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1970ref. 151201N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A lawyer investigates the wrongful detainment of his partner by the police who he suspects has been held due to his political activities during a recent social unrest. Screenwriter Michael Sarne is best known for his work as a director including "Joanna" 1968 and "Myra Breckinridge" 1970 and as an actor most notably in "Intimidade" 1975 and "Eastern Promises" 2007. Set in South America. Red untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Michael Sarne. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 153241London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Revised Draft script for the 1970 film. Copy belonging to crew member Bert Lea with his name in manuscript ink annotation to the title page. Playfully altered on the front wrapper with two images from the film. Based on the 1968 novel by Hugh Atkinson. The story of four marathon runners from different countries as they prepare to compete in the Olympic games in Rome. Set and shot on location in Austria Denmark England Australia Italy and Japan. Maroon untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 20.10.68 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter Erich Segal and novelist Hugh Atkinson. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1962ref. 150414Rome: Cineriz 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Michelangelo Antonioni and actors Monica Vitti and Alain Delon during a cafe scene on the set of the 1962 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso along with the stamps of Keystone Photo and Publifoto and a stamp noting No. 8710. A woman's newfound relationship with a power-hungry stockbroker gradually erodes as she becomes dissatisfied with his shallow interests. The final film in Antonioni's modernity trilogy all starring Vitti preceded by "L'avventura" 1960 and "La notte" 1961. Awarded the Jury Special Prize and nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. Shot on location in Rome and Verona Italy. 10.5 x 8.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 278. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Cineriz unknown
1996ref. 156630N.p.: PPCM Photo Press Agency 1996. Five vintage studio still photographs from the French release of the 1996 animated comedy film. Based on the satirical 1990s animated television series created by Mike Judge about the misadventures of two apathetic teenage slackers. Followed by a 2022 sequel "Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe." 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. PPCM Photo Press Agency unknown
1976ref. 156360Paris: Les Films Jacques Leitienne 1976. Two vintage oversize borderless matte-finish color photographs from the 1976 Italian-Yugoslavian film. Stamps of Les Films Jacques Leitienne on the versos. A young wealthy and bored prince flits from affair to affair at his family's sprawling country estate culminating in a wild orgy that ends in death. Shot on location in Croatia. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the corners. Les Films Jacques Leitienne unknown
1966ref. 150132N.p.: N.p. 1966. Three vintage borderless reference photographs of Hana Brejchova from the 1965 film. German mimeo snipe on verso of two of the photographs. One of the best known films from the Czechoslovak New Wave nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and bringing director Milos Forman to international attention. Set in Moravia Czechoslovakia. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. One with a small faint crease and one slightly wavy else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 144. Second Run 54. N.p. unknown
1997ref. 157411Hollywood: Volcanic Films 1997. Revised Draft script for the 1998 film. A pitch-black comedy about two middle-class couples who lie and cheat in their struggles to find satisfaction in their empty relationships. Neil LaBute's second feature following "In the Company of Men" 1997. Gray titled wrappers with credit for director-screenwriter Neil LaBute. Title page present dated 10/20/97 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter Neil LaBute. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper about Fine bound with two gold brads. Volcanic Films unknown
1960ref. 151134London: J. Arthur Rank 1960. Draft script for the pilot episode of the 1961-1964 television series originally aired on ATV on September 9 1961. Based on the 1959 book by John Gosling. The series followed an elite division of Scotland Yard nicknamed the "Ghost Squad" generally sent to investigate unusual cases which fell outside the scope of normal police work. In this first entry a squad operator is sent to investigate a criminal ring smuggling gold from Hong Kong to Karachi. Red titled wrappers noted as DRAFT OF PILOT SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 14th June 1960. Title page present dated June 1960 noted as DRAFT OF PILOT SCRIPT. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 54. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine lightly faded to the binding and top edge of the front wrapper side stitched. J. Arthur Rank unknown
