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1975ref. 149660Paris: Sofracima 1975. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1975 film showing actress Isabelle Huppert. With the stamp of Cine-Voc Films on the verso. A middle-aged man on his annual family camping vacation rapes and murders the teenage daughter of his old friends then frames a group of Arab immigrant workers for the crime. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners and light wear to the top edge. Sofracima unknown books
1975ref. 160431N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1975 French film showing actress Isabelle Huppert lying nude out in the sun. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A middle-aged man on his annual family camping vacation rapes and murders the teenage daughter of his old friends then frames a group of Arab immigrant workers for the crime. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased at three corners. N.p. unknown books
1961ref. 149523Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1961. Vintage reference photograph from the 1961 film showing director J. Lee Thompson and various crew members on the set of the German gun fortress. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Columbia Pictures. Based on Alistair MacLean's 1957 novel wherein a group of Allied soldiers plan to destroy an airtight German fortress in order to save British naval ships stranded in the Aegean Sea. Set and shot on location on the Greek islands. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1979ref. 149481Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Vintage borderless black-and-white reference photograph of director J. Lee Thompson and a camera crew directing actress Patricia Neal while filming on location for the 1979 British film. With two printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso with tape along with manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout. Based on screenwriter Bruce Nicolaysen's 1976 novel "Perilous Passage" wherein a Basque farmer helps a French scientist and his family flee to neutral Spain during World War I. Set and shot on location in the Pyrenees France. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy. United Artists unknown books
1957ref. 150405Universal City: Universal Pictures 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film showing actress Elaine Stewart reclining on a pool float while director Jack Arnold and a camera crew capture the shot from the poolside. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A dark tale about Nick Hoak a corrupt sheriff in a small Nevada town whose principal concerns are the maintenance and upkeep of all illegal activity. A lawyer and his lascivious wife stumble into Hoak's territory and conflict ensues. One of the seedier late noirs with a tawdry quality that transcended its big studio trappings. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Universal Pictures unknown books
1955ref. 140258Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1955. Vintage still photograph from the set of the 1955 film "Revenge of the Creature." Featuring a comical image of the film being shot in the water at Marineland Florida while a dolphin show takes place in the background. Half of the gathered crowd watches the dolphin show while the other half has turned to watch the Gill-man attack a diver bathing suit-clad cameramen milling about to the side. The captive Gill-man Ricou Browning falls in love with the girlfriend Lori Nelson of animal psychologist Clete Ferguson John Agar. When it inevitably escapes and unsurprisingly takes Nelson hostage the police are forced to shoot it. The first 3-D sequel to a 3-D film its far more successful predecessor "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" and the only 3-D film released in 1955. Clint Eastwood makes a hilarious uncredited appearance as an incompetent lab technician who insists a lab rat has been eaten by a cat test subject only to find the rat in his lab coat pocket. Set in Florida and shot there on location. 8 x 10 inches. Just about Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors. Mystery Science Theater 801. Universal Pictures unknown books
1987ref. 145894London: HandMade Films 1987. Revised Draft script for the 1987 film. Single manuscript notation in ink on page 62 a scene deletion. Based on the 1955 novel by Brian Moore. A pious spinster living in a boardinghouse begins an ersatz romance with a fellow resident looking to bankroll his next business venture. Novelist Moore born and raised in Belfast was highly acclaimed for his vivid descriptions of life in Ireland after the Second World War in particular for his exploration of The Troubles. Set and shot on location in Dublin. Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated February 1987 noted as Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Peter Nelson and novelist Brian Moore. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with white Velo binding partially loose. Indicator 123. HandMade Films unknown books
1967ref. 141006N.p.: N.p. 1967. Three Draft scripts for an unproduced film. During the Korean War a group of marines are pinned down behind enemy lines in a remote village where the only survivor is a widowed Korean woman and her child. Chaos descends as the soldiers find their radio is broken they are running out of supplies and they are slowly being picked off by snipers. Set in Korea. Script 1: Self wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. Twelve leaves with last page of text numbered twelve. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus lacking wrappers unbound. Script 2: Self wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus lacking wrappers unbound. Script 3: Self wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 99. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus lacking wrappers unbound. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 140101Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1960. First Draft script for the 1961 film. With a typeover correction to the title page changing "The Beach Pad" to "Love in a Goldfish Bowl". Two unlikely friends at a small college are forbidden to associate with each other despite each being the other's protector. Neither wishes to spend Easter break with their respective families and instead devise a plan to spend the holiday at an empty beach house. Self-wrappers dated October 13 1960 noted as First Draft Screenplay rubber-stamped copy No. 120 with credits for screenwriter Jack Sher. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication with yellow and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between November 1 1960 and November 23 1960. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three ring binding. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1973ref. 156326Paris: Gamma 1973. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of actress Jacqueline Bisset on the set of the 1973 film one showing a camera crew on the bottom left corner. Stamps of Gamma Photo on the versos. A shy writer of pulp espionage fiction lives vicariously through the hero of his novels a sophisticated spy and bases his heroine on his real-life neighbor a sociology student named Christine. Shot on location in Puerto Vallarta Mexico and Paris France. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. Gamma unknown books
1960ref. 149957Paris: Lorcaster 1960. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Jacques Becker and Marc Michel on the set of the 1960 film. "Lorcaster" and "636" stamps on verso. Based on the 1957 novel by Jose Giovanni. True story of the 1947 Le Sante Prison break with one of the real escapees Keraudy playing his own character in the film. Jacques Becker's final film having died two weeks after completing the film. Nominated for the Palm d'Or. 7 x 9 inches. Some light creasing else Near Fine. Buss French Film Noir. Criterion Collection 129. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Grant France. Hayden and Schneider 1001. Selby France. Spicer France. Lorcaster unknown books
1969ref. 171749N.p.: N.p. 1969. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1969 film one showing Gary Lockwood and Anouk Aimee the other showing Aimee alone. One with a provenance stamp and faded annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Jacques Demy's first English language film recently a subject of renewed interest in two different documentaries about the Laurel Canyon music scene of the late 1960s. A young discontented man in a dead-end relationship learns his draft notice has arrived and he is due to report for Army duty the following week. While out trying to raise money to keep his car from being repossessed he sees and becomes obsessed with the beautiful Lola an older French model who works in a "model shop" posing for photographers. Set and shot on location in Laurel Canyon Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twilight Time 327. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 149571London: Cannon-Gala 1984. Vintage reference photograph of director Jacques Rivette and actress Jane Birkin on the set of the 1984 French film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Fiction and reality begin to mix when a theatre troupe begins to rehearse a play in a mysterious mansion. Set and shot on location in Paris and Hauts-de-Seine France. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Cannon-Gala unknown books
1949ref. 170417France: Cady Films 1949. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1949 film showing director Jacques Tati talking with a live goat and an unidentified cast member. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. In his charming and beautifully plotless pre-Hulot first feature Tati is Francois a contented and happy postman in a small unhurried French village. Francois is at ease with his job and leisurely performs his duties peddling away on his rounds upon his beloved bicycle. A carnival comes to town and one of the attractions is a film depicting the United States Postal Service's fast and efficient postal delivery system. The narrator in the film exhorts "Rapidite rapidite." Francois takes up the call and attempts to Americanize his work style. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. BFI 603. Criterion Collection 730. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Cady Films unknown books
1958ref. 139689Paris: Gaumont 1958. Vintage photograph of Jacques Tati as Monsieur Hulot from the 1958 film. The director's second of four films featuring the inimitable Monsieur Hulot. In this chapter Hulot strays from his rather ordinary Paris neighborhood and into a modern suburban one where technological chaos reigns. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and winner of the Jury Special Prize and winner of an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. 7.25 x 5 inches. Near Fine with a shallow diagonal crease to one corner. Criterion Collection 111. Ebert II. Rosenbaum 1000. Gaumont unknown books
1967ref. 149330Paris: Jolly Film 1967. Three vintage reference photographs one borderless from the 1967 film. With manuscript annotations regarding layout to the verso and one with the stamp of Specta Films. A masterpiece of French cinema. Using his own money director Jacques Tati meticulously constructed a second "Paris" outside of Paris for the third-and most magnificent-of the four Hulot films following "Monsieur Hulot's Holiday" 1953 and "Mon Oncle" 1958. The third feature finds him in the much-modernized heart of the city with its complexities unfolding revolving deconstructing and reconstructing before his eyes. Set in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear. Jolly Film unknown books
1953ref. 149681Burbank CA: Walt Disney 1953. Vintage reference photograph from the 1953 film showing sound effects specialists Jim McDonald "Rusty" Jones and Earl Hatch in the studio using a variety of instruments several appearing makeshift to create musical accompaniment for the film. A documentary following the everyday behaviors of the desert-dwelling animals of the southwestern US. The first feature-length film in Walt Disney Productions' "True-Life Adventures" film series which focused on animal behavior and zoology. Shot on location in Tucson Arizona. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Walt Disney unknown books
1982ref. 141766Australia: Embassy Pictures 1982. Shooting script for the 1982 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with manuscript annotations highlighting camera shots throughout. Rogue KGB agents posing as Islamic terrorists steal a nuclear weapon and threaten to blow up Saudi oil fields unless their demands are met. Enter The Soldier a CIA operative whose actions have been disavowed by the US government who must find and stop the terrorists before the nuke is launched. Self wrappers with credits for Glickenhaus. Title page present dated 6/29/81 noted as First Draft Shooting Script. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 80. Xerographic duplication first generation with no copied holes. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine housed in a generic ring binder. Embassy Pictures unknown books
