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1976ref. 141725Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1976. First German Edition. Text in German. A companion book for the 1976 film illustrated with photographs. Near Fine in silver titled wrappers. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1991ref. 146863Munich: Radiant Film 1991. Agency Draft script for the 1991 film here seen under its original title "Du Bist Marriott" or "The Plastic Nightmare." Text in German. Based on Richard Neely's 1971 novel "The Plastic Nightmare." A man emerges from a bloody car accident with amnesia and begins to suspect foul play as he delves further into the details of the crash. Director Wolfgang Petersen was best known for directing the Academy Award-winning World War II epic "Das Boot" 1982 and for the thrillers "In the Line of Fire" 1993 "Outbreak" 1995 and "Air Force One" 1997. Set in northern California shot on location in Oregon and California. Clear Mylar front wrapper with an orange rear wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Wolfgang Petersen and novelist Richard Neely. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a silver prong binding. Radiant Film unknown books
1971ref. 147059Rome: Vogue Film 1971. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a two-page typed summary dated 2-17-72. Text in English. A married lawyer travels to Tehuantepec to seek the extradition of a vicious killer to Italy. He falls in love with a beautiful Mexican woman and decides to leave his wife and children in the US to live with her unaware that a darker fate awaits him. Set in Tehuantepec Mexico. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1971 noted as film treatment with credits for screenwriters GIROGIO BONTEMPI and MIGUEL SABIDO. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Vogue Film unknown books
1987ref. 161007New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1987. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED on the half-title page by screenwriter Michael Herr to noted bookseller Ken Hubner: "18 February / For Ken Hubner / Best / Michael Herr." A hint of toning overall else about Fine in illustrated wrappers. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1967ref. 146864N.p.: N.p. 1967. Treatment script for the 1967 film seen here under its French title "Peau d'Espion." With a few small annotations in manuscript ink throughout. Incomplete as issued. Text in English. Based on screenwriter Jacques Robert's 1967 novel "Peau d'Espion" wherein an playboy writer becomes involved in a communist plot. Housed in a titled manila folder. Title page present with credits for director Edouard Molinaro and screenwriter Jacques Robert. 12 leaves with last page of text numbered 11. Typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus lightly creased bound with a staple and a paperclip at the top left corner. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 141292N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in French. Laid in are a three-page synopsis of the film and a letter from the screenwriter. In the winter of 1934 a French woman living by the seaside with two mysterious older men gets wrapped up in the politics of the times ultimately forcing all three to reveal their true identities. Set in France. Tan titled wrappers. 81 leaves with last page of text numbered 80. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples. N.p. unknown books
1987ref. 141282Quebec City: Radio-Quebec 1987. Draft script for the 1987 French film seen here under the English title "Deaf to the City." Text in English. Based on the 1979 novel by Marie-Claire Blais. A wealthy woman's husband leaves her so she moves into a dilapidated boarding house where she befriends the optimistic landlord and tends to a terminally ill deaf young man. Set in Quebec. Black and white titled illustrated wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters A. Mazouz and Sylvie Melancon author Marie-Claire Blais and translator Raymond Y. Chamberlain. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a spiral binding. Radio-Quebec unknown books
ref. 146978Barcelona: Tibidabo Films Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. Heavily annotated throughout in manuscript ink and pencil mostly noting grammatical revisions and deletions with a few additions. Text in English. A woman trapped in a loveless marriage finds pleasure in an affair with a young orchestra conductor. Spanish screenwriter Jaime Camino was best known for his wartime family dramas including the 1976 film "Long Vacations of 36" and the 1992 film "The Long Winter." Clear mylar front wrapper with a burgundy rear wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriters JAIME CAMINO and ROSA REGAS. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mix of mimeograph and carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a gold prong. Tibidabo Films unknown books
1970ref. 141943N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in French. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Eric Ferro. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver binder clips. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 161164Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Eight color front-of-house cards from the French release of the 1972 film. Included with the collection are two promotional pages specific to the film's French release with text in French. Based on the 1969 novel by Philip Roth. The fourth Roth novel after "Goodbye Columbus" to be adapted for the screen and the sole directorial effort for noted screenwriter Ernest Lehman "North by Northwest" "The Sweet Smell of Success" "Sabrina" "West Side Story" The Sound of Music" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". The eponymous Portnoy sees a therapist and goes on one long tirade after another about his family his childhood his sexual fantasies and desires his problems with women and his obsession with his own Judaism. Set in New York. Front-of-house cards: 11.25 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with light wear on the left corners. Synopsis: 8.25 x 12 inches. Single staple at the top left corner. Very Good plus lightly creased on the bottom edges. Warner Brothers unknown books