1947ref. 156253Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film showing a blonde Rita Hayworth perched on the railing of Errol Flynn's yacht "Zaca" during filming on location in Mexico. Stamp of Columbia Pictures on the verso. Director Orson Welles promised to write produce and direct a film for Columbia Pictures president Harry Cohn in exchange for an emergency $55000 to help finance costuming for his 1946 Broadway musical "Around the World." The resultant film based on Raymond Sherwood King's 1938 novel "If I Die Before I Wake" courted controversy not least due to Welles' decision to have Hayes cut and bleach her iconic red hair for her performance. Although the film was a commercial failure in the US upon release it is now considered a touchstone of the noir genre. Shot on location in Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good lightly toned overall with brief wear at the corners. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1972ref. 160635N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the UK release of the 1971 Italian giallo film. Provenance stamps and a mimeo snipe on the verso. A police detective investigates a string of murders where the victims are paralyzed and disemboweled. Set and shot on location in Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Howarth So Deadly So Perverse Volume 1 1963-1972. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 154002Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1968. Vintage reference photograph of actors Joanne Woodward and James Olson during an amorous scene with director Paul Newman and a camera crew to the left. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Canadian writer Margaret Laurence's 1966 novel "A Jest of God" about the varied romantic and sexual experiences of a timid schoolteacher living with her widowed mother in an apartment in rural Connecticut. Shot on location throughout Connecticut. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown
1956ref. 172053N.p.: N.p. 1956. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1956 film showing Paul Newman receiving a champion's welcome in Brooklyn accompanied by Pier Angeli. One with a mimeo snipe and provenance label affixed to the verso. Based on middleweight boxing champion Rocky Graziano's 1955 autobiography from his early years suffering abuse at the hands of his father his dishonorable discharge from the US Army and eventual rise to boxing stardom. One of Newman's first starring roles. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Black-and-White Cinematography and Art Direction. Set in Brooklyn and shot on location in the Lower East Side and Brooklyn and at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. Approximately 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 158021N.p.: N.p. 1975. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1975 French hardcore adult film. A prominent French politician is blackmailed with tapes of her son performing in pornographic movies leading her to recruit a private investigator to find and stop the culprit. Set and shot on location in Paris. 5.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Bier 161. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 154942N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 Dutch film showing actress Monique van de Ven. Mimeo snipe and provenance stamp on the verso. Based on Jan Wolkers' 1969 novel. A gifted but poor sculptor marries a beautiful wealthy young woman but their relationship is tumultuous and soon sours. Director Paul Verhoeven's second feature film the screen debuts of both Rutger Hauer and van de Ven and the most successful release in the history of Dutch cinema. Set and shot on location in Noord-Holland and Rotterdam Netherlands. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 168497N.p.: N.p. 1976. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1976 film both showing Lynne Frederick topless screaming and covered in blood. A newlywed contends with a murderous stalker from her past although her husband psychiatrist and the police refuse to believe her claims. Shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 151230Burbank CA: Columbia Pictures 1976. Vintage reference photograph from the 1976 film showing Peter Bogdanovich directing actor Burt Reynolds with actor Alan Gibbs looking on to the right. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Bogdanovich's ode to silent film. A lawyer turned film director falls hopelessly in love with his beautiful but klutzy leading lady who is in turn engaged to a vile action actor. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1971ref. 163748Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film showing actress Cybill Shepherd talking with director Peter Bogdanovich. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on Larry McMurtry's 1966 semi-autobiographical novel following the everyday lives of three directionless teenagers in a small lonely Texan town. Peter Bogdanovich's directorial breakthrough one of the defining films about Texas and the American Southwest shot in black-and-white on location in Archer City Texas. Winner of two Academy Awards for actors Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman and nominated for another six. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine lightly worn at the corners. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 549. Ebert III. Columbia Pictures unknown
