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1961ref. 152439N.p.: N.p. 1961. Cut Version Draft script for Season 1 Episode 12 "Trick or Treason" of the NBC anthology series "The DuPont Show of the Week" which aired on December 17 1961 and is today presumably lost. Copy belonging to uncredited associate producer Milt Myers with script housed in spring binder with Myers name in gilt on lower right. Annotations in manuscript pencil throughout with first name of Monique van Vooren who played Krys written boldly and underlined on top of title page. Script is preceded by a six page "teaser" for the episode. Missing five pages likely as used or issued. From the estate of actress Monique van Vooren. American OSS captain DiLuca Martin Gabel who has fallen in love with the Dutch spy Krys is fed erroneous invasion plans through Holland which Krys reveals to the Nazis confusing them as the Allies prepare for the Battle of Normandy. "The Dupont Show of the Week" was a comedy drama and musical television anthology series which aired on NBC for three seasons from September 17 1961 to August 30 1964 and was nominated for eight Primetime Emmy Awards. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 10/25/61 noted as CUT VERSION with credits for screenwriter Leon Tokatyan. 87 leaves with last page of text numbered IV-23. Mimeograph duplication with the exception of four leaves IV6 - IV-8 and IV-19 which are carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus. Spring binder Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1954ref. 146060N.p.: N.p. 1954. Draft script for the 1954 film. With faint manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Set months before the beginning of the Korean War an American Air Force instructor is assigned to a Kungju base where he is set with the formidable task of completely transforming the South Korean pilots into unstoppable fighting machines in 25 days. Originally intended for release as a 3D film and filmed in dual 53mm Polaroid 3-D by the time the film premiered in 1954 public interest in 3D had declined and the film was shown as a flat print. Set in South Korea and shot on location in California. Blue titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter John C. Champion. Title page present with screenwriting and story credits for John C. Champion. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1954ref. 146060N.p.: N.p. 1954. Draft script for the 1954 film. With faint manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Set months before the beginning of the Korean War an American Air Force instructor is assigned to a Kungju base where he is set with the formidable task of completely transforming the South Korean pilots into unstoppable fighting machines in 25 days. Originally intended for release as a 3D film and filmed in dual 53mm Polaroid 3-D by the time the film premiered in 1954 public interest in 3D had declined and the film was shown as a flat print. Set in South Korea and shot on location in California. Blue titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter John C. Champion. Title page present with screenwriting and story credits for John C. Champion. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1926ref. 171336Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Vintage reference photograph from the 1926 silent film showing Lillian Gish and John Gilbert in a playful moment. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Gish then MGM's highest paid actress had an unprecedented level of control over the production and was allowed input into direction story casting cinematography and costume design. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good moderately toned with nicks to the margins and creasing affecting the right portion of the photograph. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1926ref. 171336Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Vintage reference photograph from the 1926 silent film showing Lillian Gish and John Gilbert in a playful moment. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Gish then MGM's highest paid actress had an unprecedented level of control over the production and was allowed input into direction story casting cinematography and costume design. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good moderately toned with nicks to the margins and creasing affecting the right portion of the photograph. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1943ref. 164451Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1943. Two vintage photographs from the 1943 film including one studio still photograph showing actors Lon Chaney Jr. and Ramsay Ames and one reference photograph showing Chaney Jr. alone. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. The first film in Universal's "Inner Sanctum" series. Universal struck a deal with publishers Simon and Schuster in 1943 obtaining screen rights to their "Inner Sanctum" radio series with Chaney Jr. slated to star. "Calling Dr. Death" would set the standard for the series including the classic introductory sequence of a fortune teller who warns the audience of impending albeit cinematic doom and the recurrent "stream of consciousness" voiceover. 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 lightly faded. Weaver Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown
1943ref. 164451Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1943. Two vintage photographs from the 1943 film including one studio still photograph showing actors Lon Chaney Jr. and Ramsay Ames and one reference photograph showing Chaney Jr. alone. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. The first film in Universal's "Inner Sanctum" series. Universal struck a deal with publishers Simon and Schuster in 1943 obtaining screen rights to their "Inner Sanctum" radio series with Chaney Jr. slated to star. "Calling Dr. Death" would set the standard for the series including the classic introductory sequence of a fortune teller who warns the audience of impending albeit cinematic doom and the recurrent "stream of consciousness" voiceover. 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 lightly faded. Weaver Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 162161N.p.: Cinema International 1975. Six vintage lobby cards for the 1975 French 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. An experimental film loosely based on Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" about a young woman in a post-apocalyptic world who seeks refuge from a violent civil war in an abandoned château. 11.5 x 9.25 inches. About Fine. Criterion Collection 571. Cinema International unknown
1960ref. 150445N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage borderless publicity photograph from the 1960 French film showing actress Catherine Demongeot posing near a metro stop in Paris. With a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's German release on the verso along with layout annotations in ink. A satire of Parisian society through the eyes of a ten-year-old girl visiting from the French countryside who sneaks away from her relatives to venture into the city alone. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 162161N.p.: Cinema International 1975. Six vintage lobby cards for the 1975 French 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. An experimental film loosely based on Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" about a young woman in a post-apocalyptic world who seeks refuge from a violent civil war in an abandoned château. 11.5 x 9.25 inches. About Fine. Criterion Collection 571. Cinema International unknown books
1960ref. 150445N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage borderless publicity photograph from the 1960 French film showing actress Catherine Demongeot posing near a metro stop in Paris. With a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's German release on the verso along with layout annotations in ink. A satire of Parisian society through the eyes of a ten-year-old girl visiting from the French countryside who sneaks away from her relatives to venture into the city alone. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1955ref. 164817Universal City: Universal-International 1955. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1955 film showing actress Mamie Van Doren leaning against a jukebox. Based on Ben Benson's 1954 novel "Girl in the Cage" about an undercover cop working to stop an automobile theft ring run by teenagers. 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. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Universal-International unknown
1955ref. 164817Universal City: Universal-International 1955. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1955 film showing actress Mamie Van Doren leaning against a jukebox. Based on Ben Benson's 1954 novel "Girl in the Cage" about an undercover cop working to stop an automobile theft ring run by teenagers. 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. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Universal-International unknown books
1989ref. 130299Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1989. Revised Draft script for the 1995 film. 17 year old Henri Young Bacon steals five dollars from a grocery store to feed his little sister. He is caught his sister is sent to an orphanage and he never sees her again and unfortunately for him the grocery store also housed a post office making the crime a federal offense. He is sent to Alcatraz where he attempts escape and is foiled by a fellow inmate leaving him sentenced to solitary confinement in the basement of the island prison. Upon his release he has a psychotic episode in which he stabs his betrayer to death with a spoon. James Stamphill Slater is to defend him alleging that Alcatraz drove him insane. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 23 1989 noted as Revised Rewrite with credits for screenwriters Gordon and Ponicsan. 122 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers unknown
1989ref. 130299Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1989. Revised Draft script for the 1995 film. 17 year old Henri Young Bacon steals five dollars from a grocery store to feed his little sister. He is caught his sister is sent to an orphanage and he never sees her again and unfortunately for him the grocery store also housed a post office making the crime a federal offense. He is sent to Alcatraz where he attempts escape and is foiled by a fellow inmate leaving him sentenced to solitary confinement in the basement of the island prison. Upon his release he has a psychotic episode in which he stabs his betrayer to death with a spoon. James Stamphill Slater is to defend him alleging that Alcatraz drove him insane. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 23 1989 noted as Revised Rewrite with credits for screenwriters Gordon and Ponicsan. 122 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers unknown books
1972ref. 146825Rome: N.p. 1972. Treatment script for the 1975 film. Text in English. A young Italian priest is sent to New York where he becomes involved with a group of hippies that declare their plan to publicly commit mass suicide as a protest against modern society. Set in Italy and New York. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated June 1972 with credits for screenwriters MARIO CHIARI SUSO CECCHI D'AMICO MICHELE SAKKARA and translator MELTON S. DAVIS. 91 leaves with last page of text numbered 90. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light offsetting on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 146825Rome: N.p. 1972. Treatment script for the 1975 film. Text in English. A young Italian priest is sent to New York where he becomes involved with a group of hippies that declare their plan to publicly commit mass suicide as a protest against modern society. Set in Italy and New York. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated June 1972 with credits for screenwriters MARIO CHIARI SUSO CECCHI D'AMICO MICHELE SAKKARA and translator MELTON S. DAVIS. 91 leaves with last page of text numbered 90. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light offsetting on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 132245Germany: P. R. Wilk Ffm 1971. Original German A1 re-release poster circa 1971 for the 1938 Russian film. Artwork by Lenicka. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. 23.25 x 33 inches rolled. Near Fine. P. R. Wilk, Ffm unknown
