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1959ref. 130326Los Angeles: Luna Productions 1959. Shooting Final script for the 1960 film. An expertly shot low-budget space exploration film about a cozy spaceship carrying scientists engineers and researchers from all over the world with the moon as their destination. Captain John Anderson Clark juggles a crew with a variety of nationalities dealing in particular with conflicts between the German and Israeli crew members over Holocaust issues. Once on the moon the crew discovers an entire civilization of peace-loving extraterrestrials. Though working with a pitiable budget the producers at Luna Productions managed to hire noted cameraman John Alton then nearing the end of his career. Alton worked on every manner of film but is best remembered for his work in film noir salient examples being "Hollow Triumph" 1948 "The Amazing Mr. X" 1948 "The Big Combo" 1955 and a number of important noir entries by director Anthony Mann. Red titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper dated March 31 1959. Title page present dated March 31 1959 with credits for screenwriter Bodeen story writer/producer F. O. Gebhardt director Bradley and associate producer Fox. 104 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Lentz US. Mystery Science Theater 524. Luna Productions unknown books
1962ref. 150547N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage reference photograph of Peter O'Toole Gamil Ratib and David Lean on the set of the 1962 film. Based on the 1926 autobiography "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by T.E. Lawrence. An incomparable film. Opening in 1935 with the death of Lawrence Peter O'Toole in a motorcycle accident at the age of 46 we then follow in flashback Lawrence as a young intelligence officer in 1916 Cairo assigned to investigate the progress of the Arab revolt against the Turks. Winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. Shot on location in England Saudi Arabia Spain and Morocco. 10.25 x 8 inches. Some edge and corner wear else Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. N.p. unknown books
1992ref. 131074New York: Rosenstone / Wender Agency 1992. Revised Draft script for the 1992 play. Brief notation in holograph pencil on the title page noting a date of 6/12/92. The final page of text notes this draft was revised on May 24 1992. Mamet's play premiered in May 1992 in Cambridge Massachusetts starring William H. Macy and Rebecca Pidgeon. Loosely based on the Thomas-Hill Hearings of 1991 the play starred Macy as a university professor accused of sexual misconduct by one of his female students played by Pidgeon who one critic described as "Mamet's most fully realized female character.a mousy confused cipher." Macy would reprise his role in Mamet's own 1994 film adaptation starring opposite Debra Eisenstadt. The play finally opened on Broadway in 2009 starring Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles. White wrappers dated 1991 and 1992 with a credit for playwright Mamet. Title page present identical to front wrapper. 65 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine plastic ring bound. Rosenstone / Wender Agency unknown books
1944ref. 149894N.p.: N.p. 1944. Collection of six vintage reference photographs from the 1944 film. Two soldiers celebrate at the Hollywood Canteen before departing for active duty in the South Pacific. Featuring brief cameos from several top-name Hollywood stars including Joan Leslie Joan Crawford Jack Benny Peter Lorre and Roy Rogers. Set and shot on location at the Hollywood Canteen a Los Angeles club founded in 1942 by Bette Davis and Andrew Garfield to entertain servicemen on leave from active duty. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded. Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 152118London: Hammer Film Productions 1967. Collection of seven vintage reference photographs including six borderless from the 1967 film. The young queen of Icena agrees to share her throne with Justinian a Roman causing consternation among Britons and Romans alike. Loosely based on the life of British folk hero Boudica a famed ruler of the British Celtic Iceni tribe. Shot on location in Ireland at Powerscourt Waterfall Loch Tay Wicklow Gap Sally Gap and Kilruddery Estate. Six photographs 9.5 x 7 inches one photograph 8 x 10.5 inches. Generally Near Fine one Very Good plus lightly toned to the edges. Johnson and Del Vecchio Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography pp. 277-280. Hammer Film Productions unknown books
