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1963ref. 135122Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Final script for the 1964 film. Based on Herman Wouk's 1962 novel. Youngblood Hawke Franciscus is a Kentucky truck driver who comes to New York City to start a career as a writer. He meets editor Jeanne Green Pleshette who falls for him while putting together a book deal. Throughout his first three books his hops from woman to woman and book deal to book deal including a Broadway adaptation and an affair with a woman whose jealous husband intends to destroy Hawke. He returns to Kentucky to work on writing contracts pneumonia and realizes that Jeanne was the only woman he truly loved. Set in Kentucky and New York shot on location in New York. Self wrappers noted as FINAl on the front wrapper dated February 15 1963 with credits for screenwriter Daves and novelist Wouk. Title page integral with front wrapper DATE. 160 leaves with last page of text numbered 157. Mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Near Fine overall bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1967ref. 162262N.p.: Unusual Films International 1967. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Director Herschell Gorden Lewis' take on 1960s suburbia wherein a newlywed couple moves into an ideal suburban neighborhood only to be drawn into a dangerous game of parties and spouse swapping. Shot on location in Wood Dale and Addison Illinois. 8 x 10 inches. One photograph with an ink annotation to the lower right margin else Near Fine. Unusual Films International unknown books
1965ref. 154898Los Angeles: Olympic International Films 1965. Vintage pressbook for the US release of the 1965 Japanese film. A wealthy businessman hires two detectives to find his missing daughter uncovering a violent drug and sex trafficking ring in the process. An early use of the word "hentai" in the US. 11 x 17 inches. Bi-fold. Near Fine. Olympic International Films unknown books
1963ref. 151796Universal City: Universal Pictures 1963. Vintage reference photograph of Paula Prentiss Howard Hawks and Maria Perschy on the set of the 1964 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Based on the short story "The Girl Who Almost Got Away" by Pat Frank published in the July 1950 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine. Roger Willoughby Rock Hudson esteemed author and expert on fishing has never fished and when outspoken and unshakable PR agent Abigail Page Prentiss enters him into a fishing tournament mayhem and possibly romance ensues. Howard Hawks' homage to the screwball comedies of the 1930s and 40s particularly his' own 1938 classic "Bringing Up Baby" starring Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant who he tried unsuccessfully to get to reprise their roles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Universal Pictures unknown books
2000ref. 151199Iver Heath UK: Pinewood Studios 2000. Sixth Draft script for the 2002 film. A recently widowed woman is bullied by her son and his wife to enter a nursing home where she soon begins to crave independence and a new start to her life. Shot on location in Berkshire England. Light blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 15th September 2000 noted as 6th Draft with credits for screenwriter Malcolm Stone and novelist Vernon Coleman. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall with rust to the binding bound internally with a silver prong. Pinewood Studios unknown books
1978ref. 146943Berlin: Personafilm 1978. Post-production script for the 1978 film. Incomplete as issued. Text in English. A troubled pianist travels to Norway to visit her estranged neglected daughter. Actor Ingrid Bergman's final film role and director Ingmar Bergman's final film for theatrical distribution. Set in Sweden and Norway shot on location in Norway. White lacking wrappers and a title page with material from each reel of film bound separately. Approximately 36 leaves with last page of text numbered 6-5. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good. Personafilm unknown books
1974ref. 162149N.p.: Sociéte Nouvelle de Cinematographie SNC 1974. Collection of eleven vintage borderless lobby cards for the French release of the 1974 Italian 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. A lawyer agrees to marry a teenage girl with an intellectual disability in order to access her wealthy mother's properties planning to have the girl kidnapped after the marriage only to find himself falling in love with her. 11.5 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. Sociéte Nouvelle de Cinematographie [SNC] unknown books
1956ref. 161080United Kingdom: Associated British Picture Corporation 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 British film noir showing actress Diana Dors in the tub. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso and a small stamp on the bottom corners of the recto. Based on Joan Henry's 1954 novel "Yield to the Night" about a woman who resorts to murder after her true love proves himself just the latest in a long line of abusive philanderers. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly soiled on the margins. Grant UK. Lyons UK. Selby UK. Spicer UK. Associated British Picture Corporation unknown books
