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1966ref. 151565Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1966. Vintage matte-finish double weight borderless reference photograph of director Arthur Penn talking with actress Jane Fonda on the set of the 1966 film. With a Columbia Pictures stamp on the verso along with a provenance stamp. Based on the 1952 Broadway play by Horton Foote about a small-town sheriff on the lookout for an escaped prisoner he believes is innocent while the townspeople whip themselves into a vigilante frenzy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US. Twilight Time 242. Columbia Pictures unknown
1986ref. 162587Rome and Los Angeles: Scalera Studios / Angelika Films 1986. Three vintage postcard photographs from the 1942 Italian film and four vintage studio still photographs from the 1986 restoration and re-release of the film. Of particular note among the studio still photographs is an image of writer Ayn Rand taken by Leonard McCombe capturing Rand waiting to testify on communism in Hollywood to the House Un-American Affairs Committee on October 20 1947. "We the Living" was Rand's first published statement against communism and its faithful adaptation by director Goffredo Alessandrini released as two separate films caused a predictable stir all over Europe. The initial release never left the continent and was shuttered in a vault for over 25 years. It was then rescued by Rand herself in the late 1960s released in a new restoration and made its US premiere at the Telluride Film Festival in 1986. Studio still photographs: 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Postcard photographs: 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Near Fine. All materials housed together in a white glassine sleeve. Scalera Studios / Angelika Films unknown
1953ref. 146324London: Ealing Studios 1953. Second Draft script for the 1953 film here under the working title "Newmarket Heath." A former champion jockey who was discovered accepting bribes and subsequently banned from jockeying decides to train a young man to become his racing successor. Set and shot on location in England. Tall tan titled wrappers noted as Second Draft Script on the front wrapper dated 1st May 1953. Title page present dated 1st May 1953 noted as SECOND DRAFT SCRIPT. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Mimeograph duplication on lavender stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Ealing Studios unknown
1972ref. 161480New York: Norman Rosemont Productions 1972. Draft script for the 1973 television movie originally aired on April 24 1973 on ABC. Production memo and seven-page shooting schedule laid in. An American officer is sentenced to permanent exile from his homeland after being court-martialed for conspiring to attack and annex Mexico with Aaron Burr. Shot on location in Newport Rhode Island in Niagara New York and in Mystic Connecticut. Mustard titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated August 14 1972 with credit for screenwriter Sidney Carroll. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 88. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus moderately edgeworn with splashes affecting the final ten leaves and rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. Norman Rosemont Productions unknown
1972ref. 167081N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1972 French film showing actress Bernadette Lafont topless in bed. Provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1967 novel by Henry Farrell. A young criminologist falls in love with his subject a woman accused of murdering her lover and her father. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
2000ref. 152550Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 2000. Final Draft script for the tenth episode of season one of the 2000-2001 television series originally aired on December 20 2000 on CBS. Copy belonging to actor Benjamin Lum with three callsheets dated November 3 and 4 2000 and two xerographically duplicated revision pages laid in. INSCRIBED by actress Bette Midler to Lum on the title page: "For Benjamin- / with aloha / Bette Midler." The series starred Midler playing a loosely fictionalized version of herself as she attempts to balance a successful singing career with her family life and personal needs. In this episode Bette tries to get publicity by faking a mental breakdown a tactic which works too well. Self wrappers. Title page present dated November 2 2000 noted as FINAL DRAFT YELLOW with credits for director Andrew D. Weyman and screenwriter Gary Janetti. 60 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Xerographic duplication on yellow stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown
1961ref. 131821London: Foxwarren-Elthea / Hemisphere Pictures 1961. Draft British script for the 1961 film "Bomb in the High Street" seen here as "Bomb in High Street." An elaborate and highly entertaining British thriller in which a Nazi-era bomb is found in an English town. A bomb squad is called in but the men in the squad are not who they seem and the ultimate goal is revealed to be a bank heist. Tall red titled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Simcoe. 68 leaves mechanical duplication on eye-rest green stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Foxwarren-Elthea / Hemisphere Pictures unknown
1949ref. 159641Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1949. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film showing actors Cecil B. DeMille and Gloria Swanson talking on the set. A down-on-his-luck screenwriter stumbles into the home of a forgotten silent film star quickly becoming enmeshed in her deranged plan for a comeback. A kingpin in the pantheon of films about fame and Hollywood and Billy Wilder's urban noir counterpart to the daylight rural world of "Ace in the Hole" 1951. Winner of three Academy Awards and nominated for another eight including Best Picture. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer U. Paramount Pictures unknown
