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1981ref. 158016N.p.: Residenz-Film 1981. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1981 film showing actress Bea Fiedler. Printed mimeo snipe in German referring to the film by its German title "Die Nackten Superhexen vom Rio Amore" affixed to the verso. A young woman is drugged and forced to work in a sadomasochistic brothel belonging to her sister's employer. Shot on location in Madeira. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Residenz-Film unknown books
1980ref. 169588N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage color slide from the 1980 film showing actress Jodie Foster in lingerie. Tired of her dull life as a waitress an 18-year-old girl joins up with a traveling carnival where she quickly becomes a successful hustler at a game of chance on the midway. Shot on location in Savannah Georgia. 4 x 5 inches. About Fine in a paper sleeve. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 160670N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage reference photograph from the 1977 film showing a nude Mónica Zanchi surrounded by Amazonian cannibals. Mimeo snipe and provenance stamp on the verso. In pursuit of her next big exposé a photojournalist and her friends travel to the Amazon where they encounter a tribe of supposedly extinct cannibals. The sixth "Emanuelle" film starring Laura Gemser. Shot on location in New York and Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy on the top and bottom edges. N.p. unknown books
1945ref. 164423N.p.: N.p. 1945. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1945 film showing actor John Carradine as Count Dracula. The last entry in Universal's famed "monsters" canon a direct sequel to 1944's "House of Frankenstein" which appropriately hosted Universal's "big three" monsters all in Dracula's house including the Prince of Darkness himself Carradine the Wolf Man Chaney Jr. and Frankenstein Glenn Strange along with the requisite mad scientist Onslow Stevens and hunchbacked assistant Jane Adams. 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. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 160239Beverly Hills CA: Continental 1968. Original pressbook for the 1968 film. A searing emotional depiction of a disintegrating marriage in American middle-class suburbia. John Cassavetes' seminal fourth film as director took three years to complete was shot and edited in his own house starred his friends who often doubled as camera operators and ushered in an entirely new American independent cinema made outside the studio system. Shot on location in Los Angeles. 11 x 17 inches folded twice and measuring 33 x 17 inches unfolded. Very Good plus. BFI 1126. Criterion Collection 252. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Continental unknown books
1958ref. 158443Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1958. Draft script for the 117th episode of season three of the 1955-1958 anthology television series. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his annotations throughout. In her last years of life a dying mother tries to show her stern husband that he must change for the sake of their two children. Originally aired on March 25 1958 on NBC. Self wrappers. Title page present undated. 65 leaves with last page of text numbered IV-7. Mimeograph duplication on yellow and white stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound at the top left corner with a single staple. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1958ref. 158446Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1958. Draft script for the 134th episode of season three of the 1955-1958 anthology television series. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his annotations throughout. Laid in with the script is a carbon typescript rehearsal schedule dated 4/24/58 with Crawford's name circled. An old woman living alone believes that her adult son has forgotten her unaware that she has been sending letters and greeting cards to the wrong address for years. Originally aired on April 24 1958 on NBC. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Greer Johnson. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered IV-10. Mimeograph duplication on yellow and white stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound at the top left corner with a single staple. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1969ref. 162547N.p.: N.p. 1969. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 film both showing actor John Hurt surrounded by women. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. The criminal often amorous adventures of Scottish rogue Davey Haggart told largely in flashback as Haggart awaits execution in prison. Shot on location in Ireland. Approximately 7.5 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1994ref. 148549Beverly Hills CA: Brillstein-Grey Entertainment 1994. Draft script for the 1995 film comedy. Good-natured pastry chef Sergio John Leguizamo is smitten with waitress Hattie Sadie Frost who refuses to go out with him until he can earn a decent living. The bakery is burned down by arsonist Garet William Baldwin and Garet's father offers Sergio a bribe of $25000 to take the blame. Romantic hilarity ensues as Sergio and Garet become involved in a love quadrangle involving Hattie and another woman named Stephanie Erika Eleniak. Director Joshua Brand is best known for having created early story-arc driven dramas including "Northern Exposure" 1990-1995 and "St. Elsewhere" 1982-1988 both of which proved to be the template for television's transition to more ambitious and challenging formats. Shot on location in Toronto. White generic Brillstein-Grey Entertainment untitled wrappers. Title page present with a credit for screenwriter Morgan Ward. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication printed on both rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Brillstein-Grey Entertainment unknown books
1976ref. 127320Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1976. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1976 film One of the best thrillers of the 1970s built on a great story great characters and exceptional performances by Hoffman and Olivier. Hoffman plays a marathon runner in New York City who is unwittingly caught in the middle of an international diamond ring conspiracy run by former Nazi dentist Olivier. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Olivier. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1956ref. 152154Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1956. Draft script for the 111th episode of season one of the 1955-1958 television series originally aired on April 4 1956 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. A driven executive discovers that she is being slowly poisoned and begins to suspect everyone around her of the crime including her own husband. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Robert Esson. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered III-21. Mimeograph duplication on yellow and white stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1957ref. 152104Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1957. Draft script for the Season 2 Episode 182 of the 1955-1958 television series originally aired on June 21 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name to the title page in manuscript ink and his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. A New York executive vacationing in the country with his family undergoes a mid-life crisis deciding to stay at the vacation home and live a carefree life as a painter. Brown titled card wrappers dated June 1957. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Charles Allen. 