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1977ref. 158139Universal City: Universal Studios 1977. Final Shooting Draft for the 1978 film. A New Hollywood neo-noir based on Simon's 1973 novel. Moses Wine Dreyfuss is a 1960s radical-turned-private eye who is hired by Lila Anspach to investigate a smear campaign against a popular political candidate. The investigation soon becomes a murder case involving a hippie leader whose values like Wine's have been compromised over the years. Set in California shot on location in southern California. Red titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 02111 dated October 19 1977. Title page present noted as Final Shooting Draft with credits for screenwriter Roger L. Simon. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Grant US. Spicer US. Universal Studios unknown
1977ref. 158139Universal City: Universal Studios 1977. Final Shooting Draft for the 1978 film. A New Hollywood neo-noir based on Simon's 1973 novel. Moses Wine Dreyfuss is a 1960s radical-turned-private eye who is hired by Lila Anspach to investigate a smear campaign against a popular political candidate. The investigation soon becomes a murder case involving a hippie leader whose values like Wine's have been compromised over the years. Set in California shot on location in southern California. Red titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 02111 dated October 19 1977. Title page present noted as Final Shooting Draft with credits for screenwriter Roger L. Simon. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Grant US. Spicer US. Universal Studios unknown books
1971ref. 152553Los Angeles: Mondo Films 1971. Draft script for the 1971 film here under the working title "Kicks." Copy belonging to an unknown cast member with two manuscript ink annotations to pages 48 and 49. Two cruel biker thugs arrive at a large mansion where they proceed to attack the two women living there steal and sell the house's valuables and murder a concerned neighbor. Red titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for director-screenwriter Richard Kanter and screenwriters Ted Paramore and Sal Comstock. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Mondo Films unknown
1971ref. 152553Los Angeles: Mondo Films 1971. Draft script for the 1971 film here under the working title "Kicks." Copy belonging to an unknown cast member with two manuscript ink annotations to pages 48 and 49. Two cruel biker thugs arrive at a large mansion where they proceed to attack the two women living there steal and sell the house's valuables and murder a concerned neighbor. Red titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for director-screenwriter Richard Kanter and screenwriters Ted Paramore and Sal Comstock. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Mondo Films unknown books
1979ref. 166505N.p.: MGM Television 1979. First Draft script for the season three episode eight of the 1977-1983 NBC television series copy belonging to actress Christina Cummings who played the role of the "Bank Teller" with the ink annotation of her name on the front wrapper and manuscript ink annotations of her name and circling her character on the cast page. CHiPs was a popular crime drama series about the lives of two motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol CHP played by Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada and aired on NBC premiering on September 15 1977 and ran for 139 episodes over six seasons before ending on May 1 1983. In this episode a series of jewelry robberies are committed by thieves in city trucks and Ponch Estrada recovering in the hospital believes he may have solved the crimes. Set in and shot on location in California. Untitled MGM Television wrappers with a die-cut window. Title page present dated August 17 1979 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Larry Alexander and Revisions by William D. Gordon and James Doherty. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing bound with two gold brads. MGM Television unknown
1979ref. 166505N.p.: MGM Television 1979. First Draft script for the season three episode eight of the 1977-1983 NBC television series copy belonging to actress Christina Cummings who played the role of the "Bank Teller" with the ink annotation of her name on the front wrapper and manuscript ink annotations of her name and circling her character on the cast page. CHiPs was a popular crime drama series about the lives of two motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol CHP played by Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada and aired on NBC premiering on September 15 1977 and ran for 139 episodes over six seasons before ending on May 1 1983. In this episode a series of jewelry robberies are committed by thieves in city trucks and Ponch Estrada recovering in the hospital believes he may have solved the crimes. Set in and shot on location in California. Untitled MGM Television wrappers with a die-cut window. Title page present dated August 17 1979 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Larry Alexander and Revisions by William D. Gordon and James Doherty. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing bound with two gold brads. MGM Television unknown books
1984ref. 155631N.p.: N.p. 1984. Vintage reference photograph of actors Tony Hendra Christopher Guest Lara Cody and Harry Shearer on the set between takes and a take that ostensibly was not in the film. Reiner's debut and a much-loved cult classic about a documentary filmmaker chronicling the American comeback tour of an aging heavy-metal band. Shot on location throughout California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 12. Ebert II. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 155631N.p.: N.p. 1984. Vintage reference photograph of actors Tony Hendra Christopher Guest Lara Cody and Harry Shearer on the set between takes and a take that ostensibly was not in the film. Reiner's debut and a much-loved cult classic about a documentary filmmaker chronicling the American comeback tour of an aging heavy-metal band. Shot on location throughout California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 12. Ebert II. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 148816Los Angeles: Herald Productions 1969. Collection of 20 vintage reference photographs from the 1969 film. Director Robert Downey Sr. one of the most irreverent and anarchic underground filmmakers of the 1960s simultaneously satirizes race politics and consumerism at the end of a decade of rapidly evolving American culture. The film follows Putney Swope the only African American man on the executive board of an advertising firm who is accidentally given control of the company after the sudden death of the previous chairman. Renaming the business Truth and Soul Inc. Swope replaces all but one of the white employees with black radicals and insists they no longer accept business from companies that produce alcohol war toys or tobacco. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Strong Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Herald Productions unknown
