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1972ref. 145746Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1972. Vintage photograph of Woody Allen and Louise Lasser on the set of the 1972 film. With manuscript annotations and adhesive tape on the verso. Woody Allen's comical take on David Reuben's 1969 book of the same name. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1973ref. 143334Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1973. Vintage photograph from the 1973 film. A health food store owner is cryogenically frozen in 1973 only to be revived 200 years later to help lead a rebellion against inept totalitarian government. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners light soil and some shallow creasing. United Artists unknown books
1937ref. 143347Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1937. Vintage photographs of director W.S. Van Dyke instructing a bleacher full of young women including stars Eleanor Powell and Ilona Massey on the set of the 1937 musical film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1928 Broadway musical about a West Point cadet who falls for a Vasser student who just happens to be a princess in disguise with most of the original songs by George and Ira Gershwin replaced with new material by Cole Porter including the classic "In the Still of the Night." 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Hirschhorn The Hollywood Musical. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
ref. 146573Los Angeles: Jerry Merton Productions Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a small manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper reading "# 39." Based on popular Western writer Zane Grey's 1923 short story about a prospector who finally strikes gold attributing the fortune to his lucky mule Jenet. Set in the American Southwest. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Stephen Kandel and novelist Zane Grey. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two gold brads. Jerry Merton Productions unknown books
1980ref. 151984Munich: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper noting copy No. 101. A power-hungry emperor demands the much-maligned Jewish people of his kingdom give him the Schem a mystical philosopher's stone leading a rabbi to create a golem for defense-a giant anthropomorphic creature made from mud and clay. Blue titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Zev Mahler. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Zev Mahler. 162 leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with perfect binding. N.p. unknown books
1985ref. 152106N.p.: N.p. 1985. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With a brief handwritten note clipped to the first leaf on PanArts letterhead dated 9/7/89 addressed to actor Johnny Crawford from Robert Crawford introducing the script. Based on the nineteenth-century novel by Hayden Carruth. A young boy finds himself lost in a snowstorm in the northwestern prairie and must struggle to survive aided by his cat Pawsy and his dog Kaiser. Set in the Dakota Territory. Self wrappers. Title page present dated February 28 1985 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for novelist Hayden Carruth and screenwriter Eric Bercovici. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus overall bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 141822N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Annotations in manuscript ink throughout. Based on the early life of Adolf Hitler as taken from his own account in "Mein Kampf." An idealistic youth with a great love for life and art Hitler spends most of his adolescence and childhood alone and neglected. Set in Austria. Red titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Daniel Martin Klein. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Daniel Martin Klein. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 162085New York: Grove Press International Film Festival / Evergreen Film 1968. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 French-Czechoslovak film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. An experimental film addressing post-traumatic stress disorder and postwar Europe about a man who insists on providing varying contradictory accounts of his activities during the war. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly creased at corners else about Near Fine. Grove Press International Film Festival / Evergreen Film unknown books
1951ref. 160232N.p.: N.p. 1951. Vintage reference photograph from the 1951 film. A dutiful bank clerk is convinced by his new neighbor an eccentric artist to steal gold bullion in order to melt it down to make miniature Eiffel Towers. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Ranked the 17th greatest British film of all time by the BFI. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased at the top left corner and lightly soiled on the center right edge. Lee "The Heist Film. N.p. unknown books
1989ref. 159717San Francisco: Roxie Cinema 1989. Vintage poster for the theatrical premiere of the 1989 film at the Roxie Cinema Friday February 23 through Thursday March 1 1989. Manhattan newlyweds portrayed by Christopher Rich and Amanda Plummer set out of New York for Hoboken commencing a series of mishaps and misadventures. 11 x 17 inches. Very Good plus with tape shadows along the vertical margins. Roxie Cinema unknown books
1962ref. 148348N.p.: N.p. 1962. Four vintage French lobby cards from the 1962 film. "Consortium Pathe" stamp on versos. Two Corsican criminal families are at war with each other in Paris. Set in Paris. 11.75 x 9.25 inches. Pinholes at corners and light edgewear else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1958ref. 160810Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1958. Vintage banner poster for the 1958 film. Based on the 1957 nonfiction book "The Naked Warriors" by Commander Francis Douglas Fane about the evolution of the US Navy's Underwater Demolition Unit beginning with its inception near the end of World War II through it's utilization in the Korean War. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good with light soiling overall foxing to the left margin a 1.5 inch closed tear to the bottom center margin several pinholes throughout and a 1.5 inch closed tear to the center with corresponding rubbing and creasing between the a and r of "Warrior". Otherwise bright and unfaded. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1968ref. 161721N.p.: William Mishkin Motion Pictures 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Aspiring boxer Johnny Longo must choose between Rose a prostitute who has used her mob connections to further his career or Rita a once famous actress now addicted to heroin. A film presumed lost with only a 20-minute German dubbed reel known to exist. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. William Mishkin Motion Pictures unknown books
