1990ref. 141322Berkeley: Saul Zaentz 1990. Third Draft script for the 1991 film. Based on the 1965 novel by Peter Matthiessen about the conflicts and relationships between an indigenous Amazon tribe the missionaries that want to convert them and the mercenaries hired to move them off their land. Set in Amazon rainforest shot on location in Brazil and Venezuela. Green titled wrappers noted as Third Draft on the front wrapper dated April 23 1990 with credits for screenwriters Jean-Claude Carriere and Hector Babenco and author Peter Matthiessen. Title page present dated April 23 1990 noted as Third Draft with credits for screenwriters Carriere and Babenco and author Matthiessen. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Saul Zaentz unknown books
1968ref. 171377N.p.: N.p. 1968. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1968 film all showing actress Leigh Taylor-Young. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso the others with annotations in manuscript pencil to same. Dissatisfied with his life and impending marriage a mid-thirties attorney gets high and runs off with a young hippie only to discover he's still unhappy. The title of the film is a reference to "Alice B. Toklas brownies" a slang term for pot brownies. 8 x 10 inches. Generally Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 147032N.p.: Sandrews 1969. Vintage one sheet Swedish poster for the 1969 film. At some ambiguous time in the near future international superpowers introduce "international peace games" a lethal miniature battle of drafted teens from around the world which is then broadcast as a popular reality television show. Shot on location in Sweden. 27.5 x 39 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus two small holes at middle and lower crease intersections. Sandrews unknown books
1985ref. 145179Los Angeles: CBS / Universal City Studios 1985. Draft script for the 1986 pilot episode for the television show "Outlaws." A sheriff and his deputies are transported from the year 1899 into the future by a lightning storm and they establish a new life as private detectives. Set in Houston in 1899 and 1999. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present noted as production No. 86084 dated November 26 1985 with credits for screenwriter/executive producer Nicholas Corea. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. CBS / Universal City Studios unknown books
1969ref. 149600Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1969. Vintage reference photograph of director Peter Yates and actors Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow on the set of the 1969 film. Based on Mervyn Jones' 1966 novel following a man and a woman who meet in a singles bar sleep together and spend the subsequent day learning about one another. One of the earliest New Hollywood dramas an examination of hookup culture in the late 1960s. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1965ref. 149858N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Pierre Etaix and Claudine Auger from the 1965 film. After losing everything in the stock market crash of 1929 a millionaire Etaix finds happiness his lost love Auger and the son he never knew he had by joining the circus. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Morbihan Bas-Rhin and Yvelines France. 9 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 655. N.p. unknown books
1962ref. 135647Paris: C.A.P.A.C. / Cocinor 1962. Collection of 6 vintage borderless black-and-white studio still photographs from the French release of the 1962 film. Each photo with the stamp of French distributor Cocinor on the verso. 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners of each photograph. Criterion Collection 655. C.A.P.A.C. / Cocinor unknown books
1973ref. 149572Paris: Sonocam 1973. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1973 French erotic film one showing actress Karin Schubert the other showing Schubert and actor Amidou. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso. Based on the 1971 novel. A call girl is punished by the owner of the brothel where she works and is subsequently forced to take on a variety of sadomasochistic clients. 9.5 x 7 inches. Fine. Bier 1451. Sonocam unknown books
1961ref. 144353Rome: Lux Film 1961. Original Italian program for the 1961 film here under the original Italian title "Divorzio all'italiana." Illustrated throughout with black-and-white still photos from the film full-color front wrapper fold-out art and the program details a synopsis and cast and crew credits. Notations throughout in manuscript ink mostly amending certain words of the synopsis. Ferdinando Mastroianni is bored with life and his wife Rocca. He falls in love with his cousin Sandrelli and since divorce is illegal in Italy unless there is just cause like catching your spouse committing adultery he decides to find his wife another lover instead of killing her. Seems simple enough. The first of Mastoianni's four "Italian Style" films and winner of an Academy Award for Best Writing a BAFTA three Golden Globes and nominated for a host of others. 9.5 x 13.25 inches 9 leaves saddle-stapled. Very Good overall lacking staples with creases brief tears and foxing. Criterion Collection 286. Lux Film unknown books
