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ref. 170395East Hampton NY: Vogel Bindery 2009. Shooting script for the 2009 film. Presentation copy on thick high-quality stock with a tipped-in color photograph of Robin Williams in character SIGNED "All my best / Robin Williams." In a decorative red cloth binding with titles and design in stamped gilt on the front board and spine the front board depicting the mascot from the film's high school "The Fighting Pugs." Page edges gilt yellow endpapers and with a credit for the Vogel bindery in East Hampton NY at the bottom of the last page of narrative text. Laid in is a form letter and a self-addressed stamped envelope never used confirming that the book is a donation for charity. Bob Goldthwait's masterpiece a brave deep-black comedy-drama that embraces both humanity and satire with no regard whatsoever for who is going to like it. One of the most underrated and ambitious films of the 2000s. Shot on location in Seattle. Red titled boards noted as Shooting Script on the title page undated with a screenwriter credit for Goldthwait and a WGA number at the bottom left corner. 64 leaves rectos and versos with last page of text numbered 121. Lithographic duplication rectos and versos. Pages in Fine condition faint oxidization to the boards else Fine unread. Vogel Bindery unknown
1966ref. 148322N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage French lobby card from the 1966 film. Revered as one of the masterpieces of cinema Robert Bresson follows a donkey Balthazar through his life as he is passed from owner to owner most treating him cruelly. Set in and shot on location in Yvelines France. 11.75 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes and creasing to corners. Criterion Collection 297. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Ebert II. N.p. unknown
1992ref. 150013Atlanta GA: Sander/Moses 1992. Revised Shooting script for the 1993 television film here under the working title "Stolen Children" originally aired on March 25 on Lifetime Network. A dramatization of the true story of the Tennessee Children's Home Society an adoption agency which secretly operated as a black market baby trafficking ring in the early 20th century overseen by elusive socialite Georgia Tann Mary Tyler Moore. Set in Tennessee and shot on location in Macon Georgia. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated November 23 1992 noted as Revised White Shooting Script with credits for screenwriter Sharon Elizabeth Doyle. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/27/92 and 12/17/92. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. Sander/Moses unknown
1993ref. 149995N.p.: N.p. 1993. Draft script for the 1994 film. A political thriller set during the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China wherein a British assassin is tasked with killing several prominent Chinese government officials. Set in Hong Kong shot on location in Hong Kong and the Philippines. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated June 2 1993 with credits for screenwriter Randall Fontana. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 170384N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1973 film showing actress Monique van de Ven topless. Annotations in manuscript ink to the verso. Based on Jan Wolkers' 1969 novel. A gifted but poor sculptor marries a beautiful wealthy young woman but their relationship is tumultuous and soon sours. Director Paul Verhoeven's second feature film the screen debuts of both Rutger Hauer and van de Ven and the most successful release in the history of Dutch cinema. Set and shot on location in Noord-Holland and Rotterdam Netherlands. 9.75 x 12 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 170392N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 French film showing director Marguerite Duras and actor Michael Lonsdale during filming on location. Stamp of photographer Michel Lioret on the verso. Based on the 1969 novel by Duras a dark psychological drama about four visitors to a rural French hotel. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 170387N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the 1967 film showing actor Marlon Brando on the set with a camera crew in the background. Charlie Chaplin's final film as a director and his only color film viewed by many including Andrew Sarris and François Truffaut as being equal to his best silent work. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1931ref. 170382Paris: Les Films Osso 1931. Vintage lobby card for the 1931 French film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1980 novel by Gaston Leroux. Featuring set designs by Russian art director Pierre Schild who worked on a number of notable films throughout the 1930s and 1940s including "L'Age d'Or" 1930. 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with some light soil and wear to the margins. Les Films Osso unknown
