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1947ref. 165437Universal City: Universal Pictures 1947. Vintage borderless reference photograph with a thin bottom margin from the 1947 film. 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. A group of prisoners at the strict Westgate Penitentiary plan an escape but fear their plans will be ruined by sadistic power-hungry guard Captain Munsey. Director Jules Dassin's important first film a key noir followed by several others notably "The Naked City" 1948 "Thieves' Highway" 1949 "Night and the City" 1950 and "Rififi" 1955. 9.25 x 7.5 inches. Light even toning else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 383. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Universal Pictures unknown
1932ref. 165745Universal City: Universal Pictures 1932. Vintage double weight publicity photograph of Tom Brown and Arletta Duncan by photographer Ray Jones from the 1932 film. On the verso is Jones' photographer stamp a 1932 date stamp and a mimeo snipe here under the working title "Information Kid." 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. Tom Brown stars as Marty Black a crooked jockey who tries to mend his ways after becoming attached to Midge a young orphan boy in need of love and guidance played by Mickey Rooney. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1943ref. 165456Universal City: Universal Pictures 1943. Two vintage photographs of Bela Lugosi as Frankenstein's Monster for the 1943 film. One photograph with a provenance label on the verso. 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. The first of Universal's "monster rally films" which incorporated seemingly disparate Universal monsters into a single narrative and the only film to feature Lugosi as the monster originally made famous by Boris Karloff in the 1931 film "Frankenstein." Accidentally revived by grave robbers"wolf man" Lawrence Talbot seeks out Dr. Frankenstein in the hopes of finding a cure only to discover the doctor has died but finds his creature still very much alive. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1992ref. 167496Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1992. Revised Draft script for the 1993 film. Based on the 1992 novel by Michael Crichton. Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes star as two LAPD detectives called in to assist in an investigation of the murder of a call girl in a boardroom of a large Japanese company and act as a liason between the Japanese executives and the investigating officer played by Harvey Keitel. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. Yellow titled wrappers dated April 21 1992. Title page present dated April 21 1992 noted as REVISED with credits for screenwriter Philip Kaufman and author Michael Crichton. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1981ref. 167674Universal City: Universal City Studios 1981. Vintage program for the 1980 film. Based on the 1979 play by Ernest Thompson. One of the best stage-to-film adaptations of the 1980s buoyed by Henry Fonda's career-capping performance and a heart-rending screen adaptation by Thompson. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Screenplay Best Actor for Fonda and Best Actress for Katharine Hepburn and nominated for seven others including Best Picture. Set in Maine shot on location in New Hampshire. 9 x 12 inches bi-fold. Very Good plus. Universal City Studios unknown
1962ref. 167544Various cities: Columbia Pictures / Hammer Films 1962. Vintage lobby card for the Spanish-language release of the 1962 British horror film. In turn-of-the-century Egypt a mummy revives and begins to kill the Egyptologists responsible for its discovery. The second film in Hammer's Mummy franchise following the studio's better-remembered 1959 film "The Mummy" released as a double feature with "The Gorgon." 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. Johnson and Del Vecchio 244-246. Columbia Pictures / Hammer Films unknown
2011ref. 167669Burbank CA: DMP Productions 2011. Vintage set designer's reference bible for the 2011 film with 18 full-color film sets represented. The seventh Muppets feature film in which Kermit and two human friends attempt to reunite the Muppets who have been disbanded for years in order to save the Muppet Theater from destruction. Intended to revive the franchise after years of inactivity following Disney's acquisition of the Muppets in 2004. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Bret McKenzie's "Man or Muppet." Set in Los Angeles Paris Reno and the fictional city of Smalltown and shot on location in Los Angeles Reno and Zürich. Housed in a generic white three-ring binder with board inserts noting the film's title and the names email addresses and phone numbers of leadman Lou Mugavero decorator Tracey Doyle and assistant decorator Leighanne Haddock. Binder and contents about Fine. DMP Productions unknown
1975ref. 167495London: Reader's Digest Films 1975. Revised Second Draft script for the 1976 British film seen here under the working title "Sarah." Sketch in manuscript pencil likely of a set design on the verso of the colophon page. A dramatization of the storied and frequently scandalous life of French stage actress Sarah Bernhardt. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Shot on location throughout England in London Didcot and Buckinghamshire. Blue wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated June 26 1975 noted as Revised Second Draft with copy No. 32 noted in manuscript ink with credit for screenwriter Ruth Wolff. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. Reader's Digest Films unknown
1996ref. 167493Beverly Hills CA: 3 Arts Productions 1996. Second Revised Draft script for the 1997 film. Jennifer Aniston stars as a young awkward advertising executive who after being passed up for promotion because she isn't "stable enough" pretends to be engaged to wedding photographer Jay Mohr whom she only briefly met to impress her boss. Set in and shot on location in New York and New Jersey. Lilac titled wrappers dated April 30 1996. Title page present dated April 30 1996 noted as 2nd Revised Draft with credits for screenwriters Arleen Sorkin and Paul Slansky and "2nd revised draft by" Glenn Gordon Caron and J.J. Abrams. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two metal brads. 3 Arts Productions unknown
