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1940ref. 171479Los Angeles CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1940. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1941 film showing Orson Welles and Ruth Warrick surrounded by policemen. SIGNED by Warrick on the recto. Numeric stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Often considered to be one of the finest American films ever made the story of a reporter investigating the last words of wealthy newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane. Welles' first feature film winner of an Academy Award and nominated for eight others including Best Picture. Shot on location in New York and California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 6. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1958ref. 153860Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1958. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1958 film showing a car scene with actors Mylene Demongeot David Niven and Jean Seberg while a camera crew captures the shot in the foreground. With a provenance stamp to the verso. Based on the 1954 novel by Francoise Sagan. A teenage girl feels her comfortable life begin to change when her widowed father proposes to his girlfriend and the girl becomes determined to end their relationship. Set and shot on location in Saint-Tropez France. 7.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Twilight Time. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1958ref. 162537N.p.: N.p. 1958. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1958 film one showing a car scene with actress Jean Seberg and a camera crew the other showing Seberg in shorts and a button-down shirt examining several books and what appears to be a script. One photograph with the stamp of photographer Michel Brodsky on the verso the other with the stamp of Columbia International. Based on the 1954 novel by Francoise Sagan. A teenage girl feels her comfortable life begin to change when her widowed father proposes to his girlfriend and the girl becomes determined to end their relationship. Set and shot on location in Saint-Tropez France. One photograph 8.25 x 5 inches the other photograph 8 x 10 inches. About Very Good plus smaller photograph wavy along the top edge larger photograph lightly faded and edgeworn. Godard Histoires du cinema. Twilight Time. N.p. unknown books
1958ref. 154873Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1958. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1958 film. Screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky reportedly modeled the story on the lives of Marilyn Monroe and Ava Gardner with elements taken from the lives of Joan Crawford and Judy Garland. An in-depth character study of a girl who overcomes her traumatic and bleak childhood and attains her dream of being an adored film star only to find her personal life miserable and unfulfilled. Featuring an outstanding and primal performance by Kim Stanley in her first film role. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Shot on location in Ellicott City Maryland. 27 x 41 inches. Linen backed and rolled. Near Fine with some professional restoration and repair at the original folds. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1972ref. 171235Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Rehearsal Draft script for the 1972 film. Production memo laid in with the script noting changes to shooting location for two scenes. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1964 play by Paul Zindel about an eccentric middle-aged mother struggling to raise her two daughters. Starring director Paul Newman's wife Joanne Woodward and one of their real-life daughters Nell Potts as Beatrice and Matilda respectively. Winner of Best Actress at Cannes for Woodward. Shot on location in Bridgeport Connecticut. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 14 1972 noted as Rehearsal Draft with credit for screenwriter Alvin Sargent. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Good wrapper Good with dampstaining affecting the last 50 leaves and rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1968ref. 156689N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage reference photograph of Paul Newman directing Joanne Woodward during a classroom scene on the set of the 1968 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. 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. N.p. unknown books
1994ref. 171829Los Angeles CA: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1994. One Table Draft script two Revised Table Draft scripts and one Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 4 of the 1994 television series. Originally aired September 25 1994 on Fox. Table Draft script with a manuscript ink annotation to the top right corner of the front wrapper of Supervising Producer Stephen Sustarsic's name. All four scripts with manuscript ink annotations throughout. An early effort by noted actor Paul Rudd. A very short-lived series featuring the lives of a group of friends in their twenties. In this episode the group becomes the cast of a reality TV show. Set in Chicago. Table Draft: Orange titled wrappers noted as Table Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W03 dated August 22 1994. Title page present dated August 22 1994 noted as TABLE DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Mark Nutter and director Stan Lathan. 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 48. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. 1st Revised: Pink titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as 1st Revised Table Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W03 dated August 23 1994 with credits for screenwriter Mark Nutter and director Stan Lathan. Title page integral with front wrapper. 49 leaves with last page of text numbered 45. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. 2nd Revised: Yellow titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as 2nd Revised Table Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W03 dated August 24 1994 with credits for screenwriter Mark Nutter and director Stan Lathan. Title page integral with front wrapper. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 47. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Final Draft: Yellow titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W03 dated August 25 1994. Title page present dated August 25 1994 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Mark Nutter and director Stan Lathan. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 45. Xerographic duplication rectos only with green revision pages throughout dated 8/25/94 and with blue revision pages laid into the back of the script dated 8/25/94. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with one silver brad. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown books