1981ref. 151255Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1981. Collection of five vintage borderless color photographs of concept art illustrations for the 1982 film. Included is a typed letter signed dated May 13 1981 on Leisure Investments letterhead from producer Jeffry sic John Stein to Frank Capra Jr. then at Embassy Pictures. With a brief holograph ink annotation by Capra to the recto. A cult classic thanks to frequent showings on cable television spawning two sequels - a 1991 theatrical film and a 1996 television movie as well as a syndicated television series that ran from 1999 to 2002. Set in the fantasy kingdom of Aruk shot on location in Nevada and California. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Vinegar Syndrome. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1956ref. 145758Universal City: Universal Pictures 1956. Vintage studio still photograph of Douglas Sirk and Lauren Bacall on the set of the 1956 film standing in the middle of stairway that endures much use in the course of the narrative. Mimeo snipe on verso. Based on the 1945 novel by Robert Wilder a fictionalized account of a real-life scandal involving torch singer Libby Holman and her husband Zachary Smith Reynolds heir to a tobacco fortune. A rich playboy Robert Stack impulsively marries a secretary Bacall at his father's office unaware that his best friend Rock Hudson is in love with her with tragic results. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Dorothy Malone nominated for two more including Best Supporting Actor for Stack. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 96. Ebert I. Godard Histoiries du Cinema. Universal Pictures unknown books
1949ref. 133084Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1949. Vintage studio still photograph of director Douglas Sirk working on the set of the 1949 film noir. A wonderful photograph of the entire crew shooting a scene where Cornel Wilde and Patricia Knight are parting at an airport. Sirk is standing on a crane support at the left and cinematographer Charles Lawton Jr. is seated just below. A key American noir from an original screenplay by Samuel Fuller. Shot on location throughout Los Angeles and notably in the Bradbury Building on Broadway now an architectural landmark originally built in 1893 by Los Angeles mining millionaire Lewis L. Bradbury and designed by George Wyman. In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. 7 x 9 inches borderless with a studio stamp and a mimeograph snipe on the verso. Near Fine. Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1933ref. 127959Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1933. Draft script for the 1934 espionage film noted on the title page as having the working title "Under False Colors." Though best remembered as one of the great cinematographers Karl Freund also directed eight films after coming to the US from Germany. "Madame Spy" was the third on the heels of his masterpiece "The Mummy" 1932 and a year before the cult horror classic "Mad Love" 1935. During World War I the wife of an Austrian diplomat is revealed to be a Russian spy and must flee to safety through "No Man's Land." A remake of the 1932 German film "Under False Flag" directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Gustav Frohlich and Charlotte Susa and itself later remade in 1942 directed by Roy William Neill and starring Constance Bennett and Don Porter. White wrappers rubber-stamped FILE COPY on the front wrapper noted as copy No. 37 and production No. 648 dated September 29 1933 with credits for screenwriter Hurlbut and director Freund. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 99 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with some damage to the rear wrapper bound with two gold brads and a staple. Universal Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 143372Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1969. Vintage photograph on director Elia Kazan conferring with a lounging Kirk Douglas holding a prop baby doll and Faye Dunaway during an outdoor shoot on the set of the 1969 film. With holograph annotations regarding layout on the verso. Adapted by Kazan from his own 1967 novel about a suicidal advertising executive on the verge of a nervous breakdown dealing with his unhappy wife younger mistress and dying father. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books
1963ref. 143365Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Vintage photograph on the set of the 1963 film showing director Elia Kazan and crew on a scaffolding shooting across a large lake. With some holograph pencil annotations including the film title on the verso. Based on Kazan's own 1962 novel based on the life of his uncle about a young Greek man living in 19th century Ottoman Turkey and his long and poverty stricken journey to emigrate to America. Winner of an Academy Award and nominated for Best Picture Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Shot on location in Turkey and Greece. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown books
1972ref. 133021San Diego CA: Legend Films 1972. Draft British script for the 1973 film. Alec Guinness plays here against type imbuing his Adolf Hitler with an introverted solemnity. Set almost entirely inside Hitler's Berlin bunker the film chronicles the dying days of the Third Reich as the Allied armies close in on Berlin. Guinness' Hitler is an enclosed depressive who sinks slowly into madness depression and ultimately suicide as his 1000-Year Reich collapses around him. A co-production between Italy and the UK made by Ennio De Concini better known for his many exploitation films of the 1970s. Blue titled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 10th July 1972 with credits for screenwriter-director De Concini screenwriters Fusco and Reinhardt and English adaptation writer Moffat. 128 leaves roneograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. Legend Films unknown books
