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1974ref. 140771Hollywood: Goldwyn Studios 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. The daughter of a steel magnate is kidnapped from her college and being held for ransom by a group called the Army of the Oppressed whose insane leader demands ten million dollars in food for the poor. His enemy Turkey the leader of the Liberators in Detroit exacts his own revenge by kidnapping Malcolm Z's mother and wife but is apprehended by the FBI. A convict is allowed to escape from jail to lead the local cops to the gang but he too is killed onsite. With all the leads and hopes dashed one investigator risks his life for one more trick in getting the girl home safely. Set in California and Detriot. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 7 1974 with credits for screenwriter Charles Martin. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Goldwyn Studios unknown
1974ref. 140771Hollywood: Goldwyn Studios 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. The daughter of a steel magnate is kidnapped from her college and being held for ransom by a group called the Army of the Oppressed whose insane leader demands ten million dollars in food for the poor. His enemy Turkey the leader of the Liberators in Detroit exacts his own revenge by kidnapping Malcolm Z's mother and wife but is apprehended by the FBI. A convict is allowed to escape from jail to lead the local cops to the gang but he too is killed onsite. With all the leads and hopes dashed one investigator risks his life for one more trick in getting the girl home safely. Set in California and Detriot. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 7 1974 with credits for screenwriter Charles Martin. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Goldwyn Studios unknown books
1960ref. 125432Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1960. Original pressbook for the 1960 film noir. Based on the novel "All the Way" by noted hard-boiled author Charles Williams. Edmond O'Brien is hired to impersonate a murdered businessman and dominates nearly every scene mostly on the phone as the "third voice" in this strange film post-noir entry. The first adaptation of a of Charles Williams novel and one of only a few American film adaptations of his work. One sheet folded twice as issued with one insert 13 x 16 inches. Very Good plus with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages a few short closed tears and light rubbing. Spicer p. 424. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1960ref. 125432Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1960. Original pressbook for the 1960 film noir. Based on the novel "All the Way" by noted hard-boiled author Charles Williams. Edmond O'Brien is hired to impersonate a murdered businessman and dominates nearly every scene mostly on the phone as the "third voice" in this strange film post-noir entry. The first adaptation of a of Charles Williams novel and one of only a few American film adaptations of his work. One sheet folded twice as issued with one insert 13 x 16 inches. Very Good plus with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages a few short closed tears and light rubbing. Spicer p. 424. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1956ref. 143253Paris: Les Films Ariane 1956. Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the set of the 1956 French film here under the original French title "Si tous les gars du monde." Featured are images of the caste and crew on the fishing boat seen in the film including director Christian-Jaque and cast family members. All crediting photographer "le grand" on the recto housed in an original French Kodak paper envelope with annotations on the front of the envelope in manuscript ink. A poignant postwar imagining of collaborating countries beliefs and religions about twelve fishermen out on the North Sea. Most of them eat spoiled ham and food poisoning incapacitates all but one a Muslim who abstains from eating pork. The crew manages to send an S.O.S. using a radio before all of them succumb. Photographs 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine overall slight curling. Envelope Near Fine. Les Films Ariane unknown
1966ref. 150913N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph with bottom margin of director Christian-Jaque and Michele Mercier on the set of the 1966 film. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil "APIS" stamp and photographer "Jean Guyaux" stamp on verso. Based on the 1961 French novel by Jean Laborde. The married renowned lawyer Pierre Montant becomes infatuated and has an affair with the young student Nathalie a dancer in a discotheque working her way through medical school. When she breaks up with him unable to bear the clandestine affair he threatens her at gunpoint. 11 x 8.25 inches. Very Good plus with mild creasing and edgewear. N.p. unknown
1956ref. 143253Paris: Les Films Ariane 1956. Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the set of the 1956 French film here under the original French title "Si tous les gars du monde." Featured are images of the caste and crew on the fishing boat seen in the film including director Christian-Jaque and cast family members. All crediting photographer "le grand" on the recto housed in an original French Kodak paper envelope with annotations on the front of the envelope in manuscript ink. A poignant postwar imagining of collaborating countries beliefs and religions about twelve fishermen out on the North Sea. Most of them eat spoiled ham and food poisoning incapacitates all but one a Muslim who abstains from eating pork. The crew manages to send an S.O.S. using a radio before all of them succumb. Photographs 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine overall slight curling. Envelope Near Fine. Les Films Ariane unknown books
