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1928ref. 153194N.p.: N.p. 1928. Reference photograph from the 1928 silent film struck circa 1950s showing director and actor Erich von Stroheim in a tender moment with Fay Wray. Manuscript ink and pencil annotations to the verso noting the film's title and the names of the photograph subjects. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Stroheim's runaway production was halted after nine months of shooting by producer Pat Powers having gone nearly $1 million over budget with an edited running time of over four hours. After a disastrous preview Paramount decided to release two films from the footage as was Stroheim's original intent with the second part entitled "The Honeymoon" now lost. The film follows Prince Nicki an impoverished aristocrat who is in love with a beautiful but poor innkeeper's daughter but is forced to marry the daughter of a wealthy factory owner. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registy. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. N.p. unknown
1928ref. 153194N.p.: N.p. 1928. Reference photograph from the 1928 silent film struck circa 1950s showing director and actor Erich von Stroheim in a tender moment with Fay Wray. Manuscript ink and pencil annotations to the verso noting the film's title and the names of the photograph subjects. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Stroheim's runaway production was halted after nine months of shooting by producer Pat Powers having gone nearly $1 million over budget with an edited running time of over four hours. After a disastrous preview Paramount decided to release two films from the footage as was Stroheim's original intent with the second part entitled "The Honeymoon" now lost. The film follows Prince Nicki an impoverished aristocrat who is in love with a beautiful but poor innkeeper's daughter but is forced to marry the daughter of a wealthy factory owner. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registy. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 153707N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced television episode. Incomplete as issued. Based on Ernest Hemingway's 1925 short story about a young man dealing with discontent and malaise while living with his family after returning from World War I. An unproduced venture by screenwriter Larry Cohen best known for his Blaxploitation films "Bone" 1972 "Black Caesar" 1973 and "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 as well as several popular horror and science fiction films including "It's Alive" 1974 "God Told Me To" 1976 and "The Stuff" 1985. Set in Oklahoma. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for story writer Ernest Hemingway and screenwriter Larry Cohen. 13 leaves not numbered. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 153707N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced television episode. Incomplete as issued. Based on Ernest Hemingway's 1925 short story about a young man dealing with discontent and malaise while living with his family after returning from World War I. An unproduced venture by screenwriter Larry Cohen best known for his Blaxploitation films "Bone" 1972 "Black Caesar" 1973 and "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 as well as several popular horror and science fiction films including "It's Alive" 1974 "God Told Me To" 1976 and "The Stuff" 1985. Set in Oklahoma. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for story writer Ernest Hemingway and screenwriter Larry Cohen. 13 leaves not numbered. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. N.p. unknown books
1940ref. 148233Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1940. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1940 film one with "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" stamp on the verso. Based on the 1937 play "Parfumerie." Klara Novak Margaret Sullavan is the new employee at the Matuschek and Company store and Alfred Kralik James Stewart their best salesman can't stand each other unaware they're falling in love through the post as anonymous pen pals. Selected for the National Film Registry in 1999. Set in Budapest. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at corners one with two small pieces of paper tape at top pinholes on verso. Rosenbaum 1000. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1940ref. 148233Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1940. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1940 film one with "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" stamp on the verso. Based on the 1937 play "Parfumerie." Klara Novak Margaret Sullavan is the new employee at the Matuschek and Company store and Alfred Kralik James Stewart their best salesman can't stand each other unaware they're falling in love through the post as anonymous pen pals. Selected for the National Film Registry in 1999. Set in Budapest. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at corners one with two small pieces of paper tape at top pinholes on verso. Rosenbaum 1000. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1968ref. 162560N.p.: Nordisk Tonefilm 1968. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1968 Swedish film. Both photographs with provenance stamps on the verso one with two labels obscuring a previous provenance stamp. One of a number of international films in the 1960s produced by Radley Metzger as noted on these photographs that today show no credit for him. Originally released in Sweden as Lejonsommar the film was released world-wide under the title "Summer of the Lion" and in the US as "Vibration." Sven-Bertil Taube stars as a frustrated writer who travels to an island off the coast of Sweden and becomes involved with Essy Persson as a sexy young temptress. Shot on location in Gotlands län Sweden. 8 x 10 inches. One photograph with a wax pencil annotation on the top right else Near Fine. Nordisk Tonefilm unknown
