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1976ref. 149310Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1976. Collection of one vintage reference photograph and one contact sheet containing twelve test shots from the 1976 film all images publicity shots of actress Caroline Munro for the film. Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1914 fantasy novel the first in the Pellucidar series about adventures in the hollow earth. A British scientist and American adventurer drill through to a strange land where they lead a rebellion of Stone Age humans against their masters who happen to be intelligent flying reptiles with psychic powers. Set hundreds of miles underneath Wales. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1961ref. 162353Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actress Carroll Baker talking with director Jack Garfein on the set of the 1961 film with a rubber stamp crediting photographer Fredric Franklin on the verso. Based on Alex Karmel's 1958 novel "Mary Ann." A traumatized college student is held captive by a mechanic after he witnesses her attempting to commit suicide on the Manhattan Bridge. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Grant US. United Artists unknown books
1971ref. 159594N.p.: N.p. 1971. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1971 sexploitation film. Three with the stamp of the Bureau de surveillance du cinéma of Quebec on the verso and one with annotations in manuscript pencil regarding cropping. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. An uptight young man spends time in a sex-filled free-wheeling commune while a hippie takes his place as a French tutor for a wealthy young woman. Shot on location in Québec and St. Albans Vermont. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 159690Bradford: W.E. Berry 1973. Vintage British quad poster for the 1973 Italian-English film. Based on John Gardner's 1969 novel "A Complete State of Death." A detective uncovers a plot by the mob to use Vietnam veterans in a vast murder scheme. Shot on location in New York and California. 40 x 30 inches folded. Fine. Grant Italy. W.E. Berry unknown books
1970ref. 152433N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A beloved rock star named Wednesday's Child battles with his record label for control over the rights to his music. African American screenwriter Charles Eric Johnson was known for his work for television and film throughout the 1970s and 1980s including "Beyond Atlantis" 1973 "That Man Bolt" 1973 "Slaughter's Big Rip-Off" 1973 and "The George McKenna Story" 1986. White self wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Charles Eric Johnson. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with a few small splashes to the title page partially bound with a binder clip to the top left corner. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 146929N.p.: 5 Continents 1976. Vintage oversize borderless studio still photographs from the 1976 film. Bizarre 1970s softcore sci-fi film about disembodied aliens from the dying planet Spermula who take the form of Earth women to collect semen to save their planet. featuring Udo Kier 9.5 x 12 inches. Very Good plus pinholes at the corners else clean and bright. 5 Continents unknown books
1987ref. 139456Los Angeles: TNT / Agamemnon Films / British Lion Film Corporation 1987. British Draft script for the 1988 television film originally airing on December 21 1988 on TNT the first made-for-television movie produced for the fledging network. Brief annotations in manuscript ink throughout. Based on the 1960 Broadway play by Robert Bolt about Sir Thomas More's devotion to the Catholic Church during the English Reformation. Previously filmed in a 1966 Academy Award winning theatrical release directed by Fred Zimmerman and starring Paul Scofield Wendy Hiller and Leo McKern. Tan wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated November 16 1987 with a credit for screenwriter Bolt. 180 leaves with last page of text numbered 177. Xerographically reproduced. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong brad. TNT / Agamemnon Films / British Lion Film Corporation unknown books
1964ref. 149462London: Hammer Films 1964. Four vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1964 film. One with a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's German release affixed to the verso noting the film's German title "Die brennenden Augen von Schloss Bartimore." A small village in the early twentieth century is terrorized by Megaera the Gorgon a monster so hideous that even glancing at her face turns humans to stone. Set in eastern Europe. Two photographs 10 x 8 inches two photographs 9.25 x 7 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded in portions. Johnson and Del Vecchio Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography pp. 241-242. Hammer Films unknown books
1981ref. 156015N.p.: N.p. 1981. Five vintage matte-finish borderless reference photographs from the 1981 French adult film. A young woman is sent by her mother to join a community of sexual fetishists led by an outgoing wealthy libertine in his isolated country manor. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Bier 140. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 151671Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1969. Vintage press kit for the US release of the 1969 French film for use by distributors and the press containing four black and white photographs one pressbook a promotional pamphlet and a one sheet poster for the film. Based on the 1938 novel by Cecil Day-Lewis writing as Nicholas Blake. A man seduces a young actress as part of his plan to avenge the hit-and-run death of his son. The second of four films Claude Chabrol made with actor Jean Yanne following "Line of Demarcation" 1966 and preceding "Le Boucher" 1970 and "Madame Bovary" 1991. Shot on location in Finistere Brittany and Paris. Poster photographs and promotional material Very Good plus. Grant France. Allied Artists unknown books
