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1952ref. 164809Universal City: Universal Pictures 1952. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1952 film showing actor Frank Sinatra. Partial snipe on the verso. A small-town singer gets a taste of success at a gangster's popular nightclub but his burgeoning fame comes at a high price both financially and emotionally. Made during Sinatra's mid-career slump one year before his career-reviving performance in "From Here to Eternity" 1953. 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. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1978ref. 151157Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1978. Vintage press kit for the 1978 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 16 black and white photographs housed in a brown paper envelope and 17 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on Ira Levin's 1976 novel. A man uncovers a group of Nazi doctors hiding in Brazil who hope to revive the Third Reich using young boys cloned from Hitler's DNA. Set in South America shot on location in England Austria Portugal and the US. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1952ref. 144804North Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1952. Vintage photograph from the 1952 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Martians invade Earth with plans to build a Hydrogen bomb that will blast Earth out of its orbit so that Mars can take its place and thrive closer to the sun. Larry Martin Judd Holdren leader of the Inter-Planetary Patrol investigates the Martian invaders in his jet-powered rocket suit . 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Republic Pictures unknown books
1990ref. 171491Hollywood CA: Stephen J. Cannell Productions 1990. Revised Draft script for Season 7 Episode 12 of the 1984-1991 television series here under working title "Critical Mass Part One." Originally aired January 9 1991 on NBC. Series following two rule-breaking cops forced together as partners by their superiors. In this episode one of the officers is hunted by a serial killer who targets cops. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper production No. 5712 dated November 1 1990 with credits for screenwriter David H. Balkan and director Corey Allen. Title page integral with front self wrapper. 77 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/01/90 and 11/09/90. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Stephen J. Cannell Productions unknown books
1990ref. 171474Hollywood CA: Stephen J. Cannell Productions 1990. Revised Draft script for Season 7 Episode 6 of the 1984-1991 television series here under working title "When the Shark Bites" originally aired October 31 1990 on NBC. Series following two rule-breaking cops forced together as partners by their superiors. In this episode the police Captain attempts to protect his father after discovering his connections to the mob. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. Blue titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper production No. 5707 dated September 14 1990 with credits for screenwriter Simon Muntner and director Peter Crane. Title page integral with front wrapper. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered "47/48". Xerographic duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated 09/14/90. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Stephen J. Cannell Productions unknown books
1977ref. 163608Beverly Hills CA: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Vintage bi-fold program for the 1977 film. Printed on the recto and the verso. Based on the 1973 novel "Pentimento" by Lillian Hellman about a young partisan in Germany determined to bring down the Nazi regime. Noiminated for eleven Academy Awards and winner of three including Best Supporting Actor to Jason Robards and Best Supporting Actress to Vanessa Redgrave. Set in Nazi Germany shot on location in England and France. Near Fine. Twilight Time 210. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1954ref. 147138N.p.: N.p. 1954. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With a copied manuscript annotation on the front wrapper and title page noting: "BASED ON the play and NOVEL / "THE HUMAN STRONGBOX" / by / Frederic MAUZENS." Based on Frederic Mauzens' 1941 play "The Human Strong Box" about a daffy young man who accidentally swallows a priceless ruby and subsequently must defend his intestines from thugs and jewel thieves. Set in Manhattan NY. Orange titled wrappers dated November 1954 with credits for screenwriter ROBERT WYLER and play and novel credits to Frederic Mauzens. Title page present dated November 1954 with credits for screenwriter ROBERT WYLER and play and novel credits to Frederic Mauzens. 28 leaves with last page of text numbered 27. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1955ref. 141133Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1955. First Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1955-1961 television series. One of television's first Westerns a series following famed marshal Wyatt Earp as he attempts to maintain order and law on the American frontier. Nominated for two prime time Emmy awards. Set in Arizona and shot on location in California and Arizona. Pink titled self-wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper with credit for screenwriter Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a staple. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1965ref. 141222N.p.: N.p. 1965. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on Fritz Habeck's 1951 German novel "Das Boot kommt nach Mitternact" about a Nazi officer who accepts a bribe from a persecuted couple to allow them to escape Paris by boat. Set in Paris. Tan titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Peter A. Schnitzler. Title page present dated June 1965 with credits for screenwriter Peter A. Schnitzler and author Fritz Habeck. 54 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 53. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1949ref. 156122N.p.: Pontus Film 1949. Vintage program for the 1949 German film. Text and titles in German. A poor farmer learns that he may be the father of an illegitimate son and illegally slaughters a pig in an attempt to help the young man leading to a number of comic mishaps. Set in a small wine village on the banks of the Rhine. 8 x 11.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. Pontus Film unknown books
1937ref. 158246Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1937. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1937 film "National Film Archive London" stamp on versos. One of Fritz Lang's greatest American films and an important film noir antecedent very much predicting the "crime spree" films that would follow it notably "They Live By Night" 1948 "Gun Crazy" 1950 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1937ref. 148240Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1937. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1937 film "National Film Archive London" stamp on versos. One of Fritz Lang's greatest American films and an important film noir antecedent very much predicting the "crime spree" films that would follow it notably "They Live By Night" 1948 "Gun Crazy" 1950 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1974ref. 146512Rome: Aquila Cinematografica 1974. Draft script for the first episode Episode 1 of an unproduced television miniseries. Based on the short story "The Virgin Orsola" from Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio's 1902 collection "De Novelle Della Pescara." A chaste schoolteacher in a convent survives a life-threatening illness but soon after is violently sexually assaulted beaten and left for dead. Set in Italy. Orange untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1974 with credits for novelist GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO and screenwriter PASQUALE PRUNAS. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light dampstaining on the front wrapper bound internally with two gold brads. Aquila Cinematografica unknown books