1929ref. 170375N.p.: N.p. 1929. Vintage reference photograph from the 1929 film showing director Robert Florey with Estelle Taylor Lilian Walker and others on the set. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. French-American actor and director Robert Florey was a director of B-films working with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Warner Brothers Paramount and Columbia over a Hollywood career spanning three decades. He is best remembered today for directing the first Marx Brothers film "The Cocoanuts" 1929 and the 1932 horror film "Murders in the Rue Morgue." His 1937 film "Daughter of Shanghai" was selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus or better. N.p. unknown
1948ref. 170351N.p.: N.p. 1948. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1948 film showing actress Marlene Dietrich looking typically glamorous. Mimeo snipe and annotations in manuscript pencil and ink 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. Lightly creased at one corner else Near Fine. Selby US. Selby UK. N.p. unknown
1944ref. 167538Munich Munchen: Film-Bühne 1944. Vintage program for the 1944 German film. Text and titles in German. Based on Hermann Bahr's 1907 play "Die gelbe Nachtigall" "The Yellow Nightingale". German director and actor Theo Lingen appeared in over 200 films between 1930 and 1980 and directed 21 films between 1929 and 1978. Bi-fold measuring 5.75 x 8 inches when folded. About Fine. Film-Bühne unknown
2023ref. 170403N.p.: N.p. 2023. Draft script for the 2023 film. Inspired by the 1968 photo book by Danny Lyon about the members of the Vandals Motorcycle Club a lightly fictionalized version of the real-life Outlaws Motorcycle Club. Housed in a black three-ring binder as issued and used. Title page present dated 4/15/23 with credits for Lyon and director-screenwriter Jeff Nichols. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine. N.p. unknown
2017ref. 170439N.p.: N.p. 2017. A small archive of approximately 70 leaves largely regarding casting and readings for Francis Ford Coppola's ongoing experimental film project "Distant Vision" belonging to Coppola's long-time producer Fred Roos with the majority of the material written in Roos' hand 2013-2017. Found here under various working titles including "Coppola Project" "Dark Electric Vision" "Distant Vision" "D.V." "FFC" and "F. Coppola Project." Included in the archive are: Copious handwritten notes on casting considerations and recommendations from Roos including actor availability skill sets and reactions to meetings and readings. A four-page "'Men' For Discussion" and "'Women' For Discussion" on "Bright / Daniels Casting" letterhead dated March 5 2013 listing actors and their ages. A three-page email printout from "Bright / Daniels Casting" dated March 5 2013 listing "Godfather I II and III Actors for Discussion." A two-page list on "Bright / Daniels Casting" letterhead dated March 7 2013 of "'Faith' For Discussion" listing actors for the role with pencil annotations in Roos' hand. Five listings on "Bright / Daniels Casting" letterhead of actors for readings which took place from March 16 2013 to August 1 2014 which included Kate Beckinsale Vincent D'Onofrio Elle Fanning Andy Garcia Philip Seymour Hoffman Oscar Isaac Uma Thurman and Marisa Tomei among others. A three-page email printout from "Bright / Daniels Casting" dated March 19 2013 listing actors for a proposed reading the following day with the actor's headshot their character's name and their contact information or agency with ink annotations in Roos' hand. Including actors Linda Cardellini Frank Grillo Dakota Johnson Max Minghella and Imogen Poots among others. A four page handwritten draft of a letter to Coppola in Roos' hand regarding an upcoming January 15 2014 table reading with thirteen questions for Coppola largely regarding casting and actor availability. Four pages from a Draft script with the ink annotation of "Fred's Notes on June 25 2014 Draft" with notes regarding the script in Roos' hand on two pages. A four-page "Cast of Characters" listing all the characters with brief descriptions for the following timelines in the script: "1922" "1928-30" "1939" "1947" "1952" "Flashback - 1890's" "1959" "1962" and "1969." A four-page list of "Cast of Characters" with ages depicted and detailed descriptions along with "Minor Characters" with brief descriptions. A three-page list of all the characters and the script pages on which the characters appear. And a two-page list on "Bright / Daniels Casting" letterhead of actors up for discussion dated August 22 2017. All material housed in a generic orange folder with post-its with marker annotations of "Distant Vision" affixed to the front panel and tab with cello tape. Conceived by Coppola as an experimental film project in the early 2000's "Distant Vision" depicts three generations of an Italian American family during the advent and omnipresence of television intended to be filmed as "live cinema" Coppola's experimental and potentially ground-breaking concept for a live production-film hybrid. Two different versions of a "proof of concept" production were broadcast to limited audiences in June 2015 from Oklahoma City Community College and in July 2016 from the UCLA School of Theater. Coppola had planned to film more sequences financed from his 2024 film "Megalopolis" but had been thus far put on hold following the film's disappointing box office returns. All material approximately 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine overall housed in a Near Fine 8.5 x 11.5 generic orange folder. