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1970ref. 139655Paris: Fida Cinematografica / Lira Films 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli on the set of the 1970 French-Italian film. With the stamp of photographer Michel Ginfray on the verso. Based on the 1967 novel "Intersections" by Paul Guimard who also worked on the screenplay. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and remade in 1994 as "Intersection" directed by Mark Rydell and starring Richard Gere Sharon Stone and Lolita Davidovich. 12 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine. Fida Cinematografica / Lira Films unknown
1944ref. 150394Santa Monica: RKO Radio Pictures 1944. Vintage reference photograph of director Clifford Odets and a camera crew on the set of the 1944 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of RKO Pictures crediting still photographer John Miehle. Based on Richard Llewellyn's 1943 novel. An itinerant Cockney returns home after many years away only to find his mother ill with cancer leading him to make an effort to reform and help his family run their business. The directorial debut of playwright Odets who would only direct one other picture "The Story on Page One" fifteen years later. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Supporting Actress for Ethel Barrymore. Set in London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a light horizontal crease on the left edge. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1967ref. 130313Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Final Draft script for the 1967 film. Based on the 1964 play by Murray Schisgal about a man who strikes up a deal with his old friend to seduce his wife so that he may spend time with his girlfriend. Shot on location in New York and Long Beach. Red titled wrappers noted as final draft on the front wrapper noted as production No. 8801 dated August 4 1966. Title page present dated August 2 1966 noted as final draft with credits for screenwriter Elliott Baker and playwright Murray Schisgal. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between August 17 1966 and October 13 1966. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown
1987ref. 166807Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1987. Third Draft script for the 1988 film seen here under both the release title and the working title "To Live and Drive in L.A." A summer comedy about a teenage boy who decides to take a wild joyride with his friends in his grandfather's prized Cadillac resulting in increasingly grievous damage to the vehicle. The second feature film to costar "the two Coreys" Corey Feldman and Corey Haim following "The Lost Boys" 1987. Set in Southern California shot on location in Los Angeles. Blue titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers dated September 21 1987. Title page present dated September 21 1987 noted as THIRD DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Neil Tolkin. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between October 15 and October 28 1987. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. McPadden Teen Movie Hell. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1969ref. 159642N.p.: N.p. 1969. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 film. A heavily fictionalized account of the life of the French nobleman and writer starting with his escape from incarceration wherein he is haunted by flashbacks of his debauched younger years. Set in Lacoste France and shot on location in Bavaria and Berlin Germany. Approximately 9.5 x 7.75 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 171040N.p.: N.p. 1968. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of Dalton Trumbo on the set of the 1968 film. Based on the 1966 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Bernard Malamud. A poor Jewish man assumes the identity of a gentile after moving from the country to Kiev in order to secure a job working for a drunken prejudiced man. When the man is wrongfully accused of murder he winds up having to go to prison to avoid stigmatizing the entire Jewish community. Nominated for an Academy Award for Alan Bates. Set in Czarist Russia shot on location in Hungary 9 x 7 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 143481Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1980. Revised Draft script for the 1981 film. Noirish in theme and based on true-life accounts. Murphy played by Paul Newman and Corelli Ken Wahl are police officers in the decaying South Bronx region of New York. Together they try to bring peace and justice to their corrupt precinct. Ethnic minorities play a major role in the film particularly African Americans and Puerto Ricans though community groups from the Bronx found their depiction lacking overall. Orange titled wrappers. Title page present dated February 22 1980 with a credit for screenwriter Gould. 154 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Mechanical duplication with pink blue yellow purple brown orange and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/6/80 and 4/18/80. Pages and wrapper Near Fine prong bound. Hardy BFI Crime Companion. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1980ref. 159643Paris: Twentieth Century-Fox 1980. Four vintage borderless reference photographs and one vintage pressbook for the French release of the 1980 Italian film. Photographs include three matte-finish photographs of actress Eleonora Giorgi and one glossy photograph of director Dario Argento talking with actor Sacha Pitoëff on the set. Pressbook text in French. The second installment in Argento's "Three Mothers" trilogy preceded by "Suspiria" 1977 and followed by "Mother of Tears" 2007. Partially derived from Thomas De Quincey's 1845 prose poetry essay collection "Suspiria de Profundis" the trilogy was inspired by De Quincey's concept of three "Ladies of Sorrow": an all-powerful triumvirate of ancient witches and Satanists. Photographs: 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Pressbook: 27 leaves. perfect-bound in wrappers. Very Good plus lightly rubbed. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1982ref. 163721N.p.: N.p. 1982. Five vintage borderless oversize color reference photographs from the 1982 film. One with a Dutch distributor label on the verso. A conservative American couple explore sexuality and exhibitionism while on vacation in Greece culminating in a threesome with a French archaeologist. Shot on location on the islands of Greece in Crete Delos Mykonos and Santorini Greece. 7.25 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. N.p. unknown
