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1971ref. 158031Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1971. Vintage studio still photograph of director Gordon Parks smoking a pipe on the set of the 1971 film. Stamp of Israel Film Archive on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1970 novel by Ernest Tidyman. One of the best and most enduring films of the early 1970s and no surprise with director/photographer/cinematographer extraordinaire Gordon Parks at the helm an Oscar-winning soundtrack by Isaac Hayes and a magnetic performance by Richard Roundtree. This film and Melvin Van Peebles' "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" 1971 set the standard for what would become "Blaxploitation" a highly stylized violent and most importantly funky genre. Followed by "Shaft's Big Score!" 1972 and "Shaft in Africa" 1973. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 7 10-11 13 23 28 38 46 48 72 188. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1971ref. 158031Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1971. Vintage studio still photograph of director Gordon Parks smoking a pipe on the set of the 1971 film. Stamp of Israel Film Archive on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1970 novel by Ernest Tidyman. One of the best and most enduring films of the early 1970s and no surprise with director/photographer/cinematographer extraordinaire Gordon Parks at the helm an Oscar-winning soundtrack by Isaac Hayes and a magnetic performance by Richard Roundtree. This film and Melvin Van Peebles' "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" 1971 set the standard for what would become "Blaxploitation" a highly stylized violent and most importantly funky genre. Followed by "Shaft's Big Score!" 1972 and "Shaft in Africa" 1973. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light wear at the corners. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 7 10-11 13 23 28 38 46 48 72 188. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1973ref. 162342N.p.: N.p. 1973. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1973 Australian softcore film. In therapy a waterbed salesman ponders his irresistibility to women. Shot on location in Victoria Australia. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 162342N.p.: N.p. 1973. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1973 Australian softcore film. In therapy a waterbed salesman ponders his irresistibility to women. Shot on location in Victoria Australia. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 130510London: Atlantic Productions 1973. Original UK Quad poster for the 1973 British film. Greene's novel was set in Stockholm and involved the internal deconstruction of a ne'er-do-well bodyguard Anthony Farrant who finds himself working for a dubious Swedish financier whose character is loosely inspired by Ivar Kreuger. The setting of the film version was changed to Nazi Germany during the Second World War. 30 x 40 inches. Fine. Phillips US. Atlantic Productions unknown
1973ref. 130510London: Atlantic Productions 1973. Original UK Quad poster for the 1973 British film. Greene's novel was set in Stockholm and involved the internal deconstruction of a ne'er-do-well bodyguard Anthony Farrant who finds himself working for a dubious Swedish financier whose character is loosely inspired by Ivar Kreuger. The setting of the film version was changed to Nazi Germany during the Second World War. 30 x 40 inches. Fine. Phillips US. Atlantic Productions unknown books
1960ref. 153076Universal City: Universal-International 1960. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1960 film one showing actor Phillip Terry emerging from a swamp the other showing Terry and actors Coleen Gray and John Van Dreelen watching Estelle Hemsley who is in costume as an African priestess. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the copyright stamp of still photographer John Nelson-Sullivan. An endocrinologist travels with his aging alcoholic wife to Africa where they discover a secret drug to restore youth-one which however requires the user to sacrifice a man in order to acquire the fluid from his pineal gland. Released as a double feature with the Hammer production "The Brides of Dracula." 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Universal-International unknown
1960ref. 153076Universal City: Universal-International 1960. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1960 film one showing actor Phillip Terry emerging from a swamp the other showing Terry and actors Coleen Gray and John Van Dreelen watching Estelle Hemsley who is in costume as an African priestess. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the copyright stamp of still photographer John Nelson-Sullivan. An endocrinologist travels with his aging alcoholic wife to Africa where they discover a secret drug to restore youth-one which however requires the user to sacrifice a man in order to acquire the fluid from his pineal gland. Released as a double feature with the Hammer production "The Brides of Dracula." 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Universal-International unknown books
