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1963ref. 170360N.p.: Joel Productions 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1964 film showing a camera crew on a truck bed capturing a location shot near the Preakness race track in northwestern Baltimore City. A Cold War political thriller about an attempted coup in the US government based on the 1962 novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II. Although the Pentagon expressed a dislike for the film President John F. Kennedy was encouraging even assisting in its production by arranging a visit to his home in Hyannis Port when the crew needed to shoot outside the White House. Shot on location in Arizona California Virginia Washington DC and Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Joel Productions unknown
1981ref. 170362London: ITC Films 1981. Vintage reference photograph from the 1981 film showing actress Jessica Lange. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1939 novel by James M. Cain. Along with "The Verdict" a film that brought writer David Mamet to the attention of the filmmaking world leading to his working not only as a screenwriter but an important director. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. ITC Films unknown
1962ref. 170352N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage reference photograph from the 1962 film showing a crew member holding a script for Elizabeth Montgomery on the set. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1959 novel "The Kingdom of Johnny Cool" by John McPartland about an exiled American in Rome who recruits a hit man to return to the US and take revenge on the people who forced him to flee. Set and shot on location in New York City Las Vegas and Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 170348Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1977 film showing Muhammad Ali at the breakfast table while Annazette Chase looks on with a pot of coffee. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A biopic about Muhammad Ali from the 1960 Summer Olympics to his "Rumble in the Jungle" 1974 fight documented in his 1975 autobiography and starring The Greatest as himself. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1961ref. 170359N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1961 film showing Clark Gable mugging for the camera while Marilyn Monroe smiles at his side and Eli Wallach stands behind them on the left. Provenance label and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil 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 whom she meets in the Nevada desert. Shot on location in Reno and Dayton Nevada. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 170354N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 film showing actor Rod Steiger getting fake tattoos drawn on by make-up artists in preparation for shooting. Layout annotations on the verso in manuscript ink. Based on Ray Bradbury's 1951 short story collection centered on a wandering ex-carnival member whose body is fully tattooed. His tattoos are allegedly created by a time-traveling woman and each tells a unique story. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Lentz US. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 170356N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage borderless double weight color reference photograph from the 1978 adult film. Labels affixed to versos noting the film's French title. A man's increasingly obsessive thoughts about his next-door neighbor lead his wife to force him into sex therapy. 9.5 x 7 inches. About Fine. Bier 793. N.p. unknown
1997ref. 170396Paris: Columbia TriStar Films 1997. Vintage pressbook and nine color slides from the French release of the 1997 American film. Andrew Niccol's directorial debut. In a dystopian society where eugenics is the norm a young janitor is given the opportunity to impersonate a genetically superior man allowing him access to the higher echelons of society. Pressbook 6 x 8.25 inches. 60 leaves saddle-stapled. Near Fine with an ink annotation to the rear wrapper. Slides 1.5 x 1 inches housed in 2 x 2 cardboard sleeves. Near Fine or better. Columbia TriStar Films unknown
1974ref. 170361N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1974 film showing the Sawyer family as played by John Dugan Gunnar Hansen Edwin Neal and Jim Siedow. Loosely based on the crimes of serial murderer and body snatcher Ed Gein. Shot on a shoestring budget with the cast mostly composed of unknown Texan actors Tobe Hooper's second feature film courted controversy upon release for its grisly violence and critical view of US politics and is now rightfully considered a slasher cult classic. Set and shot on location in Round Rock Watterson Austin and San Marcos Texas. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Thrower Nightmare USA. N.p. unknown
1941ref. 170358Los Angeles: Vitagraph 1941. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1941 film showing actor Gary Cooper in his iconic role. When a laid-off reporter is asked to write one final column she fabricates a letter from a John Doe planning on committing suicide on Christmas Eve in protest of society's ills. When the letter becomes a sensation Ann convinces the papers to hire her back and turns the letters into a series of articles. The only problem is in order to convince the public John Doe is real they need to find someone to impersonate him. Enter down-on-his-luck homeless man John Willoughby. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Vitagraph unknown
1971ref. 170347Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film showing director Jack Nicholson looking through the script with Karen Black and William Tepper. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on screenwriter Jeremy Larner's 1964 novel. Nicholson's directorial debut a key film in the BBS Productions cycle of the early 1970s following several college students navigating Vietnam War protests uncertain romantic relationships and their own dubious futures after graduation. Shot on location at the University of Oregon and throughout Eugene Oregon. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1976ref. 170355Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1976. Ten vintage reference photographs from the 1976 film including nine borderless and one bordered. Director Paul Mazursky's semi-autobiographical comedy about a young Jewish man from Brooklyn who moves to then-bohemian enclave Greenwich Village befriending a motley cast of characters in the process including a Black gay man a WASP poet and a wacky hippie girl. Featuring early performances by Jeff Goldblum and Christopher Walken. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
