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1944ref. 156251Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1944. Collection of ten vintage studio still photographs from the 1944 film. Several photographs with provenance stamps and stickers on the verso and two with the printed label of Palace Theatre affixed to the verso. Director Robert Siodmak's first Hollywood noir and one of the finest in the canon. Based on Cornell Woolrich's first novel written under the William Irish pseudonym in 1942 about a secretary who searches for the titular lady to clear her boss' name before he is executed for murdering his wife. The first film produced by Joan Harrison a former Oscar nominated screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock "Rebecca" "Foreign Correspondent" and Universal's first female executive. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Very Good with light toning and edgewear. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown
1992ref. 163927N.p.: N.p. 1992. Third Draft script for the 1993 film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. Based on the award-winning semi-autobiographical 1988 play by John O'Keefe about two teenage boys who create a shared fantastical world in order to mentally escape from their abusive confinement in a juvenile detention center. 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. Set in the rural midwest shot on location in Toledo and Waterloo Iowa. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 15 April 1992 noted as Third Draft with credit for O'Keefe. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1947ref. 156253Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film showing a blonde Rita Hayworth perched on the railing of Errol Flynn's yacht "Zaca" during filming on location in Mexico. Stamp of Columbia Pictures on the verso. Director Orson Welles promised to write produce and direct a film for Columbia Pictures president Harry Cohn in exchange for an emergency $55000 to help finance costuming for his 1946 Broadway musical "Around the World." The resultant film based on Raymond Sherwood King's 1938 novel "If I Die Before I Wake" courted controversy not least due to Welles' decision to have Hayes cut and bleach her iconic red hair for her performance. Although the film was a commercial failure in the US upon release it is now considered a touchstone of the noir genre. Shot on location in Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good lightly toned overall with brief wear at the corners. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1944ref. 168473Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1944. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1944 film showing director Mervyn LeRoy hosing down a plane prop on the set with Spencer Tracy making a goofy face from the pilot's seat. Printed mimeo snipe in French and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stamp on the verso. Based on the 1943 book an eyewitness account of the first American retaliatory strike against Japan four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led by US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle. Set in Florida and shot on location in Florida and California. 8.5 x 6.5 inches. Faint discoloration on the top edge of the verso else Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1982ref. 168493N.p.: N.p. 1982. Vintage borderless oversize reference photograph from the 1982 film showing director George Roy Hill with actor Robin Williams on the set. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1978 novel by John Irving. One of the best literary adaptations of the 1980s a great example of a successful and uncompromised translation of a novel's idiosyncrasies directly to the screen and a triumph of ensemble acting. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress for John Lithgow and Glenn Close respectively. 11.75 x 8.75 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 168497N.p.: N.p. 1976. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1976 film both showing Lynne Frederick topless screaming and covered in blood. A newlywed contends with a murderous stalker from her past although her husband psychiatrist and the police refuse to believe her claims. Shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 168495N.p.: N.p. 1961. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1961 French film one showing director Alain Resnais talking with Delphine Seyrig and Giorgio Albertazzi the other showing Resnais talking with Seyrig alone. Provenance stamps and annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. An enigmatic dreamlike film about an unnamed man and woman who meet at a party where he insists they have met before and she that they haven't. Shot on location in Germany and France. 7 x 9.5 inches. About Near Fine with faint toning on the edges. Criterion Collection 478. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 25. Vogel Film as Subversive Art. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 168494N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage reference photograph from the 1961 film showing Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable in the front seat of a car with Montgomery Clift leaning in to chat. Provenance stamps and annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the verso. A bleak haunting film exploring the loss of independence about a recent divorcée who enters into an unstable relationship with an aging cowboy she meets in the Nevada desert. Shot on location in Reno and Dayton Nevada. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes and creasing at the corners. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 168492N.p.: N.p. 1977. Five vintage borderless reference photographs for the 1977 film including two showing director Agnes Varda on the set. All five with French press stamps and layout annotations on the verso. A remarkable film depicting the lifelong friendship of two dissimilar but close-knit French women beginning when one helps the other raise money for an abortion. Agnes Varda an important and influential French director writer and artist garnered praise as a filmmaker for her uncompromising documentary-style realism focusing on women and marginalized members of society as well as her experimental style. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers her early work stylistically prefigures the French New Wave and is today considered very much a part of it. Set and shot on location in France. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 168496Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1966 film showing actress Françoise Hardy sitting outside in a rattan chair. John Frankenheimer like many directors who came into their prime during the 1950s and 1960s finally embraced the idea of doing an epic picture. But rather than making yet another overblown war picture or an epic romance he chose the Grand Prix with spectacular results. Shot on location in England Belgium France Monaco Italy the Netherlands and California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1958ref. 156282Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri SF 1958. Collection of nine vintage oversize double weight reference photographs from the 1958 Swedish film. Stamps of DLS-Film Holland on the versos and several with layout annotations in manuscript ink and pencil. Embossed censor blindstamp at the upper right corner of each photograph. A traveling magic show led by a depressed fraudulent illusionist faces opposition from a small town's authorities who wish to expose the spectacle as a sham. Shot on location in Stockholm Sweden. 9.25 x 11.75 inches. Generally Very Good with pinholes at the corners and several with small closed tears that have been repaired with archival tape on the versos. Criterion Collection 537. Rosenbaum 1000. Svensk Filmindustri [SF] unknown
1959ref. 151606New York: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Vintage press kit for the 1959 film here called an "editor's portfolio." Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 16 black and white photographs and 5 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on M.P. Shiel's 1901 novel "The Purple Cloud." A miner trapped in a cave for several days resurfaces only to realize humankind has been virtually wiped out in a nuclear holocaust. He travels to New York where he bands together with a young woman survivor but their fragile existence is soon disrupted by the arrival of another survivor. Shot on location in New York and New Jersey. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1997ref. 151528Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1997. Vintage press kit for the 1997 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing three black and white photographs and three gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on James Ellroy's 1990 novel the third in his L.A. Quartet series. Three detectives are tasked with investigating a serious of grisly murders in 1950s Los Angeles which they learn are linked to a notorious gang leader high-class escorts and widespread corruption within the police force. A formidable nod to film noir. Nominated for nine Academy Awards winning two for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Kim Basinger. Shot on location throughout Los Angeles. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. National Film Registry. Grant US. Hardy The Gangster Film US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown
1954ref. 156283Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri SF 1954. Collection of 14 vintage oversize double weight reference photographs from the 1954 Swedish film. Several with stamps of Nordisk Films on the versos. Embossed censor blindstamp at the upper right corner of each photograph. After 15 years of marriage a man and a woman decide to divorce but realize at the last minute that their extramarital affairs have not diminished their love for each other. Shot on location in Sweden and Denmark. 9.25 x 11.75 inches. Generally Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners and light edgewear. Svensk Filmindustri [SF] unknown
1957ref. 151605New York: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1957. Vintage press kit for the US release of the 1957 Japanese film here called an "editor's portfolio." Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing ten black and white photographs and four gatherings of promotional reading material. A giant alien robot destroys an entire village an event which is shortly followed by the invasion of the Mysterians a pacifist alien race who request a small piece of land on Earth and the right to marry human women. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. BFI 679. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1963ref. 156277Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri 1963. Collection of 15 vintage double weight oversize reference photographs from the 1963 Swedish film. Stamps of DLS-Film Holland on the versos and several with layout annotations in manuscript ink and pencil. Embossed censor blindstamp at the upper right corner of each photograph. The second entry in Ingmar Bergman's legendary and highly personal "Faith" trilogy a series of films that launched a new and important phase in the director's career. A quiet relentless meditation on the nature of faith imperfection and beauty. 9.25 x 11.75 inches. Generally Very Good plus some with pinholes and small closed tears. Criterion Collection 210. Ebert III. Svensk Filmindustri unknown
