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1938ref. 157031Paris: Societe d'Exploitation et de Distribution de Films 1938. Two vintage black-and-white photographs from the US premiere of the 1964 film. Mimeo snipe affixed to the versos as issued noting that the film is making its debut at the Esquire Theatre in Los Angeles. Also on the verso is a stamp for the US distributor THEATRICAL PLAYS. Carne's pre-war mood-drenched masterpiece that followed the thematically similar "Port of Shadows" and preceding the much greater fame that would come to his work in 1945 with "Children of Paradise." 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Societe d'Exploitation et de Distribution de Films unknown books
1978ref. 155852Paris: Roissy Films 1978. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1978 film. Manuscript ink annotations on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A darkly comic dystopian fantasy set in New York about a lonely French electrician who attempts to raise a baby chimpanzee. Shot on location in New York City. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Roissy Films unknown books
1963ref. 142070Italy: Sancro Film 1963. Four vintage oversize borderless reference photographs from the 1963 Italian film. With the stamps of photographer Velio Cioni and two press agencies on the verso. Two of the photographs show crew members putting the finishing touches on a mannequin of Jesus while director Ferreri looks on. A satire of masculinity and chauvinism where a man marries a much younger woman the woman wanting nothing more than to have a child. The mental and physical strain of trying to please her drives the man to a heart attack and death. Nominated for a Palme d'Or at Cannes where Marina Vlady also won for Best Actress. 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus. Sancro Film unknown books
1980ref. 166666N.p.: Amanda Films 1980. Vintage borderless publicity photograph from the best-selling 1980 adult film showing a topless Marilyn Chambers. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. An orphaned model and heiress embarks on a sexual journey but can find no man to satisfy her lusts. A return to pornography for Chambers who largely unsuccessfully attempted to break into mainstream films throughout the 1970s. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Amanda Films unknown books
1956ref. 171014Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1956. Vintage studio still photograph of Marilyn Monroe dressed as an "usherette" and a group of photographers at the 1956 film premiere held at the Victoria Theater in New York in benefit of the Actors Studio. Monroe was a longtime supporter of the Actors Studio. She and her then-husband Arthur Williams were both in attendance at the premiere. 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 county of Tiger Tail Mississippi and shot on location in Benoit Mississippi and Stockton California. 10 x 8 inches. Nick at the bottom edge else Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1956ref. 155628N.p.: N.p. 1956. Vintage reference photograph from the 1956 film showing director Joshua Logan with a handheld camera in the middle of a crowd of extras between takes while actress Marilyn Monroe calls to him from the far left. Provenance stamp on the verso. 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. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1985ref. 151372N.p.: N.p. 1985. Collection of 25 vintage reference photographs from the 1985 film. A multiethnic group of pizza delivery boys are united by their shared interest in break dancing. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. McPadden Teen Movie Hell. N.p. unknown books
2000ref. 164078Beverly Hills CA: Turner Films Inc 2000. Revised Draft script for the 2000 television film here under the working title "James Dean: An Invented Life" copy belonging to uncredited prop maker Chris Scher with the manuscript marker annotation of "Chris" and copy number "#97" on the front wrapper and a "Propmaker / Chris Scher / Script" label on the script's first leaf. Laid in are four gatherings of revisions three of which have a Scher label as described above. Bound in preceding the script is a three page goldenrod memo dated 6/8/2000. The four revision gatherings are: 23 pages of buff revisions dated 6/12/2000. Twelve pages of salmon revisions dated 6/16/2000. Six pages of cherry revisions dated 6/27/2000. And seven pages of ivory revisions dated 07/27/2000. All revision gatherings are bound by a single staple at the top left corner and are preceded by a Turner Films memo. James Franco stars as James Dean chronicling his troubled life from a struggling actor to an A-list film star. Winner of two Primetime Emmy Awards including Best Supporting Actor for Michael Moriarty and nominated for nine others. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Untitled Turner Network Television wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Israel Horovitz. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink yellow green and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 5-15-00 and 6/8/2000. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Turner Films, Inc unknown books
1948ref. 170351N.p.: N.p. 1948. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1948 film showing actress Marlene Dietrich looking typically glamorous. Mimeo snipe and annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the verso. An Iowa congresswoman enlists an American army captain to assist her in an investigation of a former Nazi entertainer in postwar Berlin. Unbeknownst to the congresswoman however the captain and the entertainer are engaged in an affair leading the captain to seduce the congresswoman in an attempt to hide his conflicting motives. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Shot on location in Berlin. 8 x 10 inches. Lightly creased at one corner else Near Fine. Selby US. Selby UK. N.p. unknown books
