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1978ref. 162405Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1978. Collection of 14 vintage photographs from the 1978 film including five borderless reference photographs and nine studio still photographs. A young single photographer struggles to maintain her friendship with her former roommate after the woman marries and moves out of their longtime shared apartment. Weill's first feature film a warm and incisive depiction of life as a woman in New York in the late 1970s described by Stanley Kubrick in 1980 as "one of the very rare American films that I would compare with the serious intelligent sensitive writing and filmmaking that you find in the best directors in Europe. It wasn't a success I don't know why; it should have been." Shot on location in New York. Studio stills 10 x 8 inches reference photographs 9.5 x 7 inches. Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 1055. Warner Brothers unknown books
1945ref. 129936Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1945. Carbon typescript studio transcription of C.S. Forester's short story of the same name originally published in the Saturday Evening Post on July 10 1943. Printed as a studio script in small numbers for internal distribution. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester noted as copy No. 3 on the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter C.S. Forester. 22 leaves carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine side stapled. David O. Selznick unknown books
2000ref. 167530Santa Monica: Silent Development Corporation 2000. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film. Screenwriter David Atkins' directorial debut a criminally overlooked black comedy. Steve Martin is an innocuous straight-laced dentist engaged to his ambitious dental hygienist played by Laura Dern. Martin's life is pulled into a maelstrom of sex drugs and murder when an alluring Helena Bonham Carter comes into his office seeking a root canal and pain killers. Shot on location in Illinois and Wisconsin. Front wrapper integral with title page dated April 07 2000 noted as REVISION I with credits for screenwriter David Atkins and story by Paul Felopulos and David Atkins. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/27/00 and 4/07/00. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Silent Development Corporation unknown books
1970ref. 150783N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of David Lean Sarah Miles Trevor Howard and John Mills on the set of the 1970 film. Two mimeo snipes and photographer "Ken Danvers" stamp on verso. The third collaboration between director Lean and screenwriter Bolt following "Lawrence of Arabia" 1962 and "Doctor Zhivago" 1965. The year after the suppressed 1916 Easter Rising a young Irish woman is caught between a British officer she loves and the nationalists from her own home town. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Cinematogray and Best Supporting Actor for John Mills nominated for two more. Set in an isolated village on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry Ireland shot on location in County Kerry and County Clare Ireland and Cape Town South Africa. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1997ref. 156712New York: October Films 1997. Five vintage color slides from the 1997 neo-noir film. Accompanying the slides is a corresponding promotional sheet with captions. A man goes to jail for killing his wife only to wake up in a completely new reality and with a new identity. An underrated neo-noir that in the years since its release has attracted a cult following and critical praise. The first film in David Lynch's Los Angeles trilogy followed by "Mulholland Drive" 2001 and "Inland Empire" 2006 all three exploring themes of dream-reality displacement chaos and unrelenting dread. 1 x 1.5 inches housed individually in white cardboard sleeves measuring 2 x 2 inches. About Fine. October Films unknown books
1977ref. 163798Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures Television 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director and actor Dennis Hopper with cameraman László Kovács during filming on location for the 1971 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A stunt coordinator filming on location in a small Peruvian village believes he has found paradise but soon discovers a strange and violent cargo cult which has formed among the locals. In spite of his ongoing battle with substance abuse director Dennis Hopper was granted full creative control over the film after his unexpected success with "Easy Rider" in 1969. The film's massive failure which became the stuff of legend essentially ended Hopper's directorial career in Hollywood for the better part of the ensuing decade until "Out of the Blue" in 1980. Set and shot on location in Peru. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 2199. Columbia Pictures Television unknown books
1968ref. 140637Moore Park Australia: Embassy Pictures 1968. Draft UK script for the 1969 film. With several annotations in manuscript ink throughout. Based on Anne Piper's 1959 novel "Marry at Leisure" about Candida Ferris who goes to live with her relatives after the death of her father. Bored with life she leaves for Paris where she meets a young student and becomes pregnant but keeps the baby a secret from her family. Bored yet again with life she leaves for Italy where she meets an American and is soon pregnant again. As she leaves Italy a woman gives her baby to Candida at the train station. So with two babies and one on the way her life is unraveling quickly and her only confidant is Savage Andrews the caretaker of her late father. Set in London and Paris shot on location there as well as Venice. Pink blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated July 1968 with credits for screenwriter and author Anne Piper and novelist Desmond Davis. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a pink ribbon. Embassy Pictures unknown books
1937ref. 167747Paris: Michaux and Guérin 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1937 film showing a close-up image of actress Dita Parlo. Provenance stamps and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. An English-language version of the film was shot at the same time under the direction of Edmond T. Gréville titled "Under Secret Orders" still starring Parlo with Erich von Stroheim stepping in as the German spy chief. 9.5 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. Michaux and Guérin unknown books
