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1954ref. 156130N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage program for the 1954 German film. Text and titles in German. Based on the 1932 novel by Ernst Wiechert. A widowed woman falls in love with a piano player and spends the night with him out of wedlock only for him to die shortly thereafter in a car accident. She discovers that she is pregnant to the shame of her family members and is forced to leave town in disgrace. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 153686New York: Filmways 1963. Draft script for the 1963 television episode originally aired on October 12 1963 on CBS. Signed by screenwriter Larry Cohen on the title page. The series which ran from 1961-1965 followed the legal adventures of a father-son defense attorney team. In this episode the duo become involved in an international espionage case. An early venture for screenwriter Larry Cohen who would go on to write Blaxploitation films "Bone" 1972 "Black Caesar" 1973 and "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 as well as several popular horror and science fiction films including "It's Alive" 1974 "God Told Me To" 1976 and "The Stuff" 1985. Black titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated May 15 1963 noted as FIRST MIMEO with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 87. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrappers Very Good plus slightly edgeworn bound with two gold brads. Filmways unknown books
1991ref. 163986N.p.: N.p. 1991. Early Revised Draft script for the 1993 television film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. Based on the 1989 book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. A satirical depiction of F. Ross Johnson CEO of RJR Nabisco and his attempts at buying the company leading to leveraged buyouts and bidding wars. Nominated for nine Primetime Emmy Awards winner of Best Picture. 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. Untitled Rastar wrappers. Title page present dated 1 November 1991 noted as REVISED with credits for screenwriter Larry Gelbart. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1993ref. 150020N.p.: N.p. 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1994 short film. With manuscript ink annotations throughout. A young married female painter enjoys a one-night stand with a handsome actor. Set in Rochester New York. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated October 11 1993 noted as Revised Draft with credits for director Laura Ziskin and screenwriter Alvin Sargent. 18 leaves with last page of text numbered 15. Xerographic duplication rectos only with yellow white blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/27/93 and 10/29/93. Pages Very Good plus with a small tide mark to the bottom right corner of the title page bound with three gold brads. Full provenance available. N.p. unknown books
1946ref. 172485Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1946. Two vintage photographs: one studio still photograph and one reference photograph from the 1946 film noir. Studio still photograph with a blind stamp on the verso bottom left corner and reference photograph with a blind stamp on the verso bottom right corner. A US senator his secretary and a war veteran are targeted by German agents. Set in and shot on location in Malibu. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Selby US. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1968ref. 154902Dallas: Orbit Films 1968. Vintage pressbook for the 1968 film. Con women steal one million dollars from two mob money couriers forcing the men to find and recover the money before their employers discover the theft. Versatile and prolific cross-genre filmmaker Lee Frost was best known for his string of exploitation films throughout the 1960s and 1970s most notably including "The Animal" 1968 "Chain Gang Women" 1971 and "Policewomen" 1974. 12 pages saddle stapled. 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine. Orbit Films unknown books
1969ref. 150125N.p.: American International Pictures 1969. Two vintage reference studio still photographs one borderless from the 1970 film. Borderless photo with "Lester Glassner Collection" stamp on verso. Inspired by the "lonely hearts killers" Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck of the 1940s who lured victims through lonely hearts ads. Leonard Kastle's only foray into filmmaking a black and white documentary-style film wherein the overweight and lonely nurse Martha Beck Shirley Stoler and con man Raymond Fernandez Tony Lo Bianco embark on a murder spree of elderly women. Shot on location in Albany New York and Pittsfield Massachusetts. 10 x 8.25 inches. Borderless photograph 7.25 x 8.75 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 200. Rosenbaum 1000. Grant US. American International Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 161861N.p.: N.p. 1970. Final Draft script for Season 4 Episode 24 of the 1966-1973 television series. The successful espionage series followed the adventures of a small team of government agents as they fought a changing roster of Cold War spies corrupt leaders of industry and Third World dictators. In this episode the team gathers to fight a chief of police operating a secret illegal "death squad" in a small Latin American country. Originally aired on March 15 1970 on CBS. Dark blue titled wrappers dated January 12 1970 and noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper with credit for screenwriter Laurence Heath noted as production No. 60034-100. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Mimeograph duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages lightly foxed on the edges else Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1933ref. 167819New York: Fox Film 1933. Vintage pressbook for the 1933 pre-Code film musical. A wealthy young man bets his uncle that he can transform a cleaning lady into a sophisticated socialite. The second of four Hollywood films made by British-German actress Lilian Harvey. Notable as one of the first films to use the word "gay" to mean homosexual although the Studio Relations Committee censors ultimately decided the phrase would have to be muffled. 15.75 x 21.75 inches folded once as issued. 16 pages side-stapled. Very Good plus with last leaf partially detached from the binding. Fox Film unknown books
1980ref. 161298N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage color borderless reference photograph from the 1980 Italian film. Provenance stamp and manuscript label crediting photographer Gianfranco Salis. A low-budget film actor suffers a nervous breakdown and runs away with an actress who believes herself to be Shakespeare's Ophelia. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1993ref. 167749N.p.: N.p. 1993. Vintage color photograph from the 1993 film showing a topless Madonna. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Against his better judgment a married lawyer agrees to defend a woman suspected of murdering her husband and soon begins a sadomasochistic affair with her. Shot on location in Portland Oregon and Olympia Washington. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Silver & Ursini American Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 171003N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1981 film showing director James Ivory talking with Isabelle Adjani on the set. Mimeo label affixed to the verso. Based on the 1928 Jean Rhys novel about a young woman who falls in with a group of decadent Parisians after falling into sudden poverty. Nominated for the Palme d'Or and winner of Best Actress at Cannes for Adjani. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1935ref. 158590Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1935. Vintage reference photograph of actors Helen Twelvetree and Donald Cook with director Lewis D. Collins examining celluloid strips from the day's production on the set of the 1935 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso along with annotations in manuscript pencil. Based on the 1935 Ellery Queen novel about a detective whose vacation on the California coast is interrupted by a murder in the neighboring cabin. Set in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with a hint of wear at the corners. Republic Pictures unknown books
