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1998ref. 163621N.p.: N.p. 1998. First Draft script for an unproduced film based on the life of Ivan "Joe" Deckard a mobster serving a 50-year prison sentence for drug smuggling and other illegal activities. INSCRIBED by Deckard on the title page: "Kevin / Get yourself a cold 'Bud' and enjoy this. Soon we'll see it on the screen / Have a long and happy life / Joe Deckard." Not to be confused with the 1996 film directed by the Farrelly Brothers. Screenwriter Pablo F. Fenjves is best known for ghostwriting the controversial 2007 O.J. Simpson memoir "If I Did It." Set in Miami. Blue generic card wrappers. Title page present dated June 1 1988 noted as First Draft with credit for Fenjves. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a silver prong. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 142146N.p.: Franco-Roumanian 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1925 novel "The Haidoucs" "The Bandits" by Panait Istrati a Romanian proletarian writer. Istrati who wrote in both French and Romanian was considered the Maxim Gorky of the Balkans. Red titled wrappers with credit for author Panait Istrati. Title page present with credits for author Panait Istrati and screenwriter Roger Grenier. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine perfect-bound. Franco-Roumanian unknown
2021ref. 163997Santa Monica: Stalwart Productions 2021. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 2 of the 2022 anthology television series seen here under the working episode title "Heist." Copy belonging to construction coordinator Chris Scher with her name as a watermark on every page. An anthology follow-up to the successful 2010-2022 horror series "The Walking Dead." In this episode two feuding employees at an insurance company are stuck in a time loop at the beginning of the apocalypse and must work together to save their loved ones and leave town. Originally aired on August 21 2022 on AMC. 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. Set in Atlanta. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 12/4/21 noted as White Production Draft with credit for screenwriter Kari Drake. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 48. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with a binder clip. Stalwart Productions unknown
1974ref. 144139Rome: N.p. 1974. Draft script for the first episode Episode 1 of an unproduced television series. Based on "De Novelle Della Pescara" or "The Stories of Pescara" by Gabriele D'Annunzio published in 1902. The whole collection was envisioned as a miniseries and here is the first episode based on the first story "The Virgin Orsola." A schoolteacher in a convent is threatened with an illness that brings her to the edge of death when she is suddenly brought back. A virgin she has a sudden sexual awakening and longs for the touch of a certain soldier but is instead seduced by a pimp leading her to the brink of madness and eventual death. Set in Italy. Orange untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1974 with credits for screenwriter Pasquale Prunas and novelist Gabriele D'Annunzio . 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 162479N.p.: Gulf-United Productions 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film here under the alternate release title "3 on a Waterbed." Provenance stamp on the verso. A famous actor hires a sex worker and locks her in a hotel room for three days as part of an "experiment." Shot on location in Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with wax pencil layout annotations in the margins of the recto and light creasing to the extremities. Gulf-United Productions unknown
1964ref. 136244New York: International Plays 1964. Draft script for an unproduced play. A marriage psychoanalyst and confirmed bachelor suddenly marries a parapsychological expert and yogi and various high jinx ensue. Set in a large American city. Pale blue titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Joudry. Title page present dated Sept. 8 1964 noted as copy No. 18 with credits for screenwriter Joudry. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 3-21. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine perfect-bound. International Plays unknown
1990ref. 169175Beverly Hills CA: Paramount Pictures 1990. Vintage program for the 1990 film. Single sheet with a two color recto and full credits on the verso. 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. 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light rubbing and creasing. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Paramount Pictures unknown
1976ref. 146368Montreal Canada: Quest Film Productions 1976. Final Draft script for the 1976 film. With a few manuscript pencil and ink annotations to the title page. An international hunt begins for a powerful rare stone amulet activated through ley line energy produced by an upcoming solstice. Orange untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated July 15th 1976 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Paul Almond. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with some light dampstaining and rust wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. Quest Film Productions unknown