1979ref. 170620Los Angeles: CBS Television Network 1979. Three vintage photographs of Dolly Parton and Carol Burnett from the 1979 CBS television special which aired on February 14 1979. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos two with mimeo snipes on the versos. "Dolly and Carol in Nashville" was a musical variety television special in part a promotion for Parton's 1978 album "Heartbreaker" shot at The Grand Ole Opry and aired on Valentine's Day 1979. It was Burnett's first special following the cancellation of her 1967-1978 variety show "The Carol Burnett Show." 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. CBS Television Network unknown books
1971ref. 156701Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. In the Stone Age two brothers battle for leadership of their tribe after the former leader is killed in an earthquake. The fourth and last film in Hammer's "Cave Girl" series preceded by "One Million Years B.C." 1966 "Prehistoric Women" 1967 and "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" 1970. Shot on location in Nambia and South Africa. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Johnson and Del Vecchio p. 327-329. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1993ref. 162681Burbank CA: Touchstone Television 1993. Four scripts for Season 1 Episode 7 of the 1994 television series including a Writers First Draft a Working Table Draft a Second Revised Table Draft and a Final Draft. Copies belonging to producer Steve Sustarsic with his name on a printed label affixed to two scripts and his annotations in manuscript pencil throughout three scripts. Based on a character created by stand-up comedian John Caponera the series followed John Bowman a working class middle manager and family man as he attempts to balance work and family and improve his lot in life. In this episode Drew throws a bachelor party while Maureen directs a commercial with an aging basketball star. Originally aired on February 1 1994 on NBC. Writers First Draft: Self wrappers dated October 18 1993 on the front wrapper noted as WRITERS FIRST DRAFT with credits for director Gerry Cohen and screenwriter Kevin Curran. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Working Table Draft: Self wrappers dated October 29 1993 on the front wrapper noted as WORKING TABLE DRAFT with credits for Cohen and Curran. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 48 leaves with last page of text numbered 47. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Second Revised Table Draft: Self wrappers dated November 4 1993 on the front wrapper noted as 2ND REV. TABLE DRAFT with credits for Cohen and Curran. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 49 leaves with last page of text numbered 44. Xerographic duplication on blue and pink stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Final Draft: Self wrappers dated November 5 1993 on the front wrapper noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for Cohen and Curran. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Xerographic duplication on blue and white stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus partially bound with a single gold brad. Touchstone Television unknown books
1969ref. 167757N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage oversize borderless satin-finish reference photograph from the 1969 film showing Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow reading together in robes. Cahiers du Cinéma stamp on the verso. Based on Mervyn Jones' 1966 novel following a man and a woman who meet in a singles bar sleep together and spend the subsequent day learning about one another. One of the earliest New Hollywood dramas an examination of the uncertainties of young adulthood during an age of turbulence set within the hookup culture of late 1960s New York City. Shot on location in New York City. 13.5 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 158416New York: American International Pictures AIP 1972. Collection of 10 vintage studio still photographs from the 1973 film housed in their original envelope stamped "Savage Sisters / 10 Stills / Story in Tens" with the original three-page press release of descriptions for all ten photographs. Pam Grier and Margaret Markov escape from a remote women's prison aided in part by Markov's revolutionary boyfriend. What follows is an almost comical series of bloody shootouts pitting revolutionaries and drug dealers and the authorities all against each other. Shot on location in the Philippines. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Arrow Films. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1959ref. 160610Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1959. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1959 film all four showing actress May Britt dancing in a cabaret. One with a French Twentieth Century-Fox stamp on the verso. A little-seen American remake of Josef von Sternberg's 1930 German film based on the 1905 novel "Professor Unrat" by Heinrich Mann. A tale of the destruction that obsession can cause about a German high school teacher who falls for a traveling showgirl marries her and is then shunned by his community slowly losing all of his dignity. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly age toned with brief wear at the corners. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1936ref. 158483Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1936. Vintage reference photograph of director Edward H. Griffith with a camera crew on the set of the 1936 film capturing a scene with actors Alan Mowbray and Janet Gaynor. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the twentieth-century play by Leslie Bush-Fekete about three roommates and their comic misadventures in the world of dating in Budapest. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1955ref. 144801Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Two vintage keybook photographs from the 1955 film one showing director Elia Kazan behind the camera the other showing actors James Dean and Nick Dennis goofing around behind the scenes with dialogue director Guy Thomajan. Typed annotations identifying the subjects on the versos. Based on the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck. Winner of Best Dramatic Film at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. 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 Dean's lead performance. Images 4.5 x 3.5 inches on 11 x 8 inch sheets with two hole punches to the left edge as called for. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown books
