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1978ref. 169977N.p.: N.p. 1978. Archive of 180 pages of post-production documents including Italian and English dialogue-only scripts regarding English translations and subtitles for the 1975 Italian film here under the working English title "Young Dracula." Included in the archive are: 68-page dialogue-only script in Italian with manuscript ink annotations on 28 pages checking dialog and occasionally noting timing. Attached is a carbon typescript letter signed from distributor Robert M. Phillips to a "Mr. Finder" at Titra Film Laboratories in New York regarding the English subtitling for the film dated December 18 1978. Xerographic duplication. 46-page dialogue-only script in English with manuscript ink annotations on every page noting timing and checking dialogue. 40-page carbon typescript "English Copy Superimposed Spotted List" on "Spottted and Edited by Nat and Robert Hoffberg" onionskin forms with manuscript ink annotations on nine pages regarding dialogue and timing. 15-page carbon typescript of "Revised text" on onionskin stock with ink annotations on every page checking and noting dialogue. Four ribbon copy typescript pages on onionskin stock of "Changes For Spotting List" and "Additional Changes for Young Dracula." Three ribbon copy typescript pages on onionskin stock comprised of two trailer spotting list pages and a one page "Changes for Trailer Spotting List." Three-page Xerographic copy of "Trailer Dialogue" with manuscript ink annotations throughout noting timing and checking dialogue. Typed letter signed on onionskin stock from Phillips to Robert Hoffberg dated January 19 1979 regarding discrepancies in dialogue translations. Giallo director Lucio Fulco's vampire comedy wherein a boorish quick-tempered toothpaste factor owner finds himself thirsty for blood and re-examining his life after a curse from a gypsy aunt and a business trip to Romania where he shared a bed with a suave vampire. Shot on location in Rome Italy. Italian dialogue-only script: Front wrapper integral with cover letter. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered 68. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine letter Very Good plus unbound with a large paper clip to the top left corner. English dialogue-only script: Front wrapper integral with first leaf. 46 leaves with the last page of text numbered 46. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound with a binder clip to the top left corner. Letter dated January 19 1979 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good with a small closed tear to the right side and a large closed tear to the top left and light edgewear and creasing. All other documents 8.5 x 11 inches to 8.5 x 14 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine overall. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 144541Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1969. Six vintage oversize borderless photographs from the 1969 British film. With manuscript annotations and an agency stamp on the verso of each. One of the best heist films of the twentieth century: funny complex and altogether beautiful to watch. Michael Caine and Noel Coward bring the erudite and the cockney together to make a quintessentially British film with as fine an ending as one could ask for. 13 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Lee The Heist Film. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 160565New York: Contemporary Films 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 film showing Allen Ginsberg with Peter and Julius Orlovsky. Director Robert Frank's first feature film and Sam Shepard's screenwriting debut following Frank as he accompanies poet Peter Orlovsky and Orlovsky's catatonic mentally ill brother Julius through the late 1960s Beat scene. When Julius wanders off he is replaced in the film by actor Joseph Chaikin pushing the boundaries of cinematic reality. The film was released in a new restoration by Steidl in 2007 alongside a book publication outlining the film which notes: "Frank's feature debut was first screened in 1968 at the Venice Film Festival. Everything which had defined Frank's art up to that point turns up in this film - the look at America 'from the outside' the poetic libertinage of the Beats the marginal in a central role. It celebrates the return of the poetic essay as assemblage the affirmation of the underground as a wild cinematic analysis in the form of a collage and skillfully weaves together opposites plays counterfeits against the authentic pornography against poetry acting against being Beat cynicism against hippie romanticism monochrome against colored. The story contains bizarre twists and turns and appears to be a rather artless-film-within-a-film being shown at a rundown movie theater." 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Contemporary Films unknown books
