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1921ref. 148257Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1921. Vintage reference photograph of actress May McAvoy from the 1921 silent film. With the stamp of Realart Pictures on the verso. Today considered a lost film. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with a few small one inch tears and accompanying creasing to the edges. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1939ref. 143473Culver City CA: Vanguard Films 1939. Reader's Notes script for an unproduced film intended for development at Selznick International in 1939. A document designed to summarize James' story down to two readable pages created for producers and other filmmakers to consider. White wrappers title page integral with the first page of text with credit for reader Frances Millington and novelist Henry James dated July 19 1939. 45 leaves carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Very Good plus with three hole punches at the left margin but bound with just one brad in the topmost hole. Vanguard Films unknown books
1980ref. 147664Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1980. Collection of nine vintage studio still photographs from the 1981 film here under the working title "Cutter and Bone" dated 1980. Based on Newton Thornburg's 1976 novel "Cutter and Bone." Alex Cutter John Heard returned home from the Vietnam War minus an eye leg and arm. His friend an aimless playboy Richard Bone Jeff Bridges is witness to someone dumping the body of a young girl and thinks that it may be oil magnate JJ Cord Stephen Elliott. Cutter enlisting the help of the victim's sister Ann Dusenberry is determined to exact vengeance. Set in and shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1950ref. 147783Los Angeles: United Artists 1950. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1950 film. A young woman visiting her aunt in California finds herself attracted to her aunt's neighbor a wealthy man unexplainably plagued by bad luck. Set and shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and faint toning. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward. United Artists unknown books
1981ref. 139097Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1981. Vintage borderless black-and-white still photograph from the 1981 film. Featuring actor Richard Dreyfus in a black coat and sweater being embraced by actress Janet Eilber though she has been largely airbrushed out of the photo. Based on the 1975 play by Brian Clark first adapted into a 1972 television movie directed by Richard Everitt and adapted for this iteration by Clark with the aid of Reginald Rose. Richard Dreyfus is at his bitter best as an artist who becomes paralyzed from the neck down in a car accident and who sues for the right to end his own life. Released over a decade before Jack Kevorkian brought the issue to larger public eye "Whose Life Is It Anyway" touches on the sensitive subject with a tactful humorous kindness. Shot on location in Boston. 8 x 10 inches mounted on 10 x 15 inch mat board and overlaid with clear acetate. Fine condition. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1978ref. 147600N.p.: American International Pictures AIP 1978. Eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1978 film. Set in the 1960s a charming coming-of-age film in which David Wakefield Scott Jacoby is a distance runner who receives a startling wake-up call when his friend Dean Joe Penny is drafted then dies in Vietnam. Set in and shot on location in Georgia. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1947ref. 143498Los Angeles: Vanguard Films 1947. Final Shooting script for an unproduced film. Screenwriter Cockrell is best known for the seminal film noir "Dark Waters" 1944 directed by Andre De Toth and went on to write for television between 1956-1966 including original stories for "Perry Mason" "Johnny Staccato" "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and "Batman." Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as Final Shooting script on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy number dated April 17 1947 with credits for screenwriter Marian Cockrell. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three metal brads. Vanguard Films unknown books
1967ref. 139760N.p.: Motion Pictures International 1967. Four vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Based on D. H. Lawrence's 1922 novella of the same name. Mark Rydell's summer-of-love film was adapted from D.H. Lawrence's novella of the same name about a lesbian couple living on a rural farm whose existence is disrupted by the arrival of a seaman whose grandfather used to own the farm. One of only a handful of films to address the subject of lesbian life in the 1960s. Set in rural Canada shot on location in Ontario Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Image FOX-58 is slightly creased with two pin holes to the top margin. Motion Pictures International unknown books
1962ref. 147610Athens: Finos Film 1962. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 Greek film. Based on the play by Euripides and the first film in director Michael Cacoyannis' Greek tragedy trilogy followed by "The Trojan Women" 1971 and "Iphigenia" 1977. Set and shot on location in Greece. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Finos Film unknown books
1964ref. 147667Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1964. Collection of 13 vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film here seen under the title for its release in the US "Escape by Night." Not to be confused with Fritz Lang's 1952 film "Clash by Night." A bus transporting a convicted gang leader to prison is overtaken by the gang who seek to free their leader. The gang locks the remainder of the passengers who are mostly innocent civilians in a gas-soaked barn and threaten to set the barn on fire in order to hold off the police. 8 x 10 inches. Some photographs faintly toned at the border else Near Fine. Allied Artists unknown books
1941ref. 135962Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1941. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Set during the 1940 battle and evacuation of Dunkirk. Blue titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper dated April 15 1941 with credits for screenwriter Oliver H. P. Garrett. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 42. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. David O. Selznick unknown books
1982ref. 157840Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1982. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1982 film. Two photographs with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. A young cadet begins dating a beautiful working girl during his time at the Naval Aviation training camp while attempting to survive in the punishing attitude of a hard-nosed Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant. Shot on location at Port Townsend and Fort Worden. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and wear on the bottom edges. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1953ref. 135958Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1953. Original Spanish pressbook for the 1953 film 12 pages saddle-stapled 11 x 14 inches. Criterion Collection 202. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 139764N.p.: Amicus Productions 1969. Three vintage British front-of-house cards from the 1969 British film. Based on Margaret Drabble's 1965 novel "The Millstone." Produced by Amicus Productions a company typically known for its blood-drenched horror films. Venturing into another genre the studio produced this drama that follows Rosamund Stacey Sandy Dennis a bookish doctoral candidate who is perpetually dodging the sexual advances of the men in her life. This comes to an end when she meets George Matthews Ian McKellen. The film was not a box office success but ironically been called the best film produced by Amicus. Set in London shot on location in England. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Amicus Productions unknown books
