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1962ref. 144425Paris: Les Films de la Pleiade 1962. Four vintage borderless photographs from the 1962 film. With manuscript annotations and rubber stamps on the versos. Based in part on the nonfiction study "Ou en est la prostitution" by Marcel Sacotte who also contributed to the screenplay. Godard's least "intellectual" film is also one of his finest a touching drama about a college-educated woman who drifts into prostitution out of boredom with the working world to tragic consequences. The third of the seven highly influential films directed by Godard between 1960 and 1965 starring his then-wife and muse Anna Karina. Shot on location in Paris. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. BFI 2055. Criterion Collection 512. Ebert I. Les Films de la Pleiade unknown
2000ref. 167120N.p.: N.p. 2000. Six vintage borderless color lobby cards from the French release of the 2000 American film. Housed in the original manila envelope with the film's logo on one side. An urban fairy tale wherein Jean-Michel Basquiat playing himself roams the streets of New York City encountering many denizens of the musical underground in the process. Shot in December of 1980 and January of 1981 the film was abandoned after completion due to budgetary constraints but was revived by producer and screenwriter Glenn O'Brien in 1999 and made its public debut at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. 11 x 8.25 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 152112N.p.: N.p. 1965. Three vintage borderless photographs including one double weight and two single-weight from the set of the 1965 French film. One photograph showing director Louis Malle relaxing with a camera crew to his right one photograph showing Malle with actresses Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau in conversation with Malle looking on and the final photograph showing Malle and Bardot during filming on location. All photographs with manuscript ink annotations to the verso. Director Louis Malle's sixth film a humorous and subversive gender-swapped twist on the buddy movie about two women named Maria who enjoy a variety of unusual experiences together including inventing striptease for a traveling circus and leading a socialist revolutionary uprising. Set in 1900s Central America shot on location in Mexico. Two photographs approximately 9.5 x 7.25 inches one photograph 9.75 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1981ref. 146360Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1981. Final draft script for the 1982 film with annotations in manuscript ink striking dialogue on three pages. A cocaine fueled spoof of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" that could have only been made in the early 1980s. With tag lines like "They told Dr. Jekyll to take his amazing scientific discovery and shove it up his nose. So he did." and "The comedy that examines modern living through chemistry" one has a good idea what to expect. The film allows Mark Blankfield of the sketch comedy television show "Fridays" free range for a completely over-the-top performance as the shy timid Dr. Jekyll and the mustachioed gold-toothed hairy chested party-animal Mr. Hyde and aptly closes with a shot of Robert Louis Stevenson spinning in his grave. Tan titled Paramount wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated March 31 1981. Title page present dated March 31 1981 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Jerry Belson Michael Leeson Monica Johnson and Harvey Miller with a "DUPLICATED BY PARAMOUNT PRINT SHOP" stamp on lower right corner. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near FIne wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. Olive Films #1263. Paramount Pictures unknown
1989ref. 152771Las Vegas: Sanford International Entertainment Inc 1989. Archive of Draft script and production materials for the 1989 film. The script here under the working title "Fists of Steel Part 1" contains two annotations of page numbers in manuscript ink. Included in the archive are two investment proposals a seven page Cast Sheet a two page Staff and Crew List a completion agreement from Media Guarantors International MGI and lastly a two page poem by director and screenwriter Jerry Schafer entitled "The Hell Bound Train" boldly signed in manuscript ink which begins with the line "A producer lay on the barroom floor." The 24 page investment proposal housed in a folder with clear acrylic cover is for the production of "Fists of Steel" as well as its proposed sequel and includes an illustrated cover synopsis sequel synopsis letter of interest from motion picture distribution company Seymour Borde & Associates B&A statement regarding US Hispanic Chambers of Commerce's support and promotion two page statement expounding the need for an effective Hispanic role model Carlos Palomino "Background Data" for investors credits for the two leads and headshot of Henry Silva newspaper articles on Schafer and Palomino and a letter of support from the Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce. The second 19 page investment proposal focuses largely on Schafer's concerns for Hispanic