1957ref. 164827Universal City CA: Universal-International 1957. Vintage linen-backed publicity photograph from the 1957 film showing actor Grant Williams being menaced by a gigantic hand holding a pair of tweezers. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A landmark science fiction film adapted by Richard Matheson from his own 1956 novel about a man who begins shrinking after being exposed to a strange mist. 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 Fine. National Film Registry. Universal-International unknown books
1957ref. 167613Universal City CA: Universal-International 1957. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film one showing actor Grant Williams standing alongside a gigantic ball of twine the other showing Williams being menaced by a spider. A landmark science fiction film adapted by Richard Matheson from his own 1956 novel about a man who begins shrinking after being exposed to a strange mist. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Universal-International unknown books
1999ref. 170727Hollywood: Do We 1999. Revised shooting script for the 1999 television movie originally aired on December 5 1999 on ABC. Based on Mitch Albom's 1997 memoir about his time spent with his former college professor who is dying of Lou Gehrig's disease. Winner of several Primetime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Lead Actor for Jack Lemmon and Outstanding Supporting Actor for Hank Azaria. Lemmon's final film role before his death in 2001. Set in Detroit and Boston shot on location in Los Angeles and Santa Clarita. Self wrappers. Title page present dated June 4 1999 noted as Shooting Script with credits for Albom screenwriter Tom Rickman and director Mick Jackson. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between July 6 and August 9 1999. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Do We unknown books
1975ref. 146498N.p.: N.p. 1975. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1975 novel also written by Jack Lewis about two broke Americans in Hong Kong who are hired to import weapons for a Nationalist Chinese guerrilla band. Screenwriter Jack Lewis was best known for "The Amazing Transparent Man" 1960 and for his prolific work in Western films such as "Outlaw Gold" 1950 "Whistling Hills" 1951 and "Black Eagle of Santa Fe" 1965. Set in Hong Kong China. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 162748Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1979. Revised Shooting script for Season 2 Episode 13 of the 1979-1980 television series. Based on the classic 1976 film starring Walter Matthau about an alcoholic former minor-league baseball player who becomes the coach of an unsuccessful youth baseball team. In this episode a fight between Tanner and Amanda leads to a school-wide fight between boys and girls. Lime green titled wrappers dated July 12 1979 noted as REVISED SHOOTING SCRIPT. Title page present dated July 12 1979 noted as REVISED SHOOTING SCRIPT with credit for screenwriter Richard Rosenstock. 37 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1979ref. 162747Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1979. Revised Shooting script for Season 2 Episode 1 of the 1979-1980 television series. Originally aired on September 15 1979 on CBS. Based on the classic 1976 film starring Walter Matthau about an alcoholic former minor-league baseball player who becomes the coach of an unsuccessful youth baseball team. In this episode Rudi loses his father's prized baseball signed by a famous player. Self wrappers. Title page present dated May 17 1979 noted as REV. SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriters Brian Levant and Jeffrey Ganz. 37 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly faded on the edges bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1979ref. 162749Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1979. Shooting script for Season 2 Episode 14 of the 1979-1980 television series. Copy belonging to an unidentified cast or crew member with their name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Based on the classic 1976 film starring Walter Matthau about an alcoholic former minor-league baseball player who becomes the coach of an unsuccessful youth baseball team. In this episode the kids pressure Buttermaker to take them on a camping trip. Beige titled wrappers dated July 18 1979 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT. Title page present dated July 18 1979 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Paul Diamond and others. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 35. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1967ref. 148982N.p.: Childhood Productions Inc 1967. Vintage one sheet poster for the US release of the 1955 German film. Based on the Italian fairy tale particularly the 1812 version found in Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's "Grimms' Fairy Tales." A fanciful live-action rendition of the tale of the anthropomorphic cat Margitta Sonke who uses fools King Wonnebald F.W. Schroder-Schrom and his daughter Rosine Christa Oenicke into believing the miller's son Hans Harry Wustenhagen is Count Carabas and tricks the evil wizard Saufdichvoll Helmut Ziegner into giving his noble home a knight's castle to Hans. Shot on location at Burg Castle in North Rhine-Westphalia Germany. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good pinholes to corners small splitting at crease several small closed tears and cello tape at extremities. Childhood Productions, Inc unknown books
