Preston Sturges (director, screenwriter); Steffi Duna, Brian Donlevy, William Demarest (starring)ABAA
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1940ref. 171677Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1940. Vintage reference photograph of director Preston Sturges smiling with Hungarian-American actor Steffi Duna on the set of the 1940 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso referring to the film by its working title "Down Went McGinty" along with the rubber stamp of Paramount photographer G.E. Richardson. Sturges had become a very successful Hollywood screenwriter by the late 1930s and with his screenplay for "The Biography of a Bum" wanted so much to direct the film that he offered to do the job for free. With very few exceptions notably Charlie Chaplin the notion of an established studio writer directing a film was nearly unheard of in Hollywood where writers were typically not even allowed on the set. Only the irresistible cheapness of Sturges' offer made it possible for the film to get made. Over the six year period during which the script remained unproduced the title changed to "The Vagrant" then "Down with McGinty" then finally just prior to production to "The Great McGinty." It was not only a success but won Sturges an Oscar for Best Screenwriter. More importantly he was allowed to continue as a writer-director with a magnificent career that included one classic after another including "Sullivan's Travels" "The Lady Eve" "Unfaithfully Yours" "The Palm Beach Story" and "Hail the Conquering Hero." 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the corners. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1961ref. 140160France: N.p. 1961. Collection of 32 vintage borderless reference photographs of director René Clair with members of the cast and crew at a release party for the 1961 film. Approximately half the photographs bear the stamp of photographer Walter Limot on the verso. Clair is seen with fans giving a speech signing autographs presumably conducting a radio interview and cavorting with stars of the film like Colette Castel Alfred Adam and Annie Fratellini The festivities were located perhaps at a music hall with several musicians and traditional instruments appearing in a few photos. A businessman wants to buy land around the village of Cabosse claiming his desire for seclusion but harbors a secret desire to sell the water from the village fountain purportedly a fountain of youth. Shot on location throughout France. 7.25 x 9.25 inches. About Very Good plus or better lightly curled with some faint foxing on the verso. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 140160France: N.p. 1961. Collection of 32 vintage borderless reference photographs of director René Clair with members of the cast and crew at a release party for the 1961 film. Approximately half the photographs bear the stamp of photographer Walter Limot on the verso. Clair is seen with fans giving a speech signing autographs presumably conducting a radio interview and cavorting with stars of the film like Colette Castel Alfred Adam and Annie Fratellini The festivities were located perhaps at a music hall with several musicians and traditional instruments appearing in a few photos. A businessman wants to buy land around the village of Cabosse claiming his desire for seclusion but harbors a secret desire to sell the water from the village fountain purportedly a fountain of youth. Shot on location throughout France. 7.25 x 9.25 inches. About Very Good plus or better lightly curled with some faint foxing on the verso. N.p. unknown books
1990ref. 158129N.p.: N.p. 1990. Revised Second Draft for the 1991 film. Copy belonging to an unknown person involved in pre-production with manuscript ink annotations throughout relating mostly to locations and shooting. A man who just got out of a three year stay at a mental hospital is released and immediately mistaken for a millionaire. A con-man takes advantage of the situation. The last movie in which Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor acted as a comedy duo. Set in Los Angeles shot on location in Los Angeles. Light blue blank card wrappers. Title page present dated September 4 1990 noted as Revised Second Draft with a credit for Ziggy Steinberg. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1990ref. 158129N.p.: N.p. 1990. Revised Second Draft for the 1991 film. Copy belonging to an unknown person involved in pre-production with manuscript ink annotations throughout relating mostly to locations and shooting. A man who just got out of a three year stay at a mental hospital is released and immediately mistaken for a millionaire. A con-man takes advantage of the situation. The last movie in which Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor acted as a comedy duo. Set in Los Angeles shot on location in Los Angeles. Light blue blank card wrappers. Title page present dated September 4 1990 noted as Revised Second Draft with a credit for Ziggy Steinberg. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1964ref. 166111Shepperton UK: Lippert Films 1964. Draft script for the 1964 British film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name and the date "8th May 1964" written on the front wrapper. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Leslie Nielsen stars as a former OSS officer living in London who travels to Paris disguised as a photographer's assistant in order to deliver a secret tape reel after a former colleague with a decoy of the tape is killed. Shot on location in London. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present. 84 leaves with last page of text numbered 88. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. Lippert Films unknown