1978ref. 160490N.p.: N.p. 1978. Collection of vintage international promotional materials for the 1974 film. Included in the collection are: - 1974 Japanese Film Program handbill printed on recto and verso text in Japanese. An Israeli Orly Theater flyer for a week of screenings of the film in 1977 text in Hebrew. - French film festival card recto and verso for the film text in French. - Bi-fold promotion for a special preview screening of the film on March 19 1974 a week before the April 27 1974 premiere at the Lowes State I theater in New York with an enclosed ticket stub. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel. While the film received a mixed reception from critics it was nevertheless praised for its lavish costumes and decadent set design. Winner of two Academy Awards. Set in New York shot on location in New York Rhode Island and in England. Japanese Program 7 x 10 inches printed on recto and verso. Very Good plus. Israeli Orly Theater flyer 12.5 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear. French Film Festival card 5 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lowes State I Special Preview promotion 3.25 x 6.25 inches Bi-fold. Near Fine with a Near Fine ticket stub. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 159643Paris: Twentieth Century-Fox 1980. Four vintage borderless reference photographs and one vintage pressbook for the French release of the 1980 Italian film. Photographs include three matte-finish photographs of actress Eleonora Giorgi and one glossy photograph of director Dario Argento talking with actor Sacha Pitoëff on the set. Pressbook text in French. The second installment in Argento's "Three Mothers" trilogy preceded by "Suspiria" 1977 and followed by "Mother of Tears" 2007. Partially derived from Thomas De Quincey's 1845 prose poetry essay collection "Suspiria de Profundis" the trilogy was inspired by De Quincey's concept of three "Ladies of Sorrow": an all-powerful triumvirate of ancient witches and Satanists. Photographs: 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Pressbook: 27 leaves. perfect-bound in wrappers. Very Good plus lightly rubbed. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1955ref. 160373Vienna: Metropolverlages 1955. Vintage Austrian program for the 1954 film here under the German release title "Die Faust im Nacken." Text in German. Terry Malloy Brando who dreams of being a prize fighter while tending his pigeons and running errands for the corrupt boss of the local union Johnny Lee J. Cobb witnesses a murder at the hands of Johnny's men. After meeting the victim's sister Eva Marie Saint Malloy confesses he feels culpable for the murder and is persuaded to implicate the dock racketeers by Father Barry Karl Malden. Winner of eight Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress nominated for another four. Shot on location in Hoboken New Jersey and New York City. 6.5 x 9.5 inches Bi-fold. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 647. Ebert I. Grant US. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. Metropolverlages unknown books
ref. 147210Rome: Pegaso Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced Italian film. Text in English. Three brothers battle the local Mafia in a small province in central Sicily. An early career script by noted Italian screenwriter Nicola Badalucco who was best known for "The Damned" 1969 which won an Oscar for Best Screenplay. Set in Agrigento Sicily. Pink titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Nicola BADALUCCO. 23 leaves with last page of text numbered 22. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a small splash on the front wrapper and slight yapping to the fore edge bound internally with two gold brads. Pegaso unknown books
1953ref. 156114N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage program for the 1953 German film seen here under two titles "Dark Clouds over Dachstein" and "The Mistress of the Salzerhof". Titles and text in German. Based on the 1952 play by Elmira Koref about a widowed woman fighting the German government for control of the salt mines at the base of the mountain where she lives. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. Very Good plus bright and complete. N.p. unknown books
1992ref. 157075N.p.: N.p. 1992. Vintage two-sided Japanese flyer for the 1992 film featuring a full-color graphic on the recto and the verso in black and white with three film still photographs. Text in Japanese and French. Young Japanese couple Kishin and Rie are trying to survive living in Paris as private detectives when the wealthy and powerful gangster Okuyama hires them to trail his French girlfriend Lorraine who he suspects is cheating. Before long Kishin is sleeping with Loraine and Rie discovers a link between Okuyama and a multi-million dollar heist involving an affluent Paris S&M club. Set in and shot on location in Paris France. 10 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 147193N.p.: N.p. 1981. Draft script for the 1981 Spanish-American film here under the working title "Bloody Mary." Laid in with the script is a typed letter from casting agent Paul Kohner to producer John R. Pepper returning the script. Text in English. A disquieting satire of Catholicism in the late 20th century from noted Spanish director Bigas Luna wherein a Texan televangelist in need of a new miracle guest for his show travels to Italy to bring back a woman who suffers from stigmata-a rare medical condition which causes the hands and feet to bleed in the same places where Jesus Christ was nailed to the cross. Set in Italy and Austin Texas shot on location in Barcelona Texas and Los Angeles. White non-standard titled wrappers. Title page present rubber-stamped copy No. 19 with credits for director Bigas Luna. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light rust on the front wrapper and first leaf likely from a staple with a white Velo binding. N.p. unknown books
1983ref. 146993West Germany: Allianz Filmproduktion / Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion 1983. Third Draft script for the 1989 film. Text in English. Based on Joseph Roth's 1923 novel about a mercenary World War I veteran who swears vengeance on those he deems responsible for Germany's downfall-Democrats Jews and and socialists. Set in Germany shot on location in West Germany. Clear mylar front wrapper blue rear wrapper. Title page present dated 01-06-83 noted as 3rd Version with credits for director Bernhard Wicki screenwriter Wolfgang Kirchner and novelist Joseph Roth. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Allianz Filmproduktion / Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion unknown books
