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1957ref. 140967London: Montpelier 1957. Shooting script for the 1958 film. Copy belonging to crew member James H. Ware with his name and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" 1953 "Room at the Top" 1959 "Our Man in Havana" 1959 "Charade" 1963 and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1965. Laid in is a note from James Ware. Based on Paul Gallico's short story "The Enchanted Hour" a British man is sent to America to negotiate a deal for which he is clearly out his depth. Set in the United States shot on location in England. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated May 1957 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between June 28 1957 and July 31 1957. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Montpelier unknown
1957ref. 140967London: Montpelier 1957. Shooting script for the 1958 film. Copy belonging to crew member James H. Ware with his name and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" 1953 "Room at the Top" 1959 "Our Man in Havana" 1959 "Charade" 1963 and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1965. Laid in is a note from James Ware. Based on Paul Gallico's short story "The Enchanted Hour" a British man is sent to America to negotiate a deal for which he is clearly out his depth. Set in the United States shot on location in England. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated May 1957 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between June 28 1957 and July 31 1957. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Montpelier unknown books
1970ref. 140899Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless photograph from the German release of the 1970 US film based on the 1934 autobiographical novel by Henry Miller. In this image Miller who also had a cameo role converses with Rip Torn who portrays him in the film. With a German mimeo snipe and the stamp Cinema International on the verso. Set and shot in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
1970ref. 140899Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless photograph from the German release of the 1970 US film based on the 1934 autobiographical novel by Henry Miller. In this image Miller who also had a cameo role converses with Rip Torn who portrays him in the film. With a German mimeo snipe and the stamp Cinema International on the verso. Set and shot in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1943ref. 140944Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1943. Collection of twelve vintage still photographs from the 1943 film. Two of these are linen-backed keybook photographs both test shots of Bette Davis. One is a third test shot single weight of Davis with some wax pencil annotations on the recto and a snipe on the verso. The remaining nine photographs are studio stills. Based on Lillian Hellman's 1941 play of the same name. A German-born Engineer and his family escape to the US after engaging in anti-Fascist activities in Europe. The screen rights for this World War II drama were attained by Jack L. Warner who saw its potential as a propaganda film. After a difficult production the film was released to positive reviews and received an Academy Award for Best Actor. 8 x 10 inches. Condition Very Good to Very Good plus. Some cello tape to the recto of some of the studio stills and some fading occasional pin holes to a few of same. Warner Brothers unknown
1943ref. 140944Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1943. Collection of twelve vintage still photographs from the 1943 film. Two of these are linen-backed keybook photographs both test shots of Bette Davis. One is a third test shot single weight of Davis with some wax pencil annotations on the recto and a snipe on the verso. The remaining nine photographs are studio stills. Based on Lillian Hellman's 1941 play of the same name. A German-born Engineer and his family escape to the US after engaging in anti-Fascist activities in Europe. The screen rights for this World War II drama were attained by Jack L. Warner who saw its potential as a propaganda film. After a difficult production the film was released to positive reviews and received an Academy Award for Best Actor. 8 x 10 inches. Condition Very Good to Very Good plus. Some cello tape to the recto of some of the studio stills and some fading occasional pin holes to a few of same. Warner Brothers unknown books
1956ref. 155318Universal City: Universal-International 1956. Vintage reference photograph of director Hugo Haas behind a camera on the set of the critically acclaimed 1956 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A film directed by and starring Haas about a former thespian-now a tramp-who performs with his dog on the streets of an unnamed city fighting with diminishing success to survive in a cruel and unforgiving environment. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal-International unknown
1956ref. 155318Universal City: Universal-International 1956. Vintage reference photograph of director Hugo Haas behind a camera on the set of the critically acclaimed 1956 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A film directed by and starring Haas about a former thespian-now a tramp-who performs with his dog on the streets of an unnamed city fighting with diminishing success to survive in a cruel and unforgiving environment. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal-International unknown books