representation in media and again promotes the need for an effective Hispanic role model for which Schafer believes Palomino is ideally suited. Included in the proposal is a letter from Abel Quintela President of the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce a letter from Honolulu Mayor Frank Fasi a three-page synopsis a six page investment summary promoting Hispanic concerns and opportunities newspaper articles on Schafer and Palomino a second letter from Quintela to S&P Productions giving the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's endorsement of the film and a letter from the Executive Director of the Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce. Former boxer and Vietnam veteran Carlos Diaz Palomino has literal "Fists of Steel" and goes up against a terrorist group hiding in Hawaii responsible for the execution of his father. Conceived as platform for former boxing champion Palomino to become a national role model for Mexican Americans and the Hispanic community in general the film never received a proper theatrical release. It has since become a much sought out cult classic. Set in and shot on location in Oahu Hawaii. Gray titled wrappers with credits for director J Schafer. Title page present. 140 leaves with last page of text unnumbered. Mechanical duplication rectos only with six pink revision pages undated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine unbound with velo-binding hole punches. 24 page Investment Proposal Near Fine bound internally with two metal brads. 19 page Investment Proposal Near Fine bound with single staple on upper left. 7 page Cast Sheet dated 5/28/88 Near Fine bound with single staple on upper left. 2 page Staff & Crew List dated 5/19/88 Near Fine bound with single staple on upper left. Completion Agreement dated April 24 1988 Near Fine. Poem 2 pages Near Fine bound with a paper clip on upper left. Sanford International Entertainment, Inc unknown
1955ref. 142114Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1955. Final script for the 1956 film. Originally screenwriter Michael Wilson went uncredited because he was on the Hollywood Blacklist. Credited here for screenwriting are novelist Jessamyn West and one of the film's producers Robert Wyler. Wilson was finally given the credit by the Screenwriters Guild in 1996. Based on the 1945 novel by Jessamyn West. Members of a Quaker family in 1860s Indiana must individually reassess their faith and morals as the Civil War looms closer and closer to their home. Set in Jennings County Indiana. Brown Allied Artists' leather binder with credits for director William Wyler. Title page present dated 18 August 1955 noted as Final with credits for novelist Jessamyn West screenwriters Jessamyn West and Robert Wyler and director William Wyler. 164 leaves with last page of text numbered 163. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/6/55 and 9/12/55. Pages Very Good binder Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Martin 140. Allied Artists unknown
1959ref. 170556London: British Lion 1959. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the British release of the 1959 film. The first film by John Cassavetes entirely self-funded about three Black siblings in Harlem two of whom often pass for white. A watershed moment in American independent films heralding not just the arrival of a new iconoclastic director but the birth of an entire movement. With its roots in an acting exercise from Cassavetes' Drama Workshop the story was originally shot in 1958 with completely improvised dialogue and action based on loose scene outlines. After the finished film was poorly received at its initial screenings Cassavetes reworked the ideas into a more traditional script with screenwriter Robert Alan Arthur and reshot the film replacing between half and two thirds of the original footage and dramatically altering the story. Released in 1959 this version better reflected his vision for the film and received a critics award when shown at the Venice Film Festival the following year. Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. British Lion unknown
1953ref. 155982N.p.: N.p. 1953. Two vintage matte-finish photographs taken on the set of the 1953 film one showing director John Ford and actor Clark Gable enjoying a coffee break and one showing Ford in conversation with actress Ava Gardner. One photograph with a number stamp on the verso noting No. 1616X112. Based on the 1932 play "Red Dust" also starring Clark Gable which was in turn based on Wilson Collison's 1928 play. While on a safari in Kenya a hunter is ensnared in a love triangle between a young American socialite and an anthropologist's unfaithful wife. Set and shot on location in Kenya in Okalataka Mount Kenya Mount Longonot and Lake Naivasha. 5 x 4 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown
1956ref. 159897Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1956. Two vintage reference photographs of director John Huston on the set of the 1956 film. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1851 novel by Herman Melville. Previously adapted for film in 1926 and in 1930 both starring John Barrymore. Set in New England shot on location in New England Ireland Wales Spain and Portugal. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1968ref. 156781Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Second Revised Final script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and title page. After the Civil War a Union officer and a Confederate officer are forced to band together in order to defend their respective traveling parties against bandits and revolutionaries. Shot on location in Sonora and Zacatecas Mexico and in Baton Rouge Louisiana. Cream titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper and production No. 175 dated December 3 1968. Title page present dated December 3 1968 noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL with a credit for screenwriter James Lee Barrett and story credits for Stanley Hough. 168 leaves with last page of text numbered 165. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus slightly yapped at the fore-edges bound internally with three gold brads. Housed in a custom brown quarter-leather clamshell box. Pitts 4638. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1963ref. 151273N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the 1963 film noir. A wonderful fourth wall version of the film's most classic shot only this one including cinematographer Douglas Slocombe director Joseph Losey actor James Fox not in the original scene and a crew member adjusting the chandelier all in the reverse mirror image. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The first of director Joseph Losey's three legendary collaborations with screenwriter-playwright Harold Pinter a dark squeamish parable that tells a familiar servant-becomes-master tale but surpasses mediocrity through a journey into the psyche of the servant himself. Stunningly photographed by Douglas Slocombe. A classic of 1960s British cinema. Set and shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light wear to the corners. Spicer UK. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 161094N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for the 1980 film with annotations in manuscript ink on the versos of the title page and page two and brief annotations on three additional pages. Based on the 1979 play by Ernest Thompson. One of the best stage-to-film adaptations of the 1980s buoyed by Henry Fonda's career-capping performance and a heart-rending screen adaptation by Thompson. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Screenplay Best Actor for Fonda and Best Actress for Katharine Hepburn and nominated for seven others including Best Picture. Set in Maine shot on location in New Hampshire. Front wrapper integral with the title page dated March 28 1980 with credit for screenwriter Ernest Thompson. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 144. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine overall bound with two gold brads. Housed in a blue cloth covered clamshell box with label printed on spine. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 150794UK: Warwick Film Productions 1960. Collection of 36 vintage reference photographs from the 1960 UK musical comedy. Two photographs depict camera crews at work on the set. One photograph with the stamp of UK distributor Eros Films on the verso a second photograph with a mimeo snipe from US distributor Columbia Pictures on the verso. After bragging about his nonexistent skills as a burglar an electrician gets mixed up with a gang of thieves planning a heist and hides out on jazz boat cruising down the Thames. Featuring music by British big band leader Ted Heath and his orchestra. 8 x 10 and 10 x8 inches. Photographs various Very Good plus to Near Fine. Warwick Film Productions unknown
1971ref. 165389London: Kestrel Films 1971. Draft script for the 1971 film seen here under the working title "Scenes of Family Life." Copy belonging to an unidentified cast or crew member with their annotations relating to props and set design on several pages in the script. Loosely based on David Mercer's 1967 television play "In Two Minds" which was based in turn on a case detailed in psychiatrist R.D. Laing's 1960 book "The Divided Mind." A conservative working class couple is shocked when their unmarried daughter reveals she is pregnant and force her to have an abortion resulting in detrimental effects to her emotional and mental health. Director Ken Loach's third feature film following his breakthrough 1969 film "Kes." Red titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for Mercer. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered 68. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong. Kestrel Films unknown
1968ref. 143231Tokyo: Shochiku Company 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. Copy belonging to an unknown cast or crew member with their annotations in manuscript pencil throughout. Based on Yukio Mishima's 1961 stage adaptation of Edogawa Ranpo's 1934 novel. A cunning lady thief known as the Black Lizard tries to kidnap a wealthy jeweler's daughter as part of a plot to steal her father's priceless Star of Egypt diamond. Set in Tokyo. White titled perfect-bound wrappers dated 1968.6.17. 126 pages with last page of text numbered d-34. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good lightly foxed overall. Shochiku Company unknown
