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1967ref. 151244London: Gala Film Distributors 1967. Seven vintage reference photographs from the UK release of the 1967 Czechoslovakian film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A volunteer fire department in a provincial town plans a ball in honor of the chief's retirement but the proceedings are marred with comic difficulty at every turn. The first color film directed by Milos Forman a hallmark of the Czechoslovak New Wave and the final film Forman directed in his native Czechoslovakia before relocating to the US in the late 1960s. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Gala Film Distributors unknown
1967ref. 151244London: Gala Film Distributors 1967. Seven vintage reference photographs from the UK release of the 1967 Czechoslovakian film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A volunteer fire department in a provincial town plans a ball in honor of the chief's retirement but the proceedings are marred with comic difficulty at every turn. The first color film directed by Milos Forman a hallmark of the Czechoslovak New Wave and the final film Forman directed in his native Czechoslovakia before relocating to the US in the late 1960s. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Gala Film Distributors unknown books
1937ref. 150759N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph of director Mitchell Leisen demonstrating how to kiss Jean Arthur while Ray Milland looks on from the 1937 film. Based on the 1937 short story by Vera Caspary. During the Great Depression obscenely wealthy baker J.B. Ball Edward Arnold angered at his wife's Mary Nash spending throws her very expensive sable coat off the roof where it lands on the head of stenographer Mary Smith Arthur leading to a life-altering chain of events. Set in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Some edgewear else Near Fine. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films A History and Filmography: 1934-1942. N.p. unknown
1937ref. 150759N.p.: N.p. 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph of director Mitchell Leisen demonstrating how to kiss Jean Arthur while Ray Milland looks on from the 1937 film. Based on the 1937 short story by Vera Caspary. During the Great Depression obscenely wealthy baker J.B. Ball Edward Arnold angered at his wife's Mary Nash spending throws her very expensive sable coat off the roof where it lands on the head of stenographer Mary Smith Arthur leading to a life-altering chain of events. Set in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Some edgewear else Near Fine. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films A History and Filmography: 1934-1942. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 167082Paris: Pari Films 1960. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1960 film showing actress Monica Vitti. With the stamp of Pari Films on the verso along with manuscript pencil annotations. A young woman disappears during a cruise in the Mediterranean leading her lover and best friend to search for her. The first film in Antonioni's famed trilogy followed by "La Notte" 1961 and "L'eclisse" 1962. Shot on location throughout Italy including in Rome the Aeolian Islands and Sicily. 12 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 98. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Pari Films unknown
1964ref. 169586N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1964 film showing actress Monica Vitti with Michelangelo Antonioni and Richard Harris during filming on location near a body of water. Antonioni's first color film and the last in a quartet of films made between 1959 and 1964 about women in modern culture preceded by "L'avventura" "La Notte" and L'Eclisse" and the lie of happiness and better living. This entry very much an antecedent to Todd Haynes' "Safe" 1995 focuses on Vitti a woman trying to survive in the modern world of cultural neurosis and existential doubt. Carlo Di Palma's cinematography remains legendary today for its stunningly colored industrial landscapes beautifully and yet indirectly evoking Vitti's unease alienation and vivid perceptions. Shot on location in Ravenna Sardinia and Rome Italy. 12 x 9 inches. Very Good plus. BFI 1134. Criterion Collection 522. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1964ref. 169586N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1964 film showing actress Monica Vitti with Michelangelo Antonioni and Richard Harris during filming on location near a body of water. Antonioni's first color film and the last in a quartet of films made between 1959 and 1964 about women in modern culture preceded by "L'avventura" "La Notte" and L'Eclisse" and the lie of happiness and better living. This entry very much an antecedent to Todd Haynes' "Safe" 1995 focuses on Vitti a woman trying to survive in the modern world of cultural neurosis and existential doubt. Carlo Di Palma's cinematography remains legendary today for its stunningly colored industrial landscapes beautifully and yet indirectly evoking Vitti's unease alienation and vivid perceptions. Shot on location in Ravenna Sardinia and Rome Italy. 12 x 9 inches. Very Good plus. BFI 1134. Criterion Collection 522. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 162512N.p.: N.p. 1976. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the notorious 1976 Japanese film including two showing director Nagisa shima with cast and crew members on the set. Two with the printed labels and stamps of Stillphoto in Amsterdam on the verso and all five with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. Based on the 1936 case of Sada Abe a geisha and prostitute in prewar Tokyo who began an all-consuming obsessive and ultimately tragic affair with a hotel owner. Set and shot on location in Tokyo. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 466. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 162512N.p.: N.p. 1976. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the notorious 1976 Japanese film including two showing director Nagisa shima with cast and crew members on the set. Two with the printed labels and stamps of Stillphoto in Amsterdam on the verso and all five with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. Based on the 1936 case of Sada Abe a geisha and prostitute in prewar Tokyo who began an all-consuming obsessive and ultimately tragic affair with a hotel owner. Set and shot on location in Tokyo. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 466. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 141628Beverly Hills CA: Copa 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1860 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne one of his four major romances. In Italy four artists of various social standing find themselves in a complicated web of love alliances with their peers. Tan titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Title page present dated January 15 1957 with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and author Nathaniel Hawthorne. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Copa unknown