1985ref. 146885Stockholm: Omega Film 1985. Draft script for the 2005 Swedish film. Text in English. A young man recalls the strange emotionally intense year he spent working as the sous chef in the claustrophobic galley of a ship headed for Cape Town. A very early draft of the script written twenty years before the film's release. Set and shot on location in Belgium Sweden Spain and South Africa. White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1985 with credits for director Mats Arehn and screenwriter Rolf Borjlind. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good lightly soiled and toned along the edges side stapled with five staples. Omega Film unknown books
1984ref. 146940N.p.: N.p. 1984. First Draft script for the 1985 film. Text in English. Based on the 1960 German novel wherein a crew of bored sailors stationed on a floating lighthouse must suddenly fight to defend their vessel from a criminal trio seeking to overtake the ship. An early draft of the script written seven years before the film's release. Set and shot on location in Germany. Navy untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 27 1984 noted as first draft with credits for screenwriter David Taylor and novelist Siegfried Lenz. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with slight yapping to the fore edge of the rear wrapper bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 146973Paris: Filmsonor 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. Text in English. Loosely based on Egon Hostovsky's 1954 novel "The Midnight Patient." In order to finance his failing private clinic a psychiatrist accepts a bribe to temporarily shelter a defecting Soviet scientist hotly pursued by a number of international secret agents. Set and shot in Maisons-Laffitte Yvelines France. Teal titled wrappers. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two silver clasps. Filmsonor unknown books
1961ref. 140962Paris: G. de Boissiere 1961. Original French press kit for the 1961 French-Italian film "Le rendez-vous." Text in French. Resembling the star biography and film credit packets often seen with US press kits this material details film credits cast and crew biographies and a synopsis. The film was produced by Cinetel but here is credited to publicity manager G. de Boissiere with their cute cat logo. Unseen noir based on Patrick Quentin's 1955 novel "The Man with Two Wives" released in France as "La Verite du Mensonge." Pierre Pascal witnesses a murder while with his wife Madeleine Girardot the decease being a photographer who snapped some lurid photos of Pierre's sister-in-law Daphne Parisy. Pierre gives Daphne a false alibi and the police discover the photographer was Madeleine's lover. 22 leaves printed rectos a few corner-stapled on "DEB de Boissiere parchment mimeograph duplication. Housed in a DEB pocketed paper folder 8.5 x 12.25 inches. Near Fine overall. G. de Boissiere unknown books
1975ref. 146804N.p.: N.p. 1975. Draft script for the 1975 film. Text in English. A medieval nobleman maddened by grief makes a pact with the devil to resurrect his dead wife who returns with a lust for the blood of children. Light blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director Juan Buñuel and screenwriters Bernardino ZAPPONI Pierre MAINTIGNEUX and Michel NURIDSANI. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 166. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good lightly creased wrapper Very Good plus with light soil and edgewear bound with two silver clasps. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 146979Stockholm Sweden: Concorde Film 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. With the name of the script written across the folder in manuscript pencil and a few small manuscript pencil and ink annotations presumably secretarial throughout correcting grammatical errors. Laid in with the script is a three-page typed summary of the story and a two-page typed letter addressed from Concorde Films managing director Lennart Berns to casting agent Paul Kohner suggesting actor Charles Bronson for the part of police detective Martin Beck. Text in English. Based on screenwriters Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo's 1967 mystery novel about a Swedish police detective who realizes an anonymous serial robber might be the only witness to a string of grisly child murders in Stockholm. Eventually successfully produced in 1993 by director Daniel Alfredson and screenwriter Jonas Cornell but bearing little relation to the authors' earliest vision. Set in Stockholm. Tall housed in an untitled beige card folder. Title page present with credits for screenwriter-novelists Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo and screenwriter Arne Mattsson. 177 leaves with last page of text numbered 174. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus unbound. Concorde Film unknown books
1960ref. 140960Paris: G. de Boissiere 1960. Original French press kit for the 1960 French-Italian film "Fortunat." Text in French. Resembling the star biography and film credit packets often seen with US press kits this material details film credits cast and crew biographies and a synopsis. The film was distributed by Cinedis but here is credited to publicity manager G. de Boissiere with their cute cat logo as a complimentary kit. Based on Michel Breitman's 1955 novel "Fortunat ou le pere adopte." During the occupation of France a drunkard poacher named Fortunat Bourvil is tasked with helping Juliette Morgan and her two children escape the Nazis. Fortunat and Juliette engage in a brief love affair until she rejoins her husband the man in charge of a resistance effort and reason for Juliette's evading the Reich. 9 leaves 1 "with compliments" slip 8 printed rectos a few corner-stapled on "DEB de Boissiere parchment mimeograph duplication. Housed in a DEB pocketed paper folder 8.5 x 12.25 inches. Near Fine overall. G. de Boissiere unknown books
