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1966ref. 171072Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1966. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of Dean Martin and camera operator Albert Meyers and assistant on location for the final "train" sequence of the 1966 film. From the archive of camera operator Albert Meyers. Columbia Pictures stamp on the verso. Albert Myers usually credited as Al Myers was a noted camera operator in Hollywood for over 50 years beginning in the late 1920s credited in 30 films between 1927 and 1978. Notable in his filmography are "The Virginian" 1946 "Carmen Jones" 1954 "The Man with the Golden Arm" 1955 and "The Defiant Ones" 1958. Based on the 1962 spy novel by Donald Hamilton. Women of the world mourn the tragic death of handsome secret agent Matt Helm Dean Martin-faked naturally so that he can find the inventor of the Helium laser beam and kingpin of the underground criminal organization Big-O Karl Malden. The second of four films in the Matt Helm series starring Dean Martin preceded by "The Silencers" 1966 and followed by "The Ambushers" 1967 and "The Wrecking Crew" 1969. Shot on location in England Monte Carlo and France. 10 x 8 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
2000ref. 171273Los Angeles CA: Viacom Productions 2000. Rainbow Revised Draft script for an unproduced television pilot. With a label affixed to the front wrapper identifying two unknown cast or crew members one name written in manuscript ink. Series following group of police officers at an almost entirely women-lead precinct. In this episode two officers with very different styles discover they are each other's new partner. Set in San Francisco. Salmon titled self wrappers noted as Production Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 801 and production No. 001 dated September 13 2000 with credits for screenwriter Deborah Joy Levine. Title page integral with front wrappers. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 54. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/13/2000 and 10/16/00. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Viacom Productions unknown
2000ref. 171273Los Angeles CA: Viacom Productions 2000. Rainbow Revised Draft script for an unproduced television pilot. With a label affixed to the front wrapper identifying two unknown cast or crew members one name written in manuscript ink. Series following group of police officers at an almost entirely women-lead precinct. In this episode two officers with very different styles discover they are each other's new partner. Set in San Francisco. Salmon titled self wrappers noted as Production Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 801 and production No. 001 dated September 13 2000 with credits for screenwriter Deborah Joy Levine. Title page integral with front wrappers. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 54. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/13/2000 and 10/16/00. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Viacom Productions unknown books
1974ref. 157287Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1974. Vintage reference photograph from the 1974 film showing actors Michael Caine and Delphine Seyrig talking with director Don Siegel on the set. Mimeo snipe on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Clive Egleton's 1973 novel "Seven Days to a Killing" about the kidnapping of a British agent's son and the agent's subsequent quest for revenge. Shot on location in England and in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1974ref. 157287Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1974. Vintage reference photograph from the 1974 film showing actors Michael Caine and Delphine Seyrig talking with director Don Siegel on the set. Mimeo snipe on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Clive Egleton's 1973 novel "Seven Days to a Killing" about the kidnapping of a British agent's son and the agent's subsequent quest for revenge. Shot on location in England and in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1962ref. 162018N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage reference photograph of Blaze Starr from the 1962 film here under its alternative release title "Nature Girl." Famed stripper Blaze Star escapes from the pressure of stardom by becoming a member of a nudist colony much to the dismay of her manager and boyfriend who worries she may loose her acting contract. The only feature to feature the famed Baltimore stripper. Shot on location in Homestead Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with even toning and faint creasing overall with two pinholes in the lower left margin. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 162018N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage reference photograph of Blaze Starr from the 1962 film here under its alternative release title "Nature Girl." Famed stripper Blaze Star escapes from the pressure of stardom by becoming a member of a nudist colony much to the dismay of her manager and boyfriend who worries she may loose her acting contract. The only feature to feature the famed Baltimore stripper. Shot on location in Homestead Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with even toning and faint creasing overall with two pinholes in the lower left margin. N.p. unknown books
1993ref. 147073Los Angeles: Orbit Entertainment 1993. Draft script for the 1993 film here under the working title "Cross Bait." After being accidentally given an invaluable coin from the age of King Herod while traveling through Jerusalem an Arabic boy and an American teenager travel across Israel to protect the treasure from a British man obsessed with procuring the coin by any means. Set and shot in Jerusalem. Pink untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Dror Soref and Howard Delman. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Good lightly dampstained and soiled bound with three gold brads. Orbit Entertainment unknown