1957ref. 125414Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Vintage pressbook for the 1957 film. Betty Garrett plays a woman being held hostage by three thugs who have just killed her employer and whose son shocked catatonic by seeing his mother being terrorized helps lead her husband and the police to find her. Eight pages saddle stapled 12 x 16 inches. Near Fine with a manuscript ink notation on the front wrapper. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 159736Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1975. Vintage reference photograph from "The Adventure of Veronica's Veils" season 1 episode 9 of the 1975-1976 television series. With detached mimeo snipe. Loosely based on the 1929 novel "The Roman Hat Mystery" by Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee under their joint pseudonym Ellery Queen. The series follows a detective solving various absurd crimes. In this episode a producer who works a t burlesque club has a heart attack and dies. He left a tape before he died asking someone to find his murderer. Set in New York City. 7 x 9 inches. About Fine. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1962ref. 161520N.p.: Aurora Productions 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 film with a provenance stamp on the verso. Three young women are stranded on the roadside in the woods and encounter plenty of mischief before ending up at a nudist camp. Lost for 40 years before being rediscovered with a subsequent restoration by Independent International Films. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with some light splashing faint creasing and several pinholes. Aurora Productions unknown books
1950ref. 146994N.p.: N.p. 1950. Draft script for an episode of an unproduced television series. With a few annotations in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. An early script for an episode of an unproduced series intended to focus on the lives and love affairs of great women from history. The content would later be reused for the 1954 Italian anthology film "Loves of Three Queens" directed by Marc Allegret and Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Hedy Lamarr. Set in ancient Greece. Yellow generic agency card wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Aeneas MACKENZIE. 28 leaves with last page of text numbered 24. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 168017Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. Vintage printed caricature for the 1979 film showing Lee Marvin Linda Evans and Robert Shaw drawn by noted caricaturist Al Hirschfeld and issued by Twentieth Century-Fox to publicize the film. A defecting Russian general collaborates with an American secret agent to expose KGB spies throughout Europe by luring them onto a train headed west. Director Mark Robson and actor Robert Shaw died of unrelated heart attacks within months of the film's release making the film a final effort for both. Set and shot on location in Germany England Ireland Italy and the US. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1985ref. 168286Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1985. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1985 film including four compilation photographs. Based on the 1977 book "Calling Dr. Horowitz" about an aspiring doctor who decides to study medicine abroad in a small program in Latin America after being rejected from American medical schools. Shot on location in Madrid Mercia and Lorca Spain. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine to Fine two with pieces of paper tape affixed to the right portion of the recto. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1981ref. 127385Beverly Hills CA: MGM / United Artists 1981. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1982 film. George Albert Finney is caught in an affair by his wife Faith Diane Keaton destroying their already fragile marriage and devastating their four children. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in Marin County California shot on location in California. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine. MGM / United Artists unknown books
1938ref. 139377Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1938. Two vintage black-and-white keybook photographs from the 1938. Mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Based on Latimer's Bill Crane and Doc Williams characters from his books "Headed for a Hearse" "The Lady in the Morgue" "Murder in the Madhouse" "The Dead Don't Care" and "Red Gardenias." The last of three Bill Crane films the first two being "The Westland Case" 1937 and "The Lady in the Morgue" 1938. Here Bill Crane Foster visits a country estate where the occupants have been receiving threatening letters from someone called "The Eye." 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus waviness and faint tape residue on the rectos. Universal Pictures unknown books
1973ref. 161579N.p.: Times Films 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1969 Italian-German giallo film. Photograph with two provenance stamps on the verso. Paolo an Italian journalist newly arrived in Los Angeles is attacked by two thugs looking for his childhood friend Giulio who dies in a mysterious car accident the following day. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Times Films unknown books
1972ref. 148290Universal City: Universal Pictures 1972. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1972 film with provenance stamp of film historian "Maurice Bessy" on verso. Based on the 1966 novel "Goodbye Piccadilly Farewell Leicester Square" by Arthur La Bern. London is terrorized by a serial rapist who then strangles his victims with a necktie. Police suspect Richard Blaney Jon Finch whose wife was brutally killed. Alfred Hitchcock's penultimate film. Set in and shot on location in London. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Grant US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1972ref. 155216N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage photograph of the illustration of five stewardesses for the 1972 3-D sexploitation film which was used in the film's marketing campaign. Sequel to the 1969 hit 3-D softcore comedy "The Stewardesses "the most profitable 3-D film ever released written and directed by Allan Silliphant credited as Alf Sillman Jr. Hoping to follow on the success of its predecessor this sequel has now been largely forgotten largely because of cost-cutting measures of distributor company Sherpix in post-production according to producer and 3-D pioneer Chris Condon. Twelve beautiful stewardesses are chosen for a three week trip around the world aboard Global Airlines Condor SST supersonic airplane. Set in and shot on location in Hong Kong Lisbon Athens and Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Nilsen Warped and Faded. N.p. unknown books