1968ref. 161021Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1968. Collection of 18 vintage photographs from the 1968 film including 17 studio stills and one reference photograph. Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin. A seminal horror film one of the best genre pictures ever made from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema bringing together newcomer Roman Polanski as director established producer William Castle young star Mia Farrow and Hollywood veteran John Cassavetes. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ruth Gordon and nominated for Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 630. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Rosenbaum 1000. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1971ref. 148995Paris: Lira Films 1971. Draft script for the 1972 French film text in French belonging to uncredited sound engineer Gerard Dacquay with name in manuscript marker on bottom right margin of front wrapper and name and address stamped on top right of title page. Copy number "17" in manuscript ink on front wrapper. A few minor manuscript annotations in manuscript ink in script text correction and a single horizontal line. Missing two pages likely as used or issued. Middle-aged forlorn Muriel Annie Girardot is vacationing at a seaside motel when Gabriel Philippe Noiret walks in a bit of a rake who has to stay a few days while his car is repaired and Muriel's table has the only vacant seat. Shot on location in Bouches-du Rhone France. Gray titled wrappers with cloth tape binding. Title page presentwith credits for director and screenwriter Jean-Pierre Blanc. 193 leaves with last page of text numbered 198. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus front wrapper separated and lightly soiled. Lira Films unknown books
1971ref. 154802Santa Monica: Barry Oringer Productions 1971. Archive of material from the 1972 British television movie including two First Draft scripts and a Revised Draft script dated variously between April 12 and May 28 1971. Screenplays belonging to screenwriter Barry Oringer with his annotations throughout. A campy and humorous espionage film about the titular Madame Sin a sinister woman who kidnaps a former CIA agent and forces him to hijack a submarine in order to attain a secret nuclear weapon. One of many films cashing in on the popularity of the James Bond films originally intended as a television pilot but aired instead as a feature film on ABC on January 15 1972 followed by the UK in April of the same year. Shot on location in London and in Argyll and Bute in Scotland. First Draft script April 12 1971: Blue untitled Barry Oringer Productions wrappers with a die-cut window. Title page present dated April 12 1971 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Barry Oringer. 95 leaves with last page of text numbered 90. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. First Draft script April 25 1971: Blue untitled Barry Oringer Productions wrappers with a die-cut window. Title page present dated April 25 1971 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Barry Oringer. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication with three pages ribbon copy typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Revised Draft Script May 28 1971: Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated May 28 1971 noted as REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Barry Oringer. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication with two pages ribbon copy typescript on green paper rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver screw brads. Barry Oringer Productions unknown books
1959ref. 148398N.p.: United States Productions Inc 1959. Revised Estimating script for the 1960 film belonging to actor Martin Landau here under the working title "The Life and Death of Legs Diamond." Laid in are five carbon typescript pages of script with Landau's name written in manuscript ink to upper right and annotations to dialogue of lead character Legs in manuscript pencil. Landau was considered for the lead role of Jack "Legs" Diamond which from the laid in pages we can reasonably assume were for an audition for the part. Ray Danton was ultimately cast as Legs and Landau does not appear in the film. From the estate of Martin Landau. Jack "Legs" Diamond Ray Danton and his sickly brother Eddie Warren Oates move to New York City and after a brief incarceration sets their eyes on taking over kingpin mobster Arnold Rothstein's Robert Lowery criminal businesses. The film debut of Dyan Cannon. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in New York City. Beige titled wrappers noted as REV. ESTIMATING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 96 dated August 21 1959. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page integral with the first page of text dated 8/21/59. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Laid in pages 8.5 x 11 inches Near Fine with light edgewear and creasing at corners. United States Productions, Inc unknown books
1975ref. 135604Paris: Les Films du Carrosse / Les Productions Artistes Associes 1975. Collection of 4 vintage black-and-white press photographs from the set of the 1975 film. Three of the four photographs show Truffaut and his crew working on the set both in front of the camera and behind it and the fourth is a lovely shot of Truffaut in uniform next to Isabelle Adjani. Stamp of French press agency Les Artiests Associes on the verso of each print. Based on the diaries of the youngest daughter of author Victor Hugo about a woman whose romantic obsession with an indifferent military captain eventually leads to her despair and madness. Isabelle Adjani was nominated for an Academy award making her at age 20 the youngest Best Actress nominee of all time in 1975. Story set in Halifax Nova Scotia shot on location in Barbados Senegal and the Channel Islands. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Les Films du Carrosse / Les Productions Artistes Associes unknown books
