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1985ref. 161051N.p.: N.p. 1985. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1985 film both showing actress Melanie Griffith. A former boxer turned nightclub promoter joins together with a police detective to investigate a serial killer targeting strippers. Set in Manhattan and shot on location in New York and Los Angeles. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 149472Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Alan Ladd in a dynamic pose with the image manipulated for effect from the 1959 film noir. Based on the 1956 novel by Hugh Wheeler under the pseudonym Patrick Quentin. A struggling artist Alan Ladd is accused of murdering his unstable alcoholic wife Carolyn Jones when she goes missing and must flee from the lynch mob forming amongst the townsfolk. Set in fictional Stoneville Connecticut shot on location in Woodstock and Thompson Connecticut and Framingham Massachusetts. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear and faint toning at edges else Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US. United Artists unknown books
1967ref. 152322London: The Rank Organization 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the 1967 film showing director-actor Albert Finney. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of The Rank Organization. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A wealthy famous English writer with working class roots is forced to reconnect with his emotions and sense of humanity when he takes a trip to visit his estranged wife and son. Finney's first and only directorial attempt. Set and shot on location in London and Manchester. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased to the edges. The Rank Organization unknown books
1971ref. 158638N.p.: Audubon Films 1971. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 US release of the 1970 West German film. A sexploitation film about a small-town girl who moves to the big city where she begins a career as a sex worker eventually falling in with a group of revolutionaries. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Audubon Films unknown books
1995ref. 164081N.p.: My Heart Inc 1995. Draft script for the 1996 film copy with the manuscript marker annotation of copy number 73 on the title page. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. Loosely inspired by the career of Carole King. Illeana Douglas stars as Edna Buxton an aspiring singer/songwriter from Philadelphia who hopes to make it in the music industry in the early 1960s. After changing her name to Denis Waverly and moving to New York she finds success as a songwriter in the Brill Building music scene. Featuring music written in the styles of the era by Burt Bacharach Elvis Costello Joni Mitchell Gerry Goffin and Jill Sobule. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Set in and shot on location in New York and Los Angeles. Front wrapper integral with title page dated February 15 1995 with credits for screenwriter Allison Anders. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. My Heart, Inc unknown books
1977ref. 171038N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1977 film showing André Dussollier and Anémone covered in wires. A slapstick satire of modernism and government control about a French couple who are chosen by the Ministry of the Future to be the country's "model couple" and used as test subjects for the creation of a new updated city by the year 2000. 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus moderately toned. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 161805N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for an unproduced feature-length pilot episode of the 1979-1981 television series. Based on the 1925 comic strip created by Philip Francis Nowlan a science fiction and adventure series about a twentieth-century astronaut who wakes up 500 years in the future. "Bomber's Moon" was ultimately vetoed by show runner Glen A. Larson in favor of the pilot episode "Awakening" penned by Leslie Stevens. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Andrew J. Fenady. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 162550Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1975 film showing actress Melanie Griffith. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. One of the great and still unheralded neo-noirs of the 1970s and along with "The Conversation" 1974 one of Gene Hackman's finest performances. Arthur Penn's unusual career as a director began with "Mickey One" 1965 "The Chase" 1966 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967 three films that amounted to the dynamite under the bridge that was the remnants of the Hollywood studio system heralding the start of the New American Cinema. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Ebert IV. Grant US. Hardy 243. Rosenbaum 1000. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers unknown books
1954ref. 157301N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1954 film. Stamp of the film's title in German on the verso. An exploitation film focusing on fashion models' diet plans and cosmetics regimens. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 164319N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film showing a nude Mimsy Farmer. Stamp of photographer Michel Ciment on the verso. A German college graduate and an American expatriate hitchhike from Paris to Ibiza where the bliss of island life quickly gives way to heroin addiction and hedonism. Soundtrack by Pink Floyd. Set and shot on location in Paris and Ibiza. 7.25 x 5 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1040. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 162399N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1976 film showing Bernardo Bertolucci talking with a woman on the set. A historical epic chronicling the friendship between two men in Italy in the first half of the twentieth century through the rise of fascism and communism. One of the longest commercially released films clocking in at 317 minutes in its original version. Shot on location in Rome Parma Lombardia and Naples. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 151334Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Vintage reference photograph of actors Marlon Brando Janet Margolin and Yul Brynner from the 1965 film. With a printed spirit duplication snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Twentieth Century-Fox. Based on Werner Jorg Luddecke's 1958 novel. A German pacifist is blackmailed into helping sabotage a German merchant ship carrying a load of rubber a product in short supply for both sides. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1972ref. 160510N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1974 film showing Gérard Depardieu Miou-Miou and Patrick Dewaere. Mimeo snipe and stamp of photographer Tony Crawley on the verso. Based on director Bertrand Blier's 1972 novel a controversial comedy following two petty criminals as they roam with abandon deflowering women stealing and behaving badly in general. Shot on location in France. Set and shot on location in Ardeche Calvados Cote-d'or Drome Hautes-Alpes Normandie and Pas-de-Calais France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1978ref. 158057N.p.: N.p. 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. Two-page budget analysis laid in with the script dated March 20 1978. Based on the 1975 off-Broadway play "Boy Meets Boy" a lighthearted musical comedy about a romance between two men in 1936 in an alternate reality where lesbian and gay relationships are as accepted as heterosexual ones in the 1930s. The play originally opened on September 17 1975 at the Actor's Playhouse in New York and starred David Gallegly Joe Barrett and Raymond Wood. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1977 June 23 noted as FIRST DRAFT SCREENPLAY. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a black velo binding. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 172931N.p.: Barber Rose Film 1980. Nine vintage reference photographs from the 1980 film. All photographs with a mimeo snipe attached to the verso. Follows the first ever animal Olympics where animals compete in winter and summer Olympic sports under continental teams. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Barber Rose Film unknown books
