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1985ref. 152301Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1985. Revised Final Draft script for the 1986 television film seen here under the working title "Stolen Dreams" with an annotation on the front wrapper amending the title to "Killer in the Mirror." The film originally aired on March 31 1986 on NBC. Director-screenwriter Frank De Felitta has a storied career as a novelist screenwriter and director of horror films and thrillers with highlights including "The Entity" 1982 "Audrey Rose" 1977 "ZPG" 1972 and "Dark Night of the Scarecrow" 1981. A woman's evil twin marries her sister's wealthy beloved murders him fakes her own death and attempts to frame her sister for the murder. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 26 1985 noted as REV. FINAL DRAFT with credits for director-screenwriter Frank De Felitta. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/27/85 and 01/27/86. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1972ref. 160515N.p.: N.p. 1972. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 film both showing actors Patricia Collins and Jerry Orbach. Based on Frederick Exley's classic 1968 novel about a middle-aged alcoholic writer who suffers a mental breakdown. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival. Shot on location in New York and Toronto. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 160515N.p.: N.p. 1972. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 film both showing actors Patricia Collins and Jerry Orbach. Based on Frederick Exley's classic 1968 novel about a middle-aged alcoholic writer who suffers a mental breakdown. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival. Shot on location in New York and Toronto. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1953ref. 153219N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph of director Fritz Lang in conversation with actress Anne Baxter on the set of the 1953 film noir. Mimeo snipe to the verso. Based on the 1951 novella by Vera Caspary. A telephone operator wakes up with a hangover and a creeping feeling that she might have murdered her date the previous night. The first installment in Lang's "newspaper noir" trilogy followed by "While the City Sleeps" 1956 and "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" 1956. Set in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1937ref. 159941Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1937. Vintage reference photograph of director Fritz Lang and a camera crew capturing a scene with actress Sylvia Sidney on the set of the 1937 film. National Film Archive stamp on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. One of Lang's greatest American films and an important film noir antecedent very much predicting the "crime spree" films that would follow it notably "They Live By Night" 1948 "Gun Crazy" 1950 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1953ref. 153219N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph of director Fritz Lang in conversation with actress Anne Baxter on the set of the 1953 film noir. Mimeo snipe to the verso. Based on the 1951 novella by Vera Caspary. A telephone operator wakes up with a hangover and a creeping feeling that she might have murdered her date the previous night. The first installment in Lang's "newspaper noir" trilogy followed by "While the City Sleeps" 1956 and "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" 1956. Set in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1937ref. 159941Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1937. Vintage reference photograph of director Fritz Lang and a camera crew capturing a scene with actress Sylvia Sidney on the set of the 1937 film. National Film Archive stamp on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. One of Lang's greatest American films and an important film noir antecedent very much predicting the "crime spree" films that would follow it notably "They Live By Night" 1948 "Gun Crazy" 1950 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1987ref. 155649N.p.: N.p. 1987. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actors Gary Oldman and Alfred Molina talking with director Stephen Frears on the set of the 1987 film. Based on the 1978 nonfiction book by John Lahr about the successful career and tragic death of gay British playwright Joe Orton. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Olive Films 1098. N.p. unknown
1987ref. 155649N.p.: N.p. 1987. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actors Gary Oldman and Alfred Molina talking with director Stephen Frears on the set of the 1987 film. Based on the 1978 nonfiction book by John Lahr about the successful career and tragic death of gay British playwright Joe Orton. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Olive Films 1098. N.p. unknown books
1931ref. 170382Paris: Les Films Osso 1931. Vintage lobby card for the 1931 French film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1980 novel by Gaston Leroux. Featuring set designs by Russian art director Pierre Schild who worked on a number of notable films throughout the 1930s and 1940s including "L'Age d'Or" 1930. 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with some light soil and wear to the margins. Les Films Osso unknown
1931ref. 170382Paris: Les Films Osso 1931. Vintage lobby card for the 1931 French film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1980 novel by Gaston Leroux. Featuring set designs by Russian art director Pierre Schild who worked on a number of notable films throughout the 1930s and 1940s including "L'Age d'Or" 1930. 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with some light soil and wear to the margins. Les Films Osso unknown books
1977ref. 151306Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Vintage studio still photograph from the set of the 1977 film showing director George Lucas sitting with actor Alec Guinness while shooting on location. A breakaway blockbuster space epic the first entry in what would eventually become an ongoing series of films and an even larger monolithic franchise. Winner of six Academy Awards and nominated for four others including Best Picture and Best Director. Set a long time ago in a galaxy far far away and shot on location in Mexico Guatemala Tunisia England and California and Arizona in the US. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1977ref. 151306Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Vintage studio still photograph from the set of the 1977 film showing director George Lucas sitting with actor Alec Guinness while shooting on location. A breakaway blockbuster space epic the first entry in what would eventually become an ongoing series of films and an even larger monolithic franchise. Winner of six Academy Awards and nominated for four others including Best Picture and Best Director. Set a long time ago in a galaxy far far away and shot on location in Mexico Guatemala Tunisia England and California and Arizona in the US. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1958ref. 153075Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1958. Vintage reference photograph from the 1958 film showing actress June Thorburn in conversation with a tiny Russ Tamblyn. With a printed label specific to the film's UK release affixed to the verso. Based on the 17th-century fairy tales "Thumbling" and "Thumbling's Travels" by the Brothers Grimm about the adventures of a miniature youth. Shot on location in Hollywood and London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased and toned to the edges. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1958ref. 153075Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1958. Vintage reference photograph from the 1958 film showing actress June Thorburn in conversation with a tiny Russ Tamblyn. With a printed label specific to the film's UK release affixed to the verso. Based on the 17th-century fairy tales "Thumbling" and "Thumbling's Travels" by the Brothers Grimm about the adventures of a miniature youth. Shot on location in Hollywood and London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased and toned to the edges. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1996ref. 167493Beverly Hills CA: 3 Arts Productions 1996. Second Revised Draft script for the 1997 film. Jennifer Aniston stars as a young awkward advertising executive who after being passed up for promotion because she isn't "stable enough" pretends to be engaged to wedding photographer Jay Mohr whom she only briefly met to impress her boss. Set in and shot on location in New York and New Jersey. Lilac titled wrappers dated April 30 1996. Title page present dated April 30 1996 noted as 2nd Revised Draft with credits for screenwriters Arleen Sorkin and Paul Slansky and "2nd revised draft by" Glenn Gordon Caron and J.J. Abrams. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two metal brads. 3 Arts Productions unknown
1996ref. 167493Beverly Hills CA: 3 Arts Productions 1996. Second Revised Draft script for the 1997 film. Jennifer Aniston stars as a young awkward advertising executive who after being passed up for promotion because she isn't "stable enough" pretends to be engaged to wedding photographer Jay Mohr whom she only briefly met to impress her boss. Set in and shot on location in New York and New Jersey. Lilac titled wrappers dated April 30 1996. Title page present dated April 30 1996 noted as 2nd Revised Draft with credits for screenwriters Arleen Sorkin and Paul Slansky and "2nd revised draft by" Glenn Gordon Caron and J.J. Abrams. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two metal brads. 3 Arts Productions unknown books
1956ref. 130513London: Independent Film Producers / Distributor's Corporation of America 1956. Original British quad poster for the 1956 British film. The fourth of 7 screenplays written by Greene and his third adaptation of his own work. An unusual foray for the author a late screwball comedy in which a mild mannered assistant accountant in the midst of his honeymoon becomes tangled up in a mess involving a casino and two very canny businessmen. 30 x 40 inches. Near Fine. Phillips US. Independent Film Producers / Distributor's Corporation of America unknown
1956ref. 130513London: Independent Film Producers / Distributor's Corporation of America 1956. Original British quad poster for the 1956 British film. The fourth of 7 screenplays written by Greene and his third adaptation of his own work. An unusual foray for the author a late screwball comedy in which a mild mannered assistant accountant in the midst of his honeymoon becomes tangled up in a mess involving a casino and two very canny businessmen. 30 x 40 inches. Near Fine. Phillips US. Independent Film Producers / Distributor's Corporation of America unknown books
1931ref. 161580N.p.: N.p. 1931. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1931 film one showing a camera crew on a raised platform capturing a scene with actors Greta Garbo and Robert Montgomery and the other showing Garbo and Montgomery during the scene itself. Loosely based on Alphonse Daudet's 1884 novel "Sappho." A free-spirited artist's model falls in love with a student deciding to give up the comforts of her life as a kept woman in exchange for his love. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1926ref. 171469Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1926 silent film: one showing Greta Garbo alone one showing Ricardo Cortez alone and one showing Garbo and Cortez in an embrace. Based on Vicente Blasco Ibàñez's 1900 novella "Entre naranjos." Garbo's second American film appearance and first starring role launching her Hollywood acting career and paving the way for her third American film "Flesh and the Devil" the movie that would make her an international star. 8 x 10 inches. Generally Very Good plus two lightly toned and one with a chip at one corner. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1926ref. 171469Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1926 silent film: one showing Greta Garbo alone one showing Ricardo Cortez alone and one showing Garbo and Cortez in an embrace. Based on Vicente Blasco Ibàñez's 1900 novella "Entre naranjos." Garbo's second American film appearance and first starring role launching her Hollywood acting career and paving the way for her third American film "Flesh and the Devil" the movie that would make her an international star. 8 x 10 inches. Generally Very Good plus two lightly toned and one with a chip at one corner. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1931ref. 161580N.p.: N.p. 1931. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1931 film one showing a camera crew on a raised platform capturing a scene with actors Greta Garbo and Robert Montgomery and the other showing Garbo and Montgomery during the scene itself. Loosely based on Alphonse Daudet's 1884 novel "Sappho." A free-spirited artist's model falls in love with a student deciding to give up the comforts of her life as a kept woman in exchange for his love. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 168073Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 film showing Haskell Wexler capturing a scene with Robert Forster. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A hardened and dubiously ethical television cameraman finds out he is being watched by the FBI amidst the tumultuous protests taking place around the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Highly influential for its groundbreaking use of factual historical events interspersed with fictional narrative and its frank depiction of the contemporary countercultural movement. Featuring early music by Frank Zappa's band Mothers of Invention. Due to its startlingly political narrative as well as nudity and language the film was originally given an X rating by the MPAA though by 1970 this would be downgraded to an R. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 658. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Paramount Pictures unknown
1969ref. 168073Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 film showing Haskell Wexler capturing a scene with Robert Forster. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A hardened and dubiously ethical television cameraman finds out he is being watched by the FBI amidst the tumultuous protests taking place around the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Highly influential for its groundbreaking use of factual historical events interspersed with fictional narrative and its frank depiction of the contemporary countercultural movement. Featuring early music by Frank Zappa's band Mothers of Invention. Due to its startlingly political narrative as well as nudity and language the film was originally given an X rating by the MPAA though by 1970 this would be downgraded to an R. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 658. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Paramount Pictures unknown books