1964ref. 166111Shepperton UK: Lippert Films 1964. Draft script for the 1964 British film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name and the date "8th May 1964" written on the front wrapper. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Leslie Nielsen stars as a former OSS officer living in London who travels to Paris disguised as a photographer's assistant in order to deliver a secret tape reel after a former colleague with a decoy of the tape is killed. Shot on location in London. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present. 84 leaves with last page of text numbered 88. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. Lippert Films unknown books
1958ref. 162944New York: Pictorial Parade 1958. Vintage oversize satin finish photograph from the set of the 1959 film showing actor Sal Mineo in costume as Gene Krupa. Stamps of photographer Jack Albin and "Pictorial Parade" on the verso. A dramatization of the life of legendary jazz drummer and bandleader Gene Krupa whose ostentatious lifestyle and drug and alcohol addictions nearly wrecked his career. 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. 10.25 x 13.5 inches archivally matted in a 20 x 16 inch 8-ply white mat. Very Good plus. Pictorial Parade unknown
1958ref. 162944New York: Pictorial Parade 1958. Vintage oversize satin finish photograph from the set of the 1959 film showing actor Sal Mineo in costume as Gene Krupa. Stamps of photographer Jack Albin and "Pictorial Parade" on the verso. A dramatization of the life of legendary jazz drummer and bandleader Gene Krupa whose ostentatious lifestyle and drug and alcohol addictions nearly wrecked his career. 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. 10.25 x 13.5 inches archivally matted in a 20 x 16 inch 8-ply white mat. Very Good plus. Pictorial Parade unknown books
1957ref. 151460N.p.: N.p. 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film showing actress Angie Dickinson's legs. In 1954 during the Vietnam conflict a smuggler named "Lucky Legs" and a group of French mercenaries infiltrate and destroy an arms depot near the Chinese border. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned. Olive Films 566. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 151460N.p.: N.p. 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film showing actress Angie Dickinson's legs. In 1954 during the Vietnam conflict a smuggler named "Lucky Legs" and a group of French mercenaries infiltrate and destroy an arms depot near the Chinese border. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned. Olive Films 566. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 156646Buckinghamshire: Pinewood Studios 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 film showing director Sidney Poitier and a camera crew filming a scene with Yvette Curtis on location in Trafalgar Square. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A recently widowed African American doctor and his daughter spend a month-long vacation in London where he falls in love with an African ambassador's niece. Set in London. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Pinewood Studios unknown
1973ref. 156646Buckinghamshire: Pinewood Studios 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 film showing director Sidney Poitier and a camera crew filming a scene with Yvette Curtis on location in Trafalgar Square. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A recently widowed African American doctor and his daughter spend a month-long vacation in London where he falls in love with an African ambassador's niece. Set in London. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Pinewood Studios unknown books
1974ref. 156669Tokyo: Toei 1974. Six vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1974 Japanese pinku pink film. 6 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine. Toei unknown
1974ref. 156669Tokyo: Toei 1974. Six vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1974 Japanese pinku pink film. 6 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine. Toei unknown books
1996ref. 163673N.p.: Redeemable Features 1996. Final Shooting script for the 1997 film. With a note in manuscript ink affixed to the title page with tape with contact information for unknown crew members. Also with substantive manuscript ink annotations throughout. A gay man and a stereotypical heterosexual Italian American man move in together after a misunderstanding in a vacancy ad. Set in New York City shot on location in Manhattan and The Bronx. Clear mylar front wrapper red rear wrapper supplied but as used during film development. Title page present dated 3/96 noted as Final Shooting Script with credits for director and screenwriter Anthony Vitale. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue undated revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. Redeemable Features unknown
1996ref. 163673N.p.: Redeemable Features 1996. Final Shooting script for the 1997 film. With a note in manuscript ink affixed to the title page with tape with contact information for unknown crew members. Also with substantive manuscript ink annotations throughout. A gay man and a stereotypical heterosexual Italian American man move in together after a misunderstanding in a vacancy ad. Set in New York City shot on location in Manhattan and The Bronx. Clear mylar front wrapper red rear wrapper supplied but as used during film development. Title page present dated 3/96 noted as Final Shooting Script with credits for director and screenwriter Anthony Vitale. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue undated revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. Redeemable Features unknown books
