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1987ref. 162362N.p.: N.p. 1987. Two vintage borderless oversize color reference photographs from the 1987 film both showing director Wim Wenders on the set. Wenders' masterpiece a love letter to West Berlin told through the experiences of an angel who yearns to be human. The director dedicated the film to his cinematic predecessors Yasujiro Ozu François Truffaut and Andrei Tarkovsky whose influences shine throughout his oeuvre. Set and shot on location in West Berlin. 11.75 x 8.25 inches. About Fine. Criterion Collection 490. Ebert I. N.p. unknown
1987ref. 162362N.p.: N.p. 1987. Two vintage borderless oversize color reference photographs from the 1987 film both showing director Wim Wenders on the set. Wenders' masterpiece a love letter to West Berlin told through the experiences of an angel who yearns to be human. The director dedicated the film to his cinematic predecessors Yasujiro Ozu François Truffaut and Andrei Tarkovsky whose influences shine throughout his oeuvre. Set and shot on location in West Berlin. 11.75 x 8.25 inches. About Fine. Criterion Collection 490. Ebert I. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 151309Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1972. Vintage borderless photograph of actor Woody Allen from the 1972 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Allen's 1969 play. The predecessor of many great films Allen would write and direct throughout the 1970s in terms of shooting style timing romantic themes and the actors involved. Allen had already directed two films at this point "Take the Money and Run" in 1969 and "Bananas" in 1971 but this film is significant in that it predicted the more substantive romantic comedies that would later place him among the most important filmmakers of his era. 10 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus overall. Grant US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1969ref. 164241N.p.: N.p. 1969. Collection of eleven vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 film. Woody Allen's directorial debut the film that set the template for Allen's 1970s work. Allen stars as Virgil Starkwell a terribly inept bank robber whose life is told documentary-style with an FBI voiceover as well as interviews with his family and friends. Set and shot on location in San Francisco and inside the walls of San Quentin State Prison. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus to Very Good. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 164241N.p.: N.p. 1969. Collection of eleven vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 film. Woody Allen's directorial debut the film that set the template for Allen's 1970s work. Allen stars as Virgil Starkwell a terribly inept bank robber whose life is told documentary-style with an FBI voiceover as well as interviews with his family and friends. Set and shot on location in San Francisco and inside the walls of San Quentin State Prison. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus to Very Good. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 160517Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1965. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1965 film. One with a provenance stamp on the verso. Woody Allen's film debut as both actor and screenwriter about a soon-to-be-married womanizer as he attempts to adjust to a monogamous life with help from his neurotic psychoanalyst. Set and shot on location in Paris Sevres and Chaumontel France. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. About Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1972ref. 151309Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1972. Vintage borderless photograph of actor Woody Allen from the 1972 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Allen's 1969 play. The predecessor of many great films Allen would write and direct throughout the 1970s in terms of shooting style timing romantic themes and the actors involved. Allen had already directed two films at this point "Take the Money and Run" in 1969 and "Bananas" in 1971 but this film is significant in that it predicted the more substantive romantic comedies that would later place him among the most important filmmakers of his era. 10 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus overall. Grant US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1983ref. 150126Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1983. Three vintage borderless reference photographs and a triple parallel fold color brochure in Japanese from the 1983 pinku film. Directed by Yoshimitsu Morita director of the acclaimed film "Kazoku Gemu" "The Family Game" 1983 and winner of the Japanese Academy Award for Best Director for "Ashura no Gotoku" "Like Asura" 2003 and nominated for eight others. Mayumi and her friend Mai make a killing when they open a barber and beauty shop which serves customers in the nude. A Japanese "pink" film for Nikkatsu Studio's "Roman Porno" series. Pink film is a broad genre of low budget Japanese softcore films though often with artistic and visual inventiveness and narrative drive far beyond their American counterparts. Nikkatsu was particularly well known for allowing almost unlimited artistic freedom to filmmakers as long as they met the studio mandated requirement of four nude or sex scenes per hour of running time. Photographs: 6 x 4.25 inches Brochure: Folded 4.75 x 6.75 inches. Open 28.75 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. Nikkatsu unknown
1983ref. 150126Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1983. Three vintage borderless reference photographs and a triple parallel fold color brochure in Japanese from the 1983 pinku film. Directed by Yoshimitsu Morita director of the acclaimed film "Kazoku Gemu" "The Family Game" 1983 and winner of the Japanese Academy Award for Best Director for "Ashura no Gotoku" "Like Asura" 2003 and nominated for eight others. Mayumi and her friend Mai make a killing when they open a barber and beauty shop which serves customers in the nude. A Japanese "pink" film for Nikkatsu Studio's "Roman Porno" series. Pink film is a broad genre of low budget Japanese softcore films though often with artistic and visual inventiveness and narrative drive far beyond their American counterparts. Nikkatsu was particularly well known for allowing almost unlimited artistic freedom to filmmakers as long as they met the studio mandated requirement of four nude or sex scenes per hour of running time. Photographs: 6 x 4.25 inches Brochure: Folded 4.75 x 6.75 inches. Open 28.75 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. Nikkatsu unknown books
ref. 12215La collection Pilote présente une aventure du Lieutenant BLUEBERRY. In 4 cartonné couverture illustrée en couleurs, gardes illustrées, titre illustré en couleurs, 48 pages de dessins en couleurs de J. GIRAUD. Titre en long, en noir au dos. DARGAUD S.A éditeur troisième trimestre 1963. N°553. Editeur n°158, 16 titres au dernier plat. Très bon état. Edition originale.