1941ref. 159940N.p.: N.p. 1941. Vintage publicity photograph of actor Humphrey Bogart from the 1941 film noir. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1941 novel by W.R. Burnett who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Huston. A career criminal and a former taxi dancer become involved in a jewel heist in a small town in California's Sierra Nevada. A breakthrough film for Bogart and the film that kicked off a long period of collaboration between Bogart and John Huston. Shot on location in San Bernardino National Forest and Lone Pine. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly age toned with brief wear at the top corners. Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Penzler 101. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1941ref. 159940N.p.: N.p. 1941. Vintage publicity photograph of actor Humphrey Bogart from the 1941 film noir. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1941 novel by W.R. Burnett who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Huston. A career criminal and a former taxi dancer become involved in a jewel heist in a small town in California's Sierra Nevada. A breakthrough film for Bogart and the film that kicked off a long period of collaboration between Bogart and John Huston. Shot on location in San Bernardino National Forest and Lone Pine. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly age toned with brief wear at the top corners. Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Penzler 101. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 171980N.p.: N.p. 1972. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1972 film-one showing director Ingmar Bergman talking with actors Liv Ullmann and Ingrid Thulin between takes the other showing Bergman with cast and crew members in the projection room reviewing daily rushes. Both with the stamp of photographer Bo-Erik Gyberg on the verso. Included with the photographs is a nine-page copy of an English-language publicity article about Bergman and the film dated 1973 housed in an envelope with the label of Ernie Anderson Bergman's American talent agent with the Paul Kohner Agency affixed to the front. In her last days a woman dying of uterine cancer is moved to her childhood home where she is placed under the care of her emotionally distant sisters and distraught maid. Bergman's abstracted portrait of his mother with each of the women in the film representing an aspect of her personality. Shot on location at Taxinge-Nasby Castle in Mariefred Sweden. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Lightly curled else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 101. Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 146818N.p.: N.p. 1973. Agency Draft script for the 1975 film. With 31 pages of director Ingmar Bergman's commentary bound in after the script. Text in Swedish. Based on the 1791 German opera about a young prince tasked with rescuing a princess from a mysterious high priest. Widely considered one of the most successful operatic adaptations to film ever released. Shot on location in Stockholm Sweden. Pale yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 1973 with credits for director Ingmar Bergman and screenwriter Alf Henrikson. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a black comb binding. Criterion Collection 71. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 146818N.p.: N.p. 1973. Agency Draft script for the 1975 film. With 31 pages of director Ingmar Bergman's commentary bound in after the script. Text in Swedish. Based on the 1791 German opera about a young prince tasked with rescuing a princess from a mysterious high priest. Widely considered one of the most successful operatic adaptations to film ever released. Shot on location in Stockholm Sweden. Pale yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 1973 with credits for director Ingmar Bergman and screenwriter Alf Henrikson. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a black comb binding. Criterion Collection 71. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 171980N.p.: N.p. 1972. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1972 film-one showing director Ingmar Bergman talking with actors Liv Ullmann and Ingrid Thulin between takes the other showing Bergman with cast and crew members in the projection room reviewing daily rushes. Both with the stamp of photographer Bo-Erik Gyberg on the verso. Included with the photographs is a nine-page copy of an English-language publicity article about Bergman and the film dated 1973 housed in an envelope with the label of Ernie Anderson Bergman's American talent agent with the Paul Kohner Agency affixed to the front. In her last days a woman dying of uterine cancer is moved to her childhood home where she is placed under the care of her emotionally distant sisters and distraught maid. Bergman's abstracted portrait of his mother with each of the women in the film representing an aspect of her personality. Shot on location at Taxinge-Nasby Castle in Mariefred Sweden. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Lightly curled else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 101. Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1983ref. 168468N.p.: N.p. 1983. Vintage film negative from the 1983 French neo-noir film showing actress Isabelle Adjani squatting nude on the set. Accompanied by a blue-toned test photograph struck from the negative presumably in 1983. Based on the 1977 novel by Sébastien Japrisot about a woman's desire to avenge the gang rape of her mother. Isabelle Adjani won a César Award for Best Actress for her performance. Shot in and around Gordes. Negative 5 x 4 inches blue-tone test photo very slightly larger. Near Fine. Grant France. N.p. unknown
1983ref. 168468N.p.: N.p. 1983. Vintage film negative from the 1983 French neo-noir film showing actress Isabelle Adjani squatting nude on the set. Accompanied by a blue-toned test photograph struck from the negative presumably in 1983. Based on the 1977 novel by Sébastien Japrisot about a woman's desire to avenge the gang rape of her mother. Isabelle Adjani won a César Award for Best Actress for her performance. Shot in and around Gordes. Negative 5 x 4 inches blue-tone test photo very slightly larger. Near Fine. Grant France. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 151605New York: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1957. Vintage press kit for the US release of the 1957 Japanese film here called an "editor's portfolio." Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing ten black and white photographs and four gatherings of promotional reading material. A giant alien robot destroys an entire village an event which is shortly followed by the invasion of the Mysterians a pacifist alien race who request a small piece of land on Earth and the right to marry human women. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. BFI 679. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1957ref. 151605New York: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1957. Vintage press kit for the US release of the 1957 Japanese film here called an "editor's portfolio." Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing ten black and white photographs and four gatherings of promotional reading material. A giant alien robot destroys an entire village an event which is shortly followed by the invasion of the Mysterians a pacifist alien race who request a small piece of land on Earth and the right to marry human women. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. BFI 679. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1973ref. 158655Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage reference photograph of Jack Lemmon on the set of the 1975 film. Lemmon is seen here between takes in front of the Manhattan Savings Bank at Vanderbilt Avenue and 45th Street. The photograph is dated as 1973 in the Warner Brothers attribution on the bottom border although IMDB notes the production as taking place between August and October 1974. Based on screenwriter Neil Simon's 1971 Broadway play. In the midst of a recession a heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike a middle-aged couple must try to cope with each other after the husband is fired from his advertising job. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1973ref. 158655Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage reference photograph of Jack Lemmon on the set of the 1975 film. Lemmon is seen here between takes in front of the Manhattan Savings Bank at Vanderbilt Avenue and 45th Street. The photograph is dated as 1973 in the Warner Brothers attribution on the bottom border although IMDB notes the production as taking place between August and October 1974. Based on screenwriter Neil Simon's 1971 Broadway play. In the midst of a recession a heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike a middle-aged couple must try to cope with each other after the husband is fired from his advertising job. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1967ref. 164229Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage 30" x 40" poster for the US release of the 1967 British anthology horror film. The second Horror anthology or "portmanteau" film from Amicus Productions following the 1965 film "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors" also directed by Freddie Francis a trademark of producer Milton Subotsky and written by "Psycho" screenwriter Robert Bloch who adapted his own work for the screenplay. A group of visitors to Dr. Diablo's Burgess Meredith sideshow are each shown their futures in the sideshow's "blow-off" which includes cannibal cats haunted pianos and the reincarnation of Edgar Allan Poe. 27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear and closed tears to the center right margin. Columbia Pictures unknown
1967ref. 164229Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage 30" x 40" poster for the US release of the 1967 British anthology horror film. The second Horror anthology or "portmanteau" film from Amicus Productions following the 1965 film "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors" also directed by Freddie Francis a trademark of producer Milton Subotsky and written by "Psycho" screenwriter Robert Bloch who adapted his own work for the screenplay. A group of visitors to Dr. Diablo's Burgess Meredith sideshow are each shown their futures in the sideshow's "blow-off" which includes cannibal cats haunted pianos and the reincarnation of Edgar Allan Poe. 27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear and closed tears to the center right margin. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1955ref. 170418Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1955 film one bordered the other borderless one showing Jack Webb and Janet Leigh and the other showing Webb with Peggy Lee. Both with Warner Brothers stamps on the verso as well as the stamp of photographer Mac Julian. Based on the 1951 radio series about a bandleader and jazz cornetist working at a speakeasy in Prohibition-era Kansas City. Actress Peggy Lee was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as alcoholic singer Rose Hopkins. One 10 x 8 inches the other 9 x 7.5 inches trimmed irregularly. Near Fine. Grant US. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown
1955ref. 170418Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1955 film one bordered the other borderless one showing Jack Webb and Janet Leigh and the other showing Webb with Peggy Lee. Both with Warner Brothers stamps on the verso as well as the stamp of photographer Mac Julian. Based on the 1951 radio series about a bandleader and jazz cornetist working at a speakeasy in Prohibition-era Kansas City. Actress Peggy Lee was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as alcoholic singer Rose Hopkins. One 10 x 8 inches the other 9 x 7.5 inches trimmed irregularly. Near Fine. Grant US. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
1969ref. 152132Paris: Columbia Films 1969. Two vintage borderless photographs from the 1969 film including one reference photograph and one studio still. Director Jacques Demy's first English language film recently a subject of renewed interest in two different documentaries about the Laurel Canyon music scene of the late 1960s. A young discontented man in a dead-end relationship learns his draft notice has arrived and he is due to report for Army duty the following week. While out trying to raise money to keep his car from being repossessed he sees and becomes obsessed with the beautiful Lola an older French model who works in a "model shop" posing for photographers. Set and shot on location in Laurel Canyon Los Angeles. One 9.75 x 8 inches one 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus one with light toning to the bottom edge the other with a short closed tear to the left edge repaired with paper tape on the verso. Twilight Time 327. Columbia Films unknown
