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1998ref. 166262Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1998. Draft script for the 1999 film. Each page with a numeric watermark 2850. A black comedy about a gold heist executed by four American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the First Gulf War. Director David O. Russell's third feature film. Shot on location in the deserts of Casa Grande Arizona and in California and Mexico. Self wrappers. Title page present dated July 17 1998 with credit for director and screenwriter David O. Russell and story writer John Ridley. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Near Fine with first page lightly worn and partially detached from the binding bound with three gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1962ref. 164225N.p.: Contempora Productions 1962. Vintage banner poster for the 1962 Cold War documentary film. Rare in this format. A feature length anti-Communist documentary comprised of still photographs and newsreel footage tracing the history of Communism from the birth of Karl Marx to the construction of the Berlin wall. The title was taken from the phrase famously used by Nikita Khruschchev while addressing Western ambassadors in 1956.which some modern translators have suggested was misinterpreted. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good with light creasing faint soiling a small chip to the bottom right corner and a seven inch closed tear to the center top repaired with cello-tape on the verso. Contempora Productions unknown books
1964ref. 164256N.p.: N.p. 1964. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1964 film including one of director Jean-Luc Godard pushing longtime cinematographer Raoul Cotard seated in a wheelchair on the set. Layout annotations in ink and pencil on the versos and one with a Télérama stamp. Godard used a cameraman seated in a wheelchair instead of a camera dolly in several films including "Breathless" 1959. During a period of romantic tumult a woman discovers she is pregnant with two possible fathers. After premiering at the Venice Film Festival the film was briefly banned in France for its scandalous depiction of infidelity and was only passed by the censors after forcing Godard to make several small changes including changing the film's title from "The Married Woman" to the slightly less inflammatory "A Married Woman." Four photographs 7.25 x 9.5 inches one photograph 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Masters of Cinema 80. N.p. unknown books
1955ref. 159873Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1955. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1955 film one showing director Joseph L. Mankiewicz with actors Jean Simmons and Stubby Kaye and wardrobe designer Irene Sharaff and the other showing Sharaff Mankiewicz and choreographer Michael Kidd. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Based on the 1950 Broadway musical in turn based on Damon Runyon's short stories "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure." A gambler wins a bet that he can get a Christian missionary to travel with him to Havana where the pair begin to fall for each other. Nominated for four Academy Awards. Set in New York and Havana. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine one with three hole punches on the left edge. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1974ref. 160669Los Angeles: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1974. Four vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1974 Italian film two showing actress Charlotte Rampling and two showing Rampling and Dirk Bogarde. 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. 10 x 8 inches. Three Near Fine lightly worn at the corners one Very Good plus with a faint tide mark at the bottom right corner. Criterion Collection 59. Grant Italy. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown books
1952ref. 154485Culver City CA: Loew's Incorporated 1952. Treatment script for the 1953 film on yellow paper created by screenwriter Louis Morheim who received a story credit in the final film. With a single annotation in manuscript pencil changing the revision date on page five. Robert Aldrich's directorial debut wherein a baseball scout at a New York Giants training camp in Florida evaluates prospective hopefuls for a minor league contract. Starring Edward G. Robinson in his first major role after being threatened with blacklisting by the House Un-American Activities Committee HUAC. Shot on location in Melbourne Florida. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 2 stamped "Incomplete" dated 6-18-52 with credits for screenwriter Louis Morheim. 42 leaves with last page of text numbered 42. Mimeograph duplication rectos only on yellow pages dated variously between 6-18-52 and 6-20-52. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Loew's Incorporated unknown books
