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1964ref. 137125Tokyo: Toho Company 1964. Vintage black-and-white reference studio still photograph from the US release of the 1952 Japanese film. Though not indicated in any way this film still belonged to screenwriter Leonard Schrader. The film follows the life of a woman who was sold into various forms prostitution by her father at a young age and whose bad luck follows her into ruin. 8 x 10 inches. Fine condition. Criterion Collection 664. Toho Company unknown books
1977ref. 141525N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single notation in manuscript pencil on page 66 and 16 pages of additional dialogue laid in. An investment banker and financial advisor works in New York City and lives upstate. His life is the envy of all his coworkers yet he struggles with his memories of the army and with his marriage leading him to begin an affair. Set in New York City. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated February 1977 with credits for screenwriter Lane Slate. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 141525N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single notation in manuscript pencil on page 66 and 16 pages of additional dialogue laid in. An investment banker and financial advisor works in New York City and lives upstate. His life is the envy of all his coworkers yet he struggles with his memories of the army and with his marriage leading him to begin an affair. Set in New York City. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated February 1977 with credits for screenwriter Lane Slate. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 162104Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage color studio still photograph from the American release of the 1973 Italian film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. An erotic comedy about a beautiful young housekeeper working for a lustful widower and his three equally lustful sons. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1973ref. 162104Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage color studio still photograph from the American release of the 1973 Italian film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. An erotic comedy about a beautiful young housekeeper working for a lustful widower and his three equally lustful sons. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1972ref. 141404N.p.: Palomar Pictures 1972. Four vintage reference photographs all featuring Michael Caine and two featuring Laurence Olivier from the 1972 film. A successful crime fiction writer invites his wife's lover to his mansion with a complex plan designed to humiliate him. Shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with manuscript graphite and blue ink annotations to the verso. Penzler 101. Palomar Pictures unknown
1972ref. 141404N.p.: Palomar Pictures 1972. Four vintage reference photographs all featuring Michael Caine and two featuring Laurence Olivier from the 1972 film. A successful crime fiction writer invites his wife's lover to his mansion with a complex plan designed to humiliate him. Shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with manuscript graphite and blue ink annotations to the verso. Penzler 101. Palomar Pictures unknown books
1980ref. 146872N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. A diverse group of American G.I.s fight to survive as they battle the Vietcong learning more about each other and the Vietnamese people in the process. Set in Vietnam. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Lawrence Holden. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with a light dampstain on the fore edge wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 146872N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. A diverse group of American G.I.s fight to survive as they battle the Vietcong learning more about each other and the Vietnamese people in the process. Set in Vietnam. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Lawrence Holden. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with a light dampstain on the fore edge wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 147030N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for an unproduced television film. After being paralyzed from the waist down by a car accident a young girl finds her spirit again with the help of a horse named Rainbow at a physical rehabilitation ranch for children. Set in Santa Cruz California. Orange untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 1979 with credits for screenwriters Lawrence J. Serefine and Hal Price. 74 leaves with last page of text numbered 72. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 147030N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for an unproduced television film. After being paralyzed from the waist down by a car accident a young girl finds her spirit again with the help of a horse named Rainbow at a physical rehabilitation ranch for children. Set in Santa Cruz California. Orange untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 1979 with credits for screenwriters Lawrence J. Serefine and Hal Price. 74 leaves with last page of text numbered 72. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1962ref. 162264Culver City CA: Olympic International Films 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 film. Provenance stamps on the verso of both photographs. Tom Newman stars as private evye Bernard Bingbang hired by old lady Agatha Bungworthy to find her runaway niece heir to the family fortune. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a wax pencil annotation in the top right margin and an editorial ink change to the actress' hair with light edgewear and a small closed tear in the right margin. Olympic International Films unknown
1962ref. 162264Culver City CA: Olympic International Films 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 film. Provenance stamps on the verso of both photographs. Tom Newman stars as private evye Bernard Bingbang hired by old lady Agatha Bungworthy to find her runaway niece heir to the family fortune. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a wax pencil annotation in the top right margin and an editorial ink change to the actress' hair with light edgewear and a small closed tear in the right margin. Olympic International Films unknown books