1969ref. 148816Los Angeles: Herald Productions 1969. Collection of 20 vintage reference photographs from the 1969 film. Director Robert Downey Sr. one of the most irreverent and anarchic underground filmmakers of the 1960s simultaneously satirizes race politics and consumerism at the end of a decade of rapidly evolving American culture. The film follows Putney Swope the only African American man on the executive board of an advertising firm who is accidentally given control of the company after the sudden death of the previous chairman. Renaming the business Truth and Soul Inc. Swope replaces all but one of the white employees with black radicals and insists they no longer accept business from companies that produce alcohol war toys or tobacco. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Strong Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Herald Productions unknown books
1946ref. 153990Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1946. Vintage reference photograph of director Robert Florey arranging a shot with actor Peter Lorre on the set of the 1946 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with a Warner Brothers stamp the stamp of photographer Mac Julian and a provenance stamp. Based on the 1919 short story by W.F. Harvey. A wealthy disabled pianist with an interest in the occult is found murdered in his Italian villa leading local villagers to suspect evil forces involved in his death. Peter Lorre's final film for Warner Brothers ending a five-year involvement. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant UK. Selby UK. Spicer UK. Warner Brothers unknown
1946ref. 153990Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1946. Vintage reference photograph of director Robert Florey arranging a shot with actor Peter Lorre on the set of the 1946 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with a Warner Brothers stamp the stamp of photographer Mac Julian and a provenance stamp. Based on the 1919 short story by W.F. Harvey. A wealthy disabled pianist with an interest in the occult is found murdered in his Italian villa leading local villagers to suspect evil forces involved in his death. Peter Lorre's final film for Warner Brothers ending a five-year involvement. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant UK. Selby UK. Spicer UK. Warner Brothers unknown books
1984ref. 166247Burbank CA: Columbia Pictures Television 1984. Draft script for the 1985 television movie seen here under the working title "Reunion at Thurleigh." Copy belonging to secretary Carol Wynn-Jones with her name in manuscript ink on the title page and her annotations throughout noting revisions and deletions. Laid in with the script is a letter from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament dated September 16 1984 declining to allow the film's producers to use their organization name and images in the film. A successful but lonely Chicago businessman attends a World War II veterans reunion in England and begins a romance with an old flame during the trip. Originally aired on HBO on May 12 1985. Shot on location in Surrey Cambridgeshire and London. Blue wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Albert Ruben with date 20-9-84 and copy number 52 noted in manuscript ink. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revisions throughout dated variously between September 20 and October 3 1984. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine housed in a black binder. Columbia Pictures Television unknown
1984ref. 166247Burbank CA: Columbia Pictures Television 1984. Draft script for the 1985 television movie seen here under the working title "Reunion at Thurleigh." Copy belonging to secretary Carol Wynn-Jones with her name in manuscript ink on the title page and her annotations throughout noting revisions and deletions. Laid in with the script is a letter from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament dated September 16 1984 declining to allow the film's producers to use their organization name and images in the film. A successful but lonely Chicago businessman attends a World War II veterans reunion in England and begins a romance with an old flame during the trip. Originally aired on HBO on May 12 1985. Shot on location in Surrey Cambridgeshire and London. Blue wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Albert Ruben with date 20-9-84 and copy number 52 noted in manuscript ink. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revisions throughout dated variously between September 20 and October 3 1984. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine housed in a black binder. Columbia Pictures Television unknown books
1967ref. 152491Paris: Pier Luigi 1967. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph of director Roger Vadim actor Honey Autumm a crew member and an extra from the set of the 1968 film. Shot by still photographer Emilio Lari with his stamp on the verso as well layout annotations in manuscript pencil and stamps reading "Noir & Blanc" "APIS-PARIS." Based on the adult comic book by Jean-Claude Forest published in the French magazine "V" in 1962 and 1964. Likely the campiest space-opera sex comedy in film history. Though not popular upon its release it was re-released to greater acclaim in 1977 and has since influenced countless fashion designers films and musicians including Duran Duran whose name is a play on that of the main villain. Set in outer space and shot in Rome. 9.5 x 11.75 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Pier Luigi unknown
