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1964ref. 170562N.p.: N.p. 1964. Collection of 23 vintage reference photographs from the 1964 film. All but one with mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. Director Samuel Fuller's bizarre outrageous and perverse pulp masterwork. A former call girl tries to make good in a new town nursing handicapped children only to fall in love with a seemingly saintly businessman who has a dark secret of his own. Set in the fictional town of Grantville USA. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine to Fine one Very Good plus with a light crease and short closed tear. Criterion Collection 18. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Spicer US. Silver and Ward US. Grant US. N.p. unknown books
1991ref. 141425N.p.: Genjiro Amato 1991. Draft script for the 1991 film. Text in Japanese. A semi-fictional account of Japanese artists Yumeji Takehisa who falls in love with a widow and then becomes a rival with the ghost of her dead husband and her husband's murderer. Purple titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Genjiro Amato unknown books
1971ref. 146784Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage US silkscreen banner poster for the 1971 film. Based on Frank Pierson's 1970 novel about an ex-con who initiates a cascade of chaos when he decides to rob his upscale apartment building. Actor Christopher Walken's feature film debut as well as a breakthrough role for Sean Connery who was previously stuck being typecast as James Bond. Shot on location in New York. 82 x 24 inches. Rolled. About Near Fine with no restoration a few old splashes near the edges some rubbing and scratches three small closed tears in margins and light creases otherwise quite bright and unfaded. Lee The Heist Film. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 152555Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1970. Draft script for the 1971 film here under the working title "Kane." Copy belonging to actor Bradford Dillman with his stamp to the title page and his manuscript ink annotations throughout. Laid in with the script are two manuscript pages with Dillman's notes on blocking for various scenes and two gatherings of cast and crew contact information. A mysterious African American man returns to his hometown for a funeral and is suspected by the police and district attorney of being a union organizer. His aging family doctor however knows the man holds a larger more meaningful purpose in the world. Set in Alabama shot on location in Marysville California. Blue titled wrappers dated January 30 1970 noted as production No. 8981. Title page present dated January 30 1970 with credits for director James Goldstone and screenwriter Ernest Kinoy. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between February 11 1970 and March 4 1970. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1987ref. 161007New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1987. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED on the half-title page by screenwriter Michael Herr to noted bookseller Ken Hubner: "18 February / For Ken Hubner / Best / Michael Herr." A hint of toning overall else about Fine in illustrated wrappers. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1998ref. 161311N.p.: N.p. 1998. Rainbow Revision Draft script for the 1999 film here under the working title "Carrie II" copy belonging to an unknown crew or cast member with six small post-it tabs affixed to the top of six pages in which characters are killed or injured annotated with brief descriptions e.g. "Lisa / Windshield" "Chuck Berry Boy" and "Jesse / Snake" and manuscript ink and marker annotations on four pages. Salmon revision pages dated 06/14/98 bound in following the script. Based on the characters from Stephen King's 1974 novel "Carrie" and sequel to the 1976 film directed by Brian De Palma and starring Sissy Spacek. Carrie White's long-lost half-sister Rachel Lang an outcast high school student who also has telekinetic powers is troubled following the suicide of her best friend and is befriended by Jesse Ryan a popular football player who with his friends is planning on humiliating Rachel at the biggest party of the year. Shot on location in North and South Carolina. Untitled yellow wrappers. Title page present with last revision pages dated 5/21/98 with credits for screenwriter Rafael Moreu. 153 leaves with last page of text numbered 114A. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white blue pink yellow green goldenrod and salmon revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/25/98 and 06/14/98. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Vinegar Syndrome 505. N.p. unknown books
