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1979ref. 147197N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for the 1983 film. Text in French. An American travels to Sicily to bury his father not expecting to fall for Elisa the youngest daughter of Count Carlo de Villafratti and his incestuous power-hungry family. Set in Sicily. Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1979 with credits for director Claude d'Anna and screenwriter M.F. Bonin. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 150681Los Angeles: Dimension Pictures 1975. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1975 film. A former pimp attempts to regain control of his nightclub which has been taken over by his rival several corrupt cops and drug dealers. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 43 130-131. Dimension Pictures unknown books
1968ref. 142606London: Hammer Films 1968. Vintage press photograph from the 1968 film. With stamp and mimeograph snipe from the Associated Press on the verso identifying actress Dana Gillespie here posed with a giant scorpion as a champion junior water skier. Based on the 1938 novel "Uncharted Sea" by Dennis Wheatley about the passengers and crew of a steamer run aground on an island in the Saragasso Sea filled as one would expect with man-eating seaweed giant crabs even more giant scorpions pirates and the descendants of Spanish Conquistadors who believe the Inquisition is still on. 6 x 8 inches with a wide bottom margin. Near Fine. Hammer Films unknown books
2002ref. 160032N.p.: N.p. 2002. Draft script for the 2002 film. Loosely based on and not to be confused with the notorious 1977 horror film directed and written by George Barry. A murderous haunted bed terrorizes a young couple after they move into a newly renovated warehouse. Set in Los Angeles. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter John Strysik. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
2020ref. 169805N.p.: Gila Films 2020. Draft script for the 2021 film. SIGNED by director and screenwriter David Weaver on the title page. Z-budget horror film that follows the last surviving member of the Frankenstein family as he faces middle age and decides to complete his ancestors' work. The final screen appearance of actor Robert Dix best known for his various lead roles in the legendary "Whistler" film series between 1944 and 1948. Shot on location in New York. Clear front wrapper black rear wrapper. Title page present undated copyright year noted as 2014 with credit for Weaver. 72 leaves lacking pagination. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Gila Films unknown books
1988ref. 147472Beverly Hills CA: Orion Pictures 1988. Vintage borderless candid photograph of director Dennis Hopper and actor Robert Duvall on the set of the 1988 film. With a mimeo snipe to the verso dated 1988. The film which brought Hopper back onto the map as a director for the first time since "Easy Rider" 1969 about a seasoned cop and his rookie partner struggling against gang violence in East Los Angeles. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Orion Pictures unknown books
1991ref. 165078N.p.: N.p. 1991. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1991 television movie showing actor Dennis Hopper. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1988 novel by Peter Dexter. In 1950s Georgia a racist greedy loan shark spirals into increasing violence towards his community and his family culminating in the cold-blooded murder of a Black man. Shot on location in Decatur Concord Crawfordville Jackson and McDonough Georgia. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1954ref. 140533N.p.: Federal Telefilms 1954. Draft script for Season One Episode 14 of the 1954-1956 television show originally aired on September 23 1954. Copy belonging to episode director Derwin Abrahams with his name as Derwin Abbe on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil and manuscript pencil annotations on nearly every page. Based on the character created by Michael Arlen which first appeared in 1940 short story published in "Town & Country" magazine. The character would go on to appear in 15 films throughout the 1940s as well as a radio serial before finally being adapted as this early syndicated television show which ran for 39 episodes between 1954 and 1956. Beige titled wrappers noted as production No. 216 dated May 18 1954. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 47. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with some light dampstaining to both bound with three gold brads. Federal Telefilms unknown books
1971ref. 168786N.p.: Derio Productions Inc 1971. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1971 film. A sexploitation classic and the first film in director Don Schain's "Ginger" trilogy starring his then wife Cheri Carraro as Ginger. Followed by "The Abductors" 1972 and "Girls Are for Loving" 1973. Police recruit a rich society girl to go undercover to expose a small town's drug/blackmail/prostitution ring. Shot on location in New Jersey. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with starting at the center fold. Derio Productions Inc unknown books
