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1952ref. 133067Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1952. Original Pressbook for the 1952 film released on a double-bill with "The Secret Sharer" and collectively given a new title "Face to Face." This pressbook was produced prior to release and only advertises for 1 film. Based on the story of the same name Stephen Crane and written for the screen by James Agee. A two-part film released as "Face to Face" in 1952 with the second half of the film based on Crane's story "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" and the first half based on a Joseph Conrad story "The Secret Sharer" starring James Mason and Gene Lockhart. Equal parts nautical drama and hilarious western unique during its time with no apparent connection between the two segments. 4 pages folded 11 x 17 inches. Very Good plus with a horizontal fold at the middle a corner crease and light soil. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1962ref. 173024Burbank CA: Walt Disney 1962. Vintage hand-tinted British front-of-house card from the 1962 film. Based on the 1960 novel "Starfire" by Robert Buckner. An air force captain who is supposed to make the first flight around the moon is put under protection by the FBI when he encounters an alien. Shot on location in San Francisco CA. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Walt Disney unknown books
1958ref. 172476Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1958. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1958 re-release of the 1949 film noir. Based on the 1946 novel of the same name by Robert Penn Warren. Follows a grassroots politician who over his career in politics turns to corruption to keep himself in power. Winner of three Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor and Actress for Broderick Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge. Set in the American South shot on location in Northern California. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine with some creasing at the right edge. Grant US. National Film Registry. Selby US. Spicer US. Twilight Time. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1996ref. 171837N.p.: Film Roman Productions 1996. First Draft script for the pilot episode of the 1996-1997 syndicated animated series an internally duplicated copy with copied punch holes here under the working title "B.R.U.N.O. The Kid 'The Adventure Begins' Pilot." From the archive of screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic. Syndicated animated series about an eleven-year old who becomes a top secret spy which premiered on September 23 1996 and aired for a single 36-episode season ending on May 26 1997. In this episode Colonel Muckbar buys the BLAP disk from Lazlo Gigahertz Tim Curry and threatens to blow up the Hoover Dam if he doesn't get two billion dollars. Front wrapper integral with the title page dated 3/21/69 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Bill Baunstein. 44 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Film Roman Productions unknown books
1927ref. 172197Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1927. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1927 silent film showing actor Buster Keaton standing behind a large pile of sporting gear. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Seen by some as a reply to Harold Lloyd's "The Freshman" 1925 and a follow-up to Keaton's masterpiece "The General" 1926 about a nerdy undergraduate who follows his crush to a sports-focused college. Shot on location at Bovard Field and Exposition Park in Los Angeles. Poor with a large dampstain affecting the bottom right portion of the image and a diagonal crease to the top right corner repaired with old cello tape on the verso. United Artists unknown books
1992ref. 154458Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1992. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1992 film. A comedy about the romantic misadventures of a group of young adults living in Seattle during the grunge rock craze. Three members of the real-life grunge rock group Pearl Jam appeared in the film under the band name "Citizen Dick." Set and shot on location in Seattle. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1979ref. 161962Universal City: Universal Pictures 1979. Two vintage studio still photographs of actor Steve Martin from the 1979 film. Both photographs with mimeo snipe on the verso and one provenance stamp. A lovable idiot accidentally strikes it rich after leaving his adopted family in rural Mississippi and moving to St. Louis. Steve Martin's first starring role in a feature film. Shot on location in Pasadena Westlake and Los Angeles California. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine with some slight creasing at the corners. Universal Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 156129N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage program for the 1954 German film. Text and titles in German. A butcher from Hamburg is unwittingly drawn into a smuggling scheme in Copenhagen when a young woman asks him to take a valuable miniature back with him to Hamburg. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 167948Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1980. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1980 re-release of the 1979 film. An expanded remake of "The Sitter" 1977 a short film developed by screenwriters Fred Walton and Steve Feke. An unseen killer terrorizes a teenage baby-sitter over the telephone returning seven years later to menace her as an adult. Remade in 2006 directed by Simon West and starring Camilla Belle. Set and shot on location throughout Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. United Artists unknown books
ref. 151997N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Vintage reference photograph from the 1942 re-release of the 1925 film showing actors Charlie Chaplin and Mack Swain in a tense moment. With manuscript ink annotations to the verso along with a stamp indicating that the photo came from the library of noted film historian and tastemaker Maurice Bessy. A bravely optimistic gold prospector Chaplin struggles to survive in the Klondike where prospectors face starvation sickness loneliness and animal attack. Frequently considered Chaplin's greatest work a masterpiece of the silent film era. Set in Alaska. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall with a short nick to the left edge. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 615. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1961ref. 168192N.p.: Today Theatre Productions 1961. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film seen here under the alternate title "You've Ruined Me Eddie." A wealthy teenager from south Florida gets impregnated by her working class boyfriend and attempts to get an abortion but is pressured by others to marry and have the baby. Set and shot on location in Orlando Florida. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Today Theatre Productions unknown books
1951ref. 164800Universal City CA: Universal-International 1951. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1951 film showing actors Lon Chaney Maureen O'Hara and Buddy Baer. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A Bedouin chief competes with a Tunisian princess in hunting down a legendary black stallion but join forces against the barbaric Corsair Lords. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Universal-International unknown books