1966ref. 150913N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph with bottom margin of director Christian-Jaque and Michele Mercier on the set of the 1966 film. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil "APIS" stamp and photographer "Jean Guyaux" stamp on verso. Based on the 1961 French novel by Jean Laborde. The married renowned lawyer Pierre Montant becomes infatuated and has an affair with the young student Nathalie a dancer in a discotheque working her way through medical school. When she breaks up with him unable to bear the clandestine affair he threatens her at gunpoint. 11 x 8.25 inches. Very Good plus with mild creasing and edgewear. N.p. unknown books
1940ref. 140978N.p.: N.p. 1940. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A recently paroled ex-con gets out of prison and immediately murders someone leading to a large-scale media scandal. Screenwriter Christy Cabanne was one of the most prolific directors in the history of early American film beginning in the Silent era later working with Universal on a string of low-budget movies throughout the 1930s and 1940s. Goldenrod untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Christy Cabanne. 55 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 53. Carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1940ref. 140978N.p.: N.p. 1940. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A recently paroled ex-con gets out of prison and immediately murders someone leading to a large-scale media scandal. Screenwriter Christy Cabanne was one of the most prolific directors in the history of early American film beginning in the Silent era later working with Universal on a string of low-budget movies throughout the 1930s and 1940s. Goldenrod untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Christy Cabanne. 55 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 53. Carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1958ref. 144701Paris: Ajym Films 1958. Two vintage borderless photographs featuring Bernadette Lafont and Jean-Claude Brialy from the 1958 film. With a rubber stamp on the verso of each. Director Claude Chabrol's first film. Francois Jean-Claude Brialy returns to his home-town after a long absence to find his friend Serge Gerard Blain depressed an alcoholic and mourning the death of he and his wife Yvonne's stillborn child. Though at odds with provincial life Francois wants to help his friend. Shot on location in Sardent France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 580. Eureka Masters of Cinema. Grant France. Ajym Films unknown
1958ref. 144701Paris: Ajym Films 1958. Two vintage borderless photographs featuring Bernadette Lafont and Jean-Claude Brialy from the 1958 film. With a rubber stamp on the verso of each. Director Claude Chabrol's first film. Francois Jean-Claude Brialy returns to his home-town after a long absence to find his friend Serge Gerard Blain depressed an alcoholic and mourning the death of he and his wife Yvonne's stillborn child. Though at odds with provincial life Francois wants to help his friend. Shot on location in Sardent France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 580. Eureka Masters of Cinema. Grant France. Ajym Films unknown books
1966ref. 144479Paris: Les Films 13 1966. Four vintage photographs from the 1966 film. With agency stamps and manuscript annotations on the versos. Anne Gauthier Anouk Aimee and Jean-Louis Duroc Jean-Louis Trintignant meet as they drop their children off at boarding school. She works as a script supervisor and he as a race-car driver. They quickly become friends and as a romance starts to emerge they both reveal that each are widows still experiencing the grief of their losses. Winner of The Palme d'Or and the OCIC Award at the Cannes Film Festival also winner of two Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film. Nominated for two more. Shot on location in Paris Deauville and Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Les Films 13 unknown
1966ref. 144479Paris: Les Films 13 1966. Four vintage photographs from the 1966 film. With agency stamps and manuscript annotations on the versos. Anne Gauthier Anouk Aimee and Jean-Louis Duroc Jean-Louis Trintignant meet as they drop their children off at boarding school. She works as a script supervisor and he as a race-car driver. They quickly become friends and as a romance starts to emerge they both reveal that each are widows still experiencing the grief of their losses. Winner of The Palme d'Or and the OCIC Award at the Cannes Film Festival also winner of two Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film. Nominated for two more. Shot on location in Paris Deauville and Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Les Films 13 unknown books
