1971ref. 165071Universal City: Universal Studios 1971. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1971 film including one borderless and one bordered. Bordered photograph with a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on Ken Kesey's 1964 novel about a family of independent loggers who refuse to support a local logging union's strike against a lumber conglomerate. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Supporting Actor for Richard Jaeckel. Set in the fictional town of Wakonda Oregon and shot on location throughout western Oregon in Lincoln County and the Oregon Coast. One photograph 8 x 10 inches the other 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Universal Studios unknown books
1960ref. 146330London: Merton Park Studios 1960. Shooting script for the 1961 British film noir here under the working title "The Man Who Knew." Loosely based on Edgar Wallace's 1918 crime novel "The Man Who Knew." A man who has arranged his business partner's murder finds his plan has gone awry when the hitman does not properly dispose of the murder weapon which is stolen and eventually makes its way into the hands of the police. Tall white titled self wrappers housed in a tan folder dated September 1960 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Robert Stewart and novelist Edgar Wallace. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 54. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with rust to the binding and title page detached side stapled. Grant UK. Merton Park Studios unknown books
1968ref. 169572N.p.: N.p. 1968. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film all showing actress Leigh Taylor-Young. Dissatisfied with his life and impending marriage a mid-thirties attorney gets high and runs off with a young hippie only to discover he's still unhappy. The title of the film is a reference to "Alice B. Toklas brownies" a slang term for pot brownies. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1991ref. 151433N.p.: N.p. 1991. Fourth Draft script for the 1992 film here under the working title "The Year of the Comet." An international chase ensues in pursuit of the most valuable bottle of wine in history bottled in the year of the Great Comet of 1811. Shot on location in France Scotland and England. Self front wrapper integral with title page dated February '91 noted as Fourth draft with credits for screenwriter William Goldman. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine back wrapper Very Good plus with light dampstains on bottom left bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 149379N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Orson Welles from the 1963 film. Italian "ROGOPAG / LA RIOTTA" stamp on verso. An anthology film of four short films titled after the names of the four directors: "Illibatezza" directed by Roberto Rossellini "Il Nuovo Mondo" directed by Jean-Luc Godard "La Ricotta" directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini and "Il Pollo Ruspante" directed by Ugo Gregoretti Pasolini's scathing comic rebuke on social inequality and religious hypocrisy wherein a lavish film production of the crucifixion of Christ in a poor region outside Rome finds the extra playing the "good thief" Stracci Mario Cipriani quite literally starving during the production trying everything to get some food all while being berated by the bombastic insufferable director Orson Welles. The film resulted in Pasolini being convicted of blasphemy and the film being banned in Italy. Pasolini was sentenced to a four month prison term which he avoided by paying a fine. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 236. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 167091N.p.: Aetos 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 Italian film showing actors Silvana Mangano and Terence Stamp in an intimate moment. Stamp of photographer Angelo Frontoni on the verso. Over the course of several days a mysterious visitor seduces each member of a bourgeois Milanese family. The second film in director Pier Paolo Pasolini's Mythical Cycle quartet preceded by "Oedipus Rex" 1967 and followed by "Porcile" and "Medea" both 1969. Set and shot on location in Rome and Milan. 9.25 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Godard Histoires du cinema. BFI 1166. Aetos unknown books
1965ref. 151530Lausanne: Majestic Films 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Pierre Etaix on the set of the 1965 film. "Majestic Films S.A." and "Yoyo" stamps on verso. After losing everything in the stock market crash of 1929 a millionaire Etaix finds happiness his lost love Auger and the son he never knew he had by joining the circus. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Morbihan Bas-Rhin and Yvelines France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 655. Majestic Films unknown books
1975ref. 155772N.p.: Unia Films 1975. Five vintage borderless color snapshots from the 1975 French hardcore film. Stamps of Unia Films on the versos. The two adult sons of a small-town shopkeeper return to their hometown where they become involved in shady criminal dealings and many sexual encounters. Originally filmed as a softcore film with "hard" scenes added at a later point to appeal to the craze for hardcore sex scenes in France after Gaullist censorship was revoked in the early 1970s. 4.75 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine. Bier 1368. Unia Films unknown books
1948ref. 135654Berlin: Nero AG 1948. Vintage black-and-white photograph of director Preston Sturges and actors Linda Darnell and Rex Harrison on the set of the 1948 film. 8 x 10 inches 20.5 x 25.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 292. Nero AG unknown books
