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1980ref. 147395N.p.: N.p. 1980. Set of two treatment scripts for an unproduced television project variously described as a television series or prospective feature film. Text in German and English. Based on Nobel Prize-winning author Hermann Hesse's 1934 novel set to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Centuries into the future a closed utopian society is dedicated solely to intellectual pursuits encapsulated in the "glass bead game" an esoteric competition which requires a limitless knowledge of music math and culture to win. Hesse's novel follows Joseph Knecht as he becomes a master of the game eventually rising to the top of the hierarchy to become Magister Ludi the executive officer of the game administrators. Although "Das Glasperienspiel" was begun in 1931 publication in Germany was stalled due to the novel's anti-fascist messages leading Hesse to eventually seek publication in Switzerland in 1943. Set in Castalia a fictional province of central Europe in the 25th century. Yellow text in German: Ordered but unbound leaves housed in a yellow plastic folder. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Titus Leber. 22 leaves not numbered. Xerographically reproduced on blue and white stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus. Black text in English: Ordered but unbound leaves housed in a black plastic folder. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Titus Leber. 22 leaves with last page of text numbered 20. Xerographically reproduced on blue and white stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 147366N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced Norwegian film. With holograph annotations in ink and pencil throughout. Incomplete as issued. Text in English. Set in Brazil. White titled self-wrappers. Title page present noted as Version 3 with credits for screenwriter VILGOT SJOMAN. 91 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Good partially bound with one paper clip. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 152813London: Virgin Films 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in English. Director Sergio Corbucci and screenwriter Massimo Franciosa collaborated on 7 films between 1972-1989 all comedies. Based on the 1973 novel by Philip Evans about a former secret agent turned bodyguard tasked with protecting a Sardinian football player. Film rights to Evans' novel were acquired by Virgin Films in the year of publication with noted Italian director Sergio Corbucci slated to direct and talk of George Best as the footballer but the film was ultimately never made. Corbucci rose to prominence in 1966 with his cult Spaghetti Western film "Django" a release considered to have set a new standard of violence in the genre. Corbucci is remembered one of Italy's most prolific exploitation directors creating stylish hyper-violent films in what is today known as the Euro Western and "poliziotteschi" genres usually following lone antiheroes seeking retribution for past wrongs as in "Navajo Joe" 1966 "Ringo and His Golden Pistol" 1966 and "The Cruel Ones" 1967 or left-leaning proletarian protagonists as in "The Mercenary" 1968 "The Specialists" 1969 and "Companeros" 1970. Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present undated with credits for novelist Philip Evans screenwriters Sergio Corbucci and Massimo Franciosa and translation credits to Bernie Cooper and Francis Megahy. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus with a light dampstain to the bottom corners of the rear wrapper and first and last leaves bound internally with two silver brads. Virgin Films unknown books
1942ref. 148689Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. Final Draft script for the 1942 film here under the working title "The Magnificent Jerk." Production No. 647 and copy No.1 stamped on the front wrapper with FINAL printedd at the top right corner of same. Single annotation on title page amending title with "Dope" in holograph pencil. Laid in is a credit sequence page with credits divided horizontally from letters "a" to "h." Don Ameche runs a Dale Carnegie-esque "success school" that isn't terribly successful and at the suggestion of his secretary decides to pursue a promotion where the company makes a success out of the "laziest man in America" who turns out to be Henry Fonda. Set in New York City. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 1 and production No. 647 dated FEB. 14 1942. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated February 14 1942 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter George Seaton. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/18/42 and 3/30/42. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with one two and a half inch closed tear on front wrapper and several small closed tears bound internally with two gold brads. Credit Sequence 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with center crease open tears at top and bottom hole punch and very small chip on top right. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1950ref. 151310Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film showing the "wax works" card party composed of actress Gloria Swanson and actors Anna Q. Nilsson H.B. Warner and Buster Keaton playing themselves. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A down-on-his-luck screenwriter stumbles into the home of a forgotten silent film star quickly becoming enmeshed in her deranged plan for a comeback. A kingpin in the pantheon of films about fame and Hollywood Wilder's urban noir counterpart to the daylight rural world of "Ace in the Hole" 1951. Winner of three Academy Awards and nominated for another eight including Best Picture. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches with wide margins photograph measuring 4.75 x 3.5 inches. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1922ref. 151342N.p.: N.p. 1922. Collection of 15 vintage reference photographs from the 1922 Scandinavian silent film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A documentary-style horror anthology film charting the history of witchcraft in the Middle Ages through to the early twentieth century intersected with dramatized horror segments loosely based on the Malleus Maleficarum a fifteenth century German guide for religious inquisitors. The most expensive Scandinavian silent film ever made banned in the US and heavily censored in other countries for its graphic sexual and violent content. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Criterion Collection 134. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 152388London: Lynx Films / American International Pictures 1960. Vintage reference photograph from the 1960 British film showing actors Vanda Hudson and Jack Carson. A deranged plastic surgeon becomes the owner of a traveling circus specializing in a "Temple of Beauty" transforming disfigured women into the glamorous stars of his show. Their beauty however comes at a price and any attempts to leave the circus end in their gory demise. The third film in Anglo-Amalgamated's "Sadian trilogy" preceded by "Horrors of the Black Museum" and "Peeping Tom" the previous year. Set in England and France shot on location in England. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn. Lynx Films / American International Pictures unknown books