1961ref. 156281Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri 1961. Collection of 22 vintage double weight oversize reference photographs from the 1961 Swedish film. Stamps of DLS-Film Holland on the versos and several with layout annotations in manuscript ink and pencil. Embossed censor blindstamp at the upper right corner of each photograph. The first entry in Ingmar Bergman's legendary and highly personal "Faith" trilogy winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. A young woman is released from a mental institution and moves to an island where her family resides to recover. But she finds little solace and no support from her father her husband or her brother. A landmark film in that it is not so much an examination into mental illness as a glimpse into a private world seen through a mind that has departed day to day concerns. 9.25 x 11.75 inches. About Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners and light edgewear. Criterion Collection 209. Ebert III. Svensk Filmindustri unknown
1955ref. 151587London: Rank Organisation 1955. Vintage lobby card from the 1955 British film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso noting the names of actors. A motley group of five small-time criminals rent out rooms from a wealthy octogenarian widow in order to plan a heist while posing as classical musicians. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners. Grant UK. Lee The Heist Film. Rank Organisation unknown
2020ref. 169805N.p.: Gila Films 2020. Draft script for the 2021 film. SIGNED by director and screenwriter David Weaver on the title page. Z-budget horror film that follows the last surviving member of the Frankenstein family as he faces middle age and decides to complete his ancestors' work. The final screen appearance of actor Robert Dix best known for his various lead roles in the legendary "Whistler" film series between 1944 and 1948. Shot on location in New York. Clear front wrapper black rear wrapper. Title page present undated copyright year noted as 2014 with credit for Weaver. 72 leaves lacking pagination. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Gila Films unknown
1964ref. 151602Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Vintage press kit for the 1964 film here called an "editor's portfolio." Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 20 black and white photographs and one gathering of promotional reading material. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1961 play. An alcoholic former priest finds himself caught between the attentions of three women while leading a failing tour of Puerto Vallarta. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one. Set and shot on location in Mismaloya and Puerto Vallarta Mexico the latter of which became a popular tourist destination after the film's release. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1979ref. 151554Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed outer folder containing 13 black and white photographs housed in a brown paper envelope and 13 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on F.W. Murnau's 1922 film. The third collaboration between director Werner 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. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. BFI 2030. Ebert IV. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1960ref. 147644Paris: Films sans Frontieres 1960. Collection of nine vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 film. Seven black and white and two in color. Loosely based on the biblical story of Esther a Jewish woman who helps the king of Persia combat the suppression of Jews promoted by the nefarious minister Haman. Set in Persia. 8 x 10 inches. Five Near Fine with light wear to the corners Four Very Good plus with light creasing and faint soil to the top edge and verso. Films sans Frontieres unknown
1979ref. 151527Los Angeles: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Black-and-white illustrated pocketed folder containing 21 black and white photographs and 16 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on Richard Condon's 1974 novel. A pitch-black satire following the half-brother of fictional US President Kegan closely modeled on John F. Kennedy as he begins to uncover the circumstances which led to Kegan's assassination 19 years prior. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown
1990ref. 168504N.p.: N.p. 1990. Four vintage color transparencies from the 1990 film. Spike Lee's fourth feature film written on the set of "Do the Right Thing" 1989 about a talented jazz trumpeter whose selfishness leads to a decline in his professional and personal relationships. Shot on location throughout New York. 5 x 4 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 168503Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1969. Vintage transparency from the 1969 film showing Sidney Poitier on the set. Loosely based on F.L. Green's 1945 novel "Odd Man Out." A Black militant intends to rob a factory payroll in order to aid his imprisoned revolutionaries but through an unexpected turn of events he is forced to rely on a young social worker to help pull off the heist. 5 x 4 inches. Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