1967ref. 156031N.p.: N.p. 1967. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of Suzy Kendall Terence Morgan and Norman Rodway from the 1967 British film. Loosely based on the 1967 play "The Meter Man" by Scott Forbes. A pair of oafish thugs break into a wealthy London penthouse apartment planning to terrorize the couple they find within-only to discover the couple ready and willing to explore a number of bizarre sexual fetishes. Set in London. 7.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1987ref. 150490N.p.: The Callender Company 1987. Vintage studio still photograph of Peter Greenaway and crew on the set of the 1987 film. Paper snipe on verso. American architect Stourley Kracklite Brian Dennehy arrives in Rome to supervise an exhibition for the little known French architect Etienne-Louis Boullee. Over several months working on the exhibition Kracklite's health and marriage deteriorate as he becomes convinced he is being poisoned like Caesar Augustus. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in and shot on location in Rome Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1092. The Callender Company unknown
1979ref. 163662Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. Fourth Draft script for the 1981 film seen here under the working title "Janitor." SIGNED by screenwriter Steve Tesich on the title page. Laid in with the script is a studio still photograph of Tesich and director Peter Yates on the set. A janitor becomes the lead suspect in a murder investigation in the building where he works leading a beautiful local television reporter to cover the story. The second film collaboration between Yates and Tesich following "Breaking Away" two years prior. Set and shot on location in New York. Blue untitled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers. Title page present dated October 31 1979 noted as Fourth Draft with credit for Tesich. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/10/79 and 3/13/80. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1972ref. 156660N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage reference photograph of director Peter Yates and actor Robert Redford on the set of the 1972 film. Based on the 1970 novel by Donald Westlake about two jewel thieves who plan to steal a diamond from a museum.over and over again. A small gem of the New Hollywood cinema. Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lee p. 118. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 153884Amsterdam: Stichting C.F.M. Filmverhuur 1973. Vintage oversize double weight photograph from the 1973 French erotic film showing actress Karin Schubert in a complex bondage outfit and tall black boots. Manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso along with the stamp of Dutch distributor Stitchting C.F.M. Filmverhuur. Based on the 1971 novel. A call girl is punished by the owner of the brothel where she works and is subsequently forced to take on a variety of sadomasochistic clients. 9.5 x 12 inches. Near Fine lightly creased to the corners. Bier 1451. Stichting C.F.M. Filmverhuur unknown
1925ref. 171333Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1925. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1925 silent film both showing Ramon Novarro and a heavily bejeweled May McAvoy. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Jewish prince Ben-Hur is sent to prison at the behest of his childhood friend Messala as a result of a mishap during a Roman parade. Through sheer will the prince endures prison and once released vows revenge on his childhood friend. The most expensive silent film made with a budget of $3.9 million and the second of five adaptations of Lew Wallace's 1880 novel. Shot on location in Italy and California. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine lightly toned. National Film Registry. Godard Histoires de cinema. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1958ref. 150861N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage reference photograph of Paul Newman and director Richard Brooks on the set of the 1958 film. Based on the 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Tennessee Williams though without much of the homosexual themes and cultural critique of the original. Brick Pollitt Paul Newman is a troubled man beat up from a drunken accident on his way to visit his dying father Big Daddy Burl Ives and the rest of his family with his wife Maggie Elizabeth Taylor. The gathering brings out the family's deeply buried tension repression and anxiety. Nominated for six Academy Awards. Shot on location in Long Island New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 151424N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage reference photograph of director Richard Brooks cinematographer Milton Krasner and a camera crew capturing a boat scene with actress Shirley Knight on the set of the 1962 film. With a mimeo snipe and manuscript pencil and ink annotations on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1959 play wherein a failed Hollywood actor and gigolo returns to his small hometown accompanied by an older faded movie star hoping to win back his former girlfriend. Nominated for three Academy Awards winning one for Best Supporting Actor for Ed Begley. Set in St. Cloud Mississippi. N.p. unknown