1972ref. 164302N.p.: N.p. 1972. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1972 German film. Three with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. An exploration of 1950s Hollywood melodramas through the lens of 1970s Germany about the destructive skewed power dynamics between a twice-divorced fashion designer her live-in maid and her new lover. Set in Bremen shot on location in Worpswede Germany. Three photographs 5 x 7.5 inches one photograph 4.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus. Arrow 12. Criterion Collection 740. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 141021London: The Rank Organization 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. Laid in are two pages of corrections. With annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. Copy belonging to crew member James H. Ware. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" 1953 "Room at the Top" 1959 "Our Man in Havana" 1959 "Charade" 1963 and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1965. Based on Jon Cleary's 1966 novel of the same title. The New South Wales police sergeant Scobie Malone is summoned for questioning and cooperation when the Australian High Commissioner is wanted in England for murder. Now he must uncover the truth as well protect the High Commissioner from assassination attempts. Set in London shot on location there as well as New South Wales Australia. Teal blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated October 20 1967 with credits for author Jon Cleary and screenwriter Wilfred Greatorex. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mechanical duplication with pink revision pages throughout dated variously between November 15 1967 and January 8 1968. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. The Rank Organization unknown books
1936ref. 143033New York: Gaumont British Picture Corporation 1936. Draft script for the 1937 film. Specially bound copy bound in green cloth with title in gilt. An American gangster joins the British Army in order to evade the police. Released in Great Britain under the title O.H.M.S. which signifies "On His Majesty's Service." Military propaganda from Britain's War Office made with full Army Council cooperation. American director Raoul Walsh was chosen after his success with "What Price Glory" in 1926 which helped boost recruiting for the US Marine Corps. Set in New York and London shot on location in London. Green cloth covered boards with gilt titles with stamped production No. 69 in gilt. Title page present dated 31st July 1936 noted as screenplay. 116 leaves. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine with dampstaining on open edge binding Very Good plus. Gaumont British Picture Corporation unknown books
1968ref. 170748N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage reference photograph from the 1968 film showing Raquel Welch in a headscarf and bikini. A mob boss works with a pair of kidnappers to pull off a huge heist bringing in a criminal mastermind to help run the operation. Set and shot on location in France and Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 166208London: Caralan Productions 1967. Shooting Script for the 1968 film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name on the first revision page page 4. The title page includes an ink annotation of the name "S. Siddall" Sid Siddall worked as a Property Master or a Production Buyer on British films and likely worked uncredited in the art department under Provis. Provenance available upon request. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Based on the 1964 play by screenwriter Jack Roffey. Ray Milland appeared in the popular 1966 Broadway production of the play which originally opened on the West End in 1964 starring Michael Denison and decided to make a feature film from the play with himself directing in 1967. Although the film was completed in 1968 it wouldn't see a British release until 1970. Ray Milland stars as a barrister who after his daughter is killed in a hit and run accident is determined to find the driver and exact vengeance. After his neighbor is killed in a botched robbery Milland becomes a suspect when a letter is found implicating the neighbor in his daughter's death. Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Shooting Script with credits for screenwriter Jack Roffey. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink and green revision pages throughout dated 6.9.67 and 14.9.67. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near FIne bound internally with two flat metal brads. Caralan Productions unknown books
1976ref. 167119N.p.: N.p. 1976. Five vintage oversize borderless color reference photographs from the 1976 Italian sex comedy film. Mimeo snipes on the versos. A wealthy industrialist is betrayed by his gold-digging young wife resulting in his confinement to a mental institution-where he unexpectedly finds true love! 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1962ref. 139131France Italy: Cineriz 1962. Archive of press material related to the 1961 French-Italian film. Includes film production-related material like shooting schedules and synopses a cinema magazine reviewing the film and several leaves of correspondence addressed from various members of film production to Maryse Martin Martres a prolific French actress who was also involved in press relations in France. Brief annotations in manuscript ink throughout. More than 150 leaves of correspondence and notes. A glimpse inside the behind-the-scenes process of French press and the attention paid to prolific French figures of cinema notably René Clair. Maryse Martin whose film credits include "The Happy Road" 1957 "Bonjour Tristesse 1958 and several films each for directors Jacqueline Audry Maurice Labro and Jean Gourguet was a popular "B" actress who played supporting roles in over 40 films. She presumably worked for a press agency involved in publication of film reviews press kits photographs and more. Several letters are represented addressed to and from Maryse from persons like Gay-Lussac Gordon Reid A. Sergio Berrocal George L. George Monsieur Bergougnous Monsieur Lourau J.D. van Leeuwen Edmundo Duran members of UniFrance Film Alessandro Ferrau R. Betmalle Clare Simpson Pierre Lazareff Francois Timmory I. Dally and even René Clair's secretary. A businessman Noiret wants to buy land around the village of Cabosse claiming his desire for seclusion but with intentions to sell the water from the village fountain purportedly a fountain of youth. Shot on location throughout France. All material Very Good overall housed in Martin's file folder with the film title in manuscript ink. Cineriz unknown books