1985ref. 146211Berkshire England: Anderson Burr Pictures 1985. Second Draft script for "Star Laws" a never-aired 55-minute pilot episode for a proposed series called "Space Police" brainchild of "supermarionation" creator Gerry Anderson. Copy belonging to unknown crew member with a few manuscript ink annotations on the front wrapper and leaves. Screenwriter Anderson's early attempt at an intergalactic police procedural one that would would eventually become the British sci-fi series "Space Precinct" which was broadcast on October 3 1994 on Sky One. The pilot carries many similarities to the show that would eventually air-a hardboiled New York cop is transferred to the eponymous "space precinct" in Demeter City on the planet Altor in 2040-although the pilot features far fewer human characters with a greater reliance on Anderson's trademark blend of live action prosthetics puppetry a process he called "Supermarionation." Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 1985 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Gerry Anderson and Tony Barwick. 86 leaves with last page of text numbered 83. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with some rust to the wrapper versos near the binding with silver prong binding. Anderson Burr Pictures unknown
1985ref. 146211Berkshire England: Anderson Burr Pictures 1985. Second Draft script for "Star Laws" a never-aired 55-minute pilot episode for a proposed series called "Space Police" brainchild of "supermarionation" creator Gerry Anderson. Copy belonging to unknown crew member with a few manuscript ink annotations on the front wrapper and leaves. Screenwriter Anderson's early attempt at an intergalactic police procedural one that would would eventually become the British sci-fi series "Space Precinct" which was broadcast on October 3 1994 on Sky One. The pilot carries many similarities to the show that would eventually air-a hardboiled New York cop is transferred to the eponymous "space precinct" in Demeter City on the planet Altor in 2040-although the pilot features far fewer human characters with a greater reliance on Anderson's trademark blend of live action prosthetics puppetry a process he called "Supermarionation." Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 1985 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Gerry Anderson and Tony Barwick. 86 leaves with last page of text numbered 83. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with some rust to the wrapper versos near the binding with silver prong binding. Anderson Burr Pictures unknown books
1977ref. 168492N.p.: N.p. 1977. Five vintage borderless reference photographs for the 1977 film including two showing director Agnes Varda on the set. All five with French press stamps and layout annotations on the verso. A remarkable film depicting the lifelong friendship of two dissimilar but close-knit French women beginning when one helps the other raise money for an abortion. Agnes Varda an important and influential French director writer and artist garnered praise as a filmmaker for her uncompromising documentary-style realism focusing on women and marginalized members of society as well as her experimental style. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers her early work stylistically prefigures the French New Wave and is today considered very much a part of it. Set and shot on location in France. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 168492N.p.: N.p. 1977. Five vintage borderless reference photographs for the 1977 film including two showing director Agnes Varda on the set. All five with French press stamps and layout annotations on the verso. A remarkable film depicting the lifelong friendship of two dissimilar but close-knit French women beginning when one helps the other raise money for an abortion. Agnes Varda an important and influential French director writer and artist garnered praise as a filmmaker for her uncompromising documentary-style realism focusing on women and marginalized members of society as well as her experimental style. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers her early work stylistically prefigures the French New Wave and is today considered very much a part of it. Set and shot on location in France. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 160535Universal City: Universal Pictures 1963. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1963 film showing director Alfred Hitchcock talking with electronic musician Oskar Sala who composed the film's iconic soundtrack. Printed mimeo snipe in French affixed to the verso. Hitchcock's last great film a grim psychological study made all the more terrifying by the lack of motivation assigned to its violence. Shot in various locations throughout California including Bodega Bay Bloomfield Valley Ford the Venice Canals and Union Square in San Francisco. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Godard Histoires du cinema. Universal Pictures unknown books
