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1966ref. 157627Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1966. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 Japanese film. Stamps of Nikkatsu Productions on the verso along with annotations in manuscript ink. A disillusioned pornographer tries to stay out of the clutches of the local mob while taking care of his ailing landlady and her children secretly spending time with his mistress and lusting after his teenage stepdaughter. 6 x 4.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 207. Nikkatsu unknown books
1985ref. 141111N.p.: N.p. 1985. Revised Draft script for the 1985 play. Copy belonging to Peter Mark Richman who played the character of Lewis in this production with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and annotations throughout in manuscript ink. The story of a screenwriter living in Los Angeles who can not seem to finish any screenplays and thus is haunted by his unfinished characters including Adolf Eichmann a gorilla and a blue-collar worker named "The Raincoat." Steve Shagan was a critically acclaimed novelist playwright and screenwriter who came to prominence working on the television series "Tarzan." Throughout his long career he was nominated for both Academy Awards and Emmy Awards. Set in Los Angeles. Tan untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Revised Draft with credits for playwright Steve Shagan. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 150475Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1967. Vintage studio still photograph of director Stuart Rosenberg and actor Paul Newman on the set of the 1967 film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso. Based on the 1965 novel by Donn Pearce who co-wrote the screenplay about a convict who wins a bet to eat 50 hard-boiled eggs in an hour and later suffers a failure of communication with the warden. Winner of a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for George Kennedy and nominated for three others including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for Newman. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a light horizontal crease affecting the lower portion of the image. National Film Registry. Ebert III. Warner Brothers unknown books
1983ref. 163380Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1983. Final script for the 1984 film. An aspiring country music star bets the owner of a nightclub that she can turn an ill-mannered New York cab driver into a singer. Set in New York and Tennessee shot on location in Santa Clarita and Piru California and in Leipers Fork Tennessee. Gray titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers dated September 22 1983 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated September 22 1983 noted as FINAL with credits for screenwriters Sylvester Stallone and Phil Alden Robinson. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/28/83 and 1/24/84. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1977ref. 160639Paris: Trinacra Films 1977. Two vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1977 film. Reference number stamps on the verso of each. The last film in the original "Emmanuelle" trilogy following "Emmanuelle" 1974 directed by Just Jaeckin and starring Kristel and Alain Cuny and "Emmanuelle 2" 1975 directed by Francis Giacobetti and starring Kristel and Umberto Orsini. 9.5 x 7 inches. One with pinholes from a staple on the bottom right corner else Near Fine. Trinacra Films unknown books
1976ref. 149916N.p.: N.p. 1976. Seven vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1976 Italian film. Based on the real Salon Kitty a cabaret and brothel used by Nazi secret intelligence to collect information on high-ranking SS commandants and foreign dignitaries during World War II. Heavily edited for its US release with many political elements purged in order to market the film as a sexploitation production. Considered one of the progenitors of the Nazi exploitation genre. Set in Berlin. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Blue Underground. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 149558London: New Cinema Presentations 1969. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1969 film. With the label of New Cinema Presentations on the verso. Based on Rochelle Owens' 1967 play wherein a farmer's sexual relationship with his pet pig sets off an erotic increasingly unhinged chain of events among the local hicks in his small town. Shot on location in Stockton California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. New Cinema Presentations unknown books
1977ref. 162549Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1977. Three vintage reference photographs from the American release of the 1977 Italian film all three showing actress Ursula Andress in the bath. A police commissioner teams up with a political activist to solve the murder of a prince. Set and shot on location in Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1971ref. 159627Los Angeles: Boxoffice International 1971. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 sexploitation film. A middling Spaghetti Western actor dreams that he has become Casanova the world's greatest lover after he is knocked unconscious during a sex party. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Boxoffice International unknown books