1970ref. 156306N.p.: N.p. 1970. Three vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1970 film two showing director Russ Meyer with actress Phyllis Davis between takes and one showing Meyer directing Dolly Read and Michael Blodgett. One photograph with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso and all three photographs with library stamps and provenance labels on the versos. After nearly a decade as one of America's most successful independent filmmakers sexploitation auteur Russ Meyer first reached out for the brass ring of major studio success with this frantic and most entertaining cult favorite once described by Meyer and screenwriter Roger Ebert as "the first exploitation-horror-camp-musical." The film follows three members of an all-girl rock band called The Kelly Affair who relocate to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Their success comes at the price of their friendship and integrity however and the girls eventually succumb to a nonstop train of decadence drugs and betrayal. Featuring one-hit wonders the Strawberry Alarm Clock supporting performances by Meyer regulars Charles Napier and Haji and a bit part from future Blaxploitation icon Pam Grier the film proved to be Meyer's biggest box-office success. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 836. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 131243N.p.: Cinema V. 1969. Original silkscreen poster designed by legendary title and poster artist Saul Bass for the US release of the 1968 French film "Alexandre le bienheaureux." Printed at the Art Krebs Screen Studios in Los Angeles and used for the film's premiere at the legendary Cinema II Theater in New York City. Bass' initial design proposals were in general too radical for film studios to consider for advertisement and were invariably altered to suit commercial needs. He produced silkscreens of his original designs himself in non-numbered editions of 50 to 200. These posters were then given to fellow artists friends museums and design magazines and never offered directly for sale by Bass. 25 x 33 inches. About Fine with a light crease to the upper left corner. Cinema V. unknown books
1976ref. 161103N.p.: N.p. 1976. Four vintage oversize borderless double weight color reference photographs from the 1976 film. Gold labels specific to the film's French release affixed to the rectos as issued. A tomboyish waitress at a truck stop develops a crush on a gay garbage truck driver and in spite of all odds they begin a relationship. Serge Gainsbourg's directorial debut. 11.25 x 9 inches. Pinholes at the corners else about Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 170476N.p.: Cinema V. 1963. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film. Provenance labels on the versos. Based on the 1960 play by Warren Miller and Robert Rossen which was based on Miller's 1959 novel. The second feature to be directed by independent filmmaker Shirley Clarke following "The Connection" 1961. Both films were statements on the limitations of cinema verite and while appearing improvisational were in fact semi-documentaries with carefully scripted dialogue. Clarke aspired to make a non-judgmental film that resisted the moralizing prevalent in Hollywood "social issue" films. It was the first film to be produced by Frederick Wiseman who would go on to become a legendary documentary filmmaker and was scored by noted jazz composer and pianist Mal Waldron with performances by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. National Film Registry. Cinema V. unknown books
1979ref. 162221N.p.: N.p. 1979. Six vintage oversize borderless color reference photographs from the 1979 film all showing actress Marina Pierro. An anthology film divided into three segments set in three different time periods Rome in 1520 France at the turn of the century and modern Paris and following three women who are driven to commit crimes of passion. Approximately 11.75 x 7.25 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1947ref. 003375Universal City: Universal-International 1947. First Edition. Very good. Continuity and dialogue script here under the working title "Destiny of a Woman;" 11 x 8 1/2; textured yellow wraps bound at the top edge with two large brads; "Continuity and Dialogue / Master Copy / Prod. # 115125 / Charge # 563" to front wrap; several light penciled-in annotations throughout; mimeographed text to rectos only; a few minor spots to upper margin of front wrap; several leaves with creases to bottom corners; in very good condition. Based on playwright screenwriter and political activist Lillian Hellman's 1905 - 1984 1946 Broadway play of the same name and prequel to her "The Little Foxes" the drama took place in post-Civil War Alabama and centered around the wealthy ruthless racist Hubbard family. Vladimir Pozner 1905 - 1992 who would adapt Hellman's play for the future film was a French author of Russian-Jewish descent. His "Les etats desunis. Reportage" The Disunited States. A Reportage in essence - a leftist travelogue and one of his most famous works would document racism inequality everyday life and its characters the gangsters the starlets and the poor workers in the United States in the early 20th century. Universal-International paperback books
1991ref. 167974N.p.: N.p. 1991. Draft script for the 1993 American-German-Dutch film. Single numeric annotation in manuscript pencil on the title page. Text in English. A struggling jazz musician provides music lessons to make ends meet although his students are ambivalent at best while maintaining a romance with a bartender at a local Irish bar. One of two feature films directed by Sara Driver known for producing the first two films of her longtime partner director Jim Jarmusch. Shot on location in Hamburg. Mylar front wrapper black rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1991 with credits for screenwriter Ray Dobbins and story writer Sara Driver. 91 leaves with last page of text numbered 90. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a black Velo binding. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 140805Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Argos Films 1959. Collection of eight vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1959 film. Four photographs with the stamp of production company Argos Films seven with a sticker noting they are from the collection of film historian collector and founder of the Tele Cine Documentation TCD cinema photo library Daniel Bouteiller one with both a sticker and stamp from the collection of film historian Maurice Bessy and all with manuscript annotations on the versos. A series of conversations about memory history and forgetfulness between a departing French actress and the married Japanese architect with whom she had a brief affair the film was a major catalyst for the Rive Gauche film movement. Screenwriter Marguerite Duras was nominated for an Academy Award and Alain Resnais received a Palme d'Or nomination at Cannes. 7 x 5 inches. Generally Near Fine. Criterion Collection 196. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as Subversive Art. Argos Films unknown books
