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1998ref. 165385London: Gummfluh Films 1998. First Production Draft script for the 1999 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with his first name in manuscript ink on the title page and his annotations regarding camera work throughout. Bound in at the front and rear of the script are several production documents including shooting schedules a contact sheet a map indicating filming locations and information regarding lodging during production. Not to be confused with the 2008 film of the same name. A motley group of siblings return to their family home after their mother's death ostensibly to grieve but in actuality in order to determine who will inherit the largest portion of her wealth. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 30 September 1998 with credit for screenwriter William Brookfield. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated October 6 and November 2 1998 respectively. Pages Very Good plus bound with a silver prong. Gummfluh Films unknown books
1942ref. 141919North Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1942. Shooting script for the 1942 film. Copy belonging to actor Harry Holman with his name on the front wrapper his copious manuscript annotations throughout and manuscript notation of the early working title "Purple on the Sage" on the front wrapper. Based on the series of novels by William Colt MacDonald. Three Mesquiteer Tucson is captured by an outlaw who assumes his identity to try and avoid capture. The first of the highly popular "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie Western series released by Republic to star Jimmie Dodd who replaced Rufe Davis as "Lullaby" Joslin. Set in Holbrook Colorado shot on location at Iverson Ranch in California. Tall green titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper marked as production No. 1211 dated June 241942 with credits for associate producer Lou Gray. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 63. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 7-1-42. Pages Very Good wrapper Good plus bound with two gold brads. Republic Pictures unknown books
1974ref. 171050N.p.: N.p. 1974. Two vintage color slides from the 1974 Italian film both showing Charlotte Rampling dancing partially nude for her Nazi captors. Liliana Cavani's international breakthrough a deeply controversial film about a Holocaust survivor who renews her sadomasochistic sexual relationship with her Nazi captor after a chance encounter which threatens to expose his fellow former SS officers now living in secret in postwar Vienna. Shot on location in Vienna Austria and Rome Italy. 4 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 59. Grant Italy. N.p. unknown books
1978ref. 155782N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage borderless reference photograph showing Lina Wertmüller directing actors Candice Bergen and Giancarlo Giannini on the set of the 1978 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. An American photographer falls in love with a chauvinistic Italian journalist while visiting a small Italian village. Set and shot on location in San Francisco and Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1942ref. 167995Universal City: Universal Pictures 1942. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1942 film. One with a mimeo snipe on the verso and three with annotations in manuscript ink on the same. The fourth film in Universal Pictures' Frankenstein series preceded by "Frankenstein" 1931 "Bride of Frankenstein" 1935 and "Son of Frankenstein" 1939 and the first to star Lon Chaney as the monster. Set in the fictional village of Frankenstein. 8 x 10 inches. Generally Very Good plus to Near Fine one photograph with tape near the margins of the recto one with pinholes at the corners and one with paper residue at the bottom left corner. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horror. Universal Pictures unknown books
1961ref. 145916N.p.: Alfa Film 1961. Four vintage borderless photographs from the 1961 film including three photographs showing Louis Armstrong performing and one taken on the set showing Armstrong with a fan. A little-known German comedy featuring Armstrong and His All Stars performing four songs. Set and shot on location in West Germany. Two photographs 6.75 x 5 inches and two photographs 5 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. Alfa Film unknown books
1939ref. 147709Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1939. Draft script for the 1940 film with the name of uncredited screenwriter Leonard Lee in manuscript pencil over date on lower left. Paramount "File Copy" and "Master File" stamps and manuscript annotation in pencil on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period. Paramount's 1940 Technicolor south seas adventure. Dea Dorothy Lamour is marooned on an isolated island since childhood with only the company of Koko the chimp when Skipper Joe Lynne Overman and Johnny Potter Robert Preston are marooned on the island by a mutinous crew. The three must battle angry natives and survive tidal waves a forest fire and the titular typhoon to survive. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set on a South Sea island and shot on location in Santa Catalina Island Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden and Baldwin Dry Lake California. Self wrappers with front wrapper dated July 8 1939 rubber-stamped production No. 1908. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered E-31. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1958ref. 132901Paris: Nouvelles Editions de Films NEF 1958. Collection of twelve vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1958 French film. The great French director's second film about a wealthy woman who has become bored with both her emotionally distant husband and her lover and abruptly leaves them both to take up with a younger man she just met. After it was released in the US the film became the subject of a landmark First Amendment case before the Supreme Court where Justice Potter Stewart in declaring the film not obscene issued the immortal phrase "I know it when I see it" in regards to what constitutes pornographic material. A story set and shot on location in France including Paris Dijon Burgundy and the Cote-d'Or. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine or better with light toning to a few of the photographs. Criterion Collection 58. Nouvelles Editions de Films [NEF] unknown books