74 leaves with last page of text numbered III-17. Mimeograph duplication on yellow stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1956ref. 152150Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1956. Draft script for the 198th episode of season one of the 1955-1958 television series originally aired on August 7 1956 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his personal stamp to the first two leaves and his manuscript pencil annotations throughout regarding substantive revisions and deletions. Incomplete as issued. An elderly man's family forces him to find a new romantic interest as a means of distraction from his horse betting addiction. Brown wrappers with a handwritten title label affixed to the front wrapper dated 7 Aug. 1956. Title page present undated noted as REVISED in manuscript pencil annotation with credits for screenwriter B.M. Atkinson Jr. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered III-18. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1956ref. 152179Hollywood: Federal Telefilms 1956. Draft script for the 38th episode of season two of the 1955-1957 television series originally aired on June 21 1957 on ABC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name in manuscript ink to the title page and his manuscript annotations throughout. The series followed the varied experiences of clergymen of all faiths. In this episode the Reverend and Mrs. Stone face difficulties with their newest foster child an angry little boy named Kenny Crawford. Blue self wrappers. Title page present dated July 12 1956 with credits for screenwriter Donn Mullally. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated 10/10/56. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Housed in brown wrappers with a handwritten title label affixed to the front wrapper dated 1956. Federal Telefilms unknown books
1968ref. 152151N.p.: Family Films 1968. Third Draft script for the 1968 television film. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and his manuscript ink annotations throughout. With four pages of a shooting schedule bound in after the script. A religious exploration of several young adults' opinions about topical issues including the treatment of African Americans the Vietnam War and monogamous relationships. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated 4/5/68 noted as 3rd Draft with credits for screenwriter Frank Rhylick. 40 leaves with last page of text numbered 37. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/5/68 and 4/15/68. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Family Films unknown books
1956ref. 152140Culver City CA: Four Star Films 1956. Draft script for the 24th episode of season four of the 1952-1957 television series originally aired on May 29 1956. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his manuscript ink annotations throughout. A young boy accidentally kills his playmate and is sent away to live with a middle-aged widow on an isolated farm. Green titled wrappers dated April 9 1956. Title page present dated April 9 1956 with credits for screenwriter Laszlo Gorog. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 4-16-56 and 12/12/56. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Four Star Films unknown books
1959ref. 160691N.p.: Audubon Films 1959. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1959 Spanish film showing strippers onstage. Two travelers meet on a beach in the Mediterranean and swiftly concoct plans to commit murder. Shot on location in Catalonia Spain. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Audubon Films unknown books
1963ref. 162235N.p.: American Film Distributing 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1963 French film. Photographs with provenance stamps and labels on the verso. The directorial debut of French director José Bénazéraf released in France as "L'éternité pour nous." Composer Jean Michel Lemoine and his wife Brigitte Sylvia Sorrente are staying at a beach resort where Jean plays piano and Brigitte dances. Maria Monique Just whose husband owns the resort and is on his death bed becomes attracted to Jean which soon reveals unseen betrayals and jealousies. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing and light edgewear. American Film Distributing unknown books
1966ref. 151646Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1966 film. Based on the British comic strip which originally appeared in 1963. Modesty Blaise a former criminal mastermind occasionally employed by the Secret Service must protect a shipment of diamonds en route to a small Middle Eastern kingdom from a crime syndicate. Monica Vitti's first English-speaking role. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location throughout Italy the Netherlands and England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1961ref. 162030N.p.: Tempest Productions 1961. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1961 film. Provenance stamp and two labels on the verso. The first feature film written and co-directed uncredited by prolific sexploitation director Joseph W. Sarno. A young art student is enraptured by her professor much to the dismay of one of her classmates who feels the same way. Shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Light overall edgewear else Near Fine. Tempest Productions unknown books
1947ref. 165437Universal City: Universal Pictures 1947. Vintage borderless reference photograph with a thin bottom margin from the 1947 film. 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 group of prisoners at the strict Westgate Penitentiary plan an escape but fear their plans will be ruined by sadistic power-hungry guard Captain Munsey. Director Jules Dassin's important first film a key noir followed by several others notably "The Naked City" 1948 "Thieves' Highway" 1949 "Night and the City" 1950 and "Rififi" 1955. 9.25 x 7.5 inches. Light even toning else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 383. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Universal Pictures unknown books
1981ref. 172055Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1981. Vintage reference photograph from the 1981 film showing director Karel Reisz with author John Fowles on the set. Based on Fowles' 1969 novel about two actors who begin to find their real-life circumstances mirroring their characters' relationship. Shot on location in Dorset. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good or better moderately creased to the corners with light toning overall. Criterion Collection 768. United Artists unknown books
1981ref. 164253Burbank CA: The Ladd Company 1981. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1981 neo-noir film both showing actress Kathleen Turner. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. A young woman manipulates her lover a small-town lawyer into killing her wealthy husband. A watershed neo-noir update to the classic femme fatale of the 1940s and 1950s. Set and shot on location in Florida. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Ebert I. Grant US. Penzler 101. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. The Ladd Company unknown books
1990ref. 158019N.p.: N.p. 1990. Vintage reference photograph from the 1990 film showing director Kevin Costner and a camera crew capturing a scene on location. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1988 novel by Michael Blake. A Union soldier is sent to a remote outpost in Kansas where he gradually befriends the inhabitants of a nearby Sioux camp. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards winning seven including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography. Shot on location in Kansas Wyoming and Nebraska. 7 x 5 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1941ref. 151324N.p.: N.p. 1941. Vintage photograph of director King Vidor his wife and screenwriter Elizabeth Hill and actors Hedy Lamarr and Robert Young taken to publicize the 1941 film. With provenance stamps on the verso along with a stamp noting No. 81-422. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on John P. Marquand's 1941 novel. A married businessman locked in a monotonous life recalls his passionate relationship with a beautiful independent young woman twenty years prior. Lamarr's second film with Vidor following "Comrade X" in 1940. Set in Boston. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light soil to the top edge. N.p. unknown books