1942ref. 149117Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1942. Vintage photograph of Preston Sturges adjusting Claudette Colbert's outfit made of men's pajamas and a pullman blanket on the set of the 1942 film. Studio label affixed to bottom margin of recto with ambiguous initials and "May 30" written in manuscript ink. Mimeo snipe on verso. In the minds of some critics Sturges closed out the screwball comedy era with a bang in this breakneck venture which had dialogue flying back and forth at a speed that was radical even by Sturges' standards. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with some creasing and edgewear. Criterion Collection 742. Rosenbaum 1000. Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1964ref. 149932Universal City: Universal Pictures 1964. Vintage studio still photograph of producer Stanley Shapiro and actor Marlon Brando in conversation between takes on the set of the 1964 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A love-them-and-leave-them womanizer meets a man equal in skill at deceiving women but with an added knack for conning them out of money. The two men attempt to seduce a naive American woman to settle a bet as to which one is the better con artist. Later remade as "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" 1988. Set and shot on location in Alpes-Maritimes France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1959ref. 151138London: J. Arthur Rank 1959. Final Draft script for the 1960 film. Based on Richard Gordon's 1957 novel. The fourth film in Rank's popular "Doctor" series and the first not to feature actor Dirk Bogarde as Dr. Simon Sparrow although Bogarde would return for the next film in the series "Doctor in Distress" in 1963. The series follows the frequently romantic comic antics of a group of young doctors. Set and shot on location in London. Green titled wrappers noted as Semi-final Script on the front wrapper dated 14-12-59. Title page present dated December 1959 with credits for screenwriter Nicholas Phipps and novelist Richard Gordon. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a silver prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown books
1951ref. 157122Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1951. Revised Final Draft script for the 1952 film. Copy belonging to actor Lon McCallister with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. A young prospector witnesses a group of bandits murder a miner and his son and resolves to help the law stop the gang unaware that the sheriff is secretly working as the bandit leader. Set in Montana. White titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated Sept. 21 1951. Title page present dated September 18 1951 noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Barry Shipman. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light creasing on the fore-edges of the first four leaves bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1961ref. 143870Italy: Cinematografica RI.RE 1961. Collection of 14 vintage borderless single weight studio still photographs from the 1961 Italian-French film. Action sequences picketers Delon and his compatriots and a charming candid of Barbara Lass are present. Numerical annotations and a few with actor names on the versos in manuscript pencil along with the stamp of photographer Pierluigi Praturlon. The film's premiere was at Cannes and earned director Clément a Palme d'Or nomination. In 1921 Ulysses Delon enrolls in the Italian Fascist party and his initiation is to gain the trust of local printer Fossati Cervi. Fossati's family and beautiful daughter Lass are anarchists contesting Ulysses' beliefs and he ultimately decides to forge his own political path. Set in Rome shot there on location. 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine slight curling. Cinematografica RI.RE unknown books
1977ref. 139658Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Original scenario artwork for the 1978 horror film. Depicting the interior of Peggy Ann Snow's Catskills home. Based on the 1976 novel by William Goldman who also wrote the screenplay for the film. A young Anthony Hopkins plays a mentally disturbed magician who rises to fame when he begins utilizing a ventriloquist dummy. He rekindles a romance with a now-married ex-girlfriend Peggy Ann Snow Ann-Margret much to the chagrin of her hotheaded husband his agent and his surprisingly violent ventriloquist dummy. Gouache and pencil on illustration board. Artwork 19.5 x 14 inches housed in an off-white 24.5 x 19.5 inch mat. Light adhesive residue on the top and bottom edges else the illustration is Near Fine. Mat in Very Good condition with light bumps and soil. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1934ref. 149509Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1934. Vintage reference photograph from the 1934 film showing Mickey Mouse speaking to an astonished Jimmy Durante. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations to the verso regarding layout. An actor known for starring in jungle films wants to work with real lions in his next movie and decides to throw a big star-studded party to win over a wealthy European baron who keeps lions as pets. Set in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1975ref. 162359N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Richard Brooks talking with actress Candice Bergen on the set of the 1975 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. In 1906 fifteen contestants compete in a 700-mile cross-country horse race with a cash prize of $2000. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Shot on location in New Mexico and Nevada. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Pitts 348. N.p. unknown books
