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1970ref. 170874Rome: Warner Brothers 1970. Vintage Italian 4-Fogli poster for the 1969 film designed by Italian poster artist Manfredo Acerbo. Based on director and screenwriter Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set and shot on location in Kansas. 55 x 78 inches. Printed in two panels and folded as issued. Near Fine with modest toning and starting to some of the folds. Warner Brothers unknown
1976ref. 163599N.p.: N.p. 1976. Draft script for the 1976 film musical. Approximately 23 revision pages bound in at the rear of the script. Loosely based on the story of all-Black girl group the Supremes a rags-to-riches story about a trio of singing sisters from Harlem. The breakthrough performance of actress Irene Cara who would go on to appear in a number of films most prominently "Fame" 1980. Self wrappers. Missing title page presumably as issued. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only with goldenrod yellow pink and blue revision pages bound in at the rear of the script dated variously between 5/7/75 and 6/19/75. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1948ref. 152133N.p.: Brecher Productions 1948. Final Shooting script for the 1949 film. Copy belonging to uncredited editor Walter Thompson with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper and his manuscript pencil annotations throughout. The daughter of a factory worker causes an uproar in her family when she announces her engagement to her father's boss' son. Notable for having been written by but not starring Groucho Marx. Set in California. Red titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated August 24 1948. Title page present undated with credits for director-screenwriter Irving Brecher. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/3/48 and 10/7/48. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Brecher Productions unknown
1967ref. 159622N.p.: N.p. 1967. Four vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1967 film. A masterpiece of French cinema. Using his own money director Jacques Tati meticulously constructed a second "Paris" outside of Paris for the third-and most magnificent-of the four Hulot films following "Monsieur Hulot's Holiday" 1953 and "Mon Oncle" 1958. The third feature finds him in the much-modernized heart of the city with its complexities unfolding revolving deconstructing and reconstructing before his eyes. Set in Paris. Approximately 10.5 x 8.5 inches. Light wear at the corners else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
2000ref. 163461Encino CA: American Gun Productions 2000. Archive including Draft script and production documents for the 2002 film. Script supervisor's working copy with annotations in manuscript pencil throughout and housed in a three-ring binder with numerous production documents including shooting schedules call sheets maps time cards and contact sheets. A World War II veteran goes on the road to solve the mystery of his daughter's death with his only clue being the serial number of the gun used to kill her. Actor James Coburn's last film. Shot on location in New York City in Rutland and Fair Haven Vermont in Fort Lauderdale Florida in Los Angeles and Santa Clarita California and in Las Vegas Nevada. Script housed in a generic black three-ring binder. Title page present dated 10/20/00 with credit for screenwriter Alan Jacobs. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between November 14 and 25 2000. Pages Very Good plus. American Gun Productions unknown
1964ref. 153077N.p.: N.p. 1964. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1964 French film both showing director Jean-Luc Godard sitting with a camera in the open trunk of a convertible. 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 director Jean-Luc Godard as "'Alice in Wonderland' meets Franz Kafka." Shot on location in Paris. 9.5 x 7.25 inches with wide bottom margins. Near Fine. BFI 549. Criterion Collection 174. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer France. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 138668Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1979. Final Draft script for the 1980 film. A blend of science fiction and romance that has over time become a beloved classic. Christopher Reeve portrays a melancholy playwright who becomes fascinated with the woman in a portrait hanging in a hotel and uses self-hypnosis to transport himself to her time. Nominated for an Academy Award. Nominated for an Academy Award. Red titled wrappers noted as production No. 00590 dated April 24 1979. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credit for screenwriter Matheson. 146 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown
1985ref. 119986N.p.: N.p. 1985. Draft script for the 1986 comedy film. The headmaster of a British school is trying to get to a conference for school headmasters where he is meant to give a speech. He runs into a number of obstacles that delay him resulting in one of the most hilarious stressful movies ever made. Set in England shot on location in West Midlands Shropshire Worcestershire and Yorkshire England. Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with manuscript ink annotation noting copy No. 160 dated March 1985 with credits for screenwriter Michael Frayn. 164 leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus wit some curling at the corners internally bound with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 159896Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Two vintage reference photographs of director John Huston on the set of the 1961 film one of Huston talking with actor Clark Gable the other showing Huston sitting with screenwriter Arthur Miller. One with a printed mimeo snipe on the verso and both with printed provenance labels. A bleak haunting film exploring the loss of independence about a recent divorcée who enters into an unstable relationship with an aging cowboy whom she meets in the Nevada desert. The final completed feature for Gable and Marilyn Monroe before their deaths. Notoriously a trying endeavor for the actress who was struggling with her drug problem and pending divorce from Miller and would often fail to show up to the set and for Huston who would drink and occasionally fall asleep while filming. Gable performed all of his own stunts then suffered a heart attack only two days after filming ended and died ten days later. Shot on location in Nevada. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. United Artists unknown
