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1970ref. 146562N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper noting the title of the film. A ex-convict looking to pay his debts teams up with a hardened trucker determined to keep his small trucking operation in spite of violent intimidation tactics by a rival company. The two men make their way along a Tennessee trucking route headed for Atlanta culminating in a shootout at the Blue Ridge Mountain pass. Screenwriters Michael Scheff and David Spector were best known for the disaster thriller "Airport '77" 1977. Set in Gatlinburg Lexington the Blue Ridge Mountains and the apparently fictional town of Raeburn Tennessee. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Michael Scheff and David Spector. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 150676Universal City: Universal Pictures 1976. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1976 film. With mimeo snipes on the verso along with the stamp of a Canadian film distributor. The employees of a Los Angeles car wash encounter a variety of strange and humorous customers over the course of their daily work including a Muslim revolutionary Bill Duke a power-hungry evangelist Richard Pryor with a singing entourage The Pointer Sisters and a man posing a potential bomb threat Irwin Corey. Set and shot on location in Westlake Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1962ref. 144013Paris: France Cinema Productions 1962. Original scenario with dialogue script for the 1962 film here under the French title and also the title "Venus Imperiale." Notations on several pages in manuscript ink and pencil and a few typed corrections. Based on Annette Wademant's screenplay one of twelve recorded screenplays written by Wademant for director Boisrond. Bernard Poiret is a new publisher who falls in love with Sophie Saval but their foolish love nearly destroys them and his job. Unbound carbon typescript. Title page present undated noted as "Scenario et dialogues" with credits for director Boisrond and screenwriter Wademant. 224 leaves with last page of text numbered 224. Pages and folder Very Good plus. France Cinema Productions unknown
1962ref. 144013Paris: France Cinema Productions 1962. Original scenario with dialogue script for the 1962 film here under the French title and also the title "Venus Imperiale." Notations on several pages in manuscript ink and pencil and a few typed corrections. Based on Annette Wademant's screenplay one of twelve recorded screenplays written by Wademant for director Boisrond. Bernard Poiret is a new publisher who falls in love with Sophie Saval but their foolish love nearly destroys them and his job. Unbound carbon typescript. Title page present undated noted as "Scenario et dialogues" with credits for director Boisrond and screenwriter Wademant. 224 leaves with last page of text numbered 224. Pages and folder Very Good plus. France Cinema Productions unknown books
1970ref. 144970Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1970. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1970ref. 144970Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1970. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
2003ref. 141918Hollywood: Mosaic Film Group / Paramount Pictures 2003. Five vintage color French photographs four of which are candids taken during breaks in shooting the 2003 UK film. A return to form for director Hodges bearing a strong resemblance to his debut "Get Carter" 1971 about a retired criminal who returns to London to investigate the death of his brother. 10 x 7 inches. Fine. Mosaic Film Group / Paramount Pictures unknown
2003ref. 141918Hollywood: Mosaic Film Group / Paramount Pictures 2003. Five vintage color French photographs four of which are candids taken during breaks in shooting the 2003 UK film. A return to form for director Hodges bearing a strong resemblance to his debut "Get Carter" 1971 about a retired criminal who returns to London to investigate the death of his brother. 10 x 7 inches. Fine. Mosaic Film Group / Paramount Pictures unknown books
1957ref. 142595Moscow: Mosfilm 1957. Vintage oversize double weight photograph from the 1957 film. From the archives of French weekly "Tele Magazine" with two stamps on the verso one referencing its inclusion in issue 52 page 5 along with manuscript annotations regarding layout and the French title. Based on the 1956 play "Forever Alive" by Viktor Rozov who also wrote the screenplay about a young woman who must flee in the face of Nazi Germany's invasion of Russia while feeling guilty over her missing lover who unbeknownst to her has been killed in the war. Winner of the Palme d'Or the only Soviet film to do so while star Tatiana Samoylova would receive a Special Mention for her role becoming a European film icon in the process. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good with some light creasing. Criterion Collection 146. Mosfilm unknown