1964ref. 150493Universal City: Universal Pictures 1964. Vintage studio still photograph from the set of the 1964 film showing director Alfred Hitchcock and a camera crew capturing a shot of actress Tippi Hedren at a desk in the publishing company office. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Culver Pictures and a stamp noting No. 75147. Based on Winston Graham's 1961 novel which follows a wealthy businessman's unwanted often cruel attempts to help a troubled young woman come to terms with her dark past. The production faced several setbacks in its development most relating to Hitchcock's insistence on including a rape scene present in the novel and the subsequent troubles in casting the lead role given the emotional complexity demanded for the character. Set and shot on location in California Pennsylvania New Jersey Virginia and Maryland. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1956ref. 142890N.p.: N.p. 1956. Draft script for a 1956 student film. Front wrapper title in decorative manuscript black ink presumably by the screenwriter. Based on the 1890 story by Ambrose Bierce. 22 pages of storyboards corresponding with the script that follows all bound together. Decorative cast and crew invite to premiere and wrap party laid in. The second filmed version of Bierce's short story the first one titled "The Bridge" was made by Charles Vidor in 1929 virtually unknown preceding both the well known 1959 version filmed for the fifth season of Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone" and the French version made in 1962 by Robert Enrico. According to the 1956-57 Film Review of Student Productions presented by Department of Cinema and Delta Kappa Alpha at the University of Southern California USC the film was part of the Productions of the Graduate Workshop in the fall of 1956. Laid in is an invitation to premiere screening held at CineManor where USC's California National Honorary Cinema Fraternity Delta Kappa Alpha hosted screenings and social events. Douglas W. Gallez served as President of the Alpha USC Chapter at the time. Not in IMDB. Presumably shot in Southern California. Set in Civil War era Alabama. Pale untitled wrapper with credits for screenwriter. Title page present with credits for story writer Ambrose Bierce and screenwriter Douglas W. Gallez. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 22. Mimeograph both storyboards and script. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 129295Rome: Vides Cinematografica 1980. Set of 10 master typescripts for the ambitious 1982 television miniseries all dated June 1980 used as a master for printing the final scripts. Anthony Burgess was one of the series writers credited on the title page of each segment and Ennio Morricone composed the original score. Present are scripts for all 8 segments of the miniseries. Also included is a script for an unproduced segment titled "Ruby of Ceylon" and a separately bound "Series Outline." Screenwriters Burgess and Labella are present on the title page of all 8 produced segments though not on "The Ruby of Ceylon". An international co-production financed by the US Italy Japan and China. Shot on location in Beijing Inner Mongolia Italy and Morocco. Nominated for two Prime Time Emmys. Oversize volume shipping billed at cost. Series Outline: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Outline with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 27 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode I Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 37 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode II: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 35 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode III: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 31 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode IV: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 44 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode V: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 47 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode VI: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 38 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode VII: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 40 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode VIII: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 66 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. The Ruby of Ceylon unfilmed: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 28 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Vides Cinematografica unknown books
1963ref. 164219N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage banner poster for the US release of the 1961 Italian-Austrian film. Rare in this format. A series of murders begin at a reformatory for troubled girls following the arrival of a mysterious science teacher. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good plus with light overall rubbing and two vertical creases to the right side. N.p. unknown books