1962ref. 151511Paris: Lux Film 1962. Vintage pressbook for the 1962 French film noir. Laid in with the pressbook is a xerographically duplicated cast list and synopsis of the film. Text in French. A failed journalist in southern Germany befriends a young married couple but the friendship begins to deteriorate when he takes compromising photographs of the wife with another man. A key Chabrol film predecessor to his thrillers made later in the decade. Set and shot on location in Germany and France. 12 x 9.5 inches. Two leaves folded vertically and bound with two staples. Very Good plus with light edgewear creasing and pinholes to the corners. Grant France. Selby France. Spicer France. Lux Film unknown books
1972ref. 151979N.p.: Fildebroc 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Sami Frey Romy Schneider and Yves Montand on the set of the 1972 film. Two "Le Spectacle du Monde" stamps and a "NOV 1972" stamp on verso. Cesar Montand is desperate to win the affections of Rosalie Schneider only to be complicated by the arrival of her old flame David Frey. Set in and shot on location in Paris and Ile de Noirmoutier France. 9.25 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. Fildebroc unknown books
1970ref. 139655Paris: Fida Cinematografica / Lira Films 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli on the set of the 1970 French-Italian film. With the stamp of photographer Michel Ginfray on the verso. Based on the 1967 novel "Intersections" by Paul Guimard who also worked on the screenplay. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and remade in 1994 as "Intersection" directed by Mark Rydell and starring Richard Gere Sharon Stone and Lolita Davidovich. 12 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine. Fida Cinematografica / Lira Films unknown books
1944ref. 150394Santa Monica: RKO Radio Pictures 1944. Vintage reference photograph of director Clifford Odets and a camera crew on the set of the 1944 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of RKO Pictures crediting still photographer John Miehle. Based on Richard Llewellyn's 1943 novel. An itinerant Cockney returns home after many years away only to find his mother ill with cancer leading him to make an effort to reform and help his family run their business. The directorial debut of playwright Odets who would only direct one other picture "The Story on Page One" fifteen years later. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Supporting Actress for Ethel Barrymore. Set in London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a light horizontal crease on the left edge. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1967ref. 130313Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Final Draft script for the 1967 film. Based on the 1964 play by Murray Schisgal about a man who strikes up a deal with his old friend to seduce his wife so that he may spend time with his girlfriend. Shot on location in New York and Long Beach. Red titled wrappers noted as final draft on the front wrapper noted as production No. 8801 dated August 4 1966. Title page present dated August 2 1966 noted as final draft with credits for screenwriter Elliott Baker and playwright Murray Schisgal. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between August 17 1966 and October 13 1966. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1987ref. 166807Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1987. Third Draft script for the 1988 film seen here under both the release title and the working title "To Live and Drive in L.A." A summer comedy about a teenage boy who decides to take a wild joyride with his friends in his grandfather's prized Cadillac resulting in increasingly grievous damage to the vehicle. The second feature film to costar "the two Coreys" Corey Feldman and Corey Haim following "The Lost Boys" 1987. Set in Southern California shot on location in Los Angeles. Blue titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers dated September 21 1987. Title page present dated September 21 1987 noted as THIRD DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Neil Tolkin. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between October 15 and October 28 1987. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. McPadden Teen Movie Hell. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1969ref. 159642N.p.: N.p. 1969. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 film. A heavily fictionalized account of the life of the French nobleman and writer starting with his escape from incarceration wherein he is haunted by flashbacks of his debauched younger years. Set in Lacoste France and shot on location in Bavaria and Berlin Germany. Approximately 9.5 x 7.75 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 171040N.p.: N.p. 1968. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of Dalton Trumbo on the set of the 1968 film. Based on the 1966 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Bernard Malamud. A poor Jewish man assumes the identity of a gentile after moving from the country to Kiev in order to secure a job working for a drunken prejudiced man. When the man is wrongfully accused of murder he winds up having to go to prison to avoid stigmatizing the entire Jewish community. Nominated for an Academy Award for Alan Bates. Set in Czarist Russia shot on location in Hungary 9 x 7 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 143481Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1980. Revised Draft script for the 1981 film. Noirish in theme and based on true-life accounts. Murphy played by Paul Newman and Corelli Ken Wahl are police officers in the decaying South Bronx region of New York. Together they try to bring peace and justice to their corrupt precinct. Ethnic minorities play a major role in the film particularly African Americans and Puerto Ricans though community groups from the Bronx found their depiction lacking overall. Orange titled wrappers. Title page present dated February 22 1980 with a credit for screenwriter Gould. 