1974ref. 160034Hollywood: Paramount Television / Leda Productions 1974. Second Draft script for Season 1 Episode 1 of the 1975 television series. Copy belonging to an uncredited sound engineer with his name and title on the front wrapper in manuscript ink. The first adaptation to celluloid of hardboiled Southern California private eye Lew Archer a character originally created by novelist Ross Macdonald. In this episode Archer investigates a con man exploiting naive teenagers out of their parents' money. Originally aired on January 30 1975 on NBC. Orange titled wrappers noted as SECOND DRAFT on the front wrapper dated December 9 1974. Title page present noted as SECOND DRAFT dated December 9 1974 with credits for screenwriter David P. Harmon and novelist Ross Macdonald. 66 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 12/12/74. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paramount Television / Leda Productions unknown
1967ref. 169587Brussels: Metropolitan Films 1967. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the set of the 1967 film showing actress Brigitte Bardot laying out in the hay. Metropolitan Films stamp on the verso. A French woman is tempted to stray from her older English husband when she meets a vibrant younger man. Shot on location in London and Paris. 12 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus with some foxing at the edges of the verso not visible on the recto see images. Metropolitan Films unknown
1983ref. 118803Universal City CA: Universal City Studios 1983. Revised First Draft for the 1985 film. Costume designer Norman Salling's copy with his name in manuscript ink at the top of the front wrapper. SIGNED by novelist-screenwriter Elmore Leonard on the title page. An ex-car thief trying to turn his life around ends up witness to his friend's murder. While he wants to find love and spend more time with his daughter the men who killed his friend kidnap his daughter sending him on a mission to save his daughter and avenge his friend. One of only a few screenplays adapted by Leonard from one of his own novels made memorable in that it layers a surprisingly complex plot onto what by 1985 had become a pretty standard sub-genre: the Burt Reynolds revenge thriller. Shot on location in California and Florida. Green titled wrappers noted as Revised First Draft on the front wrapper production No. 02162 dated August 5 1983. Title page present dated August 5 1983 noted as Revised First Draft with credits for author and screenwriter Elmore Leonard. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 9/15/1983. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some wear to the corners bound with three gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown
1928ref. 172232Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1928. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1928 silent film an amazing shot showing crowds of onlookers gathering at the harbor to welcome a steamer ship. The effete son of a hardened steamer captain falls in love with the daughter of his father's rival. Keaton's last independent film made under his creative control before his move to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer later in the year. The film is perhaps best remembered today for Keaton's most famous stunt in which the facade of a house falls down around him while he avoids being flattened by inadvertently standing underneath an open window. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with three pinholes to the margins and a diagonal chip to the top left corner. Complete collation details available on request. National Film Registry. United Artists unknown
1926ref. 157682N.p.: N.p. 1926. Vintage reference photograph from the 1926 film showing actor Buster Keaton in an elevator wearing a jaunty hat. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. During the Civil War an engineer must work to save the two loves of his life: a woman named Annabelle Lee and a train named The General. A box office disappointment upon release but long since reconsidered and now ranked among the the finest of Keaton's films. Shot on location in California and Oregon. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Eureka Masters of Cinema 173. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 60. N.p. unknown
1940ref. 155137Clarksburg WV: Union Label 1940. Vintage flyer issued to promote showings of the 1940 film at the Ritz Theatre in Clarksburg West Virginia. The flyer notes: "Just in case you laugh off all your buttons- / along with your troubles- / take this along when you see / 'The Great Dictator'" and includes a safety pin with a chain ostensibly originally holding a spare button now missing. For his follow-up to his 1936 classic "Modern Times" Charlie Chaplin chose to do what only a handful of other films dared to do in 1940-make fun of Hitler. Though several of Chaplin's previous films had made use of music and sound effects and while Chaplin had sung briefly in "Modern Times" "The Great Dictator" marked the first time he spoke dialogue onscreen. 5 x 3 inches. Very Good with moderate soil overall and light rust around the safety pin. Criterion Collection 565. Union Label unknown
1981ref. 121497Rome: 23 Giugno 1981. Vintage French theatrical poster for the 1981 Italian/French film. Based on the 1972 short story collection "Erections Ejaculation Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness" by Charles Bukowski. The first film adaptation of the author's work and one of the most challenging films of the 1980s. Ben Gazzara and Ornelia Muti portray two self-destructive souls that become soulmates hell-bent on sex alcohol and general torment. One of Gazzara's most unvarnished performances having warmed up in the 1970s with a trio of Cassavetes films. 15.25 x 20.5 inches rolled. Near Fine. 23 Giugno unknown
1984ref. 153156New York: Robert Halmi Productions 1984. Draft script for the 1984 television film here under the working title "Nairobi." The film originally premiered on October 17 1984 on CBS. The Kenyan government hires a former Green Beret to stop a group of violent and unpredictable poachers. Blue untitled front wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated April 1984 with credits for screenwriter David Epstein. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 95. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Robert Halmi Productions unknown
