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1987ref. 169169Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1987. Vintage film program for the 1987 film. Bi-fold with a two color front panel and full credits in the interior spread. Theresa Russell stars as the deadly "black widow" Catherine who marries lone millionaires and kills them changing her appearance and identity with each murder. Debra Winger stars as Alex a data analyst for the Justice Department who stumbles upon the pattern of deaths and becomes obsessed with pursuing the killer and bringing her to justice. Set in New York Texas and Washington shot on location in Hawaii Washington New York and Washington DC. 9 x 11.5 inch Bi-fold. Very Good with light overall rubbing and creasing to the extremities. Grant US. Silver and Ursini American Neo-Noir: The Complete List. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer Neo-Noir. Twilight Time. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1990ref. 169175Beverly Hills CA: Paramount Pictures 1990. Vintage program for the 1990 film. Single sheet with a two color recto and full credits on the verso. Patrick Swayze stars as a murdered Manhattan banker whose spirit remains behind to help protect his lover Demi Moore from the person who arranged his murder with the help of a psychic played by Whoopi Goldberg. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Goldberg nominated for three other Academy Awards including Best Picture. Shot on location in New York City and Los Angeles. 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light rubbing and creasing. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Paramount Pictures unknown
1969ref. 168073Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 film showing Haskell Wexler capturing a scene with Robert Forster. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A hardened and dubiously ethical television cameraman finds out he is being watched by the FBI amidst the tumultuous protests taking place around the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Highly influential for its groundbreaking use of factual historical events interspersed with fictional narrative and its frank depiction of the contemporary countercultural movement. Featuring early music by Frank Zappa's band Mothers of Invention. Due to its startlingly political narrative as well as nudity and language the film was originally given an X rating by the MPAA though by 1970 this would be downgraded to an R. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 658. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Paramount Pictures unknown
1963ref. 168067Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1963. Vintage reference photograph of actors Ann-Margret and Jesse Pearson with director George Sidney and script supervisor Marshall Wolins on the set of the 1963 film. Mimeo snipe and Columbia Pictures stamp on the verso. Based on the 1960 Tony Award-winning stage musical of the same name about an unsuccessful pop songwriter who becomes convinced he can make his fortune if he can get recently drafted rock and roll star Conrad Birdie on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss his high-school girlfriend goodbye. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Columbia Pictures unknown
1997ref. 169196N.p.: N.p. 1997. Production Draft #2 for an unproduced film a duplicated working copy with copied hole punches with manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the versos or rectos of 26 pages. Film is noted in IMDB but we found no other evidence of it having been completed or distributed. Based on Mark Leyner's 1992 absurdist postmodern novel wherein a hyper-narcissistic author named Mark Leyner with tattooed internal organs and cyborg-enhanced bodyguards becomes an intergalactic celebrity. Front wrapper integral with title page dated October 3 1997 noted as Production Draft #2 with credits for screenwriter Jefery Levy and author Mark Leyner. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1947ref. 168074London: J. Arthur Rank / Eagle-Lion 1947. Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 British film noir showing an outdoor scene with James Mason shot on location in Shoreditch London. Printed mimeo snipe and provenance label on the verso. Based on the 1945 novel by F.L. Green about an injured Nationalist revolutionary who goes on the run after a botched hold-up. A taut psychological noir featuring the work of noted cinematographer Robert Krasker who would go on to collaborate again with Carol Reed on the 1949 noir "The Third Man." Set in Belfast Northern Ireland shot on location in Belfast and London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 754. Grant UK. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby UK Masterwork. Spicer UK. J. Arthur Rank / Eagle-Lion unknown
1970ref. 141053N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on the title page. A motorcycle racer decides to settle down and open a motorcycle garage in a small town. He soon realizes his dangerous past has earned him the scorn of the local government which is revealed to be intent on shutting him down. Set in Freedom Arizona. Brown untitled wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Temma Kramer. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 149781N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Passengers on a ship heading to the Caribbean in the 1940s contend with a group of black marketeers who wish to commandeer the vessel for their own nefarious means. Beige pictorial front wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1980 with credits for screenwriter Roger Ernest. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good unbound. N.p. unknown