1957ref. 142595Moscow: Mosfilm 1957. Vintage oversize double weight photograph from the 1957 film. From the archives of French weekly "Tele Magazine" with two stamps on the verso one referencing its inclusion in issue 52 page 5 along with manuscript annotations regarding layout and the French title. Based on the 1956 play "Forever Alive" by Viktor Rozov who also wrote the screenplay about a young woman who must flee in the face of Nazi Germany's invasion of Russia while feeling guilty over her missing lover who unbeknownst to her has been killed in the war. Winner of the Palme d'Or the only Soviet film to do so while star Tatiana Samoylova would receive a Special Mention for her role becoming a European film icon in the process. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good with some light creasing. Criterion Collection 146. Mosfilm unknown books
1936ref. 150762Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1936. Vintage press photograph of Mitchell Leisen Myrna Loy and John Howard from the preview party at Leisen's house for the 1936 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. What should be a routine transcontinental flight from New York to San Francisco is complicated by its shady passengers which include three jewel thieves a strange nobleman and a beautiful socialite. Shot on location in Alhambra California and Beaver Dam Wisconsin. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
1936ref. 150762Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1936. Vintage press photograph of Mitchell Leisen Myrna Loy and John Howard from the preview party at Leisen's house for the 1936 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. What should be a routine transcontinental flight from New York to San Francisco is complicated by its shady passengers which include three jewel thieves a strange nobleman and a beautiful socialite. Shot on location in Alhambra California and Beaver Dam Wisconsin. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 137126New York: Grove Press 1970. Collection of 6 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the US release of the 1969 Japanese film. Though not noted in any way this copy belonged to screenwriter director and film ephemera collector Leonard Schrader. Based on the true story of a criminal family that used their young son to scam drivers for money by faking his having been hit in car accidents. Set and shot in various locations around Japan. 8 x 10 inches. Fine condition. Grove Press unknown
1970ref. 137126New York: Grove Press 1970. Collection of 6 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the US release of the 1969 Japanese film. Though not noted in any way this copy belonged to screenwriter director and film ephemera collector Leonard Schrader. Based on the true story of a criminal family that used their young son to scam drivers for money by faking his having been hit in car accidents. Set and shot in various locations around Japan. 8 x 10 inches. Fine condition. Grove Press unknown books
1954ref. 146381N.p.: N.p. 1954. Draft script for a US Air Force training video. Script belonging to an uncredited cast member apparently cast in the role of the narrator with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout. Laid in with the script are two pieces of paper with drawings of flight patterns ostensibly to be used during production and a paper fragment noting addresses names and other details. A three-part training video for Air Force pilot instructors. Set on the Orlando Air Force Base in Orlando Florida. Blue titled wrappers noted as PROJECT NO. 19130 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated 6 MAY 1954 noted as PROJECT NO. 19130 with credits for writer Nat S. Linden and a number of tech advisors. 79 leaves with last page of text numbered 70. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light dampstaining and edgewear. N.p. unknown
1954ref. 146381N.p.: N.p. 1954. Draft script for a US Air Force training video. Script belonging to an uncredited cast member apparently cast in the role of the narrator with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout. Laid in with the script are two pieces of paper with drawings of flight patterns ostensibly to be used during production and a paper fragment noting addresses names and other details. A three-part training video for Air Force pilot instructors. Set on the Orlando Air Force Base in Orlando Florida. Blue titled wrappers noted as PROJECT NO. 19130 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated 6 MAY 1954 noted as PROJECT NO. 19130 with credits for writer Nat S. Linden and a number of tech advisors. 79 leaves with last page of text numbered 70. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light dampstaining and edgewear. N.p. unknown books
1986ref. 142597London: HandMade Films 1986. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1986 film showing director Jordan and star Hoskins together on location. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Hoskins stars as a recently released ex-con hired to drive a high class escort from job to job slowly falling in love with her as he does which leads trouble for them both. Hoskins won Best Actor at Cannes where the film was also nominated for the Palme d'Or and was nominated for an Academy Award losing to Paul Newman in "The Color of Money." Set and shot on location in London and Brighton where this photograph was likely taken. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Arrow 1109. Criterion Collection 107. Grant UK. Spicer UK. HandMade Films unknown