1959ref. 159829N.p.: N.p. 1959. Two vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1959 French film both showing director François Truffaut on the set. Annotations in manuscript pencil relating to cropping on the versos and one with a provenance stamp. Truffaut's auspicious debut a semi-autobiographical tale of a young boy's estrangement from his family and school leading him into a life of petty crime and culminating in trouble with the law. Winner of Best Director at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set and shot on location in Paris France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 5. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 151469Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1965. Draft script for the 1966 film. Specially bound copy belonging to actress Juanita Moore bound in full red leather with twelve reference photographs from the film tipped in and containing two inscriptions from actress Debbie Reynolds. The first inscription by Reynolds on the verso of the first leaf in manuscript ink is "Juanita I Love you! You are the greatest! My deepest Thanks Love Debbie" the second on a the recto of a photograph of Reynolds and Moore from the film in manuscript marker and making reference to Reynold's character is "What feeling! What a face! What an actress! What a great Lady! Your Fan Sister Ann." A fanciful biography on the life of Belgian nun Jeanine Deckers who recorded the number one hit pop song "Dominique" in 1963. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in and shot on location in Gent Belgium. Red full leather binding with gilt titles and with actor Juanita Moore's name in gilt at the bottom right corner of the front board. Title page integral with first page dated 9-2-65. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered "130-135." Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink blue green and gray revision pages throughout dated variously between 11-4-65 and 11-24-65. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with front wrapper detached. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
2007ref. 146585Hollywood: Apatow Productions 2007. Producer's archive for the 2007 comedy film including a Revised Shooting script with extensive production schedules props lists and set and wardrobe files bound in. Also included is a final cast crew and contacts list dated May 18 2007 bound separately with black coil binding. A childhood tragedy leads musician Dewey Cox up the ladder to stardom cycling through nearly every musical genre imaginable on the way up. A parody of 20th century music biopics stretching from Johnny Cash to Roy Orbison to Bob Dylan to Brian Wilson. Set in Alabama and California. Black titled wrappers with credits for production coordinator Barrett Leigh. Title page present dated May 10th 2007 with credits for screenwriters Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 2-6-2007 and 5-10-2007. Pages Near Fine housed in a Very Good plus three ring binder. Apatow Productions unknown books
1967ref. 138581Paris: Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica 1967. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1967 film. Studio rubber stamp on the verso. One of the photos features Marina Vlady sharing a cigarette with Roger Montsoret. Based on a 1966 article on casual prostitution in France by Catherine Viminet. One of three feature films Godard released in 1967 and like both "Week End" and "La chinoise" one that showcases Godard's increasing focus on deconstructing filmic narrative and structure and vocalization of leftist political ideas. Godard has stated that his overall desire with the film was "to include everything: sports politics even groceries" to make "an attempt at description of a phenomenon known. as a complex." 5 x 7 inches. Fine condition. Criterion Collection 482. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica unknown books
1975ref. 149627Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1975. Set of seven vintage reference photographs from the 1975 film five in black and white one in color the last being a striking still shot of the altered RKO Radio Picture logo one of the earliest examples of a stately studio logo being customized for a particular film. A cult film favorite based on a now lesser-known 1973 stage musical by Richard O'Brien. On a dark and stormy night an uptight young couple finds that their car has broken down in the middle of nowhere forcing them to seek shelter at the weird and wonderful home of Dr. Frank-N-Furter a mad and perverse scientist. Photos vary from 9.25 x 7 inches to 10.25 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. National Film Registry. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1980ref. 152211N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for the 1982 film. SIGNED on the title page by director and screenwriter David S. Ward. Based on John Steinbeck's novels "Cannery Row" 1945 and "Sweet Thursday" 1954. David S. Ward's directorial debut. In 1940s Monterey a self employed marine biologist and former baseball star begins a relationship with a drifter working at the local bordello. Shot on location in Monterey and San Diego California Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter David S. Ward and author John Steinbeck. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 146891Unknown: I.P.C. Pictures 1969. Draft script for the 1971 film here under the working title "The Catcher in the Raw." At a California hot springs resort a shady therapist helps eight carefully selected applicants find themselves and "experience their bodies" a process which mostly involves consuming large amounts of LSD meditative screaming and slow-motion basketball games. Louis Garfinkle's sole directorial credit and an excellent example of the intersection of early 1970s wellness culture and sexploitation. Set in California. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1969 with credits for director Louis Garfinkle. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. I.P.C. Pictures unknown books
1958ref. 143132Paris: Cinedis 1958. Collection of 419 vintage black-and-white photographs with original publicity ephemera from the set of the 1958 film "Night Heat" here under the original French title "Cette nuit la." Featured are over 300 smaller photographs elegantly presented in two "Lavis aquarelle" spiral bound notebooks with maroon faux leather front wrappers and affixed paper title labels with 3 or 4 photographs to a page. One notebook bears a label on the front wrapper verso noting film lab Tele-Photo production company Sopro Film Cinedis film title and photographer P. Apoteker. Several larger photographs credit photographer Francois Pages with his rubber stamp on the versos featuring images of actress Demongeot as she models in fur coat for onlookers including costar Maurice Ronet and director Cazeneuve. Several photos feature cast and crew at a release party. Brief annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos two with rubber-stamped series number. Several photographs with annotations on the verso in manuscript ink and pencil several with layout annotations on the recto a few with rubber-stamped series number. Loose photographs ephemera and original envelopes are housed in the original French Kodak paper box with annotations on the box top in manuscript ink and film title affixed to the side. Noir thriller based on Michel Lebrun's novel "Un Silence de Mort" 1957 starring Demongeot as Sylvie married to Jean Ronet an executive at a fashion magazine. Jean's boss André Servais obsesses over Sylvie whose demure femininity can be fatal. An early film credit for still photographer Paul Apoteker whose "Too Late for Love" 1959 is regarded as his first credited film. His dramatic execution would later be seen in Clouzot's "The Truth" 1960 Sautet's romance noir "Classe Tous Risques" 1960 and Woody Allen's "Love and Death" 1975. Demongeot and Ronet are amply represented throughout the collection including a preliminary mockup of the poster art. Photographs in large quarto notebooks 3.75 x 5 inches loose photographs range from 3.25 x 4 inches to 8 x 11.75 inches. Photographs Near Fine overall light curling a handful with short creases ephemera and notebooks Very Good plus box Very Good. Cinedis unknown books
1973ref. 154511Beverly Hills CA: Sean Inn Inc 1973. Shooting script for the 1973 film. The mafia attempts to muscle in on an African American numbers-running ring. Shot on location in Cleveland. Black wrappers with red titles. Title page present dated Revised May 12 1973 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Don Williams. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 5/24/73 and 6/6/73. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Sean Inn, Inc unknown books
1947ref. 161213Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1947. Vintage herald for the 1947 film noir. Based on Daniel Mainwaring's 1946 debut novel "Build My Gallows High." A former private detective lives a quiet life in a small town until his past catches up with him forcing him to return to the world of crime. An unimpeachable high spot of the genre. Set in Bridgeport California shot in the High Sierra Mountains of Nevada and Reno as well as locations throughout California. 12 x 9 inches. Bi-fold. Fine. Grant US. Selby Masterwork. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1973ref. 170446Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1973. Collection of 18 vintage reference photographs from the 1975 film including 17 bordered photographs and one borderless double weight photograph. Eight with mimeo snipes on the verso. A very nearly experimental Western made by Sam Peckinpah at his peak sufficiently strange to have remained of interest only to the most intense fans of Western revisionism. Comparable only to "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" 1971 and "The Shooting" 1966 in terms of sheer impressionism being laid upon the genre with iconic imagery and super-stylization in every frame. Shot on location in Durango Mexico. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Very Good plus or better. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1977ref. 135605Paris: Trinacra Films 1977. Vintage double weight photograph from the set of the 1977 film shot by still photographer Etienne George. Shown are director Francois Leterrier and his crew to the left on a dolly and actress Sylvia Kristel on the right in a state of semi-undress. The last film in the original "Emmanuelle" trilogy. An interior shot apparently meant to be a barn as the ground is covered with hay for a film shot on the Seychellois island of La Digue. Miramax film founders Bob and Harvey Weinstein acquired the rights to the film at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival capitalizing on the popularity of what had become an international franchise broadcasting a unique appeal as an erotic film series with feminist leanings. With slightly wide margins as issued. Photograph 9.5 x 12 inches image 6.25 x 10.5 inches. In an archival mat. Mild creasing at a couple of corners else Near Fine. Trinacra Films unknown books
