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1952ref. 159661Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1952. Vintage reference photograph from the 1952 film. Two workers at an inn are accidentally handed a map to Captain Kidd's treasure on Skull Island. They are able to use this as leverage to get onto the captain's ship where they undergo a variety of humorous adventures. Set in Tortuga Haiti. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1985ref. 146600N.p.: N.p. 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. A seven-part television series exploring the cultural heritage of Mexico using noted director John Huston's reflections on his time spent in Puerto Vallarta Mexico as a reference. Set in Mexico. White untitled generic Paul Kohner casting agency wrappers. Title page present noted as Tratamiento with credits for screenwriters Charles Pavlich and Patrick Griffin. 22 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light dampstaining on the front wrapper bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1952ref. 172537Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1952. Three vintage hand-tinted color British front-of-house cards still from the 1952 film. A fictionalized account of the life of Hans Christian Anderson who creates some of his famous fairy tales through his interactions with the people of Copenhagen. Nominated for six Academy Awards. Set in Denmark. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with creasing and one photograph with bruising at the top left corner. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1998ref. 171851Culver City CA: Appleton Productions 1998. Table Draft script for Season 1 Episode 9 of the 1999-2000 television series. Originally aired April 26 1999 on UPN. With sparse manuscript ink annotations throughout. Based on the successful 1989-2023 comic strip by Scott Adams about the titular pessimistic white-collar engineer and his daily interactions with his idiotic boss and frustrated coworkers. In this episode Dilbert accidentally drinks from his manager's coffee cup and magically can't work anymore. White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as TABLE DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 110 dated July 31 1998 with credits for screenwriters Ned Goldreyer Scott Adams and Larry Charles. Title page integral with front wrapper. 50 leaves with last page of text numbered 49. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Appleton Productions unknown books
1998ref. 171846Culver City CA: Appleton Productions 1998. Table Draft script for Season 1 Episode 10 of the 1999-2000 television series. Originally aired May 3 1999 on UPN. With a label affixed to the front wrapper identifying co-executive producer Stephan Sustarsic. Based on the successful 1989-2023 comic strip by Scott Adams about the titular pessimistic white-collar engineer and his daily interactions with his idiotic boss and frustrated coworkers. In this episode Dilbert has to find someone to reprogram the code in the office before Y2K. White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as TABLE DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 109 dated July 24 1998 with credits for screenwriters Andrew Borakove Rachel Powell Scott Adams and Larry Charles. Title page integral with front wrapper. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Appleton Productions unknown books
1984ref. 140989New York: Rick Leed 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in is a letter from screenwriter and playwright Christopher Humble to John Huston of the Paul Kohner Agency. Based on Humble's 1984 play based in turn on a true event in Irish history wherein the Earls of Tyrone and Tyrconnell fled Ireland with 90 of their followers to escape British rule and establish an army to invade Ireland a venture which failed and ultimately brought Protestant rule to Northern Ireland. Set in Ireland. White titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1984 with credit for screenwriter and playwright Christopher Humble. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a black Velo binding. Rick Leed unknown books
1978ref. 141100N.p.: N.p. 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. The travels of John Slade a transient hard-fighting and hard-drinking man. Told over two films Slade is followed through childhood and into adulthood when he is employed as the muscle behind a frequently attacked stage coach operation in the Old West. Set in American West. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1978 with credits for screenwriter Christopher Swider. 309 leaves with last page of text numbered 306. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine spiral bound. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 150559N.p.: Charles Band 1977. Four vintage matte-finish studio still photographs from the 1977 film. A NASA research scientist accidentally uncovers a supernatural plot to take over Earth by aliens from the planet Utopia. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Charles Band unknown books