1973ref. 171998Burbank CA: Warner-Columbia Film 1973. Vintage pressbook for the initial German release of the 1973 Dutch film including a black-and-white booklet with advertising insert leaves and three vintage borderless reference photographs one showing Paul Verhoeven wearing a rain poncho during filming on location the other two showing Rutger Hauer and Monique van de Ven. Text in German. 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 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. Folder: 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine. Photographs: 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus. Warner-Columbia Film unknown books
1966ref. 135039Beverly Hills CA: Oakmont Productions / United Artists 1966. Draft script for the UK film. Copy belonging to Lloyd Bridges presumed with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper verso. Based on a story by John Champion. Major Wilson Bridges is readying his troops for the journey across the English channel to invade Normandy with memories of disastrous previous missions haunting him. Captain Franklin Keir a British officer opposes the plan and has a personal vendetta against Wilson. The two are brought together when Franklin is slated to command the mine sweepers that transport Wilson's troops. Set in France shot on location in London. Tan titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 3 dated November 29 1966. Title page present dated November 29 1966 with credits for screenwriter Hoffman and story writer Champion. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Davenport p. 17. Oakmont Productions / United Artists unknown books
1966ref. 159788Rome: Arco Films 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Pier Paolo Pasolini talking with actors Toto and Ninetto Davoli on the set of the 1966 film. Stamp of photographer Divo Cavicchioli on the verso along with a printed Photofest label. A neorealist film dealing with Marxism and class conflict wherein an old man and his son are joined by a talking philosopher crow on their walk down the road. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set and shot on location in Assisi Fiumicino Rome Tuscania and Viterbo Italy. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear on the left edge. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Arco Films unknown books
1975ref. 135906Berlin: Der Spiegel 1975. Vintage borderless black-and-white press photograph of Fassbinder on the set of his 1975 film "Faustrecht der Freiheit." Shot by Manjit Jari for the German publication Der Spiegel with stamps for both Jari and the publication on the verso along with an archive date of March 19 1975. Franz "Fox" Biberkopf Fassbinder loses his job at a carnival after his boyfriend Klaus Karl Scheydt is arrested for tax fraud. After hustling for the money to buy a lottery ticket he wins 500000 marks and attracts the attention of Eugen Peter Chatel a sophisticated but amoral young man in need of money. He begins a relationship with the uneducated Fox and slowly swindles him out of his winnings driving him to eventual poverty and suicide. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Der Spiegel unknown books
1959ref. 151606New York: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Vintage press kit for the 1959 film here called an "editor's portfolio." Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 16 black and white photographs and 5 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on M.P. Shiel's 1901 novel "The Purple Cloud." A miner trapped in a cave for several days resurfaces only to realize humankind has been virtually wiped out in a nuclear holocaust. He travels to New York where he bands together with a young woman survivor but their fragile existence is soon disrupted by the arrival of another survivor. Shot on location in New York and New Jersey. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1978ref. 150459London: BFI Production 1978. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the UK release of the 1978 film. An experimental mystery loosely based on the work of French writer Pierre Klossowski by noted Chilean filmmaker Raul Ruiz following an art collector obsessed with creating tableaux vivants of his most beloved canvasses a collection of six paintings by a mysterious nineteenth century painter. Set and shot on location in France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. BFI Production unknown books
1995ref. 160287Various American Cities: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS / Darren Star Productions 1995. Revised Yellow script for the Season 1 Episode 3 of the 1995 prime time soap opera. Copy belonging to production coordinator Shelley Houis with her name in manuscript ink on the title page. Script housed in a blue three-ring binder with approximately 100 pages of production documents relating to episodes two and three of season one including in addition to the script cast and crew contact lists equipment rentals filming locations and shooting schedules. The series followed the staff of trendy society magazine "Communique" a group of powerful money-hungry New Yorkers. The series aired on CBS for two seasons with the final episode airing on June 28 1996. The series was a manifestation of efforts by CBS to boost ratings with "prestige" television whose time unfortunately had not yet come but the network ultimately decided to return in 1996 to more traditional fare. Title page present dated June 22 1995 with credits for director James Frawley and screenwriter David Stenn. 77 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/29/95 and 7/6/95. Pages about Fine binder Very Good plus lightly foxed. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] / Darren Star Productions unknown books
1980ref. 170402N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. A bawdy military comedy starring Redd Foxx as an aging zany sergeant. Screenwriter Reginald H. Farmer is better known as an actor in comedy films including "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" 1982 "Car Wash" 1976 and "National Lampoon's Animal House" 1978. Blue pictorial titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for Farmer. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered 151. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1931ref. 149474N.p.: Films Sonores Tobis 1931. Vintage reference photograph from the 1931 French film showing the exterior of the phonograph factory where the film's protagonist Louis begins to find prosperity. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations to the verso. Director René Clair's third sound film a lyrical proletarian satire about friendship wealth and the price of success. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 160. Films Sonores Tobis unknown books