1986ref. 142597London: HandMade Films 1986. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1986 film showing director Jordan and star Hoskins together on location. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Hoskins stars as a recently released ex-con hired to drive a high class escort from job to job slowly falling in love with her as he does which leads trouble for them both. Hoskins won Best Actor at Cannes where the film was also nominated for the Palme d'Or and was nominated for an Academy Award losing to Paul Newman in "The Color of Money." Set and shot on location in London and Brighton where this photograph was likely taken. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Arrow 1109. Criterion Collection 107. Grant UK. Spicer UK. HandMade Films unknown books
1980ref. 160792Santa Monica: Hermes Productions 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Noted as "MASTER" in manuscript ink and copy No. 8 in manuscript pencil on the title page. A military drama about a coed group of US Marine recruits in San Diego. Screenwriter Nicholas Corea better known for his work on "The Incredible Hulk" television series enlisted as a Marine during the Vietnam War and was awarded a Purple Heart. Red titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Nicholas Corea. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Nicholas Corea. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Hermes Productions unknown
1980ref. 160792Santa Monica: Hermes Productions 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Noted as "MASTER" in manuscript ink and copy No. 8 in manuscript pencil on the title page. A military drama about a coed group of US Marine recruits in San Diego. Screenwriter Nicholas Corea better known for his work on "The Incredible Hulk" television series enlisted as a Marine during the Vietnam War and was awarded a Purple Heart. Red titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Nicholas Corea. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Nicholas Corea. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Hermes Productions unknown books
1958ref. 132462Culver City CA: Waterlow and Sons / Columbia Pictures 1958. Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1958 UK release of the 1957 French-American film first released at the 1957 Venice Film Festival. Based on the French novel by Rene Hardy about a group of WWII British commandos who have raided a German outpost at Benghazi. They make their way across the desert facing starvation thirst and the delusions of their leader Captain Brand. 8 x 10 inches. Light toning and creasing overall else Near Fine. Waterlow and Sons / Columbia Pictures unknown
1948ref. 170586Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures 1948. Collection of 4 vintage studio still photographs from the 1948 film noir. An interesting historical artifact in that each of these has a label with a corrected title reading "They Live By Night" pasted over the original release title "The Twisted Road." One of the four photos has this label roughly removed in a demonstrative fashion see images. Based on Edward Anderson's 1937 novel "Thieves Like Us" about an escaped convict who falls in love with a woman who nurses him back to health after he is injured in a robbery. Nicholas Ray's directorial debut a "doomed lovers" tale that is considered by many to be a forerunner to "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. Generally 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Criterion Collection 880. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1948ref. 170586Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures 1948. Collection of 4 vintage studio still photographs from the 1948 film noir. An interesting historical artifact in that each of these has a label with a corrected title reading "They Live By Night" pasted over the original release title "The Twisted Road." One of the four photos has this label roughly removed in a demonstrative fashion see images. Based on Edward Anderson's 1937 novel "Thieves Like Us" about an escaped convict who falls in love with a woman who nurses him back to health after he is injured in a robbery. Nicholas Ray's directorial debut a "doomed lovers" tale that is considered by many to be a forerunner to "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. Generally 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Criterion Collection 880. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1958ref. 132462Culver City CA: Waterlow and Sons / Columbia Pictures 1958. Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1958 UK release of the 1957 French-American film first released at the 1957 Venice Film Festival. Based on the French novel by Rene Hardy about a group of WWII British commandos who have raided a German outpost at Benghazi. They make their way across the desert facing starvation thirst and the delusions of their leader Captain Brand. 8 x 10 inches. Light toning and creasing overall else Near Fine. Waterlow and Sons / Columbia Pictures unknown books
1967ref. 161639N.p.: N.p. 1967. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 sexploitation film. One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso. Early little known exploitation film by director Nick Millard. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes near or in the bottom margin. N.p. unknown