ref. 141136Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC. First Draft script for the 1955 television program. One of the first television Westerns in which Wyatt Earp is a marshal in a local town in the southwest. Nominated for two prime time Emmy Awards. Set in American West. Set in Arizona and shot on location in California and Arizona. Pink titled self-wrappers noted as First draft on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Wilda McGinnis. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a staple. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown
1978ref. 151181Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1978. Vintage press kit for the 1978 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 17 black and white photographs housed in a brown paper envelope and 17 gatherings of promotional reading material. A New York gallery worker struggles to adapt to the changing sexual and moral climate of the 1970s when she is abandoned by her husband of sixteen years. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Criterion Collection 1032. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1980ref. 151183Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1980. Vintage press kit for the 1980 film containing five black and white photographs and two gatherings of promotional reading material. A high school English teacher and his friend a fashion photographer fall in love with the same girl a sexually liberated young woman who has recently relocated to New York from Kentucky. Photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1972ref. 154553N.p.: Levitt-Pickman 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. A parody of "Sunset Boulevard" 1950 about an unemployed former child star who supports himself as a hustler in Los Angeles. The third film in producer Andy Warhol's trilogy of films directed by Paul Morrissey preceded by "Flesh" 1968 and "Trash" 1970. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Levitt-Pickman unknown
1964ref. 158788N.p.: Martin Ritt Productions 1964. Four vintage studio still photographs and three vintage reference photographs from the 1964 film. Three vintage reference photographs with mimeo snipes on the verso. A remake of Kurosawa's 1950 film "Rashomon" envisioned as a Western. Four witnesses of a rape and murder case have conflicting views of the crime while at trial. Who can be trusted when all four accounts pin the blame on someone different and create different motivations for the crimes Set in the American Southwest shot on location in California and Arizona. Six photographs 10 x 8 inches one photograph 8 x 10 inches. About Very Good plus with some splashes along the left and right edges of the reference photographs and some chips and pinholes along the edges of two of the studio still photographs. Martin Ritt Productions unknown
1970ref. 150612Los Angeles: Fanfare Films 1970. Eight vintage black and white studio still photographs from the 1970 film. In the year 2177 the world has been overtaken by an all-powerful dominating computer and all films with the exception of sex tapes naturally have been banned. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Fanfare Films unknown
1992ref. 171259Universal City: Universal City Studios 1992. Draft script for Season 2 Episode 17 of the ongoing television series. Originally aired March 3 1992 on NBC. This long-running police procedural follows criminal cases from investigation to trial. In this episode a teenage runaway accuses a nun at her halfway house of rape. Set in and shot on location in New York City. Pink titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as Rev. on the front wrapper production No. 67423 dated January 7 1992 with credits for screenwriter Rene Balcer. Title page integral with front wrapper. 68 leaves with last page of text numbered 65. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown
1942ref. 156155N.p.: N.p. 1942. Vintage program for the 1942 German film. Text and titles in German. Director Paul Verhoeven not to be confused with the better-known director of the same name "Robocop" "Soldier of Orange" etc. who was 4 years old when this film was released. Married playwrights Robert and Gisela fear that their new prompter their former theatre manager has come to seek revenge for wrongdoing against his daughter years before. Shot on location in Berlin. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 162518Cinemation Industries 1974. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1973 Dutch film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Based on Jan Wolkers' 1969 novel. A gifted but poor sculptor marries a beautiful wealthy young woman but their relationship is tumultuous and soon sours. Director Paul Verhoeven's second feature film the screen debuts of both Rutger Hauer and Monique van de Ven and the most successful release in the history of Dutch cinema. Set and shot on location in Noord-Holland and Rotterdam Netherlands. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Cinemation Industries unknown
