1985ref. 144247Universal City: Universal Pictures 1985. Vintage borderless photograph of director Terry Gilliam on the set of the 1985 film. With manuscript annotations regarding layout on the verso. Gilliam's masterpiece about a man trying to escape a bureaucratic authoritarian government in a dystopian future. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Screenplay. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 51. Universal Pictures unknown books
1953ref. 156140N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage program for the 1953 German film. Text and titles in German. Based on the 1947 novel "Tauerngold" by Irmgard Wurmbrand. A young teacher is sexually assaulted by a wealthy sawmill owner and later learns that she is pregnant. In order to save her from shame her assaulter's brother agrees to marry her and romance blossoms between the two. Shot on location in Salzburg. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1978ref. 152815Miami FL: Worldfilm 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a newspaper advertisement for the screenplay dated December 4 1978. A handsome secret agent named Thomas Corrigan is sent to Miami to stop an influx of drugs from Cuba smuggled in by a mysterious drug baron with World War II connections. Gray titled pictorial wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Thomas Conners. 206 leaves with last page of text numbered 205. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with dampstains affecting the first ten leaves wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Worldfilm unknown books
1961ref. 129837Los Angeles: Paul Kohner Inc 1961. Draft script for an unproduced film titled "Penelope" written for screen by Thornton O'Reilly. With a label from the Paul Kohner talent agency Hollywood CA and associate Ilse Lahn's name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper Lahn also credited on the title page. A story set in ancient Greece at the palace of Odysseus involving Penelope daughter of Icarius of Sparta wife of Odysseus mother of Telemachus Telemach Telemachus Antinous Parakles and other Greek personalities. Homer's "Odyssey" tells the story of how during her husband's long absence after the Trojan War many chieftains of Ithaca and nearby islands became Penelope's lovers. Light blue titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter O'Reilly. Title page present with credit for screenwriter O'Reilly. 60 leaves mimeograph on onionskin stock with the last leaf of text numbered 58. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paul Kohner Inc unknown books
1970ref. 141385N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A Native American named Red Wind attends Princeton University where he faces discrimination from his professors and fellow students. Set in Princeton NJ. Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Tim Perior. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 153893N.p.: N.p. 1982. Draft script and treatment script for an unproduced film. Draft script incomplete as issued. A fantasy adventure about a middle-aged white man who is chosen by Hopi American Indians to ascend to interdimensional safety during a solar eclipse which will create a fourth "World Age" term used in script on Earth. Draft script: Red titled wrappers undated with credits for screenwriter Titus Leber. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a white comb binding. Treatment script: Self wrappers. Title page present dated 1982 with credits for screenwriter Titus Leber. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 30. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus overall with a small splash to the top left corner of the title page bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 167450Los Angeles: Madison Productions Inc 1982. Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1982-83 NBC television series. Script with manuscript ink annotations calling out an action sequence on one page. Created by Tom Mankiewicz the series starred Robert Urich as former CIA agent Robert Gavilan who now works for the Oceanographic Institute and occasionally finds himself in need of his espionage skills to help friends and allies. The series premiered on October 26 1982 and aired for one season of ten episodes ending on March 18 1983. In the unproduced episode found here a group of Mexican children alert Gavilan to a body in a canal with what appears to be stab wounds from an ice pick. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Bob Stabler. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue undated revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Madison Productions Inc unknown books
1969ref. 161570N.p.: Cinex Film Industries 1969. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 film two with provenance stamps on the versos. College students explore their sexuality with the help of burlesque dancers. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes and light edgewear. Cinex Film Industries unknown books
1970ref. 161942N.p.: N.p. 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film. Provenance stamp and a label on the verso. Jackie Uschi Digard arrives in Los Angeles without a dime and goes on a sexual odyssey through its steamy underbelly. Shot on location in Los Angeles and Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one photograph with pinholes in the margins. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 162618N.p.: Cannon Group 1973. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1972 British film originally released in the UK under the title "Au Pair Girls." Both photographs with a provenance stamp on the verso one also with a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. Several young women from continental Europe and Asia arrive in England to begin jobs as au pairs and spend more time bedding their hosts than doing their jobs. Veteran British director Val Guest's first foray in the sex comedy genre. Shot on location in London and Berkshire England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Cannon Group unknown books
1952ref. 132955London: General Film Distributors / Conquest Productions 1952. Collection of 38 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1952 UK film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos of about half of the stills and a few with ink annotations on the versos. A small country in Europe faces bankruptcy after surviving only by evading its debt. A rich American visits and agrees to save the place by purchasing the entire country but he dies prematurely and his next of kin a young woman with high ethical and democratic standards resumes control. 8 x 10 inches some stills slightly smaller with no borders as issued. Faint toning else Near Fine. General Film Distributors / Conquest Productions unknown books
1950ref. 132985London: Grand National Pictures / Angel Productions 1950. Collection of 33 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1950 UK film. Rubber-stamp of photographer Norman Hargood on the verso of a few stills. Val Guest favorite Yolande Donlan stars as Laramie Pilgrim an American factory girl who trades places with an upper-class British girl. 8 x 10 inches. Moderate light toning else Near Fine. Grand National Pictures / Angel Productions unknown books
1970ref. 162059N.p.: MFD Productions 1970. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos two with labels obscuring previous provenance stamps. Obscure 1970 sexploitation film by prolific exploitation director Victor Petrashevic. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing and one with a wax pencil annotation along the bottom edge. MFD Productions unknown books
1943ref. 148433Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1943. Vintage lobby card for the 1943 film. A woman desperate to escape her impoverished background pushes her sister into a profitable but loveless marriage to a vaudeville singer/dancer. Purportedly based on Ginger Rogers' relationship with her first husband whom she married at 17. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good lightly and evenly toned. Warner Brothers unknown books
