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1939ref. 162797New York: N.p. 1939. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1939 film showing actors Carole Lombard and James Stewart. PIX agency stamp on the verso crediting noted photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt as well as a Westport Public Library stamp. During the Depression an ambitious lawyer finds himself torn between his high-powered career the demands of his difficult mother and his life with his young wife and child. German-born photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt was one of the original staff photographers of "Life" magazine after it was purchased by "Time" founder Henry Luce in 1936. He published nearly 2500 photo stories for the magazine with 90 of his images used for the magazine's covers but is perhaps best remembered today for the iconic "V-J Day in Times Square" photograph. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 10 x 8 inches archivally mounted in a white mat measuring 17 x 14 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1939ref. 162797New York: N.p. 1939. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1939 film showing actors Carole Lombard and James Stewart. PIX agency stamp on the verso crediting noted photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt as well as a Westport Public Library stamp. During the Depression an ambitious lawyer finds himself torn between his high-powered career the demands of his difficult mother and his life with his young wife and child. German-born photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt was one of the original staff photographers of "Life" magazine after it was purchased by "Time" founder Henry Luce in 1936. He published nearly 2500 photo stories for the magazine with 90 of his images used for the magazine's covers but is perhaps best remembered today for the iconic "V-J Day in Times Square" photograph. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 10 x 8 inches archivally mounted in a white mat measuring 17 x 14 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 162196Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures Television 1977. Final Draft script for the 1977 television movie originally aired on November 16 1977 on NBC. Copy belonging to script supervisor Meta Wilde with her annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. Based on the 1956 novel by Edwin O'Connor about an aging veteran politician who grows increasingly determined to win a fourth mayoral election and stay in power despite the reservations of his supporters. White titled Columbia Pictures Television wrappers dated May 10 1977 noted as FINAL DRAFT and production No. 162131 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated May 10 1977 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for novelist Edwin O'Connor and screenwriter Carroll O'Connor. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures Television unknown
1977ref. 162196Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures Television 1977. Final Draft script for the 1977 television movie originally aired on November 16 1977 on NBC. Copy belonging to script supervisor Meta Wilde with her annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. Based on the 1956 novel by Edwin O'Connor about an aging veteran politician who grows increasingly determined to win a fourth mayoral election and stay in power despite the reservations of his supporters. White titled Columbia Pictures Television wrappers dated May 10 1977 noted as FINAL DRAFT and production No. 162131 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated May 10 1977 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for novelist Edwin O'Connor and screenwriter Carroll O'Connor. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures Television unknown books
1953ref. 162330N.p.: N.p. 1953. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1953 film two showing Ava Gardner talking with Clark Gable from an outdoor shower and one showing Gardner tending to Gable's arm wound. Stamps specific to the film's French release on the versos. Based on the 1932 film "Red Dust" also starring Clark Gable which was in turn based on Wilson Collison's 1928 play. While on a safari in Kenya a hunter is ensnared in a love triangle between a young American socialite and an anthropologist's unfaithful wife. Set and shot on location in Kenya in Okalataka Mount Kenya Mount Longonot and Lake Naivasha. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1953ref. 162330N.p.: N.p. 1953. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1953 film two showing Ava Gardner talking with Clark Gable from an outdoor shower and one showing Gardner tending to Gable's arm wound. Stamps specific to the film's French release on the versos. Based on the 1932 film "Red Dust" also starring Clark Gable which was in turn based on Wilson Collison's 1928 play. While on a safari in Kenya a hunter is ensnared in a love triangle between a young American socialite and an anthropologist's unfaithful wife. Set and shot on location in Kenya in Okalataka Mount Kenya Mount Longonot and Lake Naivasha. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 157979London: The Other Cinema 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 Canadian film. Stamps of The Other Cinema and ICA Press Office on the verso. In the future the Canadian Academy for Erotic Enquiry CAEE investigates the claims of a parapsychologist by recruiting seven volunteers to submit to a form of brain surgery that removes their power of speech but increases their telepathic ability. Director David Cronenberg's feature film debut. 9.75 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine. The Other Cinema unknown books
1962ref. 150467Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1962. Vintage keybook reference photograph of Alec Guinness Sam Spiegel Jack Hawkins and David Lean on the set of the 1962 film. Based on the 1926 autobiography "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by T.E. Lawrence. An incomparable film. Opening in 1935 with the death of Lawrence Peter O'Toole in a motorcycle accident at the age of 46 we then follow in flashback Lawrence as a young intelligence officer in 1916 Cairo assigned to investigate the progress of the Arab revolt against the Turks. Winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. Shot on location in England Saudi Arabia Spain and Morocco. 11 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Columbia Pictures unknown