1978ref. 168491Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1978. Vintage borderless publicity photograph from the 1978 film showing actress Susan Sarandon. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Louis Malle's controversial turn-of-the-century drama about a twelve year-old girl who lives with her mother in a high-class brothel in Storyville the red-light district of New Orleans. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Set and shot on location in Hattiesburg Mississippi and New Orleans. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1962ref. 146911London: Compagnia Cinematografica Montoro 1962. Vintage borderless photograph of Brigitte Bardot on the set from the 1962 film. "Brigitte BARDOT" and "PHOTO UNIFRANCE FILM" stamps on the verso. Bridgette Bardot stars in this semi-biographical film by Louie Malle about a young girl Jill who suddenly becomes a movie star and tries to manage the pressures and annoyances of celebrity. She returns home to Switzerland to escape from the paparazzi and seeks refuge in the arms of newly divorced Fabio Marcello Mastroianni. Set in and shot on location in France Switzerland and Italy. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Compagnia Cinematografica Montoro unknown books
1968ref. 158148London: N.p. 1968. Three borderless oversize reference photographs from the 1968 film showing actors Jeanette Wild and Terry Skelton in an intimate moment. Stamp of photographer Marc Sharratt on the versos. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A young Italian would-be model is pushed into posing nude for a risqué magazine shortly after arriving in Swinging London. Director Norman J. Warren's directorial debut and the first of two films Warren made for producers Bachoo Sen and Richard Schulman followed by "Loving Feeling" 1968. Considered by many to be the first narrative British sex film. Approximately 12 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with moderate wear at the corners. BFI 15. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 149344Rome: B.R.C. Produzione 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1966 film showing actor Franco Nero crouching in the pose that would later be used for the Italian poster for the film. With manuscript annotations regarding layout and stamps to the verso. One of the few Westerns made by Fulci starring Nero and released the same year as "Django." Also released as "God Forgives I Don't!" Set on the US-Mexico border shot on location in Lazio Italy and Madrid Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. Pitts 1113. Cox 10000 Ways to Die. Blue Underground. B.R.C. Produzione unknown books
1974ref. 146979Stockholm Sweden: Concorde Film 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. With the name of the script written across the folder in manuscript pencil and a few small manuscript pencil and ink annotations presumably secretarial throughout correcting grammatical errors. Laid in with the script is a three-page typed summary of the story and a two-page typed letter addressed from Concorde Films managing director Lennart Berns to casting agent Paul Kohner suggesting actor Charles Bronson for the part of police detective Martin Beck. Text in English. Based on screenwriters Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo's 1967 mystery novel about a Swedish police detective who realizes an anonymous serial robber might be the only witness to a string of grisly child murders in Stockholm. Eventually successfully produced in 1993 by director Daniel Alfredson and screenwriter Jonas Cornell but bearing little relation to the authors' earliest vision. Set in Stockholm. Tall housed in an untitled beige card folder. Title page present with credits for screenwriter-novelists Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo and screenwriter Arne Mattsson. 177 leaves with last page of text numbered 174. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus unbound. Concorde Film unknown books
1969ref. 149345N.p.: Clesi Cinematografica 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film showing actors Catherine Spaak and Claudia Cardinale. With the stamp of photographer Glauco Cortini to the verso along with a manuscript ink annotation identifying the actors. A woman's obsession with finding a husband ruins her friendship with her best friend and roommate. Set and shot on location in Rome. 12 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Clesi Cinematografica unknown books
1981ref. 156644N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage borderless color reference photograph from the 1981 film showing Ben Gazzara and Katya Berger on a beach. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1972 short story collection "Erections Ejaculation Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness" by Charles Bukowski. The first film adaptation of Bukowski's work and one of the most challenging films of the 1980s. Shot on location in California New York and Georgia. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with the finish on the top portion of the photograph lightly worn. N.p. unknown books
1961ref. 171018Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1961. Vintage reference photograph from the 1961 film showing Marilyn Monroe and a camera crew on the set between takes. A bleak haunting film exploring the loss of independence about a recent divorcée who enters into an unstable relationship with an aging cowboy whom she meets in the Nevada desert. Shot on location in Reno and Dayton Nevada. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly toned to the margins with some wear to the finish at the top left corner else about Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1959ref. 153211N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage reference photograph from the 1959 Italian film. A team of archaeologists investigating Mayan ruins discover a giant blob monster which appears to be related to a comet passing near the earth. An early directorial effort by influential Italian filmmaker Mario Bava who would go on to define the giallo genre. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn and soiled to the top right corner. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 149424Rome: Euro International Film 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film showing director Mario Monicelli and a camera crew filming a scene with actors Marcelo Mastroianni and Margaret Lee on the set of the 1965 Italian film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso. An army officer romances his way through Europe with the caveat that he can only find romantic satisfaction in situations where his life is in danger. Set and shot on location throughout France Italy Switzerland Burma and Germany. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus overall. Euro International Film unknown books