1956ref. 144566Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1956. Vintage borderless photograph of Kirk Douglas from the 1956 film. Based on the 1934 novel by Irving Stone about the tumultuous life of the famous Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh played by Kirk Douglas. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and nominated for three others. Shot on location in Belgium France and The Netherlands. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1978ref. 144593Munich: Bavaria Atelier 1978. Vintage borderless photograph of Rainer Werner Fassbinder on the set of the 1978 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov. Herman Herman Dirk Bograde a Russian immigrant and Jewish business owner in Berlin is targeted by Nazis. While slowly losing his mind he fixates on a man he believes to be his doppelganger. After taking out a new life insurance policy he devises a plan to free himself of his problems. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Shot on location in Germany. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Bavaria Atelier unknown books
1950ref. 148967Paris: Films sans Frontieres 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film noir showing actors June Havoc and Iris Adrian. With a date stamp and blind stamp to the verso. A woman trying to lead an honest life finds herself led back into the world of crime when she falls for a gambling con man. Set in San Francisco and Los Angeles California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy to the upper edge with light soil to the verso. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Films sans Frontieres unknown books
1972ref. 150607Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Complete set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1972 film. Four photos shown please inquire to see the others. Loosely based on the 1950 film "The Asphalt Jungle" which was in turn based on W. R. Burnett's 1949 novel. A former inmate decides to gather a gang of criminals to execute a diamond heist in the hopes of using the profits to start a community bank for black-owned businesses. Set in Los Angeles and San Quentin. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lee The Heist Film. Parish and Hill 66. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 69 119-121. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1935ref. 148854Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1935. Vintage reference photograph from the 1935 film showing actor Bill "Bojangles" Robinson as the mayor of Harlem mirroring his own honorary title. A wealthy young man falls for a New York singer leading her con artist father to use her as a pawn in a money-lending scheme. Set in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1940ref. 148596Culver City CA: Universal City Studios 1940. Temporary Complete script from an unproduced film by screenwriter Walter Reisch. Annotation of date "4-19-40" in manuscript pencil on affixed MGM Label with "Property of Universal City Studios" stamp below label. Reisch worked in Germany's leading film company Ufa during the late 1920s and early 1930s alongside another Viennese writer Billy Wilder as a screenwriter assistant director and cameraman as well as lyricist for operatic films. Forced to join the mass exodus from Germany during the rise of Nazism he moved to London writing and directing the 1936 comedy "Men Are Not Gods" starring Miriam Hopkins which attracted attention from Louis B. Mayer. From 1938 to 1948 Reisch worked at MGM as a script doctor and screenwriter on such films as Ernst Lubitsch's "Ninotchka" 1939 starring Geta Garbo and George Cukor's "Gaslight" 1944 starring Ingrid Bergman. The ingenious but disheveled naval officer Lieutenant Andrew Milford arrives in Sinapore in the US Submarine "Phoebe" for the inauguration of a British Naval Base finding himself enamored with the city and of Sue owner of a waterfront bar and restaurant who his pal Jack is also fond of. A dramatic romantic comedy with musical numbers. Set in Singapore. Blue titled wrappers noted as TEMPORARY COMPLETE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 27 and production No. 6910 dated 3/1/40 with credits for screenwriter Walter Reisch. Title page integral with first page dated 3-1-40 with credits for screenwriter Walter Reisch. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown books
1958ref. 153191Universal City: Universal 1958. Vintage photograph from the 1958 horror film. When an ancient box is unburied and opened the head of a man executed for sorcery 400 years earlier comes to life and begins telepathically controlling people in an attempt to reunite with his body and regain his full power. 10 x 8 inches. Light diagonal creasing to the corners else Near Fine. Universal unknown books
1949ref. 146230Universal City: Universal Pictures 1949. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1949 film noir. A career criminal agrees to help the federal agent who put him behind bars in infiltrating a drug smuggling syndicate. An early film appearance as a mute murderous henchman by Tony Curtis here credited as "Anthony Curtis." Partially shot on location in California Arizona and Sonora Mexico. White titled self wrappers noted as CONTINUITY & DIALOGUE on the front wrapper production No. 1606 dated JUNE 28 1949 with credits for director William Castle actors Howard Duff Shelley Winters Dan Duryea and other cast members. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with light soiling on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads at the top edge. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 162000N.p.: R and S Film Enterprises 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film. Both photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. A rare pair of photographs from Rita Hayworth's low-budget wanderings between 1967-1970 during which she worked with French and Italian genre filmmakers as well as the likes of William Grefè in the US. Note however that Ms. Hayworth is not present in either of these images. A psychedelic exploitation film in which Hayworth stars as a wealthy matron married to a wheelchair-bound husband. She has an affair with a young author triggering disastrous results. Shot on location in Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. R and S Film Enterprises unknown books
1981ref. 149805N.p.: N.p. 1981. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1939 play by William Joyce Cowen and Leonore Coffee which debuted at the Morosco Theatre directed by Margaret Webster and starring Judith Anderson. The plot follows the story of Jesus' crucifixion as told through the eyes of his family. Set in Jerusalem. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 17 1981 with credits for screenwriter John Gay and playwrights Leonore Coffee and William Joyce Cowen. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated 9/9. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly soiled overall bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1983ref. 143322US: Gray City 1983. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1983 film. With a manuscript notation on the verso identifying the film by its French language title. A film crew holes up in an abandoned hotel having run out of money while shooting a science fiction film waiting for the director to track down their missing producer who is hiding from the mob. Filmed by Wim Wenders during a delay in the production of his 1981 film "Hammett" using much of the same cast and crew as Raul Ruiz's "The Territory" whom Wenders was assisting at the time. 6.25 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Gray City unknown books