1976ref. 142656Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1976. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1976 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1914 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs the first in the Pellucidar series about adventures in the hollow earth. A British scientist and American adventurer drill through to a strange land where they lead a rebellion of Stone Age humans against their masters who happen to be intelligent flying reptiles with psychic powers. 9.75 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1960ref. 143236Paris: Filmsonor 1960. Collection of 11 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the set of the 1960 French-Italian film here under the original French title "Une fille pour l'été." Featured are several images of the cast and crew on the waterfront basking in the shade director Molinaro in white straw hat and images of starring actress Petit including a striking portrait image of her under an elegant sconce and with Auclair reading scripts. All but one photograph with annotations in the verso in manuscript ink film title names of persons pictured and all but two photographs with numerical annotations on the verso in manuscript pencil. Based on a novel presumed by screenwriter Clavel. Philippe Auclair is an unsung artist with a mistress he does not love. He spends leisurely vacations at Paule's Presle in the Riviera where he meets Manette Petit a poor girl whom he befriends and lusts for to the chagrin of Manette herself under the romantic allure of Philippe. Late in the canon of cinematographer Jean Bourgoin whose credits include some of Jean Renoir's films in the 1930s Orson Welles' film noir "Confidential Report" 1955 and Jacques Tati's "Mon Oncle" 1958. 1 photograph 3.25 x 4.25 inches remaining photographs 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus overall. Filmsonor unknown books
1986ref. 163050Universal City: Universal Television 1986. Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1986-1987 television series. This draft script from the first half of the series. The first six episodes under the title "Together We Stand" then switching to "Nothing is Easy" after the death of the father character this short-lived sitcom followed the lives of a married couple and their multi-racial and multi-ethnic adopted children. In this episode one of the children wins a small lottery. White titled self-wrappers lacking rear wrapper production No. 62425 dated October 31 1986 with credits for screenwriters Lesa Kite and Cindy Begel. Title page integral with front wrapper. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Television unknown books
1975ref. 146429N.p.: N.p. 1975. First Draft script for an unproduced film written by the Oscar-winning screenwriter Ernest Tidyman. Based on Martin Caidin's 1974 novel. An American ace pilot and his Japanese counterpart take to the skies during World War II to duel and are eventually forced into a friendship built on necessity. Screenwriter Ernest Tidyman previously won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "The French Connection" 1971 and was also known for writing both the John Shaft novel series and the screenplay for the 1971 film. Set in and above Japan. Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 6 1975 noted as "first draft" with credits for screenwriter Tidyman and novelist Martin Caidin. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with tape reinforcements to its silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 146438Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a note typed on casting agent Paul Kohner's office letterhead introducing the screenplay addressed to actor Charles Bronson. The note is paper-clipped to a four page typed synopsis of the unproduced film "The Last Jump" which is also mentioned in the note. Based on noted South Carolinian humorist William Price Fox's 1967 novel following a pair of mischievous teenage boys trying to scrape together enough money to buy a car-encountering bootleggers revivalist preachers loan sharks and other figureheads of southern life in the 20th century along the way. Set in Columbia South Carolina. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 109 dated April 22 1968 with credits for screenwriter Everett Freeman and novelist William Price Fox. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1976ref. 161517N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage reference photograph of actor Robert De Niro director Elia Kazan and producer Sam Spiegel on the set of the 1976 film. Based on the unfinished 1941 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. A tribute to early cinema wherein De Niro plays a movie producer who nearly works himself to death. Kazan's final directorial effort and notably the only film with De Niro and Jack Nicholson in a joint screen appearance. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown books
1933ref. 167824New York: Columbia Pictures 1933. Vintage pressbook for the 1933 pre-Code film. A lawyer embarks on a promising career while her husband's football career begins to fade causing discord and resentment between the two. When he is wrongly accused of murdering another woman she comes to his defense. 12 x 17.75 inches. 12 pages side-stapled. Very Good plus moderately rubbed. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1957ref. 143707Hollywood: ZIV Television Programs 1957. Draft script for the May 11 1958 episode of the television series "Harbormaster" 1957-1958. Faint annotations on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil "Captain Hates the Sea" "Leon Benson" and an illegible name. Copy presumably belonging to Benson. A television series about crime-fighting sailboat captain Scott Sullivan on the shores of New England. In this episode Captain Owens Tweddle is willing to commit murder to oppose his daughter's Bain marriage to a lobster fisherman Hagman. Steve Fisher went uncredited upon the episode's release and his credits for other series the same year include "Wire Service" "The George Sanders Mystery Theater" "tombstone Territory" and Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre." Leon Benson's credits include "West Point" 1956-1957 "Sea Hunt" 1958-1961 "Ripcord" 1961-1963 and "Bonanaza" 1967-1970 as well as another ZIV production "Harbor Command" 1957-1958 directing three episodes in 1957. Set and shot on location in Rockport Massachusetts. Orange titled wrappers noted as "Harbourmaster / 23-B" on the front wrapper dated 1957 with credits for Fisher and Drake. Title page present noted as HARBOURMASTER PROD. #23-B. 37 leaves with last page of text numbered 38. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. ZIV Television Programs unknown books
1974ref. 162167Paris: Warner-Columbia Film 1974. Collection of twelve vintage color lobby cards for the 1974 French hardcore film. Text and titles in French. 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. A softcore film about a woman who undergoes a spiritual journey marked by sexual exploration. Shot in Paris and in Colombo Sri Lanka. 11.5 x 9.25 inches. Light creasing at bottom corners else about Fine. Bier 176. Warner-Columbia Film unknown books
1969ref. 143149Paris: Les Films du Carrosse 1969. Collection of eight vintage lobby cards for the 1969 French neo-noir film. A late and important color noir made at what was arguably the peak of François Truffaut's success as a filmmaker dedicated to one of his elders Jean Renoir and shot during the time he was deeply involved with lead actress Catherine Deneuve. Based on the 1947 novel by Cornell Woolrich writing as William Irish. 10.5 x 8.25 inches. Fine. Grant France. Twilight Time. Les Films du Carrosse unknown books
1976ref. 132912Paris: Les Films du Carrosse / Les Productions Artistes Associes 1976. Collection of ten vintage reference photographs from the UK release of the 1976 French film. Released in the US as "Small Change." An interrelated series of vignettes about the lives of children in a small French town primarily using nonprofessional actors ranging in age from infancy to 14 years old. One of François Truffaut's best loved and most financially successful films. Shot on location in and around Thiers France. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Les Films du Carrosse / Les Productions Artistes Associes unknown books
1970ref. 132913Paris: Les Films du Carrosse / Les Productions Artistes Associes 1970. Collection of twelve vintage reference photographs from the 1970 French film. Based on the true story of "feral child" Victor of Aveyron found living alone in the woods of France in 1800 and a doctor's attempts to educate him and introduce him to civilized society. Shot on location in Aubiat Auvergne and Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Les Films du Carrosse / Les Productions Artistes Associes unknown books
1956ref. 133745N.p.: N.p. 1956. Draft script for an unproduced film "Just Before Laughter" based on the 1955 novel "A Change of Climate" by Stanley Kauffman. Copy belonging to screenwriter Partos with a Jaffe Agency label on the title page. The story of a professor who leaves his teaching position to become a salesman at a company he later finds had corrupt dealings with the US Army. Set in New York and Florida. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Partos and novelist Kauffmann. 131 leaves mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1946ref. 136046Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1946. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph of actress Myrna Loy from the set of the 1946 film. Based on the 1936 memoir of Hiram Percy Maxim "A Genius in the Family." Loy is shown here in period dress in the doorway of her personal trailer. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1956ref. 148868Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1956. Vintage studio still photograph of the American R&B and jump blues musical group The Treniers from the 1956 film. Mimeo snipe and Columbia Pictures Corp. stamp on verso. Rock and Roll star Arnie Haines Alan Dale returns home to the town of Melondale which banned Rock and Roll music and with the help of disc Jockey Alan Freed as himself tries to convince the town that the music won't turn their children into delinquents. With notable lip-syncing performances from Bill Haley and His Comets Little Richard and The Treniers. A follow-up to the 1956 Rock and Roll film "Rock Around the Clock" also directed by Fred F. Sears and written by Robert E. Kent and also featuring Alan Freed and Bill Haley and His Comets. Set in the fictitious town of Melondale shot on location in Los Angeles California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1938ref. 144158Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1938. Set of three vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the set of the 1938 film noir antecedent. Shown respectively are Lang conferring with Silvia Sidney Lang on the floor setting up an unusual camera angle and Lang playing a clarinet for baby actor Donald Dodds who played Silvia Sidney's infant son in the film. Each photo with a printed snipe on the verso a number annotated and circled in blue pencil 1 2 3 respectively and a stamp crediting Paramount Studios photographer Malcolm Bulloch. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. One photo with a faint vertical crease. Spicer p. 403. Paramount Pictures unknown books
