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1957ref. 166733N.p.: N.p. 1957. Final script for the 1962 film. Early draft preceding the film's release by five years credited to screenwriter Robert Rossen. Rossen was ultimately uncredited in the film but was involved in this early stage of the script's development. Based on Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman's 1949 play which was based in turn on Herman Melville's 1924 novella. A seaman's innocence and natural beauty wins him the affection of the entire crew except the abusive master-at-arms who eventually wrongly accuses the seaman of conspiracy to mutiny. The feature film debut of Terence Stamp who was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his performance. Yellow titled wrappers noted as FINAL SCREENPLAY and dated October 15 1957 with credit for screenwriter Robert Rossen. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 166618N.p.: N.p. 1975. Revised Second Draft script for the 1976 film here under the working title "Invitation to Death." Copy belonging to actor Nick Dimitri with manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout amending dialog and underlining his character "Steve." Bound in following the script are two pages of extensive handwritten notes in pencil elaborating on the actions and motivations of the character "Steve" in specific scenes likely written by screenwriter and director Howard Avedis. Laid in is a 24 page schedule with manuscript pencil annotations underlining the character "Steve" throughout with the manuscript marker annotation of Dimitri's name along the top edge of the first leaf. Connie Stevens stars as a sexy and horny federal narcotics agent who goes undercover to investigate heroin smuggler Cesare Danova. Director and screenwriter Howard Avedis' exploitation take on William Fiedkin's 1971 classic "The French Connection" with a female cop in the lead including an outrageous chase scene involving Ms. Stevens in a dunebuggy. A cult classic. Set in and shot on location in Seattle King County and Kirkland Washington and Portland Oregon. Burgundy untitled wrappers. Title page present dated June 6 1975 noted as Second Draft Revised with credits for screenwriter Hikmet Avedis. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1942ref. 116171N.p.: N.p. 1942. Revised Final Script for the 1942 film. Two blue revision pages dated 8/8/42 paper clipped to the rear wrapper of the script. One the greatest Technicolor musicals produced by Fox in the 1940s employing Harry James and his orchestra at their peak and pulling out all the stops on the musical numbers. Featuring Carmen Miranda's version of "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" and the debut of the classic song "I Had the Craziest Dream." Red titled wrappers noted as Revised Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 47 and production No. 763 dated June 11 1942. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated June 11 1942 noted as Revised Final. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/13/42 and 7/20/42. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 143480Tokyo: Toei Animation 1968. Vintage post-production script for the animated 1968 Japanese film "Horus: Prince of the Sun" also known under the title "The Little Norse Prince." This listing also includes a pamphlet of character designs for the film. A milestone in the history of Japanese animation heralded as the first animated feature to successfully disrupt the Walt Disney paradigm and seen as one of the first to intentionally address an adult audience. Isao Takahata's directorial debut and the first major film of famed Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki who worked on scene design and key animation for the film. Ostensibly a film about young boy living in ancient Scandinavia who must help instill a community to fight against a great oppressor it carried a strong pro-union and pro-Socialist subtext as Takahata and Miyazaki were staunch union organizers. Studio Toei executives in part in retaliation released the film into theaters for only ten days and it would be some years before the feature would be appreciated fully. Off white wrappers perfect-bound with black titles. Title page present. 164 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Mimeograph duplication with pink orange green and yellow revision pages. Pages lightly toned else Fine wrapper Near Fine. Toei Animation unknown books
1964ref. 158398N.p.: Southern Cross Productions 1964. Draft script for an unproduced film. Specially bound copy likely belonging to screenwriter Ivan Reiner with annotations in manuscript pencil throughout 31 leaves. Reiner was a producer and screenwriter best known for the low budget sci-fi "Gamma One" film series with director Antonio Margheriti as well as the films "The Wild Wild Planet" 1966 "The War of the Planets" 1966 "War Between the Planets" 1966 and "Snow Devils" 1967. As the United Democracies Space Command UDSCO begins their New Years Eve celebrations unusual light patterns are observed on Delta 2 and Delta 2's captain Captain Jacques Dubois is nowhere to be found. Bound in red cloth-covered boards with gilt rule and title on spine. Title page present dated 1964 with credits for screenwriter Ivan Reiner. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Spirit duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine binding Very Good plus. Southern Cross Productions unknown books