1926ref. 171492Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1926 silent film one showing Lillian Gish as Hester Prynne on the stocks the other showing actors Edna Lyons and Paulette Neville in costume playfully dancing out of character between takes on the set. Mimeo snipes on the versos. The second film Gish made while under contract with MGM still widely considered the finest screen adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic 1850 novel to date. Set in Boston. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good or better lightly faded and slightly edgeworn but with no loss. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1957ref. 141628Beverly Hills CA: Copa 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1860 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne one of his four major romances. In Italy four artists of various social standing find themselves in a complicated web of love alliances with their peers. Tan titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Title page present dated January 15 1957 with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and author Nathaniel Hawthorne. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Copa unknown books
1926ref. 171492Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1926 silent film one showing Lillian Gish as Hester Prynne on the stocks the other showing actors Edna Lyons and Paulette Neville in costume playfully dancing out of character between takes on the set. Mimeo snipes on the versos. The second film Gish made while under contract with MGM still widely considered the finest screen adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic 1850 novel to date. Set in Boston. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good or better lightly faded and slightly edgeworn but with no loss. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1967ref. 163763Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1967. Collection including four vintage slides and four vintage color transparencies from the 1967 film. Based on John Ball's 1965 novel. An African American police detective from Philadelphia is recruited to help solve a murder in a small bigoted Mississippi town. The film dealt skillfully with the topic of race relations in the South during the Civil Rights movement and included a controversial scene in which a white actor Larry Gates slaps Poitier in the face at which point Poitier slaps him right back. It was said you could determine the racial makeup of a theater by their verbal reaction to the scene: cheers for a predominantly Black audience or whispers for a predominantly white one. Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture and nominated for two others. Though set in the fictional town of Sparta Mississippi Poitier refused to travel below the Mason-Dixon Line so the film was shot largely in Illinois. Transparencies 4 x 5 inches slides 2 x 2 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Penzler 101. United Artists unknown
1967ref. 163763Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1967. Collection including four vintage slides and four vintage color transparencies from the 1967 film. Based on John Ball's 1965 novel. An African American police detective from Philadelphia is recruited to help solve a murder in a small bigoted Mississippi town. The film dealt skillfully with the topic of race relations in the South during the Civil Rights movement and included a controversial scene in which a white actor Larry Gates slaps Poitier in the face at which point Poitier slaps him right back. It was said you could determine the racial makeup of a theater by their verbal reaction to the scene: cheers for a predominantly Black audience or whispers for a predominantly white one. Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture and nominated for two others. Though set in the fictional town of Sparta Mississippi Poitier refused to travel below the Mason-Dixon Line so the film was shot largely in Illinois. Transparencies 4 x 5 inches slides 2 x 2 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Penzler 101. United Artists unknown books
1948ref. 159793Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1948. Vintage reference photograph from the 1948 film showing actors Orson Welles and Glenn Anders in a pensive moment. Columbia Pictures stamp and printed mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1938 novel "If I Die Before I Wake" by Sherwood King. Welles promised to write produce and direct a film for Columbia Pictures president Harry Cohn in exchange for an emergency $55000 to help finance costuming for his 1946 Broadway musical "Around the World." The resultant film courted controversy not least due to Welles' decision to have Hayes cut and bleach her iconic red hair for her performance. Although the film was a commercial failure in the US upon release it is now considered a touchstone of the noir genre. Shot on location in Mexico. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Selby US Master List. Selby US Masterworks. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 152994Los Angeles: Sigma Productions 1969. Draft script for the 1970 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their manuscript ink annotations to the title page and throughout pages 136-179 regarding props for scenes at the beach. Missing five pages likely as used or issued. Based on the 1968 novel by Marjorie Kellogg about a young woman who suffers severe facial scarring after being attacked with battery acid but finds comfort in friendship with two other social outcasts. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Massachusetts and California. White wrappers with a vertical tear to the partial front wrapper obscuring the title. Title page present dated May 1 1969 with credits for director Otto Preminger and screenwriter-novelist Marjorie Kellogg. 177 leaves with last page of text numbered 184. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/27 and 8/11. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Good bound internally with a silver prong. Sigma Productions unknown