1925ref. 148156Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1925. Vintage reference photograph from the 1925 silent film showing actors Mae Murray and Basil Rathbone in an embrace. A Parisian dancer and her partner make their living by seducing and stealing from millionaires to the chagrin of the local police chief. Legendary filmmaker Josef von Sternberg was initially slated to direct but grew exasperated with Mae Murray's on-set behavior and walked out on the picture to be replaced by Christy Cabanne. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with light edgewear toning and a few pinholes to the border not affecting the image. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1972ref. 158059New York: N.p. 1972. Vintage pressbook for the 1972 adult film. 8.75 x 11.25 inches four leaves printed on rectos only. Very Good plus with a diagonal crease to the first two leaves. N.p. unknown books
1939ref. 161601Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1939. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1939 film. One photograph with a stamp on the verso identifying the film and actors Clark Gable and Hattie McDaniel. The legendary adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel about the headstrong daughter of an affluent confederate plantation owner whose family is brought low during the Civil War. Nominated for fifteen Academy Awards winning ten including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress making actress Hattie McDaniel the first African American to be nominated for and win an Oscar. Set in Georgia on the fictional cotton plantation Tara and shot throughout California as well as Little Rock Arkansas. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with creasing and pinholes at the corners. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1976ref. 146910N.p.: Italgema Roma 1976. Vintage borderless color photograph of Nathalie Baye and Ottavia Piccolo from the 1976 film. Simon Leotard Michel Piccoli is trying to retain his business after his partner Julien commits suicide over uncontrollable debt. Simon's disreputable rival Lepidon Julien Guiomar is offering to save him by buying the company but Simon may have figured a way out with the help of the beautiful and mysterious prostitute Mado Piccolo. 7 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine. Italgema Roma unknown books
1947ref. 164461Universal City: Universal-International 1947. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1947 film showing actors Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901. Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and was the first still photographer to win an Academy Award. He went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures where he worked well into the 1950s. Based on the 1945 memoir by Betty MacDonald about a young couple who decide to become chicken farmers leading to a number of humorous mishaps. Colbert was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Universal-International unknown books
1980ref. 151097Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1980. Vintage press kit for the 1980 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 13 black and white photographs housed in a brown paper envelope and 2 gatherings of promotional reading material. A mathematics professor in Chicago travels to New York to attend her widowed father's wedding where she falls in love with her stepmother's married adult son. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1971ref. 170164Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1971. Final Draft script for Season 3 Episode 17 of the 1969-1976 television series. A long-running medical drama that followed doctors Paul Lochner and Joe Gannon as they went about their daily lives at a university hospital in Los Angeles. In this episode Gannon reconnects with an old flame a doctor with a troubled past. Originally aired on January 19 1972 on CBS. Screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith wrote prolifically for television and the stage throughout the mid- to late-twentieth century. He is best remembered today for his writing for "Hawaii Five-O" 1968-1980 and the 1974 Christmas television special "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" but also contributed episodes for "Armstrong Circle Theater" "The Streets of San Francisco" "Combat!" "Spenser for Hire" and others. In 1965 he received a Tony nomination for the Sherlock Holmes Broadway musical "Baker Street" and wrote and co-wrote a number of off-Broadway plays including a biographical play about the early life of Eleanor Roosevelt. Orange titled MGM wrappers dated November 18 1971 noted as FINAL DRAFT and production No. 7852 stamped copy No. 61 with credit for screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine with light foxing to the page edges bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1964ref. 132433London: Warner-Pathe 1964. Eight vintage full-color front-of-house cards from the 1964 UK film. Base on a short story by Stanley Ellin about an eager young man with a crush on the boss' daughter who gets involved with a bank heist and a murder. 8 x 10 inches. A few with faint corner creases else Near Fine. Warner-Pathe unknown books
1949ref. 159576Universal City: Universal Pictures 1949. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1949 film noir showing actor John Russell. A woman exacts revenge on the gangster who killed her husband landing herself in a women's prison. Afterwards she vows to change her ways but finds herself gradually drawn back into her life of crime. Set in San Francisco. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with one small bruise near the left edge of the recto and some emulsion defects. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1966ref. 161823N.p.: Astro Films 1966. Vintage compilation photograph of Lorna Maitland from the 1966 film. Country girl Diane is sold by her hillbilly step-dad for $50 to hick stud Rick who takes off the next day leaving the note "I got my $50 worth" leaving Diane to fend for herself against various junkies predatory lesbians go-go dancers evil bartenders and mysterious gangsters. Set in and shot on location in Mesquite and Dallas Texas. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Astro Films unknown books