1963ref. 147071N.p.: N.p. 1963. Treatment script for an unproduced film based on screenwriter P.E. Lapide's 1963 novel. Laid in with the treatment script is a letter addressed to casting agent Paul Kohner as well as a typed synopsis from screenwriter P.E. Lapide discussing the success of the Portuguese Brazilian and German editions of his book. After being freed from a concentration camp the stationmaster of a Prague railway station becomes a pro-Israel militant and gardener. Set in Prague Czechoslovakia and Jerusalem Israel. White lacking titled wrappers and title page housed in a beige folder. Nine leaves with last page of text numbered 7. Typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with one staple. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 162292Universal City: Universal Pictures 1969. Four vintage reference photographs from the US release of the 1969 British film including three borderless and one bordered. All with mimeo snipes on the verso. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A married sales executive must conceal his past affair with a young hitchhiker after his wife agrees to take the girl on as a boarder. Set in Middlesex shot on location in Hampshire. Three 7.5 x 9.5 inches one 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1960ref. 152571Universal City: Universal Pictures 1960. Vintage reference photograph of director-actor Peter Ustinov with actors Sandra Dee and John Gavin on a lunch break in Rome during the filming of the 1961 film. The tiny fictitious European nation of Concordia finds itself the tiebreaker in a United Nations vote leading ambassadors from both the US and the Soviet Union to court the country's president's favor in a variety of humorous ways. Set in Concordia shot on location in Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1972ref. 152522Los Angeles: Cinerama Releasing 1972. Collection of promotional materials for the 1972 film including two vintage pressbooks and two pages of production notes. A lonely boy befriends Ben the power-hungry rat leader of a violent rat gang. Sequel to "Willard" 1971. Notable for the theme song a ballad titled "Ben" sung by Michael Jackson. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Pressbooks 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Production notes 8.5 x 13 inches. All materials folded once horizontally at the center else Near Fine. Thrower Nightmare USA. Cinerama Releasing unknown
1962ref. 160048France: Cinetel 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actress Martine Ferre from the 1962 film. A middle-aged man dreams of being a sailor but finds his dreams are waylaid repeatedly by the reality of his wife and children. 9.25 x 7 inches. Very Good with slightly curled edges and minor wear to the finish. Cinetel unknown
1960ref. 162189Munich: Universum Film UFA 1960. Vintage borderless lobby card for the 1960 Italian film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Based on several short stories by Alberto Moravia. Spurred on by his girlfriend a young man in the Roman suburbs sets out to look for a day job but instead finds his mission waylaid by sensual delights. 9.25 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn with pinholes at the corners. Universum Film [UFA] unknown
1964ref. 160355Montreal: Cooperation Productions 1964. Vintage program for the world premiere of the 1964 film. The world premiere was held March 20 1964 in Montréal. The program features film reviews by Jean Le Moyne and Jacques Godbout and extensive film credits. A middle-class teenager is actively involved in campus politics inciting protests and fighting to change the moral face of his college. He changes the life of an incompetent teacher is expelled from school and accidentally causes the death of a gay man. Religious themes human sexuality and an early entry in Canadian feature film industry just as the country's federal government took measures to expand cinema audiences. Director Patry's first feature film his earlier ventures part of the cinema verite movement include "Eye Witness No. 99" 1958 "The Little Sisters" 1959 "Le chanoine Lionel Groulx historien" 1960 "Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine" 1962 and "Francoise" 1964. Set in and shot on location in Montréal. 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Cooperation Productions unknown
1964ref. 143861Montreal: Cooperation Productions 1964. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. Film titles small numerical annotations in manuscript ink and pencil and photographer rubber-stamps on the versos with credits for STUDIO DE PHOTOGRAPHIE and Claude Charron. Two mimeo snipes are present but detached. Lucien Hamelin is a middle-class teenager actively involved in campus politics inciting protests and fighting to change the moral face of his college. He changes the life of an incompetent teacher is expelled from school and accidentally causes the death of a gay man. Religious themes human sexuality and an early entry in Canadian feature film industry just as the country's federal government took measures to expand cinema audiences. Director Patry's first feature film his earlier ventures part of the cinema vérité movement include "Eye Witness No. 99" 1958 "The Little Sisters" 1959 "Le chanoine Lionel Groulx historien" 1960 "Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine" 1962 and "Françoise" 1964. Photographer Charron also worked on Patry's "Rope Around the Neck" 1965 and Lord's "Délivrez-nous du mal" 1966. Set in Montreal. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. Cooperation Productions unknown