1979ref. 166955Universal City: Universal Studios 1979. Two original screenplays both containing both Parts I and II of the 1979 TNT television series which aired in two two-hour parts on May 13 and 14 1979. Copies belonging to actress Christina Cummings who played the "Barmaid" with a marker annotation circling her character with her name adjacent on the Cast page of the first script and an ink annotation of "Barmaid / Sc 62.63" on the title page of the second script. Both screenplays are dated November 24 1978 the first on all yellow leaves with the latest revisions dated 1/30/79 and the second on yellow leaves with blue revision pages dated 2/21/79. Based on the 1975 historical novel by John Jakes the second of Jakes' "The Kent Family Chronicles" also known as "The American Bicentennial Series" preceded by the 1974 novel "The Bastard" and followed by the 1975 novel "The Seekers" which was then followed by five additional novels in the series over the following four years. Sequel to the 1978 Universal Television mini-series "The Bastard" directed by Lee H. Katzin. The continuing saga of Philip Kent Andrew Stevens the illegitimate son of an English nobleman who renounces his birthright to become a Colonial soldier during the American Revolution and befriends the southern aristocrat Judson Fletcher Don Johnson and helps to thwart a plot to assassinate George Washington played by Peter Graves. Shot on location in Hope Valley California. First Script on all yellow leaves: Front wrapper integral with title page dated November 24 1978 with credits for screenwriter Sean Baine author John Jakes and Participating Writer R. A. Cinader. 222 leaves with last page of text numbered 218. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with a rough tear to the top right corner of the title page and light foxing to the first and final leaves bound with two gold brads. Second Script yellow leaves with blue revision pages: Front wrapper integral with title page dated November 24 1978 with credits for screenwriter Sean Baine author John Jakes and Participating Writer R. A. Cinader. 219 leaves with last page of text numbered 219. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 2/20/79. Pages Very Good plus with edgewear and a closed tear to left side of the title page and light foxing to the first and final leaves bound with two gold brads. Universal Studios unknown
1990ref. 167473N.p.: Viacom 1990. First Draft script for the tenth episode of the second season of the 1989-91 television series which aired on ABC on March 15 1990. Laid in are two gatherings of revision pages one gathering of 31 pages of pink revision leaves with the latest revisions dated February 15 1990 and one gathering of 24 yellow revision pages with the latest revisions dated February 16 1990 as well as a 20 page shooting schedule dated February 15 1990 a two-page cast list dated 2-16-90 a two-page Housing List dated February 15 1990 an eleven-page Contact List dated 1/2/90 and a 45-page "Welcome to Denver" "Father Dowling" gathering of maps emergency numbers local restaurants and services for the cast and crew. Based upon the characters created by Ralph McInerny in his series of mystery novels "Father Dowling Mysteries" starred Tom Bosley as the titular character who continually stumbles upon murders and other crimes in the fictional Parish of St. Michael's in Chicago Illinois. The series ran for three seasons and a total of 43 episodes and premiered on NBC for the first season premiering on January 20 1989 and on ABC for its second and third seasons ending on May 2 1991. In this episode Father Phil James Stephens is overjoyed about returning the Chalice of St. Sophia to it's home country Bucharest but unfortunately has fallen victim to a confidence scam. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated February 7 1990 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Gerry Conway. 57 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink yellow green and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between February 15 1990 and February 20 1990. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Supplemental materials: Very Good to Near Fine with some of the revision pages with dampstaining and edgewear. Viacom unknown
1982ref. 167450Los Angeles: Madison Productions Inc 1982. Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1982-83 NBC television series. Script with manuscript ink annotations calling out an action sequence on one page. Created by Tom Mankiewicz the series starred Robert Urich as former CIA agent Robert Gavilan who now works for the Oceanographic Institute and occasionally finds himself in need of his espionage skills to help friends and allies. The series premiered on October 26 1982 and aired for one season of ten episodes ending on March 18 1983. In the unproduced episode found here a group of Mexican children alert Gavilan to a body in a canal with what appears to be stab wounds from an ice pick. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Bob Stabler. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue undated revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Madison Productions Inc unknown
1980ref. 167451Universal City: Universal Television 1980. Draft script for the fourth episode of the 1981 NBC mini-series here under the working title "The Gangster Chronicles: An American Story: Chapter IV" which aired on February 21 1981. Copy with a manuscript marker annotations of "role:- Aiello" on the title page and the underlining of "Narrative" on the first and last page of the script. The thirteen part critically-acclaimed Emmy Award-winning mini-series was an attempt at presenting an historically accurate crime drama about the lives of Bugsy Siegel Joe Penny Lucky Luciano Michael Nouri and Meyer Lansky Brian Benben beginning in 1907 and spanning seven decades. The series premiered on February 12 1981 and was aired over nine nights ending on May 8 1981. Later released in an edited 121-minute version on videocassette entitled "Gangster Wars." Shot on location in Capitola and Santa Cruz California. Front wrapper integral with title page dated October 21 1980 with credits for screenwriter Richard Alan Simmons. 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 237 with the script beginning on page 194. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Universal Television unknown