1969ref. 152994Los Angeles: Sigma Productions 1969. Draft script for the 1970 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their manuscript ink annotations to the title page and throughout pages 136-179 regarding props for scenes at the beach. Missing five pages likely as used or issued. Based on the 1968 novel by Marjorie Kellogg about a young woman who suffers severe facial scarring after being attacked with battery acid but finds comfort in friendship with two other social outcasts. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Massachusetts and California. White wrappers with a vertical tear to the partial front wrapper obscuring the title. Title page present dated May 1 1969 with credits for director Otto Preminger and screenwriter-novelist Marjorie Kellogg. 177 leaves with last page of text numbered 184. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/27 and 8/11. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Good bound internally with a silver prong. Sigma Productions unknown books
1989ref. 169082Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1989. Revised First Draft script for the beloved 1990 film. Patrick Swayze stars as a murdered Manhattan banker whose spirit remains behind to help protect his lover Demi Moore from the person who arranged his murder with the help of a psychic played by Whoopi Goldberg. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Goldberg nominated for three other Academy Awards including Best Picture. Shot on location in New York City and Los Angeles. Front wrapper integral with title page dated June 23 1989 noted as Revised First Draft with credits for screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin. 149 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 7/13/89. Pages Very Good plus with creasing and edgewear to the title page and final leaf bound with two gold brads. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Paramount Pictures unknown
1989ref. 169082Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1989. Revised First Draft script for the beloved 1990 film. Patrick Swayze stars as a murdered Manhattan banker whose spirit remains behind to help protect his lover Demi Moore from the person who arranged his murder with the help of a psychic played by Whoopi Goldberg. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Goldberg nominated for three other Academy Awards including Best Picture. Shot on location in New York City and Los Angeles. Front wrapper integral with title page dated June 23 1989 noted as Revised First Draft with credits for screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin. 149 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 7/13/89. Pages Very Good plus with creasing and edgewear to the title page and final leaf bound with two gold brads. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1972ref. 148721Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Final Draft script for the 1973 film here under the working title "Love in Blume." Single numeric annotation in manuscript marker on front wrapper. Paul Mazursky followed his acclaimed film "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" 1969 with this sharp romantic comedy about Stephen Blume George Segal who after cheating on his wife Nina Susan Anspach realizes he cannot live without her. Nina naturally has already dumped him and what follows is a poignant and comedic film about the complexity of modern marriage. Shot on location in Venice Italy and California. Yellow titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper dated July 11 1972. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 7/11/72 with credits for screenwriter Paul Mazursky. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus wavy with creasing and light edgewear bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1976ref. 170355Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1976. Ten vintage reference photographs from the 1976 film including nine borderless and one bordered. Director Paul Mazursky's semi-autobiographical comedy about a young Jewish man from Brooklyn who moves to then-bohemian enclave Greenwich Village befriending a motley cast of characters in the process including a Black gay man a WASP poet and a wacky hippie girl. Featuring early performances by Jeff Goldblum and Christopher Walken. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1972ref. 148721Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Final Draft script for the 1973 film here under the working title "Love in Blume." Single numeric annotation in manuscript marker on front wrapper. Paul Mazursky followed his acclaimed film "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" 1969 with this sharp romantic comedy about Stephen Blume George Segal who after cheating on his wife Nina Susan Anspach realizes he cannot live without her. Nina naturally has already dumped him and what follows is a poignant and comedic film about the complexity of modern marriage. Shot on location in Venice Italy and California. Yellow titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper dated July 11 1972. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 7/11/72 with credits for screenwriter Paul Mazursky. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus wavy with creasing and light edgewear bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1994ref. 171840Los Angeles CA: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1994. One Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 1 of the 1994 television series. THis episode originally aired September 4 1994 on Fox. An early effort by noted actor Paul Rudd. A very short-lived series featuring the lives of a group of friends in their twenties. In this episode one of the boys asks a friend for his ex-girlfriend's number. Set in Chicago. Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper dated April 18 1994. Title page present dated April 18 1994 noted as Rev. Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Lon Diamond and director James Widdoes. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 42A. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated revision pages throughout. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
1994ref. 171840Los Angeles CA: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1994. One Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 1 of the 1994 television series. THis episode originally aired September 4 1994 on Fox. An early effort by noted actor Paul Rudd. A very short-lived series featuring the lives of a group of friends in their twenties. In this episode one of the boys asks a friend for his ex-girlfriend's number. Set in Chicago. Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper dated April 18 1994. Title page present dated April 18 1994 noted as Rev. Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Lon Diamond and director James Widdoes. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 42A. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated revision pages throughout. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown books
