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1967ref. 157320N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the 1967 British film showing director John Schlesinger talking with actress Julie Christie between takes. Mimeo snipe on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Thomas Hardy's 1874 novel about a young flirtatious heiress who is relentlessly pursued by three young men. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location throughout Dorset and Wiltshire England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light creasing at the corners. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 141077N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on Joseph Dispenza's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1927 novel. A bridge woven by the Incas collapses in Peru killing five people. A monk witnesses the event and afterwards becomes obsessed with finding information about the five victims in order to prove that the collapse was part of God's plan. Set in Peru. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for author Thorton Wilder and screenwriter Joseph Dispenza. 42 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 40. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1999ref. 142242Malibu CA: Word of Mouth Productions 1999. Draft script for the 1999 film. Laid in are a collection of documents two autographed letters from screenwriter and director Tom Lazarus to Jack Murphy dated February 26 March 5 and March 29 1991 urging him to please read and consider producing his film. Finally there is a typed biography of Lazarus with his phone number sans area code in manuscript ink. Torri Larranga is a prostitute at the top of her game charging high prices for exquisite services. Her reputation precedes her as a documentarian approaches her asking to film a feature look into her life. The first directorial effort of Tom Lazarus who later went to on to direct "Stigmata" 1999 and write "Just You and Me Kid" 1979. Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Tom Lazarus. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Word of Mouth Productions unknown
1976ref. 157620N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage borderless satin-finish reference photograph from the 1976 film showing actress Bulle Ogier topless in bed. Stamp of photographer Roswitha Hecke on the verso along with layout annotations in manuscript ink. A collection of four stories dealing with erotic obsession. The first film directed by Werner Schroeter to feature Ogier followed by "Weiße Reise" 1980 "Two" 2002 and "This Night" 2008. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 158125N.p.: N.p. 1979. Vintage reference photograph from the 1979 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso noting director Walerian Borowczyk's name and the film title in French. An anthology film divided into three segments set in three different time periods Rome in 1520 France at the turn of the century and modern Paris and following three women who are driven to commit crimes of passion. 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 154001Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1973. Vintage reference photograph from the 1973 film showing actors Warren Oates and Michelle Phillips. A dramatization of the crimes of folk hero midwestern bank robber and notorious mobster John Dillinger best known for killing five FBI agents during a shootout in Kansas City. Hot on the heels of Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967 a movie that reignited the US public's interest in 1930s gangster films. Set and shot on location throughout Arizona and Oklahoma. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown
1996ref. 162508Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1996. Vintage studio still photograph of director Wes Anderson on the set of the 1996 film. Anderson's feature film directorial debut cowritten with actor Owen Wilson about three friends who plan a heist in the southwestern suburbs. Based on Anderson's 1992 short film of the same title whose success at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival persuaded filmmaker James L. Brooks to finance a full-length version of the film. Shot on location in Dallas Fort Worth and Hillsboro Texas and at the Camarillo State Mental Hospital in Camarillo California. 8 x 10 inches. Lightly toned else Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1966ref. 152456Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1966. Revised Final Draft script for the 21st episode of season one of the 1965-1966 television series originally aired on February 16 1966 on ABC. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Based on the 1958 film directed by Martin Ritt which was in turn based on the 1931 novella "Spotted Horses" the 1939 short story "Barn Burning" and the 1940 novel "The Hamlet" by William Faulkner. The series followed the Varners a wealthy Mississippi family whose patriarch is forced to confront the newly arrived young son of his former rival who challenges the Varners' control over the town. Set in the fictitious town of Frenchman's Bend Mississippi. Red titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper dated January 11 1966. Title page present dated January 11 1966 noted as REVISED FINAL with credits for screenwriter Mike Zagor. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