1990ref. 163900Los Angeles: Linguini Productions 1990. Draft script for the 1991 film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. A British bartender and a magic-obsessed waitress at a successful brasserie in Chelsea decide to team up to rob the restaurant. 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 films including "The Last Seduction" "Pulp Fiction" "From Dusk Till Dawn" "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 New York shot on location in New York City and Los Angeles. Blue rear wrapper lacking front wrapper. Title page present dated April 26 1990 with credits for screenwriters Tamar Brott and Richard Shepard. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with a large binder clip. Linguini Productions unknown
1975ref. 148809N.p.: N.p. 1975. Two promotional portrait photographs of David Bowie likely used as part of a press release announcing Bowie's casting in the 1976 film "The Man Who Fell to Earth." Each with a fold over mimeo snipe from public relations firm Rogers and Cowan dated 5-29-75. One photograph with Bowie's name and RCA Records and Tapes printed in the bottom margin. Just three weeks prior RCA had released Bowie's ninth studio album "Young Americans" and earlier that year the BBC had broadcast the documentary "Cracked Actor" about the singer which led director Nicholas Roeg to cast Bowie in his upcoming adaptation of Walter Tevis' 1963 novel. 8 x 10 inches. One photograph with slight even fading else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 304. N.p. unknown
1959ref. 130326Los Angeles: Luna Productions 1959. Shooting Final script for the 1960 film. A low-budget space exploration film about a spaceship carrying a multinational group of scientists engineers and researchers to the moon where they discover an entire civilization of peace-loving extraterrestrials. Though working with a pitiable budget the producers at Luna Productions managed to hire noted cameraman John Alton then nearing the end of his career. Alton worked on every manner of film but is best remembered for his work in film noir salient examples being "Hollow Triumph" 1948 "The Amazing Mr. X" 1948 "The Big Combo" 1955 and a number of important noir entries by director Anthony Mann. Red titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper dated March 31 1959. Title page present dated March 31 1959 with credits for screenwriter Bodeen story writer/producer F. O. Gebhardt director Bradley and associate producer Fox. 104 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Lentz US. Mystery Science Theater 524. Luna Productions unknown
1986ref. 162368Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1986. Collection of twelve vintage color slides from the 1986 film. Five with annotations in manuscript ink on the cardboard sleeves and a printed Dutch photo agency label affixed to the plastic sleeve holding the slides. A series of vignettes about the goings-on in the fictional Texan town of Virgil whose inhabitants are preparing for a large celebration in honor of the 150th anniversary of Texas' independence. A passion project for David Byrne poorly received at the time of its release but today considered a cult classic largely funded on the strength of Jonathan Demme's successful 1984 concert film "Stop Making Sense" with much of the film's soundtrack supplied by Talking Heads. Shot on location throughout Texas in Dallas Mesquite Midlothian Red Oak Allen and McKinney. Slides 1.25 x 1 inches in cardboard sleeves measuring 2 x 2 inches. About Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1986ref. 158427N.p.: Twentieth Century-Fox 1986. Eight vintage glossy Italian Photobusta posters for the 1986 film. Based on the 1957 short story by George Langelaan. Remake of the 1958 film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Al Hedison Patricia Owens and Vincent Price. Director David Cronenberg's classic remake wherein eccentric inventor Seth Brundle Jeff Goldblum begins to undergo unexpected and horrific mutatio when a common house fly slips into his newly invented teleportation device. Winner of an Academy Award. 26.25 x 18.25 inches. Near Fine overall. Carlson Destroy All Movies. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1946ref. 151468N.p.: N.p. 1946. Vintage reference photograph of director David Lean and producer Ronald Neame in conversation with actor Anthony Wager between takes on the set of the 1946 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Charles Dickens' 1861 novel. A critical and commercial success considered by many to be one of Lean's best feature films and one of the finest adaptations of a Dickens novel to date. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 31. Ebert II. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 154959N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage reference photograph from the 1980 film. An isolated rebellious young girl with a dysfunctional family contends with her ex-convict father and overbearing anxious mother. A bleak violent portrait of the end of the peace and love generation bolstered by key performances from both Dennis Hopper and Linda Manz. Set and shot on location in Vancouver. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 147426N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for the 1982 film. Title page contains "#40" written in manuscript pencil on the upper right likely a copy number as well as several pages with annotations again in manuscript pencil commenting circling and striking scenes action and dialogue. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. A year before Peter Billingsley would become the familiar face of Ralphie Parker in Bob Clark's 1983 "A Christmas Story" he was Billy a child coping with his parent's recent divorce flying to California with his mom Sally Catherine Hicks to meet her high school sweetheart Mike Paul Le Mat for a vacation in Death Valley. It isn't long before Billy comes across a killer's crime scene leading the killer to them and it is up to little Billy to outsmart him. Set in Death Valley California and New York shot on location in California Arizona and New York. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present dated October 28 1980 with credits for screenwriter Richard Rothstein. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 155849N.p.: Island Pictures 1982. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1982 film. A fisherman becomes involved in a political drug- and arms-smuggling plot when he rescues two Americans who have crash-landed their plane in Jamaica. The first film from Island Records' film division an influential independent label which popularized reggae and ska music in the UK in the 1960s. Set and shot on location in Jamaica. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine to Very Good plus one with a small manuscript ink annotation on the recto. Island Pictures unknown
1973ref. 170770New York: A.B. Enterprises 1973. Vintage press kit for the 1973 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing three black and white photographs and eight gatherings of promotional reading material. The third film in Don Schain's "Ginger" series following "Ginger" in 1971 and "The Abductors" in 1972. Shot in the Virgin Islands and Washington DC. Folder photographs and promotional material generally Near Fine. A.B. Enterprises unknown
1968ref. 169580N.p.: N.p. 1968. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1968 film musical all showing actress Geneviève Waïte. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. A naive 17-year-old decides to pursue a glamorous new life in Swinging London beginning relationships with three men and falling in with artists and sexually liberated youths. Three photographs 9.5 x 7 inches one 9 x 11.5 inches. Generally Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 140001Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Draft script for the 1974 heist film. Art Director Al Brenner's working copy with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and his annotations throughout and on the rear wrapper. Based on the 1972 novel by Donald Westlake. One of the more creative caper comedies from the rich vein of crime films made in the 1970s wherein a bank temporarily being housed in a mobile home begins to look appealing to a crew of ex-cons. Very much a sister film to the 1972 adaptation of Westlake's "The Hot Rock." Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped No. 40 showing the film's title and "Landers/Roberts Productions on the front wrapper. Title page present dated August 27 1973 with a credit for screenwriter Wendell Mayes. 115 pages principal pages on white stock with pink revision pages throughout all dated 9/6/73. Pages and wrapper Very Good or better bound with two gold brads. Lee p. 116. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1949ref. 133084Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1949. Vintage studio still photograph of director Douglas Sirk working on the set of the 1949 film noir. A wonderful photograph of the entire crew shooting a scene where Cornel Wilde and Patricia Knight are parting at an airport. Sirk is standing on a crane support at the left and cinematographer Charles Lawton Jr. is seated just below. A key American noir from an original screenplay by Samuel Fuller. Shot on location throughout Los Angeles and notably in the Bradbury Building on Broadway now an architectural landmark originally built in 1893 by Los Angeles mining millionaire Lewis L. Bradbury and designed by George Wyman. In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. 7 x 9 inches borderless with a studio stamp and a mimeograph snipe on the verso. Near Fine. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1972ref. 159939Hollywood: SCA Distributors 1972. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1972 sexploitation film. Alumni renew old relationships-and start new ones-at a high school reunion held at a hotel. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. SCA Distributors unknown
1982ref. 149942N.p.: N.p. 1982. Final Draft script for the 1983 television film originally aired on March 20 1983 on NBC. Manuscript ink annotations throughout most noting moments where special effects would be required. A terrorist group plants a homemade atomic bomb aboard a tugboat docked in a South Carolina harbor hoping to blackmail the US government into giving up its nuclear weapons. Presented as a series of live news broadcasts for the fictional RBS network. The first collaboration between director Ed Zwick and screenwriter Marshall Herskovitz who would later work together on the television shows "thirtysomething" 1987-1991 and "My So-Called Life" 1994-1995. Set in Charleston South Carolina and Washington DC. Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 20 1982 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Marshall Herskovitz. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Reyes 58 106. N.p. unknown
1954ref. 152204Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1954. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1954 film showing actor Marlon Brando giving his parents a tour of the famed "roof" set from the film accompanied by producer S.P. Eagle. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Columbia Pictures. Based on screenwriter Budd Schulberg's 1955 novel "Waterfront." A dockworker and would-be prizefighter witnesses a murder at the hands of the local mob boss' men and is forced to stand up to his corrupt union leaders. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards winning eight including Best Picture Best Director and Best Screenplay. Shot on location in Hoboken New Jersey and New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 647. Ebert I. Grant US. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
