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1976ref. 99595Switzerland July 5th 1976. 1976. Fine. - Over 275 words typed on his personal 11-1/2 inch high by 8-1/4 inch wide stationery with his Swiss address centered at the top. Norman Krasna writes to Jean Dalrymple about his latest play "Hold the presses." he says having rethought the ending. "I had a long searching session with the muse and also a critique from a friend and the three of us have come to the conclusion that the ending is not right." Feeling that his original ending seemed to imply that the girl settled for marriage "as she hasn't got the ability to be a star". "People don't go to the theatre to accept resignation. I prefer the girl on her way to be a star and have the marriage too." Signed "Norman". An apparent phone number is penned at top left of the letter and another spelled out in French at top right. The letter is further briefly annotated on the verso. The top edge of the page is slightly creased and the letter is folded for mailing. Near fine. The American screenwriter playwirth producer and film director Norman Krasna 1909-1984 was known for his screwball comedies based on a case of mistaken identity. He wrote several successful Broadway plays including "Dear Ruth" and "John Loves Mary" and directed 3 films "The Ambassador's Daughter" "The Big Hangover" and "Princess O'Rourke" all of which he also wrote and was nominated 4 times for screenwriting Academy Awards winning once for "Princess O'Rourke". The recipient Jean Dalrymple 1902-1998 was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville appearing with James Cagney and Carey Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski Mary Martin Jos Iturbi Andre Kostalanetz Nathan Milstein and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943 serving as a board member and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951 Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world. Switzerland, July 5th, 1976.
1984ref. 152231Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1984. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on iconic leading lady Lana Turner's 1982 autobiography following Turner's humble beginnings and rise to fame and the alcoholism and relationship troubles which clouded her later years. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated February 29 1984 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter James Lee. 177 leaves with last page of text numbered 175. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1984ref. 152231Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1984. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on iconic leading lady Lana Turner's 1982 autobiography following Turner's humble beginnings and rise to fame and the alcoholism and relationship troubles which clouded her later years. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated February 29 1984 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter James Lee. 177 leaves with last page of text numbered 175. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1968ref. 157623Los Angeles: R.A.C. Films 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 film. Con women steal one million dollars from two mob money couriers forcing the men to find and recover the money before their employers discover the theft. Versatile and prolific cross-genre filmmaker Lee Frost was best known for his string of often radical exploitation and adult films throughout the 1960s and 1970s most notably including "The Animal" 1968 "Chain Gang Women" 1971 and "Policewomen" 1974. Shot on location in Las Vegas. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with a light crease on the bottom right corner. R.A.C. Films unknown
1968ref. 157623Los Angeles: R.A.C. Films 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 film. Con women steal one million dollars from two mob money couriers forcing the men to find and recover the money before their employers discover the theft. Versatile and prolific cross-genre filmmaker Lee Frost was best known for his string of often radical exploitation and adult films throughout the 1960s and 1970s most notably including "The Animal" 1968 "Chain Gang Women" 1971 and "Policewomen" 1974. Shot on location in Las Vegas. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with a light crease on the bottom right corner. R.A.C. Films unknown books
1961ref. 152439N.p.: N.p. 1961. Cut Version Draft script for Season 1 Episode 12 "Trick or Treason" of the NBC anthology series "The DuPont Show of the Week" which aired on December 17 1961 and is today presumably lost. Copy belonging to uncredited associate producer Milt Myers with script housed in spring binder with Myers name in gilt on lower right. Annotations in manuscript pencil throughout with first name of Monique van Vooren who played Krys written boldly and underlined on top of title page. Script is preceded by a six page "teaser" for the episode. Missing five pages likely as used or issued. From the estate of actress Monique van Vooren. American OSS captain DiLuca Martin Gabel who has fallen in love with the Dutch spy Krys is fed erroneous invasion plans through Holland which Krys reveals to the Nazis confusing them as the Allies prepare for the Battle of Normandy. "The Dupont Show of the Week" was a comedy drama and musical television anthology series which aired on NBC for three seasons from September 17 1961 to August 30 1964 and was nominated for eight Primetime Emmy Awards. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 10/25/61 noted as CUT VERSION with credits for screenwriter Leon Tokatyan. 