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1975ref. 127315Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1975. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1975 film. A coward accidentally becomes a war hero after being forced into in the Russian army. The last of Allen's early outrageous comedies before pursuing a more narrative and dramatic approach beginning with "Annie Hall" 1977. Set in Russia shot on location in France and Hungary. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus. United Artists unknown
1987ref. 150950Beverly Hills CA: Orion Pictures Corporation 1987. Vintage reference photograph of Woody Allen cinematographer Carlo Di Palma and crew on the set of the 1987 film. Allen's love letter to the Golden Age of Radio wherein narrator Joe a Jewish-American New Yorker reminisces about growing up in the 1930s and 1940s in Rockaway Queens initiating a series of vignettes of radio personalities intertwined with the life of Joe's working class family. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Screenplay. Set in and shot on location in Manhattan Brooklyn and Queens New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Orion Pictures Corporation unknown
1965ref. 162146Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film showing actress Paula Prentiss in a sheer lace bodysuit. Photofest label affixed to the verso. 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. Woody Allen's film debut as both actor and screenwriter about a soon-to-be-married womanizer as he attempts to adjust to a monogamous life with help from his neurotic psychoanalyst. Set and shot on location in Paris Sevres and Chaumontel France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1969ref. 140854Moscow: Gorky Film Studio 1969. Treatment script for the 1972 film. A collaboration between Moscow's Gorky Studio and Stockholm's Omega Film. An English translation produced for consideration by English-speaking parties involved in production. After the October Revolution of 1917 a Russian engineer is assigned to purchase locomotives from Sweden. He is to purchase them with gold claimed by opponents of the revolution. Set in the Soviet Union. White titled self wrapper lacking rear wrapper noted as Literary Scenario on the front wrapper dated April 1969 with credits for screenwriters Semitiov Braginsky Yegorov and Soloviev and translator Alan Blair. 92 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 91. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a comb binding. Gorky Film Studio unknown
ref. 146400N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Film treatment for an unproduced film. Included with the script is a typed English translation credited to Scot Finch. With a small manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper of the treatment and a single manuscript ink annotation deletion to the character list of the translation. Treatment text in French translation in English. A group of policemen reminisce about the rise to power of the late criminal Pierrot Loutrel also known as Pierrot le Fou-"public enemy number one" in Paris after World War II. Screenwriters Yves Boisset and Claude Veillot enjoyed an extensive collaboration on mid-century crime mystery and thriller films including "Coplan sauve sa peau" 1968 "R.A.S." 1973 "Le Juge Fayard dit Le Sheriff" 1977 "La Femme flic" 1980 and "Espion leve-toi" 1982. Set in France. Treatment: Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Yves Boisset and Claude Veillot with a CEDIC European Film Broadcasting Company stamp on the upper right corner. 67 leaves with last page of text numbered 64. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with perfect binding Translation: Beige titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Yves Boisset and Claude Veillot and translator Scot Finch. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two silver clips. N.p. unknown
1953ref. 147147N.p.: N.p. 1953. Treatment script for the 1953 film here under the working title "Comme le sucre dans le cafe.". Text in French. A doctor turned homeopath poaches patients from his former medical colleagues but is challenged when his shady treatment further endangers the life of a woman with a brain tumor. Set in Brittany France. Tall yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director YVES CIAMPI. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 54. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly creased and soiled bound with two silver clamps. N.p. unknown
1926ref. 148247Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1926. Vintage reference photograph of actress Arlette Marchal from the 1926 film. Based on the 1927 novel by Zane Grey not published until a year after the film's release. A fugitive is left in the desert to die by his outlaw partner but is rescued by a young rancher unaware that romantic entanglements with a neighboring rancher's daughter will complicate their friendship. Now considered to be a lost film. Shot on location in Hurricane Bluffs Utah. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with light toning and edgewear and a small chip to the right edge. Paramount Pictures unknown
ref. 147015Munich: Sunset Films Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Bound in with the script are two copied letters one addressed to film producer Stefan Abendroth from a talent agent discussing actor Stacy Keach's interest in the title role and one from screenwriter Zbigniew Kaminski expressing willingness to write a full screenplay on the materials addressed in the treatment. The true story of Lech Walesa a shipyard electrician who became the father of the Polish Solidarity party and eventually served as the first democratically-elected president of Poland. Screenwriter Zbigniew Kaminski was best known as a Polish director of political films and biopics including "The Shadow Line" 1976 "Pani Bovary to ja" 1977 and "In a Moment of Passion" 1993. Set in Poland. Yellow transparent plastic front wrapper blue rear wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Zbigniew Kaminski. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. Sunset Films unknown
1956ref. 158827Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 film. Based on A.E.W. Mason's 1902 novel "The Four Feathers" previously adapted by Korda in 1939 under the title "The Four Feathers." A British lieutenant resigns in order to remain with his fiancee but this choice brands him a coward leading him to travel to the Sudan to fight incognito as a show of courage. Set and shot on location in Sudan. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light toning at the extremities and two faint diagonal creases at the bottom left and top right corners. Columbia Pictures unknown
1942ref. THE381MIdes et Calendes, Neuchâtel, 1942. In-4 broché, couverture illustrée rempliée, 170 pp. Figures dans le texte. Fac-similé de l'édition de 1638, agrémenté d'une introduction de Louis Jouvet. Traduction de Maria et Renée Canavaggia. Avec Emboîtage.
