1949ref. 161687Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1949. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1949 film. In approaching the film adaptation of Ayn Rand's 1943 work director King Vidor dispensed with typical Hollywood production techniques and focused on creating an expressionistic film one that literally echoed the architectural underpinnings of its characters' philosophies motives and ambitions. Unusual choices included modernist cinematography expressionistic set designs and wardrobe and having Rand herself write the heady screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1985ref. 161051N.p.: N.p. 1985. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1985 film both showing actress Melanie Griffith. A former boxer turned nightclub promoter joins together with a police detective to investigate a serial killer targeting strippers. Set in Manhattan and shot on location in New York and Los Angeles. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 161051N.p.: N.p. 1985. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1985 film both showing actress Melanie Griffith. A former boxer turned nightclub promoter joins together with a police detective to investigate a serial killer targeting strippers. Set in Manhattan and shot on location in New York and Los Angeles. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 149472Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Alan Ladd in a dynamic pose with the image manipulated for effect from the 1959 film noir. Based on the 1956 novel by Hugh Wheeler under the pseudonym Patrick Quentin. A struggling artist Alan Ladd is accused of murdering his unstable alcoholic wife Carolyn Jones when she goes missing and must flee from the lynch mob forming amongst the townsfolk. Set in fictional Stoneville Connecticut shot on location in Woodstock and Thompson Connecticut and Framingham Massachusetts. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear and faint toning at edges else Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US. United Artists unknown
1959ref. 149472Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Alan Ladd in a dynamic pose with the image manipulated for effect from the 1959 film noir. Based on the 1956 novel by Hugh Wheeler under the pseudonym Patrick Quentin. A struggling artist Alan Ladd is accused of murdering his unstable alcoholic wife Carolyn Jones when she goes missing and must flee from the lynch mob forming amongst the townsfolk. Set in fictional Stoneville Connecticut shot on location in Woodstock and Thompson Connecticut and Framingham Massachusetts. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear and faint toning at edges else Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US. United Artists unknown books
1967ref. 152322London: The Rank Organization 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the 1967 film showing director-actor Albert Finney. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of The Rank Organization. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A wealthy famous English writer with working class roots is forced to reconnect with his emotions and sense of humanity when he takes a trip to visit his estranged wife and son. Finney's first and only directorial attempt. Set and shot on location in London and Manchester. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased to the edges. The Rank Organization unknown
1967ref. 152322London: The Rank Organization 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the 1967 film showing director-actor Albert Finney. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of The Rank Organization. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A wealthy famous English writer with working class roots is forced to reconnect with his emotions and sense of humanity when he takes a trip to visit his estranged wife and son. Finney's first and only directorial attempt. Set and shot on location in London and Manchester. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased to the edges. The Rank Organization unknown books
1971ref. 158638N.p.: Audubon Films 1971. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 US release of the 1970 West German film. A sexploitation film about a small-town girl who moves to the big city where she begins a career as a sex worker eventually falling in with a group of revolutionaries. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Audubon Films unknown
1971ref. 158638N.p.: Audubon Films 1971. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 US release of the 1970 West German film. A sexploitation film about a small-town girl who moves to the big city where she begins a career as a sex worker eventually falling in with a group of revolutionaries. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Audubon Films unknown books
1995ref. 164081N.p.: My Heart Inc 1995. Draft script for the 1996 film copy with the manuscript marker annotation of copy number 73 on the title page. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. Loosely inspired by the career of Carole King. Illeana Douglas stars as Edna Buxton an aspiring singer/songwriter from Philadelphia who hopes to make it in the music industry in the early 1960s. After changing her name to Denis Waverly and moving to New York she finds success as a songwriter in the Brill Building music scene. Featuring music written in the styles of the era by Burt Bacharach Elvis Costello Joni Mitchell Gerry Goffin and Jill Sobule. 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 and shot on location in New York and Los Angeles. Front wrapper integral with title page dated February 15 1995 with credits for screenwriter Allison Anders. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. My Heart, Inc unknown
1995ref. 164081N.p.: My Heart Inc 1995. Draft script for the 1996 film copy with the manuscript marker annotation of copy number 73 on the title page. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. Loosely inspired by the career of Carole King. Illeana Douglas stars as Edna Buxton an aspiring singer/songwriter from Philadelphia who hopes to make it in the music industry in the early 1960s. After changing her name to Denis Waverly and moving to New York she finds success as a songwriter in the Brill Building music scene. Featuring music written in the styles of the era by Burt Bacharach Elvis Costello Joni Mitchell Gerry Goffin and Jill Sobule. 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 and shot on location in New York and Los Angeles. Front wrapper integral with title page dated February 15 1995 with credits for screenwriter Allison Anders. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. My Heart, Inc unknown books