87 leaves with last page of text numbered IV-23. Mimeograph duplication with the exception of four leaves IV6 - IV-8 and IV-19 which are carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus. Spring binder Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 152439N.p.: N.p. 1961. Cut Version Draft script for Season 1 Episode 12 "Trick or Treason" of the NBC anthology series "The DuPont Show of the Week" which aired on December 17 1961 and is today presumably lost. Copy belonging to uncredited associate producer Milt Myers with script housed in spring binder with Myers name in gilt on lower right. Annotations in manuscript pencil throughout with first name of Monique van Vooren who played Krys written boldly and underlined on top of title page. Script is preceded by a six page "teaser" for the episode. Missing five pages likely as used or issued. From the estate of actress Monique van Vooren. American OSS captain DiLuca Martin Gabel who has fallen in love with the Dutch spy Krys is fed erroneous invasion plans through Holland which Krys reveals to the Nazis confusing them as the Allies prepare for the Battle of Normandy. "The Dupont Show of the Week" was a comedy drama and musical television anthology series which aired on NBC for three seasons from September 17 1961 to August 30 1964 and was nominated for eight Primetime Emmy Awards. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 10/25/61 noted as CUT VERSION with credits for screenwriter Leon Tokatyan. 87 leaves with last page of text numbered IV-23. Mimeograph duplication with the exception of four leaves IV6 - IV-8 and IV-19 which are carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus. Spring binder Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1954ref. 146060N.p.: N.p. 1954. Draft script for the 1954 film. With faint manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Set months before the beginning of the Korean War an American Air Force instructor is assigned to a Kungju base where he is set with the formidable task of completely transforming the South Korean pilots into unstoppable fighting machines in 25 days. Originally intended for release as a 3D film and filmed in dual 53mm Polaroid 3-D by the time the film premiered in 1954 public interest in 3D had declined and the film was shown as a flat print. Set in South Korea and shot on location in California. Blue titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter John C. Champion. Title page present with screenwriting and story credits for John C. Champion. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1954ref. 146060N.p.: N.p. 1954. Draft script for the 1954 film. With faint manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Set months before the beginning of the Korean War an American Air Force instructor is assigned to a Kungju base where he is set with the formidable task of completely transforming the South Korean pilots into unstoppable fighting machines in 25 days. Originally intended for release as a 3D film and filmed in dual 53mm Polaroid 3-D by the time the film premiered in 1954 public interest in 3D had declined and the film was shown as a flat print. Set in South Korea and shot on location in California. Blue titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter John C. Champion. Title page present with screenwriting and story credits for John C. Champion. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1926ref. 171336Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Vintage reference photograph from the 1926 silent film showing Lillian Gish and John Gilbert in a playful moment. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Gish then MGM's highest paid actress had an unprecedented level of control over the production and was allowed input into direction story casting cinematography and costume design. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good moderately toned with nicks to the margins and creasing affecting the right portion of the photograph. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1926ref. 171336Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Vintage reference photograph from the 1926 silent film showing Lillian Gish and John Gilbert in a playful moment. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Gish then MGM's highest paid actress had an unprecedented level of control over the production and was allowed input into direction story casting cinematography and costume design. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good moderately toned with nicks to the margins and creasing affecting the right portion of the photograph. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1943ref. 164451Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1943. Two vintage photographs from the 1943 film including one studio still photograph showing actors Lon Chaney Jr. and Ramsay Ames and one reference photograph showing Chaney Jr. alone. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. The first film in Universal's "Inner Sanctum" series. Universal struck a deal with publishers Simon and Schuster in 1943 obtaining screen rights to their "Inner Sanctum" radio series with Chaney Jr. slated to star. "Calling Dr. Death" would set the standard for the series including the classic introductory sequence of a fortune teller who warns the audience of impending albeit cinematic doom and the recurrent "stream of consciousness" voiceover. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded. Weaver Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown
1943ref. 164451Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1943. Two vintage photographs from the 1943 film including one studio still photograph showing actors Lon Chaney Jr. and Ramsay Ames and one reference photograph showing Chaney Jr. alone. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. The first film in Universal's "Inner Sanctum" series. Universal struck a deal with publishers Simon and Schuster in 1943 obtaining screen rights to their "Inner Sanctum" radio series with Chaney Jr. slated to star. "Calling Dr. Death" would set the standard for the series including the classic introductory sequence of a fortune teller who warns the audience of impending albeit cinematic doom and the recurrent "stream of consciousness" voiceover. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded. Weaver Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 162161N.p.: Cinema International 1975. Six vintage lobby cards for the 1975 French film. 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. An experimental film loosely based on Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" about a young woman in a post-apocalyptic world who seeks refuge from a violent civil war in an abandoned château. 11.5 x 9.25 inches. About Fine. Criterion Collection 571. Cinema International unknown