1980ref. 152392N.p.: Warner Columbia Film 1980. Archive of material from the screening of the 1980 British film at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival including three borderless reference photographs one pressbook and one xerographically reproduced competition sheet. All text in French. A young punk singer from London rises to stardom but discovers that fame comes at the expense of her friends and integrity. The directorial debut of Brian Gibson who would go on to direct a plethora of films focusing on rock musicians most notably "What's Love Got to Do with It" 1993 and "Still Crazy" 1998. Set and shot on location in London. Photographs 9.5 x 7 inches. Pressbook 8.25 x 11.5 inches 15 leaves. All materials Near Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. Olive Films 309. Warner Columbia Film unknown books
1930ref. 152397Paris: Societe Nouvelle des Acacias 1930. Vintage borderless oversize double weight reference photograph from the 1930 French film showing Pola Illery and Edmond T. Greville dancing at the bottom left corner with Gaston Modot looking on in a jealous sulk to the far right. With a provenance stamp and the stamp of Societe Nouvelle des Acacias to the verso. A seductive Romanian woman named Pola enchants working class street singer Albert but he must compete for her affections with his best friend Louis and a local gangster named Fred. 11.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with light creases to the corners. Criterion Collection 161. Rosenbaum 1000. Societe Nouvelle des Acacias unknown books
1970ref. 152527N.p.: N.p. 1970. Dialogue transcript for the unfinished film copy belonging to Frank Zappa circa 1968 with a single annotation in Zappa's hand in holograph ink of "Wednesday" on top of first page. A transcript of multiple takes of ten scenes shot by Zappa for his long aspired but never finished experimental film. Featuring scenes primarily between Don Preston and Phyllis Smith Altenhaus the transcript also contains dialogue from Zappa himself as well as Carl Zappa Billy Mundi Aynsley Dunbar and Jimmy Carl Black. The annotation of "Wednesday" likely refers to the day the sequences were shot or the day Zappa intended on editing the footage. Full provenance available including letter stating transcript came from the estate of Zappa's longtime business manager Herb Cohen. As early as 1967 Zappa had begun work on his infamous unfinished experimental film "Uncle Meat." Originally featuring his then band the Mothers of Invention as both musicians and fictional characters over the next decade the film would morph and change into various proposed incarnations by Zappa's apparently unbridled imagination but the project was always constrained by a lack of financing. Finally in 1987 a direct-to-video "making of" documentary of the uncompleted "Uncle Meat" production was released. In 1969 the Mothers of Invention released the double album "Uncle Meat." Largely an instrumental soundtrack to the unfinished film the album was an unfocused but brilliant showcase for Zappa's compositional dexterity and a harbinger of his emergence as one of the most creatively fertile minds in rock music. Transparent front wrapper with orange back wrapper and spine. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages with light stain on first leaf else Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 151317N.p.: N.p. 1965. Collection of four vintage black and white reference photographs from the 1965 Italian-French film. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso one with holograph ink and pencil annotations on the verso regarding cropping and layout. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A middle-aged woman experiences a variety of strange visions and memories which aid her in finally seeking freedom from her mundane life and unfaithful cruel husband. Director Federico Fellini's first feature-length color film. Set and shot on location in Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 49. Ebert II. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 152491Paris: Pier Luigi 1967. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph of director Roger Vadim actor Honey Autumm a crewmember and an extra from the set of the 1968 film. Shot by still photographer Emilio Lari with his stamp on the verso as well cropping annotations in holograph pencil and stamps reading "Noir & Blanc" "APIS-PARIS." Based on the adult comic book by Jean-Claude Forest and published in the French magazine V in 1962 and 1964. Likely the campiest space-opera sex comedy in film history. Though not popular upon its release it was re-released to greater acclaim in 1977 and has since influenced countless fashion designers films and musicians including Duran Duran whose name is a play on that of the main villain. Set in outer space and shot in Rome. 9.5 x 11.75 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Pier Luigi unknown books
1968ref. 152385Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the set of the 1968 film showing stylist Vidal Sassoon shaping Mia Farrow's iconic pixie cut. Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin. A seminal horror film one of the best genre pictures ever made from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema bringing together newcomer Roman Polanski as director established producer William Castle young star Mia Farrow and Hollywood veteran John Cassavetes. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ruth Gordon and nominated for Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Criterion Collection 630. Rosenbaum 1000. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1966ref. 152355Amsterdam: Scorpio Films 1966. Collection of four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 Dutch film. With the stamps of Scorpio Films and still photographer Frans Bromet on the verso along with holograph ink and pencil annotations. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A man returns to Amsterdam after a long absence and finds himself lost among the countercultural changes made after the arrival of the Provos movement. The second film by key "Dutch Wave" director Wim Verstappen who was best known for founding Scorpio Films with screenwriter Pim de la Parra a collaboration which most notably produced the groundbreaking 1971 Dutch film "Blue Movie." Set and shot on location in Amsterdam. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Scorpio Films unknown books