1970ref. 150810N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on Claude Brown's successful 1965 autobiographical novel which follows a young African American boy coming of age in Harlem during the 1940s and 1950s. Adapted by Arnold Federbush a film and sound editor who also wrote two science fiction novels in the 1970s "The Man Who Lived in Inner Space" 1973 and "Ice!" 1978. Set in Harlem. Gold untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Arnold Federbush and author Claude Brown. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly rusted near the binding bound with a silver prong. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 152360N.p.: N.p. 1985. Two vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1985 film showing a young Charlotte Gainsbourg. A neglected thirteen-year-old girl from a working class neighborhood dreams of becoming the manager of her friend a wealthy teenage piano prodigy vacationing nearby but her hopes soon unravel when she is confronted with the reality of her friend's upper-class life. Shot on location in Savoie and Yvelines France. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 167112N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actress Claudia Cardinale. Annotations in manuscript pencil and the stamps of photographer Georg Michalke on the verso. A woman returns with her American husband to her childhood village in Tuscany where she revives a long-lost sexual relationship with her brother. The third of four films Cardinale made with director Luchino Visconti following "Rocco and His Brothers" 1960 and "The Leopard" 1963 and followed by "Conversation Piece" 1974. Shot on location in Geneva Switzerland and in Tuscany Italy. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 162405Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1978. Collection of 14 vintage photographs from the 1978 film including five borderless reference photographs and nine studio still photographs. A young single photographer struggles to maintain her friendship with her former roommate after the woman marries and moves out of their longtime shared apartment. Weill's first feature film a warm and incisive depiction of life as a woman in New York in the late 1970s described by Stanley Kubrick in 1980 as "one of the very rare American films that I would compare with the serious intelligent sensitive writing and filmmaking that you find in the best directors in Europe. It wasn't a success I don't know why; it should have been." Shot on location in New York. Studio stills 10 x 8 inches reference photographs 9.5 x 7 inches. Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 1055. Warner Brothers unknown
1945ref. 129936Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1945. Carbon typescript studio transcription of C.S. Forester's short story of the same name originally published in the Saturday Evening Post on July 10 1943. Printed as a studio script in small numbers for internal distribution. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester noted as copy No. 3 on the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester. 22 leaves carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine side stapled. David O. Selznick unknown
2000ref. 167530Santa Monica: Silent Development Corporation 2000. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film. Screenwriter David Atkins' directorial debut a criminally overlooked black comedy. Steve Martin is an innocuous straight-laced dentist engaged to his ambitious dental hygienist played by Laura Dern. Martin's life is pulled into a maelstrom of sex drugs and murder when an alluring Helena Bonham Carter comes into his office seeking a root canal and pain killers. Shot on location in Illinois and Wisconsin. Front wrapper integral with title page dated April 07 2000 noted as REVISION I with credits for screenwriter David Atkins and story by Paul Felopulos and David Atkins. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/27/00 and 4/07/00. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Silent Development Corporation unknown
1970ref. 150783N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of David Lean Sarah Miles Trevor Howard and John Mills on the set of the 1970 film. Two mimeo snipes and photographer "Ken Danvers" stamp on verso. The third collaboration between director Lean and screenwriter Bolt following "Lawrence of Arabia" 1962 and "Doctor Zhivago" 1965. The year after the suppressed 1916 Easter Rising a young Irish woman is caught between a British officer she loves and the nationalists from her own home town. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Cinematogray and Best Supporting Actor for John Mills nominated for two more. Set in an isolated village on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry Ireland shot on location in County Kerry and County Clare Ireland and Cape Town South Africa. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1997ref. 156712New York: October Films 1997. Five vintage color slides from the 1997 neo-noir film. Accompanying the slides is a corresponding promotional sheet with captions. A man goes to jail for killing his wife only to wake up in a completely new reality and with a new identity. An underrated neo-noir that in the years since its release has attracted a cult following and critical praise. The first film in David Lynch's Los Angeles trilogy followed by "Mulholland Drive" 2001 and "Inland Empire" 2006 all three exploring themes of dream-reality displacement chaos and unrelenting dread. 1 x 1.5 inches housed individually in white cardboard sleeves measuring 2 x 2 inches. About Fine. October Films unknown
1977ref. 163798Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures Television 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director and actor Dennis Hopper with cameraman László Kovács during filming on location for the 1971 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A stunt coordinator filming on location in a small Peruvian village believes he has found paradise but soon discovers a strange and violent cargo cult which has formed among the locals. In spite of his ongoing battle with substance abuse director Dennis Hopper was granted full creative control over the film after his unexpected success with "Easy Rider" in 1969. The film's massive failure which became the stuff of legend essentially ended Hopper's directorial career in Hollywood for the better part of the ensuing decade until "Out of the Blue" in 1980. Set and shot on location in Peru. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 2199. Columbia Pictures Television unknown