1968ref. 162560N.p.: Nordisk Tonefilm 1968. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1968 Swedish film. Both photographs with provenance stamps on the verso one with two labels obscuring a previous provenance stamp. One of a number of international films in the 1960s produced by Radley Metzger as noted on these photographs that today show no credit for him. Originally released in Sweden as Lejonsommar the film was released world-wide under the title "Summer of the Lion" and in the US as "Vibration." Sven-Bertil Taube stars as a frustrated writer who travels to an island off the coast of Sweden and becomes involved with Essy Persson as a sexy young temptress. Shot on location in Gotlands län Sweden. 8 x 10 inches. One photograph with a wax pencil annotation on the top right else Near Fine. Nordisk Tonefilm unknown books
1984ref. 166528Beverly Hills CA: Warner Brothers Television 1984. Rainbow Revision Final Draft script for the tenth episode of the second season of the Emmy Award-winning CBS television series which aired on December 10 1984. Copy belonging to actor Nick Dimitri with the pencil annotations of his name the character name "Anatole Yulanovski" and the page and scene numbers on which his character appears on the front wrapper with manuscript pencil annotations on five pages underlining his character. Laid in is a call sheet printed on the recto and verso with copied annotations dated "November 14 1984." Of note Dimitri is not credited as being in this episode on IMDB and the character of "Anatoli Ulanovsky" is credited as being played by actor Gerry Gibson. Created by Brad Buckner and Eugenie Ross-Leming "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" starred Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner as the titular characters a divorced housewife and a secret agent with whom she's fallen in love who both end up working for a secret government agency. The series premiered on CBS on October 3 1983 and aired for 88 episodes for four seasons ending on May 28 1987. In this episode Billy Mel Stewart is kidnapped and the agency is put on alert while Lee Boxleitner and Amanda Jackson work with a Soviet agency to locate a bomb to prevent World War 3. Orange titled wrappers noted as REVISED SECOND DRAFT on the front wrapper dated October 30 1984. Title page present dated November 2 1984 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Rudolph Borchert. 80 leaves with last page of text numbered 64. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow green buff and cherry revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/2/84 and 11/16/84. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers Television unknown
1984ref. 166528Beverly Hills CA: Warner Brothers Television 1984. Rainbow Revision Final Draft script for the tenth episode of the second season of the Emmy Award-winning CBS television series which aired on December 10 1984. Copy belonging to actor Nick Dimitri with the pencil annotations of his name the character name "Anatole Yulanovski" and the page and scene numbers on which his character appears on the front wrapper with manuscript pencil annotations on five pages underlining his character. Laid in is a call sheet printed on the recto and verso with copied annotations dated "November 14 1984." Of note Dimitri is not credited as being in this episode on IMDB and the character of "Anatoli Ulanovsky" is credited as being played by actor Gerry Gibson. Created by Brad Buckner and Eugenie Ross-Leming "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" starred Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner as the titular characters a divorced housewife and a secret agent with whom she's fallen in love who both end up working for a secret government agency. The series premiered on CBS on October 3 1983 and aired for 88 episodes for four seasons ending on May 28 1987. In this episode Billy Mel Stewart is kidnapped and the agency is put on alert while Lee Boxleitner and Amanda Jackson work with a Soviet agency to locate a bomb to prevent World War 3. Orange titled wrappers noted as REVISED SECOND DRAFT on the front wrapper dated October 30 1984. Title page present dated November 2 1984 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Rudolph Borchert. 80 leaves with last page of text numbered 64. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow green buff and cherry revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/2/84 and 11/16/84. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers Television unknown books