1968ref. 152359Los Angeles: Cinerama International Releasing Organization 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Daniel Mann laughing with actors Abbey Lincoln and Joseph Attles on the set of the 1968 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. In order to prevent their maid from leaving their employment to attend secretarial school the youngest son of a wealthy white Long Island family searches for a handsome executive to wine and dine her. Set in Long Island and New York. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and soiled to the right edge with brief wear to the corners. Cinerama International Releasing Organization unknown books
1957ref. 152372N.p.: N.p. 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film showing Elvis Presley getting whipped by prison guard Bill Hickman. A handsome young man named Vince Everett is sent to prison for manslaughter and begins a musical career with the help of his cellmate a washed-up country singer. Presley's third film appearance and first film with MGM. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light toning along the top edge. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 152381N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Ken Loach talking with actors Sandy Ratcliff and Grace Cave on the set of the 1971 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A teenage girl Sandy Ratcliff living with her unhappy restrictive family in London is forced to undergo psychiatric treatment for her erratic behavior. A searing portrait of conservative working-class British life in the late twentieth-century. Shot on location in Shenley. 10 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 152368Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1973 film showing actor Lee Marvin to the far left with a camera crew capturing the shot to the right. With the stamps of Warner Brothers and still photographer Mac Julian to the verso. Director Robert Aldrich's portrait of the hard-boiled men who made their reputations by way of the railroad during the Depression. One of the best and most underrated American films of the early 1970s. Set and shot on location in Oregon. 9.5 x 4 inches with wide margins. Very Good plus with light wear to the corners. Warner Brothers unknown books
1928ref. 152353N.p.: N.p. 1928. Vintage reference photograph from the 1928 film struck circa 1950 from the original negative showing actors Erich von Stroheim and Fay Wray. With a stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso along with a few holograph ink annotations. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Stroheim's runaway production was halted after nine months of shooting by producer Pat Powers having gone nearly $1 million over budget with an edited running time of over four hours. After a disastrous preview Paramount decided to release two films from the footage as was Stroheim's original intent with the second part entitled "The Honeymoon" now lost. The film follows Prince Nicki an impoverished aristocrat who is in love with the beautiful innkeeper's daughter Mitzi Fay Wray but is forced to marry Cecilia the daughter of a wealthy factory owner Zasu Pitts. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registy. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 152357N.p.: N.p. 1970. Collection of three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1970 French film. With provenance stamps to the verso and one with the stamp of Editions de Minuit publishing house. A group of French students experience a variety of unusual and erotic experiences after sampling a mysterious Dutch man's hallucinogenic "fear powder." Shot on location in Tunisia and Slovakia. Two photographs 9.25 x 7 inches one photograph 9.5 x 7 inches. Generally Very Good plus lightly edgeworn. N.p. unknown books
1964ref. 152369N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film showing actress Constance Towers consulting a newspaper with a salacious headline. Director Samuel Fuller's bizarre outrageous and perverse pulp masterwork. Kelly Constance Towers a former call girl who tries to make good in a new town nursing handicapped children falls in love with the saintly businessman J.L. Grant Michael Dante who has a dark secret of his own. Set in the fictional town of Grantville USA. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 18. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Spicer US. Silver and Ward US. Grant US. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 152363N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 Russian film showing actress Irma Raush. Director Andrei Tarkovsky's sprawling 15th-century drama capturing seven episodes in the life of revered Russian iconographer Andrei Rublev from his humble origins as a traveling monk to his later years returning to painting after a long and meditative sabbatical. Set in medieval Russia shot on location in Moscow. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 34. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 152375N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph taken on the set of the 1969 film showing Kim Novak topless mid-costume change aided by two wardrobe ladies. Based on the 1961 novel. A genre-bending film combining heist comedy and Western genres in which multiple gangs converge on Friendly Texas in order to attempt to rob the most unrobbable bank in the West. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 152387London: EMI Films 1971. Vintage borderless double weight photograph of director Joseph Losey actor Michael Redgrave and a camera crew on the set of the 1971 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with a provenance stamp. Based on L.P. Hartley's 1953 novel. A young boy acts as the go-between for a tenant farmer and a wealthy young woman engaged in an illicit affair. Screenwriter Harold Pinter's final collaboration with Losey following "The Servant" 1963 and "Accident" 1967. Set and shot on location in Norfolk England. 10 x 8 inches with a wide bottom margin. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. EMI Films unknown books
1985ref. 152360N.p.: N.p. 1985. Two vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1985 film showing a young Charlotte Gainsbourg. A neglected thirteen-year-old girl from a working class neighborhood dreams of becoming the manager of her friend a wealthy teenage piano prodigy vacationing nearby but her hopes soon unravel when she is confronted with the reality of her friend's upper-class life. Shot on location in Savoie and Yvelines France. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