1962ref. 150467Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1962. Vintage keybook reference photograph of Alec Guinness Sam Spiegel Jack Hawkins and David Lean on the set of the 1962 film. Based on the 1926 autobiography "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by T.E. Lawrence. An incomparable film. Opening in 1935 with the death of Lawrence Peter O'Toole in a motorcycle accident at the age of 46 we then follow in flashback Lawrence as a young intelligence officer in 1916 Cairo assigned to investigate the progress of the Arab revolt against the Turks. Winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. Shot on location in England Saudi Arabia Spain and Morocco. 11 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1990ref. 138817New York: Cinehaus / Ed Pressman Productions 1990. Draft script for the 1991 film. The third film to be written and directed by Mamet. Script belonging to actor Paul Butler a Mamet regular who plays Commissioner Walker in the film. Laid in is an unrelated legal agreement addressed to Butler regarding his involvement in the 1986 television series "Crime Story." Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in a nameless American city shot in Baltimore. White self wrappers integral with title page dated JULY 1990 with a credit for screenwriter Mamet and with mention of Ed Pressman Productions and Cinehaus Inc. Xerographically reproduced. 146 pages last leaf numbered 145. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good only with some edgewear bound with three gold brads. Criterion Collection 486. Grant US Neo-Noir. Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Cinehaus / Ed Pressman Productions unknown
1990ref. 138817New York: Cinehaus / Ed Pressman Productions 1990. Draft script for the 1991 film. The third film to be written and directed by Mamet. Script belonging to actor Paul Butler a Mamet regular who plays Commissioner Walker in the film. Laid in is an unrelated legal agreement addressed to Butler regarding his involvement in the 1986 television series "Crime Story." Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in a nameless American city shot in Baltimore. White self wrappers integral with title page dated JULY 1990 with a credit for screenwriter Mamet and with mention of Ed Pressman Productions and Cinehaus Inc. Xerographically reproduced. 146 pages last leaf numbered 145. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good only with some edgewear bound with three gold brads. Criterion Collection 486. Grant US Neo-Noir. Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Cinehaus / Ed Pressman Productions unknown books
1984ref. 166548N.p.: N.p. 1984. Revised Draft script for the 1984 film with rainbow revision pages. Copy belonging to first assistant director Ron Bozman with his name on a revision page in manuscript ink and his annotations in manuscript pencil on several pages. Based on the true story of brothers Jack and Ed Biddle who broke out of Allegheny County jail in 1901 with the help of the warden's wife who fell in love with Ed. Set in Pittsburgh shot on location in Mulmur Ontario in Wisconsin and in Pittsburgh. Lacking wrappers and title page. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between January 7 and February 22 1984. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 166548N.p.: N.p. 1984. Revised Draft script for the 1984 film with rainbow revision pages. Copy belonging to first assistant director Ron Bozman with his name on a revision page in manuscript ink and his annotations in manuscript pencil on several pages. Based on the true story of brothers Jack and Ed Biddle who broke out of Allegheny County jail in 1901 with the help of the warden's wife who fell in love with Ed. Set in Pittsburgh shot on location in Mulmur Ontario in Wisconsin and in Pittsburgh. Lacking wrappers and title page. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between January 7 and February 22 1984. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1987ref. 163925Los Angeles: New World Pictures 1987. Revised First Draft script for the 1991 film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher with her annotations throughout the script highlighting locations and a post-it note in her hand affixed to the front wrapper verso noting sets to build. A black comedy about a group of mutant shapeshifting bugs who travel from Brazil to suburban Ohio where they disguise themselves as a human family in order to wreak nuclear destruction on the town's unsuspecting inhabitants. Shot in 1988 and 1989 the film's release was delayed until 1991 due to financial problems with New World Pictures. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Shot on location in Oshkosh Appleton and Neenah Wisconsin. Generic white New World Pictures wrappers. Title page present dated 11/12/87 noted as Revised First Draft with an annotation noting copy No. 11 in manuscript ink and credits for screenwriters Michael Lehmann and Redbeard Simmons. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with front wrapper dampstained and partially detached from the binding. Bound internally with two gold brads. New World Pictures unknown
1987ref. 163925Los Angeles: New World Pictures 1987. Revised First Draft script for the 1991 film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher with her annotations throughout the script highlighting locations and a post-it note in her hand affixed to the front wrapper verso noting sets to build. A black comedy about a group of mutant shapeshifting bugs who travel from Brazil to suburban Ohio where they disguise themselves as a human family in order to wreak nuclear destruction on the town's unsuspecting inhabitants. Shot in 1988 and 1989 the film's release was delayed until 1991 due to financial problems with New World Pictures. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Shot on location in Oshkosh Appleton and Neenah Wisconsin. Generic white New World Pictures wrappers. Title page present dated 11/12/87 noted as Revised First Draft with an annotation noting copy No. 11 in manuscript ink and credits for screenwriters Michael Lehmann and Redbeard Simmons. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with front wrapper dampstained and partially detached from the binding. Bound internally with two gold brads. New World Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 150531Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1954. Vintage reference photograph of Marlon Brando and Elia Kazan on the set of the 1954 film. Budd Schulberg based his 1955 novel "Waterfront" on the screenplay. Terry Malloy Brando who dreams of being a prize fighter while tending his pigeons and running errands for the corrupt boss of the local union Johnny Lee J. Cobb witnesses a murder at the hands of Johnny's men. When he meets the victim's sister Edie Eva Marie Saint he confesses he feels culpable for the murder and Edie introduces him to Father Barry Karl Malden who tries to persuade him to implicate the dock racketeers. Winner of eight Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress nominated for another four. Shot on location in Hoboken New Jersey and New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and three very small closed tears in margins repaired by two small pieces of cello tape. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 647. Ebert I. Grant US. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1954ref. 150531Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1954. Vintage reference photograph of Marlon Brando and Elia Kazan on the set of the 1954 film. Budd Schulberg based his 1955 novel "Waterfront" on the screenplay. Terry Malloy Brando who dreams of being a prize fighter while tending his pigeons and running errands for the corrupt boss of the local union Johnny Lee J. Cobb witnesses a murder at the hands of Johnny's men. When he meets the victim's sister Edie Eva Marie Saint he confesses he feels culpable for the murder and Edie introduces him to Father Barry Karl Malden who tries to persuade him to implicate the dock racketeers. Winner of eight Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress nominated for another four. Shot on location in Hoboken New Jersey and New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and three very small closed tears in margins repaired by two small pieces of cello tape. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 647. Ebert I. Grant US. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1924ref. 171485Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1924. Vintage reference photograph from the 1924 film showing Zasu Pitts. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1899 novel "McTeague" by Frank Norris. An impoverished miner-turned-dentist wins the lottery but the ensuing fortune threatens to ruin the lives of everyone it touches. Director Erich von Stroheim's masterpiece one of the first films to be shot entirely on location in San Francisco and Death Valley using what were then considered sophisticated and relatively new filming techniques such as montage editing and deep focus. Stroheim's first cut of the film was a mammoth 9.5 hour presentation edited down to two and a half hours against his wishes. All that survives today is a restored slightly choppy but coherent 240-minute version supplanted with still photographs that conveys to the viewer the unimaginable grandeur of the original. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and edgeworn. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1924ref. 171485Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1924. Vintage reference photograph from the 1924 film showing Zasu Pitts. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1899 novel "McTeague" by Frank Norris. An impoverished miner-turned-dentist wins the lottery but the ensuing fortune threatens to ruin the lives of everyone it touches. Director Erich von Stroheim's masterpiece one of the first films to be shot entirely on location in San Francisco and Death Valley using what were then considered sophisticated and relatively new filming techniques such as montage editing and deep focus. Stroheim's first cut of the film was a mammoth 9.5 hour presentation edited down to two and a half hours against his wishes. All that survives today is a restored slightly choppy but coherent 240-minute version supplanted with still photographs that conveys to the viewer the unimaginable grandeur of the original. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and edgeworn. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1975ref. 153845Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1975. Final Draft script for the 1977 film. Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway published posthumously in 1970 following three episodes in the life of a stoic aging artist living in the British-controlled Bahamas. Set in the Bahamas shot on location in Kaua'i Hawaii. Green generic Paramount wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated September 10 1975 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Denne Bart Petitclerc. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1959ref. 151523Paris: les Films du Carrosse 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph with bottom margin of François Truffaut and Guy Decomble on the set of the 1959 film. "Les Quatre Cents Coups" and "Telerama" stamps on verso. Truffaut's auspicious debut winner of Best Director at Cannes nominated for the Palme d'Or and also nominated for a Best Original Screenplay Oscar the following year. Set in and shot on location in Paris France. 6.75 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 5. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. les Films du Carrosse unknown
1959ref. 151523Paris: les Films du Carrosse 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph with bottom margin of François Truffaut and Guy Decomble on the set of the 1959 film. "Les Quatre Cents Coups" and "Telerama" stamps on verso. Truffaut's auspicious debut winner of Best Director at Cannes nominated for the Palme d'Or and also nominated for a Best Original Screenplay Oscar the following year. Set in and shot on location in Paris France. 6.75 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 5. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. les Films du Carrosse unknown books
1957ref. 151135London: J. Arthur Rank 1957. Early Treatment script dated 1957 for the pilot episode of the 1959-1961 television series here under the working title "The Ghost Squad." Based on the 1959 book by John Gosling which detailed his experience as a member of an undercover team of Scotland Yard detectives. The first of two television series based on Gosling's memoir followed by "The Ghost Squad" in 1961. Beige titled wrappers noted as Treatment on the front wrapper dated 10-4-57. Title page present noted as FULL TREATMENT with credits for screenwriter Michael Gilbert. 65 leaves with last page of text numbered 64. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown
1957ref. 151135London: J. Arthur Rank 1957. Early Treatment script dated 1957 for the pilot episode of the 1959-1961 television series here under the working title "The Ghost Squad." Based on the 1959 book by John Gosling which detailed his experience as a member of an undercover team of Scotland Yard detectives. The first of two television series based on Gosling's memoir followed by "The Ghost Squad" in 1961. Beige titled wrappers noted as Treatment on the front wrapper dated 10-4-57. Title page present noted as FULL TREATMENT with credits for screenwriter Michael Gilbert. 65 leaves with last page of text numbered 64. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown books
1970ref. 170873N.p.: Warner Brothers 1970. Vintage French grande affiche poster for the 1969 film. Based on director and screenwriter Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set and shot on location in Kansas. 45.5 x 82 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine with modest starting to some of the center folds. Warner Brothers unknown