1966ref. 152873N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage oversize color reference photograph from the 1966 film showing actress Monica Vitti sipping a pastis next to the notable headdress wears in the film Based on the British comic strip which originally appeared in 1963. Modesty Blaise a former criminal mastermind occasionally employed by the Secret Service must protect a shipment of diamonds en route to a small Middle Eastern kingdom from a crime syndicate. Monica Vitti's first English-speaking role. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Italy the Netherlands and England. 9.25 x 12 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1963ref. 152260London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1963. Archive of production material from the 1965 British film including a Revised Draft screenplay three original character design illustrations and a hand drawn storyboard. A British newspaper offers a substantial prize to the winner of a cross-channel air race bringing aviators from around the world to compete for the chance at victory and grabbing the attentions of various women. A number of authentic airplanes from the 1900s were used during production including a 1910 Deperdussin Monoplane and a 1912 Blackburn Monoplane. Set and shot on location in England including at Book Airfield in Buckinghamshire. Fuchsia titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 1963 noted as REVISED SCRIPT with credits for director-screenwriter Ken Annakin and screenwriter Jack Davies. 181 leaves with last page of text numbered 174. Multilith duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly faded on the front wrapper bound internally with two silver brads. Storyboard and design illustrations varying sizes Near Fine overall housed in a manila folder. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1928ref. 167295Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Vintage reference photograph from the 1928 silent film showing the infamous "office set" with dozens of identical desks in a largely windowless room. Provenance label mimeo snipe and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A bleak populist film heavily influenced by German cinema and nominated for several awards at the very first Academy Awards ceremony including Best Director for King Vidor. Shot on location throughout New York and in Los Angeles. 10 x 7.25 inches. Very Good moderately edgeworn with old cello tape at the corners and center bottom edge. National Film Registry. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 44. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1995ref. 151599N.p.: N.p. 1995. Final Shooting script for the 1995 film. Copy belonging to noted crime writer Mickey Spillane who appeared in a cameo in the film as a personal favor to director Max Allan Collins. With Spillane's name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and annotations highlighting lines to pages 56-59. A woman's increasingly psychotic obsession with her young daughter culminates in a string of gruesome murders. Collins' debut film following a lengthy career as a mystery novelist and comic writer. Followed by a sequel "Mommy 2: Mommy's Day" in 1997. Shot on location in Muscatine Iowa. White titled wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper with credits for director Max Allan Collins. 79 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 150683N.p.: N.p. 1962. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1962 film one of Michelangelo Antonioni with Alain Delon and Monica Vitti and one of Antonioni and crew shooting a scene in Rome from scaffolding built in the water. One with French "L'Eclipse" stamp and provenance stamp of film historian "Maurice Bessy" on verso one with "P.I.P." and "Copyright" stamps on verso. A woman's newfound relationship with a power-hungry stockbroker gradually erodes as she becomes dissatisfied with his shallow interests. The final film in Antonioni's modernity trilogy all starring Vitti preceded by "L'avventura" 1960 and "La notte" 1961. Awarded the Jury Special Prize and nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. Shot on location in Rome and Verona Italy. 6.75 x 9.25 inches and 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear. Criterion Collection 278. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 163784Universal City: Universal Pictures 1971. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1971 film including one showing a camera crew setting up a scene on the set. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso and all five with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil and provenance stamps and labels on the versos. Milo Forman's first film made in the US. A suburban couple return home one evening to find their teenage daughter has run away. While out looking for their daughter they come across other parents whose children are missing and form a self-help group only to discover they feel happier and freer with the children gone. Set and shot on location in New York City. Four 7.5 x 9.5 inches one 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown
1979ref. 157906London: Morison Film Group 1979. Third draft for the 1981 UK horror film. Second generation duplication made internally by the filmmakers during production and in original wrappers. Vintage as issued. Two terrorists accidentally unleash a deathly venomous snake into the home where they have trapped a number of hostages. Set in London and shot on location in London and Hertfordshire England. Grey titled wrappers. Title page present dated July 31 1979 noted as third draft with credits for Robert Carrington and Alan Scholefield. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerox duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with faint soil on page edges and a faint tide mark along the fore-edge of the title page wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Blue Underground 7070. Morison Film Group unknown
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
1970ref. 170874Rome: Warner Brothers 1970. Vintage Italian 4-Fogli poster for the 1969 film designed by Italian poster artist Manfredo Acerbo. Based on director and screenwriter Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set and shot on location in Kansas. 55 x 78 inches. Printed in two panels and folded as issued. Near Fine with modest toning and starting to some of the folds. Warner Brothers unknown books
1976ref. 163599N.p.: N.p. 1976. Draft script for the 1976 film musical. Approximately 23 revision pages bound in at the rear of the script. Loosely based on the story of all-Black girl group the Supremes a rags-to-riches story about a trio of singing sisters from Harlem. The breakthrough performance of actress Irene Cara who would go on to appear in a number of films most prominently "Fame" 1980. Self wrappers. Missing title page presumably as issued. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only with goldenrod yellow pink and blue revision pages bound in at the rear of the script dated variously between 5/7/75 and 6/19/75. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1948ref. 152133N.p.: Brecher Productions 1948. Final Shooting script for the 1949 film. Copy belonging to uncredited editor Walter Thompson with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper and his manuscript pencil annotations throughout. The daughter of a factory worker causes an uproar in her family when she announces her engagement to her father's boss' son. Notable for having been written by but not starring Groucho Marx. Set in California. Red titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated August 24 1948. Title page present undated with credits for director-screenwriter Irving Brecher. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/3/48 and 10/7/48. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Brecher Productions unknown books
1967ref. 159622N.p.: N.p. 1967. Four vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1967 film. A masterpiece of French cinema. Using his own money director Jacques Tati meticulously constructed a second "Paris" outside of Paris for the third-and most magnificent-of the four Hulot films following "Monsieur Hulot's Holiday" 1953 and "Mon Oncle" 1958. The third feature finds him in the much-modernized heart of the city with its complexities unfolding revolving deconstructing and reconstructing before his eyes. Set in Paris. Approximately 10.5 x 8.5 inches. Light wear at the corners else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