1960ref. 140402France / Italy: Filmsonor 1960. Collection of 16 vintage borderless single weight still photographs from the 1960 French film noir. A remarkable collection including still photographs from the film candid shots and shots from the set. On-set images include director Jacques Becker with his camera and with the actors actors Marc Michel and Michel Constantin and other members of the cast and crew. Notations in manuscript pencil on the versos of nearly the photos. Based on Jose Giovanni's 1957 first novel "Le Trou" The Break. True story of the 1947 Le Sante Prison break with one of the real escapees Keraudy playing his own character in the film. Four photos 7 x 9.5 inches twelve photos 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Buss French Film Noir. Criterion Collection 129. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Grant France. Hayden and Schneider 1001. Selby France. Spicer France. Filmsonor unknown books
1979ref. 137104Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1979. Two Draft scripts for the 1981 film. One is a Second Draft script dated December 1979 the other is an Agency script in generic Agency wrappers undated. Directed by Bob Rafelson and based on the 1939 novel by James M. Cain "Postman" was one of the gems of early 1980 cinema along with "The Verdict" and neo-noir and brought David Mamet to the attention of the filmmaking world leading to his working not only as a screenwriter but an important director. Mamet's grim update of Cain's classic hard-boiled novel was largely panned on release but is today held in high regard and is considered a major influence on the genre. Shot on location in Santa Barbara California. 1979 script: Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 1979 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Mamet and novelist Cain. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographically reproduced. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Undated script: Black titled pictorial wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Mamet and novelist Cain. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus perfect-bound. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown books
1967ref. 168996Paris: Magnum 1967. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of Jane Fonda from the 1968 film with a "David Hurn-magnum" photographer's stamp on the verso. Based on the adult comic book by Jean-Claude Forest published in the French magazine "V" in 1962 and 1964. Likely the campiest space-opera sex comedy in film history. Though not popular upon its release it was re-released to greater acclaim in 1977 and has since influenced countless fashion designers films and musicians including Duran Duran whose name is a play on that of the main villain. Set in outer space and shot in Rome. 10.5 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Magnum unknown books
1960ref. 140390France: Cinedis 1960. Archive of 207 vintage borderless single weight still photographs and contact sheets from the 1960 French film. Numerical annotations on the verso of nearly all photos in manuscript pencil several cropped contact sheets mounted on larger sheets. Housed in a vintage French Kodak brand photo paper box with most contact sheets in a two-ring binder similar to keybook photos. Also included is a press folder from the Cinedis agency in Paris with star biographies film credits and scenario on Cinedis parchment. Seen in the images is starring actor and screenwriter Buissieres including a large portrait actress Carrel several seductive in nature with shots of director Faurez and the film crew in action and images of composer Georges Van Parys and singer Colette Renard famous for her "Irma La Douce" musical roles presumably working on the film soundtrack. Several images in the contact sheets show scenes from the film taking place in an automobile repair shop directed scenes from high on a crane and candid photos of the starring performers. A few of the contact sheets bear credits for the Laboratoire Tele-Photo film title client Cinedis and photographer. ` Little known gangster drama about a woman and her child caught in the downward spiral of prostitution. Photos vary in size from 3 x 4.5 inches to 9.25 x 11.75 inches with most being smaller. Very Good plus overall photos with moderate curling and photo box Very Good plus. Cinedis unknown books
1960ref. 153973London: Contemporary Films 1960. Eight vintage double weight studio still photographs from the 1960s UK re-release of the 1934 French film. Manuscript ink annotations identifying scenes on the versos. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A classic of French cinema Jean Vigo's only theatrical feature a film that in the minds of many including Francois Truffaut predicted and even helped define the French New Wave that would come 20 years later. Shot on location in Paris Yvelines and Seine-Maritime France. 10 x 8 inches. Four Near Fine four Very Good plus with faint dampstains to the bottom edges. Ebert I. Rosenbaum 1000. Contemporary Films unknown books
1933ref. 139665Paris: Franfilmdis / Argui-Film 1933. Vintage double weight borderless reference photograph for the landmark 1933 silent film by Jean Vigo. With the stamp of photographer Mars Marstrich on the verso. Although he only made four films before his death from tuberculosis at the age 29 Jean Vigo would come to have an outsized influence on cinema particularly the French New Wave with Truffaut in particular paying homage to the anarchic boarding school students in "Zero for Conduct" during the classroom and recess scenes in "The 400 Blows." 8.75 x 6.5 inches. A few tiny pinholes at the right edge else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 578. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Franfilmdis / Argui-Film unknown books