1944ref. 171686N.p.: Donahue And Coe 1944. Vintage advertising proof for the 1944 film. Based on the 1943 book by Captain Ted W. Lawson and edited by Robert Considine an eyewitness account of the first American retaliatory strike against Japan four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led by US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle. Set in Florida and shot on location in Florida and California. 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with tiny bruises to the four corners. Donahue And Coe unknown books
1970ref. 137528Los Angeles: Jay Weston Productions 1970. Revised Draft script for an unproduced action film about a American soldier trying to free his son from a military prison in a fictional South American county in the throes of revolution. Goldenrod titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Gordon. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 95. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Jay Weston Productions unknown books
1975ref. 136240Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1975. Second Revised Draft script for the 1976 film "The Desperate Miles" seen here under the title "No Help Required." A disabled Vietnam war veteran takes a road trip from LA to San Diego in his wheelchair to prove himself. Green titled wrappers noted as 2nd Rev. on the front wrapper production No. 42128 dated 1/22/75 with credits for screenwriters Arthur Ross and Joel Rogosin. Title page present integral with the front wrapper. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 82 and with 9 additional revision pages at the rear. Mimeograph duplication with blue green yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/8/75 and 1/22/75. Pages Near Fine wrappers Very Good bound with two gold brads. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1956ref. 131647Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1956. Original pressbook for the 1956 film starring Davis as a small town librarian branded as a communist and a subversive for refusing to remove a controversial book from the shelves. With striking poster and ad designs by the legendary Saul Bass. 16 pages 12 x 16 inches. Very Good plus with some light rubbing else a bright front wrapper. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1990ref. 159505San Francisco: Artists' Television Access 1990. Vintage flyer for the premiere of Danny Plotnick's 1990 experimental short film "Death Sled II: Steel-Belted Romeos" with an addition screening of Plotnick's 1989 short "Creep" as well as films by Mark Street Phillip R. Ford Phillip Guilbeau Laura Rosow Jim Sikora and Dana Mendelssohn at the Artists' Television Access ATA Saturday February 3 1990. According to director Danny Plotnick's website "Death Sled II: Steel-Belted Romeos" is a "tale of backwoods blacktop mayhem-Two dim-witted lead-footed guidos from Bayonne New Jersey bust through stoplight after stoplight in their turbo-charged bad-assed jet-black Pontiac Grand Prix until their mean machine nearly eighty-sixes another hunk of American steel. And that's just the start of it . A confrontation an assault fists-a-flying and traffic violations." A trailblazer for the independent film scene of the 1990s Plotnick made over twenty films since the late 1980s and has released three VHS compilations and one DVD compilation. His coffee table art book on the history of Super 8 filmmaking "Super 8: An Illustrated History" was published in 2020. Formed in 1986 the ATA is a San Francisco-based artist-run non-profit which promotes underground and experimental art as well as providing a screening venue for independent films exhibitions performances workshops and events. 8.5 x 11 inches on pink paper. Very Good plus with light overall dampstaining and two pinholes. Artists' Television Access unknown books
ref. 147358N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the true story of Simon Gunanoot and his brother-in-law Peter Himadam two Canadian men accused of murder in the early 1900s both ultimately found not guilty. Set in the Canadian wilderness. Black faux-leather agency wrappers with titles in gilt. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Daryl Henry. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1943ref. 171691N.p.: N.p. 1943. Two vintage working advertising proofs for the 1943 film both with copied layout annotations on the rectos. Based on Lillian Hellman's 1941 play. A German-born engineer and his family escape to the US after engaging in anti-Fascist activities in Europe. The screen rights for this World War II drama were attained by Jack L. Warner who saw its potential as a propaganda film. After a difficult production the film was released to positive reviews with Paul Lukas receiving the Academy Award for Best Actor. 9.75 x 22.25 inches and 7.5 x 11.5 inches. Very Good plus with three horizontal creases to the larger proof and two small pieces of cello tape to the top corners of the smaller proof. N.p. unknown books