1993ref. 147073Los Angeles: Orbit Entertainment 1993. Draft script for the 1993 film here under the working title "Cross Bait." After being accidentally given an invaluable coin from the age of King Herod while traveling through Jerusalem an Arabic boy and an American teenager travel across Israel to protect the treasure from a British man obsessed with procuring the coin by any means. Set and shot in Jerusalem. Pink untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Dror Soref and Howard Delman. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Good lightly dampstained and soiled bound with three gold brads. Orbit Entertainment unknown books
1974ref. 161305N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1974 film showing Dustin Hoffman in a mug shot as Lenny Bruce. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Bob Fosse's third directorial effort and first non-musical. A tour de force shot in black-and-white in a documentary style interspersed with interviews jumping back and forth from Bruce's early rise to fame to his twilight days and eventual death. Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director and Best Screenplay. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 161305N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1974 film showing Dustin Hoffman in a mug shot as Lenny Bruce. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Bob Fosse's third directorial effort and first non-musical. A tour de force shot in black-and-white in a documentary style interspersed with interviews jumping back and forth from Bruce's early rise to fame to his twilight days and eventual death. Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director and Best Screenplay. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1934ref. 167816Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1934. Vintage pressbook for the 1934 pre-Code film. Based on the 1932 novel by Stuart Palmer. Intrepid teacher Hildegarde Withers and police inspector Oscar Piper join forces again to solve the murder of a music teacher at Withers' school. The second of three films to pair Edna May Oliver and James Gleason as Withers and Piper respectively following "The Penguin Pool Murder" 1932 and preceding "Murder on a Honeymoon" 1935. 12 x 18 inches. 12 leaves side-stapled. About Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1934ref. 167816Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1934. Vintage pressbook for the 1934 pre-Code film. Based on the 1932 novel by Stuart Palmer. Intrepid teacher Hildegarde Withers and police inspector Oscar Piper join forces again to solve the murder of a music teacher at Withers' school. The second of three films to pair Edna May Oliver and James Gleason as Withers and Piper respectively following "The Penguin Pool Murder" 1932 and preceding "Murder on a Honeymoon" 1935. 12 x 18 inches. 12 leaves side-stapled. About Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 151344Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1954. Vintage press kit for the 1954 film containing one full-color illustrated promotional pamphlet three black-and-white photographs of cast and crew members holding Academy Awards and one page of promotional reading material introducing the photographs. Based on screenwriter Budd Schulberg's 1955 novel "Waterfront." A dockworker and would-be prizefighter witnesses a murder at the hands of the local mob boss' men and is forced to stand up to his corrupt union leaders. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards winning eight including Best Picture Best Director and Best Screenplay. Shot on location in Hoboken New Jersey and New York City. Photographs and promotional material Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 647. Ebert I. Grant US. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1954ref. 151344Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1954. Vintage press kit for the 1954 film containing one full-color illustrated promotional pamphlet three black-and-white photographs of cast and crew members holding Academy Awards and one page of promotional reading material introducing the photographs. Based on screenwriter Budd Schulberg's 1955 novel "Waterfront." A dockworker and would-be prizefighter witnesses a murder at the hands of the local mob boss' men and is forced to stand up to his corrupt union leaders. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards winning eight including Best Picture Best Director and Best Screenplay. Shot on location in Hoboken New Jersey and New York City. Photographs and promotional material Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 647. Ebert I. Grant US. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 162523N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1970 film showing actress Florinda Bolkan talking on the phone and smoking in the bath. Annotations in manuscript ink regarding cropping on the verso. A Kafkaesque satire about corruption in policing about a high-ranking police inspector who kills his mistress and proceeds to cover up his involvement in the crime. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Rome. 8 x 10.25 inches. Lightly worn at the corners else about Near Fine. Criterion Collection 682. Grant Italy. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 162523N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1970 film showing actress Florinda Bolkan talking on the phone and smoking in the bath. Annotations in manuscript ink regarding cropping on the verso. A Kafkaesque satire about corruption in policing about a high-ranking police inspector who kills his mistress and proceeds to cover up his involvement in the crime. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Rome. 8 x 10.25 inches. Lightly worn at the corners else about Near Fine. Criterion Collection 682. Grant Italy. N.p. unknown books