1964ref. 167663N.p.: N.p. 1964. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1964 French film including two showing director Jean-Luc Godard with a camera on the set. One with a French release stamp on the verso and all with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the same. Based on Dolores Hitchens' 1958 novel "Fools' Gold." A young woman convinces two men to help her steal a large stash of money from her aunt. An outrageous and comical crime film and a classic of French New Wave cinema later described by Godard as "'Alice in Wonderland' meets Franz Kafka." Shot on location in Paris. Photographs range in size from 9.5 x 7 inches to 7 x 5 inches. Generally Near Fine. Grant France. Spicer France. BFI 549. Criterion Collection 174. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1956ref. 152432N.p.: N.p. 1956. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1956 French film noir showing actor Roger Duchesne surrounded by Gallic toughs. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso. Faced with an unlucky streak and debts to pay a former bank robber turned gambler plans a heist of the Deauville casino during Grand Prix weekend. A key French New Wave antecedent and core French film noir. Set and shot on location in the Montmartre district in Paris and Calvados France. 9.5 x 12 inches with a small bottom margin. Near Fine with some light edgewear. Criterion Collection 150. Grant France. Ebert II. Lee The Heist Film. Selby France. N.p. unknown books
1978ref. 147119Burbank CA: Edgar J. Scherick and Associates 1978. Second Draft script for the 1978 television film. One of director John Carpenter's earliest efforts as a screenwriter released the same year as "Halloween" and the television movie "Someone's Watching Me." Originally aired on NBC on September 27 1978. While written as a vehicle for Suzanne Somers some actors that would soon eclipse her can be found in the supporting cast including Timothy Hutton Rosanna Arquette and Michael Biehn. A glamorous aging rock star takes a vacation to Zuma Beach where she unwittingly seduces the teenage beachgoers and gradually becomes involved in their lives. Set and shot on location in California. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 31 1978 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter William Schwartz. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine lightly soiled on the first leaf wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Edgar J. Scherick and Associates unknown books
1970ref. 135612Culver City CA: Faces Music / Columbia Pictures 1970. Vintage oversize double weight photograph of Ben Gazzara on the set of the 1970 film. 9.25 x 12.25 inches. In an archival mat. Near Fine. Faces Music / Columbia Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 159071Culver City CA: Faces Music / Columbia Pictures 1970. Original oversize program for the 1970 film. Photo illustrated throughout in black and white and color. Three men are confronted with middle age suburban malaise and their impending mortality after the sudden death of friend. They spend a weekend binge drinking and wandering around New York then spontaneously head to London where one of them decides to stay not returning to his family. 10.5 x 13.5 inches. Saddle stapled with printed acetate wrapper. Near Fine. Faces Music / Columbia Pictures unknown books
1972ref. 135916Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Draft script for the 1973 film based on the 1963 "Parker" novel by Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark. One of the great neo-noir crime films of the early 1970s today a classic New Hollywood with understated performances from Duvall Black and Baker as well as a who's-who of character actors playing out a violent story that takes place mostly in a beautifully ordinary rural setting. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 117 dated December 18 1972 with credits for producer De Haven and director/screenwriter Flynn. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Silver Classic US Noir. Spicer US. Stephens US. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1974ref. 166565Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. Draft script for the 1974 film. Copy belonging to construction coordinator Hendrik Wynands with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and on a label affixed to the three-ring binder housing the script. Bound in after the script are several production documents including interoffice memos a staff and crew contact list a shooting schedule and a construction estimate and set breakdown sheet. A satirical neo-noir following a professional hit man who is contracted by a local mob boss to take out the competition but soon finds himself the target of several personal attacks in retaliation. Shot on location in Seattle Washington and Silver Springs Florida. Script housed in a black three-ring binder. Blue titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers noted as FINAL and copy No. 332 on the front wrapper. Title page present undated noted as FINAL with credits for director John Frankenheimer and screenwriter Robert Dillon. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1935ref. 149844Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1935. Post-production script for the 1935 film. Incomplete as issued. With manuscript pencil annotations throughout most of which substantive in nature. Included with the script are several sets of paper clipped revision pages two inserted in sequence within the script and six laid in as well as two typed letters regarding uncredited screenwriter Finley Peter Dunne's attempts to receive screenwriting credit for the film. Missing two pages likely as used or issued. Based on the 1929 novel by Lloyd C. Douglas. A reckless millionaire's life is saved with the use of a hospital's sole resuscitator resulting in the death of a selfless philanthropic surgeon who needed the device at the same time to survive. Through his growing relationship with the surgeon's widow the millionaire learns kindness and generosity. Remade in 1954 by Douglas Sirk starring Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated JUNE 11th 1935 rubber-stamped copy No. 14 with credits for director JOHN M. STAHL and novelist LLOYD DOUGLAS. Approximately 110 leaves. Mimeograph duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with the first and last leaves separated from the binding bound with two gold brads. Criterion Collection 457. Universal Pictures unknown books