1978ref. 139982Paris: Les Films du Losange 1978. Vintage French mini poster for the 1978 French film. Eric Rohmer's adaptation of Chretien de Troyes' 12th century Arthurian legend is notable for its unusual set. Unlike other adaptations the film is set in a highly stylized theatrical realm complete with props and an interactive chorus. Production designer Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko was inspired by the colorful flat compositions of Medieval paintings and seamlessly incorporated their aesthetic into his set props and lighting. Shot on location in France. 15.5 x 21.5 inches folded. Small holograph pencil notation to the verso else Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Les Films du Losange unknown books
1969ref. 138609Paris: FFD 1969. Original pressbook for the 1969 French film. Nominated for two Academy Awards and the Palme d'Or. The third film but fourth released in Rohmer's "Moral Tales" series and the one that finally elevated him to the international status of his New Wave peers. 9.5 x 13.25. Tri-fold Very Good plus. Starting to the lower rear fold and light soil. Criterion Collection 345. FFD unknown books
1928ref. 150733N.p.: N.p. 1928. Vintage reference studio still photograph of Fay Wray Zasu Pitts and Erich von Stroheim from the second half of the 1928 film "The Wedding March" titled "The Honeymoon." Mimeo snipe and provenance stamp from prominent early film collector "I.K. MEGINNIS" on verso. Stroheim's runaway production which was halted after nine months of shooting by producer Pat Powers having gone nearly $1 million over budget and with an edited running time of over four hours. After a disastrous preview Paramount decided to release two films from the footage as was Stroheim's original intent with the second part entitled "The Honeymoon" now lost. Prince Nicki an impoverished aristocrat is in love with the beautiful innkeeper's daughter Mitzi but is forced to marry Cecilia the daughter of a wealthy factory owner. 8 x 10 inches. Light rippling to upper right margins and light edgewear else Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. National Film Registy. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 150040N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Giulietta Masina Federico Fellini and crew on the set of the 1965 film. "Rizzoli Press" and "Atlantic Press" stamps on verso. Set in and shot on location in Rome. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 49. Ebert II. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. WRCLIT41864New York: Film Projects Inc./ Ric Eyrich 1960. 196 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bolt-bound in gilt-stamped stiff- card steno binder with small production logo label at lower corner of upper wrapper. Wrappers somewhat creased and used at overlap edges internally very good or better. Denoted a "Revised" draft. An original and evidently unproduced screenplay about life among working stiffs street-people and hustlers in New York. Flender wrote the 1957 novel PARIS BLUES that served as the basis for the superb 1961 Martin Ritt film starring Paul Newman Joanne Woodward and Sidney Poitier and it's possible this script dates from the period following the success of that film. In later years Flender turned to works on the Holocaust and life in Israel beginning with RESCUE IN DENMARK 1963 and a book chronicling the late '60s drug culture. Film Projects Inc./ Ric Eyrich unknown books
1962ref. 144574Rome: Lux Film 1962. Two vintage borderless photographs of director Francesco Rosi on the set of the 1962 film. With holograph annotations and photographer Patrick Morin's rubber stamp on the verso of each. Based on the crimes and confidants of Italian bandit Salvatore Giuliano played by Cammarata who rose to prominence within the Mafia after the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. Shot in nonlinear documentary style with Giuliano's character off-screen for most of the film Rosi's narrative employs formal and stylistic elements like time-jumping to envision the truth about the gangster's life neither objective or fictional and minimalist neo-realism at its finest. A groundbreaking work of political filmmaking. Shot on location in Sicily Italy. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Arrow Academy 970. Criterion Collection 228. Schrader Canon 50. Lux Film unknown books
1968ref. 146530N.p.: N.p. 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film here under the working title "Tenderly." With a business card clipped to the first leaf. Laid in with the script is a typed two-page overview of director Franco Brusati's prior screenwriting and directorial credits. Text in English. After 15 years apart a neurotic doctor reconnects with his childhood sweetheart a free-spirited young woman. Set in Italy. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters FRANCO BRUSATI and ENNIO DE CONCINI and translator John Francis Lane. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus internally side stapled our first encounter with this practice and bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 144417Paris: Les Films de la Pleiade 1960. Vintage oversize borderless double weight photograph of Charles Aznavour and Michele Mercier from the 1960 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. Aznavour spends half his time playing saloon piano and half his time on the run in this early Truffaut masterpiece one of the great French noirs based on the 1956 hard-boiled novel "Down There" by American pulp author David Goodis. Criterion notes: "Francois Truffaut is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in this his most playful film. Part thriller part comedy part tragedy Shoot the Piano Player relates the adventures of mild-mannered piano player Charlie Charles Aznavour in a triumph of hangdog deadpan as he stumbles into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair. Loaded with gags guns clowns and thugs this razor-sharp homage to the American gangster film is pure nouvelle vague." 11.5 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection. Grant France. Les Films de la Pleiade unknown books
1973ref. 150485N.p.: N.p. 1973. Collection of five vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1973 French film four showing actors Dani Jacqueline Bisset and Jean-Pierre Leaud and one showing director Francois Truffaut speaking into a walkie-talkie. With a stamp noting the film's French title "Nuit Americain" on the verso along with the stamp of the Israel Film Archive. One of the great films about film chronicling the ups and downs in the lives of the cast and crew of a fictional melodrama film. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Foreign Language Film. Shot on location in France. 9.75 x 7.75 inches. A couple lightly edgeworn else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 769. Ebert IV. N.p. unknown books
1933ref. 146171Los Angeles: Fox Film Corporation 1933. Final Shooting Script for the 1934 pre-Code crime film. With a single holograph pencil notation to the front wrapper. Based on the 1933 novel by noted crime novelist Frederick Nebel. An ex-convict is escorted via train to a murder trial in New York where her testimony is the only protection the defendant has from impending execution. Green titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 10/10/23 with credits for screenwriter Lester Cole and novelist Frederick Nebel. Title page integral with the wrapper as issued. 91 leaves with last page of text numbered 90. Mimeographed rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated 10/18/33. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with edgewear bound internally with three gold brads. Fox Film Corporation unknown books
1959ref. 150507Berlin: Central Cinema Company Film CCC 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Fritz Lang being attacked by the shackled Paul Hubschmid rehearsing a scene on the set of the 1959 film. German mimeo snipe and "Der Tiger von Eschnapur" stamps on verso. Based on the 1918 German novel "Das Indische Grabmal" "The Indian Tomb" by Thea von Harbou. Previously filmed in 1921 as the silent film "The Indian Tomb" directed by Joe May and starring Conrad Veidt and Mia May with a screenplay written by von Harbou and Lang who was originally slated to direct and in 1938 as the German film "Der Tiger von Eschnapur" directed by Richard Eichberg starring Philip Dorn and La Jana. Lang returned to the material some forty years later and divided the story into two films to avoid the lengthy three and a half hour running time of the original silent film. A German architect travels to the remote Indian city of Eschnapur to oversee work being done at the behest of the Maharajah and falls in love with a beautiful temple dancer who the Maharajah also loves. Set in India shot on location in Berlin Germany and Udaipur India. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Eureka 50047. Rosenbaum 1000. Central Cinema Company Film [CCC] unknown books
1972ref. 143098Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Final Shooting script for the 1972 film. Based on Graham Green's 1969 novel. One of George Cukor's final films described by Roger Ebert as a "sort of art deco journey across Europe on the Istanbul Express" wherein a bank clerk is summoned by his elderly but still youthful aunt to rescue her lover Mr. Visconti who is being held for ransom in the Turkey. Merging the early 1970s with high British culture the film explores marijuana hippies brothels paramours fancy trains gigolos and a preference for journey over destination. Goldenrod titled wrappers dated February 25 1972 with credits for screenwriters Wheeler and Allen and for director Cukor. 109 leaves mechanical duplication. Studio information at the top of the front wrapper has been crossed through in black marker. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1962ref. 152380N.p.: N.p. 1962. Collection of five vintage press photographs of actress Jane Fonda from the 1962 film. Based on the 1960 play by Tennessee Williams. On their ill-fated honeymoon George and Isabel visit George's war buddy whose wife has just walked out on him. Director George Roy Hill's directorial debut and a breakthrough role for Fonda. Set in Tennessee. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
