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1986ref. 130697Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1986. Revised First Draft script for an unproduced television episode. Barish is screenwriter best known for "Desperately Seeking Susan" 1985 and two episodes of "The Hitchhiker" television series 1985-1986. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 22 1986 noted as Revised First Draft with credits for writers Barish and Bean. 39 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1962ref. 162160Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1962. Vintage lobby card for the Spanish release of the 1962 British film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Based on the 1960 novel by Lynne Reid Banks. A kitchen sink drama about an unmarried pregnant woman who moves into a boarding house in London where she finds a home among the house's outcasts. 14 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1970ref. 167551Los Angeles: Merrick International 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film showing Des Roberts as Count Dracula fondling a nude woman. Dracula changes his name to Adrian and opens a nightclub later deciding to capture a beautiful young woman and make her into his vampiric companion. 10 x 8 inches. Tiny nick on the top margin else about Fine. Merrick International unknown
1979ref. 152285Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Vintage illustrated program for the 1979 film. Based on the 1954 novel by Ian Fleming. Lewis Gilbert's third and final directorial effort in the James Bond franchise and the eleventh film in the series overall hot on the trail of the wildly successful "Star Wars" 1977. Roger Moore stars in his fourth role as the British secret agent here working to to foil a criminal enterprise involving the theft of space rockets. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in England the United States Italy Brazil and outer space shot on location in England Argentina Brazil France Italy the United States and Guatemala. Full-color six page horizontal tri-fold brochure on semi-gloss finish card stock with large illustration interior with cast listing "The Players" on top third. 12 x 6 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear a small bit of discoloration on top right corner of verso of third leaf and a 1/2 inch closed tear to one fold. United Artists unknown
1976ref. 135482New York: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1976. Four vintage borderless black-and-white double weight studio still photographs from the 1976 film. Base on the 1965 novel by Yukio Mishima. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine with AVCO Embassy descriptions tipped on to the verso. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown
1970ref. 140640London: John C. Mather / Ben Arbeid 1970. Draft script for an unproduced British film called "Act of Treason" written by Guy Elmes based on Lillian Hellman's adaptation of Emmanuel Robles' 1948 play "Montserrat." Screenwriter Elmes also wrote for films like "Bad Blonde" 1953 "Across the Bridge" 1957 "Pontius Pilate" 1962 "the Invincible Six" 1970 and "White Fang" 1973. Robles' play opened in Paris in 1948 a story about the civil war in Venezuela during the early 1800s where a Spanish officer commits treason and joins the Venezuelan revolutionaries. Guy Elmes is a screenwriter primarily known for his work in writing the original story and screenplay for "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" 1979. Gray blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Guy Elmes playwright Lillian Hellman and producer Ben Arbeid. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. John C. Mather / Ben Arbeid unknown
1970ref. 138153Simi Valley CA: Self published 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film circa 1970s. Written by Lincoln Demyan whose film credits as actor include episodes of "Bonanza" and "The Big Valley" "The Great Impostor" 1961 "Man's Favorite Sport" 1964 "The Brass Bottle" 1964 and "White Lightning" 1973. Set in post WWII West Virginia where Stosh and his buddies gamble on billiards games. Stosh's father is interred at a sanitarium with a black man named Catfish a friend to Stosh. The young pool hustler gets involved with the law smuggling moonshine and fist-fights with his friends. Untitled tan wrappers with a label for the Paul Kohner Agency on the front wrapper and the title page. Title page present undated noted as Registered: WGAw with a credit for Demyan. Last leaf of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication with photocopied punch holes. Pages and wrapper Near Fine green velo binding. Self published unknown
1963ref. 127386N.p.: Continental Distributing 1963. Vintage one sheet poster for the US release of the 1963 British film. Based on the 1960 novel by screenwriter David Storey. One of the greatest films in British cinema and regarded by many to be Richard Harris' finest performance. A young and angry Yorkshire rugby footballer finds his romantic life to be as unsuccessful as his sporting life is rewarding. Lindsay Anderson's stunning feature film debut following years of documentary work. Nominated for two Academy Awards and the Palm d'Or. Set in and shot on location in Yorkshire England. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with a pinhole to each corner and a tiny chip to the top right margin. Bright and unfaded. Criterion Collection 417. Continental Distributing unknown