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 164752Universal City: Universal Pictures 1957. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1958 film showing actress Diana Dors. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. An advertising executive is too distracted by his work and neglects his beautiful wife who has just learned that she's pregnant. 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. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1948ref. 164632Los Angeles: Universal-International Pictures 1948. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1948 film showing teenage actress Carol Yorke made up to look gaunt and plain on the left and made up to look glamorous on the right. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1922 novella by Stefan Zweig about a pianist in 1900s Vienna who receives an important letter from a woman from his past and must figure out how to escape a duel he is due to fight the next morning. The first film produced by Rampart Productions an independent company formed by Joan Fontaine and her husband William Dozier. 10 x 8 inches. Faint tide mark on the top edge of the recto else about Near Fine. National Film Registry. Universal-International Pictures unknown
1954ref. 164753Universal City: Universal-International 1954. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1954 film showing actors Yvonne De Carlo and Joel McCrea in a passionate moment. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A Confederate officer journeys with his men to an outlaw town in Mexico where they hope to use two million dollars in gold to acquire weapons and continue the war effort. A Union soldier determines to stop them. 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. Set in Zona Libra Mexico shot on location in Moab Utah and in Morelos Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 450. Universal-International unknown
1945ref. 164614N.p.: N.p. 1945. Two vintage borderless publicity photographs from the 1945 film one showing actor Glenn Strange in costume as Frankenstein's monster the other showing Strange with Onslow Stevens. Second photograph with annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. The last entry in Universal's famed "monsters" canon a direct sequel to 1944's "House of Frankenstein" which appropriately hosted Universal's "big three" monsters all in Dracula's house including the Prince of Darkness himself Carradine the Wolf Man Chaney Jr. and Frankenstein Glenn Strange along with the requisite mad scientist Onslow Stevens and hunchbacked assistant Jane Adams. 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. Approximately 7 x 9 inches trimmed irregularly. Very Good plus one with adhesive residue on the verso. N.p. unknown
1956ref. 170491Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1956. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 film. One with a provenance label on the verso. Humphrey Bogart's final film about a faded sportswriter facing the dissolution of his career and personal life. Released just two years after "On the Waterfront" 1954 the multi-award-winning collaboration between Elia Kazan and Budd Schulberg a film widely seen as justifying their decision to name names during the HUAC Hollywood blacklist trials. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location in California Chicago and New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1948ref. 170586Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures 1948. Collection of 4 vintage studio still photographs from the 1948 film noir. An interesting historical artifact in that each of these has a label with a corrected title reading "They Live By Night" pasted over the original release title "The Twisted Road." One of the four photos has this label roughly removed in a demonstrative fashion see images. Based on Edward Anderson's 1937 novel "Thieves Like Us" about an escaped convict who falls in love with a woman who nurses him back to health after he is injured in a robbery. Nicholas Ray's directorial debut a "doomed lovers" tale that is considered by many to be a forerunner to "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967. Generally 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Criterion Collection 880. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1963ref. 170477N.p.: Cinema V. 1963. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1963 film both showing actor Hampton Clanton. Printed mimeo snipes and date stamps on the versos. Based on the 1960 play by Warren Miller and Robert Rossen which was based on Miller's 1959 novel. The second feature to be directed by independent filmmaker Shirley Clarke following "The Connection" 1961. Both films were statements on the limitations of cinema verite and while appearing improvisational were in fact semi-documentaries with carefully scripted dialogue. Clarke aspired to make a non-judgmental film that resisted the moralizing prevalent in Hollywood "social issue" films. It was the first film to be produced by Frederick Wiseman who would go on to become a legendary documentary filmmaker and was scored by noted jazz composer and pianist Mal Waldron with performances by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Cinema V. unknown
1959ref. 170456N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage reference photograph from the 1959 film showing rock-and-roll icons Ritchie Valens and Jimmy Clanton chatting over a record player. Provenance label on the verso. Valens' only film appearance released months after his death in a plane crash alongside Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper and the final film of American disc jockey Alan Freed. Freed would later become embroiled in a "payola" controversy that would end his career. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1963ref. 170476N.p.: Cinema V. 1963. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film. Provenance labels on the versos. Based on the 1960 play by Warren Miller and Robert Rossen which was based on Miller's 1959 novel. The second feature to be directed by independent filmmaker Shirley Clarke following "The Connection" 1961. Both films were statements on the limitations of cinema verite and while appearing improvisational were in fact semi-documentaries with carefully scripted dialogue. Clarke aspired to make a non-judgmental film that resisted the moralizing prevalent in Hollywood "social issue" films. It was the first film to be produced by Frederick Wiseman who would go on to become a legendary documentary filmmaker and was scored by noted jazz composer and pianist Mal Waldron with performances by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. National Film Registry. Cinema V. unknown
1979ref. 170620Los Angeles: CBS Television Network 1979. Three vintage photographs of Dolly Parton and Carol Burnett from the 1979 CBS television special which aired on February 14 1979. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos two with mimeo snipes on the versos. "Dolly and Carol in Nashville" was a musical variety television special in part a promotion for Parton's 1978 album "Heartbreaker" shot at The Grand Ole Opry and aired on Valentine's Day 1979. It was Burnett's first special following the cancellation of her 1967-1978 variety show "The Carol Burnett Show." 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. CBS Television Network unknown
1971ref. 170566N.p.: Harvest Productions 1971. Collection of nine vintage double weight borderless reference photographs of Johnny Cash and his family on the set or the location of the 1971 film. All nine photographs with mimeo snipes Sandra Lee Kaplan photography stamps and publishing stamps on the versos others variously with provenance stamps and annotations see images. Five of the photographs feature Cash exclusively two feature Cash and his step-daughters Rebecca Carlene Smith here Karleen and Rosie Nix Adams both of whom appeared as extras in the film one of Adams and Kirk Douglas' son Eric and one of Cash with June Carter Cash and their newborn son John Carter Cash. Desperate for money two aging gunfighters conspire to organize a public showdown for which they plan to sell tickets. Partially shot on location in Santa Fe New Mexico and Madrid Spain. 7 x 10 inches to 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall with light edgewear three with masking tape on the verso and one with masking tape on the verso extending beyond the margin with cropping annotations see image. Harvest Productions unknown
1974ref. 170346N.p.: N.p. 1974. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1974 film including one showing director Paul Morrissey sitting with Udo Kier and Joe Dallesandro on the set. Annotations in manuscript ink in French on the versos. Count Dracula travels from Transylvania to pre-fascist Italy in search of virgin blood to drink but soon discovers there are no longer any virgins to be found in the entirety of Italy. One of Andy Warhol's two horror films the other being "Frankenstein" released the same year on a double bill both USA/Italy/France co-productions and the pinnacle of his film career in terms of popularity outside avant-garde circles. Set in Italy shot on location in Italy and Serbia. Approximately 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 28. Severin Films 721. N.p. unknown