2017ref. 163937N.p.: Fire and Ice Productions 2017. Two Revised Draft scripts for Season 1 Episode 2 of the 2018-present television series one dated 8/9/17 and one dated 8/12/17. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher with her name as a watermark throughout the scripts. The long-running neo-Western series follows the trials and tribulations of the family-owned Yellowstone Dutton Ranch the largest cattle ranch in Montana. In this episode the Dutton family attempts to recover from the deaths of the eldest son and a brother-in-law. Originally aired on June 27 2018 on Paramount Network. 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 Montana and shot on location in Darby and Helena Montana and in Park City Woodland and Springville Utah. 8/9/17 Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present dated 8/9/17 noted as episode No. 102 and PRODUCTION DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Taylor Sheridan. 64 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Revised Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present dated 8/12/17 noted as episode No. 102 and Pink Revised Pages with credit for Sheridan. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication on pink stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Fire and Ice Productions unknown
2017ref. 163941N.p.: Fire and Ice Productions 2017. Two Draft scripts for Season 1 Episode 5 of the 2018-present television series one undated and one dated 8/12/17. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher with her name as a watermark throughout the scripts. The long-running neo-Western series follows the trials and tribulations of the family-owned Yellowstone Dutton Ranch the largest cattle ranch in Montana. In this episode Kayce continues to battle the tribal police while John attempts to keep Kayce and Monica at the ranch. Originally aired on July 25 2018 on Paramount Network. 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 Montana and shot on location in Darby and Helena Montana and in Park City Woodland and Springville Utah. Undated Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present noted as episode No. 105 with credit for screenwriter Taylor Sheridan. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. 8/12/17 Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present dated 8/12/17 noted as episode No. 105 and Production Draft with credit for Sheridan. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Fire and Ice Productions unknown
2017ref. 163942N.p.: Fire and Ice Productions 2017. Two Draft scripts for Season 1 Episode 6 of the 2018-present television series including one Production Draft and one Network Draft. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher with her name as a watermark throughout the scripts. The long-running neo-Western series follows the trials and tribulations of the family-owned Yellowstone Dutton Ranch the largest cattle ranch in Montana. In this episode Chief Rainwater and developer Dan Jenkins team up threatening John's hold over the Yellowstone ranch. Originally aired on August 1 2018 on Paramount Network. 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 Montana and shot on location in Darby and Helena Montana and in Park City Woodland and Springville Utah. Network Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present dated 8/12/17 noted as episode No. 106 and NETWORK DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Taylor Sheridan. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Production Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present dated 9/7/17 noted as episode No. 106 and PRODUCTION DRAFT with credit for Sheridan. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Fire and Ice Productions unknown
1988ref. 163529Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1988. First Draft script for the pilot episode of an unproduced television series. Playfully INSCRIBED by screenwriter Savage Steve Holland on the front wrapper: "Diane / Thank you for posing naked for the Sabras logo / love always / Savage Steve." A comedy about three female Israeli secret agents who return to America. Holland is best known for the comedy films "Better Off Dead" 1985 and "One Crazy Summer" 1986. Pink titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers dated February 1 1988 on the front wrapper noted as First Draft. Title page present dated February 1 1988 noted as First Draft with credit for Holland. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing on the page and wrapper edges. Bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
2005ref. 163573Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox / Lucasfilm 2005. Vintage press kit for the 2005 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing two gatherings of promotional reading material a "digital press kit" on a compact disc and a fold-out color map. The sixth film in the wildly successful "Star Wars" series and the third installment in the prequel trilogy. Folder disc and promotional material Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox / Lucasfilm unknown
ref. 166556N.p.: N.p. 1982. Draft script for the 1983 British comedy film. Noted as copy No. 58 in manuscript ink on the title page. Bound in with the script are ten pages of Xerographically duplicated storyboards for the short film-within-the-film "The Crimson Permanent Assurance." The final Monty Python film to star actor and writer Graham Chapman before his death in 1989 and a return to the sketch comedy format which characterized the group's earlier television series. Shot on location in Queensway Strathblane and Lancashire England. Red untitled Script Specialists wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated March 1982. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with five pink revision pages laid in at the rear of the script dated 26/5/82. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing throughout bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