1966ref. 137413Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1966. Revised Estimating script for the 1967 film. Winner of three Academy Awards. Based on the 1960 Broadway musical by Lerner and Loewe winner of four Tony awards and itself based on "The Once and Future King" T.H. White's 1958 adaptation of Arthurian legends. Set in England shot on location in Spain. Tan titled wrappers noted as REV. ESTIMATING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 14 dated June 1 1966. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 6/1/66 with credits for screenwriter-lyricist Lerner composer Frederick Loewe and novelist White. 148 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Mimeograph on white yellow pink and blue stock dated variously between 6/1/66 and 6/7/66. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1966ref. 167688Los Angeles: Olympic International Films 1966. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1966 Japanese pink film. Modified by the distributor with red shorts drawn onto the body of the female figure in red pencil in order to dissuade censors. In a futuristic world young girls are abducted and transformed into Love Robots living sex dolls available for sale. Pink film auteur Koji Wakamatsu was one of the most successful Japanese filmmakers of the 1960s directing a number of notable erotic politically charged films including "Go Go Second Time Virgin" 1969 and "Ecstasy of the Angels" 1972 as well as producing Nagisa Oshima's controversial film and today an international classic "In the Realm of the Senses" 1976. 27 x 41 inches folded. About Near Fine. Olympic International Films unknown books
1949ref. 148507Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1949. Three vintage photographs of Patricia Neal applying makeup on the set of the 1949 film. Adapted to the screen by Ayn Rand from her novel one of only three screenplays she wrote during her brief tenure in Hollywood. In approaching the film adaptation of Rand's iconoclastic work King Vidor dispensed with typical Hollywood production techniques and focused on creating an expressionistic film one that literally echoed the architectural underpinnings of its characters' philosophies motives and ambitions. Unusual choices included modernist cinematography expressionistic set designs and wardrobe and having Ms. Rand herself adapt her own screenplay. Two photographs 7.5 x 9.25 inches. One photograph 7.75 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear. Warner Brothers unknown books
1978ref. 145671Los Angeles: George Barris - Irwin Schaeffer Production 1978. Revised Draft script for the 1978 film. Copy belonging to writer George Barris with his name in manuscript ink on the title page manuscript annotations and paper clip page markers throughout. With a cast that includes Fabian Barris and Casey Kasem. A sleazy nightclub owner tries to help the comeback of a young disco star. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Gold titled wrappers. Title page present dated 6/4/78 with credits for writer George Barris and screenwriter John Arnoldy. 89 leaves with last page of text numbered 87. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine clip binding. George Barris - Irwin Schaeffer Production unknown books
1957ref. 120919Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1957. Vintage one sheet poster for the US release of the 1957 British film. Based on screenwriter Terence Rattigan's 1953 play "The Sleeping Prince" about the visiting prince of a small fictional Balkan nation who falls in love with an American showgirl while in London. A notoriously difficult production which forms the basis for two behind-the-scenes memoirs by Marilyn Monroe's personal assistant Colin Clark "The Prince the Showgirl and Me" 1996 and "My Week with Marilyn" 2000 the later sharing the title of the 2011 film based on the memoirs directed by Simon Curtis and starring Michelle Williams as Monroe. Set and shot in London. 27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus with restoration at the folds. Archivally backed on linen and rolled. Warner Brothers unknown books
1960ref. 166216London: Weyland Film Productions 1960. Draft script for the 1961 British film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with manuscript pencil annotations throughout and rough pencil sketches on the versos of four pages. Seven pages with paste-ups of goldenrod revision pages with many pages cut horizontally separating scenes and many pages creased vertically as is common with working scripts. Provenance available upon request. Laid in are 43 carbon typescript leaves detailing construction costs dating from August 1960 through January 1961 a carbon typescript copy set list a carbon typescript copy construction staff requirements page a penciled layout of an October 31 to December 2 Shop Building and Shooting Stage schedule and staff requirements and a pencil layout of an Art Department construction form. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Based on the 1954 novel by Michael Croft. Max Bygraves stars as an idealistic teacher fresh from training college who begins work at a tough East London secondary school of badly-behaved impoverished students and fellow teachers who believe corporal punishment is the most effective way of controlling the students. Shot on location in Clarendon Crescent and Ravenscourt Park Preparatory School in London. Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut window in the British fasion. Title page present dated 24th October 1960 with credits for screenwriter John Cresswell and author Michael Croft. 162 leaves with last page of text numbered 153. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 3.11.60 and undated and undated goldenrod revision paste-ups on seven pages. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three flat metal brads. Weyland Film Productions unknown books