1990ref. 171272Los Angeles: Paramount Network Television 1990. First Draft script for Season 6 Episode 16 of the 1985-1992 television series. Originally aired February 18 1991 on ABC. The series followed the titular MacGyver a daring secret agent whose resourcefulness and skill save him from endless dangerous situations. In this episode A priest who is an old friend of MacGyver's is hit over the head and killed spurring on an investigation. Shot on location in British Columbia Canada. White titled studio self wrappers noted as WRITER'S FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated October 22 1990. Title page present dated October 30 1990 noted as WRITER'S FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter John Considine. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 56. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Network Television unknown books
1965ref. 149601London: Woodfall Film Productions 1965. Vintage borderless candid photograph from the 1965 film showing actors Ray Brooks and Charlotte Rampling lounging at the beach. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with manuscript annotations regarding layout and the stamp of Keystone Agency. Based on Ann Jellicoe's 1962 play. An awkward young man seeks out the help of his slick womanizing flatmate in learning how to seduce women but trouble arises when they both set their marks on the same girl. Although nominally a comedy a film that bears far more similarity to a kitchen sink drama due largely to its polarizing final act. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Set and shot on location in London. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear and soil to the verso. Woodfall Film Productions unknown books
1948ref. 163789N.p.: N.p. 1948. Vintage reference photograph from the 1948 film showing actress Rita Hayworth leaning over to talk to director Charles Vidor on the set. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Prosper Mérimée's 1845 novella and a remake of the 1927 film directed by Raoul Walsh about a hot-spirited gypsy who captures the hearts of those around her. Vidor Hayworth and costar Glenn Ford previously collaborated on the 1946 film "Gilda." 6.5 x 8.5 inches. Very Good moderately toned. N.p. unknown books
1987ref. 158405Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1987. Vintage Italian 2-fogli poster for the 1987 film. A dramatization of the rise to fame and unexpected death of Mexican-American singer Ritchie Valens. Shot on location in Los Angeles San Jose Hollister and Fillmore California. 39 x 55 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good with moderate creasing and wear at the folds. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1971ref. 139538Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1971. Vintage oversize double weight borderless still photograph of Walter Matthau and a fetching Deborah Winters from the 1971 film based on the 1965 novel by Katharine Topkins. Nominated four Academy Awards including a Best Actor nod for Matthau starring in his friend Jack Lemmon's first and only directorial effort. Although not indicated shot struck and mounted by the film's still photographer Bob Willoughby. 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. 9.25 x 13.5. Fine. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1969ref. 155651N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film showing a topless Sandy Dennis. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1965 novel by Peter Miles about a woman who becomes obsessed with a mute teenage boy. Director Robert Altman's breakthrough film. Shot on location in Vancouver Canada. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good only with pinholes on the corners and edges and paper tape reinforcements on the verso and light creasing overall. Olive 540. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 155775N.p.: N.p. 1977. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of Janet Rule and Shelley Duvall from the 1977 film. One photograph with a British stamp on the verso and both photographs with manuscript annotations in pencil and ink on the versos. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Director Robert Altman's experimental dreamlike masterwork about three ethereal fractured women originally overlooked but later celebrated. Featuring brilliant performances from Duvall as the self-deluded socially maladroit Millie Rule as the mysterious pregnant painter Willie and Sissy Spacek as the young timid and fawning Pinky. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in a small California desert town and shot on location in Palm Springs Thousand Palms and Desert Hot Springs California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 230. Ebert III. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 163889Universal City: Universal Television 1966. Revised Draft script for Season 1 Episode 27 of the 1965-1968 television series originally aired on April 11 1966 on NBC. The series followed Paul Bryan who after being told he has only months left to live embarks on a series of adventures to make the most out of his remaining time alive. In this episode Bryan searches for a mysterious nun and is thereby dragged into a murder mystery linked to the Mafia. 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. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 2/25/66 with credits for screenwriter Robert Bloch and story credit for John Thomas James. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 49. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with a single staple at the top left corner. Universal Television unknown books
1977ref. 167751N.p.: N.p. 1977. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1977 French film. Provenance labels and layout annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. A young alienated student grapples with his diminished faith in relationships religion and politics ultimately deciding that ending his life is the only option. Restricted to ages 18 and older in France as a result of its suicidal themes and described by Richard Hell as "by far the most punk movie ever." 9.5 x 7 inches. Two Near Fine one Very Good plus with ink residue on the recto. Godard Histoires du cinema. Olive Films 322. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