1962ref. 149573Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1962. Vintage reference photograph of actors Paul Newman and Shirley Knight examining film negatives with cinematographer Milton R. Krasner looking on. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1959 play wherein a failed Hollywood actor and gigolo returns to his small hometown accompanied by an older faded movie star hoping to win back his former girlfriend. Nominated for three Academy Awards winning one for Best Supporting Actor for Ed Begley. Set in St. Cloud Mississippi. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1967ref. 146012Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage borderless photograph of Robert Blake and Scott Wilson from the 1967 film. Crop annotations in manuscript pencil and the stamp of photographer Michel Ciment stamp on the verso. Richard Brooks' unflinching and unsentimental documentary style made for a visualization that matched the power of Capote's most famous book and remains one of the great meditations on violence in America. Nominated for four Academy Awards. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus some light creasing and edgewear. National Film Registry. Ebert II. Criterion Collection 781. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1974ref. 142679Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1974. Draft script for the 1979 film here under the working title "The Ravagers." Copy belonging to uncredited producer Walter Mirisch with his name in blue manuscript ink on the title page and with a manuscript note in the same blue ink paper-clipped on the front wrapper. Based on the 1966 novel "Path to Savagery" by Robert Edmond Alter. A grim "Mad Max" style film set post-World War III nuclear holocaust in which Richard Harris plays a man whose wife was raped and murdered by a brutal gang and who eventually seeks a home where he may live in peace. Shot on location in Alabama. Olive green titled wrappers dated October 14 1974. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Donald S. Sanford and novelist Robert Edmond Alter. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 160522N.p.: N.p. 1975. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1975 British film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A group of silent film actors struggling to survive the transition to sound film decide to start making adult films. John Bynum's directorial debut filmed entirely in real time on a single set. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 168998Paris: Sygma 1979. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of Richard Gere and Paul Schrader from the set of the 1980 film with Sygma stamps and printed French and English mimeo snipes on the verso. A slick Los Angeles prostitute enjoys a lavish lifestyle funded by a stable of rich older female clients. When one of his clients is found murdered his world begins to crumble. Paul Schrader's third film as director and screenwriter and one of four films Schrader refers to as his "double bookends" "Taxi Driver" 1976 bookended by "Light Sleeper" 1992 and "American Gigolo" bookended by "The Walker" 2007. Set in Los Angeles shot on location throughout California. 8 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Sygma unknown books
1973ref. 127868N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage Cuban poster for the Cuban release of the 1968 film designed by Eduardo Muñoz Bachs. Based on the 1966 novel "Me and the Arch Kook Petulia" by John Haase about a newlywed socialite who relentlessly pursues a physician for an affair. Shot on location during the Summer of Love in San Francisco with appearances by Janis Joplin and The Grateful Dead that are not so much cameos as they are part of movie's atmosphere. Entered into competition at Cannes in 1968 before that year's festival was canceled. Eduardo Muñoz Bachs was a revered Cuban artist best known for his over 2000 movie poster designs. His work also encompassed comics children's book illustration and animation. Bachs is also noted for having designed the first poster for the Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematograficos ICAIC founded shortly after the Cuban Revolution to produce and promote Cuban films. 20 x 30 inches. Very Good plus with faint rubbing and a spot of scratching to the upper mid center. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 149880London: British Lion 1959. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1959 short film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. A surreal slapstick sketch comedy film filmed over 2 days on a shoestring budget of approximately 70 British pounds. Considered influential on mid-century British comedy particularly Monty Python's Flying Circus and a purported favorite of The Beatles. Two photographs approximately 10 x 8 inches one photograph 8.25 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased. British Lion unknown books
1998ref. 141593Santa Monica: Artisan Entertainment 1998. Draft script for the 1999 film. With a single notation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Based on the 1958 novel by Richard Matheson. A man is hypnotized by his sister-in-law leading to haunted visions and the complete breakdown of his family life. Set in Chicago shot on location there. Yellow titled self wrappers dated August 14 1998 with credits for screenwriter David Koepp and author Richard Matheson. Title page integral with front wrapper. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication with yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between September 9 1998 and September 18 1998. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Artisan Entertainment unknown books
1981ref. 139508Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1981. Vintage oversize double weight borderless still photograph from the 1981 film. Shot struck and mounted by the film's still photographer Bob Willoughby with his ASMP rubber stamp on the verso. 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. 13.25 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