1970ref. 141044N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A sociology professor is preparing for his sabbatical when his overworked wife decides they should also take a sabbatical from their marriage so that the professor can learn to take care of himself. Set in New England. Yellow titled wrapper. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Leo Townsend. 53 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a spiral binding. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 141044N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A sociology professor is preparing for his sabbatical when his overworked wife decides they should also take a sabbatical from their marriage so that the professor can learn to take care of himself. Set in New England. Yellow titled wrapper. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Leo Townsend. 53 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a spiral binding. N.p. unknown books
1983ref. 153831N.p.: N.p. 1983. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a typescript letter from screenwriter Les White to talent agent Walter Kohner introducing the script. A comedy following the stunted entry into maturity of several young adults who have decided for various reasons to move back in with their parents indefinitely. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Les White. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1983ref. 153831N.p.: N.p. 1983. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a typescript letter from screenwriter Les White to talent agent Walter Kohner introducing the script. A comedy following the stunted entry into maturity of several young adults who have decided for various reasons to move back in with their parents indefinitely. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Les White. 137 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1940ref. 129717N.p.: N.p. 1940. Treatment script for an unproduced film. The story of a young girl whose emotionally disturbed mother commits suicide while the family is traveling to Mexico City by train and whose previously estranged oil baron father must then assume her care. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for Victor Wolfson. 29 leaves mimeograph on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1940ref. 129717N.p.: N.p. 1940. Treatment script for an unproduced film. The story of a young girl whose emotionally disturbed mother commits suicide while the family is traveling to Mexico City by train and whose previously estranged oil baron father must then assume her care. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for Victor Wolfson. 29 leaves mimeograph on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1948ref. 164601Universal City: Universal-International 1948. Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1948 film musical one showing actor Lew Parker pointing at actress Pat Dane the other showing actress Olga San Juan in Chinese-inspired garb. Printed mimeo snipe and provenance stamps on the versos. Based on the 1945 Broadway musical in turn based on George Malcolm-Smith's 1941 novel "Slightly Perfect." A young insurance salesman quits his job and joins a traveling circus thereby discovering his ability to tap-dance and sing. 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 went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. One Very Good plus the other Very Good with pinholes at the corners. Universal-International unknown
1948ref. 164601Universal City: Universal-International 1948. Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1948 film musical one showing actor Lew Parker pointing at actress Pat Dane the other showing actress Olga San Juan in Chinese-inspired garb. Printed mimeo snipe and provenance stamps on the versos. Based on the 1945 Broadway musical in turn based on George Malcolm-Smith's 1941 novel "Slightly Perfect." A young insurance salesman quits his job and joins a traveling circus thereby discovering his ability to tap-dance and sing. 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 went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. One Very Good plus the other Very Good with pinholes at the corners. Universal-International unknown books
1970ref. 141508N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced play. The times and trials of a Hollywood diner and its patrons and employees who all want to be famous in motion pictures. Set in Hollywood. White untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lillian Kreiger Burton. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 34. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 141508N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced play. The times and trials of a Hollywood diner and its patrons and employees who all want to be famous in motion pictures. Set in Hollywood. White untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lillian Kreiger Burton. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 34. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 144003Simi Valley: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Written by Lincoln Demyan whose film credits as actor include episodes of "Bonanza" and "The Big Valley" "The Great Impostor" 1961 "Man's Favorite Sport" 1964 "The Brass Bottle" 1964 and "White Lightning" 1973. An underground pool hall and poker club is the site of a potential swindle. Local poker sharks con men and politicians clash as the stakes grow and all parties suspect the others are telling lies and cheating. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lincoln Demyan. 90 leaves with last page of text numbered 89. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with velo binding. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 144003Simi Valley: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Written by Lincoln Demyan whose film credits as actor include episodes of "Bonanza" and "The Big Valley" "The Great Impostor" 1961 "Man's Favorite Sport" 1964 "The Brass Bottle" 1964 and "White Lightning" 1973. An underground pool hall and poker club is the site of a potential swindle. Local poker sharks con men and politicians clash as the stakes grow and all parties suspect the others are telling lies and cheating. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lincoln Demyan. 90 leaves with last page of text numbered 89. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with velo binding. N.p. unknown books
