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1984ref. 166590N.p.: N.p. 1984. Revised Draft script for the 1986 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink on the verso of the final page relating to set construction. A famous photographer takes a two-week trip to her hometown on the Maryland coast where she reconnects with her high school sweetheart who is now married and running his family's local newspaper. Set in Ocean City Maryland and Venice Italy shot on location in Baltimore and Ocean City Maryland and at Rehoboth Beach Delaware. White generic Rastar wrappers. Title page present dated July 27 1984 noted as REVISED with credit for screenwriter Naomi Foner. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated July 31 1984. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 170401N.p.: N.p. 1981. Draft script for the 1981 film. Copy belonging to uncredited producer Kelvyn H. Cullimore with his name and address in manuscript pencil on the title page and his ownership stamp to the title page and first page of text. In 1944 a young divorcée and single mother has an affair with a sailor on leave. Based on the 1979 novel by Sara Clark and William D. Wittliff. The directorial debut of Jack Fisk the husband of actress Sissy Spacek. Shot on location in Lockhart Maxwell Seguin and Corpus Christi Texas. White untitled front wrapper blue rear wrapper. Title page present with credit for screenwriter William D. Wittliff. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1951ref. 159133N.p.: N.p. 1951. Vintage reference photograph from the 1951 film. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Siblings in a song-and-dance duo are booked for a gig in London while the Royal Wedding is in progress. Brother and sister both find romance overseas and struggle to keep their act together. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and pinholes at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1942ref. 146014New York: Batten Barton Durstine and Osborn 1942. Draft script for the 1942 radio show episode originally broadcast on May 14 1942. With a few annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the front wrapper. The anthology series was part of a campaign by the DuPont chemical corporation to rehabilitate its image following the public exposure of its arms race profiteering during World War I. In lieu of traditional advertising creative director Roy Durstine proposed that DuPont sponsor "Cavalcade" which integrated the company's slogan "Better Things For Better Living Through Chemistry" and agenda into its stories of American achievement and inspiration. The show was an early experiment in propagandistic corporate brand-building virtually unprecedented for a company that had no commercially available products to market to the public. To further promote their clean humanitarian ideals DuPont shied away from using attention-grabbing tactics such as the sound of gunfire that were popular on other radio programs at the time-a choice that attracted pacifist writers such as Norman Rosten and Arthur Miller to the show. This episode was written by Stephen Vincent Benet a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet and novelist best known for his narrative poem "John Brown's Body" and dramatizes the inception of the American Revolution. White titled self wrappers dated 5/14/42 with credits for actor Raymond Massey and writer Stephen Vincent Benet. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 37 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus unbound. Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn unknown books
1976ref. 155093N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1976 film showing actress Faye Dunaway. A dramatization of the tragic 1939 voyage of the ocean liner St. Louis a ship carrying hundreds of German Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany that seemingly no European nation is willing to save from certain doom. Shot on location in Barcelona London and St. Pancras. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 168060N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph and contact sheet from Season 1 Episode 4 for the 1967-1975 television series. Contact sheet with 27 images and two punch holes on two edges. Photograph with a mimeo snipe on the verso. A long-running series featuring the eponymous Robert T. Ironside a paralyzed wheelchair user and investigative consultant for the San Francisco police department. In this episode Ironside searches for the culprits who have been terrorizing an advice columnist. Originally aired on October 5 1967 on CBS. 8 x 10 inches. Photograph Near Fine contact sheet Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 157107Amsterdam: Filmtrust TV 1977. Two vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1977 film. One with the stamp of Filmtrust TV on the verso and both with annotations in manuscript ink. Emmanuelle now working as a journalist writes a report on a guru who claims to have achieved the ultimate orgasm before heading to China to investigate a sex trafficking ring. Shot on location in New York and California in the US and in Italy Hong Kong India and Iran. One photograph 9.25 x 7 inches one photograph 11 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. Filmtrust TV unknown books
