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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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
1947ref. 003375Universal City: Universal-International 1947. First Edition. Very good. Continuity and dialogue script here under the working title "Destiny of a Woman;" 11 x 8 1/2; textured yellow wraps bound at the top edge with two large brads; "Continuity and Dialogue / Master Copy / Prod. # 115125 / Charge # 563" to front wrap; several light penciled-in annotations throughout; mimeographed text to rectos only; a few minor spots to upper margin of front wrap; several leaves with creases to bottom corners; in very good condition. Based on playwright screenwriter and political activist Lillian Hellman's 1905 - 1984 1946 Broadway play of the same name and prequel to her "The Little Foxes" the drama took place in post-Civil War Alabama and centered around the wealthy ruthless racist Hubbard family. Vladimir Pozner 1905 - 1992 who would adapt Hellman's play for the future film was a French author of Russian-Jewish descent. His "Les etats desunis. Reportage" The Disunited States. A Reportage in essence - a leftist travelogue and one of his most famous works would document racism inequality everyday life and its characters the gangsters the starlets and the poor workers in the United States in the early 20th century. Universal-International paperback
1991ref. 167974N.p.: N.p. 1991. Draft script for the 1993 American-German-Dutch film. Single numeric annotation in manuscript pencil on the title page. Text in English. A struggling jazz musician provides music lessons to make ends meet although his students are ambivalent at best while maintaining a romance with a bartender at a local Irish bar. One of two feature films directed by Sara Driver known for producing the first two films of her longtime partner director Jim Jarmusch. Shot on location in Hamburg. Mylar front wrapper black rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1991 with credits for screenwriter Ray Dobbins and story writer Sara Driver. 91 leaves with last page of text numbered 90. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a black Velo binding. N.p. unknown
1959ref. 140805Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Argos Films 1959. Collection of eight vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1959 film. Four photographs with the stamp of production company Argos Films seven with a sticker noting they are from the collection of film historian collector and founder of the Tele Cine Documentation TCD cinema photo library Daniel Bouteiller one with both a sticker and stamp from the collection of film historian Maurice Bessy and all with manuscript annotations on the versos. A series of conversations about memory history and forgetfulness between a departing French actress and the married Japanese architect with whom she had a brief affair the film was a major catalyst for the Rive Gauche film movement. Screenwriter Marguerite Duras was nominated for an Academy Award and Alain Resnais received a Palme d'Or nomination at Cannes. 7 x 5 inches. Generally Near Fine. Criterion Collection 196. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as Subversive Art. Argos Films unknown
1964ref. 150493Universal City: Universal Pictures 1964. Vintage studio still photograph from the set of the 1964 film showing director Alfred Hitchcock and a camera crew capturing a shot of actress Tippi Hedren at a desk in the publishing company office. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Culver Pictures and a stamp noting No. 75147. Based on Winston Graham's 1961 novel which follows a wealthy businessman's unwanted often cruel attempts to help a troubled young woman come to terms with her dark past. The production faced several setbacks in its development most relating to Hitchcock's insistence on including a rape scene present in the novel and the subsequent troubles in casting the lead role given the emotional complexity demanded for the character. Set and shot on location in California Pennsylvania New Jersey Virginia and Maryland. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1956ref. 142890N.p.: N.p. 1956. Draft script for a 1956 student film. Front wrapper title in decorative manuscript black ink presumably by the screenwriter. Based on the 1890 story by Ambrose Bierce. 22 pages of storyboards corresponding with the script that follows all bound together. Decorative cast and crew invite to premiere and wrap party laid in. The second filmed version of Bierce's short story the first one titled "The Bridge" was made by Charles Vidor in 1929 virtually unknown preceding both the well known 1959 version filmed for the fifth season of Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone" and the French version made in 1962 by Robert Enrico. According to the 1956-57 Film Review of Student Productions presented by Department of Cinema and Delta Kappa Alpha at the University of Southern California USC the film was part of the Productions of the Graduate Workshop in the fall of 1956. Laid in is an invitation to premiere screening held at CineManor where USC's California National Honorary Cinema Fraternity Delta Kappa Alpha hosted screenings and social events. Douglas W. Gallez served as President of the Alpha USC Chapter at the time. Not in IMDB. Presumably shot in Southern California. Set in Civil War era Alabama. Pale untitled wrapper with credits for screenwriter. Title page present with credits for story writer Ambrose Bierce and screenwriter Douglas W. Gallez. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 22. Mimeograph both storyboards and script. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 129295Rome: Vides Cinematografica 1980. Set of 10 master typescripts for the ambitious 1982 television miniseries all dated June 1980 used as a master for printing the final scripts. Anthony Burgess was one of the series writers credited on the title page of each segment and Ennio Morricone composed the original score. Present are scripts for all 8 segments of the miniseries. Also included is a script for an unproduced segment titled "Ruby of Ceylon" and a separately bound "Series Outline." Screenwriters Burgess and Labella are present on the title page of all 8 produced segments though not on "The Ruby of Ceylon". An international co-production financed by the US Italy Japan and China. Shot on location in Beijing Inner Mongolia Italy and Morocco. Nominated for two Prime Time Emmys. Oversize volume shipping billed at cost. Series Outline: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Outline with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 27 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode I Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 37 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode II: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 35 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode III: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 31 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode IV: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 44 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode V: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 47 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode VI: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 38 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode VII: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 40 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode VIII: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 66 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. The Ruby of Ceylon unfilmed: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 28 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Vides Cinematografica unknown
1963ref. 164219N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage banner poster for the US release of the 1961 Italian-Austrian film. Rare in this format. A series of murders begin at a reformatory for troubled girls following the arrival of a mysterious science teacher. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good plus with light overall rubbing and two vertical creases to the right side. N.p. unknown
1929ref. 172235Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1929 silent comedy film showing Dorothy Sebastian and Buster Keaton on horseback. A dry-cleaning employee finds himself the subject of a famous stage actress' affections although she is secretly using him to make another man jealous. Keaton's second film with MGM. 14 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1928ref. 162823N.p.: N.p. 1928. Vintage borderless publicity portrait photograph of actor Buster Keaton Jr. in his shirtsleeves issued to promote the 1928 silent comedy film. Contemporary dealer stamp on the verso. The last film Keaton would make with United Artists before moving to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was a commercial and critical failure upon release but has since been reevaluated as one of Keaton's masterpieces. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 6.25 x 9.5 inches archivally mounted in a white mat measuring 11 x 14 inches. Very Good with moderate wear at the bottom corners. N.p. unknown
1952ref. 135028Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1952. Vintage US program for the 1952 film. Autobiographically reflective of Chaplin's fears of being left behind in the fading vaudeville and silent film era "Limelight" depicts the final years of a washed up stage clown who briefly maintains an impossible relationship with a young dancer representative of a new generation of performers. The first and only time that Charlie Chaplin and fellow silent film star Buster Keaton would appear onscreen together "Limelight" is also notable for being the only Chaplin picture to win an Academy Award albeit for the original score of the 1972 re-release. 9 x 12 inches 16 pages saddle stapled two-color wrappers. Very Good plus with light rubbing at the extremities. Criterion Collectiopn 756. United Artists unknown
1955ref. 144737Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1955. Second Revised Draft script for the 1956 film noir. Loosely based on the death of Russian-born financier Serge Rubinstein. Copy belonging to Guy Prescott who plays an uncredited role in the film as the assistant to Captain LaFarge played by Morris Ankrum with Prescott's manuscript annotations at the inclusion of his dialogue and appearances. George Sanders plays a wealthy hated businessman who has conned his way to the top and as the film begins has been found murdered. We see his life in a series of flashbacks as it is told to the police by his secretary and fellow con artist Yvonne DeCarlo. One of only two films in which Saunders and his real-life brother Tom Conway also play brothers onscreen. Shot on location in New York City and California. Tan titled wrappers noted as 2ND REVISION on the front wrapper copy No. 54 dated December 29 1955 with credits for producer Charles Martin. Title page present dated December 29 1955 noted as 2ND REVISE with credits for screenwriter/producer Martin. 179 leaves with last page of text numbered 190. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and pink undated revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1940ref. 171507Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1940. Two vintage programs from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's classic satire held in New York on October 15 1940. Includes a large-format 14-page illustrated program and smaller bi-fold black-and-white program. Color program with illustrations by noted artist Al Hirschfeld. Affixed to the title page of the color program are two ticket stubs for an October 30 1940 showing of the film at the Astor Theatre. The premiere was held at both the Astor and the Capitol Theatres in New York to accommodate high patron turnout. For his follow-up to his 1936 classic "Modern Times" Chaplin chose to do what only a handful of other films dared to do in 1940-make fun of Hitler. Though several of Chaplin's previous films had made use of music and sound effects and while Chaplin had sung briefly in "Modern Times" "The Great Dictator" marked the first time he spoke dialogue onscreen. Large-format program 9 x 10 inches saddle-stapled. Smaller program 6.25 x 9.5 inches bi-fold. Both programs Very Good plus to Near Fine with some light foxing toning and soil to the extremities. Criterion Collection 565. United Artists unknown
1961ref. 160655N.p.: N.p. 1961. Five vintage borderless oversize reference photographs from the 1961 film. Printed labels affixed to the versos. Considered overly sympathetic to the newly formed communist government the documentary was banned in France for two years. An early effort by director Chris Marker one of the French New Wave's few film essayists. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good with moderate edgewear. N.p. unknown