1967ref. 152491Paris: Pier Luigi 1967. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph of director Roger Vadim actor Honey Autumm a crew member and an extra from the set of the 1968 film. Shot by still photographer Emilio Lari with his stamp on the verso as well layout annotations in manuscript pencil and stamps reading "Noir & Blanc" "APIS-PARIS." Based on the adult comic book by Jean-Claude Forest published in the French magazine "V" in 1962 and 1964. Likely the campiest space-opera sex comedy in film history. Though not popular upon its release it was re-released to greater acclaim in 1977 and has since influenced countless fashion designers films and musicians including Duran Duran whose name is a play on that of the main villain. Set in outer space and shot in Rome. 9.5 x 11.75 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Pier Luigi unknown books
1982ref. 156663Geneva: Regina-Film 1982. Collection of ten vintage color reference photographs from the 1982 adult film. Stamp of Regina-Film on the versos. A doctor begins to secretly film his sex-crazed patients in action. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with wide horizontal margins. Regina-Film unknown
1982ref. 156663Geneva: Regina-Film 1982. Collection of ten vintage color reference photographs from the 1982 adult film. Stamp of Regina-Film on the versos. A doctor begins to secretly film his sex-crazed patients in action. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with wide horizontal margins. Regina-Film unknown books
1983ref. 163766Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1983. Collection of 20 vintage color slides from the 1983 film. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the slide sleeves noting the film title distributor names and file numbers. Based on Tom Wolfe's 1979 book about the first 15 years of the US space program. Winner of four Academy Awards and nominated for four others. 2 x 2 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert II. United Artists unknown
1983ref. 163766Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1983. Collection of 20 vintage color slides from the 1983 film. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the slide sleeves noting the film title distributor names and file numbers. Based on Tom Wolfe's 1979 book about the first 15 years of the US space program. Winner of four Academy Awards and nominated for four others. 2 x 2 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert II. United Artists unknown books
2016ref. 164011Los Angeles: Emerald Way Productions 2016. Early draft script for the 2024 Western film seen here under the working title "The Salted Earth." From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. In 1870s Montana a young man returns to his remote hometown to seek revenge for his father's death. 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 in Livingston and Deer Lodge Montana. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 11/01/2016 noted as MONTANA FALL DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Lee Zachariah. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Ring stain on the title page else pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Emerald Way Productions unknown
2016ref. 164011Los Angeles: Emerald Way Productions 2016. Early draft script for the 2024 Western film seen here under the working title "The Salted Earth." From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. In 1870s Montana a young man returns to his remote hometown to seek revenge for his father's death. 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 in Livingston and Deer Lodge Montana. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 11/01/2016 noted as MONTANA FALL DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Lee Zachariah. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Ring stain on the title page else pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Emerald Way Productions unknown books
1990ref. 151534Mumbai: National Film Development Corporation of India NFDC 1990. Vintage reference photograph of Satyajit Ray on the set of the 1990 film. Provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" and label of photographer Nemai Ghosh on verso. Ghosh worked closely with Ray as his official still photographer for nearly twenty-five years. Based on the 1882 play by Henrik Ibsen. When a good doctor discovers the cause of an outbreak of illness among the townsfolk is the holy water at the local temple and tourist attraction he is met with unexpected resistance and hostility. Set in the town of Chandipur India. 4.25 x 6.25 inches narrow margins. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection Eclipise 40. National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) unknown
1963ref. 156632N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph of director Satyajit Ray and a camera crew capturing a scene with Anil Chatterjee and Madhavi Mukherjee on the set of the 1963 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A young housewife goes to work as a saleswoman in order to save her family from financial peril finding her relationships with her husband and their traditional conservative family changing as she gains independence in the modern world. Shot on location in Calcutta. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Criterion Collection 668. N.p. unknown
1963ref. 156632N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph of director Satyajit Ray and a camera crew capturing a scene with Anil Chatterjee and Madhavi Mukherjee on the set of the 1963 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A young housewife goes to work as a saleswoman in order to save her family from financial peril finding her relationships with her husband and their traditional conservative family changing as she gains independence in the modern world. Shot on location in Calcutta. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Criterion Collection 668. N.p. unknown books