1965ref. 158640N.p.: Unknown 1965. Vintage press kit for the 1965 film. Pictorial white envelope containing seven studio still photographs and two matte-finish reference photographs and one newspaper clipping with an advertisement for the film. A European-style sexploitation film about a love triangle between one woman and two jealous men during a sailing trip to Catalina Island. Set in location in Los Angeles Catalina Island and Malibu. Envelope photographs and clipping Very Good plus with light offsetting on the envelope. Unknown unknown books
1953ref. 146323N.p.: N.p. 1953. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Included with the script are four partially-bound identical sets of carbon typescript pages listing prospective filming locations and camerawork and two smaller unbound leaves one blank and one with manuscript ink annotations to the recto. Screenwriter Vera Caspary was best known for her 1942 novel "Laura" the basis for the classic 1944 film noir and the project that most strongly established her presence among Hollywood studios as a desirable writer for film. Years later however in the midst of the HUAC investigations Caspary became persona non grata as she had been an active member of the Communist Party in the 1930s and never fully shed her proletarian leanings. In order to avoid prosecution and the potential destruction of her career Caspary moved to Europe and spent several years searching for studio financing and writing film treatments including the never-produced "Street Song." The project tells the story of an acclaimed but vain opera singer who falls in with a group of street musicians and learns humility and ultimately love. Tall orange titled wrappers noted as Treatment on the front wrapper dated 14th April 1953 noted as Copy No. 15 with credits for screenwriter Vera Caspary. Title page present dated 14th April 1953 noted as Treatment with credits for Caspary. 77 leaves with last page of text numbered 76. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with some rust to the first few leaves and light foxing wrapper Very Good plus bound with green string. N.p. unknown books
1932ref. 156217N.p.: N.p. 1932. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1932 pre-Code film showing director Victor Fleming and a camera crew watching as actors Clark Gable and Jean Harlow film an intimate scene. Based on the 1928 play by Wilson Collison about a love triangle on a rubber plantation in French Indochina. The film was the second of six films Gable and Harlow made together following "The Secret Six" in 1931. Basis for the 1953 John Ford film "Mogambo" starring Gable and Ava Gardner. Set in French Indochina. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with two short closed tears at the top edge repaired with paper tape on the verso. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books
1946ref. 130828Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1946. Draft script for the 1947 film. Copy belonging to actor Van Heflin with his manuscript signature on the front wrapper and his annotations throughout. A miscommunication leads to an ill-fated marriage in Victor Saville's 1946 film. Starring Lana Turner Van Heflin and Donna Reed and winner of one Academy Award. Goldenrod titled wrappers rubber-stamped as Complete on the front wrapper copy No. 93 dated 8-20-46 with credit for producer Wilson. 158 leaves mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Archive. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1976ref. 149849N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of Margarethe von Trotta Volker Schlondorff cinematographer Igor Luther and other crew members on the set of the 1976 film. Based on the 1939 novel by Marguerite Yourcenar. Young left-wing aristocrat Sophie von Reval von Trotta sides with the Bolsheviks after being rejected by a young German soldier Matthias Habich preparing to fight the Red Army. The third and final collaboration between husband and wife team Schlondorff and von Trotta von Trotta here co-writing and starring before von Trotta would branch off into her own esteemed career as a director. Previously they worked together on "The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach" 1971 which von Tratt starred in and co-wrote with director Schlondorff and the New German Cinema masterwork "The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum" 1975 which they co-wrote and co-directed together. Set in 1919 Latvia during the Russian Civil War. 12 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing at far corners. Criterion Collection 192. N.p. unknown books
1934ref. 159596London: National Film Archive 1934. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1934 film one showing actors Bette Davis and Leslie Howard the other showing director John Cromwell and a camera crew capturing a scene with Kay Johnson and Howard. Both with the stamp of National Film Archive on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. A sensitive clubfooted young man falls in love with a mercurial tearoom waitress. A breakout role for actress Bette Davis and the first of three adaptations of Maugham's novel followed by one in 1946 and one in 1964. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Archive unknown books
1973ref. 149290Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Argos Films 1973. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1973 French erotic film. Two with stamp snipes on the verso one with a printed mimeo snipe to the verso and all three with the stamp of still photographer Andre Marinie. Director Walerian Borowczyk's fourth feature length film a sexually explicit time-traveling romp ranging from the bloodthirsty exploits of Elizabeth Bathory to a nineteenth-century country girl masturbating to thoughts of Jesus Christ. Two photographs 7 x 4.75 inches one photograph 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Bier 354. Argos Films unknown books
