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1986ref. 158427N.p.: Twentieth Century-Fox 1986. Eight vintage glossy Italian Photobusta posters for the 1986 film. Based on the 1957 short story by George Langelaan. Remake of the 1958 film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Al Hedison Patricia Owens and Vincent Price. Director David Cronenberg's classic remake wherein eccentric inventor Seth Brundle Jeff Goldblum begins to undergo unexpected and horrific mutatio when a common house fly slips into his newly invented teleportation device. Winner of an Academy Award. 26.25 x 18.25 inches. Near Fine overall. Carlson Destroy All Movies. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1946ref. 151468N.p.: N.p. 1946. Vintage reference photograph of director David Lean and producer Ronald Neame in conversation with actor Anthony Wager between takes on the set of the 1946 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Charles Dickens' 1861 novel. A critical and commercial success considered by many to be one of Lean's best feature films and one of the finest adaptations of a Dickens novel to date. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 31. Ebert II. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 154959N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage reference photograph from the 1980 film. An isolated rebellious young girl with a dysfunctional family contends with her ex-convict father and overbearing anxious mother. A bleak violent portrait of the end of the peace and love generation bolstered by key performances from both Dennis Hopper and Linda Manz. Set and shot on location in Vancouver. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 147426N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for the 1982 film. Title page contains "#40" written in manuscript pencil on the upper right likely a copy number as well as several pages with annotations again in manuscript pencil commenting circling and striking scenes action and dialogue. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. A year before Peter Billingsley would become the familiar face of Ralphie Parker in Bob Clark's 1983 "A Christmas Story" he was Billy a child coping with his parent's recent divorce flying to California with his mom Sally Catherine Hicks to meet her high school sweetheart Mike Paul Le Mat for a vacation in Death Valley. It isn't long before Billy comes across a killer's crime scene leading the killer to them and it is up to little Billy to outsmart him. Set in Death Valley California and New York shot on location in California Arizona and New York. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present dated October 28 1980 with credits for screenwriter Richard Rothstein. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 155849N.p.: Island Pictures 1982. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1982 film. A fisherman becomes involved in a political drug- and arms-smuggling plot when he rescues two Americans who have crash-landed their plane in Jamaica. The first film from Island Records' film division an influential independent label which popularized reggae and ska music in the UK in the 1960s. Set and shot on location in Jamaica. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine to Very Good plus one with a small manuscript ink annotation on the recto. Island Pictures unknown books
1973ref. 170770New York: A.B. Enterprises 1973. Vintage press kit for the 1973 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing three black and white photographs and eight gatherings of promotional reading material. The third film in Don Schain's "Ginger" series following "Ginger" in 1971 and "The Abductors" in 1972. Shot in the Virgin Islands and Washington DC. Folder photographs and promotional material generally Near Fine. A.B. Enterprises unknown books
1968ref. 169580N.p.: N.p. 1968. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1968 film musical all showing actress Geneviève Waïte. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. A naive 17-year-old decides to pursue a glamorous new life in Swinging London beginning relationships with three men and falling in with artists and sexually liberated youths. Three photographs 9.5 x 7 inches one 9 x 11.5 inches. Generally Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 140001Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Draft script for the 1974 heist film. Art Director Al Brenner's working copy with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and his annotations throughout and on the rear wrapper. Based on the 1972 novel by Donald Westlake. One of the more creative caper comedies from the rich vein of crime films made in the 1970s wherein a bank temporarily being housed in a mobile home begins to look appealing to a crew of ex-cons. Very much a sister film to the 1972 adaptation of Westlake's "The Hot Rock." Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped No. 40 showing the film's title and "Landers/Roberts Productions on the front wrapper. Title page present dated August 27 1973 with a credit for screenwriter Wendell Mayes. 115 pages principal pages on white stock with pink revision pages throughout all dated 9/6/73. Pages and wrapper Very Good or better bound with two gold brads. Lee p. 116. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1949ref. 133084Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1949. Vintage studio still photograph of director Douglas Sirk working on the set of the 1949 film noir. A wonderful photograph of the entire crew shooting a scene where Cornel Wilde and Patricia Knight are parting at an airport. Sirk is standing on a crane support at the left and cinematographer Charles Lawton Jr. is seated just below. A key American noir from an original screenplay by Samuel Fuller. Shot on location throughout Los Angeles and notably in the Bradbury Building on Broadway now an architectural landmark originally built in 1893 by Los Angeles mining millionaire Lewis L. Bradbury and designed by George Wyman. In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. 7 x 9 inches borderless with a studio stamp and a mimeograph snipe on the verso. Near Fine. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1972ref. 159939Hollywood: SCA Distributors 1972. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1972 sexploitation film. Alumni renew old relationships-and start new ones-at a high school reunion held at a hotel. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. SCA Distributors unknown books