1964ref. 158708London: Planet Films 1964. Draft script for the 1965 British horror film. A cult of satanic worshippers led by a magnetic 400-year-old vampire prey on the Romani living in a small town in Brittany. OCLC locates no holdings. Shot on location in Finistère France and in Buckinghamshire England. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated April 1964 with credit for screenwriter Lyn Fairhurst. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. Planet Films unknown books
1982ref. 159844N.p.: N.p. 1982. Four vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1982 film including three borderless and one bordered. One with a snipe on the verso crediting photographer Maureen Gosling and three with the printed labels of Photofest. 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. Three photographs 9.5 x 7 inches one photograph 10 x 8 inches. One with a tiny splash at the top right corner else Fine. BFI 2032. Ebert III. N.p. unknown books
1961ref. 161215N.p.: William Castle Productions 1961. Vintage 40 x 60 inch poster for the 1961 film. Rare in this size format. A mysterious woman offers a bellboy $2000 to marry her only to brutally murder the justice of the peace during the ceremony before fleeing. Widely regarded as one of the best films of director and B-movie maestro William Castle and undeniably influenced by Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" released the year prior. Castle well known for his utilization of promotional gimmicks implemented a "Fright Break" for "Homicidal;" a 45-second timer which overlays the impending climax with Castle's voice-over advising the audience they could leave the theater and receive a full refund if they were too frightened to see the ending of the film audience members who chose to leave however would have to wait in a yellow cardboard booth entitled the "Coward's Corner" manned by a nurse with a blood pressure cuff. 40 x 60 inches. Very Good plus with light overall creasing and minor edgewear else bright and unfaded. See image. William Castle Productions unknown books
1959ref. 135799N.p.: N.p. 1959. Original illustrated humorous essay by Terry Southern and William Pene Dubois satirizing the dress habits of their distinguished friend American screenwriter William Rose. Southern and Dubois met in the late 1950s both under the tutelage of William Styron while both of them were associated with The Paris Review. During this time William Rose wrote his most famous screenplay "The Ladykillers" 1955 as well as the British classic "The Maggie" 1954. He would go on to win an Academy Award for his original screenplay "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" 1967. 3 leaves 8 x 10 inches. Ink and colored pencil. N.p. unknown books
1928ref. 140906Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Archive of material from the 1928 film. From the estate of actor Monte Blue who starred in the film. Included in the archive are a carbon typescript draft script here under the working title "Southern Skies" four vintage photographs each with a mimeo snipe on the verso one with a press stamp as well and a later 1921 edition of the 1919 travel book by Frederick O'Brien which served as the source material for the film signed and dated by Blue with his bookplate on the front pastedown. MGM's first film with a fully prerecorded soundtrack comprised of music and sound effects including most notably the first time the company's mascot Leo the Lion roared at the film's start White Shadows in the South Seas doesn't quite classify as a "talkie" as only the single whispered word "hello" appears in the soundtrack. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Set on a Polynesian Island shot on location in Tahiti at the time an ambitious endeavor to shoot a Hollywood film on location among native islanders using many of them as extras in the film. Carbon typescript draft: Cream colored titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 5046 and production No. 338 dated November 29 1927 with credits for screenwriter Jack Cunningham and adaptation writer Ray Doyle. Title page integral with the first page of the text dated November 161927 with credits for Cunningham and Doyle. 146 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 146. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Poor bound with two gold brads. 1921 copy of "White Shadows in the South Seas:" Early The Century edition from 1921 first edition was originally published by The Century in 1919. Very Good lacking jacket. Front hinge split with light rubbing to the cloth at the extremities. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