1960ref. 150445N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage borderless publicity photograph from the 1960 French film showing actress Catherine Demongeot posing near a metro stop in Paris. With a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's German release on the verso along with layout annotations in ink. A satire of Parisian society through the eyes of a ten-year-old girl visiting from the French countryside who sneaks away from her relatives to venture into the city alone. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 162161N.p.: Cinema International 1975. Six vintage lobby cards for the 1975 French film. 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. An experimental film loosely based on Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" about a young woman in a post-apocalyptic world who seeks refuge from a violent civil war in an abandoned château. 11.5 x 9.25 inches. About Fine. Criterion Collection 571. Cinema International unknown books
1960ref. 150445N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage borderless publicity photograph from the 1960 French film showing actress Catherine Demongeot posing near a metro stop in Paris. With a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's German release on the verso along with layout annotations in ink. A satire of Parisian society through the eyes of a ten-year-old girl visiting from the French countryside who sneaks away from her relatives to venture into the city alone. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1955ref. 164817Universal City: Universal-International 1955. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1955 film showing actress Mamie Van Doren leaning against a jukebox. Based on Ben Benson's 1954 novel "Girl in the Cage" about an undercover cop working to stop an automobile theft ring run by teenagers. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Universal-International unknown
1955ref. 164817Universal City: Universal-International 1955. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1955 film showing actress Mamie Van Doren leaning against a jukebox. Based on Ben Benson's 1954 novel "Girl in the Cage" about an undercover cop working to stop an automobile theft ring run by teenagers. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Universal-International unknown books
1989ref. 130299Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1989. Revised Draft script for the 1995 film. 17 year old Henri Young Bacon steals five dollars from a grocery store to feed his little sister. He is caught his sister is sent to an orphanage and he never sees her again and unfortunately for him the grocery store also housed a post office making the crime a federal offense. He is sent to Alcatraz where he attempts escape and is foiled by a fellow inmate leaving him sentenced to solitary confinement in the basement of the island prison. Upon his release he has a psychotic episode in which he stabs his betrayer to death with a spoon. James Stamphill Slater is to defend him alleging that Alcatraz drove him insane. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 23 1989 noted as Revised Rewrite with credits for screenwriters Gordon and Ponicsan. 122 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers unknown
1989ref. 130299Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1989. Revised Draft script for the 1995 film. 17 year old Henri Young Bacon steals five dollars from a grocery store to feed his little sister. He is caught his sister is sent to an orphanage and he never sees her again and unfortunately for him the grocery store also housed a post office making the crime a federal offense. He is sent to Alcatraz where he attempts escape and is foiled by a fellow inmate leaving him sentenced to solitary confinement in the basement of the island prison. Upon his release he has a psychotic episode in which he stabs his betrayer to death with a spoon. James Stamphill Slater is to defend him alleging that Alcatraz drove him insane. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 23 1989 noted as Revised Rewrite with credits for screenwriters Gordon and Ponicsan. 122 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers unknown books
1972ref. 146825Rome: N.p. 1972. Treatment script for the 1975 film. Text in English. A young Italian priest is sent to New York where he becomes involved with a group of hippies that declare their plan to publicly commit mass suicide as a protest against modern society. Set in Italy and New York. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated June 1972 with credits for screenwriters MARIO CHIARI SUSO CECCHI D'AMICO MICHELE SAKKARA and translator MELTON S. DAVIS. 91 leaves with last page of text numbered 90. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light offsetting on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 146825Rome: N.p. 1972. Treatment script for the 1975 film. Text in English. A young Italian priest is sent to New York where he becomes involved with a group of hippies that declare their plan to publicly commit mass suicide as a protest against modern society. Set in Italy and New York. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated June 1972 with credits for screenwriters MARIO CHIARI SUSO CECCHI D'AMICO MICHELE SAKKARA and translator MELTON S. DAVIS. 91 leaves with last page of text numbered 90. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light offsetting on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 132245Germany: P. R. Wilk Ffm 1971. Original German A1 re-release poster circa 1971 for the 1938 Russian film. Artwork by Lenicka. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. 23.25 x 33 inches rolled. Near Fine. P. R. Wilk, Ffm unknown
1971ref. 132245Germany: P. R. Wilk Ffm 1971. Original German A1 re-release poster circa 1971 for the 1938 Russian film. Artwork by Lenicka. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. 23.25 x 33 inches rolled. Near Fine. P. R. Wilk, Ffm unknown books