1972ref. 155215N.p.: N.p. 1972. Treatment script for the 1973 3-D sexploitation film seen here under the working title "International Stewardesses." Copy belonging to uncredited crew member Alan Colberg with "Property of Alan Colberg c/o Stereo Vision" in manuscript pencil annotation on the title page and his additional annotations throughout. Laid in with the script are an original photograph and large format negative of the illustration of the five lead stewardesses used in the film's marketing campaign. Sequel to the successful 1969 3-D softcore comedy film "The Stewardesses" about twelve beautiful stewardesses who are chosen for a three week trip around the world aboard a supersonic airplane. A largely forgotten sequel purportedly attributable to the cost-cutting measures of distributor company Sherpix in post-production. Set in and shot on location in Hong Kong Lisbon Athens and Rome. Green untitled wrappers with a titled label. Title page present with screenplay preparation date of March 1972 noted as a narrative outline with credits for screenwriter Allan Silliphant. 32 leaves with last page of text unnumbered. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with first three pages with a 2 to 3 inch slice to the top center wrapper Very Good plus with a three inch slice to the top center bound internally with three metal brads. Photograph and Negative 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Nilsen Warped and Faded. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 155215N.p.: N.p. 1972. Treatment script for the 1973 3-D sexploitation film seen here under the working title "International Stewardesses." Copy belonging to uncredited crew member Alan Colberg with "Property of Alan Colberg c/o Stereo Vision" in manuscript pencil annotation on the title page and his additional annotations throughout. Laid in with the script are an original photograph and large format negative of the illustration of the five lead stewardesses used in the film's marketing campaign. Sequel to the successful 1969 3-D softcore comedy film "The Stewardesses" about twelve beautiful stewardesses who are chosen for a three week trip around the world aboard a supersonic airplane. A largely forgotten sequel purportedly attributable to the cost-cutting measures of distributor company Sherpix in post-production. Set in and shot on location in Hong Kong Lisbon Athens and Rome. Green untitled wrappers with a titled label. Title page present with screenplay preparation date of March 1972 noted as a narrative outline with credits for screenwriter Allan Silliphant. 32 leaves with last page of text unnumbered. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with first three pages with a 2 to 3 inch slice to the top center wrapper Very Good plus with a three inch slice to the top center bound internally with three metal brads. Photograph and Negative 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Nilsen Warped and Faded. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 158489N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage reference photograph of actors Jane Forth Joe Dallesandro and Holly Woodlawn with director Paul Morrissey on the set of the 1970 film. Mimeo snipe and "Auditing Dept." stamp on the verso dated August 1 1970. Actor Joe Dallesandro's fifth film with Morrissey and the film debuts of Factory regulars Holly Woodlawn in a role that George Cukor unsuccessfully put forth as a write-in candidate for an Academy Award and 17-year-old model Jane Forth. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine with a hint of wear at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1993ref. 158525Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1993. First Draft script and Revised First Draft script for the 1994 film. First Draft script dated April 12 1993 and Revised First Draft script dated July 30 1993. Based on Anna Sewell's classic 1877 novel about the eponymous black horse and his varied experiences in England in the 1800s. The fifth film adaptation of Sewell's novel. Shot on location in London Oxfordshire Buckinghamshire and Hampshire England. First Draft: White untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated April 12 1993 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credit for director-screenwriter Caroline Thompson. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Revised First Draft: White untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated July 30 1993 noted as REVISED / FIRST DRAFT with credit for director-screenwriter Caroline Thompson. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between July 16 and September 13 1993. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver prong. Warner Brothers unknown books