1974ref. 144137N.p.: N.p. 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film with blue holograph ink annotations on the title page. A US moon expedition discovers large glyph covered stones that closely resemble Mayan artifacts. Russia's sudden interest in The Maya civilization after their moon expedition years prior becomes highly suspicious. Mustard titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with credits for screenwriter David A. Lown. Title page present dated 1974 with credits for screenwriter David A. Lown. 144 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 143943Hollywood: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Don and Irene are a young and unhappy married couple whose lives and relationship are thrown asunder as Don gravitates toward Spiritology a spiritual organization that promises the 'Ultimate Release." Gold titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Aaron Nash. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1956ref. 130940Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1956. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1956 film noir. The co-owner of a dog track Barker discovers his partner has sold out to a local gangster and soon finds himself framed for two murders by the gangster and a femme fatale Oberon. White self wrappers noted as Continuity and Dialogue on the front wrapper production No. 1813 dated February 27 1956 with credits for actors Merle Oberson Lex Barker et al and director Abner Biberman. Title page integral to the front wrapper. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 13. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
ref. 130699N.p.: N.p. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Four interrelated vignettes about life in the American West featuring Will Bill Hickok praised Indian killer coming a wild town without law enforcement and him acting as sheriff until he humiliated by a woman followed by a story in which he is found in a different town drinking himself to death. A different woman helps him get back on his feet which ultimately leads to him enforcing justice again only to be gunned down. The final two stories involve vengeance on the part of Hickok's friends seeking retribution for their gunned-down friend. Mint green titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter MacKenzie. 59 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1941ref. 126200Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1941. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1941 film "Horror Island" along with a script for a "Double Bill Trailer" in which this film was featured with another George Waggner film of the same year "Man Made Man-Made Monster." The latter film was based on a story called "The Electric Man" written by H. J. Essex director of "I the Jury" 1958 Sid Schwartz and Len Golos with Joseph West Waggner as screenwriter. Hal Erickson: "It has been alleged that 'Horror Island' was the least expensive of Universal's 1940s second features. While it certainly looks that way it remains an enjoyable outing from fade-in to fade-out. In the tradition of 'Ten Little Indians' a group of disparate types are lured to a supposedly haunted mansion on a remote island. Their 'host' is peg-legged privateer Tobias Leo Carrillo who possesses half of a valuable treasure map. One by one the treasure-hunters are killed off by a mysterious assailant with Tobias the first victim. White wrappers production No. 1132 dated March 22 1941 with credits for cast members Dick Foran Leo Carrillo Peggy Moran Fuzzy Knight John Eldredge and Lewis Howard as well as director Waggner. 133 leaves mimeograph duplication. The "Double Bill Trailer" script is in white wrappers side-stapled rubber-stamped copy No. 6883 production nos. 1137 and 1119 dated March 29 1941 with credits for both films and "Central Files" in holograph pencil in the upper left corner. 8 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine with a small corner crease to the first page. Wrapper Very Good plus or better with a touch of toning and short corner creases to the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Wrappers encapsulated in archival mylar. Universal Pictures unknown books
1985ref. 141888Munich Munchen: Alex Tudor 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced film. An older man holds a party at his castle and attracts the attention of a young woman though no one present understands what one sees in the other. Dr. Alexe Tudor is an independent German documentarian who focuses primarily on symbols and expression spotlighting the artist's case for both. Tudor's works include profiling events and exhibitions related to the work of clergyman and artist Ivo Schaible SDS 1999-2012 Der Antifter: Freemasonry 2008 surveying the work of Otmar Alt and the documentary Die Begegnung. Set in Blue untitled wrappers with a business card for director and screenwriter Alex Tudor affixed at the lower right corner of the front wrapper. Title page present dated 17.03.85 with credits for screenwriter Tudor. 20 leaves with last page of text numbered 17. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with four staples. Alex Tudor unknown books