1922ref. 126253Culver City CA: Selznick Pictures 1922. Vintage hand-tinted half sheet poster for the lost 1922 silent film. Conway Tearle starrs as Russell Carrington a man who accepts a murder charge to protect Rita the woman he loves played by Florence Billings and flees to a fishing village where he falls in love with the town belle Dorothy played by Winifred Westover. Shot on location in Fort Lee New Jersey. 26.25 x 20 inches margins slightly trimmed down from 28 x 22 inches see image. Very Good with moderate edgewear including loss to the top and bottom right corners several closed tears to the margins and one 2.25 inch closed tear to the top center. Selznick Pictures unknown
1987ref. 156337N.p.: N.p. 1987. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1987 film showing director Wim Wenders actor Peter Falk cinematographer Henri Alekan and an extra on the set. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Wenders' masterpiece a love letter to West Berlin told through the experiences of an angel who yearns to be human. The director dedicated the film to his cinematic predecessors Yasujiro Ozu Francois Truffaut and Andrei Tarkovsky whose influences shine throughout his oeuvre. Set and shot on location in West Berlin. 7 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 490. Ebert I. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 153215Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actors Woody Allen and Diane Keaton from the 1972 film. Based on Allen's 1969 play. The predecessor of many great films Allen would write and direct throughout the 1970s in terms of shooting style timing romantic themes and the actors involved. Allen had already directed two films at this point "Take the Money and Run" in 1969 and "Bananas" in 1971 but this film is significant in that it predicted the more substantive romantic comedies that would later place him among the most important filmmakers of his era. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. Grant US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1988ref. 170390Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1988. Three vintage borderless reference photographs and a folded program for the 1988 Japanese film. Text in Japanese. A modern sexually explicit take on the Cinderella story about a young woman who discovers a pair of red shoes that give her luck and unstoppable sexual prowess. Photographs 4.25 x 6 inches. Fine. Program approximately 28 x 7 inches folded four times and measuring 5 x 7 inches folded. Near Fine. Nikkatsu unknown
1970ref. 167477Hollywood: Aaron Spelling Productions 1970. Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 1 of the 1970-1971 television series. Copy belonging to actor Jack Naughton with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Laid in with the script is a xerographically duplicated shooting location map. The short-lived series followed three independent criminologists-George Maharis Yvette Mimieux and Ralph Bellamy-who took on especially dangerous high-profile cases. In this debut episode the trio attempt to solve a murder of a man found with a hole in his head that did not come from a bullet. Originally aired on October 10 1970 on ABC. Red titled wrappers noted as story No. 261 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated June 30 1970 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Burton Wohl. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered 62. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between August 7 and 18 1970. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Aaron Spelling Productions unknown
1990ref. 171004N.p.: N.p. 1990. Vintage reference photograph from the 1990 film showing Jean-Pierre Léaud paying director Aki Kaurismäki in a cameo role as a salesman sporting dark glasses. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. A depressed young man longs to commit suicide after losing his job but finds himself too afraid to go through with it-leading him to hire a killer to take him out. Shot on location throughout London. 7 x 5 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 159812Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Presse Parc Film 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1968 French film showing director Alain Resnais on the set. Stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. After being released from the hospital following a suicide attempt a young man is scouted by a mysterious research group to participate in a time travel experiment. Resnais' fifth film a brutal rumination on memory and the death of a relationship thematically and stylistically a precursor to Michel Gondry's 2004 film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." Shot on location in Brussels Belgium. 7 x 5 inches. About Fine. Presse Parc Film unknown
1974ref. 151454Paris: Fox-Lira 1974. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1974 film. A young woman goes mad after the murder of her lover and is incarcerated in a sexually sadistic convent. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Bier 764. Fox-Lira unknown
1993ref. 149995N.p.: N.p. 1993. Draft script for the 1994 film. A political thriller set during the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China wherein a British assassin is tasked with killing several prominent Chinese government officials. Set in Hong Kong shot on location in Hong Kong and the Philippines. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated June 2 1993 with credits for screenwriter Randall Fontana. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. N.p. unknown
