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1997ref. 151528Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1997. Vintage press kit for the 1997 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing three black and white photographs and three gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on James Ellroy's 1990 novel the third in his L.A. Quartet series. Three detectives are tasked with investigating a serious of grisly murders in 1950s Los Angeles which they learn are linked to a notorious gang leader high-class escorts and widespread corruption within the police force. A formidable nod to film noir. Nominated for nine Academy Awards winning two for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Kim Basinger. Shot on location throughout Los Angeles. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. National Film Registry. Grant US. Hardy The Gangster Film US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown
1972ref. 162267N.p.: New World Pictures 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Tab Hunter stars as Eddie Collins a frustrated impotent man who finds after accidentally killing a women that he can get aroused by women when they are dead. Written and directed by Curtis Hanson who would later receive an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing the 1997 neo-noir "L.A. Confidential" with Brian Helgeland. Shot on location in Venice California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. New World Pictures unknown
1997ref. 151528Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1997. Vintage press kit for the 1997 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing three black and white photographs and three gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on James Ellroy's 1990 novel the third in his L.A. Quartet series. Three detectives are tasked with investigating a serious of grisly murders in 1950s Los Angeles which they learn are linked to a notorious gang leader high-class escorts and widespread corruption within the police force. A formidable nod to film noir. Nominated for nine Academy Awards winning two for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Kim Basinger. Shot on location throughout Los Angeles. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. National Film Registry. Grant US. Hardy The Gangster Film US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
1972ref. 162267N.p.: New World Pictures 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Tab Hunter stars as Eddie Collins a frustrated impotent man who finds after accidentally killing a women that he can get aroused by women when they are dead. Written and directed by Curtis Hanson who would later receive an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing the 1997 neo-noir "L.A. Confidential" with Brian Helgeland. Shot on location in Venice California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. New World Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 157624Hollywood: General Film 1970. Vintage studio still photograph of Cynthia Denny from the 1970 film. A freewheeling eighteen-year-old girl leaves behind her family to try to make it in California but finds herself in increasingly exploitative and unpleasant situations. Shot on location in Van Nuys. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with a light crease on the bottom right corner. General Film unknown
1970ref. 157624Hollywood: General Film 1970. Vintage studio still photograph of Cynthia Denny from the 1970 film. A freewheeling eighteen-year-old girl leaves behind her family to try to make it in California but finds herself in increasingly exploitative and unpleasant situations. Shot on location in Van Nuys. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with a light crease on the bottom right corner. General Film unknown books
1957ref. 150484Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1957 film showing actress Betty Hutton mugging for the camera while sitting with actor Dana Andrews while director Robert Pirosh looks on. A successful businesswoman runs into an old flame at her high school reunion leading to a rekindling albeit somewhat troubled of their romance. Hutton's intended screen comeback after leaving Paramount Studios five years prior and ultimately her last feature film appearance. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners. United Artists unknown
1957ref. 150484Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1957 film showing actress Betty Hutton mugging for the camera while sitting with actor Dana Andrews while director Robert Pirosh looks on. A successful businesswoman runs into an old flame at her high school reunion leading to a rekindling albeit somewhat troubled of their romance. Hutton's intended screen comeback after leaving Paramount Studios five years prior and ultimately her last feature film appearance. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners. United Artists unknown books
1970ref. 155109N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1970 French film showing actress Bernadette Lafont undressing behind a curtain. A modern retelling of the Biblical story of Cain and Abel. 9 x 11.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded at the edges. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 155109N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1970 French film showing actress Bernadette Lafont undressing behind a curtain. A modern retelling of the Biblical story of Cain and Abel. 9 x 11.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded at the edges. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 132299N.p.: N.p. 1977. Original Polish one sheet poster for the Polish release of the 1975 British/American film designed by Anna Mikke. Based on the 1973 play by Adrian Mitchell which was based on the classic 1719 novel "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe. A post-civil rights movement take on the Defoe classic wherein Crusoe finds himself stranded on an island with a black islander whom he names Friday and finds himself incapable of seeing the islander beyond his narrow and racist colonialist worldview. Nominated for the Palm d'Or. 23 x 32.5 inches. Very Good with light dampstaining to the right side. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 132299N.p.: N.p. 1977. Original Polish one sheet poster for the Polish release of the 1975 British/American film designed by Anna Mikke. Based on the 1973 play by Adrian Mitchell which was based on the classic 1719 novel "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe. A post-civil rights movement take on the Defoe classic wherein Crusoe finds himself stranded on an island with a black islander whom he names Friday and finds himself incapable of seeing the islander beyond his narrow and racist colonialist worldview. Nominated for the Palm d'Or. 23 x 32.5 inches. Very Good with light dampstaining to the right side. N.p. unknown books
1953ref. 148427Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1953. Vintage US lobby card for the 1953 film. Loosely based on Jean-Paul Le Chanois' 1951 French film "Without Leaving an Address." An ill-tempered New York cabbie helps an Irish immigrant with an infant son locate her missing husband. Set and shot on location in New York. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light soil and light toning to the edges. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1953ref. 148427Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1953. Vintage US lobby card for the 1953 film. Loosely based on Jean-Paul Le Chanois' 1951 French film "Without Leaving an Address." An ill-tempered New York cabbie helps an Irish immigrant with an infant son locate her missing husband. Set and shot on location in New York. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light soil and light toning to the edges. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1976ref. 135943Los Angeles: Albert S. Ruddy Productions / American International Pictures AIP 1976. Draft script for the 1978 film. Based on Paul Gallico's 1970 novel. Bernie Bonnelli Gould is a small-time talent agent down on his luck who discovers a boxing kangaroo named Matilda. Hoping to gain recognition and income he schedules a fight between the kangaroo and the boxing heavyweight champion of the world. The fight attracts the attention of the local mob boss who wants total control of the marsupial and the attention of animal activists looking to stop cruelty to animals. Set in New York shot on location in California New York and Nevada. Illustrated titled wrappers with glassine cover on the front wrapper. Title page present dated March 15 1976 with credits for novelist Gallico and screenwriter Galfas. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Albert S. Ruddy Productions / American International Pictures [AIP] unknown