1980ref. 145913N.p.: Capital Films 1980. 3 vintage borderless photographs from the 1980 film. Based on Frank Wedekind's character Lulu from his two-play series "Erdgeist" and "Die Buschse der Pandora" Borowczyk's "Lulu" stars Anne Bennent as the enticing opportunistic and ultimately tragic Lulu. G.W. Pabst's classic 1929 "Pandora's Box" starring Louise Brooks was based on the same character. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Near Fine light edgewear. Capital Films unknown books
1973ref. 162129Neuilly-sur-Seine: Argos Films 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 film showing actress Paloma Picasso in costume as Countess Bathory staring down at four nude women. Stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Walerian Borowczyk's fourth feature length film a sexually explicit time-traveling romp ranging from the bloodthirsty exploits of Elizabeth Bathory to a nineteenth-century country girl masturbating to thoughts of Jesus Christ. 5 x 7 inches. Lightly toned else about Near Fine. Bier 354. Argos Films unknown books
1973ref. 156210Paris: Paris Match 1973. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1973 film showing actress Paloma Picasso half-nude in costume as Elizabeth Bathory for the fourth segment of the film. Stamps of Paris-Match and France-Match on the verso along with the stamp of photographer G. Wurtz. Director Walerian Borowczyk's fourth feature length film a sexually explicit time-traveling romp ranging from the bloodthirsty exploits of Elizabeth Bathory to a nineteenth-century country girl masturbating to thoughts of Jesus Christ. 12 x 8 inches. Very Good only with moderate wear at the left and right edges and a fingernail-sized chip at the bottom left corner. Bier 354. Paris Match unknown books
1983ref. 149305Rome: 2T Produzione Film 1983. Vintage grande French poster for the 1983 erotic film. Inspired by Ovid's 2 AD collection of poems "Ars Amatoria" "The Art of Love". Set in ancient Rome the poet Ovid teaches courses in the art of love. One of his students sets out to test his newfound skill on a woman whose husband has gone to war. 47 x 63 inches. One panel. Folded as issued. Near Fine. Bier 96. 2T Produzione Film unknown books
1975ref. 159953N.p.: N.p. 1975. Two vintage oversize borderless French studio still color photographs from the 1975 French film showing actress Sirpa Lane. Originally conceived as a short film used as the final installment of director Walerian Borowczyk's anthology film "Immoral Tales" 1973 and expanded in 1975 by the director into a surreal chamber drama. Loosely based on Prosper Merimee's 1869 novella "Lokis." A young newlywed in the French countryside suspects her husband may be hiding a bestial secret. Noted director Walerian Borowczyk's sixth film banned in the UK and US at the time of release now rightfully considered a cult classic. Set in the woods of France. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 149861N.p.: N.p. 1975. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of Grazyna Dlugolecka from the 1975 Polish film. Beautiful young Ewa Dlugolecka falls in love with the handsome lodger Lukasz Jerzy Zelnik and travels Europe in search of him falling prey to the lusts and abuses of various men. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 161046N.p.: N.p. 1976. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1976 film. One with a stamp noting the film's French title on the verso and all three with layout annotations in manuscript ink. Loosely based on the 1967 novel by André Pieyre de Mandiargues about a man who becomes romantically involved with a Parisian sex worker shortly after his wife's suicide. Set and shot on location in Paris. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 142320N.p.: Amicus Productions 1968. Draft script for the 1969 film. Typed Letter Signed in manuscript ink laid in three pages total dated August 21 1968. Based on the 1965 novel "The Millstone" by Margaret Drabble and adapted by her to the screen. Produced by Amicus Productions a company typically known for its blood-drenched horror films. Venturing into another genre the studio produced this drama that follows Rosamund Stacey Dennis a bookish doctoral candidate who is perpetually dodging the sexual advances of the men in her life. This comes to an end when she meets George Matthews McKellen. The film was not a box office success on its release but is today viewed as one of the best films made by the studio. Set in London shot on location there. Green untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Margaret Drabble. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Amicus Productions unknown books
1982ref. 152423N.p.: N.p. 1982. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Werner Herzog with actors Klaus Kinski Grande Otelo and Miguel Angel Fuentes on the set of the 1982 film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso. Early twentieth century rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald funds his dream to build an opera house in the Peruvian Amazon by hauling a huge river boat laden with rubber across a mountain. Werner Herzog's astonishing outrageous and downright insane masterpiece the subject of Les Blank's remarkable documentary "Burden of Dreams" 1982. Set and shot on location in Peru and Brazil. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. BFI 2032. Ebert III. N.p. unknown books