1987ref. 147084N.p.: N.p. 1987. Draft script for an unproduced film. Amid citywide protests over increasingly brutal gang violence a middle-aged police officer decides to take matters into his own hands by donning a World War II officer's uniform and taking to the streets as a Thompson-toting crime-fighting vigilante. Set in Huntington Park Los Angeles. Gray titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Roger Karshner. Title page present dated 1987 with credits for screenwriter Roger Karshner. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good lightly dampstained along the top page edges bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 147417N.p.: N.p. 1969. Draft script for an unproduced film. Three decades in the life of a German family beginning after World War II. Set in Geneva and Germany. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter GRAHAM MacABEE. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 146815N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced television series composed entirely of fictitious newspaper clippings telegrams letters and various correspondence between the characters. Robin and Jennifer form The Friday Girls a service for-hire which performs any task that in their own words "takes too much time or too much 'know how' for the client" involving them in a variety of strange and idiosyncratic adventures. Set in Beverly Hills CA. Pink titled wrappers. Title page present noted as A TV Series Premise with credits for screenwriters Rebecca Drenick Marla Simon and Halle Mandel. Approximately 40 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with faint rusting to the binding of the front wrapper and a few leaves likely from a paper clip bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1990ref. 150003Culver City CA: Patchett Kaufman 1990. Revised Shooting script for the 1990 television film originally aired on September 10 1990. A dramatization of the life of notorious gangster Al Capone's brother who disavows a life of crime moves to Nebraska using the alias "Richard Hart" and becomes a town marshal. Set in Illinois Nebraska and New York. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated February 28 1990 noted as REVISED Shooting Script with credits for director and screenwriter John Gray. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between March 1 1990 and March 8 1990. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. Patchett Kaufman unknown
1982ref. 149773N.p.: N.p. 1982. Second Revised Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single copied manuscript annotation on the title page reading "Please return to: Pancho Kohner." A baby-crazy 35 year-old woman recruits a newly divorced stranger to impregnate her over the course of a no-strings-attached weekend but their time together takes a turn when they start to fall for each other. Screenwriter Carl Kleinschmitt was best known as a television writer including episodes of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "MASH." Set in Santa Barbara California. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated MARCH 29 1982 noted as 2nd REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter CARL KLEINSCHMITT. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 163967N.p.: N.p. 1974. Collection of 13 vintage oversize borderless color reference photographs from the 1974 French erotic film. Typed labels affixed to the recto corners noting the film's French title and an over-18 rating. A taxi driver falls for a seductive passenger and follows her to an erotic club where he enjoys a series of sexual encounters with various women. Director Max Pécas worked as a screenwriter director and producer through the late twentieth century and while he is today best remembered for directing "La main noire" 1968 and "Felicia" 1975 much of his filmography has been recently released in a new restoration by the curated label Cult Epics in the US and 88 Films in the UK resulting in a wave of renewed interest. 9.25 x 12 inches. Near Fine. 88 Films. Pitts pp. 189-190. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 163968N.p.: N.p. 1973. Collection of 20 vintage oversize borderless reference photographs from the Canadian release of the 1972 French film including eleven in color and nine black-and-white. Canadian censorship label affixed to the rectos and a Québec censorship stamp dated 1973 on the versos. A woman begins her own affair in response to her adulterous husband but falls in love with her new partner and is ultimately forced to decide between the two men. Approximately 12 x 9.5 inches. Pinholes at the corners else Near Fine to Very Good plus. Not in Pitts. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 163315Tokyo: Shibata Organization 1967. Three vintage reference photographs from the US release of the 1967 Japanese pink film. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. A dramatization of the actions of real-life American mass murderer Richard Speck who raped and killed eight student nurses in South Deering Chicago in 1966. Pink film auteur K ji Wakamatsu was one of the most successful Japanese filmmakers of the 1960s directing a number of notable erotic and softcore adult films including "Go Go Second Time Virgin" 1969 and "Ecstasy of the Angels" 1972 as well as producing Nagisa shima's controversial film "In the Realm of the Senses" 1976. 6.5 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine. Shibata Organization unknown
1967ref. 163332N.p.: N.p. 1967. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1967 Yugoslav film all three showing actress Eva Ras. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso and all three with the stamps of photographer Michel Ciment. A young switchboard operator begins a relationship with a serious beau but finds herself subject to a colleague's advances when her boyfriend is out of town on business. Told in non-chronological order with imaginative digressions and frequent interruptions creating a critique of communist society and censorship. The second feature film of Du an Makavejev the most celebrated Yugoslavian director of the 1960s. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Eclipse 18. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown
1949ref. 163331N.p.: N.p. 1949. Vintage reference photograph from the 1949 film showing director Jean-Pierre Melville and a camera crew capturing a scene with Nicole Stéphane and Jean-Marie Robain. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1949 novel by Jean Bruller writing as Vercors. In occupied France a young woman and her uncle are forced to give shelter to a German lieutenant and silently agree to endure the man's presence by refusing to acknowledge him for the duration of his stay. Melville's feature film debut. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a light crease at the bottom left corner reinforced with paper tape on the verso. Criterion Collection 755. Grant France. N.p. unknown
1989ref. 163313N.p.: N.p. 1989. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1989 film showing actors James Spader and Laura San Giacomo talking with director Steven Soderbergh. Director and screenwriter Steven Soderbergh's directorial debut and a landmark of independent cinema. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Winner of the Palme d'Or making Soderbergh the youngest director to receive the prize. Set and shot on location in Baton Rouge Louisiana. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 938. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 163314Tokyo: Shibata Organization 1970. Three vintage reference photographs from the US release of the 1970 Japanese pink film. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Pink film auteur K ji Wakamatsu was one of the most successful Japanese filmmakers of the 1960s directing a number of notable erotic and softcore adult films with strong political bents including "Go Go Second Time Virgin" 1969 and "Ecstasy of the Angels" 1972 as well as producing Nagisa shima's controversial film "In the Realm of the Senses" 1976. 6.5 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine. Shibata Organization unknown
1979ref. 163316N.p.: N.p. 1979. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Werner Herzog directing actress Isabelle Adjani on the set of the 1979 film. Stamp of photographer Michael Ciment on the verso. Based on F.W. Murnau's 1922 film. The third collaboration between Herzog and the infamously ill-tempered Klaus Kinski who starred as Count Dracula. Herzog lauded Murnau's classic horror tale as the greatest picture Germany every produced and fittingly many shots from Herzog's adaptation directly replicate shots from the 1922 film. Shot on location in Mexico the Czech Republic the Netherlands and Germany. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. BFI 2030. Ebert IV. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 163342N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1971 film showing director Norman Jewison talking with actor Paul Mann on the set. Annotations in manuscript ink and Dutch agency label on the verso. Based on several stories from "Tevye the Dairyman" from Yiddish writer Sholom Aleichem and adapted from the 1964 stage musical about a poor Jewish milkman must come to terms with the modernity of the world outside of his orthodox traditions. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Cinematography and Best Score; nominated for five others including Best Picture and Best Director. Set in Anatevka Russia filmed on location in Croatia and London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Hirschhorn p. 398. N.p. unknown
1947ref. 163341Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1947. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1948 film showing actress Marlene Dietrich. Mimeo snipe on the verso. An Iowa congresswoman enlists an American army captain to assist her in an investigation of a former Nazi entertainer in postwar Berlin. Unbeknownst to the congresswoman however the captain and the entertainer are engaged in an affair leading the captain to seduce the congresswoman in an attempt to hide his conflicting motives. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Shot on location in Berlin. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Selby US. Selby UK. Paramount Pictures unknown
1960ref. 163339N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of actor Charles Aznavour and director François Truffaut on the set of the 1960 film. Annotations in manuscript ink and a printed provenance label on the verso. Aznavour spends half his time playing saloon piano and half his time on the run in this early Truffaut masterpiece one of the great French noirs based on the 1956 hard-boiled novel "Down There" by American pulp author David Goodis. Criterion notes: "François Truffaut is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in this his most playful film. Part thriller part comedy part tragedy Shoot the Piano Player relates the adventures of mild-mannered piano player Charlie Charles Aznavour in a triumph of hangdog deadpan as he stumbles into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair. Loaded with gags guns clowns and thugs this razor-sharp homage to the American gangster film is pure nouvelle vague." 9 x 11.25 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 315. Grant France. N.p. unknown
1987ref. 163925Los Angeles: New World Pictures 1987. Revised First Draft script for the 1991 film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher with her annotations throughout the script highlighting locations and a post-it note in her hand affixed to the front wrapper verso noting sets to build. A black comedy about a group of mutant shapeshifting bugs who travel from Brazil to suburban Ohio where they disguise themselves as a human family in order to wreak nuclear destruction on the town's unsuspecting inhabitants. Shot in 1988 and 1989 the film's release was delayed until 1991 due to financial problems with New World Pictures. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Shot on location in Oshkosh Appleton and Neenah Wisconsin. Generic white New World Pictures wrappers. Title page present dated 11/12/87 noted as Revised First Draft with an annotation noting copy No. 11 in manuscript ink and credits for screenwriters Michael Lehmann and Redbeard Simmons. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with front wrapper dampstained and partially detached from the binding. Bound internally with two gold brads. New World Pictures unknown