1976ref. 135943Los Angeles: Albert S. Ruddy Productions / American International Pictures AIP 1976. Draft script for the 1978 film. Based on Paul Gallico's 1970 novel. Bernie Bonnelli Gould is a small-time talent agent down on his luck who discovers a boxing kangaroo named Matilda. Hoping to gain recognition and income he schedules a fight between the kangaroo and the boxing heavyweight champion of the world. The fight attracts the attention of the local mob boss who wants total control of the marsupial and the attention of animal activists looking to stop cruelty to animals. Set in New York shot on location in California New York and Nevada. Illustrated titled wrappers with glassine cover on the front wrapper. Title page present dated March 15 1976 with credits for novelist Gallico and screenwriter Galfas. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Albert S. Ruddy Productions / American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1968ref. 161749N.p.: Joseph Brenner Associates 1968. Four vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1963 Argentinian film. Released in Argentina as "La cigarra no es un bicho" The Cicada is Not a Bug. Provenance stamps and labels on the versos. Six couples arrive at a Buenos Aires hostel called La Cigarra and are quarantined because of an outbreak of bubonic plague-leading to sex in every imaginable combination. Shot on location in Buenos Aires. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall. Joseph Brenner Associates unknown
1968ref. 161749N.p.: Joseph Brenner Associates 1968. Four vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1963 Argentinian film. Released in Argentina as "La cigarra no es un bicho" The Cicada is Not a Bug. Provenance stamps and labels on the versos. Six couples arrive at a Buenos Aires hostel called La Cigarra and are quarantined because of an outbreak of bubonic plague-leading to sex in every imaginable combination. Shot on location in Buenos Aires. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall. Joseph Brenner Associates unknown books
1979ref. 162754Beverly Hills CA: The Edward S. Feldman Company 1979. Draft script for the 1979 television movie originally aired on December 7 1979 on ABC. Two aging retirees fall in love after meeting at a retirement home in Venice California although their friends and families object due to their differing religions. Red titled wrappers dated February 21 1979 on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriters Merrit Malloy and Lee Philips. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Merrit Malloy and Lee Philips. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between March 5 and 12 1979. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. The Edward S. Feldman Company unknown
1979ref. 162754Beverly Hills CA: The Edward S. Feldman Company 1979. Draft script for the 1979 television movie originally aired on December 7 1979 on ABC. Two aging retirees fall in love after meeting at a retirement home in Venice California although their friends and families object due to their differing religions. Red titled wrappers dated February 21 1979 on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriters Merrit Malloy and Lee Philips. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Merrit Malloy and Lee Philips. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between March 5 and 12 1979. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. The Edward S. Feldman Company unknown books
1971ref. 161546N.p.: MDA Film 1971. Six studio still photographs from the 1971 film. Five photographs with provenance stamps on the versos one of which is on a label obscuring an older provenance stamp. After an artist's suicide friends and lovers share their memories of him most of whom are convinced he would never have killed himself and that one of them had something to do with his demise. Set in and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall. MDA Film unknown
1971ref. 161546N.p.: MDA Film 1971. Six studio still photographs from the 1971 film. Five photographs with provenance stamps on the versos one of which is on a label obscuring an older provenance stamp. After an artist's suicide friends and lovers share their memories of him most of whom are convinced he would never have killed himself and that one of them had something to do with his demise. Set in and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall. MDA Film unknown books
1972ref. 135242Paris: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Two vintage borderless black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1972 French film "La course du lievre a travers les champs" release in the US as "And Hope to Die." Featured is a rare still of director Clement brandishing a rifle and a still of actor Trintignant contemplating the true value of a ten-dollar bill. Loosely based on David Goodis' 1954 seminal hardboiled novel "Black Friday" a paperback original. A French fugitive heads for Canada and ends up joining a gang of criminals in the midst of kidnapping the mentally-challenged daughter of a rival crimelord. The plan goes accordingly until the girl accidentally dies. Shot on location in Quebec Canada and Hauts-de-Seine France. Both stills 7 x 9.25 inches borderless as issued. Ink annotations on the versos else Near Fine overall. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1972ref. 135242Paris: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Two vintage borderless black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1972 French film "La course du lievre a travers les champs" release in the US as "And Hope to Die." Featured is a rare still of director Clement brandishing a rifle and a still of actor Trintignant contemplating the true value of a ten-dollar bill. Loosely based on David Goodis' 1954 seminal hardboiled novel "Black Friday" a paperback original. A French fugitive heads for Canada and ends up joining a gang of criminals in the midst of kidnapping the mentally-challenged daughter of a rival crimelord. The plan goes accordingly until the girl accidentally dies. Shot on location in Quebec Canada and Hauts-de-Seine France. Both stills 7 x 9.25 inches borderless as issued. Ink annotations on the versos else Near Fine overall. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1966ref. 155023Universal City: Universal Television 1966. Draft script for the 1967 television movie originally aired on February 25 1967 on NBC. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their manuscript pencil annotations on three leaves. A suburban couple discover they have been used as money laundering pawns for a powerful crime syndicate and decide to try to break away from the cartel. Shot on location in Sleepy Hollow and New York City New York. Green titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated June 13 1966 with credits for director David Lowell Rich and screenwriter A.J. Russell. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Mimeograph duplication on yellow stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Universal Television unknown