1941ref. 149234Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1941. Revised Final Draft script for the 1942 film. Copy belonging to director H. Bruce Humberstone with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. A bratty naval recruit is transformed into a battle-wise soldier several days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Set and shot on location in San Diego California. Red titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL rubber-stamped copy No. 37 and production No. 701 dated OCTOBER 29 1941. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated October 29 1941 noted as Revised Final with credits for screenwriter Lamar Trotti. 163 leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1941ref. 149234Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1941. Revised Final Draft script for the 1942 film. Copy belonging to director H. Bruce Humberstone with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. A bratty naval recruit is transformed into a battle-wise soldier several days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Set and shot on location in San Diego California. Red titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL rubber-stamped copy No. 37 and production No. 701 dated OCTOBER 29 1941. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated October 29 1941 noted as Revised Final with credits for screenwriter Lamar Trotti. 163 leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1970ref. 164320N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1970 film showing director Hal Ashby with actor Beau Bridges and crew members during filming on location in New York. Ashby's directorial debut based on the 1966 novel by Kristin Hunter about a naive wealthy white man who buys an inner-city tenement in Park Slope Brooklyn intending to evict the low-income Black tenants and turn the building into a luxury home for himself. He soon grows fond of the residents even beginning a relationship with one of the women living in the building and decides to remain as the landlord. Set in Park Slope Brooklyn and shot on location in Brooklyn and Manhattan. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 164320N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1970 film showing director Hal Ashby with actor Beau Bridges and crew members during filming on location in New York. Ashby's directorial debut based on the 1966 novel by Kristin Hunter about a naive wealthy white man who buys an inner-city tenement in Park Slope Brooklyn intending to evict the low-income Black tenants and turn the building into a luxury home for himself. He soon grows fond of the residents even beginning a relationship with one of the women living in the building and decides to remain as the landlord. Set in Park Slope Brooklyn and shot on location in Brooklyn and Manhattan. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1953ref. 150501N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph of L-R Henri-Georges Clouzot Charles Vanel unidentified woman and Vera Clouzot on the set of the 1953 French film. Based on the 1950 French novel by Georges Arnaud. Remade in 1958 as "Violent Road" directed by Howard W. Koch starring Brian Keith and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and again in 1977 as "Sorcerer" directed by William Friedkin and starring Roy Scheider and Bruno Cremer. Henri-Georges Clouzot's breakthrough masterpiece a tense and literally volatile thriller. Four luckless Europeans are hired by an American oil company to drive two trucks of nitroglycerine through the South American wilderness to extinguish a fire in the oil fields. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Gard and Bouches-du-Rhone France. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 36. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby France. N.p. unknown
1953ref. 150501N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph of L-R Henri-Georges Clouzot Charles Vanel unidentified woman and Vera Clouzot on the set of the 1953 French film. Based on the 1950 French novel by Georges Arnaud. Remade in 1958 as "Violent Road" directed by Howard W. Koch starring Brian Keith and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and again in 1977 as "Sorcerer" directed by William Friedkin and starring Roy Scheider and Bruno Cremer. Henri-Georges Clouzot's breakthrough masterpiece a tense and literally volatile thriller. Four luckless Europeans are hired by an American oil company to drive two trucks of nitroglycerine through the South American wilderness to extinguish a fire in the oil fields. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Gard and Bouches-du-Rhone France. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 36. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby France. N.p. unknown books
1940ref. 148688Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1940. Early First Draft Continuity script for the 1942 film thirteen months before the beginning of the production according to the AFI Catalog by screenwriter Tom Reed. Front wrapper contains annotation of "Legal Dept." in manuscript ink on upper right margin and ."3" amending "2152" stamp a Twentieth Century Fox "Received" stamp dated "Nov 12 40" and "Permanent Legal Records" production number "574" and copy number "7" stamps. Laid in is a four page mimeograph duplicated letter dated December 10 1940 on a Twentieth Century-Fox interoffice form from Darryl Zanuck who was in charge of the production to Lou Edelman who was originally assigned to produce of suggestions and criticisms to a December 6 1940 treatment of the script. Front page of letter contains two annotations in manuscript pencil and "Permanent Legal Records" and production number "2152" stamps. Congress reestablishes a military academy at West Point lead by a strict commander Laird Cregar who pushes the young men in hopes of breaking their spirits. After a grueling trial the remaining ten men are sent to the Indiana territory to fight with General William Henry Harrison Douglass Dumbrille. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Set in West Point NY. Orange titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 7 and production No. 547 dated NOV. 11. 1940. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated November 11 1940 noted as 1st Draft Continuity with credits for screenwriter Tom Reed and story credit for Malvin Wald. 170 leaves with last page of text numbered 165. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Letter 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1940ref. 148688Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1940. Early First Draft Continuity script for the 1942 film thirteen months before the beginning of the production according to the AFI Catalog by screenwriter Tom Reed. Front wrapper contains annotation of "Legal Dept." in manuscript ink on upper right margin and ."3" amending "2152" stamp a Twentieth Century Fox "Received" stamp dated "Nov 12 40" and "Permanent Legal Records" production number "574" and copy number "7" stamps. Laid in is a four page mimeograph duplicated letter dated December 10 1940 on a Twentieth Century-Fox interoffice form from Darryl Zanuck who was in charge of the production to Lou Edelman who was originally assigned to produce of suggestions and criticisms to a December 6 1940 treatment of the script. Front page of letter contains two annotations in manuscript pencil and "Permanent Legal Records" and production number "2152" stamps. Congress reestablishes a military academy at West Point lead by a strict commander Laird Cregar who pushes the young men in hopes of breaking their spirits. After a grueling trial the remaining ten men are sent to the Indiana territory to fight with General William Henry Harrison Douglass Dumbrille. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Set in West Point NY. Orange titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 7 and production No. 547 dated NOV. 11. 1940. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated November 11 1940 noted as 1st Draft Continuity with credits for screenwriter Tom Reed and story credit for Malvin Wald. 170 leaves with last page of text numbered 165. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Letter 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1976ref. 129783Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1976. Draft script for the 1977 film. Presumed estimating script with "Budgeting" in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Notations in manuscript blue and black ink throughout. A film made at what was arguably the maturation point for the Women's Liberation movement that began in the mid-late 1960s in which MacLaine and Bancroft portray former dance colleagues whose lives have gone separate ways one becomes a professional dancer the other a settled domestic woman and whose unexpected reunion yields dramatic consequences. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director and Best Screenplay. Mustard titled wrappers noted as "Budgeting" on the front wrapper. Title page present dated 3/2/76 with a credit for screenwriter Laurents. 116 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1976ref. 129783Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1976. Draft script for the 1977 film. Presumed estimating script with "Budgeting" in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Notations in manuscript blue and black ink throughout. A film made at what was arguably the maturation point for the Women's Liberation movement that began in the mid-late 1960s in which MacLaine and Bancroft portray former dance colleagues whose lives have gone separate ways one becomes a professional dancer the other a settled domestic woman and whose unexpected reunion yields dramatic consequences. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director and Best Screenplay. Mustard titled wrappers noted as "Budgeting" on the front wrapper. Title page present dated 3/2/76 with a credit for screenwriter Laurents. 116 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1980ref. 147395N.p.: N.p. 1980. Set of two treatment scripts for an unproduced television project variously described as a television series or prospective feature film. Text in German and English. Based on Nobel Prize-winning author Hermann Hesse's 1934 novel set to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Centuries into the future a closed utopian society is dedicated solely to intellectual pursuits encapsulated in the "glass bead game" an esoteric competition which requires a limitless knowledge of music math and culture to win. Hesse's novel follows Joseph Knecht as he becomes a master of the game eventually rising to the top of the hierarchy to become Magister Ludi the executive officer of the game administrators. Although "Das Glasperienspiel" was begun in 1931 publication in Germany was stalled due to the novel's anti-fascist messages leading Hesse to eventually seek publication in Switzerland in 1943. Set in Castalia a fictional province of central Europe in the 25th century. Yellow text in German: Ordered but unbound leaves housed in a yellow plastic folder. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Titus Leber. 22 leaves not numbered. Xerographically reproduced on blue and white stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus. Black text in English: Ordered but unbound leaves housed in a black plastic folder. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Titus Leber. 22 leaves with last page of text numbered 20. Xerographically reproduced on blue and white stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 142743New York: Magic Lantern Inc 1971. Draft script for the 1974 film. Based on the 1927 novel by Hermann Hesse. A depressed half-man half-animal played by Max von Sydow is introduced to the hallucinogenic world of the "Magic Theater" where he seeks redemption via a metaphysical transcendence. The film took seven years of complicated pre-production to create including building a relationship with the Hesse family in order to acquire the rights. While "Steppenwolf" is a precisely-realized film replete with Jungian symbols and created with some of the best special effects available at the time the film has remained somewhat obscure due to problems with its marketing and distribution including the color of the prints having been incorrectly developed. Set in 1920s Germany shot on location in Germany and Switzerland. Black titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with credits for novelist Hermann Hesse. Title page present dated April 1971 with credits for screenwriter Fred Haines. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Mimeograph duplication with blue undated revision pages throughout. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Magic Lantern Inc unknown