1929ref. 172235Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1929 silent comedy film showing Dorothy Sebastian and Buster Keaton on horseback. A dry-cleaning employee finds himself the subject of a famous stage actress' affections although she is secretly using him to make another man jealous. Keaton's second film with MGM. 14 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1928ref. 162823N.p.: N.p. 1928. Vintage borderless publicity portrait photograph of actor Buster Keaton Jr. in his shirtsleeves issued to promote the 1928 silent comedy film. Contemporary dealer stamp on the verso. The last film Keaton would make with United Artists before moving to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was a commercial and critical failure upon release but has since been reevaluated as one of Keaton's masterpieces. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 6.25 x 9.5 inches archivally mounted in a white mat measuring 11 x 14 inches. Very Good with moderate wear at the bottom corners. N.p. unknown books
1952ref. 135028Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1952. Vintage US program for the 1952 film. Autobiographically reflective of Chaplin's fears of being left behind in the fading vaudeville and silent film era "Limelight" depicts the final years of a washed up stage clown who briefly maintains an impossible relationship with a young dancer representative of a new generation of performers. The first and only time that Charlie Chaplin and fellow silent film star Buster Keaton would appear onscreen together "Limelight" is also notable for being the only Chaplin picture to win an Academy Award albeit for the original score of the 1972 re-release. 9 x 12 inches 16 pages saddle stapled two-color wrappers. Very Good plus with light rubbing at the extremities. Criterion Collectiopn 756. United Artists unknown books
1955ref. 144737Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1955. Second Revised Draft script for the 1956 film noir. Loosely based on the death of Russian-born financier Serge Rubinstein. Copy belonging to Guy Prescott who plays an uncredited role in the film as the assistant to Captain LaFarge played by Morris Ankrum with Prescott's manuscript annotations at the inclusion of his dialogue and appearances. George Sanders plays a wealthy hated businessman who has conned his way to the top and as the film begins has been found murdered. We see his life in a series of flashbacks as it is told to the police by his secretary and fellow con artist Yvonne DeCarlo. One of only two films in which Saunders and his real-life brother Tom Conway also play brothers onscreen. Shot on location in New York City and California. Tan titled wrappers noted as 2ND REVISION on the front wrapper copy No. 54 dated December 29 1955 with credits for producer Charles Martin. Title page present dated December 29 1955 noted as 2ND REVISE with credits for screenwriter/producer Martin. 179 leaves with last page of text numbered 190. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and pink undated revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1940ref. 171507Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1940. Two vintage programs from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's classic satire held in New York on October 15 1940. Includes a large-format 14-page illustrated program and smaller bi-fold black-and-white program. Color program with illustrations by noted artist Al Hirschfeld. Affixed to the title page of the color program are two ticket stubs for an October 30 1940 showing of the film at the Astor Theatre. The premiere was held at both the Astor and the Capitol Theatres in New York to accommodate high patron turnout. For his follow-up to his 1936 classic "Modern Times" Chaplin chose to do what only a handful of other films dared to do in 1940-make fun of Hitler. Though several of Chaplin's previous films had made use of music and sound effects and while Chaplin had sung briefly in "Modern Times" "The Great Dictator" marked the first time he spoke dialogue onscreen. Large-format program 9 x 10 inches saddle-stapled. Smaller program 6.25 x 9.5 inches bi-fold. Both programs Very Good plus to Near Fine with some light foxing toning and soil to the extremities. Criterion Collection 565. United Artists unknown books
1961ref. 160655N.p.: N.p. 1961. Five vintage borderless oversize reference photographs from the 1961 film. Printed labels affixed to the versos. Considered overly sympathetic to the newly formed communist government the documentary was banned in France for two years. An early effort by director Chris Marker one of the French New Wave's few film essayists. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good with moderate edgewear. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 166064Iver Heath Buckinghamshire: Pinewood Studios 1957. Revised and Final Shooting script for the 1958 film copy belonging to Production Designer George Provis. Laid in are over 30 pages of notes shooting schedules and call sheets including four pages of original pencil storyboards as well as several clippings of handwritten notes all in Provis' hand as well as seven letters written to Provis most typed letters signed from Production Manager "Freddie" Pearson all dating from 1957. 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 1940 novel by Phyllis Bottome. Set in Austria during WWII a young Austrian boy is forced to sell the family dog to pay for food rather than have his abusive father played by Donald Pleasence sell the dog to the butcher. Shot on location in Innsbruck Austria. Tall titled orange wrappers noted as Shooting Script on the front wrapper dated 26.9.57. Title page present dated September 12th 1957 noted as Revised and Final Shooting Script. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 64. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a prong binding. Laid in materials Very Good plus to Near Fine overall. Pinewood Studios unknown books