1989ref. 159710San Francisco: Klub Komotion 1989. Vintage flyer for a 1989 film screening at San Francisco's Klub Komotion held on December 2 1989. In addition to the screening the flyer advertises poetry by Q.R. Hand accompanied by Lewis Jordan on sax and music by Fuzz Factor. Based on the 1950 French novel "La Rue Cases-Nègres" by Joseph Zobel. Set in 1930s Martinique a young boy José living in a shanty village succeeds in his studies allowing him to attend school in the capital but his scholarship only covers a fraction of the tuition. Set in and shot on location in Martinique France. Q.R. Hand Jr. was an acclaimed poet and community health worker in the Mission District of San Francisco. He published three books of poetry "I Speak to the Poet in Man" 1985 "How Sweet It Is" 1996 and Whose Really Blues" 2008. Lewis Jordan is a musician poet actor and playwright and a founding member of United Front a seminal San Francisco Bay Area Ensemble. Fuzz Factor was a marimba driven rock project active in the Bay Area in the late 190s and early 1990s. Klub Komotion was a popular punk and alternative San Francisco nightclub located at 2779 Sixteenth Street during the 1980s and 1990s. 8.5 x 14 inches. With a few pinholes to the far corners else Near Fine. Klub Komotion unknown
1989ref. 159710San Francisco: Klub Komotion 1989. Vintage flyer for a 1989 film screening at San Francisco's Klub Komotion held on December 2 1989. In addition to the screening the flyer advertises poetry by Q.R. Hand accompanied by Lewis Jordan on sax and music by Fuzz Factor. Based on the 1950 French novel "La Rue Cases-Nègres" by Joseph Zobel. Set in 1930s Martinique a young boy José living in a shanty village succeeds in his studies allowing him to attend school in the capital but his scholarship only covers a fraction of the tuition. Set in and shot on location in Martinique France. Q.R. Hand Jr. was an acclaimed poet and community health worker in the Mission District of San Francisco. He published three books of poetry "I Speak to the Poet in Man" 1985 "How Sweet It Is" 1996 and Whose Really Blues" 2008. Lewis Jordan is a musician poet actor and playwright and a founding member of United Front a seminal San Francisco Bay Area Ensemble. Fuzz Factor was a marimba driven rock project active in the Bay Area in the late 190s and early 1990s. Klub Komotion was a popular punk and alternative San Francisco nightclub located at 2779 Sixteenth Street during the 1980s and 1990s. 8.5 x 14 inches. With a few pinholes to the far corners else Near Fine. Klub Komotion unknown books
1958ref. 160487Los Angeles: CBS Television Network 1958. Vintage reference photograph of Robert Ryan and Jeanne Crain from Season 2 Episode 39 "The Great Gatsby" of the anthology television series. The Emmy Award winning series "Playhouse 90." aired on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. Season 2 Episode 39 "The Great Gatsby" aired on CBS on June 26 1958. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel. Set in New York. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine. CBS Television Network unknown
1977ref. 154931N.p.: CIC 1977. Vintage British Quad poster for the UK release of the 1976 film. Based on the unfinished 1941 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. A tribute to early cinema wherein Robert De Niro plays a movie producer who nearly works himself to death. Director Elia Kazan's final directorial effort and notably the only film with De Niro and Jack Nicholson in a joint screen appearance. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in and shot on location in Hollywood. 39.75 x 29.75 inches Folded as issued. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. CIC unknown
1977ref. 154931N.p.: CIC 1977. Vintage British Quad poster for the UK release of the 1976 film. Based on the unfinished 1941 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. A tribute to early cinema wherein Robert De Niro plays a movie producer who nearly works himself to death. Director Elia Kazan's final directorial effort and notably the only film with De Niro and Jack Nicholson in a joint screen appearance. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in and shot on location in Hollywood. 39.75 x 29.75 inches Folded as issued. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. CIC unknown books
1958ref. 160487Los Angeles: CBS Television Network 1958. Vintage reference photograph of Robert Ryan and Jeanne Crain from Season 2 Episode 39 "The Great Gatsby" of the anthology television series. The Emmy Award winning series "Playhouse 90." aired on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. Season 2 Episode 39 "The Great Gatsby" aired on CBS on June 26 1958. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel. Set in New York. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine. CBS Television Network unknown books
1972ref. 150256N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage reference photograph of Federico Fellini on the set of the 1972 film. A semi-autobiographical impressionistic portrait of Rome featuring two contrasting sections one based on Fellini's first journey to the city as a young man under Mussolini the other featuring scenes of contemporary city life. Set and shot on location in Rome Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Light even fading else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1955ref. 161303Rome: N.p. 1955. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1955 Italian film showing actor Broderick Crawford. Stamp of still photographer G.B. Poletto on the verso. A trio of small-time ruthless con artists undergo crises of conscience after facing the condemnation of their families. Director Federico Fellini's followup to "La strada" 1954. 9.75 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Eureka Masters of Cinema 66. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. N.p. unknown