1968ref. 167741N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1968 sexploitation film showing a topless Annette Johnson. Provenance stamp on the verso. A playboy is framed for the murder of a girl he met at a discotheque and finds himself drawn into the seedy underworld of London. Shot on location in Brighton England. 8 x 10.25 inches. About Fine. BFI B1106. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 166246Shepperton: CWJ Associates / CCTV 1980. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1969 British film directed by Alastair Reid and starring Diana Dors. A wealthy Jewish doctor and his wife who cannot have children decide to pretend that the wife is pregnant while secretly hiring a surrogate but bump up against trouble when they realize the child will not be born Jewish. Gray tall wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Barbara Jago noted as First Draft undated. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. CWJ Associates / CCTV unknown books
1987ref. 163719Burbank CA: Touchstone Pictures 1987. Vintage reference photograph from the 1987 film showing director Barry Levinson talking with actor Robin Williams on the set. A wildly successful war comedy loosely based on the experiences of real-life serviceman Adrian Cronauer about an irreverent Armed Forces Radio Service disc jockey in Saigon. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for Williams. Shot on location in Bangkok and Phuket Thailand. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Touchstone Pictures unknown books
1988ref. 151501N.p.: N.p. 1988. Two vintage borderless satin-finish reference photographs from the 1988 film. A moody atmospheric masterpiece of Hungarian cinema following a depressed man and his bleak solitary existence which is brightened only by his love for a torch singer at a local bar. Set and shot on location in Hungary. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 148353Paris: Darmon 1981. Six vintage French color lobby cards from the 1981 film. Based on the 1964 novel "Pop. 1280" by Jim Thompson reset from the West Texas oil boom town of the novel to colonized 1938 French West Africa. In a small French West African village Lucien Cordier Philippe Noiret is the only policeman. Abused by his superiors insulted by local business leaders fancying the lovely but married Rose Isabelle Huppert whose husband beats her in the street and humiliated by his unfaithful wife Stephane Audran-Lucien will soon reach a breaking point. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Set in French West Africa shot on location in Senegal. 10.75 x 8.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 106. Grant France. Darmon unknown books
1935ref. 164466Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1935. Five vintage photographs from the 1935 film including three double weight reference photographs one on-the-set and two test Photographs Photographers one of Joan Bennett and one of Billie Burke. All five photographs with a studio stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones on the versos and four with mimeo snipes on the same. 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. A wealthy patriarch is continuously irritated and dismayed by his family's outrageous behavior. After winding up in prison for tax evasion he befriends his cellmate a bootlegger and fellow tax evader whom he names as executor of his estate upon his release. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall one with light creasing and edgewear. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1926ref. 171412N.p.: N.p. 1926. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1926 film showing actress Billie Dove. Distribution stamp on the verso. After the death of his father at the hands of a bloody pirate gang a nobleman infiltrates the gang and becomes a buccaneer himself quietly seeking revenge. The third feature to be filmed in early two-tone Technicolor first introduced in "The Toll of the Sea" 1922. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine lightly toned with faint soil at the bottom right corner of the margin. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books
1946ref. 159187Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1946. Vintage studio still photograph of Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire from the 1946 film. With provenance stamps on the verso. A man hosting a radio broadcast is telling his life story mostly about himself and a friend trying to make it big after World War I-until both men fall for the same woman. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some pin holes along the edges. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1957ref. 164746Universal City: Universal-International 1957. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film both showing actor Tony Curtis. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso of one. An opportunistic busboy at a resort gambles his way into high society where he falls in love with a wealthy but disinterested young heiress. Director Blake Edwards' third directorial effort. 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. Set in Wisconsin shot on location at Lake Arrowhead and Lake Tahoe California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Universal-International unknown books
1968ref. 162020N.p.: Inter-American Film Distributors 1968. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. Provenance stamps and labels variously on the verso of each. Two vice detective trade stories of their sleazy encounters unaware that a French novelist is eavesdropping in hopes of ideas for his latest novel. Shot on location in Florida. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Vinegar Syndrome 28. Inter-American Film Distributors unknown books
1952ref. 167549Universal City: Universal-International 1952. Vintage reference photograph from the 1952 Western film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso referring to the movie using its alternate release title "The Texas Man." Two brothers return to Texas after the Civil War one becoming a sheriff and the other embarking on a life of crime. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with adhesive residue on the verso corners. Pitts 1936. Universal-International unknown books
1929ref. 172226Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1929 silent comedy film showing Dorothy Sebastian wooing a wary Buster Keaton. Spanish mimeo snipe on the verso. A dry-cleaning employee finds himself the subject of a famous stage actress' affections although she is secretly using him to make another man jealous. Keaton's second film with MGM. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good moderately toned with touchups to the recto. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
