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1985ref. 167435Hollywood: Stephen J. Cannell Productions 1985. Draft script for the two-hour season four premiere of the 1983-87 television series which aired on September 24 1985. Copy belonging to actor Nick Dimitri who played the role of Rico with manuscript highlighter annotations on twelve pages highlighting his character's action and dialogue and a manuscript ink annotation calling out his character's name on the cast page. One of the most culturally ubiquitous television series of the 1980s "The A-Team" aired on NBC for five seasons and 98 episodes from January 23 1983 to March 8 1987. Featuring George Peppard Dirk Benedict Dwight Schultz and Mr. T as a team of US soldiers who have become "good-guy" mercenaries after escaping from the brig for a crime in which they were framed. In this episode the A-Team is hired to rescue a judge's daughter kidnapped by mobsters who have taken her to Italy. Front wrapper integral with title page dated July 30 1985 with credits for screenwriter Frank Lup. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink blue and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/2/85 and 8/16/85. Pages Very Good plus with the last leaf with a large chip to the top left corner and a small chip to the bottom left corner and partially detached bound with two gold brads. Stephen J. Cannell Productions unknown books
1970ref. 160525Universal City: Universal Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Frank Perry talking with actors Richard Benjamin and Carrie Snodgress on the set of the 1970 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso along with a provenance stamp. Based on Sue Kaufman's 1967 novel about a New York housewife in an abusive relationship who begins an affair with a sadistic but successful writer who treats her as cruelly as her husband. Adapted for the screen by Eleanor Perry who worked almost exclusively with her husband Frank Perry. Set and shot on location in New York. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. About Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1945ref. 148593Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1945. Complete Draft script for the 1947 film. Single annotation on front wrapper crossing out "who talked" in manuscript pencil with "talks" above in manuscript ink changing the working title "My Brother Who Talked to Horses" as it is on first two pages of script to "My Brother Talks to Horses" the released title. Stamped "Complete" and "Rerun" "Nov 1 1945" on front wrapper. Single annotation of name after "Checked By:" in manuscript pencil on verso of front wrapper a printed form for tracking revisions "Date" "Chgs" "Adds" and "Name" revision form un-entered. Based on the short story "Louie the Boy Who Talked with Horses" which was Chapter Ten of the 1945 novel "Joe the Wounded Tennis Player" by Morton Thompson who wrote the screenplay. Nine year old Baltimore boy Lewie Penrose Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins believes he can converse with horses and pick the winners of races attracting the attention of gambler Rich Roeder Charles Ruggles looking to win in the upcoming Preakness Stakes. Set in Baltimore Maryland. Yellow titled wrappers noted as COMPLETE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 126 dated 7.26-45 with credits for screenwriter Morton Thompson and "Okayed by:" producer Mr. Samuel Marx. Title page integral with the first page of text dated 7-24-45. 164 leaves with last page of text numbered 155. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 6-4-45 and 7-24-45. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1943ref. 163749Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1943. Vintage keybook photograph from the 1944 film showing actress Marjorie Reynolds frozen in the shadow of a giant swastika. Based on Graham Greene's 1943 novel. While en route to London after being released from a mental institution a man is accidentally caught up in a nefarious Nazi scheme and finds himself pursued by German secret agents. Set in England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned at the edges with two punch holes along the left edge. Criterion Collection 649. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1922ref. 159875Los Angeles: First National Pictures 1922. Vintage reference photograph of director John Stahl cameraman Ernest Palmer and a camera crew setting up a shot with actors Grace Darmond and Gaston Glass on the set of the 1922 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with two provenance labels. A woman runs away from her husband and child in order to lead a more fulfilling life. Years later she helps her son reconcile with his own wife. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus slightly age toned and wavy along the top edge. First National Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 161076Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1960. Vintage reference photograph from the 1960 film showing director George Sidney inspecting a chorus line of women's legs. Columbia Pictures stamp specific to the Dutch release on the verso. Based on Norman Krasna's 1958 Broadway play "Who Was That Lady I Saw You With" A mild-mannered chemistry professor falsely claims to be an undercover FBI agent in order to get back into his wife's good graces capturing the attention of the FBI the CIA and the KGB in the process. Set and shot on location in Manhattan. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1971ref. 154512Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1971. Vintage reference photograph of director Gordon Parks on the set of the 1971 film. Stamp and mimeo snipe of Sun Magazine and The Salt Lake Tribune on the verso along with a printed label noting use by "Celebrity Cookbook" dated June 20 1971. Based on the 1970 novel by Ernest Tidyman. One of the best and most enduring films of the early 1970s and no surprise with director/photographer/cinematographer extraordinaire Gordon Parks at the helm an Oscar-winning soundtrack by Isaac Hayes and a magnetic performance by Richard Roundtree. This film and Melvin Van Peebles' "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" 1971 set the standard for what would become "Blaxploitation" a genre highly stylized violent and most importantly funky. Followed by "Shaft's Big Score!" 1972 and "Shaft in Africa" 1973. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 7 10-11 13 23 28 38 46 48 72 188. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1987ref. 163760Alexandria VA: Public Broadcasting Service PBS 1987. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1987 documentary film showing the film's subject acclaimed filmmaker photojournalist and author Gordon Parks. Minute annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with brief wear along the right edge. Public Broadcasting Service [PBS] unknown books
1971ref. 152113Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film showing actress Gretchen Carpenter in a mini-dress on an evidently windy day. Based on the 1968 novel by Francis Pollini. A police detective investigates a serial killer targeting teenage girls at Oceanfront High School during the height of the sexual revolution in California. Shot on location in Los Angeles and Santa Monica. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine lightly toned. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1989ref. 156671Santa Monica: Avenue Pictures 1989. Vintage studio still photograph of Matt Dillon and William Burroughs from the 1989 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Director Gus Van Sant's first feature film and a breakthrough film for actors Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch. A nihilistic answer to the onslaught of coming-of-age movies in the 1980s appropriately released at the end of that decade. The unsentimental exploits of a group of young people driven by nothing other than boredom and an obsessive need for more drugs leading inevitably to confusion and rampant lawlessness. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Avenue Pictures unknown books
1957ref. 153967Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Vintage borderless reference photograph of producer Darryl F. Zanuck with a camera crew on the set of the 1957 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A fairly faithful adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel about a group of British and American expatriates in Paris who travel to Pamplona to watch the running of the bulls. Featuring a career revitalizing performance from Errol Flynn as a hedonistic hard living drunk which would lead to him being cast as an alcoholic in several more films-roles he had a literal lifetime of experience preparing for. Set in Spain and France shot on location in Spain France and Mexico the latter much to the consternation of Hemingway who said "You're meant to be in Spain and all you see walking around are nothing but Mexicans. It looked pretty silly" and reportedly walked out after 25 minutes. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1957ref. 155850Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1957 film showing actors Eleanor Parker and Richard Boone. Based on the 1954 novel "The Bird's Nest" by Shirley Jackson about a young woman with dissociative identity disorder who undergoes hypnosis therapy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1953ref. 150143Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri 1953. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Harriet Andersson from the 1983 film. Printed Swedish Svensk Filmindustri snipe featuring full cast and crew credits affixed and folded "Svensk Filmindustri" stamp and small barcode label all on verso. Based on the 1951 Swedish novel "Sommaren med Monika" by Per Anders Fogelstrom. Conceived as a vehicle for Andersson by Ingmar Bergman who were intimately involved at the time it was Andersson's first major role and would make her an international star. Bergman and Andersson would continue working together for the next three decades Andersson starring in some of Bergman's most acclaimed films. Two disaffected youths Harry Lars Ekborg and Monicka Andersson fall in love and run away for a fleeting idyllic summer in a remote archipelago. Controversial at the time of it's release for its then ground-breaking nudity its US rights were purchased by Exploitation film presenter Kroger Babb in 1955 editing out over a third of the film to emphasize the nudity and renaming the film "Monika the Story of a Bad Girl." Set in and shot on location in Stockholm Sweden. 6.25 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 614. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Svensk Filmindustri unknown books
1958ref. 151648Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri SF 1958. Collection of 14 vintage black and white oversize double weight studio still photographs from the 1958 film. A traveling magic show led by a depressed fraudulent illusionist Max von Sydow faces opposition from a small town's authorities who wish to expose the spectacle as a sham. Shot on location in Stockholm Sweden. 12 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 537. Rosenbaum 1000. Svensk Filmindustri [SF] unknown books
1955ref. 171011Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage reference photograph from the 1955 film showing music department head Ray Heindorf and director Jack Webb talking on the set. Printed mimeo snipe and Warner Brothers stamp on the verso. Based on the 1951 radio series about a bandleader and jazz cornetist working at a speakeasy in Prohibition-era Kansas City. Actress Peggy Lee was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as alcoholic singer Rose Hopkins. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Grant US. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
1964ref. 159823Paris: Parc Film 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actors Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo with director Jacques Demy on the set of the 1964 film. Stamp of Parc Film on the verso. One of Demy's most beloved films about a young woman in Cherbourg who falls in love with a man who is promptly drafted into the Algerian War. A classic of French cinema with every word of dialogue sung in recitative. The first French film musical shot in color and the movie that made Catherine Deneuve a star. Winner of the Palme d'Or and two other prizes at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for five Academy Awards Set and shot on location in Cherbourg Normandy France. 7.25 x 5 inches. Very Good plus with a small bruise and light wear to the finish on the top edge. Criterion Collection 716. Godard Histoires du cinema. Parc Film unknown books
