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1961ref. 146915N.p.: Newtown Productions 1961. Vintage borderless photograph of Elia Kazan rehearsing with Barbara Loden and Gary Lockwood on the set of the 1961 film. Warren Beatty's film debut. Natalie Wood was nominated for Best Actress Academy Award and William Inge won for Best Screenplay his first original screenplay after a career as a playwright. Family and societal pressures on Deanie Wood and Bud's Beatty heated teen romance threaten their romance and their sanity. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Newtown Productions unknown books
1969ref. 138609Paris: FFD 1969. Original pressbook for the 1969 French film. Nominated for two Academy Awards and the Palme d'Or. The third film but fourth released in Rohmer's "Moral Tales" series and the one that finally elevated him to the international status of his New Wave peers. 9.5 x 13.25. Tri-fold Very Good plus. Starting to the lower rear fold and light soil. Criterion Collection 345. FFD unknown books
1972ref. 167513N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1972 French film showing actress Zouzou. The sixth and final film in Éric Rohmer's "Six Moral Tales" series about a married businessman whose harmless fantasies threaten to spill over into reality when he encounters an old flame at his office. Set and shot on location in Paris. 12 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 348. N.p. unknown books
1948ref. 146150N.p.: Enterprise Productions 1948. Vintage studio still photograph of Ingrid Bergman from the 1948 film. Manuscript annotations in ink on bottom border of recto. Crop annotations in manuscript pencil and stamp on the verso obscured by manuscript marker. Based on the 1945 novel by Erich Maria Remarque. A complex romantic film noir in which Dr. Ravic Boyer is a refugee doctor practicing illegally in Paris under a false name. He saves Joan Madou Bergman from committing suicide after the sudden death of her lover and helps her land a job singing in a nightclub. The two fall in love but he is deported. Joan finds herself another man's mistress while Dr. Ravic seeks revenge by hunting for the Nazi officer Ivon Haake Laughton. Set in Paris shot on location in New York and Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and 2 small tears on bottom repaired with paper tape on verso. Selby US. Spicer US. Olive Films #809. Enterprise Productions unknown books
1966ref. 152190N.p.: N.p. 1966. Archive of material for an unproduced Western film including two draft scripts two xerographically duplicated copies of Ernest Haycox's story with manuscript ink annotations four pages of handwritten notes for the screenplay and an original draft for the script containing a mix of typescript and xerographically duplicated leaves. First Draft script with a brief typed note from screenwriter Johnny Crawford clipped to the title page introducing the script and a single manuscript ink annotation to page 16 noting an editorial revision. Based on the 1948 story "Dead-Man Trail" by Ernest Haycox. A man carrying a large shipment of gold dust tries to shake bandits off his trail on his way from California to The Dalles Oregon. First Draft: Blue titled card wrappers. Title page present dated December 1966 with credits for screenwriter Johnny Crawford and story credits to Ernest Haycox. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 30. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Draft script: Blue titled card wrappers. Title page present dated December 1966 with credits for screenwriter Johnny Crawford and story credits to Ernest Haycox. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 30. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. All other ephemera generally Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 146683N.p.: Lippert Pictures 1965. Collection of 20 vintage studio still photographs from the 1965 film in their original brown paper sleeve stamped "THE RETURN OF MR. MOTO 25 STILLS SET A." Mr. Moto the fictional Japanese secret agent created by author John P. Marquand appearing in 6 of his novels between 1935 and 1957 and portrayed by Peter Lorre in 8 motion pictures between 1937 and 1939 as well as a 1951 radio show starring James Monks is here portrayed by Henry Silva an undercover Interpol agent investigating the bombing of Middle East oil fields assisted by Beta Oil secretary Maxine Powell Suzanne Lloyed and Police Inspector Jim Halliday Stanley Morgan. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paper sleeve Near Fine closed tear along one edge. Lippert Pictures unknown books
1941ref. 148690Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1941. Final Draft script for the 1942 film. Production No. 690 and copy No. 140 both rubber stamped on the front wrapper with FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. John T. Bromley Joseph Allen a young man from high society is physically humiliated by a prizefighter William Haade before his socialite sweetheart Jenny Killian Brenda Joyce. He goes to a training camp to redeem his self-respect and ensure his success in a rematch. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Shot on location in Sherwood Forest California. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 140 and production No. 690 dated OCT. 23 1941. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated October 23 1941 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Walter Bullock. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/27/41 and 11/11/41. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a few small closed tears bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1965ref. 145855Burbank CA: Eden Productions 1965. Revision Final script for the 1966 film. Copy belonging to actor Natalie Masters who played Mrs. Stribling with her name and role in the film in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and extensive manuscript annotations throughout. A hapless woman enters into a poker game in order to save her family's earnings from her wayward husband's gambling debts. Set in Laredo Texas. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as REV. FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 49 dated July 9 1965. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 7/9/65 with credits for screenwriter Sidney Carroll. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 7/19/65. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Pitts 317. Eden Productions unknown books
