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1972ref. 160635N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the UK release of the 1971 Italian giallo film. Provenance stamps and a mimeo snipe on the verso. A police detective investigates a string of murders where the victims are paralyzed and disemboweled. Set and shot on location in Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Howarth So Deadly So Perverse Volume 1 1963-1972. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 154002Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1968. Vintage reference photograph of actors Joanne Woodward and James Olson during an amorous scene with director Paul Newman and a camera crew to the left. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Canadian writer Margaret Laurence's 1966 novel "A Jest of God" about the varied romantic and sexual experiences of a timid schoolteacher living with her widowed mother in an apartment in rural Connecticut. Shot on location throughout Connecticut. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books
1956ref. 172053N.p.: N.p. 1956. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1956 film showing Paul Newman receiving a champion's welcome in Brooklyn accompanied by Pier Angeli. One with a mimeo snipe and provenance label affixed to the verso. Based on middleweight boxing champion Rocky Graziano's 1955 autobiography from his early years suffering abuse at the hands of his father his dishonorable discharge from the US Army and eventual rise to boxing stardom. One of Newman's first starring roles. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Black-and-White Cinematography and Art Direction. Set in Brooklyn and shot on location in the Lower East Side and Brooklyn and at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. Approximately 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 158021N.p.: N.p. 1975. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1975 French hardcore adult film. A prominent French politician is blackmailed with tapes of her son performing in pornographic movies leading her to recruit a private investigator to find and stop the culprit. Set and shot on location in Paris. 5.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Bier 161. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 154942N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 Dutch film showing actress Monique van de Ven. Mimeo snipe and provenance stamp on the verso. Based on Jan Wolkers' 1969 novel. A gifted but poor sculptor marries a beautiful wealthy young woman but their relationship is tumultuous and soon sours. Director Paul Verhoeven's second feature film the screen debuts of both Rutger Hauer and van de Ven and the most successful release in the history of Dutch cinema. Set and shot on location in Noord-Holland and Rotterdam Netherlands. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 168497N.p.: N.p. 1976. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1976 film both showing Lynne Frederick topless screaming and covered in blood. A newlywed contends with a murderous stalker from her past although her husband psychiatrist and the police refuse to believe her claims. Shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 163748Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film showing actress Cybill Shepherd talking with director Peter Bogdanovich. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on Larry McMurtry's 1966 semi-autobiographical novel following the everyday lives of three directionless teenagers in a small lonely Texan town. Peter Bogdanovich's directorial breakthrough one of the defining films about Texas and the American Southwest shot in black-and-white on location in Archer City Texas. Winner of two Academy Awards for actors Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman and nominated for another six. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine lightly worn at the corners. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 549. Ebert III. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1976ref. 151230Burbank CA: Columbia Pictures 1976. Vintage reference photograph from the 1976 film showing Peter Bogdanovich directing actor Burt Reynolds with actor Alan Gibbs looking on to the right. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Bogdanovich's ode to silent film. A lawyer turned film director falls hopelessly in love with his beautiful but klutzy leading lady who is in turn engaged to a vile action actor. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1967ref. 156031N.p.: N.p. 1967. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of Suzy Kendall Terence Morgan and Norman Rodway from the 1967 British film. Loosely based on the 1967 play "The Meter Man" by Scott Forbes. A pair of oafish thugs break into a wealthy London penthouse apartment planning to terrorize the couple they find within-only to discover the couple ready and willing to explore a number of bizarre sexual fetishes. Set in London. 7.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1987ref. 150490N.p.: The Callender Company 1987. Vintage studio still photograph of Peter Greenaway and crew on the set of the 1987 film. Paper snipe on verso. American architect Stourley Kracklite Brian Dennehy arrives in Rome to supervise an exhibition for the little known French architect Etienne-Louis Boullee. Over several months working on the exhibition Kracklite's health and marriage deteriorate as he becomes convinced he is being poisoned like Caesar Augustus. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in and shot on location in Rome Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1092. The Callender Company unknown books