1991ref. 167030Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1991. Draft script for the 1992 film. Based on the 1988 off-Broadway play by Craig Lucas who also adapted this screenplay about a young woman who finds her spirit trapped in the body of an elderly man after he kisses her on her wedding day. Considered by many to be an allegory for couples affected by the AIDS crisis. Red titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers dated January 11 1991 on the front wrapper. Missing title page. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1972ref. 148288Universal City: Universal Pictures 1972. Collection of 12 vintage French color lobby cards from the 1972 film. Based on the 1966 novel "Goodbye Piccadilly Farewell Leicester Square" by Arthur La Bern. London is terrorized by a serial rapist who then strangles his victims with a necktie. Police suspect Richard Blaney Jon Finch whose wife was brutally killed. Alfred Hitchcock's penultimate film. Set in and shot on location in London. 11.25 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Grant US. Universal Pictures unknown
1964ref. 167791Universal City: Universal Pictures 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film showing actor Sean Connery talking with director Alfred Hitchcock between takes during filming on location in San Francisco with the Bay Bridge in the background. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Winston Graham's 1961 novel which follows a wealthy businessman's unwanted often cruel attempts to help a troubled young woman come to terms with her past. The production faced several setbacks in its development most relating to Hitchcock's insistence on including a rape scene present in the novel and the subsequent troubles in casting the lead role given the emotional complexity demanded for the character. Set and shot on location in California Pennsylvania New Jersey Virginia and Maryland. 10 x 8 inches. Faint discoloration on the top edge of the verso else about Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1940ref. 166071N.p.: N.p. 1940. Vintage reference photograph from the 1940 Italian film showing a 17-year-old Alida Valli. File stamp and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Valli appeared in bit parts in Italian comedies between 1934 and 1940 finally making her dramatic debut in 1941 in Mario Soldati's "Piccolo mondo antico." She received a special Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival for her performance and would go on to star in a number of American French and Italian films through the ensuing decades. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 164825Universal City: Universal-International 1957. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1957 film showing actors Alix Talton and Craig Stevens being menaced by the massive titular insect. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A prehistoric praying mantis is freed from the ice and wreaks havoc on the American military stationed in the northern Arctic slowly making its way south. The film utilized a giant paper mâché mantis with an internal hydraulic system for several scenes involving the creature and special effects crew also created two smaller models for scenes where the mantis walked or flew. 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. Very Good plus. Universal-International unknown
1985ref. 145807Los Angeles: New World Pictures 1985. Collection of 22 vintage still photographs from the 1985 film. An early mockumentary following a documentary filmmaker's attempt to find out identity of a mysterious masked wrestler. A cult classic of the wrestling film genre starring many stars of the wrestling world from its time including Magic Schwarz Stephen Cepello Dick Murdoch Wally George John Tolos Adrian Street.and let's not forget Miss Linda. Produced by Roger Corman's New World Pictures a typically low budget but entertaining and highly unusual affair. 8 x 10 inches. Just about Fine. New World Pictures unknown
1974ref. 158123N.p.: N.p. 1974. Two vintage oversize borderless color reference photographs from the 1974 film. Printed labels specific to the film's French release affixed to the verso. Count Dracula travels from Transylvania to pre-fascist Italy in search of virgin blood to drink but soon discovers there are no longer any virgins to be found in the entirety of Italy. One of Andy Warhol's two horror films the other being "Frankenstein" released the same year on a double bill both USA/Italy/France co-productions and the pinnacle of his film career in terms of popularity outside avant-garde circles. Set in Italy shot on location in Italy and Serbia. 11.5 x 8.5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners. Severin Films 721. Criterion Collection 28. N.p. unknown
1953ref. 162382Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1953. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1953 film noir showing Richard Conte and Anne Baxter flanking Nat King Cole at the piano. Provenance stamp on the verso along with annotations in manuscript pencil. Based on Vera Caspary's 1952 novella. A telephone operator wakes up with a hangover and a creeping feeling that she might have murdered her date the previous night. The first installment in director Fritz Lang's "newspaper noir" trilogy followed by "While the City Sleeps" 1956 and "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" 1956. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the two left corners and pinholes at three edges. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown
