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1972ref. 151263Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1972. Collection of five vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1972 film. Three with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso and one with holograph pencil cropping annotations. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1969 novel by Leonard Gardner. An aging retired boxer trying to get back into shape meets a young upstart in the ring. Their lives intersect as their careers move in opposite directions each eventually falling on hard times. Set and shot on location in Stockton California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available upon request. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Twilight Time 172. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 151250Burbank CA: Warner-Pathe 1965. Collection of eight vintage reference photographs from the 1965 British film and one vintage photograph of actors Monica Vitti and Dirk Bogarde at the film's premiere in London in September 1965. Four with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A cynical look at Swinging London about a shiftless fashion model who sleeps her way into high society only to be left empty and alone when she finally marries a rich prince. Nominated for five Academy Awards winning three including Best Actress for Julie Christie and Best Original Screenplay. Set and shot on location in London Paris and Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Warner-Pathe unknown books
1965ref. 152331London: The Rank Organization 1965. Collection of six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1965 film showing actors Dirk Bogarde and Julie Christie. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso and one with the stamps of The Rank Organization and the Israel Film Archive. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. In Swinging London a married fashion model leaves her husband for a handsome sensitive television director but finds herself increasingly dissatisfied with his bookishness and jealousy. Nominated for five Academy Awards winning three including Best Screenplay and Best Actress for Julie Christie. Set and shot on location in London Paris and Rome. Approximately 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn and creased. Complete collation details available upon request. The Rank Organization unknown books
1967ref. 146428Rome: Arco 1967. Draft script for the 1967 Italian film. Text in English printed in Rome. Based on the 1923 novel wherein a former pirate falls in love with a mentally ill young woman who falls in love instead with a French naval officer. Set in France shot on location in Italy. Blue wrappers with the film's English title printed on a red label and affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with the film's English and Italian titles given. 207 leaves with last page of text numbered 206. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a strip of adhesive residue likely from tape running vertically across the rear wrapper binding bound with two gold brads. Arco unknown books
1968ref. 143267Universal City: World Film Services / Universal 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the set of the 1968 film showing director Joseph Losey working with Elizabeth Taylor while the crew resets between takes. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Adapted for the screen by Tennessee Williams based of his 1963 stage play "The Milk Train Don't Stop Here Anymore." Taylor in a part written for a much older woman plays a terminally ill woman who has an encounter with a mysterious man played by Richard Burton in a part written for a much younger man who may in fact be the Angel of Death. Set and shot on location in Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with light curling. World Film Services / Universal unknown books
1967ref. 151301Los Angeles: Continental Distributing 1967. Collection of six vintage reference photographs from the 1967 film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. The first film adaptation of James Joyce's influential modernist novel and one of the only adaptations to take its dialogue directly from the book. The film came under heavy threat of censorship due to profane for the time language and was given an X rating in the UK after director Joseph Strick refused to edit out any of the "offending" passages. Set in Dublin Ireland and shot there on location. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus several lightly toned. Complete collation details available on request. Continental Distributing unknown books
1937ref. 150517N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph of Mireille Balin and Jean Gabin from the 1937 film. Based on the 1931 novel by screenwriter Henri La Barthe. A seminal noir antecedent oddly produced by the French who would go on to consider the Americans to be the inventors of the style. Remade in 1938 as "Algiers" directed by John Cromwell starring Hedy Lamarr and Charles Boyer and in 1948 as "Casbah" a musical directed by John Berry and starring Tony Martin and Marta Toren. Notorious criminal Pepe le Moko Gabin is a wanted man on the lam safe from the police hiding in the Casbah in Algiers until he meets the beautiful Parisian Gaby Balin lost in the Casbah. Set in and shot on location in Algiers Algeria. 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Criterion Collection 172. Grant France. N.p. unknown books