1982ref. 149942N.p.: N.p. 1982. Final Draft script for the 1983 television film originally aired on March 20 1983 on NBC. Manuscript ink annotations throughout most noting moments where special effects would be required. A terrorist group plants a homemade atomic bomb aboard a tugboat docked in a South Carolina harbor hoping to blackmail the US government into giving up its nuclear weapons. Presented as a series of live news broadcasts for the fictional RBS network. The first collaboration between director Ed Zwick and screenwriter Marshall Herskovitz who would later work together on the television shows "thirtysomething" 1987-1991 and "My So-Called Life" 1994-1995. Set in Charleston South Carolina and Washington DC. Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 20 1982 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Marshall Herskovitz. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Reyes 58 106. N.p. unknown books
1954ref. 152204Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1954. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1954 film showing actor Marlon Brando giving his parents a tour of the famed "roof" set from the film accompanied by producer S.P. Eagle. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Columbia Pictures. Based on screenwriter Budd Schulberg's 1955 novel "Waterfront." A dockworker and would-be prizefighter witnesses a murder at the hands of the local mob boss' men and is forced to stand up to his corrupt union leaders. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards winning eight including Best Picture Best Director and Best Screenplay. Shot on location in Hoboken New Jersey and New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 647. Ebert I. Grant US. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 148894N.p.: N.p. 1965. Four vintage borderless photographs from the 1965 film. Two studio still photographs of Ursula Andress on production designer Piero Poletto's striking minimalist set and two compilation fashion photographs of Andress in costume bookending Costume Designer Giulio Coltellacci's concept drawings. Two photographs with "La Decima Victima" stamp on verso. An international cult classic based on the 1953 short story "Seventh Victim" by Robert Sheckley. Sheckley wrote the novelization of the film in 1956 and two sequels "Victim Prime" and "Victim" in 1987 and 1988 respectively. The worldwide officially sanctioned "Big Hunt" is the world's most popular television show giving those inclined to violence and those in search of celebrity a chance to act as "hunter" and "victim." The games top two assassins Caroline Meredith Andress and Macello Poletti Marcello Mastrianni who may be in love are pitted against each another. A descendant of Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game" 1924 and the first of the televised death game films such as "The Gladiators" 1969 "Death Race 2000" 1975 "The Running Man" 1987 and "The Hunger Games" 2012. Shot on location in New York Rome Geneva and Vatican City. 2 - 9.5 x 7.25 inches 2- 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 141353Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Draft script for the 1974 film here seen under the working title "Deadly Honeymoon." A single manuscript notation to the first page. Based on the 1967 novel Deadly Honeymoon by Lawrence Block about a newlywed husband who seeks bloody revenge on a pair of killers after they beat him unconscious and assault his bride. Set in New Orleans shot on location there. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 163 and production No. 7475 dated March 27 1972 with credits for screenwriter S. Lee Pogostin. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Mechanical duplication with revision pages throughout dated March 31 1972. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1999ref. 171957N.p.: Rutland Weekend Television 1999. Second Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1999 science fiction comedy novel by former "Monty Python" member Eric Idle published by Boxtree in the UK and Pantheon in the US about two comedians on the interplanetary comedy circuit and their robotic secretary. Self wrappers. Title page present undated noted as 2nd Draft with credit for Idle. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with silverfish damage to the first and last five leaves bound with two gold brads. Rutland Weekend Television unknown books
1978ref. 139982Paris: Les Films du Losange 1978. Vintage French mini poster for the 1978 French film. Eric Rohmer's adaptation of Chretien de Troyes' 12th century Arthurian legend is notable for its unusual set. Unlike other adaptations the film is set in a highly stylized theatrical realm complete with props and an interactive chorus. Production designer Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko was inspired by the colorful flat compositions of Medieval paintings and seamlessly incorporated their aesthetic into his set props and lighting. Shot on location in France. 15.5 x 21.5 inches folded. Small manuscript pencil notation to the verso else Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Les Films du Losange unknown books
1970ref. 141083Paris: Les Films du Losange 1970. Vintage pressbook for the 1970 film. Director Eric Rohmer's first color film in which mountainous backdrops and varying tones play a significant visual role. In a notedly minimal narrative a newly married diplomat becomes infatuated with a lovely young acquaintance specifically with the girl's knee. His desire to touch her knee becomes the driving force behind the film. Two pages 9.5 x 12.5 inches. Near Fine with pin holes to the corners. Criterion Collection 347. Les Films du Losange unknown books