1969ref. 148517Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1969. Collection of twelve vintage oversize publicity photographs from the 1969 film eight of which are shots from the film two promotional headshots one of James Caan and one of Robert Duvall one on the set photograph of Francis Ford Coppola behind the camera and one group photograph of the entire cast and crew. Natalie Ravenna Shirley Knight upon discovering she's pregnant takes off on a road trip to California in a family station wagon to reevaluate her life decisions. After picking up the handsome hitchhiker Killer James Caan and revealing that she's pregnant when the two strike up a romance she tells him she only picked him up for a one-night affair further complicating to whom and how much she is responsible to those around her. Shot on location in Chatanooga Tennessee a significant parade sequence in the film West Virginia New York Colorado Virginia Nebraska and Pennsylvania. 4 13.25 x 10.5 inches 3 13.25 x 10.75 3 10.25 x 13.5 2 13.25 x 11. Light edge and corner wear else Near Fine. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books
1969ref. 149918N.p.: N.p. 1969. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1969 film one showing director Francis Ford Coppola and the other showing Coppola and a camera crew filming a scene with actors Shirley Knight and James Caan. After discovering she is pregnant a young housewife takes off on a spontaneous road trip across the United States to reevaluate her life path. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus slightly rubbed. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 146530N.p.: N.p. 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film here under the working title "Tenderly." With a business card clipped to the first leaf. Laid in with the script is a typed two-page overview of director Franco Brusati's prior screenwriting and directorial credits. Text in English. After 15 years apart a neurotic doctor reconnects with his childhood sweetheart a free-spirited young woman. Set in Italy. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters FRANCO BRUSATI and ENNIO DE CONCINI and translator John Francis Lane. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus internally side stapled our first encounter with this practice and bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1944ref. 148705Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1944. Shooting Final Draft script for the 1945 film here under the working title "Two-Faced Quilligan." Production No. 911 and copy No. 6 rubber stamped on the front wrapper with SHOOTING FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. Single annotation in the script in manuscript pencil noting three names on the verso of last leaf. Patrick Michael Quilligan William Bendix captain of a barge named Mary named after his mother meets and falls for two women Joan Blondell and Mary Treen who remind him of his beloved deceased mother inadvertently marrying both. Set in Brooklyn and Utica New York. Brown titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 6 and production No. 911 dated DECEMBER 21 1944. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated December 21 1944 noted as Shooting Final with credits for screenwriter Arthur Kober. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/2/45 and 2/28/45. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with large chip on right edge of front wrapper bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1941ref. 145323Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1941. Vintage photograph of director Fritz Lang and stars Joan Bennett and Walter Pidgeon on the set of the 1941 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso and two punch holes in the left margin. Based on the 1939 novel "Rogue Male" by Geoffrey Household. The first of Fritz Lang's anti-Nazi films after he fled Germany in the mid 1930s. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant Worldwide. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US. Spicer US. Twilight Time. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1965ref. 148129Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1965. Draft script for the 1965 film musical. Copy from the collection of cinematographer Paul Vogel presumably his working copy with "Camera" written in manuscript pencil at the top right corner of the front wrapper. Laid in is a 17-page shooting schedule under the title "Girl Crazy" dated 7-13-65. Based on the 1930 musical "Girl Crazy" by Guy Bolton and John McGowan with music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin respectively. Previously filmed twice before first in 1932 directed by William A. Seiter and starring Bert Wheeler and Dorothy Lee then in 1943 directed by Norman Taurog and Busby Berkeley and starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. Playboy and heir Danny Churchill Harve Presnell helps Ginger Gray Connie Francis save her father's ranch by turning it into a motel for divorcees. The last feature film acting role of Connie Francis. Set in Nevada shot on location in Nevada and California. Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 73 dated July 7 1965 with credits for screenwriter Robert E. Kent. Title page integral with the first page of text. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Shooting schedule 8.5 x 11 inches Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1987ref. 157307N.p.: N.p. 1987. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1987 film: two showing Gary Oldman and Alfred Molina one showing Oldman alone and one showing Vanessa Redgrave. Based on the 1978 nonfiction book by John Lahr about the successful career and tragic murder of gay British playwright Joe Orton. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Olive Films 1098. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 141641Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1973. First Draft script for the 1975 film. A young widow begins smuggling liquor in San Diego during Prohibition and subsequently also becomes romantically involved with two men. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated August 24 1973 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Huyck and Katz. 165 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1967ref. 168084Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1967 film including one borderless showing Gene Kelly directing Walter Matthau on the set the other bordered showing Kelly with Matthau and Inger Steens. Printed mimeo snipes and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A bedroom farce told through vignettes about a man who gives his coworkers the how-to on infidelity. Borderless photograph 7.5 x 7.25 inches bordered photograph 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1943ref. 149399N.p.: N.p. 1943. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Georg Wilhelm G.W. Pabst on the set of the 1943 German film. Production stamps on verso. Made to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the death of Paracelsus. Story of the 16th century Swiss physician/alchemist/astrologer Paracelsus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim played by Werner Krauss. Made under the auspices of the Third Reich Pabst's second film upon his forced return to Germany after a period in France Paracelsus took on a new vogue in early 1940s Germany attributing Nazi ideals and a hyper-Germanness to the Swiss alchemist and physician. After the collapse of the Third Reich Pabst would go on to forcefully denounce Nazism. Shot on location in Old Town Prague Czech Republic. 7 x 9.75 inches. Light creasing and edgewear else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 169556Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1981. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1981 film showing director George A. Romero talking with actors Ed Harris and Amy Ingersoll on the set. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. A retelling of the Arthurian legend set amongst the members of a traveling renaissance fair troupe that jousts on motorcycles. A rare departure from the horror genre for Romero. Shot on location in Pittsburgh. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1971ref. 141803Los Angeles: New World Pictures 1971. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1971 film. The second film in producer Roger Corman's "nurse quartet" preceded by "Student Nurses" 1970 and followed by"Night Call Nurses" 1972 and "Candy Stripe Nurses" 1974. Also the second film released by Corman's New World Picutres. Set and shot on location in Manhattan Beach and South Bay Los Angeles. 27 x 41 inches. Folded. Very Good plus with minor starting the intersections of the folds and light soil. New World Pictures unknown books
1977ref. 153061Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Five vintage studio still photographs from the UK release of the 1977 film. The film that started a multibillion dollar media empire pun intended which now includes ten additional live action films animated shows novels comic books video games and countless tons of officially licensed merchandise with no signs of slowing down. Winner of six Academy Awards nominated for four more including Best Picture Best Director Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Alec Guinness. Set a long time ago in a galaxy far far away shot on location in California Arizona Mexico Guatemala Tunisia and the UK. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1971ref. 170740Burbank CA: American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film showing George Lucas on the set. Stamp of photographer Michel Ciment and layout annotations on the verso. Given everything that would follow "THX-1138" could easily be described as the most successful student film of all time developed by George Lucas in 1967 as a short called "Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB" while he was attending the University of Southern California's film school. The feature film version was one of the first efforts produced under the auspices of Lucas' friend Francis Ford Coppola. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers unknown books
1954ref. 130141Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1954. Final Draft script for the 1955 film "Seminole Uprising" seen here as "Bugle's Wake." Based on the 1942 novel "Bugle's Wake" by Curt Brandon. Script editor Jerome Thom's working copy with his name "Jerry Thoms" on the front wrapper and profuse annotations throughout. A cavalry lieutenant is ordered to bring in Seminole Indian chief Black Cat who is leading his tribe on a campaign of terror and bloodshed. Shot on location at the Corrigan Ranch in California's Simi Valley and at the Iverson Ranch in Los Angeles Chatsworth. Green titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper production No. 8250 dated June 25 1954. Title page present dated June 25 1954 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Kent. 120 leaves mimeograph duplication with yellow and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 6-23-54 and 7-12-54. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1968ref. 142538Culver City CA: Frankovich Productions / Columbia Pictures 1968. First Estimating script for the 1971 film. Based on the 1967 novel "Doctors' Wives" by Frank G. Slaughter a real life physician who attended Johns Hopkins medical school. One of the few feature films directed by George Schaefer known mostly for his work directing plays and musicals for television garnering seven Emmy wins and 21 total nominations. Life or death become the stakes as infidelity unfolds in the hospital ward. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated June 28 1968 noted as First Estimating Draft with credits for screenwriter Daniel Taradash. 157 leaves with last page of text numbered 162. Mimeograph duplication with yellow revision pages throughout dated 8/20/68. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Frankovich Productions / Columbia Pictures unknown books
1941ref. 149904Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1941. Vintage reference photograph of director George Stevens in conversation with actress Irene Dunn on the set of the 1941 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. As she prepares to leave her husband a woman reflects on the highs and lows of her marriage including the couple's courtship wedding day and unfulfilled desire for a child. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing and light wear to the top edge. Olive Films 702. Columbia Pictures unknown books
