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1927ref. 151470Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1927. Collection of nine vintage reference photographs from the 1927 silent comedy short film. Stan and Ollie help a wealthy oil tycoon escape a trio of blackmailers after his money. One the last films released prior to the duo becoming officially billed as Laurel and Hardy. 8 x 10 inches. One photograph with a scratch to the negative filled in with manuscript black marker else about Near Fine with light curling and some minor edgewear. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1957ref. 140968Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. First Draft script for the 1960 film. Copy belonging to associate producer James H. Ware with his name on the front wrapper and his annotations throughout in manuscript pencil and ink. 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 the 1956 play of the same name by Margaret Vyner who also wrote the screenplay Victor and Hillary live in castle and get so down on their luck that they begin having tourists visit their castle. Millionaire Charles Delacro soon visits and takes a great liking to the home as well as to Hillary and a love triangle quickly develops. Set in Hampshire England shot on location in Lacock and Surrey England. Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated August 4 1957 noted as First Draft Screenplay with credits for screenwriters Hugh and Margaret Williams. 144 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Multilith duplication with revision pages throughout dated August 12 1959 . Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. Olive Films 649. Universal Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 152836Los Angeles: ZIV Television Programs 1954. Final Master script for the 1954 television episode. Copy belonging to script supervisor Helen McCaffrey with her manuscript pencil annotations on virtually every page and many versos and her name in manuscript ink annotation on the top right corner of the front wrapper. A dramatization of the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg based on a short story by Stephen Crane. Brown titled wrappers noted as FINAL MASTER SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated April 12 1954 with credits for screenwriter Ellis Marcus and story credits to Stephen Crane. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 48 leaves with last page of text numbered 47. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 4-14-54. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. ZIV Television Programs unknown books
1933ref. 140939Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1933. Four vintage photographs from the 1933 film one double weight and sepia one double weight and black-and-white and two single-weight and sepia. Based on William Faulkner's 1931 literary potboiler "Sanctuary" about a wealthy southern belle who goes to trial for murdering the violent bootlegger who abducted her and forced her into prostitution. Every bit as controversial as the source material the film's depiction of sexual violence was graphic and shocking even among films of the era and along with the same year's equally sensational "Baby Face" was directly responsible for the stricter enforcement of the Production Code in 1934 bringing the pre-Code era to a close. George Raft then under contract to Paramount was assigned the role of the bootlegger but found the part repulsive and went to battle with the studio in a suit that nearly cost him his career. Unavailable for decades outside of 16mm bootlegs the film was restored by the Museum of Modern Art in 2011 and screened at the TCM Classic Film Festival but still awaits a commercial release. Photographs between 9.75 x 7.5 and 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. Grant US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1971ref. 149392US: National General Pictures 1971. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of director Lee H. Katzin and actors Steve McQueen and Elga Andersen on the set of the 1971 film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso. McQueen stars as a racing driver competing in Le Mans one year after an accident killed a fellow racer one which both the racer's widow and others feel McQueen is partially responsible for. A passion project for McQueen originally developed with director John Sturges who left the project after the sale of Warner Brothers to Kinney National Services forced them to move to National General Pictures. Filmed on location in Le Mans France including during the running of the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans race. 11.5 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with light wear to the top and bottom edges. National General Pictures unknown books
1974ref. 144624New York: Janus Films 1974. Draft script for the 1974 British film. A young man who has had a premonition of his death is called up to train and fight with the British forces during World War II ultimately ending in his actual death in battle on D-Day. Shot in black and white on vintage Kodak film stock with about half of the film comprised of archival footage of British training missions and the London Blitz borrowed from the Imperial War Museum in London director Stuart Cooper had originally intended to create a documentary though his aims changed as his research expanded. An underappreciated film with no distribution in the US until Janus re-released the film in 2006. Restored and released by the Criterion Collection in 2014. Set in England and France shot on location in England. Tall dark green wrappers with a die cut title window. Title page present dated 1974 with credits for screenwriters Stuart Cooper and Christopher Hudson. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Mechanical duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. Criterion Collection 382. Janus Films unknown books
1961ref. 163707N.p.: Topaz Film Corporation 1961. Vintage two-color banner poster for US release of the 1960 British film originally released in the UK as "Too Hot to Handle." Uncommon in this format. Jayne Mansfield stars as showgirl Midnight Franklin headliner at the Pink Flamingo club in Soho run by her tough guy boyfriend Johnny Solos. When Johnny starts getting threats and demands for protection money from a rival club owner he fights back. Featuring famously risqué musical numbers featuring Mansfield in see-through clothing some frames from which were published in Playboy magazine and were visually altered for the US release to meet censor requirements. 118.5 x 24 inches. Very Good plus with some rubbing to the lower left and upper right causing modest color loss. Bright and unfaded. Grant UK. Topaz Film Corporation unknown books