1956ref. 149458N.p.: Newtown Productions 1956. Vintage reference photograph of actress Carroll Baker on the set of the 1956 film. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1946 one-act plays "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" and "The Unsatisfactory Supper." A spoiled virginal teenage girl is caught between the unfulfilled passions of her middle-aged husband and his amorous business rival a Sicilian with a monopoly on local cotton plantations. Set in the fictional Tiger Tail County Mississippi shot on location in Benoit Mississippi and Stockton California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. Newtown Productions unknown books
1968ref. 153217Universal City: Universal Pictures 1968. Vintage reference photograph of director Joseph Losey in conversation with actresses Elizabeth Taylor and Mia Farrow between takes on the set of the 1968 film. To the left is script supervisor Pamela Davies giving instruction. Stamp of photographer Barrie Pattison on the verso. An impoverished woman meets a young girl who claims to be her long-lost daughter believed to have died in a drowning accident years before. Set and shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with two short closed tears to the right edge. Grant US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1989ref. 153132N.p.: N.p. 1989. Fifth Draft script for the 1990 film. With a single manuscript ink annotation to the title page noting No. 59. Two dopey small-time crooks disguise themselves as nuns and hide out in a convent in an attempt to avoid their murderous former boss. Shot on location in London. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 22 February 1989 noted as Fifth Draft with credits for director and screenwriter Jonathan Lynn. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/3/89 and 3/3/89. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1962ref. 159899N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage matte-finish reference photograph from the 1962 film showing director Éric Rohmer at the far right. Annotations in manuscript ink and provenance label on the verso. Upon hearing his promised inheritance has been given to a cousin a man sinks into despair and indigence-only to later hear that the cousin has passed away and he will finally receive the inheritance. Rohmer's first feature film shot in the summer of 1959 but not released until 1962 and much-lauded by other luminaries of the French New Wave. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Very Good plus lightly age toned. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 151236N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1981 film showing actress Lynn Hancock. An unpopular orphaned military cadet seeks revenge on his bullies by summoning demonic spirits through his computer. Shot on location in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Nightmare USA. N.p. unknown books
1924ref. 156300N.p.: N.p. 1924. Vintage reference photograph from the 1924 film showing actor Gibson Gowland in character as McTeague. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1899 novel "McTeague" by Frank Norris. An impoverished miner-turned-dentist wins the lottery but the ensuing fortune threatens to ruin the lives of everyone it touches. Director Erich von Stroheim's masterpiece one of the first films to be shot entirely on location in San Francisco and Death Valley using what were then considered sophisticated and relatively new filming techniques such as montage editing and deep focus. Stroheim's first cut of the film was a mammoth 9.5 hour presentation edited down to two and a half hours against his wishes. All that survives today isa slightly choppy but coherent 240-minute version supplanted with still photographs released in a careful restoration that conveys to the viewer the unimaginable grandeur of the original. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus with brief wear along the bottom edge and a small toned spot near the bottom left corner. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1928ref. 150743N.p.: N.p. 1928. Vintage portrait photograph of Erich von Stroheim from 1926 released as a publicity still for the 1928 film. Newspaper clipping of photograph with two "DEC 19 1934" stamps affixed to verso and an "Erich von Stroheim" stamp and "Erich von Stroheim Goldwyn director" printed on verso. Stroheim's runaway production was halted after nine months of shooting by producer Pat Powers having gone nearly $1 million over budget with an edited running time of over four hours. After a disastrous preview Paramount decided to release two films from the footage as was Stroheim's original intent with the second part entitled "The Honeymoon" now lost. Prince Nicki an impoverished aristocrat is in love with the beautiful innkeeper's daughter Mitzi but is forced to marry Cecilia the daughter of a wealthy factory owner. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with two small chips one on top left corner and one on center right margin. National Film Registy. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. N.p. unknown books
1943ref. 155306Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1943. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1943 film showing director Sam Wood speaking with actors Ingrid Bergman Lilo Yarsen Katina Paxinou and Gray Cooper on the set. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamps of PIX Agency and the Westport Public Library. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between émigré photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. Based on Ernest Hemingway's 1940 novel which follows the experiences of an American fighting against the fascists in the Spanish Civil War and his relationship with a young guerrilla fighter. Nominated for nine Academy Awards winning one for Best Supporting Actress for Katina Paxinou. Set and shot on location in Spain. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Photograph laminated presumably as issued else Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1958ref. 155788Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1958. Vintage photograph of a camera crew capturing a shot of actor Spencer Tracy and child actor Felipe Pazos on the set of the 1958 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with a stamp crediting Warner photographer Jack Woods. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway. Winner of an Academy Award and nominated for two more including Best Actor for Spencer Tracy one of nine nominations he would receive during his career. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