1983ref. 167928Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1983. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1983 film including one compilation photograph and one showing director William Friedkin with actors Chevy Chase and Sigourney Weaver on the set. A satire about arms dealers competing for a weapons contract with an erratic South American dictator. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1986ref. 167945Los Angeles: Cannon Films 1986. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1987 film. A magazine reporter fabricates a story about a New York pimp after he is unsuccessful getting information on the streets. But the police the district attorney and a real pimp all believe the story is about the real pimp. A longtime pet project of Christopher Reeve who only agreed to do Sidney J. Furie's "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace" 1987 if they backed and financed "Street Smart." Actor Morgan Fr65eeman's breakthrough role earning him an Academy Award nomination. Set in New York shot on location in New York and Montreal Canada. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine to Fine. Olive Films 1033. Cannon Films unknown books
1965ref. 150761Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1965. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1965 film. Two with printed mimeo snipes on the verso. Five passengers in a train carriage are joined by a mysterious doctor who predicts the destinies of each passenger using his Tarot deck. Intended as a successor to "Dead of Night" a wildly successful Ealing Studios horror anthology released twenty years prior. Set and shot on location in England. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased several with pinholes to the corners. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1990ref. 150309Los Angeles: Morgan Creek Productions Inc 1990. Vintage studio still photograph of David Cronenberg from the 1990 film. Based on Clive Barker's 1988 novella "Cabal." Craig Sheffer stars as a man who stumbles upon an underground city of peaceful monsters becoming a monster himself in the process and who must help protect them from other humans including his serial killer therapist. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with small amount of splashing on lower right. Morgan Creek Productions, Inc unknown books
1953ref. 144867Culver City CA: The Beckworth Corporation 1953. Vintage photograph of script supervisor Frances McDowell actor Aldo Ray and director Curtis Bernhardt on the set of the 1953 film. Mimeo snipe and studio stamps on the verso. Sadie Thompson Rita Hayworth is stranded on a military outpost in American Samoa where the Marines take an interest in her particularly the self righteous and proselytizing Mr. Davidson Jose Ferrer who tries to save Miss Thompson's soul after learning she worked as a bar girl in Hawaii. The film was shot as a 3-D production though by the time of the film's release the frenzy around 3D films had died down and after a two week run the technology was dropped and the film was screened "flat." The story had to be reworked to meet Hays Code standards in its handling of scandalous themes this reworking gave way to the films musical numbers brought in to revive the now tamed down story. The film's "Sadie Thompson's Song Blue Pacific Blues" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Shot on location in Kaua'i Hawaii. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. The Beckworth Corporation unknown books
1955ref. 132494London: Eros Films 1955. Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1955 UK film. A scarce English crime drama about an American who loses his money and finds himself stranded. He meets a smuggler who has brought jewels into the country inside a teddy bear but before they come to an agreement she is pushed off a cliff. 8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing and toning overall else Near Fine. Eros Films unknown books
1967ref. 161836N.p.: Trans Continental Artists 1967. Vintage studio still photograph of Rita Alexander from the 1967 film. Three women who are old friends reunite to plan a heist of the King of Sex's crown during the Mardi Gras carnival. Shot on location in New Orleans. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Trans Continental Artists unknown books
1962ref. 150846N.p.: N.p. 1962. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1962 film one showing actress Mai Zetterling the other showing Zetterling with actor Pat Boone. A drifter on the run from a murder charge joins a traveling circus where his attentions are torn between two beautiful women. Shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1988ref. 154971Culver City CA: Media Home Entertainment 1988. Vintage press kit for the VHS/Beta release of the 1988 film. Pocketed illustrated folder containing two gatherings of promotional reading materials and four pages of xerographically duplicated film reviews. Based on the novel "Twins" by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland a fictionalized account of the lives of Stewart and Cyril Marcus twin gynecologists who were discovered dead in their Manhattan apartment. Veering from the body-horror from which he had been known David Cronenberg here creates a psychological horror revolving around identity paranoia and co-dependency wherein acclaimed and brilliant twin gynecologists Elliot and Beverly Mantle's lives begin to unravel when Beverly begins to fall in love with a new patient Claire Niveau a film actress with a triple cervix. Featuring a striking performance by Jeremy Irons as the Mantle twins. Set in and shot on location in Toronto. Folder Very Good plus with light rubbing. Contents Near Fine. Criterion Collection 21. Media Home Entertainment unknown books
1969ref. 150572Universal City: Universal Pictures 1969. Eight vintage black and white studio still photographs from the 1969 film. A young man and his girlfriend make plans to kill the man's aunt in the hopes of receiving her large fortune but their nefarious plans are waylaid by the aunt's dozens of psychic murderous cats. Shot in San Francisco. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1967ref. 132095Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1967. Five vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1967 US film. Based on the Shepherd Mead novel about a man in a dead-end job who rises through the corporate ladder without any substantial effort. Robert Morse was nominated for a Golden Laurel for his comedic performance and would go on to star as Bertam Cooper in AMC's multi-award winning series "Mad Men." 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Hirschhorn p. 388. United Artists unknown books
1944ref. 164516Universal City: Universal Studios 1944. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1944 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. In the early years of the Gold Rush a senator's daughter takes a wagon train west in order to follow her boyfriend a lieutenant in the US cavalry. One of the most expensive productions in Universal's history and the only Technicolor film in which Deanna Durbin appeared. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Shot on location in Utah and California. 10 x 8 inches. Faint scratches on the recto else Near Fine. Universal Studios unknown books
1963ref. 168146Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film. During the Cold War a Strategic Air Command B-52 wing commander attempts to whip his unit into shape in time to pass a readiness test. 5 x 4 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