1973ref. 149156Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Final Draft script for the 1974 film. Laid in are six blue revision pages dated 2/26/73. Based on the 1942 novel "The Stranger" by Lillian Bos Ross. Later re-released under the title "For Better For Worse." Gene Hackman stars as a rural rancher who sends away for a mail-order bride looking for an extra ranch hand. His headstrong bride played by Liv Ullman is a tough bargain and the two eventually fall in love through shared hardship and growing respect. An early effort of screenwriter Marc Norman twenty-five years before he would receive an Oscar for his work on "Shakespeare in Love." Set in a remote region of the American West shot on location in Big Sur California. Orange titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper dated February 26 1973. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 2/26/73 noted as FINAL with credits for screenwriter Marc Norman. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1982ref. 141680London: Channel Four Films 1982. Draft script for the 1987 French film. A washed-up Hollywood actor a French financier a British director and a group of other misfits converge in a small hotel in Paris. Set in France. Title page present dated August 18 1982 with credits for screenwriter Jana Bokova. 191 leaves with last page of text numbered 179. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine lacking wrapper. Channel Four Films unknown books
1961ref. 160674New York: Globe Photos 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1961 film showing actress Jayne Mansfield having her makeup touched up on the set. Mimeo snipe in German on the verso along with several copyright stamps. A fictionalized portrayal of the prolific Hollywood star and nightclub dancer George Raft known for his many roles portraying gangsters and known for having real-life underworld connections made while Raft was still living. Shot on location in Los Angeles. 8.5 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Globe Photos unknown books
1956ref. 143289Paris: Cite Films 1956. Collection of 24 vintage reference photographs from the 1956 French film here under the French title "Le couturier de ces dames." 13 photographs with numeric annotations on the versos in pencil and one with "Le couturier de ces dames" in mimeograph duplication to same. A tailor needs to create a lasting fashion line to save his business. He does but he also cavorts a little with the models only for his wife to discover his infidelity. A send-up of the new haute couture popular at the time with notable designers Yves Saint Laurent Pierre Cardin who worked on the film and Japanese native Hanae Mori representing the "new look." Shot on location in Val-de-Marne France. One photo 3.25 x 4.25 inches the balance 5 x 7 inches. Generally Near Fine. Cite Films unknown books
1952ref. 149876Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1952. Vintage reference photograph of director Jean Negulesco and actress Beatrice Straight on the set of the 1952 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with manuscript annotations regarding layout. While waiting for a delayed flight from Chicago to Los Angeles a lawyer meets three fellow travelers all of whom have painful conversations waiting for them in California. The plane crashes and the lawyer is one of the few survivors compelling him to contact the families of the three travelers he met before their untimely deaths. Set in Chicago and Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches with a wide top margin. Very Good plus with light edgewear. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1956ref. 143992Paris: Franco London Film S.A. 1956. Original program for the 1956 English language release of the 1955 French-Italian film. Deluxe program in English text illustrated throughout in black-and-white stills from the film detailing the film synopsis. Also includes 8 full-color borderless film stills akin to lobby cards a brief filmography of director Renoir and transcript of an interview between Renoir and Georges Van Parys from January 1 1955 and sheet music for the theme song "Complainte de la butte." Housed in a Franco London Film folder with tipped-in plate reproducing Pierre-Auguste Renoir's "Le Moulin de la Galette" and film title in red on the front wrapper. Based on an idea by Andre-Paul Antoine his second to last film credit before "La dulce enemiga" 1957. Set in 1890s Paris Henri Danglard Gabin is the owner of a cafe where his mistress Lola Felix performs as a belly dancer. With the cafe nearly bankrupt Henri inspired by an old-fashioned cancan in Montmartre decides to add a new dancer to revive his business. Cue a laundress named Nini Arnoul who soon finds fame at the Moulin Rouge. François Truffaut's review in "Arts" magazine May 1955 was highly supportive even though other critics like Bernard Chardere criticised the music the sets even the final cancan scene. Regardless the film was awarded the Grand Prix de l'Academie du Cinéma 1956. Program 9 x 12.5 inches saddle-stapled and string-bound 4 leaves in slightly larger folder. 8 film stills 9 x 12 inches. Interview slightly smaller than stills single leaf printed on both sides and sheet music slightly larger dated 1954 single leaf folded twice 3 sides printed. Very Good plus overall with a few small scattered creases and brief dampstains to the folder. Criterion Collection. Roger Ebert Great Movies IV. Franco London Film S.A. unknown books
1976ref. 146900N.p.: Films du Berry 1976. Four vintage borderless studio still photographs and one contact sheet from the 1976 film. Two larger gloss finish photographs and two smaller matte finish photographs and contact sheet containing eleven images. Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil more commonly known as Jean Rollin had gained notoriety and some scandal with his early French vampire films "Le Viol du Vampire" 1968 "La Vampier Nue" 1970 "Le Frisson des Vampires" 1970 and "Requiem pour un Vampire" 1971. When beginning production on his first non-vampire film "La Rose de Fer" 1973 he found himself in need of funding and began making adult sex films which he continued to direct under a variety of pseudonyms through the mid-1980s. Two photographs 7 x 9.5 inches two photographs 5 x 7 inches Contact Sheet 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Hinds 222. Films du Berry unknown books