1943ref. 146470Universal City: Universal Pictures 1943. Revised Draft script for the 1944 film. With a few small holograph pencil annotations throughout noting the name of an unknown crew member. A condemned murderer escapes from jail when Nazis bomb the French prison where he is being held. Encountering the body of a dead French soldier he steals the man's identification papers and uniform and escapes to Africa joining the Resistance Movement and in doing so finding new purpose and a sense of patriotism to France. Set in France and French Equatorial Africa. Beige titled wrappers noted as REVISED on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7126 dated AUGUST 4 1943 with credits for director JULIEN DUVIVIER. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Mimeographed rectos only with blue and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/12/43 and 10/4/43. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with front wrapper detached from binding bound with three gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
1971ref. 151445N.p.: N.p. 1971. Collection of six vintage reference photographs from the 1971 film including five borderless and one bordered. With holograph pencil and ink annotations to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A teenage girl Sandy Ratcliff living with her unhappy restrictive family in London is forced to undergo psychiatric treatment for her erratic behavior. A searing portrait of conservative working-class British life in the late twentieth-century. Shot on location in Shenley. 8 x 10 inches. Generally Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 149621Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Vintage oversize borderless satin-finish reference photograph from the 1975 musical film. With a provenance stamp on the verso. Loosely based on Marie d'Agoult's 1848 book "Nelida." Composer and pianist Franz Liszt enjoys a decadent lifestyle aided by his legion of loyal female fans. Set in Russia and Italy. 11.5 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1941ref. 130815Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1941. Draft script for the 1941 film. Copy belonging to actor Van Heflin who played Bill King with his name on the front wrapper and annotations throughout in holograph pencil. Based on Marquand's serialized novel "Gone Tomorrow." Pulham Young is a conservative businessman with a daily routing. His wife Kay Hussey is loving but in their passionless relationship has become dull. Pulham is tasked with organizing a school reunion and his life is told in flashback. His old friend Bill King Heflin lands him an advertising job where he meets the luscious Marvin Lamarr who is not enthused with domesticity. Set in Boston. Light blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped as TEMPORARY COMPLETE and RERUN JUL 7 1941 on the front wrapper copy No. 111 dated 4/25/41 with credits for screenwriters Hill and Vidor. 177 leaves with last page of text numbered "171-175." Mimeograph duplication with revision pages throughout dated variously between 5/19/41 and 7/31/41. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1959ref. 144308Kanagawa Japan: Daiei Studios 1959. Collection of 6 vintage US publicity photographs from the 1959 Japanese pink film. The first of several films based on the Junichiro Tanizaki. Released in Japan as "Kagi" and with the alternate English language title "The Key." An elderly antique dealer struggles with his aging body and looming impotence. To grapple with his anxiety he introduces his daughter's boyfriend a handsome doctor to his younger wife. The jealousy and voyeurism that follow invigorates his dying spirit but the chaos he has introduced eventually takes a horrific toll. Winner of the 1960 Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weisser and Weisser Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films pp. 219-220. Sharp Behind the Pink Curtain p. 372. Daiei Studios unknown books
1967ref. 130772Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1967. Final Draft script for episode 19 of the 1967-1968 television anthology show. Actor Van Heflin's copy with the name of his character in holograph ink on the front wrapper and holograph annotations on nearly every page. "The Danny Thomas Hour" ran for one season on NBC as an anthology show with Thomas presenting dramas comedies and musical variety shows. In "Fear the Chain" Van Heflin plays a deserter from the German army trying to reach Switzerland. Goldenrod titled wrappers with annotations in holograph ink and pencil. Title page present dated April 20 1967 noted as Final Draft with credit for screenwriter Bercovici. 66 leaves mechanical duplication with blue and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 5-18-67 and 5-29-67. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1951ref. 146109Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1951. Draft script for the 1952 film. A Red Scare narrative wherein two all-American parents unsuccessfully attempt to lure their brainy son John away from the call of Communism. Actor Robert Walker unexpectedly died before production for the film ended leading director Leo McCarey to heavily revise the script and edit in footage from Walker's scenes in Alfred Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train" 1951 in order to finish the film. Although nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing and praised by the American Legion and Catholic Press Institute the film was eviscerated by New York critics for its hot-blooded anti-intellectualism bigotry and push for conformity in the name of anti-Communism a touchstone for the country's fears during the McCarthy era. Titled self wrappers in the Paramount style. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated February 27 1951 noted as 1ST PRELIMINARY GREEN with adaptation credits for John Lee Mahin. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mimeographed on green stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with some fading and edgewear wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Olive Films 418. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1967ref. 131318Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1967. Draft script for the 1968 film. Private detective John Rogue Smith is willing to do anything to help his finances. A psychiatrist Morgan hires him to follow a wealthy woman Baldwin on the verge of suicide. A mystery in the vein of Philip Marlowe stories. With late performances by Jackie Coogan and Brian Donlevy. Green titled wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present rubber-stamped copy No. 5 dated May 29 1967 with credits for screenwriter Fisher and story writer Lyles. 127 leaves mechanical duplication with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 8-22-67 and 9-1-67. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1956ref. 148999Hollywood: Prospect Productions Inc 1956. Revised Final Shooting draft script for the 1957 film here under the working title "Fort Laramie." Copy belonging to actress Frances Helm heavily annotated in holograph ink and pencil throughout with all dialogue and action of Helm's character Melissa Brader underlined and frequent annotations regarding action motivation and dialogue. Annotation on leaf preceding title page lists all pages with dialogue or action of Brader character in holograph ink and Helm's name and character's name in holograph pencil. Copy number "26" in holograph ink on top right of front wrapper. Fort Laramie an undermanned garrison is trying to keep peace with the Sioux when the Civil War breaks out dividing loyalties down the middle. Chief Red Cloud head of the Sioux Nation sees an opportunity to split and wipe out the garrison. Harry Dean Stanton's film debut. Set in Wyoming shot on location in Utah. Orange titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper. Title page present dated April 24 1956 noted as Revised Final Shooting Script with credits for screenwriter Robert C. Dennis. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between April 24 1956 and 5/4/56. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Pitts 3404. Prospect Productions, Inc unknown books
1966ref. 150654Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. Three vintage photographs one publicity still photograph of Adam West as Batman and two studio still photographs one of Frank Gorshin and Lee Meriwether as The Riddler and The Catwoman respectively and one of Burgess Meredith Cesar Romero and Frank Gorshin as The Penguin The Joker and The Riddler respectively from the 1966 film. The first full-length film adaptation of the DC Comic character Batman originally planned as the pilot film for the television series which aired on ABC from 1966 to 1968 the film was released shortly after the end of the series' first season and featured the original members of the television cast with the exception of Lee Meriwether replacing Julie Newmar as Catwoman. The Joker the Penguin the Riddler and Catwoman join forces to control the world with a dehydrator which reduces humans to dust. It is up to the Dynamic Duo to save the world. Set in Gotham City shot on location in Los Angeles California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1960ref. 131701London: Continental Distributing / Michael Balcon Productions 1960. Draft British script for the 1961 UK film "The Long and the Short and the Tall" released in the US as "Jungle Fighters." Actor Richard Todd's copy with his name written in red holograph pencil on the front wrapper. Based on a play by Willis Hall. On a mission in the Burmese jungle during World War II to record sounds to be used in sonic warfare a small platoon of seven men capture a solitary Japanese soldier. Tensions result within the group as they begin to differ on what to do with their prisoner. Gray wrappers with title and credits label affixed at the top right corner. Marked copy No. 123 dated 6th May 1960 with credits for screenwriter Mankowitz and playwright Hall. Title page present dated 1st February 1960 with credits for screenwriter Mankowitz and playwright Hall. 187 leaves mimeograph duplication with white revision pages and blue "American Version" pages throughout dated either 26.2.60 or 6.5.60. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. Continental Distributing / Michael Balcon Productions unknown books
