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1950ref. 169980N.p.: N.p. 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to screenwriter Harold Jacob Smith with the maker annotation of "H.J. Smith" and a telephone number on the top left corner of the front wrapper. Script with four carbon typescript pages the final three pages and a second title page with the alternative title "The Last American" found preceding the title page matching the front wrapper. The title page with the title matching the front wrapper with a manuscript marker annotation striking second screenwriter Nathan E. Douglas. Nathan E. Douglas was the pseudonym of blacklisted screenwriter Nedrick Young with whom Smith co-wrote the Academy Award winning script for the 1958 film "The Defiant Ones" as well as the acclaimed 1960 film "Inherit the Wind." For generations Joshua Cable's family have lived on their farm in the Appalachia Mountains. After strip mining has left everyone but the coal companies destitute and all the farms poisoned with coal dust Cable desperately gathers the help of other impoverished men to steal equipment from the coal company and mine his farmland for coal in spite of having sold the mineral rights to his land to the coal company years ago. Tan titled wrappers. Two title pages present one with credits for screenwriter Harold Jacob Smith and one for screenwriters Harold Jacob Smith and Nathan E. Douglas with Douglas' name stuck. 37 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mimeograph duplication with four pages carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 142292n.p.: N.p. 1950. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to Ben Colman credited for adding additional dialogue manuscript pencil signature on front wrapper. Manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. Based on the true story of John Wesley Powell's dangerous inaugural navigation of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Creator of the Cosmos Club second director of the US Geological Survey and proponent of land preservation he was championed as an explorer and a great man notwithstanding his belief that the Native Americans were primitives with no civilized societal structure of course. Written by "Lone Ranger" screenwriter Herb Meadow. Set in Arizona. Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 3 dated December 29 1949. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present noted as FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY with credits for screenwriters Meadow and Colman and author John Wesley Powell. 157 leaves with last page of text numbered 146. Mimeograph duplication with revision pages throughout dated variously between November 23 1949 and January 4 1950. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 142292n.p.: N.p. 1950. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to Ben Colman credited for adding additional dialogue manuscript pencil signature on front wrapper. Manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. Based on the true story of John Wesley Powell's dangerous inaugural navigation of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Creator of the Cosmos Club second director of the US Geological Survey and proponent of land preservation he was championed as an explorer and a great man notwithstanding his belief that the Native Americans were primitives with no civilized societal structure of course. Written by "Lone Ranger" screenwriter Herb Meadow. Set in Arizona. Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 3 dated December 29 1949. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present noted as FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY with credits for screenwriters Meadow and Colman and author John Wesley Powell. 157 leaves with last page of text numbered 146. Mimeograph duplication with revision pages throughout dated variously between November 23 1949 and January 4 1950. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 146434Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1980. Revised Final Draft for the 1981 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their name in manuscript pencil annotation on the front wrapper. One of Steve Martin's earliest and most bizarre critical successes and along with "The Singing Detective" 1986 the work for which the late Dennis Potter is best remembered. Potter's trademark dark sensibilities permeate the film's mood punctuated by wildly complex choreographed musical numbers. Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Screenplay. Set in Illinois. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 27 dated October 22 1980 with credits for director Herbert D. Ross and screenwriter Dennis Potter. Title page present dated 10/22/80 noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Dennis Potter. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1980ref. 146434Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1980. Revised Final Draft for the 1981 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their name in manuscript pencil annotation on the front wrapper. One of Steve Martin's earliest and most bizarre critical successes and along with "The Singing Detective" 1986 the work for which the late Dennis Potter is best remembered. Potter's trademark dark sensibilities permeate the film's mood punctuated by wildly complex choreographed musical numbers. Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Screenplay. Set in Illinois. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 27 dated October 22 1980 with credits for director Herbert D. Ross and screenwriter Dennis Potter. Title page present dated 10/22/80 noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Dennis Potter. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1963ref. 154904N.p.: Dore Productions 1963. Vintage pressbook for the 1963 musical film. Considered the first nudie musical about a nightclub singer and a comedian who are drawn into the world of nudism through their girlfriends. Two pages bi-fold. 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine. Dore Productions unknown
1963ref. 154904N.p.: Dore Productions 1963. Vintage pressbook for the 1963 musical film. Considered the first nudie musical about a nightclub singer and a comedian who are drawn into the world of nudism through their girlfriends. Two pages bi-fold. 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine. Dore Productions unknown books
1953ref. 153203Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1953. Five vintage reference photographs of flying saucer or other special effects from the classic 1953 science fiction film. Based on the 1898 novel by H.G. Wells. The first feature film adaptation. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Special Effects and nominated for two more. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 1037. Paramount Pictures unknown