1954ref. 160994Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1954. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1954 film one showing director Henry Koster talking to Marlon Brando and the other showing Koster with Brando and actress Jean Simmons. Printed mimeo snipes and Twentieth Century-Fox stamps on the versos. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A biopic about the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte based loosely on Annemarie Selinko's 1953 nonfiction book. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Set in Marseilles shot on location throughout California and in Hauts-de-Seine Paris and Seine-et-Marne France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1982ref. 159948N.p.: N.p. 1982. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1982 film. A black comedy following the delusional and increasingly violent experiences of a painfully untalented comedian. Perhaps Martin Scorsese's most underrated film a brilliant study of celebrity worship and American media culture. Basis for the successful 2019 film "Joker" starring Joaquin Phoenix. Set and shot on location in New York. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1915ref. 171490N.p.: N.p. 1915. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1915 silent film one showing Edward Martindel and Mary Pickford the other showing Martindel Pickford and Mildred Morris. Contemporary annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos. Years after abandoning his daughter to an orphanage a wealthy painter attempts a reconciliation. The original film premiered in 1915 directed by Allan Dwan but was destroyed in a fire shortly after its release and is today considered lost. The film was re-made with the same cast directed by John B. O'Brien and released in 1916. One 8.75 x 8 inches the other 10 x 8 inches. Good edgeworn with chips at two corners moderately toned. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 151243N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1959 film showing actor Anthony Perkins balancing a folding chair on his chin. With the stamps of Globe Photos and Pictorial Press on the verso and a printed mimeo snipe. A Venezuelan man flees his home country to avoid a revolution traveling to the Amazon forest where he meets and falls in love with a young orphan named Rima. Shot on location in Santa Clarita California and in Venezuela Guyana and Colombia. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn and faintly toned. N.p. unknown books
1945ref. 149678Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1945. Vintage reference photograph of director Michael Curtiz wielding a megaphone on location for an suburban exterior shot for the 1945 film. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso providing detail regarding same. Based on James M. Cain's 1941 novel which follows a newly divorced woman as she begins a career as a baker to provide for her family to the shame of her spoiled ungrateful firstborn daughter. A career-reviving role for Joan Crawford who won an Academy Award for her performance following her 1943 departure from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Shot on location in Glendale Los Angeles and Malibu California. 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Very Good with light dryness and cracking to the finish and light wear to the bottom corners. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 860. Selby US Canon. Grant US. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Warner Brothers unknown books
1982ref. 130416Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1982. First Draft script for the 1982 film written for the screen by James Kirkwood based on his 1975 novel. Credited solely to Kirkwood and with a paper spine label indicating the script dates to December 1976 over five years prior to the film's production. With brief but substantive corrections in manuscript pencil on four pages. A key Vietnam film and an underrated performance by Richard Pryor serving in both dramatic and comedic capacities. A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own country. Dark blue titled wrappers. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter novelist Kirkwood. 166 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Parish and Hill 188. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1972ref. 150687N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Michelangelo Antonioni on the set of the 1972 film. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil and "Collection" stamp obscured struck with manuscript pencil on verso. In 1972 during China's Cultural Revolution Antonioni was invited by the People's Republic of China to direct a documentary on the "New China." The final film at 220 minutes was divided into three parts. The first focusing on Beijing the second Suzhou and the third Shanghai. In each section Antonioni focuses primarily on the faces of the people. Mao Zedong was reportedly so displeased with the film Antonioni was charged with being anti-Chinese and counterrevolutionary. Shot on location in Beijing Henan Jiangsu and Shanghai China. 6.75 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with very light creasing and a tiny bruise on mid right edge. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 149294Grunwald Germany: Concorde Film 1982. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the German release of the 1982 Italian film. With mimeo snipes on the verso. Antonioni's rarely discussed final feature and one of his greatest achievements. A recently divorced director pursues a new relationship with a younger woman who he imagines could play the leading role in his next film. She quickly vanishes and he embarks on a search to find her sparking up a series of romances with other women. Winner of the 35th Anniversary Prize at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. Shot on location in Venice and Rome. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 585. Concorde Film unknown books