1941ref. 150534Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1941. Vintage wide reference photograph of Ernst Lubitsch playing piano on the set of the 1942 film. Remade in 1983 directed by Alan Johnson starring Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft. Carol Lombard's final film having died in an airplane accident during post-production. Jack Benny and Carole Lombard star as Joseph and Maria Tura husband and wife thespians in Nazi occupied Warsaw who inadvertently become part of the Resistance and must utilize every acting trick in the book to retrieve a list of Polish Resistance fighters from a German spy. Set in Warsaw immediately before and during the 1939 German invasion. 10 x 8 inches image 4.5 x 3.75 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Criterion Collection 670. United Artists unknown books
1972ref. 150489N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Federico Fellini demonstrating how to stab Julius Caear Feodor Chaliapin Jr. on the set of the 1972 film. "Peter W. Engelmeier provenance label on verso. A semi-autobiographical impressionistic portrait of Rome featuring two contrasting sections one based on Fellini's first journey to the city as a young man under Mussolini the other featuring scenes of contemporary city life. Set and shot on location in Rome Italy. 8.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 848. Eureka! 86. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
1944ref. 149848Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1944. Draft script for the 1944 film. Based on the popular Arsene Lupin mystery series created by Maurice Leblanc. In this entry roguish gentleman thief Lupin robs a young heiress of her jewels while on a train to England but later reconsiders his actions and saves her life. Set in England. Tan titled wrappers dated May 24 1944 with credits for screenwriter Bertram Millhauser and character credits to Maurice Leblanc. Title page present dated April 27 1944 with credits for screenwriter Bertram Millhauser and character credits to Maurice Leblanc. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only with five blue revision pages bound in after the script dated 10/24/44. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good dry and brittle with wear to the top and bottom edges of the front wrapper bound with three gold brads. United Artists unknown books
1981ref. 168974N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of Francis Ford Coppola Nastassja Kinski and Frederic Forrest on the set of the 1981 film with a French snipe printed on the verso. Francis Ford Coppola's first directorial effort after his 1979 Vietnam masterpiece "Apocalypse Now" shot on strikingly stylized sets at his newly opened Zoetrope Studios. Screenwriter Bernstein had originally planned the story to be set in Chicago but the setting moved to Las Vegas at Coppola's insistence viewing the western city as a more romantic atmosphere. Hank Forrest and Franny Garr live on the outskirts of Las Vegas but after five years their relationship has deteriorated and they both yearn for new love. Hank meets Leila Kinski a beautiful high-wire artist and Franny meets Ray Julia a dashing actor-waiter. Throughout their separation Hank and Franny still love each other and their search for romance brings them back to each other. Singer-songwriter Tom Waits received an Oscar nomination for his original score performed with country singer Crystal Gayle. 11.75 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 149334Paris: Les Films du Carrosse 1969. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of director François Truffaut and actors Catherine Deneuve then Truffaut's wife and Jean-Paul Belmondo on the set of the 1969 French neo-noir film. With manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout on the verso along with the stamp of France-Soir dated 9 JUIL. JULY 1969 and a newspaper clipping affixed to the lower right corner. Based on Cornell Woolrich's 1947 novel "Waltz into Darkness." A wealthy plantation owner on an island in the Indian Ocean anticipates the arrival of his bride-to-be but is surprised to discover the woman who arrives from France bears no resemblance to the woman in the photograph. Set on Reunion Island and Nice France. 8 x 12 inches. Very Good slightly wavy with two small manuscript ink annotations regarding cropping to the recto. Grant US. Les Films du Carrosse unknown books
1962ref. 151990Paris: les Films du Carrosse 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Henri Serre painting a moustache on Jeanne Moreau from the 1962 film. Based on the 1953 novel by Henri-Pierre Roche. One of the founding films of the French New Wave examining a long relationship between two men and an impulsive young woman before during and after the First World War. Shot on location throughout France. 7 x 9.25 inches. Small crease on far bottom left corner else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 281. Ebert II. Schrader Canon Fodder 27. les Films du Carrosse unknown books
1964ref. 160660N.p.: N.p. 1964. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1964 film all four showing actors Jean Desailly and Françoise Dorleac. One with the stamp of "L'Express" and a date stamp on the verso. Truffaut's fourth film about a seemingly happily married literary scholar who begins an affair with an airline stewardess. Set and shot on location in Portugal and France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 749. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1943ref. 153221Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1943. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1943 film showing the canteen audience with a camera crew capturing the shot in the foreground. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of RKO Radio Pictures. A musical revolving around the romantic and comic goings-on at the Stage Door Canteen a real recreational center in New York created for for American and Allied servicemen during World War II. The actual Stage Door Canteen was a basement nightclub located in the 44th Street Theatre and was too busy to be used for filming. As a result the canteen was recreated at the Fox Movietone Studio and RKO Pathe Studios in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