1943ref. 166020Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1943. Vintage keybook set design photograph from the 1943 film showing the exterior of a nightclub advertising a one-night-only performance by Duke Ellington and his band. Property Department stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1940 Broadway musical. A compulsive gambler killed in a nightclub shooting is visited by God and the Devil who agree to give him six months to atone for his earthly misdeeds and decide the fate of his eternal soul. A star-studded affair featuring jazz great Louis Armstrong as one of Satan's minions and a showcase musical number by Ellington and his orchestra. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1996ref. 172069Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1996. 18 vintage color slides from the 1996 film. A disparate group of survivors congregate in the Nevada desert after a large-scale attack by aliens deciding to plan a counterattack in New York City on behalf of the human race. Screenwriters Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich previously worked together on the 1994 film "Stargate" with much of the plot of "Independence Day" conceived by the pair during promotional tours for that movie. Nominated for two Academy Awards and followed by a 2016 sequel "Independence Day: Resurgence." Shot on location in New York City in Flagstaff Arizona on the Plains of San Agustin New Mexico in Los Angeles and Fontana California in Wendover and the Bonneville Salt Flats Utah and in Cliffside Park New Jersey. Slides 1.5 x 1 inches in cardboard sleeves measuring 2 x 2 inches. Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1919ref. 152865N.p.: N.p. 1919. Vintage album housing 49 vintage reference photographs from the 1919 silent film most showing noted early film star William Farnum. Of particular note in the album is a photograph of Farnum on the set with actors Lamar Johnstone and Charles Clary holding bouquets of flowers ostensibly at the end of the shoot. Laid in with the album is a small newspaper clipping from the Los Angeles Evening Herald showing a photograph of Farnum with his wife and stepson and noting Farnum's adoption of his stepson with a small manuscript ink annotation presumably made by Farnum at the top of the clipping: "It was raining I wore all my old duds-darn it I wasn't ready." A wealthy married mining engineer suffers amnesia after being injured in a mining explosion planned by his business rivals and is forced to seek shelter with a Chilean shepherd and the shepherd's daughter with whom he falls in love. Now considered a lost film. At the peak of his success Farnum was one of the highest-paid actors of the silent film age but was forced into an early semi-retirement after being injured on the set of the 1924 film "The Man Who Fights Alone." He appeared sporadically in character roles throughout the late 1920s 1930s and 1940s and enjoyed a successful career on Broadway. Photographs generally 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Album 12 x 8.25 inches. Very Good plus lightly soiled and creased. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 135017Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Vintage oversize borderless double weight black and white photograph from the 1972 film. An amazing image showing Max von Sydow looming above-and seemingly beyond-a very possessed young Linda Blair. One of the great genre films of the 1970s that accomplished the uncommon feat of being an over-the-top sensation upon its release and gaining subsequent status as a classic with a strangeness and depth supplied by Burstyn and Sydow that only increases with repeated viewings. Another distinction of "The Exorcist" was that it walked away with 2 Oscars including Best Screenplay for Blatty along with 8 nominations including Best Picture a feat nearly unheard for a horror film. 11 x 14 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1984ref. 165396N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for the 1984 film. Copy belonging to costume designer Jane Hamilton with her annotations in manuscript pencil throughout the first 13 leaves all relating to costuming. Included with the script are multiple gatherings of manuscript and xerographically duplicated leaves relating to costuming including measurements of actors and extras in the film details for specific scenes and lists of props and period costumes needed. In the 1920s a young woman embarks on a worldwide journey of sexual exploration determining to lose her virginity and ultimately find her ideal lover. Shot on location in Andalucía Spain and in Hampshire England. Housed in a three-ring green binder. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 167218N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for the 1979 film. A teenage pinball prodigy joins forces with an aspiring country music singer in order to raise money for a demo tape. Set and shot on location in West Hollywood Santa Cruz and Los Angeles California and in Corpus Christi Texas. Green titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for director Rudy Durand and uncredited screenwriters James Creech and Martin Zweiback. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 151. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1963ref. 171051Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1963. Collection of 27 vintage reference photographs from the 1963 film including four photographs showing proposed advertising material for the film. All but the advertising promos photos have provenance labels on the versos. With a pink mimeograph production sheet laid in showing credits and a brief synopsis. Samuel Fuller's hallucinatory tour-de-force about a Daily Globe journalist who in an attempt to win a Pulitzer Prize has himself institutionalized in an asylum recently implicated in a murder case. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine with some faint toning to the margins and light curling and studio still photographs with manuscript ink and pencil layout annotations and numeric annotations on the rectos. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 19. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Spicer US. Grant US. Allied Artists unknown