1945ref. 158634N.p.: N.p. 1945. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1945 film showing actor Jean-Louis Barrault. Mimeo snipe and French Ministère de L'Information stamp on the verso. An influential classic of French cinema following a courtesan in nineteenth century Paris who finds her attentions torn between four possible suitors-a mime an actor a thief and an aristocrat. Set and shot on location in France. 7 x 8.5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear on the left and right edges. Criterion Collection 141. Ebert II. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 162543N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph the 1967 film showing actress Marianne Faithfull in the bath. A successful advertising executive decides to quit his job and break up with his wife and mistresses in order to pursue his dream of being a literary writer but finds the transition more difficult than anticipated. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Two nicks at the top edge else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 170387N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the 1967 film showing actor Marlon Brando on the set with a camera crew in the background. Charlie Chaplin's final film as a director and his only color film viewed by many including Andrew Sarris and François Truffaut as being equal to his best silent work. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1945ref. 148964Los Angeles: Producers Releasing Corporation 1945. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1945 Poverty Row film noir showing actors John Rogers Charles Arnt and Veda Ann Borg. With manuscript annotations to the verso noting the date 8-6-45 and the title of the film. A hitchhiking woman recovering from a violent car accident at the house of a wealthy stranger begins to uncover the circumstances behind the stranger's wife's recent death. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Lyons US. Producers Releasing Corporation unknown books
1995ref. 150007Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1995. Revised Shooting script for the pilot episode of the 1995 television series originally aired on September 28 1995 on CBS. A fictional tabloid publication struggles to survive in the fast-paced world of New York journalism. The series ran for a brief single season with 13 episodes total only eight of which were aired. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated 03/28/95 noted as GOLDEN REVISION and SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Michelle Ashford. 65 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. Warner Brothers unknown books
1998ref. 157392Pasadena: Madison Avenue Productions 1998. Shooting script for the 1998 television film with annotations in manuscript highlighter on pages 8-9. Laid in is a Crew Call Sheet with copied annotations ten reduced copies of ten pages of the script with copied annotations and a copy of a map for the crew to the Metropolitan Baptist Church with the copied date of 6/6/98. Bound in following the script is a nine page Crew List a June 2 1998 Memorandum and a two page shooting schedule. The television film aired on CBS on November 29 1998. Based on a true story of a Pasadena cab driver who picks up an elderly woman en route to a funeral who ends up insisting the driver take her on a cross-county trip ending in Vancouver. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Front wrapper integral with the title page dated 4/27/98 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Dalene Young and story by Beth Polson. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated 5/5/98 and 5/15/98. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Crew Call Sheet 6 x 9 inches stapled to the reduced script pages. Near Fine. Ten Reduced Script Pages 5.75 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine Map 14 x 8.5 inches. With a single vertical fold else Near Fine. Madison Avenue Productions unknown books
1959ref. 149576Rome: Union Photos 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1959 Italian film showing actress Elsa Martinelli. With the stamps of Union Photos and Atlantic Press on the verso. Loosely based on Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1955 novel "Ragazzi di vita" following three amoral young men as they make their way through Rome's seedy criminal underworld. The third collaboration between director Mauro Bolognini and screenwriter Pasolini who would of course go on to become a great and arguably better-known filmmaker in his own right preceded by "Marisa" 1957 and "Giovani mariti" 1958 and followed by "Bell' Antonio" 1960 and "From a Roman Balcony" 1960. Set and shot on location in Rome. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Union Photos unknown books
1959ref. 160052Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Gaumont / Ulysse Productions 1959. Four items including three vintage borderless reference photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the 1959 film. A small-town reporter helps a lawyer incriminate a wine-selling company revealing how the merchants target poor people and youth in their advertising campaigns. Shot on location in Paris and Yvelines France. One photograph 9.5 x 7.25 two photographs 7 x 5 inches one photograph 5.25 x 4 inches. Very good plus with some curling at the edges and one photograph with some foxing on the verso. Gaumont / Ulysse Productions unknown books
1973ref. 170384N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1973 film showing actress Monique van de Ven topless. Annotations in manuscript ink to 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. 9.75 x 12 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 147351N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on Nicholas Blake's 1968 novel "The Private Wound" about the struggles of a young Irish writer to resist seduction by the wife of the hot-tempered local squire. Set in West Ireland. Black titled faux-leather wrappers. Title page present dated June 1970 with credits for screenwriter Clifford Hanley and novelist Nicholas Blake. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 155092London: J. Arthur Rank 1950. Vintage borderless reference photograph of producer J. Arthur Rank talking with actor and screenwriter Noel Coward on the set of the 1950 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of J. Arthur Rank Organization. Based on Coward's 1936 one-act play about a psychiatrist who falls in love with his wife's much younger friend leading to his growing despair and eventual suicide. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Faintly toned else Near Fine. J. Arthur Rank unknown books
1926ref. 171413Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Vintage reference photograph from the 1926 silent film showing Norma Shearer cuddling with a small dog. Mimeo snipe on the verso. The first of seven films made in the US by Danish director Benjamin Christensen about a young trapeze artist who falls in love with a petty criminal. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus moderately toned with a diagonal crease to the bottom left corner. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