1943ref. 147112Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1943. Second Revised Final draft script for the 1944 film. A few annotations of names or checks in manuscript pencil on the top outer corner of verso. A dramatization of the trials that took place in Japan during World War II eight American aircrew members are taken prisoner by the Japanese Army. The soldiers are forced to endure systematic torture and abuse and finally accused convicted and executed as war criminals. This film brought opposition from the Department of Defense fearing strong reactions from the Japanese. Set in Japan shot on location in Washington DC. Beige titled wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 229 and production No. 936 dated OCT. 14 1943. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated October 14 1943 noted as 2nd Revised Final. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/20/43 and 12/6/43. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1967ref. 149639Paris: Nouvelles editions de films 1967. Two vintage borderless double weight photographs from the set of the 1967 film. The first photograph shows Louis Malle and Jean-Paul Belmondo who is in costume conferring on the set. With the stamp of photographer Vincent Rossel and the name of the film as well as manuscript annotations regarding layout on the verso. The second photograph shows director Louis Malle standing with his back to the camera and other crew members at work on a rooftop in preparation for a scene. A few penciled annotations on the verso. Based on the 1897 novel by Georges Darien. After his inheritance is stolen by his uncle a young man embarks on a life of crime to win back what was taken from him. Set and shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Nouvelles editions de films unknown
1968ref. 148783Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1968. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1967 French film. Buñuel's first color film about a bored and directionless young housewife who begins working in a brothel while her husband is at work with tragic consequences for him and a jealous client involved in organized crime. Winner of the Golden Lion at the 1967 Venice Film Festival. Set in and shot on location in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Rosenbaum 1000. Ebert I. Criterion Collection 593. Allied Artists unknown
1992ref. 163845N.p.: N.p. 1992. Third Draft script for the 1993 neo-noir film. Actor Charles Hallahan's copy with his lines highlighted in yellow on pages 44 through 46. McCurdy plays the role of the doctor who examines the corpse of what appears to be Madonna's first unfortunate victim. Against his better judgment a married lawyer agrees to defend a woman suspected of murdering her husband and soon begins a sadomasochistic affair with her. Shot on location in Portland Oregon and Olympia Washington. White titled front self-wrapper yellow rear wrapper noted as THIRD DRAFT on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Brad Mirman. Title page integral with front self-wrapper. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Silver & Ursini American Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown
1945ref. 150438Paris: Pathe 1945. Two vintage oversize double weight borderless studio still photographs from the 1945 French film one showing actress Arletty in costume as the courtesan Garance reclining on a couch the other showing the interior of the Grand Theatre where actor Pierre Brasseur is performing. An influential classic of French cinema following a courtesan in nineteenth century Paris who finds her attentions torn between four possible suitors-a mime an actor a thief and an aristocrat. Set and shot on location in France. 11 x 9 inches. Very Good plus one with pinholes and brief wear to the corners and one with a small closed tear to the top left corner. Criterion Collection 141. Ebert II. Rosenbaum 1000. Pathe unknown
1956ref. 164217Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Three vintage studio still photographs and three vintage reference photographs from the 1956 film all six showing actress Marilyn Monroe. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso and two with provenance stamps and labels on the same. Of particular note is a photograph of a large-scale bus advertisement for the film's premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre showing Monroe stretched across the top of a Metro Bus in Los Angeles. Based on the 1955 play by William Inge about a cowboy who attempts to force his romantic interest a saloon singer to marry him and live together in Montana. Shot on location in Arizona Idaho and California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Very Good three with ink annotations on the recto margins. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1995ref. 149323Universal City: Universal Pictures 1995. Two truly striking vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1995 film each demonstrating the film's true aspect ratio. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout and the printed label of the film's still photographer Phillip V. Caruso to the verso. Shown in the two photographs are Scorsese working with actors and crew on the expansive casino floor set. Also shown are Robert De Niro Don Rickles Billy Crystal and others. Based on screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi's 1995 nonfiction book "Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas." Martin Scorsese's fifteenth film one of his finest a fast-paced bloody tale following a low-level mobster and gambling expert who climbs to power at the Mafia-run Tangiers Casino in the 1970s. Set and shot on location in Las Vegas with casino scenes shot at the Riviera. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Universal Pictures unknown