154 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Mechanical duplication with pink blue yellow purple brown orange and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/6/80 and 4/18/80. Pages and wrapper Near Fine prong bound. Hardy BFI Crime Companion. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1980ref. 159643Paris: Twentieth Century-Fox 1980. Four vintage borderless reference photographs and one vintage pressbook for the French release of the 1980 Italian film. Photographs include three matte-finish photographs of actress Eleonora Giorgi and one glossy photograph of director Dario Argento talking with actor Sacha Pitoëff on the set. Pressbook text in French. The second installment in Argento's "Three Mothers" trilogy preceded by "Suspiria" 1977 and followed by "Mother of Tears" 2007. Partially derived from Thomas De Quincey's 1845 prose poetry essay collection "Suspiria de Profundis" the trilogy was inspired by De Quincey's concept of three "Ladies of Sorrow": an all-powerful triumvirate of ancient witches and Satanists. Photographs: 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Pressbook: 27 leaves. perfect-bound in wrappers. Very Good plus lightly rubbed. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1982ref. 163721N.p.: N.p. 1982. Five vintage borderless oversize color reference photographs from the 1982 film. One with a Dutch distributor label on the verso. A conservative American couple explore sexuality and exhibitionism while on vacation in Greece culminating in a threesome with a French archaeologist. Shot on location on the islands of Greece in Crete Delos Mykonos and Santorini Greece. 7.25 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 148809N.p.: N.p. 1975. Two promotional portrait photographs of David Bowie likely used as part of a press release announcing Bowie's casting in the 1976 film "The Man Who Fell to Earth." Each with a fold over mimeo snipe from public relations firm Rogers and Cowan dated 5-29-75. One photograph with Bowie's name and RCA Records and Tapes printed in the bottom margin. Just three weeks prior RCA had released Bowie's ninth studio album "Young Americans" and earlier that year the BBC had broadcast the documentary "Cracked Actor" about the singer which led director Nicholas Roeg to cast Bowie in his upcoming adaptation of Walter Tevis' 1963 novel. 8 x 10 inches. One photograph with slight even fading else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 304. N.p. unknown books
1990ref. 163900Los Angeles: Linguini Productions 1990. Draft script for the 1991 film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. A British bartender and a magic-obsessed waitress at a successful brasserie in Chelsea decide to team up to rob the restaurant. 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 films including "The Last Seduction" "Pulp Fiction" "From Dusk Till Dawn" "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. Set in New York shot on location in New York City and Los Angeles. Blue rear wrapper lacking front wrapper. Title page present dated April 26 1990 with credits for screenwriters Tamar Brott and Richard Shepard. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with a large binder clip. Linguini Productions unknown books
1959ref. 130326Los Angeles: Luna Productions 1959. Shooting Final script for the 1960 film. A low-budget space exploration film about a spaceship carrying a multinational group of scientists engineers and researchers to the moon where they discover an entire civilization of peace-loving extraterrestrials. Though working with a pitiable budget the producers at Luna Productions managed to hire noted cameraman John Alton then nearing the end of his career. Alton worked on every manner of film but is best remembered for his work in film noir salient examples being "Hollow Triumph" 1948 "The Amazing Mr. X" 1948 "The Big Combo" 1955 and a number of important noir entries by director Anthony Mann. Red titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper dated March 31 1959. Title page present dated March 31 1959 with credits for screenwriter Bodeen story writer/producer F. O. Gebhardt director Bradley and associate producer Fox. 104 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Lentz US. Mystery Science Theater 524. Luna Productions unknown books
1986ref. 162368Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1986. Collection of twelve vintage color slides from the 1986 film. Five with annotations in manuscript ink on the cardboard sleeves and a printed Dutch photo agency label affixed to the plastic sleeve holding the slides. A series of vignettes about the goings-on in the fictional Texan town of Virgil whose inhabitants are preparing for a large celebration in honor of the 150th anniversary of Texas' independence. A passion project for David Byrne poorly received at the time of its release but today considered a cult classic largely funded on the strength of Jonathan Demme's successful 1984 concert film "Stop Making Sense" with much of the film's soundtrack supplied by Talking Heads. Shot on location throughout Texas in Dallas Mesquite Midlothian Red Oak Allen and McKinney. Slides 1.25 x 1 inches in cardboard sleeves measuring 2 x 2 inches. About Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