1974ref. 157978N.p.: Astral Films 1974. Vintage reference photograph from the 1974 film showing author Mordecai Richler on the set. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Richler's 1959 novel about a young working-class Jewish man who embarks on a series of get-rich-quick schemes in an attempt to buy the land around a lake. Set and shot on location in Montreal. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Astral Films unknown books
1958ref. 149893N.p.: N.p. 1958. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1958 film "Dracula" released as "Horror of Dracula" in the US. One photo with manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout on the verso. Based on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel. Hammer Films' first adaptation of the Dracula story generally thought to be the finest of the studio's many horror films to feature the Count and simply one of the finest gothic horror films ever made. Christopher Lee introduced a more romantic debonair take on the character an approach that is still a mainstay of contemporary interpretations. Set in Klausenburg shot on location in Berkshire England. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus one with light soil to the bottom left corner. Johnson and DelVecchio Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 150357Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1968. Vintage reference photograph of Truman Capote with child actor Michael Kearney who played Buddy based on the young Capote on the set of the 1968 television film. "The Thanksgiving Visitor" aired Thanksgiving night November 28 1968 on ABC. Mimeo snipe and "NOV 25 1968" stamp on verso. Based on Capote's 1967 autobiographical short story based on his childhood in Alabama published in the November 1967 issue of McCall's magazine later published by Random House in 1968. A sequel to Capote's 1956 autobiographical short story "A Christmas Memory" which was also the basis for an ABC television movie also directed by Frank Perry written by Truman Capote and Eleanor Perry and starring Geraldine Page which aired on December 21 1966. Geraldine Page reprises her role as the quirky Aunt Sook helping nine-year-old Buddy deal with a bully on Thanksgiving. Page won a second Emmy Award following 1966's "A Christmas Memory" for her lauded portrayal of Capote's Aunt Sook. Set in Alabama shot on location in Pike Road Alabama. 10 x 8 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1993ref. 166676N.p.: N.p. 1993. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the 1993 film showing actress Uma Thurman joyfully riding a horse. Printed snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1976 Tom Robbins novel following the adventures of a woman who capitalizes on her genetic mutation: enormous thumbs. Shot on location throughout Oregon. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1958ref. 166167N.p.: N.p. 1958. Draft script for the 1958 British comedy copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with the annotation of his name along the top edge of the front wrapper with manuscript pencil annotations on four pages. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Sequel to the 1958 British film "Up the Creek" also directed by Val Guest and starring David Tomlinson and Peter Sellers. Sellers was unable to appear in the sequel because of scheduling conflicts with another film. When the Navy frigate the "Aristotle" is sold to a fictitious Middle Eastern power the ship's bosun played by Frankie Howerd sells tickets for the voyage as a luxury cruise unbeknownst to the Captain. Shot on location in Portland Harbour England. Pink titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Val Guest John Warren and Len Heath. 199 leaves with last page of text numbered 195. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three flat metal brads. N.p. unknown books
1956ref. 165103Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1956. Vintage reference photograph from the 1956 film showing director Vincente Minnelli with a camera crew capturing a scene with Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1934 novel by Irving Stone about the tumultuous life of Vincent Van Gogh. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and nominated for three others. Set and shot on location in Belgium France and Netherlands. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1964ref. 155630N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film showing actress Kim Novak nude and on a bed. The third of three feature films based on W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel following the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis and the 1946 film starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine with pinholes on the corners and edges. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 158124N.p.: N.p. 1973. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1973 film. One with a provenance stamp on the verso and one with a French visa refusal stamp on the verso. Director Walerian Borowczyk's fourth feature length film a sexually explicit time-traveling romp ranging from the bloodthirsty exploits of Elizabeth Bathory to a nineteenth-century country girl masturbating to thoughts of Jesus Christ. 7 x 5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear on the finish. Bier 354. Arrow Films. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 165082N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film showing cinematographer Owen Roizman and a camera crew preparing to shoot a night scene on location. Printed snipe affixed to the verso. William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Gene Hackman along with three additional nominations. 10 x 8 inches with wide margins. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1942ref. 164224N.p.: N.p. 1942. Vintage reference photograph from the Spanish release of the 1942 film noir showing William Powell Hedy Lamarr and Basil Rathbone. Mimeo snipe and title in Spanish on the verso. After suffering traumatic amnesia a diplomat encounters a number of shady individuals claiming to be from his past and eventually finds himself implicated in a decade-old robbery. A remake of the 1938 French film "Carrefour." 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1936ref. 158662N.p.: N.p. 1936. Vintage reference photograph from the 1936 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A dramatization of the rise to fame of Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. An extravagant runaway production with a massive budget lavish sets and costumes by noted designer Adrian. At the time of its release the film was the longest talking film of the time running just over three hours. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning three including Best Picture and Best Actress for Luise Rainer. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1936ref. 156211N.p.: France Presse 1936. Vintage reference photograph from the 1936 film showing actresses Diane Cook Edna Callahan Hester Deane and Mary Jane Halsey in a sea of white balloons. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of France Presse and Page Illustree. A dramatization of the rise to fame of Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. An extravagant runaway production with a massive budget lavish sets and costumes by noted designer Adrian. At the time of its release the film was the longest talking film of the time running just over three hours. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning three including Best Picture and Best Actress for Luise Rainer. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with pinholes at the corners. France Presse unknown books
1979ref. 151527Los Angeles: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Black-and-white illustrated pocketed folder containing 21 black and white photographs and 16 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on Richard Condon's 1974 novel. A pitch-black satire following the half-brother of fictional US President Kegan closely modeled on John F. Kennedy as he begins to uncover the circumstances which led to Kegan's assassination 19 years prior. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown books
1977ref. 142639Grunwald Germany: Bavaria Film 1977. Vintage photograph from the 1977 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1974 novel "Ripley's Game" by Patricia Highsmith later adapted in 2002 under the original title directed by Liliana Cavani and starring John Malkovich Dougray Scott and Ray Winstone. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 793. Grant Germany. Bavaria Film unknown books
2005ref. 162341N.p.: Reverse Angle Productions 2005. Two vintage color studio still photographs from the 2005 film one showing actors Sarah Polley and Gabriel Mann the other showing Mann and Fairuza Balk. An aging Western actor flees from his latest film set deciding to travel into his past starting with a trip home to visit his long-estranged mother in Elko Nevada. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Moab Salt Lake City and Arches National Park Utah and in Butte Wendover and Elko Nevada. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Reverse Angle Productions unknown books
1947ref. 161132N.p.: N.p. 1947. Vintage reference photograph of choreographer Tilly Losch and actress Yvonne de Carlo on the set of the 1947 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A fictional episode in the life of composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov imagining a love affair with a Spanish cabaret dancer that leads him to pen the titular composition "Scheherazade." 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1945ref. 164487Universal City: Universal Studios 1945. Five vintage publicity photographs from the 1945 film all showing actress Yvonne De Carlo. Two with printed mimeo snipes and provenance stamps on the verso. Loosely based on the life of famed dancer and courtesan Lola Montez. De Carlo's breakthrough role about an exotic dancer who becomes a spy during the American Civil War. 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. Generally Very Good plus. Zimmerman p. 19. Universal Studios unknown books
1956ref. 167628N.p.: Banner Pictures 1956. Ten vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1950 West German film musical. A now-faded singer begins to regret her estrangement from her daughters after years of neglect while at the height of her career. Swedish-born actress Zarah Leander's first German film appearance after a seven-year hiatus. Although she declared no political position during World War II Leander was strongly associated with the Nazi Party due to her contract with UFA and multiple successful films with that studio in the late 1930s and early 1940s and was subsequently restricted from appearing in German films until 1949. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Banner Pictures unknown books