1944ref. 165426Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Vintage publicity photograph of Charles Korvin from the 1944 film with four provenance stamps on the verso. 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. Based on the gentleman thief character Arsène Lupin who was featured in 17 novels and 39 novellas by French author Maurice Leblanc. Charles Korvin stars as Lupin a French jewel thief who robs and falls in love with an heiress played by Ella Raines. Korvin famously refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee HUAC and was blacklisted in 1952 after which Korvin worked primarily in broadcast television. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1995ref. 167510Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1995. Draft script for the 1996 film. Script incomplete ending on page 124 lacking the final pages likely as issued. Loosely based as a modern gender-reversal of Edmond Rostand's 1897 play "Cyrano de Bergerac." Janeane Garofalo stars as a veterinarian and radio show host who has her beautiful neighbor Uma Thurman impersonate her when a handsome fan of her radio show Ben Chaplin expresses interest in her. Screenwriter Audrey Wells first feature film. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles and Santa Monica California. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated February 6 1995 with credits for screenwriter Audrey Wells. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two metal brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1980ref. 167132N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Paul Fredricks investigates the mysterious death of his friend Harry McAlister found dead with large wounds which appear to have made by enormous talons while researching an archeological dig in the old and poverty-striken Native American village of Bottleneck. Tan untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ronald E. Kowall. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 99. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1983ref. 167723N.p.: N.p. 1983. Nine vintage color transparencies from the 1983 French film. A woman on the verge of divorce takes a trip to the beach with her teenage niece where she rekindles an old flame. The third film in Éric Rohmer's "Comedies and Proverbs" film series following "The Aviator's Wife" 1981 and "Le Beau Mariage" 1981. Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director. All transparencies 4 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 167114Los Angeles: Viacom 1984. Final Draft script for an unproduced television movie copy belonging to actor and stunt person Nick Dimitri with his shipping label stapled to the first leaf and his stamp on the front wrapper and the cast page with manuscript ink annotations on 26 pages most of which are dog-eared. Bound in following the script is a 23-page shooting schedule dated 2/24/84 a two-page stunt list a three page one-line schedule a two-page "location information" memo a two-page staff and crew list and a shooting locations contact list. Laid in is a call sheet dated 3-5-84 with a copy of a hand-drawn map of a shooting location and directions attached to the call sheet with a staple. The 106-page script found here 139 including production materials written by "Me and Mom" series creator Hal Sitowitz was likely intended as a television movie to precede the series which never aired. The production materials bound in after the script confirm the film was shot though we have found no record of a television film of the series ever being released. The pilot episode of the series "Me and Mom: A Killing in the Market" credited to screenwriter Marsha Miller was a standard 60-minute episode with an unrelated plotline and contained one crossover character from the script found here other than the three principle characters in the series that of limo driver Vince Galdor here Caladori played by Caitlyn Jenner Bruce Jenner as noted on the call sheets with the other characters in the script not present. Created by Sitowitz and starring Lisa Eibacher and Holland Taylor as Kate Morgan and her wealthy socialite mother Zena Hunnicutt respectively who open a private investigation service in San Francisco with the help of her late father's partner Lou played by James Earl Jones. The series premiered on ABC on April 5 1985 and aired for six episodes before ending on May 17 1985. Kate and her mother Zena with the help of Kate's late father's partner Lou decide to open a private investigation service in San Francisco when they are hired by Jerry Walden on the run from Frank Ying a former business partner who tried to kill him in Mexico. Titled goldenrod Viacom wrappers. Title page present dated January 26 1984 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Hal Sitowitz. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/13/84 and 2/26/84. Pages Near Fine overall wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Viacom unknown
1998ref. 167720Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1998. Revised Draft script for the 1999 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member presumably a makeup artist based on the annotations in pink highlighter on several pages. A neo-noir thriller about a private eye who falls into the seedy world of snuff films and hardcore fetish pornography. Shot on location in New York and Miami. Self wrappers. Title page present dated January 5 1998 with credit for screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker. 154 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between January 6 and 29 1998. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown
