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1963ref. 149757N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1963 British film showing director Joseph Losey watching a scene between actors James Fox and Wendy Craig. The first of Joseph Losey's three legendary collaborations with screenwriter-playwright Harold Pinter a dark squeamish parable that tells a familiar servant-becomes-master tale but surpasses mediocrity through a journey into the psyche of the servant himself. Stunningly photographed by Douglas Slocombe. A classic of 1960s British cinema. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light wear to the corners. Spicer UK. N.p. unknown
1959ref. 143911Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Draft script for the 1959 film two fascinating test shot photographs and a series of clippings from the Bloomington Indiana Herald featuring stories about the film an advertisement and an article about Denny Miller. A remake of the 1932 film of the same name with lots of stock footage and a soundtrack by Shorty Rogers. Set in Africa shot on location in California. Gold titled wrappers rubber-stamped production No. 138 with credits for producer Al Zimbalist director Joseph Newman and screenwriter Robert Hill. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mechanical duplication with blue gray revision pages throughout dated variously between 2-9-59 and 3-12-59 all other pages are eye rest green and dated between 1-22-59 and 2-4-59. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1955ref. 144440Paris: Filmsonor 1955. Collection of 17 vintage reference photographs from the 1955 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso of one portrait photograph and several with annotations in manuscript pencil and ink noting numbers and title on the versos. Based on Peter von Mendelssohn's 1935 novel "Douloureuse Arcadie." Shot in both French and German versions each with a different cast with the exception of Marianne Hold in the lead role. Director Julien Duvivier's other films include "Pépé le Moko" 1937 "Maria Chapdelaine" 1934 and "Panique" 1946 Set and shot on location in Bavaria. Photos range from 3.25 x 4.5 inches to 7 x 9.5 inches several with small white borders. Very Good plus with light curling and a few faint creases. Filmsonor unknown
1943ref. 146470Universal City: Universal Pictures 1943. Revised Draft script for the 1944 film. With a few small manuscript pencil annotations throughout noting the name of an unknown crew member. A condemned murderer escapes from jail when Nazis bomb the French prison where he is being held. Encountering the body of a dead French soldier he steals the man's identification papers and uniform and escapes to Africa joining the Resistance Movement and in doing so finding new purpose and a sense of patriotism to France. Set in France and French Equatorial Africa. Beige titled wrappers noted as REVISED on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7126 dated AUGUST 4 1943 with credits for director JULIEN DUVIVIER. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/12/43 and 10/4/43. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with front wrapper detached from binding bound with three gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown
1970ref. 163314Tokyo: Shibata Organization 1970. Three vintage reference photographs from the US release of the 1970 Japanese pink film. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Pink film auteur K ji Wakamatsu was one of the most successful Japanese filmmakers of the 1960s directing a number of notable erotic and softcore adult films with strong political bents including "Go Go Second Time Virgin" 1969 and "Ecstasy of the Angels" 1972 as well as producing Nagisa shima's controversial film "In the Realm of the Senses" 1976. 6.5 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine. Shibata Organization unknown
1967ref. 163315Tokyo: Shibata Organization 1967. Three vintage reference photographs from the US release of the 1967 Japanese pink film. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. A dramatization of the actions of real-life American mass murderer Richard Speck who raped and killed eight student nurses in South Deering Chicago in 1966. Pink film auteur K ji Wakamatsu was one of the most successful Japanese filmmakers of the 1960s directing a number of notable erotic and softcore adult films including "Go Go Second Time Virgin" 1969 and "Ecstasy of the Angels" 1972 as well as producing Nagisa shima's controversial film "In the Realm of the Senses" 1976. 6.5 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine. Shibata Organization unknown
1980ref. 165752N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage borderless publicity photograph of Boris Karloff in costume as Imhotep being drawn by illustrator Willy Pogány taken by photographer Ray Jones and struck by the photographer from the original negative circa 1980. 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 contemporary of Edmund Dulac Harry Rountree Sarah Stilwell Weber artist Willy Pogány is perhaps best remembered today for his versatile illustrations for children's books. He also worked prolifically as a sculptor painter portraitist and muralist and even briefly as a designer of stage sets and costumes. During the 1930s Pogány moved to Los Angeles where he found employment as an art director in Hollywood. Karloff's second film after his runaway success in "Frankenstein" in which he plays an Egyptian high priest awakened from death by a British field exposition. After disguising himself as a scientist he falls in love with a woman he believes to be the latest incarnation of a priestess from his past. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors 1931-1946. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 170201Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1978. Draft script for the 1978 television movie "Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold" seen here under the working title "Centerfold" which aired October 23 1978 on NBC. Copy belonging to unknown crew member Irwin Draper with his name in manuscript in on the front wrapper. One of Kim Basinger's earliest film roles and the film that would begin to transition her reputation away from being a model to that of a respected screen actress. Here she plays a Texas beauty queen who moves to Hollywood to seek her fame only to wind up posing for a centerfold. Set in Texas and California. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 25 1978 with credits for screenwriters Nancy Audley and Howard Chesley and producers Robert Greenwald and Frank von Zerneck. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication. Pages and wrapper Fine bound with two copper brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