1953ref. 153203Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1953. Five vintage reference photographs of flying saucer or other special effects from the classic 1953 science fiction film. Based on the 1898 novel by H.G. Wells. The first feature film adaptation. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Special Effects and nominated for two more. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 1037. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1930ref. 148911Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1930. 16 page vintage program for the 1930 film announcing its showing at Broadway theaters in New York with abundant black and white photographs of actors aerial stunts and Howard Hughes throughout. Hughes' most expensive and ambitious production a story about World War I combat pilots today still a dazzling work of blockbuster action and actual aerial biplane footage. Originally conceived as a silent film and then retooled as a talkie in the wake of "The Jazz Singer." Most of the film is shot in black and white but one sequence is in color-the only color footage ever released of actress Jean Harlow before her untimely death. James Whale was hired by Hughes to direct the talking sequences Whale's first major effort in Hollywood but the overall production took so long that Whale's subsequent directorial effort "Journey's End" was released first. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Card wrappers saddle stapled 5 x 6.5 inches. 16 pages. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1930ref. 148911Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1930. 16 page vintage program for the 1930 film announcing its showing at Broadway theaters in New York with abundant black and white photographs of actors aerial stunts and Howard Hughes throughout. Hughes' most expensive and ambitious production a story about World War I combat pilots today still a dazzling work of blockbuster action and actual aerial biplane footage. Originally conceived as a silent film and then retooled as a talkie in the wake of "The Jazz Singer." Most of the film is shot in black and white but one sequence is in color-the only color footage ever released of actress Jean Harlow before her untimely death. James Whale was hired by Hughes to direct the talking sequences Whale's first major effort in Hollywood but the overall production took so long that Whale's subsequent directorial effort "Journey's End" was released first. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Card wrappers saddle stapled 5 x 6.5 inches. 16 pages. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1968ref. 156925Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1968. Revised Estimating script for the 1969 film. Based on the 1961 novel by Frank O'Rourke. A genre-bending film combining a heist feature and a comedy Western in which multiple gangs converge on Friendly Texas in order to attempt to rob the most unrobbable bank in the West. Tan titled wrappers noted as REV. ESTIMATING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 99 dated August 1 1968. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated August 1 1968 with credits for screenwriter William Peter Blatty. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Mimeograph on yellow stock with pink Confidential page and white distribution page bound in at the front. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Pitts 1631. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown
1969ref. 152375N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph taken on the set of the 1969 film showing Kim Novak topless mid-costume change aided by two wardrobe ladies. Based on the 1961 novel. A genre-bending film combining heist comedy and Western genres in which multiple gangs converge on Friendly Texas in order to attempt to rob the most unrobbable bank in the West. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 152375N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph taken on the set of the 1969 film showing Kim Novak topless mid-costume change aided by two wardrobe ladies. Based on the 1961 novel. A genre-bending film combining heist comedy and Western genres in which multiple gangs converge on Friendly Texas in order to attempt to rob the most unrobbable bank in the West. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 156925Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1968. Revised Estimating script for the 1969 film. Based on the 1961 novel by Frank O'Rourke. A genre-bending film combining a heist feature and a comedy Western in which multiple gangs converge on Friendly Texas in order to attempt to rob the most unrobbable bank in the West. Tan titled wrappers noted as REV. ESTIMATING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 99 dated August 1 1968. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated August 1 1968 with credits for screenwriter William Peter Blatty. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Mimeograph on yellow stock with pink Confidential page and white distribution page bound in at the front. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Pitts 1631. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books
1972ref. 171995N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage borderless double weight photograph of cast and crew members of the 1972 film including director Ingmar Bergman and all principal cast raising their glasses in a toast. In her last days a woman dying of uterine cancer is moved to her childhood home where she is placed under the care of her emotionally distant sisters and distraught maid. Bergman's abstracted portrait of his mother with each of the women in the film representing an aspect of her personality. Shot on location at Taxinge-Nasby Castle in Mariefred Sweden. 13.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with brief wear to the corners. Criterion Collection 101. Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 150335N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage photograph of director Ingmar Bergman setting up a shot with actors Elliott Gould Bibi Andersson and Max Von Sydow. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with a stamp noting No. 11620 and the stamps of PIX Inc. and Camera Press Ltd. From the archive of the PIX Agency a 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. A seemingly happy Swedish housewife and mother begins an adulterous affair with a foreign archaeologist who is working near her home an emotionally scarred survivor of the Holocaust. Bergman's first English language film shot in England and Sweden and his first film to involve a major American actor Gould working alongside Bergman regulars Sydow and Andersson. Set and shot on location in Sweden and England. 12 x 8.5 inches. Very Good plus faintly toned along the top edge. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 150335N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage photograph of director Ingmar Bergman setting up a shot with actors Elliott Gould Bibi Andersson and Max Von Sydow. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with a stamp noting No. 11620 and the stamps of PIX Inc. and Camera Press Ltd. From the archive of the PIX Agency a 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. A seemingly happy Swedish housewife and mother begins an adulterous affair with a foreign archaeologist who is working near her home an emotionally scarred survivor of the Holocaust. Bergman's first English language film shot in England and Sweden and his first film to involve a major American actor Gould working alongside Bergman regulars Sydow and Andersson. Set and shot on location in Sweden and England. 12 x 8.5 inches. Very Good plus faintly toned along the top edge. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 171995N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage borderless double weight photograph of cast and crew members of the 1972 film including director Ingmar Bergman and all principal cast raising their glasses in a toast. In her last days a woman dying of uterine cancer is moved to her childhood home where she is placed under the care of her emotionally distant sisters and distraught maid. Bergman's abstracted portrait of his mother with each of the women in the film representing an aspect of her personality. Shot on location at Taxinge-Nasby Castle in Mariefred Sweden. 13.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with brief wear to the corners. Criterion Collection 101. Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 148804Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1977. Shooting Final Draft script for the 1978 film. One of "Master of Disaster" Irwin Allen's last disaster films his penultimate film as director following up on his success with "The Poseidon Adventure" 1972 and "The Towering Inferno" 1974 and featuring an enormous star-studded cast which included seven Academy Award winners Michael Caine Olivia de Havilland Ben Johnson Jose Ferrer Patty Duke Lee Grant and Henry Fonda. Based on the 1974 novel by Arthur Herzog III. A team of scientists join forces with the US military to try to stop the massive swarms of killer bees terrorizing the country. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location in California and Texas. Green illustrated custom wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper dated AUGUST 1977 with credits for screenwriter Stirling Silliphant. Title page present dated August 1977 noted as SHOOTING FINAL with credits for screenwriter Stirling Silliphang. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 138. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1977ref. 148804Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1977. Shooting Final Draft script for the 1978 film. One of "Master of Disaster" Irwin Allen's last disaster films his penultimate film as director following up on his success with "The Poseidon Adventure" 1972 and "The Towering Inferno" 1974 and featuring an enormous star-studded cast which included seven Academy Award winners Michael Caine Olivia de Havilland Ben Johnson Jose Ferrer Patty Duke Lee Grant and Henry Fonda. Based on the 1974 novel by Arthur Herzog III. A team of scientists join forces with the US military to try to stop the massive swarms of killer bees terrorizing the country. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location in California and Texas. Green illustrated custom wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper dated AUGUST 1977 with credits for screenwriter Stirling Silliphant. Title page present dated August 1977 noted as SHOOTING FINAL with credits for screenwriter Stirling Silliphang. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 138. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1961ref. 151020N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph of Anouk Aimee from the 1961 film. Provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" and provenance label of "de Selva - Tapabor" on verso. Jacques Demy's tribute to Max Ophuls with title and character inspired by Josef von Sternberg's "Der Blaue Engel" 1930 starring Marlene Dietrich. Roland Cassard is a bored layabout until he has a chance encounter with Lola a girl he dated in his teens before the war. Roland finds a renewed purpose in life realizing he is still in love with Lola now a cabaret dancer and mother who hopes her son's father her true love may still return. Shot on location in Nantes France. 8.75 x 12 inches. Very Good plus with some edge and corner wear. Criterion Collection 714. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 151015N.p.: N.p. 1982. Three vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1982 film one of Jacques Demy and Dominique Sanda and two of Demy and crew with camera. One with with provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso. Although similar to Demy's 1964 "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" in that it is an operettta-musical in which all the dialogue is sung here Demy is much more explicitly political and possibly even more tragic. Set during the Nantes worker's strike in 1955 shipyard worker Francois Guilbaud a strikers falls in love with his upper-class landlady's married daughter Edith. Set in and shot on location in Nantes France. 1 9.5 x 6 inches 2 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 719. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 151015N.p.: N.p. 1982. Three vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1982 film one of Jacques Demy and Dominique Sanda and two of Demy and crew with camera. One with with provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso. Although similar to Demy's 1964 "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" in that it is an operettta-musical in which all the dialogue is sung here Demy is much more explicitly political and possibly even more tragic. Set during the Nantes worker's strike in 1955 shipyard worker Francois Guilbaud a strikers falls in love with his upper-class landlady's married daughter Edith. Set in and shot on location in Nantes France. 1 9.5 x 6 inches 2 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 719. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1961ref. 151020N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph of Anouk Aimee from the 1961 film. Provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" and provenance label of "de Selva - Tapabor" on verso. Jacques Demy's tribute to Max Ophuls with title and character inspired by Josef von Sternberg's "Der Blaue Engel" 1930 starring Marlene Dietrich. Roland Cassard is a bored layabout until he has a chance encounter with Lola a girl he dated in his teens before the war. Roland finds a renewed purpose in life realizing he is still in love with Lola now a cabaret dancer and mother who hopes her son's father her true love may still return. Shot on location in Nantes France. 8.75 x 12 inches. Very Good plus with some edge and corner wear. Criterion Collection 714. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