1966ref. 160658N.p.: N.p. 1966. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of director Jacques Rivette and actress Anna Karina on the set of the 1966 film. Both with distribution stamps on the verso and one with layout annotations in manuscript pencil and the stamp of "Télé Poche." Based on Denis Diderot's eighteenth century novel following a young woman whose family forces her into a convent. A flurry of controversy surrounded the film's production and release as a result of its critical stance toward the Catholic Church leading the French Minister of Information to ban its release. A large-scale campaign was subsequently launched in its defense and the ban was lifted in 1967 when it was shown at Cannes Film Festival and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Villeneuve-les-Avignon Gard France. 7 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
1955ref. 158268Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage studio still photograph of James Dean talking with Julie Harris on the set of the 1955 film while actors Raymond Massey Lois Smith and Richard Davalos look on. Based on the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck about two brothers who struggle for the attentions and favor of their deeply religious emotionally troubled father. Winner of Best Dramatic Film at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Actress Jo Van Fleet would go on to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and the film was nominated for three more Academy Awards including Best Director Best Screenplay and the first ever posthumous acting nomination in Academy history for James Dean's lead performance. Set and shot on location in Monterey and Salinas California. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown books
1964ref. 152148Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Draft script for the sixth episode of season two of the 1963-1965 television series originally aired on November 10 1964 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and his manuscript ink annotations throughout. The series followed the experiences of Mr. Novak James Franciscus a high school English teacher in Los Angeles. In this episode Mr. Novak gets involved in the lives of two students-one who seems destined for success and one on the verge of dropping out. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as Prod. No. 7526 on the front wrapper dated September 2 1964 with credits for screenwriter Mel Goldberg. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 60 leaves with last page of text numbered 65. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue and gray revision pages throughout dated variously between 9-9-64 and 9-10-64. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Housed in brown wrappers with a handwritten title label affixed to the front wrapper dated Sept. 1964. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1977ref. 153851N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1977 French hardcore film showing actress Brigitte Lahaie. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Bier 370. N.p. unknown books
1955ref. 161316N.p.: N.p. 1955. Three vintage reference photographs of director Jean Renoir on the set of the 1955 film two showing Renoir with actress Françoise Arnoul and one showing Renoir examining the ground while surrounded by cast members. All three photographs with Amsterdam distributor stamps on the versos. A dramatization of the opening of the famed Moulin Rouge nightclub about a theatre producer who decides to revive the cancan dance after seeing a beautiful young woman dancing at an old-fashioned Montmartre dance hall. 7 x 5 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn one with faint ink residue on the top portion of the recto. N.p. unknown books
1956ref. 151415N.p.: Franco-London Film 1956. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Jean Renoir listening while composer Joseph Kosma plays the organ on the set of the 1956 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso along with a stamp specific to the film's French release. In turn-of-the-century France a young Polish princess agrees to marry a wealthy older man to save her family from the poorhouse but finds herself falling in love with a handsome stranger despite her engagement. The third film in director Jean Renoir's romance trilogy preceded by "The Golden Coach" 1953 and "French Cancan" 1955. Set and shot on location in France. 7 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine. Franco-London Film unknown books
1971ref. 166092N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1971 French film. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Director Jean Rollin's third vampire film following "Le viol du vampire" 1968 and "La vampire nue" 1970. 7 x 9.5 inches with a wide right margin. Near Fine. Hinds 76. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 159624N.p.: N.p. 1963. Two vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1963 film including one showing actress Jean Seberg with director Robert Parrish. A young American art student must choose between her monied life in the US and her newfound love in Paris when her father arrives to bring her home. Set and shot on location in Paris. One photograph 9.5 x 8.25 inches one photograph 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 171005N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 film showing Jesús Franco directing Doris Thomas and Britt Nichols. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil and ink and the stamp of photographer Mario Lippert on the verso. A group of nuns are possessed by demons and are subsequently subjected to torture and destruction. Hot on the heels of Ken Russell's "The Devils" 1971. Shot on location in Alicante Cascais and Sintra Portugal. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Thrower "The Delirious Cinema of Jess Franco: Volume Two. N.p. unknown books