1936ref. 157106N.p.: N.p. 1936. Vintage reference photograph of director William Wyler and actors Walter Huston Sam Dodsworth and Kathryn Marlowe Dodsworth's daughter Emily played by Kathryn Marlowe on the set of the 1936 film. Based on the 1934 play by Sidney Howard based in turn on the 1929 novel by Sinclair Lewis. A recently retired automobile magnate and his frivolous wife take an extended trip to Europe only to discover they have grown apart. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly age toned. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown
1936ref. 157106N.p.: N.p. 1936. Vintage reference photograph of director William Wyler and actors Walter Huston Sam Dodsworth and Kathryn Marlowe Dodsworth's daughter Emily played by Kathryn Marlowe on the set of the 1936 film. Based on the 1934 play by Sidney Howard based in turn on the 1929 novel by Sinclair Lewis. A recently retired automobile magnate and his frivolous wife take an extended trip to Europe only to discover they have grown apart. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly age toned. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 155890San Francisco: Hillary Productions 1968. Vintage Tentative Shooting Schedule for the 1969 film copy belonging to casting director Marvin Paige with the annotation of his name in manuscript marker in the top right corner of the title page and two underlines to "tentative" dated June 7 1968. The 51 page shooting schedule covering the 50 days of shooting from 6/17/68 through 8/23/68 is printed horizontally on goldenrod leaves and contains copied annotations on five pages circling the sequence number interior or exterior sequence night or day sequence and a needed effect. Woody Allen's directorial debut one of the great American comedies 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 San Quentin State Prison. Self wrappers with front wrapper integral with title page dated June 7 1968 with credits for director Woody Allen. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 50. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue white and yellow revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine bound at the top with two gold brads. Hillary Productions unknown
1968ref. 155890San Francisco: Hillary Productions 1968. Vintage Tentative Shooting Schedule for the 1969 film copy belonging to casting director Marvin Paige with the annotation of his name in manuscript marker in the top right corner of the title page and two underlines to "tentative" dated June 7 1968. The 51 page shooting schedule covering the 50 days of shooting from 6/17/68 through 8/23/68 is printed horizontally on goldenrod leaves and contains copied annotations on five pages circling the sequence number interior or exterior sequence night or day sequence and a needed effect. Woody Allen's directorial debut one of the great American comedies 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 San Quentin State Prison. Self wrappers with front wrapper integral with title page dated June 7 1968 with credits for director Woody Allen. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 50. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue white and yellow revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine bound at the top with two gold brads. Hillary Productions unknown books
1976ref. 164201Universal City CA: Universal Studios 1976. Final Draft script for the 1977 film here under working title "9/30/55". Based on the 1966 play "How Many Times Have You Seen East of Eden' by James Bridges. A college student who idolizes James Dean tries to cope with Dean's sudden death on September 30 1955. Set in and shot on location in Conway Arkansas. Red titled self wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper production No. 02088 dated March 12 1976. Title page present noted as Final Draft Screenplay with credits for director screenwriter and playwright James Bridges. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Weldon 1996. Universal Studios unknown
1976ref. 164201Universal City CA: Universal Studios 1976. Final Draft script for the 1977 film here under working title "9/30/55". Based on the 1966 play "How Many Times Have You Seen East of Eden' by James Bridges. A college student who idolizes James Dean tries to cope with Dean's sudden death on September 30 1955. Set in and shot on location in Conway Arkansas. Red titled self wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper production No. 02088 dated March 12 1976. Title page present noted as Final Draft Screenplay with credits for director screenwriter and playwright James Bridges. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Weldon 1996. Universal Studios unknown books
ref. 125645N.p.: Matrixbest Production Circa 190. Vintage pre-release promotional poster for the 1980 film featuring Sid Vicious from the film performing "My Way" noted on the bottom banner as "From the forthcoming film." Julien Temple's now-classic mockumentary about an unscrupulous manipulative music manager who takes advantage of a British punk rock band loosely based on the formation rise and fall of the Sex Pistols told from manager Malcolm McLaren's perspective. Set and shot on location in London. 17 x 25 inches. Light wear at the extremities overall Near Fine. Matrixbest Production unknown
ref. 125645N.p.: Matrixbest Production Circa 190. Vintage pre-release promotional poster for the 1980 film featuring Sid Vicious from the film performing "My Way" noted on the bottom banner as "From the forthcoming film." Julien Temple's now-classic mockumentary about an unscrupulous manipulative music manager who takes advantage of a British punk rock band loosely based on the formation rise and fall of the Sex Pistols told from manager Malcolm McLaren's perspective. Set and shot on location in London. 17 x 25 inches. Light wear at the extremities overall Near Fine. Matrixbest Production unknown books