1995ref. 167753N.p.: N.p. 1995. Vintage color reference photograph from the 1995 film showing Elizabeth Berkley as Nomi onstage in her early days at Cheetah's Gentleman's Club mid-striptease. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. One of the most hotly contested films of the 1990s. Largely panned at the time of its release it has since gained enormous cult status and has even been reevaluated by critics and filmmakers such as Jonathan Rosenbaum Jim Hoberman Jim Jarmusch and Jacques Rivette who defend the film as a serious satire something actor Kyle MacLachlan dismisses describing the film as ".horrible. Horrible!" and noting that "it just gets worse" as it progresses. John Waters may have described it best: "'Showgirls' is funny stupid dirty and filled with cinematic cliches; in other words perfect." Set and shot on location in Las Vegas Nevada. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1995ref. 167753N.p.: N.p. 1995. Vintage color reference photograph from the 1995 film showing Elizabeth Berkley as Nomi onstage in her early days at Cheetah's Gentleman's Club mid-striptease. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. One of the most hotly contested films of the 1990s. Largely panned at the time of its release it has since gained enormous cult status and has even been reevaluated by critics and filmmakers such as Jonathan Rosenbaum Jim Hoberman Jim Jarmusch and Jacques Rivette who defend the film as a serious satire something actor Kyle MacLachlan dismisses describing the film as ".horrible. Horrible!" and noting that "it just gets worse" as it progresses. John Waters may have described it best: "'Showgirls' is funny stupid dirty and filled with cinematic cliches; in other words perfect." Set and shot on location in Las Vegas Nevada. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 167511N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1967 French film showing Haydee Politoff and Patrick Bauchau preparing for a swim. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A love triangle develops between two best friends and the beautiful sexually open young woman who interrupts their vacation on the Riviera. The third film in Éric Rohmer's "Six Moral Tales" series made quickly and with very little budget due to delays in starting production of what was to be the next film in the series "My Night at Maud's" 1969. Shot on location in Cote d'Azur and Saint-Tropez France. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 167511N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1967 French film showing Haydee Politoff and Patrick Bauchau preparing for a swim. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A love triangle develops between two best friends and the beautiful sexually open young woman who interrupts their vacation on the Riviera. The third film in Éric Rohmer's "Six Moral Tales" series made quickly and with very little budget due to delays in starting production of what was to be the next film in the series "My Night at Maud's" 1969. Shot on location in Cote d'Azur and Saint-Tropez France. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1949ref. 156358Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1949. Vintage reference photograph from the 1949 film showing the titular gorilla facing off against a man on a rearing horse. Printed mimeo snipe and RKO Radio Pictures stamp on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A stop-motion monster fantasy film created in the wake of the massive success of Radio Pictures' "King Kong" 1933 even using the same director-screenwriter-producer team. A young woman heads to Hollywood with her pet gorilla named Joseph hoping to make enough money to save her ranch home in Africa. When a seedy nightclub entrepreneur proposes the gorilla be used as part of his nightclub's entertainment it seems like an easy way to make money-but Joe is miserable as he is mistreated and unhappy in America. Received an Academy Award in 1950 for Best Special Effects. Set in Hollywood. 10 x 8 inches. About Very Good plus with short closed tears at the edges and creases at the corners. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1949ref. 156358Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1949. Vintage reference photograph from the 1949 film showing the titular gorilla facing off against a man on a rearing horse. Printed mimeo snipe and RKO Radio Pictures stamp on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A stop-motion monster fantasy film created in the wake of the massive success of Radio Pictures' "King Kong" 1933 even using the same director-screenwriter-producer team. A young woman heads to Hollywood with her pet gorilla named Joseph hoping to make enough money to save her ranch home in Africa. When a seedy nightclub entrepreneur proposes the gorilla be used as part of his nightclub's entertainment it seems like an easy way to make money-but Joe is miserable as he is mistreated and unhappy in America. Received an Academy Award in 1950 for Best Special Effects. Set in Hollywood. 10 x 8 inches. About Very Good plus with short closed tears at the edges and creases at the corners. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1996ref. 170742N.p.: N.p. 1996. Vintage black-and-white borderless reference photograph from the 1996 film showing Ewan McGregor drinking with his friends. Director Danny Boyle's second and best-known film an adaptation of the acclaimed 1993 novel by Irvine Welsh a darkly comic examination of the life of a heroin addict trying desperately to extract himself from his habit and the accompanying lifestyle. McGregor rose to international stardom on the strength of his performance as the lead Mark Renton and would return for the sequel "T2 Trainspotting" released in 2017. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1996ref. 170742N.p.: N.p. 1996. Vintage black-and-white borderless reference photograph from the 1996 film showing Ewan McGregor drinking with his friends. Director Danny Boyle's second and best-known film an adaptation of the acclaimed 1993 novel by Irvine Welsh a darkly comic examination of the life of a heroin addict trying desperately to extract himself from his habit and the accompanying lifestyle. McGregor rose to international stardom on the strength of his performance as the lead Mark Renton and would return for the sequel "T2 Trainspotting" released in 2017. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