1978ref. 148287N.p.: N.p. 1978. Collection of twelve vintage French color lobby cards from the 1978 film. Based on the novella by Thomas Tryon from his 1976 collection "Crowned Heads." A struggling Hollywood producer attempts to revive his career by luring a retired and reclusive actress back into the spotlight. Told in flashback beginning with her suicide-by-train. The fifth and final pairing of director Billy Wilder and actor William Holden who began their association in 1950 with the classic "Sunset Blvd." 1950. "Fedora" has been seen as a companion piece to that film. 11.25 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Eureka Masters of Cinema 147. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 155307Universal City: Universal-International 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film showing Blake Edwards directing actors Tony Curtis and Martha Hyer on the set. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. An opportunistic busboy at a resort gambles his way into high society where he falls in love with a wealthy but disinterested young heiress. Edwards' third directorial effort. Set in Wisconsin shot on location at Lake Arrowhead and Lake Tahoe California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal-International unknown books
1972ref. 152128Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the 1972 film showing actress Marisa Berenson. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Joe Masteroff's 1966 musical which was based on John Van Druten's 1951 Broadway play "I Am a Camera" which was in turn based on short stories by Christopher Isherwood from his collection "Goodbye to Berlin." A decadent beautiful story of cabaret life desperation and love all under the increasingly deadly presence of the Nazi Party in Weimar-era Berlin. Nominated for ten Academy Awards and winning eight including Best Picture Best Director Best Cinematography Best Adapted Screenplay Best Actress for Liza Minnelli and Best Supporting Actor for Joel Grey. Set in Berlin and shot on location throughout Germany. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Allied Artists unknown books
1969ref. 161083N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless double weight color reference photograph from the 1969 film showing Sammy Davis Jr. surrounded by groovy dancers. French agency stamps on the verso. Based on the 1966 musical which was loosely based in turn on Federico Fellini's 1957 film "Nights of Calabria." A happy-go-lucky taxi dancer dreams of romance but only meets jerks as a result of her sleazy job. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1947ref. 150384Universal City: Universal-International 1947. Vintage reference photograph of actors Howard Duff Ella Raines and Burt Lancaster director Jules Dassin and producer Mark Hellinger on a lunch break on the set of the 1947 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Led by Burt Lancaster a group of prisoners at the strict Westgate Penitentiary plan an escape but fear their plans will be ruined by sadistic power-hungry guard Hume Croyn. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with three hole punch impressions along the left side. Criterion Collection 383. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Universal-International unknown books
1967ref. 167505Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Vintage borderless reference photograph taken on the set of the 1967 film showing actress Candice Bergen touching up her makeup under the watchful eye of makeup artist Katia Stefanidou. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. A NATO plane carrying atomic weapons is forced to crash-land and abandon its cargo on a remote Greek island causing consternation and delight among the Greek locals who believe their island is being considered for a new resort development. Shot on location in Galaxidi Greece. 10 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1955ref. 152332N.p.: N.p. 1955. Vintage reference photograph from the 1955 film showing Diana Dors and Vera Day bringing a pants presser to David Kossoff. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations to the verso identifying the actors. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1953 novel. A young boy growing up in a working class community buys what he believes to be a unicorn in reality a small deformed goat with the hope that it will bring luck to his friends and family. Set and shot on location in East London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn to the corners. N.p. unknown books
1987ref. 146258N.p.: N.p. 1987. Draft script for an unproduced film. INSCRIBED by screenwriter Charles Edward Pogue in black ink on the title page: "To John / "I Still Live!" / Best Always / Charles Edward Pogue." Based on the 1912 science fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Confederate soldier is wounded in battle and subsequently used in a military teleportation experiment transferring him to the planet Barsoom. Finding he can jump far distances due to the change in atmospheric pressure he attracts the attention of a group of aliens who eventually accept him as their swashbuckling leader in battling rival alien gangs. Charles Edward Pogue best known for his screenwriting for the 1986 remake of "The Fly" was the first screenwriter hired by Disney to adapt Edgar Rice Burrough's classic novel. The film was delayed for decades however and Pogue's script was ultimately never used. Set on another planet in outer space. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated December 16th 1987 with credits for screenwriter Charles Edward Pogue and novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with light soil bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 162212N.p.: N.p. 1984. Vintage color borderless reference photograph from the 1984 French film showing a nude Valérie Kaprisky in the shower. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. While on holiday at Saint-Tropez a sexually adventurous teenage girl falls for an older man who himself is interested only in the girl's mother. 7 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 160561N.p.: N.p. 1982. Vintage oversize borderless color photograph from the 1982 film showing a half-nude profile of actress Véronique Genest. A dramatization of the final few months in the life of famed French writer Guy de Maupassant characterized by overwhelming sorrow and paranoia. 11.75 x 9.25 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