1971ref. 132245Germany: P. R. Wilk Ffm 1971. Original German A1 re-release poster circa 1971 for the 1938 Russian film. Artwork by Lenicka. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. 23.25 x 33 inches rolled. Near Fine. P. R. Wilk, Ffm unknown books
1967ref. 119761Universal City CA: Universal City Studios 1967. Final script for the 1968 film. Prop master C.S. Chrisman's copy with his trademark manuscript ink initial on the front wrapper and profuse manuscript annotations throughout the text regarding scenes that will require props. Based on the 1966 novel "The Wrong Venus" by Charles Williams. An author on a European cruise is slacking on finishing her newest novel when her publisher sends someone to check in on her progress. The first of two screenplays Williams wrote in Hollywood. Williams was one of the most popular hard-boiled authors in the Gold Medal stable. Beginning in the early 1960s he found work as a screenwriter adapting his novel "All the Way" first adapted in 1960 in the US as an obscure late film noir "The 3rd Voice" as a comedy for French director Marcel Ophuls. Set in Europe. Red titled wrappers noted as Final draft on the front wrapper production No. 02000 dated February 6 1967. Title page present noted as Final draft with credits for author and screenwriter Charles Williams. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown
1967ref. 119761Universal City CA: Universal City Studios 1967. Final script for the 1968 film. Prop master C.S. Chrisman's copy with his trademark manuscript ink initial on the front wrapper and profuse manuscript annotations throughout the text regarding scenes that will require props. Based on the 1966 novel "The Wrong Venus" by Charles Williams. An author on a European cruise is slacking on finishing her newest novel when her publisher sends someone to check in on her progress. The first of two screenplays Williams wrote in Hollywood. Williams was one of the most popular hard-boiled authors in the Gold Medal stable. Beginning in the early 1960s he found work as a screenwriter adapting his novel "All the Way" first adapted in 1960 in the US as an obscure late film noir "The 3rd Voice" as a comedy for French director Marcel Ophuls. Set in Europe. Red titled wrappers noted as Final draft on the front wrapper production No. 02000 dated February 6 1967. Title page present noted as Final draft with credits for author and screenwriter Charles Williams. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown books
1945ref. 135327New York: Noel Meadow / Monogram Pictures 1945. Original program for the 1945 film. Features ad layouts side-by-side comparison of Lawrence Tierney and the real John Dillinger and various headline suggestions. Dillinger Tierney robs a store meets fellow gangster Specs Lowe in jail and continues his heists once freed from prison this time with a moll named Helen Jeffreys who eventually rats him out to the Fuzz. Nominated for an Academy Award. Director Nosseck made good use of stock footage from previous gangster films. Illustrated wrappers saddle-stapled. 16 leaves. Very Good with light foxing faint bruising and a vertical fold at the center. Grant US. Hardy The Gangster Film US. Okuda 440. Selby US. Spicer US. Stephens pp. 85-86. Noel Meadow / Monogram Pictures unknown
1945ref. 135327New York: Noel Meadow / Monogram Pictures 1945. Original program for the 1945 film. Features ad layouts side-by-side comparison of Lawrence Tierney and the real John Dillinger and various headline suggestions. Dillinger Tierney robs a store meets fellow gangster Specs Lowe in jail and continues his heists once freed from prison this time with a moll named Helen Jeffreys who eventually rats him out to the Fuzz. Nominated for an Academy Award. Director Nosseck made good use of stock footage from previous gangster films. Illustrated wrappers saddle-stapled. 16 leaves. Very Good with light foxing faint bruising and a vertical fold at the center. Grant US. Hardy The Gangster Film US. Okuda 440. Selby US. Spicer US. Stephens pp. 85-86. Noel Meadow / Monogram Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 161837N.p.: Group 1 Int. Dist. Org 1975. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1974 French film. Two photographs with provenance stamps on the versos one of which also has a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. A beautiful woman undresses in the back of Marcel's taxi and proceeds to take him to the "Private Club" a sex club where he can live out his wildest sexual fantasies unfortunately Marcel's mind is on Lisa a girl he met in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one with a wax pencil annotation on the top right of the recto. Group 1 Int. Dist. Org unknown
1975ref. 161837N.p.: Group 1 Int. Dist. Org 1975. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1974 French film. Two photographs with provenance stamps on the versos one of which also has a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. A beautiful woman undresses in the back of Marcel's taxi and proceeds to take him to the "Private Club" a sex club where he can live out his wildest sexual fantasies unfortunately Marcel's mind is on Lisa a girl he met in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one with a wax pencil annotation on the top right of the recto. Group 1 Int. Dist. Org unknown books
