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1977ref. 146401N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. Included with the script is a typed letter from screenwriter John Roberts to casting agent Paul Kohner submitting the script for consideration by prospective director John Huston with a manuscript pencil annotation across the top: "Irene / Please explain John's present status / Does he want to wait" Likely from Kohner to his secretary or reader. A gritty war drama detailing the 1919 Battle of Shenkursk an important battle in the Russian Civil War. Set in Russia. White generic Paul Kohner-Michael Levy Agency wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Roberts. 185 leaves with last page of text numbered 183. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light soil and toning to the extremities bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 146401N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. Included with the script is a typed letter from screenwriter John Roberts to casting agent Paul Kohner submitting the script for consideration by prospective director John Huston with a manuscript pencil annotation across the top: "Irene / Please explain John's present status / Does he want to wait" Likely from Kohner to his secretary or reader. A gritty war drama detailing the 1919 Battle of Shenkursk an important battle in the Russian Civil War. Set in Russia. White generic Paul Kohner-Michael Levy Agency wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Roberts. 185 leaves with last page of text numbered 183. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light soil and toning to the extremities bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1994ref. 159660Santa Monica: NuWilshire Theater 1994. Vintage flyer advertising two screenings of the US release of the 1992 British film Thursday July 7 and Monday July 11 1994 at the NuWilshire Theater in Santa Monica California. Based on the 1985 novel "Geraldine For the Love of a Transvestite" by Monica Jay. Gerald an American banker who is secretly a cross-dresser is thrown out of his house when is wife discovers women's undergarments in their bedroom. Gerald takes up lodgings with Monica a 50-year old recently divorced housewife smitten with Gerald who slowly discovers Gerald's secret his alter-ego Geraldine and learns to accept and appreciate and support Gerald. Set and shot on location in London. 8.5 x 11 inches on lilac paper. Some light edgewear else Near Fine. NuWilshire Theater unknown books
1970ref. 147195N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With two brief manuscript ink annotations to the title page and front wrapper noting the number 778. Based on the life of noted Viennese composer Oscar Straus. Set in Austria and New York. Yellow untitled generic Paul Kohner wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Kent A. Barret. 41 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Mimeograph duplication on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light soil to the wrapper and first and last leaves bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 147195N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With two brief manuscript ink annotations to the title page and front wrapper noting the number 778. Based on the life of noted Viennese composer Oscar Straus. Set in Austria and New York. Yellow untitled generic Paul Kohner wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Kent A. Barret. 41 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Mimeograph duplication on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light soil to the wrapper and first and last leaves bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1947ref. 144819Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Vintage photograph of director Charles Vidor and stars Rosalind Russell and Melvyn Douglas speaking to Orson Welles on the set of the 1947 film. Welles was directing the classic Columbia Pictures film "The Lady from Shanghai" at the same time. Mimeo snipe and agency stamps on the verso. Janet Ames Rosalind Russell seeks out five soldiers who her husband sacrificed his life for during World War II. After suffering a serious injury she meets Smithfield "Smitty" Cobb Melvyn Douglas who helps her find the men her husband saved though he does not tell her he is one of them. He tries to help her reconcile her pain and guilt while he treats his own pain from the war with heavy drinking. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1947ref. 144819Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Vintage photograph of director Charles Vidor and stars Rosalind Russell and Melvyn Douglas speaking to Orson Welles on the set of the 1947 film. Welles was directing the classic Columbia Pictures film "The Lady from Shanghai" at the same time. Mimeo snipe and agency stamps on the verso. Janet Ames Rosalind Russell seeks out five soldiers who her husband sacrificed his life for during World War II. After suffering a serious injury she meets Smithfield "Smitty" Cobb Melvyn Douglas who helps her find the men her husband saved though he does not tell her he is one of them. He tries to help her reconcile her pain and guilt while he treats his own pain from the war with heavy drinking. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1984ref. 153832N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a letter from Kodiak Films producer Wolf Schmidt to agent Walter Kohner declining to produce the film. A group of scientists accidentally create a deadly chemical compound which is promptly stolen by a rival scientist who threatens to kill thousands of people with the compound unless he is given one billion dollars. Two spies from the mysterious Sub Rosa agency are sent to retrieve the chemical. Blue card wrappers with a printed title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present dated 1984 with credits for screenwriter R. Delano Brown. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 153832N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a letter from Kodiak Films producer Wolf Schmidt to agent Walter Kohner declining to produce the film. A group of scientists accidentally create a deadly chemical compound which is promptly stolen by a rival scientist who threatens to kill thousands of people with the compound unless he is given one billion dollars. Two spies from the mysterious Sub Rosa agency are sent to retrieve the chemical. Blue card wrappers with a printed title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present dated 1984 with credits for screenwriter R. Delano Brown. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 152548San Francisco: Zoetrope Studios 1980. Vintage program and invitation for Francis Ford Coppola's 1980 Los Angeles screening of the 1927 French silent film. Housed in a white envelope with Coppola's address on the return flap letterhead. One of the late masterpieces of the silent era following Napoleon's early life through his appointment as Commander in Chief of the Army. Notable for the many innovative and experimental techniques used by director Abel Gance uncommon in the silent era including location shooting fast cutting close up hand held and point of view shots multiple camera set ups in-camera movement and visual effects such as superimposition film tinting and split screen or mosaic shots. Most famously the film helped pioneer widescreen viewing as Gance created a technique later referred as Polyvision which required three projectors to run film shot from three different cameras simultaneously to achieve a 4:1 aspect ratio for the film's climatic battle sequence although seams between the screens would remain visible. After only showing at a handful of theaters the film was acquired by MGM and severely cut with only the middle section of the triptych retained the other two sections remaining largely unseen until Coppola's 1980 restoration debuted at Radio City Music Hall in New York on January 23 igniting public interest in Gance and bringing him much-belated recognition before his death eleven months later in November 1981. Program folded three times 7 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. Invitation 6 x 9 inches Near Fine. Zoetrope Studios unknown
1980ref. 152548San Francisco: Zoetrope Studios 1980. Vintage program and invitation for Francis Ford Coppola's 1980 Los Angeles screening of the 1927 French silent film. Housed in a white envelope with Coppola's address on the return flap letterhead. One of the late masterpieces of the silent era following Napoleon's early life through his appointment as Commander in Chief of the Army. Notable for the many innovative and experimental techniques used by director Abel Gance uncommon in the silent era including location shooting fast cutting close up hand held and point of view shots multiple camera set ups in-camera movement and visual effects such as superimposition film tinting and split screen or mosaic shots. Most famously the film helped pioneer widescreen viewing as Gance created a technique later referred as Polyvision which required three projectors to run film shot from three different cameras simultaneously to achieve a 4:1 aspect ratio for the film's climatic battle sequence although seams between the screens would remain visible. After only showing at a handful of theaters the film was acquired by MGM and severely cut with only the middle section of the triptych retained the other two sections remaining largely unseen until Coppola's 1980 restoration debuted at Radio City Music Hall in New York on January 23 igniting public interest in Gance and bringing him much-belated recognition before his death eleven months later in November 1981. Program folded three times 7 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. Invitation 6 x 9 inches Near Fine. Zoetrope Studios unknown books
1985ref. 141905N.p.: N.p. 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. A Black man and his son struggle to survive in Apartheid-era South Africa where they find themselves constantly at odds with white society whether at the hands of questioning police the disrespect Mogane faces when he is promoted to foreman at his job and his son struggling to earn respect and money for hard work out on the streets. Set in South Africa. White titled self wrappers dated August 19 1985. Title page present dated August 19 1985 noted as Revised First Draft with credits for screenwriter Adam Rodman. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 141905N.p.: N.p. 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. A Black man and his son struggle to survive in Apartheid-era South Africa where they find themselves constantly at odds with white society whether at the hands of questioning police the disrespect Mogane faces when he is promoted to foreman at his job and his son struggling to earn respect and money for hard work out on the streets. Set in South Africa. White titled self wrappers dated August 19 1985. Title page present dated August 19 1985 noted as Revised First Draft with credits for screenwriter Adam Rodman. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 167604Berlin: Carlton-Film 1950. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1950 West German film. The inhabitants of a small village in the Bavarian Alps lose their senses upon the arrival of a beautiful young dancer arousing the men and enraging their wives. Set and shot on location in Bavaria. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good to Very Good plus with pinholes on the margins. Carlton-Film unknown
1950ref. 167604Berlin: Carlton-Film 1950. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1950 West German film. The inhabitants of a small village in the Bavarian Alps lose their senses upon the arrival of a beautiful young dancer arousing the men and enraging their wives. Set and shot on location in Bavaria. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good to Very Good plus with pinholes on the margins. Carlton-Film unknown books
1980ref. 163675N.p.: Toho Company 1980. Three vintage photographs from the 1980 film two film still photographs and a photograph of director Akira Kurosawa on the set with executive producers Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas. The story of a low-class criminal taught to be the decoy or kagemusha of a dying feudal lord based on the historical daimyo Takeda Shingen and depicting the 1575 Battle of Nagashino in the cinematic climax. When Toho Studios could not afford to complete the film Coppola and Lucas convinced Twentieth Century Fox to cover the shortfall in exchange for international distribution rights receiving credits as executive producers on the finished film. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Foreign Language Film and winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. Set in Sengoku period shot on location in Iga Ueno Castle Himeji Castle Kumamoto Castle Yuhara Plain Hokkaido Japan. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 267. Toho Company unknown