1977ref. 171038N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1977 film showing André Dussollier and Anémone covered in wires. A slapstick satire of modernism and government control about a French couple who are chosen by the Ministry of the Future to be the country's "model couple" and used as test subjects for the creation of a new updated city by the year 2000. 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus moderately toned. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 171038N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1977 film showing André Dussollier and Anémone covered in wires. A slapstick satire of modernism and government control about a French couple who are chosen by the Ministry of the Future to be the country's "model couple" and used as test subjects for the creation of a new updated city by the year 2000. 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus moderately toned. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 161805N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for an unproduced feature-length pilot episode of the 1979-1981 television series. Based on the 1925 comic strip created by Philip Francis Nowlan a science fiction and adventure series about a twentieth-century astronaut who wakes up 500 years in the future. "Bomber's Moon" was ultimately vetoed by show runner Glen A. Larson in favor of the pilot episode "Awakening" penned by Leslie Stevens. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Andrew J. Fenady. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 161805N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for an unproduced feature-length pilot episode of the 1979-1981 television series. Based on the 1925 comic strip created by Philip Francis Nowlan a science fiction and adventure series about a twentieth-century astronaut who wakes up 500 years in the future. "Bomber's Moon" was ultimately vetoed by show runner Glen A. Larson in favor of the pilot episode "Awakening" penned by Leslie Stevens. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Andrew J. Fenady. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 162550Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1975 film showing actress Melanie Griffith. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. One of the great and still unheralded neo-noirs of the 1970s and along with "The Conversation" 1974 one of Gene Hackman's finest performances. Arthur Penn's unusual career as a director began with "Mickey One" 1965 "The Chase" 1966 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967 three films that amounted to the dynamite under the bridge that was the remnants of the Hollywood studio system heralding the start of the New American Cinema. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Ebert IV. Grant US. Hardy 243. Rosenbaum 1000. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers unknown
1975ref. 162550Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1975 film showing actress Melanie Griffith. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. One of the great and still unheralded neo-noirs of the 1970s and along with "The Conversation" 1974 one of Gene Hackman's finest performances. Arthur Penn's unusual career as a director began with "Mickey One" 1965 "The Chase" 1966 and "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967 three films that amounted to the dynamite under the bridge that was the remnants of the Hollywood studio system heralding the start of the New American Cinema. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Ebert IV. Grant US. Hardy 243. Rosenbaum 1000. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers unknown books
1954ref. 157301N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1954 film. Stamp of the film's title in German on the verso. An exploitation film focusing on fashion models' diet plans and cosmetics regimens. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1954ref. 157301N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1954 film. Stamp of the film's title in German on the verso. An exploitation film focusing on fashion models' diet plans and cosmetics regimens. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 164319N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film showing a nude Mimsy Farmer. Stamp of photographer Michel Ciment on the verso. A German college graduate and an American expatriate hitchhike from Paris to Ibiza where the bliss of island life quickly gives way to heroin addiction and hedonism. Soundtrack by Pink Floyd. Set and shot on location in Paris and Ibiza. 7.25 x 5 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1040. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 164319N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film showing a nude Mimsy Farmer. Stamp of photographer Michel Ciment on the verso. A German college graduate and an American expatriate hitchhike from Paris to Ibiza where the bliss of island life quickly gives way to heroin addiction and hedonism. Soundtrack by Pink Floyd. Set and shot on location in Paris and Ibiza. 7.25 x 5 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1040. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 162399N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1976 film showing Bernardo Bertolucci talking with a woman on the set. A historical epic chronicling the friendship between two men in Italy in the first half of the twentieth century through the rise of fascism and communism. One of the longest commercially released films clocking in at 317 minutes in its original version. Shot on location in Rome Parma Lombardia and Naples. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 162399N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1976 film showing Bernardo Bertolucci talking with a woman on the set. A historical epic chronicling the friendship between two men in Italy in the first half of the twentieth century through the rise of fascism and communism. One of the longest commercially released films clocking in at 317 minutes in its original version. Shot on location in Rome Parma Lombardia and Naples. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 151334Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Vintage reference photograph of actors Marlon Brando Janet Margolin and Yul Brynner from the 1965 film. With a printed spirit duplication snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Twentieth Century-Fox. Based on Werner Jorg Luddecke's 1958 novel. A German pacifist is blackmailed into helping sabotage a German merchant ship carrying a load of rubber a product in short supply for both sides. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1965ref. 151334Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Vintage reference photograph of actors Marlon Brando Janet Margolin and Yul Brynner from the 1965 film. With a printed spirit duplication snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Twentieth Century-Fox. Based on Werner Jorg Luddecke's 1958 novel. A German pacifist is blackmailed into helping sabotage a German merchant ship carrying a load of rubber a product in short supply for both sides. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