2013ref. 163956Los Angeles: Shine America / Bluebush Productions 2013. Production Draft script for Season 1 Episode 9 of the 2013-2014 television series. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher Loosely based on the 2011-2018 Danish-Swedish crime series "Bron/Broen." Two detectives-one Mexican and one American-must work together to capture a serial killer operating along the Texas-Chihuahua border. In this episode Marco races to save his family after discovering surveillance photographs at a suspect's apartment. Originally aired on September 4 2013 on FX. 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. Self wrappers. Title page present dated June 19 2013 with credit for screenwriter Elwood Reid. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 48. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Shine America / Bluebush Productions unknown
1961ref. 166734N.p.: N.p. 1961. First Draft script for the 1962 film. Based on Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman's 1949 play which was based in turn on Herman Melville's 1924 novella. A seaman's innocence and optimism win him the affection of the entire crew except the abusive master-at-arms who eventually wrongly accuses the seaman of conspiracy to mutiny. The feature film debut of Terence Stamp who was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his performance. Yellow wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated March 21 1961 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Peter Ustinov. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between May 5 and August 22 1961. Title page lightly toned else pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 166590N.p.: N.p. 1984. Revised Draft script for the 1986 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink on the verso of the final page relating to set construction. A famous photographer takes a two-week trip to her hometown on the Maryland coast where she reconnects with her high school sweetheart who is now married and running his family's local newspaper. Set in Ocean City Maryland and Venice Italy shot on location in Baltimore and Ocean City Maryland and at Rehoboth Beach Delaware. White generic Rastar wrappers. Title page present dated July 27 1984 noted as REVISED with credit for screenwriter Naomi Foner. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated July 31 1984. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 166733N.p.: N.p. 1957. Final script for the 1962 film. Early draft preceding the film's release by five years credited to screenwriter Robert Rossen. Rossen was ultimately uncredited in the film but was involved in this early stage of the script's development. Based on Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman's 1949 play which was based in turn on Herman Melville's 1924 novella. A seaman's innocence and natural beauty wins him the affection of the entire crew except the abusive master-at-arms who eventually wrongly accuses the seaman of conspiracy to mutiny. The feature film debut of Terence Stamp who was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his performance. Yellow titled wrappers noted as FINAL SCREENPLAY and dated October 15 1957 with credit for screenwriter Robert Rossen. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1996ref. 163604Los Angeles: Neo Motion Pictures 1996. Draft script for the 1997 film seen here under the working titles "Road to Ruin" and "Driven." Working copy belonging to actor Sean Moran with his annotations in manuscript pencil on the title page front wrapper and nine pages of the script and two call sheets laid in. A then-new blend of martial arts and traditional fist-and-guns action that has become a cult classic. A Hong Kong man with an experimental implant which gives him super-strength and speed must flee from Chinese mercenaries who have been employed to steal the device. Shot on location in Santa Clarita Los Angeles and Lancaster California. Gray generic Neo Motion Pictures wrappers. Title page present dated 1.2.96 noted as Draft with credits for screenwriter Scott Phillips and storywriter Anthony Trifiletti. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Neo Motion Pictures unknown
1971ref. 163605Los Angeles: Joseph Shaftel Films 1971. Revised Final script for the 1972 film. Copy belonging to actor Norman Alden with his name and character's name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and his annotations indicating dialogue throughout the script. Xerographic duplication call sheet additional script pages and undated pink revision pages laid in at the rear of the script. Based on the 1970 novel "The Operator" co-written by screenwriters Rod Amateau and Budd Robinson. A greedy corrupt hospital administrator is eventually jailed for his fraudulent activities but plans his revenge on the hospital. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated June 1971 noted as Revised Final with credits for screenwriter and novelist Rod Amateau and novelist Budd Robinson. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated yellow and blue revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light soil and toning on the rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. Joseph Shaftel Films unknown
2002ref. 163588Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox / Lucasfilm 2002. Vintage press kit for the 2002 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing one gathering of promotional reading material and a "digital press kit" on a compact disc. The fifth film in the "Star Wars" series and the second in the "Skywalker Saga." Folder disc and promotional material Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox / Lucasfilm unknown