1979ref. 163662Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. Fourth Draft script for the 1981 film seen here under the working title "Janitor." SIGNED by screenwriter Steve Tesich on the title page. Laid in with the script is a studio still photograph of Tesich and director Peter Yates on the set. A janitor becomes the lead suspect in a murder investigation in the building where he works leading a beautiful local television reporter to cover the story. The second film collaboration between Yates and Tesich following "Breaking Away" two years prior. Set and shot on location in New York. Blue untitled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers. Title page present dated October 31 1979 noted as Fourth Draft with credit for Tesich. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/10/79 and 3/13/80. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1972ref. 156660N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage reference photograph of director Peter Yates and actor Robert Redford on the set of the 1972 film. Based on the 1970 novel by Donald Westlake about two jewel thieves who plan to steal a diamond from a museum.over and over again. A small gem of the New Hollywood cinema. Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lee p. 118. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 153884Amsterdam: Stichting C.F.M. Filmverhuur 1973. Vintage oversize double weight photograph from the 1973 French erotic film showing actress Karin Schubert in a complex bondage outfit and tall black boots. Manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso along with the stamp of Dutch distributor Stitchting C.F.M. Filmverhuur. Based on the 1971 novel. A call girl is punished by the owner of the brothel where she works and is subsequently forced to take on a variety of sadomasochistic clients. 9.5 x 12 inches. Near Fine lightly creased to the corners. Bier 1451. Stichting C.F.M. Filmverhuur unknown books
1925ref. 171333Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1925. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1925 silent film both showing Ramon Novarro and a heavily bejeweled May McAvoy. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Jewish prince Ben-Hur is sent to prison at the behest of his childhood friend Messala as a result of a mishap during a Roman parade. Through sheer will the prince endures prison and once released vows revenge on his childhood friend. The most expensive silent film made with a budget of $3.9 million and the second of five adaptations of Lew Wallace's 1880 novel. Shot on location in Italy and California. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine lightly toned. National Film Registry. Godard Histoires de cinema. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1958ref. 150861N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage reference photograph of Paul Newman and director Richard Brooks on the set of the 1958 film. Based on the 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Tennessee Williams though without much of the homosexual themes and cultural critique of the original. Brick Pollitt Paul Newman is a troubled man beat up from a drunken accident on his way to visit his dying father Big Daddy Burl Ives and the rest of his family with his wife Maggie Elizabeth Taylor. The gathering brings out the family's deeply buried tension repression and anxiety. Nominated for six Academy Awards. Shot on location in Long Island New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1962ref. 151424N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage reference photograph of director Richard Brooks cinematographer Milton Krasner and a camera crew capturing a boat scene with actress Shirley Knight on the set of the 1962 film. With a mimeo snipe and manuscript pencil and ink annotations on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1959 play wherein a failed Hollywood actor and gigolo returns to his small hometown accompanied by an older faded movie star hoping to win back his former girlfriend. Nominated for three Academy Awards winning one for Best Supporting Actor for Ed Begley. Set in St. Cloud Mississippi. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 150385N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage reference photograph from the 1968 film showing director Richard Lester cinematographer Nicolas Roeg and a camera crew filming a sidewalk scene with actress Julie Christie on location in San Francisco. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1966 novel "Me and the Arch Kook Petulia" by John Haase about an unhappy newlywed socialite who relentlessly pursues a physician for an affair. Shot on location during the Summer of Love in San Francisco with appearances by Janis Joplin and The Grateful Dead. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with faint wear to the bottom left corner. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 162380London: Pictorial Press 1957. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1957 film both showing actress Rita Hayworth dancing surrounded by extras clad in Trinidadian costume. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso and both with agency stamps on the versos. Based on the 1954 novel by Max Catto about two smugglers whose partnership is tested when they agree to transport an undocumented woman to a Caribbean island who turns out to be Rita Hayworth. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly age toned. Pictorial Press unknown books
