p.: N.p. 1991. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a xerographically duplicated design for the film title and a typed list of editorial notes on the script dated 7/24/91 with a manuscript ink annotation to the top right corner noting "Viacom's list." Loosely based on the nonfiction writings of Tom Clancy about the members of a special deep cover military unit as they attempt to manage a volatile hostage situation. Set in Tampa Florida and Washington DC. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 7/17/91 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Michael Ahnemann. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrappers Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1924ref. 137171Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1924. Vintage publicity photograph for the 1924 film showing star John Gilbert relaxing with a book at his home. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1914 Russian play by Leonid Andreyev first published in English in 1922. The first film put into production under the newly formed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the first to feature Leo the Lion although it was not the first film released by the studio. The second film directed by Sjostrom known as "the father of Swedish cinema" after his move to Hollywood at the behest of Louis B. Mayer and a breakthrough picture for him as well as stars Chaney Shearer and Gilbert. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1981ref. 147355N.p.: N.p. 1981. Second Draft script for the eleventh episode of the fifth season of the anthology series "American Playhouse" originally aired on April 21 1986 on PBS. With a few small manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the front wrapper and page I-3-25. A local reporter receives a hefty bribe by a corrupt county commissioner to ignore an eco-activism group's protests against a new development but soon finds himself conflicted over the brutal tactics the commissioner uses to silence the activists. Set and shot in Fort Myers Florida Red untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Victor Nunez and director John D. MacDonald. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered IV-4-130. Dot matrix duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with a plastic prong. N.p. unknown
1944ref. 164457Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Vintage borderless publicity photograph from the 1944 film showing actress Virginia Christine. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. 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 was the first still photographer to win an Academy Award. He went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures where he worked well into the 1950s. After being unearthed due to an irrigation project the mummy Kharis roams the bayou searching for his lost love Princess Ananka. The fifth entry in Universal's "Mummy" series preceded by "The Mummy's Ghost." Set in the Louisiana bayou. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown
1975ref. 160995N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless color photograph from the 1975 French film showing actress Lisbeth Hummel. Originally conceived as a short film used as the final installment of director Walerian Borowczyk's anthology film "Immoral Tales" 1973 and expanded in 1975 by the director into a surreal chamber drama. Loosely based on Prosper Merimee's 1869 novella "Lokis." A young newlywed in the French countryside suspects her husband may be hiding a bestial secret. Noted director Walerian Borowczyk's sixth film banned in the UK and US at the time of release now rightfully considered a cult classic. Set in the woods of France. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1981ref. 127476N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1981 film. Director screenwriter and actor Warren Beatty's epic political drama which follows a left-wing American journalist who becomes involved with the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards winning three for Best Director Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography. 27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and creasing to the top right corner. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 143878Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1961. Draft script for the 1961 television special. A musical special in the form of a cultural forecast in anticipation of a changing world. The show addresses topics including: science technology politics entertainment and leisure. Grey titled wrappers. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Mimeograph duplication with pink yellow and blue pages throughout. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
1949ref. 160941Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1949. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1949 film. Troubled young adolescent Johnny Holiday is sent to a reform school in Indiana where he must choose between his criminally minded friends and the caring tutelage of Sgt. Walker played by William Bendix. Set in and shot on location in Indiana. 4.75 x 28 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the extremities. United Artists unknown
1956ref. 152463Tokyo: Shochiku 1956. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1956 film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso noting the film's title and the names of director Yasujiro Ozu and actor Chishu Ryu. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A married white-collar worker begins an affair at his job with a young woman nicknamed Goldfish. Ozu's first film after a three year hiatus and one of the last of his marriage-related films. Set and shot on location in Tokyo Okayama Shiga and Kanagawa. 6 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Eclipse 3. Shochiku unknown
1951ref. 059095Hollywood: House-Warven Publishers 1951. First Edition 1st Printing. Brown Cloth. Very Good/Good Dustjacket. 57 Illustrations By the Author. 360 Pp. Brown Cloth Gilt. Brown Endpapers. First Printing With 1951 Date On Title Page .Near Fine A Clean Solid Book Small Rubs At Corners. Dust Jacket Priced $5.50Some Wear At Edges With Small Losses And Lower 2 1/2' Of Spine Entirely Chipped Away. Inscribed By Author To Screenwriter Albert De Pina. Bookplate Of Southwest Museum Archaelogist Bruce Bryan House-Warven, Publishers hardcover
1949ref. 137478Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1949. Final shooting script for the 1950 film. Copy belonging to actor Marshall Reed who here plays the role of the villain with his name in black manuscript ink on the front wrapper. A ruthless man attempts to rekindle a settled feud between two rancher families in order to take both their lands when they kill each other off. Luckily the town has a good sheriff and a standup rancher gal to help save the day. An odd short musical western with a good crop of the genre's favorite themes bar brawls ambushes sharpshooters to help round out the plot. Red titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper production No. A7 dated November 2 1949. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Joseph O'Donnell. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fair wrapper Fair bound with three gold brads. Foxing and dampstaining to much of the wrappers and extremities. Universal Pictures unknown
1976ref. 166654Universal City: Universal Studios 1976. Draft script for the eighth episode of the fourth season of the CBS television series printed on yellow leaves which aired on November 14 1976. Copy belonging to actor Nick Dimitri with the pencil annotation of his name on the title sheet next to his character "Lucas" credited as "Dagger's Associate" with manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Bound in preceding the script are three "Shooting Call" sheets with an additional "Shooting Call" sheet bound in following the title page with pencil annotations underlining Dimitri's name and character name on two of the sheets and a thirteen page "Shooting Schedule" dated March 12 1976. One of the most beloved police dramas in television history "Kojak" was loosely based on the 1967 book "Justice in the Back Room" by Selwyn Raab and premiered on CBS on March 8 1973 with the pilot film "The Marcus-Nelson Murders" and aired for 5 seasons and 118 episodes ending on March 2 1977. The character was revived by CBS for two television films in 1985 and 1987 and in 1989-1990 by ABC for five additional television films. Telly Savalas stars as the titular bald lollipop-sucking New York City police detective Lieutenant Theophilus "Theo" Kojak a tough and incorruptible cop with a penchant for the expression "Who loves ya baby" Winner of two Primetime Emmy Awards. Kojak's investigation into the deaths of two longshoremen is complicated by their co-workers code of silence and desire to deal out justice themselves. Front wrapper integral with the title page dated March 1 1976 with credits for screenwriter Chester Krumholz. 85 leaves with last page of text numbered 65. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with green revision pages throughout dated 3/10/79. Pages Very Good plus with the penultimate leaf partially detached and the last leaf separated with light foxing to the front "Shooting Call" sheet bound with two gold brads. Universal Studios unknown