1984ref. 163349Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1984. Revised Estimating Draft script for the 1986 film seen here under both the release title and the working title "Jocks." Another early working title was "First and Goal." A divorced high school track coach lands a position as a college football coach in spite of her lack of experience and is tasked with working the team's players into shape. Goldenrod titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 21 1984 noted as REV. ESTIMATED DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Ezra Sacks and Michael Leeson. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only with yellow pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/11/85 and 3/7/85. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1957ref. 144104Paris: Cinedis 1957. Collection of 150 vintage black-and-white keybook contact sheet photographs and 8 loose photographs for the 1957 French-Italian film. The film is represented in test shots set design shots and many candid moments from the set including dramatic high-contrast images of starring actors Bardot amply represented in the collection and seen in nearly every image off-camera with the cast and crew spinning records on a portable player and traveling by plane and train. Most keybook photos with 12 images per sheet and a few have been trimmed to only a few images per sheet amounting to over 1700 images captured. Nearly all images with series number bordering the image but unlike similar examples from France all sheets lack credits for the photo laboratory film studio film title and often the photographer. A few with layout annotations in manuscript pencil on the image a few with brief annotations on the verso in manuscript ink and two loose photographs with ditto-style mimeo snipes on the verso crediting original title Boyer Vidal Bardot and Boisrond. Housed in a blue paper 2-ring binder with French title mounted on the front with cello tape. Boisrond's fourth directorial credit is a comedy starring Bardot as the flirtatious daughter of the prime minister of France who marries a member of the cabinet Vidal who happens to be a womanizer. Taking control of the situation she has an weekend affair with a prince Boyer and ultimately reunites with her husband after somewhat passive apologies. Most keybook contact sheets and 3 loose photos 7 x 9.25 inches binder slightly larger and 5 loose photos 5 x 7 inches. A few contact sheets are cropped slightly smaller and all are 2-hole punched. Very Good Plus overall keybook photos rubbed. Cinedis unknown
1957ref. 143131Paris: Cinedis 1957. Collection of 130 vintage black-and-white still photographs and 3 medium-format negatives for the 1957 French-Italian film. The collection consists of two unique but complimentary pieces one being a set housed in the original paper box with "Crumiere / Paris" paper label and annotations on the box top in manuscript ink noting French film title and "B. Bardot" the other being nearly 100 smaller photographs elegantly presented mounted on thick stock in a "Lavis aquarelle" brand spiral bound notebook with maroon faux leather front wrapper and an affixed paper title label featuring the film's poster art of Bardot. Several photographs with series number on the verso in manuscript pencil a few with rubber-stamps crediting film title and starring actors and photos in notebook numbered at the edges prior to being printed. Bardot is seen in nearly every image highlighting an array of hairstyles and costumes scenes in the pilot's cockpit snacking between takes dancing being curious at galas. Contact sheets glamour portraits of Madeleine Lebeau action sequences of bar fights and on-the-set images are equally prominent. Negatives show costume design illustrations for men in military uniforms. Boisrond's fourth directorial credit is a comedy starring Bardot as the flirtatious daughter of the prime minister of France who marries a member of the cabinet Vidal who happens to be a womanizer. Taking control of the situation she has an weekend affair with a prince Boyer and ultimately reunites with her husband after somewhat passive apologies. Photographs in large quarto notebook 4 x 5 inches to 8 x 10.5 inches mounted on thick stock. Boxed photographs 4.75 x 7 inches to 9.25 x 11.75 inches with 3 medium-format negatives 3.5 x 4.5 inches. Photographs Near Fine overall light curling a handful with short creases negatives Very Good notebook Very Good plus box Very Good. Cinedis unknown