1974ref. 139505Los Angeles: Embassy Pictures 1974. Vintage oversize double weight borderless still photograph from the 1974 film based on the 1971 novel by Evelyn Anthony. Shot struck and mounted by the film's still photographer Bob Willoughby with manuscript notation on the verso in his hand. Full provenance available. After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles photographer Robert Willoughby began working for magazines such as "Life" "Look" and "Harper's Bazaar" in the late 1940s. He spent the next 20-plus years as a set photographer for every major studio and magazine with his images seen in print literally every week of his career. Willoughby's photographs are in the permanent collections of ten museums including The National Portrait Galleries in Washington DC and London the Bibliotheque Nationale de France The Museum of Modern Art and The Tate Modern. 11 x 14 inches. Near Fine. Embassy Pictures unknown books
1956ref. 153068Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1956. Vintage studio still photograph of director Robert Aldrich on the set of the 1956 film one of only a handful of war films made in the noir style during the classic era. One of Aldrich's finest efforts a noirish take on the evils of war with a interesting focus on nepotism. Unpopular on release due to a grim ending and a cynical tone much the opposite of a flag-waving World War II film. Set in Belgium. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. United Artists unknown books
1960ref. 163883Hollywood: United Artists / Ziv 1960. Draft script for Season 2 Episode 5 of the 1959-1961 television series. Originally aired on October 22 1960 in syndication. "Lock Up" was a short-lived legal drama series focusing on the cases of renowned Philadelphia corporate attorney Herbert L. Maris. In this episode the owner of an archery range is charged with killing his psychologist after the latter is found murdered with an arrow sticking out of his chest. Screenwriter Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Orange titled wrappers dated 29 July 1960 on the front wrapper with credit for Bloch. Title integral with the front wrapper. 40 leaves with last page of text numbered 38. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. United Artists / Ziv unknown books
1966ref. 163888Culver City CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM / Arena Productions 1966. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 20 of the 1966-1967 television series originally aired on February 7 1967 on NBC. A follow-up to the successful "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." 1964-1968 series "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E." followed the international adventures of American secret agent April Dancer. In this episode Dancer and her British partner Mark Slate investigate a blackmail arrangement linked to an aging baroness. Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Goldenrod titled Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer front wrapper lacking rear wrapper noted as production No. 8605 and copy No. 124 on the front wrapper dated December 12 1966 with credits for screenwriters Robert Bloch and Richard DeRoy. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 65 leaves with last page of text numbered 63. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Arena Productions unknown books
1960ref. 163885Hollywood: United Artists / Ziv 1960. Draft script for Season 2 Episode 20 of the 1959-1961 television series. Originally aired on February 4 1961 in syndication. "Lock Up" was a short-lived legal drama series focusing on the cases of renowned Philadelphia corporate attorney Herbert L. Maris. In this episode Maris heads west to investigate a mining scam in Nevada. Screenwriter Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Orange titled wrappers dated 20 October 1960 on the front wrapper with credit for Bloch. Title integral with the front wrapper. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 44. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. United Artists / Ziv unknown books
1959ref. 163884Hollywood: United Artists / Ziv 1959. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 28 of the 1959-1961 television series. Originally aired on April 2 1960 in syndication. "Lock Up" was a short-lived legal drama series focusing on the cases of renowned Philadelphia corporate attorney Herbert L. Maris. In this episode an oil millionaire suspects his business partner of murdering a woman. Screenwriter Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" 1959 although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels short stories radio cinema and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft Bloch received the Hugo Award the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Orange titled wrappers dated 14 December 1959 on the front wrapper with credit for Bloch. Title integral with the front wrapper. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 42. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. United Artists / Ziv unknown books
1980ref. 161429N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Noted as copy No. 3 in manuscript ink on the title page and with annotations in manuscript pencil on three leaves. Based on Robert Ludlum's 1977 novel about the secret files of J. Edgar Hoover and their disappearance after Hoover's death. Mustard titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for Ludlum and screenwriter Millard Kaufman. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication on yellow stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver screw brads. N.p. unknown books