1980ref. 163765Burbank CA: The Ladd Company 1980. Collection of 32 vintage color slides from the 1981 film as well as one vintage studio still photograph showing actress Kathleen Turner. Three slides with annotations in manuscript ink on their cardboard sleeves. A young woman manipulates her lover a small-town lawyer into killing her wealthy husband. A watershed neo-noir update to the classic femme fatale of the 1940s and 1950s. Set and shot on location in Florida. Photograph 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Slides 2 x 2 inches. Near Fine. Ebert I. Grant US. Penzler 101. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. The Ladd Company unknown
1984ref. 165396N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for the 1984 film. Copy belonging to costume designer Jane Hamilton with her annotations in manuscript pencil throughout the first 13 leaves all relating to costuming. Included with the script are multiple gatherings of manuscript and xerographically duplicated leaves relating to costuming including measurements of actors and extras in the film details for specific scenes and lists of props and period costumes needed. In the 1920s a young woman embarks on a worldwide journey of sexual exploration determining to lose her virginity and ultimately find her ideal lover. Shot on location in Andalucía Spain and in Hampshire England. Housed in a three-ring green binder. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 167218N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for the 1979 film. A teenage pinball prodigy joins forces with an aspiring country music singer in order to raise money for a demo tape. Set and shot on location in West Hollywood Santa Cruz and Los Angeles California and in Corpus Christi Texas. Green titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for director Rudy Durand and uncredited screenwriters James Creech and Martin Zweiback. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 151. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 171051Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1963. Collection of 27 vintage reference photographs from the 1963 film including four photographs showing proposed advertising material for the film. All but the advertising promos photos have provenance labels on the versos. With a pink mimeograph production sheet laid in showing credits and a brief synopsis. Samuel Fuller's hallucinatory tour-de-force about a Daily Globe journalist who in an attempt to win a Pulitzer Prize has himself institutionalized in an asylum recently implicated in a murder case. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine with some faint toning to the margins and light curling and studio still photographs with manuscript ink and pencil layout annotations and numeric annotations on the rectos. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 19. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Spicer US. Grant US. Allied Artists unknown books
1980ref. 163765Burbank CA: The Ladd Company 1980. Collection of 32 vintage color slides from the 1981 film as well as one vintage studio still photograph showing actress Kathleen Turner. Three slides with annotations in manuscript ink on their cardboard sleeves. A young woman manipulates her lover a small-town lawyer into killing her wealthy husband. A watershed neo-noir update to the classic femme fatale of the 1940s and 1950s. Set and shot on location in Florida. Photograph 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Slides 2 x 2 inches. Near Fine. Ebert I. Grant US. Penzler 101. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. The Ladd Company unknown books
1973ref. 160085Beverly Hills CA: Crown International Pictures / Saber Productions 1973. Draft script for the 1974 film seen here under the working title "Policewoman." Annotations in manuscript ink on every page checking scene numbers. Included with the script is a pressbook and 15 vintage reference photographs from the film. An exploitation film about a policewoman who infiltrates an all-women criminal gang. Shot on location in Los Angeles and the Channel Islands California. Screenplay: Brown wrappers with titles and illustration in gilt. Title page present dated August 1973 with credits for director-screenwriter Lee Frost and screenwriter Wes Bishop. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Pressbook: 11 x 17 inches. Eight pages side-stapled. Near Fine. Photographs 15: 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Crown International Pictures / Saber Productions unknown