1977ref. 161031N.p.: N.p. 1977. Revised Draft script for the 1978 film copy belonging to unidentified cast or crew member George Santander with the manuscript ink annotation of "Geo. Santander" and the manuscript marker annotation of copy number "96" on the front wrapper with manuscript ink and red pencil annotations on 15 pages and four groupings of two and three pages bound with paperclips on pages 36 through 46. Loosely based on the 1974 off-Broadway play "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road" with a book by Robin Wagner and Tom O'Horgan and directed by O'Horgan. The Beatles' legendary 1967 masterwork is turned into a 1970s film musical represented by a star-studded ensemble with appearances by Donald Pleasence George Burns the only actor with speaking lines not accompanied by song Steve Martin Alice Cooper Jack Bruce Keith Carradine Carol Channing Donovan Leif Garrett Etta James Dr. John and music groups Aerosmith as the "Future Villain Band" and Earth Wind and Fire. The Fab Four are conceptually represented by Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees. White titled wrappers. Title page present dated July 21 1977 noted as REVISED DRAFT. 77 leaves with last page of text numbered 75. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Carlson Destroy All Movies. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 144513Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1972. Draft script for the 1972 film. With actor Betty Anne Rees' first name and phone number in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Karen Claudia Jennings quits her job at a cannery and joins a roller derby team. She quickly clashes with Mickey Betty Anne Rees the star skater and stirs jealousy amongst the whole team as she dominates the rink. Following in the wake of the successful roller derby film "Kansas City Bomber" released earlier the same year starring Raquel Welch. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Howard R. Cohen and Vernon Zimmerman. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Mechanical duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 9/17. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1981ref. 160661N.p.: N.p. 1981. Collection of ten vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1981 film including six in black-and-white and four in color. Black-and-white photographs with mimeo snipes on the verso. Loosely based on the classic 1866 novella. In nineteenth-century London a party guest turns up dead at a respectable couple's engagement gathering leading the remaining guests into a whirlpool of sex and debauchery in pursuit of the culprit. 9.5 x 7 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 151554Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed outer folder containing 13 black and white photographs housed in a brown paper envelope and 13 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on F.W. Murnau's 1922 film. The third collaboration between director Werner Herzog and the infamously ill-tempered Klaus Kinski who starred as Count Dracula. Herzog lauded Murnau's classic horror tale as the greatest picture Germany every produced and fittingly many shots from Herzog's adaptation directly replicate shots from the 1922 film. Shot on location in Mexico the Czech Republic the Netherlands and Germany. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. BFI 2030. Ebert IV. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1967ref. 149499London: Contemporary Films 1967. Eight vintage reference photographs from the UK release of the 1967 French anthology film. With printed mimeo snipes in English affixed to the verso. Also included with the set is a two-page mimeographally duplicated press pamphlet in English. An anti-war anthology documentary film by seven prominent French directors expressing support for the North Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War. Shot in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good or better. Contemporary Films unknown books
1969ref. 145850Burbank CA: Palomar Pictures 1969. Vintage borderless double weight photograph of Woody Allen's mug shot from the 1969 film. Woody Allen's first film as a director one of the great American comedies the film that set the template for Allen's 1970s work. Set in and shot in San Francisco and inside the walls of San Quentin State Prison. 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Palomar Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 152346N.p.: N.p. 1969. Six vintage borderless satin-finish photographs from the 1969 film. Woody Allen's directorial debut the film that set the template for Allen's 1970s work. Allen stars as Virgil Starkwell a terribly inept bank robber whose life is told documentary-style with an FBI voiceover as well as interviews with his family and friends. Set and shot on location in San Francisco and inside the walls of San Quentin State Prison. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 154957Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actor-screenwriter Woody Allen from the 1965 film. With manuscript pencil annotations on the verso and the stamp of photographer Louis Goldman along with Goldman's signature just below his stamp. Allen's film debut as both actor and screenwriter about a soon-to-be-married womanizer as he attempts to adjust to a monogamous life with help from his neurotic psychoanalyst. Set and shot on location in Paris Sevres and Chaumontel France. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1974ref. 158144N.p.: N.p. 1974. Six vintage borderless reference photographs and two contact sheets from the 1974 French sexploitation film. Contact sheets with twelve images each. While housesitting for her cousin a young girl is kidnapped by a vengeful sadomasochistic sex cult. An early adult film by noted French director Jean Rollin. Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil more commonly known as Jean Rollin had gained notoriety and some scandal with his early French vampire films "Le Viol du Vampire" 1968 "La Vampier Nue" 1970 "Le Frisson des Vampires" 1970 and "Requiem pour un Vampire" 1971. When beginning production on his first non-vampire film "La Rose de Fer" 1973 he found himself in need of funding and began making adult sex films which he continued to direct under a variety of pseudonyms through the mid-1980s. Contact sheets 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Three photographs 7 x 5 inches three photographs 9.5 x 7 inches. Generally Very Good plus to Good with some moderate fading and edgewear. Bier 1669. Hinds 196. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 166668N.p.: N.p. 1976. Nine vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1976 Italian film including one photograph of director Luchino Visconti on the set. Stamp of photographer Mario Tursi on the versos. Based on Gabriele d'Annunzio's 1892 novel "The Intruder" about an unfaithful aristocrat who falls back into love with his wife when he suspects her of cheating on him. Luchino Visconti's final directorial effort considered by many among his finest films released three months after his death. Set and shot on location in Rome and Lucca. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 154638Los Angeles: ICM International Creative Management 1973. Draft Agency script for an unproduced film written by Paul Schrader. Undated but according to the 1979 James Monaco book "American Film Now: The People the Power the Money the Movies" written by Schrader in 1973. Schrader wrote the script to Martin Scorsese's acclaimed 1976 film "Taxi Driver" in fifteen days in 1972. The year following 1973 would be a very proflici period resulting in "The Yakuza" shot by Sydney Pollack in 1974 "Deja Vu" made as "Obsession" by Brian De Palma in 1976 "Rolling Thunder" made by John Flynn in 1977 and "Quebecois." Monaco notes in "American Film Now": "In seven years 1972-1978 Paul Schrader has written ten scripts all originals no adaptations each of them contrasting strongly with the dominant mood of the industry. All but one have been sold for better than satisfactory prices and six out of ten have been shot and released. Two have been major hits. Four were written in 1973." "Quebecois" was optioned to Lewis Allen but never went into production. The story of a modern day French-Italian gang war set in Montreal. Tan ICM Agency wrappers with white label on upper right with title and credits for screenwriter Paul Schrader. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Paul Schrader. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two flat metal brads. ICM [International Creative Management] unknown books
1986ref. 165725N.p.: N.p. 1986. Draft script for the 1987 neo-noir film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with his name on the title page and his annotations in manuscript ink throughout indicating props. Incomplete script ending on page 122. A police detective is called to protect a socialite when she becomes the key witness in a murder trial. Set and shot on location in New York City. Self wrappers. Title page present dated July 19 1987 noted as "Seltzer draft". 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1964ref. 151000Paris: Parc Film 1964. Five vintage borderless photographs from the 1964 film including three reference photographs showing Jacques Demy on the set and one of Demy and composer Michel Legrand. Three with French release stamps on the verso and one with a provenance stamp on the same. One of Demy's most beloved films about a young woman in Cherbourg who falls in love with a man who is promptly drafted into the Algerian War. A classic of French cinema with every word of dialogue sung in recitative. The first French film musical shot in color and the movie that made Deneuve a star. Winner of the Palme d'Or and two other prizes at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in Cherbourg Normandy France. Photographs range in size from 7 x 5 inches to 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Some light edgewear else Near Fine overall. Criterion Collection 716. Godard Histoires du cinema. Parc Film unknown books
1973ref. 162732Los Angeles: Chocolate Chip / Pinto 1973. Final Draft script for the 1974 Blaxploitation film. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper noting copy No. 04. Four estranged cousins three Black one white convene at a mansion called Skull Mountain to attend the reading of their late great-grandmother's will unaware that her voodoo powers from beyond the grave will involve them in a murderous re-birthing ritual. Set and shot on location in Atlanta Georgia. Red pictorial titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper dated 3-28-73 with credits for director Ron Honthaner and screenwriter Mildred Pares. Title page present dated 4-23-73 noted as Final Draft with credit for Pares. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Thrower Nightmare USA. Chocolate Chip / Pinto unknown books
1964ref. 164248Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1964. Collection of five vintage studio still photographs and six vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1964 film. Two with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos and all with annotations in manuscript pencil on the same. Based on the 1956 Broadway musical by Lerner and Loewe itself adapted from George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play "Pygmalion." Winner of eight Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director and Best Actor for Harrison reprising his Broadway and West End role as Henry Higgins. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good to Very Good plus overall. Ebert III. Warner Brothers unknown books
1958ref. 171031Universal City: Universal Pictures 1958. Vintage press kit for the 1958 film. Includes a full-color pocketed folder with 17 black-and-white photographs from the film a French newspaper clipping about the film and a printed illustration of a soldier returning home. Three photographs with mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Notable among the photographs are two showing cast and crew members on the set one of John Gavin holding his young children and a portrait of Liselotte Pulver that has been INSCRIBED by Pulver at the bottom left corner: "Cordialement Cordially / Liselotte Pulver." The pocket of the folder notes additional materials provided although these are missing from the kit. Based on Erich Maria Remarque's 1954 novel set during World War II on the Eastern Front. A German soldier returns home to find his family's house bombed and his parents gone. He begins to struggle to keep his sanity and survives with the help of the daughter of a political prisoner. Shot on location in Berlin. Folder Very Good or better with some wear to the folds photographs Very Good to Very Good plus with some wear curling and toning. Rosenbaum 1000. Universal Pictures unknown books
1983ref. 167723N.p.: N.p. 1983. Nine vintage color transparencies from the 1983 French film. A woman on the verge of divorce takes a trip to the beach with her teenage niece where she rekindles an old flame. The third film in Éric Rohmer's "Comedies and Proverbs" film series following "The Aviator's Wife" 1981 and "Le Beau Mariage" 1981. Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director. All transparencies 4 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 150498N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of director François Truffaut and actors Catherine Deneuve then Truffaut's wife and Jean-Paul Belmondo on location for the 1969 French neo-noir film. With the stamp of Cahiers du Cinema on the verso along with manuscript pencil and ink annotations. 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. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant France. N.p. unknown books