1970ref. 148337N.p.: N.p. 1970. Collection of 12 vintage French color lobby cards from the 1970 film. Housed in original labeled paper envelope. Based on the 1967 novel "Intersections" by Paul Guimard who also worked on the screenplay. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and remade in 1994 as "Intersection" directed by Mark Rydell and starring Richard Gere Sharon Stone and Lolita Davidovich. Shot on location in Paris La Rochelle and Thoiry France. 11.75 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 144567Paris: Fida Cinematografica 1970. Vintage borderless photograph of director Claude Sautet on the set of the 1970 French-Italian film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1967 novel "Intersections" by Paul Guimard who also worked on the screenplay. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and remade in 1994 as "Intersection" directed by Mark Rydell and starring Richard Gere Sharon Stone and Lolita Davidovich. Shot on location in Paris La Rochelle and Thoiry France. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Fida Cinematografica unknown
1970ref. 148337N.p.: N.p. 1970. Collection of 12 vintage French color lobby cards from the 1970 film. Housed in original labeled paper envelope. Based on the 1967 novel "Intersections" by Paul Guimard who also worked on the screenplay. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and remade in 1994 as "Intersection" directed by Mark Rydell and starring Richard Gere Sharon Stone and Lolita Davidovich. Shot on location in Paris La Rochelle and Thoiry France. 11.75 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 144567Paris: Fida Cinematografica 1970. Vintage borderless photograph of director Claude Sautet on the set of the 1970 French-Italian film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1967 novel "Intersections" by Paul Guimard who also worked on the screenplay. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and remade in 1994 as "Intersection" directed by Mark Rydell and starring Richard Gere Sharon Stone and Lolita Davidovich. Shot on location in Paris La Rochelle and Thoiry France. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Fida Cinematografica unknown books
1965ref. 144472Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of Ursula Andress and Peter O'Toole on the set of the 1965 film. With manuscript annotations and photo-agency stamp on the verso. Woody Allen's film debut as actor and screenwriter. Michael O'Toole is a womanizer soon to be married to Carole Schneider but Liz Paula Prentiss and Rita Andress get in the way. His psychoanalyst Dr. Fritz Sellers is no help and Carole flirts with Victor Allen a nervous wreck. Somehow they all end up in the same hotel in the French countryside and they mayhem ensues. Shot on location in France. 10.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1965ref. 144472Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of Ursula Andress and Peter O'Toole on the set of the 1965 film. With manuscript annotations and photo-agency stamp on the verso. Woody Allen's film debut as actor and screenwriter. Michael O'Toole is a womanizer soon to be married to Carole Schneider but Liz Paula Prentiss and Rita Andress get in the way. His psychoanalyst Dr. Fritz Sellers is no help and Carole flirts with Victor Allen a nervous wreck. Somehow they all end up in the same hotel in the French countryside and they mayhem ensues. Shot on location in France. 10.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1966ref. 144543Universal City: Universal Pictures 1966. Vintage photograph from the 1966 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Rooks' first film a semi-autobiographical account of a man who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. With cameos by a virtual who's-who of counterculture figures of the time including Allen Ginsberg as "Messiah" William S. Burroughs as "Opium Jones" Ravi Shankar as "Sun God" Moondog as "The Prophet" and Ornette Coleman as a peyote eater. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1966ref. 144543Universal City: Universal Pictures 1966. Vintage photograph from the 1966 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Rooks' first film a semi-autobiographical account of a man who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. With cameos by a virtual who's-who of counterculture figures of the time including Allen Ginsberg as "Messiah" William S. Burroughs as "Opium Jones" Ravi Shankar as "Sun God" Moondog as "The Prophet" and Ornette Coleman as a peyote eater. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 150692N.p.: N.p. 1975. Four vintage color studio still photographs from the US release of the 1975 French film noting the film's US title "Erotic Wives." One with a manuscript ink annotation to the bottom left corner. Strange and erotic figures populate the village of Corecheux including a witch a gay notary and many many lonely women. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 150692N.p.: N.p. 1975. Four vintage color studio still photographs from the US release of the 1975 French film noting the film's US title "Erotic Wives." One with a manuscript ink annotation to the bottom left corner. Strange and erotic figures populate the village of Corecheux including a witch a gay notary and many many lonely women. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 150626Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1975. Complete set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the US release of the 1974 Italian film. A convent's vicious power-hungry Mother Superior bullies and torments those who stand in her way but the arrival of an agnostic writer looking for new material threatens to challenge the nun's power. Shot on location in Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