1976ref. 148808N.p.: N.p. 1976. Revised Draft script for the 1977 film here with the slightly different working title "Empire of Ants." Loosely based on the 1905 short story by H.G. Wells. American International Pictures AIP third and final film in their H.G. Wells trilogy beginning with "The Food of the Gods" 1976 directed and written by Bert I. Gordon and starring Marjoe Gortner and Pamela Franklin and followed by "The Island of Dr. Moreau" 1977 directed by Don Taylor and starring Burt Lancaster and Michael York. Another classic "giant" movie from Bert I. Gordon following "King Dinosaur" 1955 "The Amazing Colossal Man" 1957 "Earth vs. the Spider" 1958 "Village of the Giants" 1956 and "Food of the Gods" 1976 this time featuring giant ants mutated by radioactive waste which attack a shady land developer and her prospective clients and threaten to take over a whole island town. Set in the Florida everglades and shot on location in Fort Pierce Belle Glade and Jensen Beach Florida. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 8 1976 noted as REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Jack Turley and story by Bert I. Gordon. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 148808N.p.: N.p. 1976. Revised Draft script for the 1977 film here with the slightly different working title "Empire of Ants." Loosely based on the 1905 short story by H.G. Wells. American International Pictures AIP third and final film in their H.G. Wells trilogy beginning with "The Food of the Gods" 1976 directed and written by Bert I. Gordon and starring Marjoe Gortner and Pamela Franklin and followed by "The Island of Dr. Moreau" 1977 directed by Don Taylor and starring Burt Lancaster and Michael York. Another classic "giant" movie from Bert I. Gordon following "King Dinosaur" 1955 "The Amazing Colossal Man" 1957 "Earth vs. the Spider" 1958 "Village of the Giants" 1956 and "Food of the Gods" 1976 this time featuring giant ants mutated by radioactive waste which attack a shady land developer and her prospective clients and threaten to take over a whole island town. Set in the Florida everglades and shot on location in Fort Pierce Belle Glade and Jensen Beach Florida. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 8 1976 noted as REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Jack Turley and story by Bert I. Gordon. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1986ref. 152504Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1986. Archive of five original architectural blueprints for location shooting purposes relating to the 1986 comedy film. Each blueprint numbered one through five out of five labeled "Ext. Pazzo Mansion" with the Beverly Hills address of the house and credits for director Blake Edwards production designer Roger Maus and others. The blueprints detail both interiors and exteriors for sections of the house as well as indicated places where the existing house would be augmented by new set construction. The location was used as the home of Paul Servino's mob boss character Tony Pazzo and his wife Claudia Pazzo played by Maria Conchita Alonso. A remake of Laurel and Hardy's classic 1932 short "The Music Box" about two friends who overhear a plot to fix a horse race and try to capitalize on it while being pursued by both the mob fixers and the police. 36 x 24 inches. Stapled on the left edge and rolled. Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1967ref. 152312N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage black and white reference photograph from the set of the 1967 film showing actress Brigitte Bardot in the bath between takes with director Serge Bourguignon to her right. With layout annotations in pencil on the verso along with a provenance stamp. A French woman is tempted to stray from her older English husband when she meets a vibrant younger man. Shot on location in London and Paris. 8 x 10 with wide side margins. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1996ref. 163604Los Angeles: Neo Motion Pictures 1996. Draft script for the 1997 film seen here under the working titles "Road to Ruin" and "Driven." Working copy belonging to actor Sean Moran with his annotations in manuscript pencil on the title page front wrapper and nine pages of the script and two call sheets laid in. A then-new blend of martial arts and traditional fist-and-guns action that has become a cult classic. A Hong Kong man with an experimental implant which gives him super-strength and speed must flee from Chinese mercenaries who have been employed to steal the device. Shot on location in Santa Clarita Los Angeles and Lancaster California. Gray generic Neo Motion Pictures wrappers. Title page present dated 1.2.96 noted as Draft with credits for screenwriter Scott Phillips and storywriter Anthony Trifiletti. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Neo Motion Pictures unknown
1996ref. 163604Los Angeles: Neo Motion Pictures 1996. Draft script for the 1997 film seen here under the working titles "Road to Ruin" and "Driven." Working copy belonging to actor Sean Moran with his annotations in manuscript pencil on the title page front wrapper and nine pages of the script and two call sheets laid in. A then-new blend of martial arts and traditional fist-and-guns action that has become a cult classic. A Hong Kong man with an experimental implant which gives him super-strength and speed must flee from Chinese mercenaries who have been employed to steal the device. Shot on location in Santa Clarita Los Angeles and Lancaster California. Gray generic Neo Motion Pictures wrappers. Title page present dated 1.2.96 noted as Draft with credits for screenwriter Scott Phillips and storywriter Anthony Trifiletti. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Neo Motion Pictures unknown books