1980ref. 163675N.p.: Toho Company 1980. Three vintage photographs from the 1980 film two film still photographs and a photograph of director Akira Kurosawa on the set with executive producers Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas. The story of a low-class criminal taught to be the decoy or kagemusha of a dying feudal lord based on the historical daimyo Takeda Shingen and depicting the 1575 Battle of Nagashino in the cinematic climax. When Toho Studios could not afford to complete the film Coppola and Lucas convinced Twentieth Century Fox to cover the shortfall in exchange for international distribution rights receiving credits as executive producers on the finished film. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Foreign Language Film and winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. Set in Sengoku period shot on location in Iga Ueno Castle Himeji Castle Kumamoto Castle Yuhara Plain Hokkaido Japan. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 267. Toho Company unknown books
1970ref. 162139Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the American release of the 1970 French film showing actor Alain Delon. 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. Based on Eugene Saccomano's 1959 book "Bandits a Marseille." Two small time gangsters in 1930s Marseille join forces and go into business vying with mob bosses for control. Director Jacques Deray released a sequel "Borsalino and Co" in 1974 starring Delon and Riccardo Cucciolla. Set and shot on location in Marseille and Paris. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn with two pinholes at each corner and adhesive residue on the verso. Grant France. Spicer France. Paramount Pictures unknown
1970ref. 162139Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the American release of the 1970 French film showing actor Alain Delon. 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. Based on Eugene Saccomano's 1959 book "Bandits a Marseille." Two small time gangsters in 1930s Marseille join forces and go into business vying with mob bosses for control. Director Jacques Deray released a sequel "Borsalino and Co" in 1974 starring Delon and Riccardo Cucciolla. Set and shot on location in Marseille and Paris. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn with two pinholes at each corner and adhesive residue on the verso. Grant France. Spicer France. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1966ref. 141085N.p.: Europa Film 1966. Vintage pressbook for the 1966 film. In the wake of the Spanish Civil War a communist exile continues his anti-Franco activities from his new Paris home. The film follows his disillusionment with the revolution and its questionable tactics. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Two pages saddle stapled 10 x 12 inches. Near Fine with a small manuscript graphite notation to the recto. Europa Film unknown
1966ref. 141085N.p.: Europa Film 1966. Vintage pressbook for the 1966 film. In the wake of the Spanish Civil War a communist exile continues his anti-Franco activities from his new Paris home. The film follows his disillusionment with the revolution and its questionable tactics. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Two pages saddle stapled 10 x 12 inches. Near Fine with a small manuscript graphite notation to the recto. Europa Film unknown books
1977ref. 163630Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Vintage promotional portrait photographs of Sid Caesar and Rob Reiner respectively from the 1977 film. Based on Robert Klane's 1975 novel about a store owner and his two sons one of whom he has essentially disowned. Ezra Alan Arkin is the lesser son who coaches a worthless high school basketball team and has a wife much too eager to have children. A well regarded comedy about a dysfunctional Jewish family with a cast of veteran comedic actors. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1972ref. 168139Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Two vintage studio still photographs taken on the set of the 1974 film one showing director Richard Rush and actor James Caan the other showing Caan with motorcycle stunt instructor Mike Bast. A blueprint for the buddy cop movie about two inept police officers portrayed with wonderful chemistry by Alan Arkin and James Caan who wreak utter mayhem and destruction while trying to bring down a local mob boss. Director Richard Rush's ludicrous politically incorrect black comedy satirizing the popular revenge and police action films of the period. Set and shot on location in San Francisco California. 7.5 x 10 inches. Warner Brothers unknown
1977ref. 163630Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Vintage promotional portrait photographs of Sid Caesar and Rob Reiner respectively from the 1977 film. Based on Robert Klane's 1975 novel about a store owner and his two sons one of whom he has essentially disowned. Ezra Alan Arkin is the lesser son who coaches a worthless high school basketball team and has a wife much too eager to have children. A well regarded comedy about a dysfunctional Jewish family with a cast of veteran comedic actors. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1972ref. 168139Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Two vintage studio still photographs taken on the set of the 1974 film one showing director Richard Rush and actor James Caan the other showing Caan with motorcycle stunt instructor Mike Bast. A blueprint for the buddy cop movie about two inept police officers portrayed with wonderful chemistry by Alan Arkin and James Caan who wreak utter mayhem and destruction while trying to bring down a local mob boss. Director Richard Rush's ludicrous politically incorrect black comedy satirizing the popular revenge and police action films of the period. Set and shot on location in San Francisco California. 7.5 x 10 inches. Warner Brothers unknown books