1942ref. 141919North Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1942. Shooting script for the 1942 film. Copy belonging to actor Harry Holman with his name to the front wrapper his copious holograph annotations throughout and holograph notation of the early working title "Purple on the Sage" on the front wrapper. Based on the series of novels by William Colt MacDonald. Three Mesquiteer Tucson is captured by an outlaw who assumes his identity to try and avoid capture. The first of the highly popular "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie Western series released by Republic to star Jimmie Dodd who replaced Rufe Davis as "Lullaby" Joslin. Set in Holbrook Colorado shot on location at Iverson Ranch in California. Tall green titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper marked as production No. 1211 dated June 241942 with credits for associate producer Lou Gray. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 63. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 7-1-42. Pages Very Good wrapper Good plus bound with two gold brads. Republic Pictures unknown books
1947ref. 140197Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1947. Revised Final script for the 1948 film here under the working title "Mary O'Hara's Green Grass of Wyoming." Copy belonging to Robert Arthur who play Ken McLaughlin with his name on the front wrapper in holograph pencil and holograph pencil annotations to his scenes throughout. Laid in are three additional pages and two film negatives. A mare has been lured away by a wild stallion angering the mare's owner Beaver Greenway a horse owner with a drinking problem. Meanwhile Ken McLaughlin Arthur returns home with a new horse who has developed altitude sickness. Based on the third book in Mary O'Hara's "My Friend Flicka" trilogy. Nominated for one Academy Award. Set in Wyoming shot on location in Wyoming Utah and Ohio USA. Red titled wrappers noted as Revised Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 166 and production No. 133 dated May 16 1947. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated May 16 1947 noted as Revised Final with credits for screenwriter Martin Berkeley. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between June 25 1947 and July 18 1947. Pages Very Good with dampstaining wrapper Fair to Good complete with dampstaining pages not affected and fray at the extremities bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1962ref. 146911London: Compagnia Cinematografica Montoro 1962. Vintage borderless photograph of Brigitte Bardot on the set from the 1962 film. "Brigitte BARDOT" and "PHOTO UNIFRANCE FILM" stamps on the verso. Bridgette Bardot stars in this semi-biographical film by Louie Malle about a young girl Jill who suddenly becomes a movie star and tries to manage the pressures and annoyances of celebrity. She returns home to Switzerland to escape from the paparazzi and seeks refuge in the arms of newly divorced Fabio Marcello Mastroianni. Set in and shot on location in France Switzerland and Italy. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Compagnia Cinematografica Montoro unknown books
1958ref. 132901Paris: Nouvelles Editions de Films NEF 1958. Collection of twelve vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1958 French film. The great French director's second film about a wealthy woman who has become bored with both her emotionally distant husband and her lover and abruptly leaves them both to take up with a younger man she just met. After it was released in the US the film became the subject of a landmark First Amendment case before the Supreme Court where Justice Potter Stewart in declaring the film not obscene issued the immortal phrase "I know it when I see it" in regards to what constitutes pornographic material. A story set and shot on location in France including Paris Dijon Burgundy and the Cote-d'Or. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine or better with light toning to a few of the photographs. Criterion Collection 58. Complete collation details available on request. Nouvelles Editions de Films [NEF] unknown books
1980ref. 143088Rome: Dania Film 1980. Collection of 10 vintage borderless color photographs from the 1980 film. Most with brief holograph annotations on the verso. A reporter and a psychic try to close the gates of Hell after a priest's suicide on holy ground causes the dead to rise from the "godfather of gore" Fulci. 9.5 x 7 inches. Fine. Arrow 1459. Blue Underground. Dania Film unknown books
1966ref. 149344Rome: B.R.C. Produzione 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1966 film showing actor Franco Nero crouching in the pose that would later be used for the Italian poster for the film. With holograph annotations regarding layout and stamps to the verso. One of the few Westerns made by Fulci starring Nero and released the same year as "Django." Also released as "God Forgives I Don't!" Set on the US-Mexico border shot on location in Lazio Italy and Madrid Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned. Pitts 1113. Cox 10000 Ways to Die. Blue Underground. B.R.C. Produzione unknown books
1967ref. 144422Paris: Robert et Raymond Hakim / Sud-Films Distribution 1967. Vintage borderless photograph of Michel Piccoli Catherine Deneuve and Luis Bunuel on the set of the 1967 film. With holograph annotations and agency stamp on the verso. Buñuel's first color film about a young housewife who begins working in a brothel while her husband is at work with tragic consequences for him and a jealous client involved in organized crime. Winner of the Golden Lion at the 1967 Venice Film Festival. 9 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Robert et Raymond Hakim / Sud-Films Distribution unknown books