1967ref. 130772Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1967. Final Draft script for episode 19 of the 1967-1968 television anthology show. Actor Van Heflin's copy with the name of his character in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and manuscript annotations on nearly every page. "The Danny Thomas Hour" ran for one season on NBC as an anthology show with Thomas presenting dramas comedies and musical variety shows. In "Fear the Chain" Van Heflin plays a deserter from the German army trying to reach Switzerland. Goldenrod titled wrappers with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil. Title page present dated April 20 1967 noted as Final Draft with credit for screenwriter Bercovici. 66 leaves mechanical duplication with blue and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 5-18-67 and 5-29-67. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
2010ref. 149043Minneapolis: Werc Werk Works 2010. Original working script from the 2012 film belonging to costume designer Molly Maginnis with her name on a handwritten slip of paper tucked into the front of the binder including a Revised Draft script a two-page xerographically duplicated document regarding costume fitting and two photographs from the set of the film. Warmly INSCRIBED on the title page by various crew and cast members including actors Diane Keaton Kevin Kline Sam Shepard and Elisabeth Moss. From the collection of costume designer Molly Maginnis. An unhappily married lonely woman finds love when she rescues a stray dog named Freeway. Shot on location in Utah. Housed in a blue three-ring binder. Title page present dated 9/20/10 noted as BLUE REVISION with credits for screenwriter Meg Kasdan and screenwriter-director Lawrence Kasdan. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus. Werc Werk Works unknown
1951ref. 146109Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1951. Draft script for the 1952 film. A Red Scare narrative wherein two all-American parents unsuccessfully attempt to lure their brainy son John away from the call of Communism. Actor Robert Walker unexpectedly died before production for the film ended leading director Leo McCarey to heavily revise the script and edit in footage from Walker's scenes in Alfred Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train" 1951 in order to finish the film. Although nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing and praised by the American Legion and Catholic Press Institute the film was eviscerated by New York critics for its hot-blooded anti-intellectualism bigotry and push for conformity in the name of anti-Communism a touchstone for the country's fears during the McCarthy era. Titled self wrappers in the Paramount style. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated February 27 1951 noted as 1ST PRELIMINARY GREEN with adaptation credits for John Lee Mahin. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mimeograph duplication on green stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with some fading and edgewear wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Olive Films 418. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1967ref. 131318Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1967. Draft script for the 1968 film. Private detective John Rogue Smith is willing to do anything to help his finances. A psychiatrist Morgan hires him to follow a wealthy woman Baldwin on the verge of suicide. A mystery in the vein of Philip Marlowe stories. With late performances by Jackie Coogan and Brian Donlevy. Green titled wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present rubber-stamped copy No. 5 dated May 29 1967 with credits for screenwriter Fisher and story writer Lyles. 127 leaves mechanical duplication with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 8-22-67 and 9-1-67. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1998ref. 165385London: Gummfluh Films 1998. First Production Draft script for the 1999 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with his first name in manuscript ink on the title page and his annotations regarding camera work throughout. Bound in at the front and rear of the script are several production documents including shooting schedules a contact sheet a map indicating filming locations and information regarding lodging during production. Not to be confused with the 2008 film of the same name. A motley group of siblings return to their family home after their mother's death ostensibly to grieve but in actuality in order to determine who will inherit the largest portion of her wealth. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 30 September 1998 with credit for screenwriter William Brookfield. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated October 6 and November 2 1998 respectively. Pages Very Good plus bound with a silver prong. Gummfluh Films unknown
1942ref. 141919North Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1942. Shooting script for the 1942 film. Copy belonging to actor Harry Holman with his name on the front wrapper his copious manuscript annotations throughout and manuscript notation of the early working title "Purple on the Sage" on the front wrapper. Based on the series of novels by William Colt MacDonald. Three Mesquiteer Tucson is captured by an outlaw who assumes his identity to try and avoid capture. The first of the highly popular "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie Western series released by Republic to star Jimmie Dodd who replaced Rufe Davis as "Lullaby" Joslin. Set in Holbrook Colorado shot on location at Iverson Ranch in California. Tall green titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper marked as production No. 1211 dated June 241942 with credits for associate producer Lou Gray. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 63. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 7-1-42. Pages Very Good wrapper Good plus bound with two gold brads. Republic Pictures unknown