1971ref. 142743New York: Magic Lantern Inc 1971. Draft script for the 1974 film. Based on the 1927 novel by Hermann Hesse. A depressed half-man half-animal played by Max von Sydow is introduced to the hallucinogenic world of the "Magic Theater" where he seeks redemption via a metaphysical transcendence. The film took seven years of complicated pre-production to create including building a relationship with the Hesse family in order to acquire the rights. While "Steppenwolf" is a precisely-realized film replete with Jungian symbols and created with some of the best special effects available at the time the film has remained somewhat obscure due to problems with its marketing and distribution including the color of the prints having been incorrectly developed. Set in 1920s Germany shot on location in Germany and Switzerland. Black titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with credits for novelist Hermann Hesse. Title page present dated April 1971 with credits for screenwriter Fred Haines. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Mimeograph duplication with blue undated revision pages throughout. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Magic Lantern Inc unknown books
1980ref. 147395N.p.: N.p. 1980. Set of two treatment scripts for an unproduced television project variously described as a television series or prospective feature film. Text in German and English. Based on Nobel Prize-winning author Hermann Hesse's 1934 novel set to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Centuries into the future a closed utopian society is dedicated solely to intellectual pursuits encapsulated in the "glass bead game" an esoteric competition which requires a limitless knowledge of music math and culture to win. Hesse's novel follows Joseph Knecht as he becomes a master of the game eventually rising to the top of the hierarchy to become Magister Ludi the executive officer of the game administrators. Although "Das Glasperienspiel" was begun in 1931 publication in Germany was stalled due to the novel's anti-fascist messages leading Hesse to eventually seek publication in Switzerland in 1943. Set in Castalia a fictional province of central Europe in the 25th century. Yellow text in German: Ordered but unbound leaves housed in a yellow plastic folder. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Titus Leber. 22 leaves not numbered. Xerographically reproduced on blue and white stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus. Black text in English: Ordered but unbound leaves housed in a black plastic folder. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Titus Leber. 22 leaves with last page of text numbered 20. Xerographically reproduced on blue and white stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1955ref. 142718Hollywood: DuMont Television Network 1955. Draft script for Season One episode 25 of the 1954-1955 television series originally broadcast on March 8 1955 on the DuMont Television Network. Script belonging to Lyn Thomas who played Val in the episode with her manuscript name in ink on the front wrapper and her lines circled in manuscript ink throughout shooting schedule laid in. Circus drama involving a brother and sister aerial act and their new partner. "Studio 57" also known as "Heinz Studio 57" was an American anthology series broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 1954 to July 1955 and in syndication from 1955 to 1958. Notably "It's a Small World" the pilot episode for the iconic series "Leave It to Beaver" was broadcast on the show on April 23 1957. White titled self wrappers production No. 1324 with credits for screenwriter James Gunn and story by Nancy Moore. Title page integral with front wrapper. 38 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with single staple. DuMont Television Network unknown
1955ref. 142718Hollywood: DuMont Television Network 1955. Draft script for Season One episode 25 of the 1954-1955 television series originally broadcast on March 8 1955 on the DuMont Television Network. Script belonging to Lyn Thomas who played Val in the episode with her manuscript name in ink on the front wrapper and her lines circled in manuscript ink throughout shooting schedule laid in. Circus drama involving a brother and sister aerial act and their new partner. "Studio 57" also known as "Heinz Studio 57" was an American anthology series broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 1954 to July 1955 and in syndication from 1955 to 1958. Notably "It's a Small World" the pilot episode for the iconic series "Leave It to Beaver" was broadcast on the show on April 23 1957. White titled self wrappers production No. 1324 with credits for screenwriter James Gunn and story by Nancy Moore. Title page integral with front wrapper. 38 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with single staple. DuMont Television Network unknown books
1934ref. 167828New York: Columbia Pictures 1934. Collection of three vintage pressbooks for three pre-Code films written by noted hard-boiled novelist Horace McCoy: "Hold the Press" 1933 "Fury of the Jungle" 1933 and "Speed Wings" 1934. McCoy moved to Hollywood in 1931 hoping to pursue a career as an actor. After a failed screen test at MGM McCoy discovered a talent for writing treatments and film scenarios and would go on to pen numerous films for Columbia Paramount and other studios through the next three decades. 12 x 18 inches. Generally Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