1986ref. 152264Beverly Hills CA: Leading Artists Inc 1986. Early Draft Spec script for the season 5 episode 12 "My Mother My Friend" of the popular NBC television sitcom which aired on December 18 1986 here under the working title "Elyse's New Friend." Leading Artists agency wrappers with card stock note laid in on Leading Artists letterhead to "Webster" screenwriter Robbie Jayson from the assistant of Leading Artists partner Robb Rothman on behalf of screenwriter Kate Boutilier. When Mallory brings her college friend Allison home to visit and she immediately bonds with Elyse Mallory grows jealous questioning her relationship with her mom. The series was nominated for 19 Emmy Awards over its 7 season run winning 5 including 3 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy awards for Michael J. Fox in a star-making role. Untitled Leading Artists wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Kate Boutilier. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 42. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper with light rubbing else Near fine bound internally with three gold brads. Leading Artists Inc unknown books
1967ref. 161473N.p.: Distribpix 1967. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Provenance stamps on the versos of all three photographs. Sarah is a girl with quite the reputation who likes to hang with the wild boys. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint overall creasing. Distribpix unknown books
1956ref. 172913N.p.: N.p. 1956. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actor Gene Kelly from the 1956 film. With one provenance stamp on the verso. An anthology of three stories told through dance including one where a genie grants a man's wish to be inside a story book. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 163609Beverly Hills CA: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Vintage bi-fold color program for the 1977 film. Printed on the recto and the verso. A parody of 1920s silent film and actors particularly actor Rudolph Valentino. A studio that rivals Valentino's decides to hire an actor to compete with him choosing a baker from Milwaukee. Set in Hollywood shot on location in California. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1968ref. 154428Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1968. Vintage reference photograph of Genevieve Bujold from the 1968 film. The first of Canadian director Paul Almond's ambitious trilogy with his then-wife Bujold followed by "Act of the Heart" 1970 and "Journey" 1972 attempting to establish an understated highly interiorized Canadian art cinema greatly influenced by Ingmar Bergman. Isabel finds herself haunted by memories from her childhood upon returning to her family's farm shortly after her mother's death. Set in and shot on location in Gaspe Peninsula Quebec Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 137570Bulgaria: Boyana Films 1965. Three vintage reference photographs of actor Guy Madison from the 1965 Bulgarian film with dialogue in German based on the 1892 story by Karl May "Das Vermachtnis des Inka" originally published in the German magazine "Der Gute Kamerad." Following the cancellation of "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" in 1957 Guy Madison moved to Europe where he found a second career in Italian Euro Westerns and sword and sandal pictures. Set in Peru and shot on location there as well as Spain and Bulgaria. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Boyana Films unknown books
1929ref. 150997Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1929. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1929 film showing actress Ruth Taylor posing in a backless gown. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Taylor was best known for her performance as Lorelei Lee in Malcom St. Clair's adaptation of Anita Loos' "Gentleman Prefer Blondes" alongside actors Alice White and Ford Sterling. Taylor also appeared in "Butter Fingers" 1925 "Flirty Four-Flushers" 1926 and "Just Married" 1928. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall with a few nicks along the bottom edge. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1983ref. 141717Los Angeles: Sasha and the Greystones 1983. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Two men stumble into an unlikely friendship in Moscow but their cultural differences and the strained diplomatic relations between their two countries threatens to separate them. Set in Moscow. Pink untitled wrappers dated May 13 1983. Title page present dated February 21 1983 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter George Ganchev. 13 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 10. Xerographic duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated variously between February 21 1983 and February 24 1983. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Sasha and the Greystones unknown books
1970ref. 162028N.p.: N.p. 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1969 British film. Each photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso. "World famous photographer of nudes" director George Harrison Marks visits a psychoanalyst bemoaning his life taking pictures of naked women leading to a series of vignettes of how his ancestors have suffered misfortune through the ages because of nude women and "the arts." 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
2005ref. 163573Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox / Lucasfilm 2005. Vintage press kit for the 2005 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing two gatherings of promotional reading material a "digital press kit" on a compact disc and a fold-out color map. The sixth film in the wildly successful "Star Wars" series and the third installment in the prequel trilogy. Folder disc and promotional material Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox / Lucasfilm unknown books
2002ref. 163588Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox / Lucasfilm 2002. Vintage press kit for the 2002 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing one gathering of promotional reading material and a "digital press kit" on a compact disc. The fifth film in the "Star Wars" series and the second in the "Skywalker Saga." Folder disc and promotional material Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox / Lucasfilm unknown books
1997ref. 163589Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox / Lucasfilm 1997. Vintage press kit for the 1997 re-release of the original "Star Wars" trilogy. Full-color pocketed folder with eight black-and-white photographs and three gatherings of promotional material. The remastered trilogy consisting of "Star Wars" 1977 "The Empire Strikes Back" 1980 and "Return of the Jedi" 1983 were released theatrically from January through March of 1997 for the 20th anniversary of Star Wars. Folder Very Good plus lightly foxed photographs and promotional material about Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox / Lucasfilm unknown books
