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1958ref. 152538N.p.: N.p. 1958. Archive of production material for an unproduced television presentation presumably a pilot seen here under its alternate title "Silent Enemy." Included are one partial draft script several letters and memos between screenwriter Arthur Hailey agent Maeve Southgate and Theatre Guild executives William Herman and Arthur Heinemann. Also in the archive are several memos from within the Theatre Guild office discussing revisions to the script and ultimately declining to move ahead with production. Dated variously between May 12 and September 5 1958 with a three-page manuscript summary of revisions made to the script ostensibly in Hailey's hand and two carbon typescript summaries of the same. As noted in several letters from Maeve Southgate Hailey's screenplay was previously used for the television episode "Death Minus One" which aired on BBC on the British television anthology series "Encounter" on January 28 1958. A young American girl visiting her cousin in London is trapped when postwar ruins collapse leading a police sergeant to rescue her. As he works to retrieve the girl The sergeant discovers an unexploded bomb with her among the rubble. Set in London. Draft script: Lacking wrappers and title page. Approximately 60 leaves. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. All other materials lightly creased to the edges else Near Fine overall. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 164084N.p.: General Film Corporation 1973. Vintage 33 1/3 RPM microgroove vinyl record containing four radio spot announcements for the 1973 exploitation film. Rare. A pair of sisters kill their stepfather after he attempts to rape the younger sister and flee to Los Angeles after the murder where they are pulled into their uncle's money-laundering operation. 7 inches. Very Good plus with nominal surface wear housed in a Near Fine white paper sleeve. Not in Discogs. General Film Corporation unknown
1973ref. 164084N.p.: General Film Corporation 1973. Vintage 33 1/3 RPM microgroove vinyl record containing four radio spot announcements for the 1973 exploitation film. Rare. A pair of sisters kill their stepfather after he attempts to rape the younger sister and flee to Los Angeles after the murder where they are pulled into their uncle's money-laundering operation. 7 inches. Very Good plus with nominal surface wear housed in a Near Fine white paper sleeve. Not in Discogs. General Film Corporation unknown books
1957ref. 165095Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1957. Vintage borderless press photograph from the set 1957 film showing actress Audrey Hepburn posing with an oversized hat. Paris agency stamp and layout annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the unproduced musical "Wedding Bells" by screenwriter Leonard Gershe and featuring music from George and Ira Gershwin including four songs from their 1927 musical "Funny Face" though the musical and film have nothing in common beyond the title. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good or better. Hirschhorn The Hollywood Musical. Paramount Pictures unknown
1957ref. 165095Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1957. Vintage borderless press photograph from the set 1957 film showing actress Audrey Hepburn posing with an oversized hat. Paris agency stamp and layout annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the unproduced musical "Wedding Bells" by screenwriter Leonard Gershe and featuring music from George and Ira Gershwin including four songs from their 1927 musical "Funny Face" though the musical and film have nothing in common beyond the title. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good or better. Hirschhorn The Hollywood Musical. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 158690N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1969 film. A German college graduate and an American expatriate hitchhike from Paris to Ibiza where the bliss of island life quickly gives way to heroin addiction and hedonism. Soundtrack by Pink Floyd. Set and shot on location in Paris and Ibiza. 9.25 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners. BFI 1040. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 158690N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1969 film. A German college graduate and an American expatriate hitchhike from Paris to Ibiza where the bliss of island life quickly gives way to heroin addiction and hedonism. Soundtrack by Pink Floyd. Set and shot on location in Paris and Ibiza. 9.25 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners. BFI 1040. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 159135Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1976. Vintage reference photograph from the 1976 film showing director Frank Pierson and a camera crew capturing a scene. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A remake of both the 1937 film and the 1954 musical with the leads modernized into an aspiring songwriter and fading rock star. Barbra Streisand along with co-writer Paul Williams won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Evergreen" and the film was nominated for three others. Set in California shot on location in Arizona and California USA. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy on the top edge with a diagonal crease. Hirschhorn 406. Warner Brothers unknown
1976ref. 159135Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1976. Vintage reference photograph from the 1976 film showing director Frank Pierson and a camera crew capturing a scene. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A remake of both the 1937 film and the 1954 musical with the leads modernized into an aspiring songwriter and fading rock star. Barbra Streisand along with co-writer Paul Williams won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Evergreen" and the film was nominated for three others. Set in California shot on location in Arizona and California USA. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy on the top edge with a diagonal crease. Hirschhorn 406. Warner Brothers unknown books
1970ref. 159632Los Angeles: Boxoffice International 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 hixploitation film. A Tennessee moonshiner his horny wife and his two buxom daughters enjoy a series of sexual escapades in the deep south. Set in Neely's Bend TN an actual town northeast of Nashville shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Boxoffice International unknown
1970ref. 159632Los Angeles: Boxoffice International 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 hixploitation film. A Tennessee moonshiner his horny wife and his two buxom daughters enjoy a series of sexual escapades in the deep south. Set in Neely's Bend TN an actual town northeast of Nashville shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Boxoffice International unknown books