1955ref. 149093Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1955. Vintage double weight photograph of Robert Taylor and Kay Kendall on the set of the 1955 film. Mimeo snipe and Advertising Code "Approved" stamp dated "May 4 1955" on verso. Based on the 1923 novel by Sir Walter Scott about the penniless son of a Scottish nobleman dispatched to propose to a French countess on behalf of his aging uncle but who then falls madly in love with her. The third film in an unofficial trilogy made by director Richard Thorpe and producer Pandro S. Berman and starring Robert Taylor the two preceding films being "Ivanhoe" 1952 and "Knights of the Round Table" 1953. Set in 15th century France shot on location in France and England. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1995ref. 148684N.p.: Percy Main Productions 1995. Revised Final Draft script for the 1996 film. Three copied annotations on two pages consisting of one dialogue change and two revision date changes. Based on the 1962 book "The Last Voyage of the Albatross" by Charles Gieg Jr. and Felix Sutton about the sinking of the brigantine Albatross on May 2 1961. All American boy Chuck Gieg Scott Wolf narrates this coming-of-age story set in 1960 about a group of teenage boys setting out for a year-long voyage aboard the brigantine school ship Albatross commanded by Dr. Christopher B. Shelton Jeff Bridges only to face the ultimate challenge of surviving a deadly white squall storm. Shot on location in South Carolina Georgia Bermuda Grenada London Malta South Africa St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines. White generic Lasher McManus & Robinson production company wrappers. Title page present dated March 18 1995 noted as Revised Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Todd Robinson. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages labeled "Blue" throughout dated variously between 3/27/95 and 5/15/95. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Percy Main Productions unknown books
1963ref. 149994Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Vintage studio still photograph of Dean Martin and Ursula Andress from the 1963 film. Gambling wenching and struggles for control define this iconic Rat Pack film with a stellar supporting cast including Victor Buono Charles Bronson Anita Ekberg and Ursula Andress. Set in Galveston Texas shot on location in Red Rock Canyon and Mojave California. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear and a small bruise in bottom right margin else Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1962ref. 151672N.p.: Agnes Delahaie Productions 1962. Three vintage photographs from the 1962 French film including two studio still photographs from the US release of the film and one borderless reference photograph. A dramatization of the imprisonment and killing of Jeanne a French peasant girl claiming to receive visions from God. Bresson's sixth release filmed in his typically spare style using non-professional performers and a screenplay drawn from transcriptions of Jeanne's trial at Rouen. Two photographs 10 x 8 inches one photograph 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Agnes Delahaie Productions unknown books
1929ref. 170375N.p.: N.p. 1929. Vintage reference photograph from the 1929 film showing director Robert Florey with Estelle Taylor Lilian Walker and others on the set. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. French-American actor and director Robert Florey was a director of B-films working with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Warner Brothers Paramount and Columbia over a Hollywood career spanning three decades. He is best remembered today for directing the first Marx Brothers film "The Cocoanuts" 1929 and the 1932 horror film "Murders in the Rue Morgue." His 1937 film "Daughter of Shanghai" was selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus or better. N.p. unknown books
1987ref. 145997Paris: Films A2 1987. Three vintage oversize studio photographs from French release of the 1987 French/Swiss/Canadian co-production. Co-directed by acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank his only feature length fiction film and acclaimed wirter Rudolph Wurlitzer who wrote the screenplay "Candy Mountain" is a musician's road movie heavily influenced by the lives of Frank and Wurlitzer and featuring a cast full of notable musicians such as Tom Waits Leon Redbone Dr. John Joe Strummer Arto Lindsay David Johansen and others. Set in and shot on location in New York and Cape Breton Island Nova Scotia. 12 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine some light creasing and pinholes in corners in two of the three photographs. Rosenbaum 1000. Films A2 unknown books
1968ref. 149487London: Associated British Corporation 1968. Vintage reference photograph from Season 7 Episode 15 of the 1968 British television series originally aired on December 16 showing actress Linda Thorson as Agent Tara King held hostage at Wainwright Timber Industries making no attempt to escape a leg shackle. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout and two stamps specific to the French airing of the episode. "The Avengers" aired from 1961 to 1969 and followed secret agent Dr. David Keel Ian Hendry and his bevy of assistants as they battle the British criminal element. Shot on location in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Associated British Corporation unknown books
1971ref. 145946Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1971. Vintage borderless publicity photograph of Jennifer O'Neill on the set of the 1971 film. Nostalgic screenplay about a teenager during the war years who becomes infatuated with an older war widow. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Score and nominated for three others. Set in Nantucket Island shot on location in California and Ontario. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus light corner and edgewear. Warner Brothers unknown books