1973ref. 160085Beverly Hills CA: Crown International Pictures / Saber Productions 1973. Draft script for the 1974 film seen here under the working title "Policewoman." Annotations in manuscript ink on every page checking scene numbers. Included with the script is a pressbook and 15 vintage reference photographs from the film. An exploitation film about a policewoman who infiltrates an all-women criminal gang. Shot on location in Los Angeles and the Channel Islands California. Screenplay: Brown wrappers with titles and illustration in gilt. Title page present dated August 1973 with credits for director-screenwriter Lee Frost and screenwriter Wes Bishop. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Pressbook: 11 x 17 inches. Eight pages side-stapled. Near Fine. Photographs 15: 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Crown International Pictures / Saber Productions unknown books
1953ref. 150345N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of actor Anthony Perkins barefoot on the set of "The Rainmaker" circa 1953. The original penciled notations on the verso indicate that Perkins was on the set to visit Wendell Corey. With the stamps of still photographer Bill Avery and editor Bud Fraker on the verso. Shot early in his career before Perkins played his best-known role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film "Psycho." Bill Avery worked as a photographer at Columbia Pictures in the early 20th century with a brief interlude working as a combat cameraman during World War II. He also worked at MGM under noted photographer C.S. Bill and occasionally worked as a freelance publicity photographer shooting iconic images of Elvis Presley Jack Lemmon Katharine and Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine among many others. Shot partially on location in Kanab Utah. 8.5 x 13.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 159089N.p.: United International Pictures 1975. Vintage one sheet poster for the US release of the 1974 film. The poster which features an image of Bruce Lee and declares "Bruce Lee / Is He Alive or Dead / What Really Happened Where How Why / The Life and Times of the King Dragon" did not in fact feature Lee nor was the film about Lee. Set during WWII two Japanese pardoned war criminals are given an undercover assignment at a lumberyard in occupied China. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with starting at the center folds and light chipping and small closed tears at the margins. United International Pictures unknown
1984ref. 167521Burbank CA: Pressman Productions 1984. First Draft script for the 1985 UK/US film circa 1984 with manuscript pencil annotations on the cast of characters page noting the actor's names adjacent to their characters. Based on the 1978 play by screenwriter David Hare. Spanning nearly 20 years in the life of Englishwoman Susan Traherne played by Meryl Streep the film follows her from her life-changing experiences as a French Resistance fighter during World War II to her life in post-war England which she finds inadequate and trivial her alienation often leading her to act with disregard for those around her. Nominated for two BAFTA Awards. Of note screenwriter Hare divided the script found here into eight segments of which there is a note on the first leaf that this was not for the viewing audience but for clarity in reading for the cast and crew. The eight segments are: "The War" "Europe On The Move" "Austerity" "Plenty" "Suez" "Iran" "The Crisis" and "Liberation." Set in and shot on location in London Brusels Belgium France and Tunisia. Front wrapper integral with first introductory note leaf. Title page present noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter David Hare. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Pressman Productions unknown
1955ref. 151466N.p.: N.p. 1955. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1955 Italian film. With the stamp of still photographer G.B. Poletto on the verso and one with a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's French release affixed to the verso. A trio of small-time ruthless con artists undergo crises of conscience after facing the condemnation of their families. Director Federico Fellini's followup to "La strada" 1954. Set in the countryside. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Eureka Masters of Cinema 66. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 162502New Orleans LA: Howco Productions 1970. Draft script for the 1970 sexploitation film seen here under the working title "His Wife's Habit." Laid in with the script is a five-page shooting schedule. A promiscuous married woman finds herself unable to resist sleeping with every man she meets leading to a savage attack by a motel parking attendant and his crony. Shot on location in New Orleans. Black generic card wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Joy N. Houck Jr. Albert J. Salzer and Robert A. Weaver. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good moderately faded on the edges bound internally with three silver brads. Howco Productions unknown