1974ref. 151292N.p.: N.p. 1974. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1974 film showing actors Ornella Muti and Michele Placido in a tender moment. A middle-aged man marries his 17-year-old goddaughter but their passionate relationship sours when he suspects her of sleeping with his much younger friend. Shot on location in Milan Italy. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1986ref. 166553N.p.: N.p. 1986. Revised Draft script for the 1987 film with rainbow revisions. Based on the 1982 novel "The Religion" by Robert Stuart Nathan writing as Nicholas Conde. A police psychiatrist attempts to uncover the culprits behind a series of ritualistic child murders linked to a voodoo cult. Set in New York shot on location in New York City and Ontario Canada. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 6/18/86 with credit for screenwriter Mark Frost. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/17/86 and 6/18/86. Pages Very Good plus with title page and first page of text detached from the binding. Bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 134920Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Complete-as-issued set of 15 black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1973 film. Housed in the original sack envelope as issued rubber stamped "MEAN STREETS / 15 STILLS / B." Scorsese's breakthrough film one of the establishing pillars of New Hollywood cinema setting the template that would guide the best of his work to follow. Set in New York City and shot on location there. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Sack Very Good Plus with minor wear. Warner Brothers unknown books
1958ref. 144082Paris: Cinedis 1958. 71 vintage single weight keybook contact sheets amounting to over 800 numbered images from the 1958 French film. Much of the film is represented in minute detail along with test shots set design shots and many candid moments from the set. Dramatic high-contrast images of starring actors Demongeot answering telephones and in heated embraces with several sheets capturing a formal dinner with the cast and crew presumably the film's premiere. Most with 12 images per sheet a few with 6-frame strips of 35mm film each image with a series number and all sheets credit at the top the photo laboratory Tele-Photo film studio Cinedis film title and photographer Apoteker. Housed in a red paper 2-ring binder with French titles printed on the front. Several with brief numerical annotations on the verso. Noirish crime thriller based on Michel Lebrun's novel "Un Silence de Mort" 1957 starring Demongeot as Sylvie married to Jean Ronet an executive at a fashion magazine. Jean's boss André Servais obsesses over Sylvie whose demure femininity can be fatal. An early film credit for still photographer Paul Apoteker whose "Too Late for Love" 1959 is regarded as his first credited film. His dramatic execution would later be seen in Clouzot's "The Truth" 1960 Sautet's romance noir "Classe Tous Risques" 1960 and Woody Allen's "Love and Death" 1975. Demongeot and Ronet are amply represented throughout the collection including a preliminary mockup of the poster art. Photos 8.25 x 10.25 inches a few slightly variant sizes hole-punched and two with square cuts. Very Good plus overall with curling and light foxing creases to the binder. Cinedis unknown books
1963ref. 164221Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1963. Vintage banner poster for the 1963 film. Rare in this format. An architect and his wife survey an old mansion where the previous tenant an eccentric heiress has disappeared. Strange noises suspicious strangers and vanishing keys ensue. Inspired by the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose California. Shot on location at the Greystone Park and Mansion in Beverly Hills California. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good plus with light soiling and faint rubbing overall. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1954ref. 167826New York: Excelsior Pictures 1954. Vintage souvenir program for the 1954 nudist film. A widowed woman leaves the home of her tyrannical father-in-law accompanied by her young daughter and moves into a nudist camp in Florida. "Nudist" movies were typically shot at nudist campgrounds in order to skirt laws prohibiting on-screen nudity. "Garden of Eden" was nevertheless the subject of a court case in the late 1950s regarding obscenity. The court ruled that on-screen nudity was not obscene opening the door to more open depictions of nudity in film. Shot on location at the Lake Como Family Nudist Resort in Lutz Florida. 9 x 12 inches. About Fine. Excelsior Pictures unknown books
1995ref. 161352N.p.: N.p. 1995. Collection of 15 vintage photographs from the 1995 film. The collection includes film still photographs reference photographs portrait photographs and on the set photographs eight of which were issued by Gramercy Pictures with the company's logo in the bottom margin adjacent to the caption with catalog numbers P-1 through P-8 and one issued by ITC Entertainment Group with the company's logo in the bottom margin. Three of the photographs are compilations of images. Based on the 1995 novel by screenwriter Melvin Van Peebles. A semi-fictionalized account of the origins of The Blank Panther Party in Oakland California from 1966-1968. Set in and shot on location in Berkeley Los Angeles San Francisco and Oakland California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