1955ref. 161303Rome: N.p. 1955. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1955 Italian film showing actor Broderick Crawford. Stamp of still photographer G.B. Poletto on the verso. A trio of small-time ruthless con artists undergo crises of conscience after facing the condemnation of their families. Director Federico Fellini's followup to "La strada" 1954. 9.75 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Eureka Masters of Cinema 66. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 150256N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage reference photograph of Federico Fellini on the set of the 1972 film. A semi-autobiographical impressionistic portrait of Rome featuring two contrasting sections one based on Fellini's first journey to the city as a young man under Mussolini the other featuring scenes of contemporary city life. Set and shot on location in Rome Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Light even fading else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 149281Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1966. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1966 film with corrected credits at the bottom margin on an affixed label. Adapted from the teleplay "Big Deal in Laredo" written by Sidney Carroll originally aired on "The DuPont Show of the Week" on NBC October 7 1962 starring Walter Matthau Teresa Wright and Zachary Scott. Meredith Henry Fonda his wife Mary Joanne Woodward and their young son are passing through Laredo Texas during an annual high-stakes poker game when Meredith decides to buy into the game. After losing all of their family savings he suffers a physical breakdown prompting the attention of a doctor and for his wife Mary Joanne Woodward to take over his hand. Because she has no more money to bet she takes a loan from the bank based on her hand. Set in Laredo TX and filmed on location in Flagstaff AZ. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Light splitting at bottom crease else Near Fine. Pitts 317. Warner Brothers unknown
1966ref. 149281Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1966. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1966 film with corrected credits at the bottom margin on an affixed label. Adapted from the teleplay "Big Deal in Laredo" written by Sidney Carroll originally aired on "The DuPont Show of the Week" on NBC October 7 1962 starring Walter Matthau Teresa Wright and Zachary Scott. Meredith Henry Fonda his wife Mary Joanne Woodward and their young son are passing through Laredo Texas during an annual high-stakes poker game when Meredith decides to buy into the game. After losing all of their family savings he suffers a physical breakdown prompting the attention of a doctor and for his wife Mary Joanne Woodward to take over his hand. Because she has no more money to bet she takes a loan from the bank based on her hand. Set in Laredo TX and filmed on location in Flagstaff AZ. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Light splitting at bottom crease else Near Fine. Pitts 317. Warner Brothers unknown books
1962ref. 161534N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 film with a provenance stamp on the verso. A re-edited version of the 1958 German film "The Sin Began with Eva" by Fritz Umgelter with additional nude scenes featuring Playboy model June Wilkinson shot by a young Francis Ford Coppola then still a film student. A bellboy aspiring to be a private eye spies on the suspicious activities of women in the hotel who turn out to be representatives of a lingerie manufacturer. Shot on location in Bavaria and San Francisco. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 161534N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 film with a provenance stamp on the verso. A re-edited version of the 1958 German film "The Sin Began with Eva" by Fritz Umgelter with additional nude scenes featuring Playboy model June Wilkinson shot by a young Francis Ford Coppola then still a film student. A bellboy aspiring to be a private eye spies on the suspicious activities of women in the hotel who turn out to be representatives of a lingerie manufacturer. Shot on location in Bavaria and San Francisco. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 150678N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage reference photograph of François Truffaut and Isabelle Adjani on the set of the 1975 film. Based on the diaries of Adele Hugo youngest daughter of French writer Victor Hugo. Adele Hugo's Isababelle Adjani romantic obsession with the indifferent British officer Lieutenant Pinson Bruce Robinson leads her to follow him to Halifax and eventually succumb to madness and despair. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Adjani at age 20 making her the youngest nominee for the award at the time. Set in Halifax Nova Scotia shot on location in Senegal and Channel Islands. 12 x 9.5 inches. Light soiling in margin else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