1940ref. 164317N.p.: N.p. 1940. Vintage reference photograph from the 1940 film showing director Anatole Litvak and a camera crew setting up a scene with actors Bette Davis and Charles Boyer. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1938 novel by Rachel Field about a governess' doomed romance with a French nobleman. Nominated for three Academy Awards. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1940ref. 164317N.p.: N.p. 1940. Vintage reference photograph from the 1940 film showing director Anatole Litvak and a camera crew setting up a scene with actors Bette Davis and Charles Boyer. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1938 novel by Rachel Field about a governess' doomed romance with a French nobleman. Nominated for three Academy Awards. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 157665Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film showing director Billy Wilder smoking a cigarette with actor William Holden between takes. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso along with the stamp of Cinéma magazine. A down-on-his-luck screenwriter stumbles into the home of a forgotten silent film star quickly becoming enmeshed in her deranged plan for a comeback. A kingpin in the pantheon of films about fame and Hollywood Wilder's urban noir counterpart to the daylight rural world of "Ace in the Hole" 1951. Winner of three Academy Awards and nominated for another eight including Best Picture. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1950ref. 157665Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film showing director Billy Wilder smoking a cigarette with actor William Holden between takes. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso along with the stamp of Cinéma magazine. A down-on-his-luck screenwriter stumbles into the home of a forgotten silent film star quickly becoming enmeshed in her deranged plan for a comeback. A kingpin in the pantheon of films about fame and Hollywood Wilder's urban noir counterpart to the daylight rural world of "Ace in the Hole" 1951. Winner of three Academy Awards and nominated for another eight including Best Picture. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1981ref. 127394N.p.: Filmways 1981. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1981 film. Based on Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film "Blow Up" with an audio recording replacing a photograph early 1980s Philadelphia replacing Swinging London and a tight political thriller plot replacing the looser and less immediate one in the original. Shot on location in Philadelphia. 27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus with light splashing to the top third. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Criterion Collection 562. Grant US. Spicer Neo-Noir. Filmways unknown
1981ref. 127394N.p.: Filmways 1981. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1981 film. Based on Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film "Blow Up" with an audio recording replacing a photograph early 1980s Philadelphia replacing Swinging London and a tight political thriller plot replacing the looser and less immediate one in the original. Shot on location in Philadelphia. 27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus with light splashing to the top third. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Criterion Collection 562. Grant US. Spicer Neo-Noir. Filmways unknown books
1956ref. 170491Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1956. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 film. One with a provenance label on the verso. Humphrey Bogart's final film about a faded sportswriter facing the dissolution of his career and personal life. Released just two years after "On the Waterfront" 1954 the multi-award-winning collaboration between Elia Kazan and Budd Schulberg a film widely seen as justifying their decision to name names during the HUAC Hollywood blacklist trials. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location in California Chicago and New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1956ref. 170491Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1956. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 film. One with a provenance label on the verso. Humphrey Bogart's final film about a faded sportswriter facing the dissolution of his career and personal life. Released just two years after "On the Waterfront" 1954 the multi-award-winning collaboration between Elia Kazan and Budd Schulberg a film widely seen as justifying their decision to name names during the HUAC Hollywood blacklist trials. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location in California Chicago and New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1976ref. 160684N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage reference photograph from the 1976 film showing director and actor Burt Reynolds with a camera crew on the set. Annotations in mimeograph ink and pencil on the verso. Reynolds's directorial debut about an ex-con hired to help capture a corrupt politician. Sequel to "White Lightning" 1973. Shot on location in Georgia. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 160684N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage reference photograph from the 1976 film showing director and actor Burt Reynolds with a camera crew on the set. Annotations in mimeograph ink and pencil on the verso. Reynolds's directorial debut about an ex-con hired to help capture a corrupt politician. Sequel to "White Lightning" 1973. Shot on location in Georgia. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1947ref. 168074London: J. Arthur Rank / Eagle-Lion 1947. Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 British film noir showing an outdoor scene with James Mason shot on location in Shoreditch London. Printed mimeo snipe and provenance label on the verso. Based on the 1945 novel by F.L. Green about an injured Nationalist revolutionary who goes on the run after a botched hold-up. A taut psychological noir featuring the work of noted cinematographer Robert Krasker who would go on to collaborate again with Carol Reed on the 1949 noir "The Third Man." Set in Belfast Northern Ireland shot on location in Belfast and London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 754. Grant UK. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby UK Masterwork. Spicer UK. J. Arthur Rank / Eagle-Lion unknown
1963ref. 157290N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the 1963 film showing director Carol Reed in conversation with actress Lee Remick on the set. Based on Shelley Smith's 1961 novel "The Ballad of the Running Man" about a man who fakes his own death in the hopes of gaining a substantial insurance payout but encounters trouble in the form of the company's nosy claim investigator. Shot on location in Cadiz Spain in Gibraltar and in Ireland. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1949ref. 151694N.p.: N.p. 1949. Vintage reference photograph of director Carol Reed with his camera crew on the set of the 1949 film noir. With a London Film Studios stamp to the verso. An unemployed pulp fiction novelist travels to postwar Vienna to investigate the death of an old school friend. Screenwriter Graham Greene's first and only original screenplay and second collaboration with Carol Reed following "The Fallen Idol" 1948 and preceding "Our Man in Havana" 1959. Set and shot on location in Vienna Austria and England. 10 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 64. Ebert I. Grant UK. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader Canon Fodder 18. Selby UK. Spicer UK. N.p. unknown
1949ref. 151694N.p.: N.p. 1949. Vintage reference photograph of director Carol Reed with his camera crew on the set of the 1949 film noir. With a London Film Studios stamp to the verso. An unemployed pulp fiction novelist travels to postwar Vienna to investigate the death of an old school friend. Screenwriter Graham Greene's first and only original screenplay and second collaboration with Carol Reed following "The Fallen Idol" 1948 and preceding "Our Man in Havana" 1959. Set and shot on location in Vienna Austria and England. 10 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 64. Ebert I. Grant UK. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader Canon Fodder 18. Selby UK. Spicer UK. N.p. unknown books