1966ref. 158517Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1966 film showing Jacqueline Pearce in costume as The Reptile attacking Jennifer Daniel. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Newcomers in a small Cornish village discover that the locals are plagued by mysterious ailments and even deaths that resemble snakebite poisoning. Shot on location in Berkshire and Surrey. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Johnson and Del Vecchio p. 268. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1985ref. 151510Paris: France 3 Cinema 1985. Vintage matte reference photograph of Marie-France Pisier Francis Huster and Jean Marais from the 1985 film. Provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso. Jacques Demy's homage to and an update on Jean Cocteau's 1950 masterwork "Orpheus." A quintessentially 1980s Rock Opera musical with Orpheus as a French pop star and Cocteau's Orpheus Marais returning as Hades operating out of an underground parking garage. Music by Demy's long-time collaborator Michel Legrand. Set in and shot on location in Paris France. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. France 3 Cinema unknown books
1955ref. 159944Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage reference photograph from the 1955 film showing actors James Dean and Richard Davalos. Stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. Based on the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck about two brothers who struggle for the attentions and favor of their deeply religious emotionally troubled father. Winner of Best Dramatic Film at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Actress Jo Van Fleet would go on to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and the film was nominated for three more Academy Awards including Best Director Best Screenplay and the first ever posthumous acting nomination in Academy history for James Dean's lead performance. Set and shot on location in Monterey and Salinas California. 8 x 10 inches with wide top and bottom margins. Very Good plus with a small splash on the right edge and faint toning on the edges. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown books
1967ref. 151601N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage contact sheet from the 1967 film showing 36 images of actress Raquel Welch sporting a bandolier and cowboy hat. Two brothers are pursued by a posse after robbing a bank and taking a widow as hostage but accidentally flee into a territory controlled by a gang of violent Mexican bandoleros. Set in Texas shot on location in Arizona Texas and Utah. 8.25 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 237. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 154839N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph of actress Janet Leigh in a brunette wig relaxing on the set of the 1963 film. Stamps of The Associated Press and Le Parisien on the verso. Based on the 1960 Tony Award winning stage musical of the same name with a book by Michael Stewart lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse. An unsuccessful pop songwriter is convinced he can make his fortune if he can get recently drafted rock and roll star Conrad Birdie on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss his high school girlfriend goodbye. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 152788N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage test photograph from the 1965 film showing actress Carroll Baker in costume as Jean Harlow. The rise to fame and troubled life of starlet Jean Harlow before her death from kidney failure at 26. Not to be confused with the 1965 film of the same name directed by Alex Segal and starring Carol Lynley. Set in Hollywood. 10 x 12 inches. Very Good plus faintly creased at the top edge. Olive Films 247. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 162568Hollywood: Great Empire Films 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 film. With a provenance stamp on the verso. Rare. Obscure sexploitation film from director and screenwriter Jean Van Hearn with the tag line "The Generation Gap that Exploded into a Love-In!" 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and faint creasing. Great Empire Films unknown books
1993ref. 158004Universal City: Universal Pictures 1993. Vintage studio still photograph of director John Woo and actor Jean-Claude Van Damme on the set of the 1993 film. A woman arrives in New Orleans in search of her father where she meets a drifter who helps her uncover the terrifying story behind her father's disappearance. Shot on location in Alabama and Louisiana. 10 x 8.25 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Grant US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1959ref. 152702Paris: Columbia Pictures 1959. Vintage pressbook for the 1959 French film noir. Text in French. Two French journalists in Manhattan investigate the sudden disappearance of the French delegation to the United Nations. Bi-fold 9 x 12 inches. Lightly rubbed else Near Fine. Grant France. Selby France. Columbia Pictures unknown books