1974ref. 171050N.p.: N.p. 1974. Two vintage color slides from the 1974 Italian film both showing Charlotte Rampling dancing partially nude for her Nazi captors. Liliana Cavani's international breakthrough a deeply controversial film about a Holocaust survivor who renews her sadomasochistic sexual relationship with her Nazi captor after a chance encounter which threatens to expose his fellow former SS officers now living in secret in postwar Vienna. Shot on location in Vienna Austria and Rome Italy. 4 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 59. Grant Italy. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 155782N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage borderless reference photograph showing Lina Wertmüller directing actors Candice Bergen and Giancarlo Giannini on the set of the 1978 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. An American photographer falls in love with a chauvinistic Italian journalist while visiting a small Italian village. Set and shot on location in San Francisco and Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1942ref. 167995Universal City: Universal Pictures 1942. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1942 film. One with a mimeo snipe on the verso and three with annotations in manuscript ink on the same. The fourth film in Universal Pictures' Frankenstein series preceded by "Frankenstein" 1931 "Bride of Frankenstein" 1935 and "Son of Frankenstein" 1939 and the first to star Lon Chaney as the monster. Set in the fictional village of Frankenstein. 8 x 10 inches. Generally Very Good plus to Near Fine one photograph with tape near the margins of the recto one with pinholes at the corners and one with paper residue at the bottom left corner. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horror. Universal Pictures unknown
1961ref. 145916N.p.: Alfa Film 1961. Four vintage borderless photographs from the 1961 film including three photographs showing Louis Armstrong performing and one taken on the set showing Armstrong with a fan. A little-known German comedy featuring Armstrong and His All Stars performing four songs. Set and shot on location in West Germany. Two photographs 6.75 x 5 inches and two photographs 5 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. Alfa Film unknown
1939ref. 147709Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1939. Draft script for the 1940 film with the name of uncredited screenwriter Leonard Lee in manuscript pencil over date on lower left. Paramount "File Copy" and "Master File" stamps and manuscript annotation in pencil on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period. Paramount's 1940 Technicolor south seas adventure. Dea Dorothy Lamour is marooned on an isolated island since childhood with only the company of Koko the chimp when Skipper Joe Lynne Overman and Johnny Potter Robert Preston are marooned on the island by a mutinous crew. The three must battle angry natives and survive tidal waves a forest fire and the titular typhoon to survive. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set on a South Sea island and shot on location in Santa Catalina Island Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden and Baldwin Dry Lake California. Self wrappers with front wrapper dated July 8 1939 rubber-stamped production No. 1908. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered E-31. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1962ref. 146911London: Compagnia Cinematografica Montoro 1962. Vintage borderless photograph of Brigitte Bardot on the set from the 1962 film. "Brigitte BARDOT" and "PHOTO UNIFRANCE FILM" stamps on the verso. Bridgette Bardot stars in this semi-biographical film by Louie Malle about a young girl Jill who suddenly becomes a movie star and tries to manage the pressures and annoyances of celebrity. She returns home to Switzerland to escape from the paparazzi and seeks refuge in the arms of newly divorced Fabio Marcello Mastroianni. Set in and shot on location in France Switzerland and Italy. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Compagnia Cinematografica Montoro unknown
1978ref. 168491Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1978. Vintage borderless publicity photograph from the 1978 film showing actress Susan Sarandon. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Louis Malle's controversial turn-of-the-century drama about a twelve year-old girl who lives with her mother in a high-class brothel in Storyville the red-light district of New Orleans. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Set and shot on location in Hattiesburg Mississippi and New Orleans. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
1958ref. 132901Paris: Nouvelles Editions de Films NEF 1958. Collection of twelve vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1958 French film. The great French director's second film about a wealthy woman who has become bored with both her emotionally distant husband and her lover and abruptly leaves them both to take up with a younger man she just met. After it was released in the US the film became the subject of a landmark First Amendment case before the Supreme Court where Justice Potter Stewart in declaring the film not obscene issued the immortal phrase "I know it when I see it" in regards to what constitutes pornographic material. A story set and shot on location in France including Paris Dijon Burgundy and the Cote-d'Or. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine or better with light toning to a few of the photographs. Criterion Collection 58. Nouvelles Editions de Films [NEF] unknown
1966ref. 149344Rome: B.R.C. Produzione 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1966 film showing actor Franco Nero crouching in the pose that would later be used for the Italian poster for the film. With manuscript annotations regarding layout and stamps to the verso. One of the few Westerns made by Fulci starring Nero and released the same year as "Django." Also released as "God Forgives I Don't!" Set on the US-Mexico border shot on location in Lazio Italy and Madrid Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. Pitts 1113. Cox 10000 Ways to Die. Blue Underground. B.R.C. Produzione unknown
1969ref. 149345N.p.: Clesi Cinematografica 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film showing actors Catherine Spaak and Claudia Cardinale. With the stamp of photographer Glauco Cortini to the verso along with a manuscript ink annotation identifying the actors. A woman's obsession with finding a husband ruins her friendship with her best friend and roommate. Set and shot on location in Rome. 12 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Clesi Cinematografica unknown
1981ref. 156644N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage borderless color reference photograph from the 1981 film showing Ben Gazzara and Katya Berger on a beach. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1972 short story collection "Erections Ejaculation Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness" by Charles Bukowski. The first film adaptation of Bukowski's work and one of the most challenging films of the 1980s. Shot on location in California New York and Georgia. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with the finish on the top portion of the photograph lightly worn. N.p. unknown