1985ref. 141860Munich 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in is a business card for Alex Tudor a screenwriter and director. Clear untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1984-1985 with credits for screenwriter Roger Lynn and director and screenwriter Alex Tudor. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with prong binding. unknown books
1985ref. 141852Munich: N.p. 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in German language. Laid in is a business card for Alex Tudor a screenwriter and director. Teal untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1984-1985 with credits for screenwriter Roger Lynn and director and screenwriter Alex Tudor. 170 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Xerographically duplicated first generation copy with no copied punch holes. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine perfect bound. N.p. unknown books
1989ref. 152816N.p.: N.p. 1989. Draft script for the 1990 television film here under the working title "Fast Lane." A woman discovers that the man with whom she has just had a one-night stand is a hired assassin and tries to stop him from completing his next hit. Set in New York. Self wrappers. Missing title page presumably as issued. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only with pink yellow and green revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1939ref. 144998Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1939. Vintage photograph of director Alfred Werker and actors Preston Foster Lynn Bari George Barbier and Russell Gleason on the set of the 1939 film. Printed description on the verso. Steve Drum Preston Foster a crusading newspaper editor helps free a man framed for a crime and aids in finding the real culprit. Staff reporter Maxine Thomas Lynn Bari goes along for the ride. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
ref. 138996N.p.: N.p. circa. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Altschuler is best known for her work on Harold Young's 1939 film "Sabotage." Story of a romance between a shopgirl named Amy and a struggling writer named James. Brown production company wrappers The Feldman-Blum Corporation. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Alice Altschuler. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 95. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 139424Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1970. Original one-sheet US poster for the 1970 X-rated film. Distributor rubber stamp on the verso. Director Funt notable for his "Candid" series of adult films explores further the human psyche when confronted with nudity in unusual candid situations. Richard "Shaft" Roundtree plays one-half of an interracial couple in his film debut. 27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus fold stress small central chips and a few short tears. United Artists unknown books
1936ref. 130393N.p.: N.p. 1936. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A newsboy meets a professional dancer and the pair become highly respected in the couples dance circuit in New York City before the newsboy's boss desires the dancer for himself and sends the newsboy to cover the dance circuit nationwide in order to get him out of the picture. Untitled manila wrappers. Title page integral with the first page of the script dated April 22 1936 with credits for screenwriter Rivkin. 12 leaves mimeograph on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine side stiched. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 141856N.p.: N.p. 1973. Draft script for an unproduced film. A woman checks into a motel in Wyoming renting a cabin for a week and begins cleaning a rifle. No one has the slightest suspicion that she is responsible for a string of murders and will likely strike again. Set in Wyoming. Blue untitled wrappers with a die cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 1973 with credits for screenwriter Alton Wilde. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1964ref. 139751Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1964. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1964 French film. A 1960s update on the deathless French crime figure. Fantomas is an infamous criminal with uncanny impersonation skills. With the use of various masks and disguises he assumes a plethora of identities in order to successfully carry out his crimes. Pictured in these photos is the hapless Inspector Juve here played by Louis de Funes for whom Fantomas is always just a few steps away but still out of reach. Shot on location in various locations around France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with a holograph notation to the verso. Complete collation details available on request. United Artists unknown books