1980ref. 163674Universal City: Universal City Studios 1980. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1980 film. Based on Loretta Lynn's autobiography "Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter" cowritten by George Vecsey. A dramatization of Lynn's life following her poverty-stricken upbringing in Butcher Hollow Kentucky to her rise to fame as a country music superstar. Winner of an Academy Award for Sissy Spacek as Best Actress nominated for six others including Best Picture Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography. Shot on location in Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia. 8 x 10 inches. Light even toning commensurate with age else Near Fine. Universal City Studios unknown
1982ref. 170705Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM / United Artists 1982. Final Draft script for Season 2 Episode 16 of the 1983-1987 television series. Copy belonging to an unidentified cast or crew member with their name and a numeric annotation in manuscript ink on the top portion of the front wrapper. A musical drama based on the successful 1980 film about the students and faculty at a performing arts high school in New York City. In this episode a boy lies about having sex with Julie while Mr. Reardon is pictured in an immodest swimsuit in a tabloid. White generic MGM/UA Television wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present dated December 3 1982 noted as Final Draft with credit for screenwriter Leah Markus. 67 leaves with last page of text numbered 64. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / United Artists unknown
1954ref. 161668N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1954 film. A newspaper publisher assigns his two top reporters to educate the public on sex education and abortion after his teenage daughter dies from an illegal abortion. Shot on location in Benicia Berkeley Oakland and Pacifica California. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 141638N.p.: N.p. 1982. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1979 Broadway show by Louis La Russo II a sports drama about a street fighter. The play ran for 154 performances at the Helen Hayes Theater. Title page of the script duplicates the playbill for the stage production. Set in New Jersey. Blue titled wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Xerographic duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with a velo binding. N.p. unknown
1929ref. 150991Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1929. Vintage borderless studio still photograph of actors Constance Talmadge and Andre Roanne from the 1929 silent film. Based on Jean Vignaud's 1928 novel. Talmadge sister of actresses Norma and Natalie starred in her first major role in D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance" 1916. Unlike her sisters Constance preferred to appear in light romantic comedies such as "A Pair of Silk Stockings" 1918 "Wedding Bells" 1921 and "The Primitive Lover" 1922. Although many of her films are now considered lost Talmadge is now best remembered for originating the tradition of preserving footprints in concrete outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre after accidentally stepping into wet concrete in front of the theatre in 1927. As with many silent film stars her career faded with the advent of sound film and by the 1930s she and her sisters had retired from the screen. 7.25 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus overall. United Artists unknown
1990ref. 142107Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Gaumont 1990. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1990 film showing director Besson peering through a missing pane of glass with a camera. A breakthrough international success for Besson who would go on to a long career as a director and producer of action films and would hit it even bigger three years later with "The Professional" "Leon". Remade twice first as the 1991 Hong Kong film "Black Cat" "Hei Mao" directed by Stephen Shin and starring Jade Leung and then as the 1993 US film "Point of No Return" directed by John Badham and starring Bridget Fonda; and twice adapted for television in 1997 as "La Femme Nikita" starring Peta Wilson which aired for five seasons on USA then in 2010 as "Nikita" starring Maggie Q which aired for four seasons on The CW. 7 x 5 inches. Fine. Grant France. Gaumont unknown
1969ref. 150609Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1969. Five vintage black and white studio still photographs from the US release of the 1969 Italian-German film. A powerful corrupt industrialist family illustrates the transition of the German upper class from resentment to acceptance of the Nazi party. The first film in Visconti's German Trilogy followed by "Death in Venice" 1971 and "Ludwig" 1973. Shot on location in Germany Austria and Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus one with a small closed tear to the right edge. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown
ref. 146370N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A passenger plane headed to Paris has a psychotic killer on board. Screenwriters Mauro Severino and Lucia Drudi Denby were known for co-writing the 1971 Italian television miniseries "Il carcerato." Beige titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Original screen story with credits for screenwriters Mauro Severino and Lucia Drudi Demby. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 32. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with gold prong binding. N.p. unknown
1952ref. 156133N.p.: N.p. 1952. Vintage program for the 1952 German film. Text and titles in German. Based on the 1881 novel by Johanna Spyri about a young girl living with her grandfather and her pet goat in the Swiss Alps whose cruel aunt forces her to move down the mountain to the village below. Shot on location in Switzerland. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. Very Good plus lightly age toned and edgeworn. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 172993N.p.: Golden Era Film Distributors 1966. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1966 Italian film. With mimeo snipes attached to the versos. Based on the 1869 novel by Florence Montgomery. Two children try to cope with the death of their mother as their father retreats into his career. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in and shot on location in Florence Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint emulsion irregularities. Radiance Films 51. Golden Era Film Distributors unknown
1956ref. 158784N.p.: Ãguila Films 1956. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 film. An Italian-Spanish co-production. A nuclear scientist decides that his work is not doing any good for humanity and runs away to a small coastal town in Spain to hide. Set in Calabuch Spain shot on location in Peñsicola Castellón Spain. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Ãguila Films unknown
1968ref. 141216Rome: N.p. 1968. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in is a note from Gladys Hill to Irene Heymann dated May 13 1968. A Kentucky family's horse breeding business is ruined in the Civil War leading the patriarch to seek out a new ranch in Texas. There he comes under fire from a Mexican breeder who wishes to be the sole breeder in the region. Set in Texas. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1968 with credit for screenwriter Lyn Jank. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1963ref. 162774Hollywood: Manson Film Productions 1963. Vintage pressbook for the 1963 film. Not to be confused with the 1987 television Western directed by Robert Day. In northern Italy in 1944 American soldiers and Italian partisans join forces against the Germans. Shot on location in Orange County California. 15 x 12 inches folded once vertically. Four pages saddle stapled. Very Good plus. Manson Film Productions unknown
1970ref. 147267Munich: Roxy Film 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in English. Based on the 1971 novel "Don't Ask Me if I Love" by Israeli film director and writer Amos Kollek. The son of a wealthy military arms manufacturer intends to pursue a life as a writer after serving in the Israeli Army in spite of his father's wishes that he become a politician. Set in Israel. Housed in a gray envelope. Title page present with credits for director Wolfgang Petersen screenwriter Manfred Purzer and novelist Amos Kollek. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with a light tide mark to the left edge unbound. Roxy Film unknown
1934ref. 160349N.p.: Franco-American Film Company 1934. Vintage Spanish magazine advertisement for the 1934 film here under the Spanish title "El lago de las damas." Based on the 1929 novel "Grand Hotel" by Vicki Baum. A young man starts a summer job at a lake resort where he falls in love. Their situation is complicated by the tomboy who lives across the lake and his ex girlfriend showing up. 9.5 x 13 inches. Very Good with creasing along the right edge and at the top right corner as well as four small tears at the right edge presumably from creasing. Franco-American Film Company unknown
1988ref. 148206N.p.: N.p. 1988. Vintage photograph of Marcel Ophuls at work on the 1968 documentary film. Ophuls' documentary chronicling the life of Klaus Barbie "The Butcher of Lyon" an SS and Gestapo functionary and Nazi war criminal from his childhood through his deportation from Bolivia to stand trial for crimes against humanity in France in 1983. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary and the International Federation of Film Critics FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes where it was premiered. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 141114N.p.: N.p. 1975. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Translated from the French a Stone Age tribe which values men above women and fears fire conducts the yearly ritual of having young girls run to the hills and the men to chase after and catch them to impregnate them. A man with no hair known as the Pale Man raises an axe against his brother The Hawk in order to save a woman named Fair Girl and for his crime is banished from the tribe. Set in the Stone Age. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 22 1975 with credits for screenwriter Marcel Pagnol translator Robert Wyler and commentator Paul Davids. Eight leaves with last leaf of text numbered eight. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