1983ref. 152549N.p.: N.p. 1983. Revised Draft script for the 1984 film here under the working title "Tin Soldiers." With a single manuscript annotation to the verso of the final leaf noting No. 88. After the death of his mother a straitlaced cadet is taken out of his military academy by his alleged father a wild-spirited rock star. Shot on location in Arizona and California. Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 27 1983 noted as TAFT REVISION with credits for screenwriters Gene Taft and Len Jenkin and story credits to Jenkin and Michael Philip Jagger. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good lightly foxed on the first and last leaves wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1990ref. 167764N.p.: N.p. 1990. Revised Shooting Script for the 1991 film. A ruthless trial lawyer survives a shooting only to be left with amnesia and impaired speech and mobility. His wife and daughter help him recover and he gains a new lease on life in the process becoming a consummate family man. Shot on location in White Plains Milbrook and New York City. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated September 11 1990 noted as Revised Shooting Script with credit for screenwriter Jeffrey Abrams. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only with four blue revision pages dated 9/26/90. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 141005Los Angeles: Braun Entertainment Group 1976. Sixth Draft script for the 1976 film. Laid in is a letter to John Huston from Leland Nolan. Based on Howard Fast's 1944 novel based in turn on the true story of an ex-slave and Union solider who returns home where he is elected to the state legislature and eventually to the US Senate despite opposition from white landowners law enforcement and the KKK. Set in South Carolina. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 24 1976 noted as Sixth Draft with credits for screenwriter and author Howard Fast. 148 leaves with last page of text numbered 145. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong binding. Braun Entertainment Group unknown books
1976ref. 158015N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage borderless color reference photograph from the 1976 Japanese film. Based on the 1936 case of Sada Abe a geisha and prostitute in prewar Tokyo who began an all-consuming obsessive and ultimately tragic affair with a hotel owner. Set and shot on location in Tokyo. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 466. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1986ref. 142133Paris: Greenwich 1986. Two Draft scripts for the 1986 French film. One script in English the other in French. A British diplomat's wife takes a chimpanzee named Max to be her lover. Nominated for a Palme d'Or. Screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière producer Serge Silberman and actress Milena Vukotic all worked with Luis Buñuel and accordingly brought much of Buñuel's surrealist sensibility to the film. Set and shot on location in Paris. French script: Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director and screenwriter Nagisa shima and screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a white spiral binding. English script: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director and screenwriter Nagisa shima and screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver clasps. Greenwich unknown books
1976ref. 149763N.p.: N.p. 1976. Two vintage color reference photographs from the 1976 film one showing actor Jodie Foster the other showing actor Scott Jacoby and the back of Connie Foster Jodie's older sister and body double for the scene. One with a collector label on the verso and manuscript ink annotations noting the film's German title the other with a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's Dutch release. Based on Laird Koenig's 1974 novel wherein a teenage girl living alone attempts to hide a dark familial secret from her upper-crust neighbors. To the displeasure of several producers Jodie Foster who was 13 years old at the time of filming refused to appear in a sex scene with Jacoby leading director Nicolas Gessner to call in Foster's 21 year-old sister as a nude body double. Set in Wells Harbor Maine and shot on location in Montreal and Knowlton Quebec. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners and light fading overall. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 165054N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1959 film showing actor Noel Coward on the set. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil and provenance label on the verso. The third and final collaboration between Reed and author Graham Greene with Alec Guinness starring as a spy caught in the midst of an espionage mechanism far beyond his control. A film that predicted the onslaught of British and American espionage films and television that would follow in the 1960s. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 164104Los Angeles: T.A.T Communications Company 1981. Second Draft ribbon copy typescript master script with manuscript white-out annotations on 25 pages for the season 7 episode 18 "Not So Dearly Beloved" episode of the acclaimed television sitcom which aired on May 15 1981 on CBS. Screenwriters David Silverman and Steve Sustarsic were best known for their work as animators and screenwriters for sitcom television. Broadcast on CBS for eleven seasons from 1975 to 1985 "The Jeffersons" created by Norman Lear was a spin-off of his watershed sitcom "All in the Family" and was one of the longest running series in television history the second-longest featuring a primarily African American cast and the first television series which prominently featured a married interracial couple. Sherman Hemsley stars as the irascible George Jefferson a successful African American entrepreneur who with the Emmy Award winning Isabel Sanford as his kind and level-headed wife Louise Weezy move to an ritzy Manhattan apartment with their college age son and wise-cracking maid. George invites his rude problem employee Wendell up to his apartment to fire him but shortly after Wendell arrives he collapses and dies of a stroke on George's sofa. Front wrapper integral with title page noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. 48 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Ribbon copy typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. T.A.T Communications Company unknown books