1965ref. 167080N.p.: Paramount Studios 1965. Draft script for the 33rd episode of the second season of the 1965-1966 NBC Western television series which aired on January 9 1966. Copy belonging to actor Nick Dimitri who played the character "Young Hawk" with marker and ink annotations of his name his character's name and "Office" on the front wrapper with manuscript marker annotations of actor's names adjacent to the character's names on the Cast page. Created by Larry Cohen his first series as creator and producer the series was originally intended as an allegory about blacklisting during McCarthyism which according to Cohen lead to him being fired from the series after mistakenly telling its right-wing star Chuck Connors. Following star Connors' popular 1958-1963 Western series "The Rifleman" Connors stars as Jason McCord a former US cavalry captain who was court-martialed after being unjustly accused of cowardice. The series premiered on January 24 1965 and aired for two seasons and 48 episodes ending on April 24 1966. In this episode Connors comes upon a bound white Indian woman who says three wolfer brothers kidnapped and attacked her who he decides he needs to find and kill while returning her to her people. Green titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Frank Paris. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Frank Paris. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 28. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with two blue revision pages dated 11/4/65. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light toning and foxing to the extremities bound with two gold brads. Paramount Studios unknown
1980ref. 166661Universal City: Universal City Studios 1980. Draft script for the second episode of the 1980 television series printed on pink leaves which aired on ABC on March 21 1980. "When the Whistle Blows" premiered on ABC on March 14 1980 and aired for ten one-hour episodes ending on July 20 1980. Five construction workers four guys and a gal work for the Tri-State Construction Company in Los Angeles and are looking for fun on and off the job often frequenting the neighborhood saloon Darlene's. Hunk Tim Rossovich has a thing for Jolene Gail Edwards a singer at Darlene's until Buzz Douglas Barr tells him she was "a lady of easy virtue" in Reno. Front wrapper integral with title page with the latest revision dated 1/23/80 with credits for screenwriter Rick Husky. 66 leaves with last page of text numbered 56. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue yellow and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/18/80 and 1/23/80. Pages Very Good with the first of four title pages with foxing and silverfish damage and the extremities and light foxing to the first several pages bound with two gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown
1982ref. 166658Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1982. Revised Final Draft script for the fourteenth episode of the second season of the 1981-1986 ABC television series printed on pink leaves which aired on February 2 1983. Copy belonging to stunt person Nick Dimitri with Dimitri's stamp on the front wrapper and first leaf. Laid in are three Call Sheets one with an attached map and directions to a location shoot. Created by Glen A. Larson for ABC "The Fall Guy" starred Lee Majors Douglas Barr and Heather Thomas as Hollywood stunt performers who moonlight as bounty hunters. The show premiered on November 4 1982 and aired for five seasons and 112 episodes before ending on May 2 1986. In this episode Colt Majors and Howie Barr pose as millionaires aboard a cruise ship who with Jody's Thomas help hope to ensnare a jewel thief who has had plastic surgery to disguise her looks unaware she is also the target of an insurance investigator and her former accomplice. Red titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper dated September 3 1982. Title page present dated September 3 1982 noted as REVISED FINAL with credits for screenwriter Lou Shaw. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 9/8/82. Pages Very Good plus with light foxing along the top edge and on the extremities of the first leaf wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1973ref. 167142Universal City: Universal Studios 1973. Draft script for the tenth episode of the first season of the 1973-74 NBC television series that aired on November 27 1973. Copy printed on pink leaves with manuscript pencil and ink annotations on -- pages. The first show co-created by Stephen J. Cannell about a unique team of the Los Angeles Police Department lead by Chase Reddick Mitchell Ryan that specializes in solving unusually difficult or violent cases. The series premiered on September 11 1973 and aired for 23 episodes ending on April 10 1974. In this episode Sgt. MacCray Wayne Maunder attempts to infiltrate a garbage removal firm whose owner is syndicate boss and is distracted by the attention of the crime boss' daughter. Set in Los Angeles. Front wrapper integral with title page dated September 28 1973 with credits for screenwriter Michael Donovan. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with a staple to the top left corner. Universal Studios unknown
1945ref. 148183Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1945. Two vintage studio still photographs one borderless from the 1945 film noir. Borderless photograph has folded mimeo snipe affixed to verso other photograph has a "King Features Syndicate Inc. Library" stamp on the verso. Based on the 1941 novel by John Brahm. The producers decided to move the setting from then-present-day early 1940s to the late 1800s giving the film a "Gaslight" feel in terms of atmosphere. But the story itself is far more harrowing one of the most effective and disturbing Film Noirs of the 1940s with a Bernard Herrmann score including an actual "invented" piano concerto to go with it. The second of two key films John Brahm made with the great Laird Cregar in an unsympathetic lead role. Cregar specialized in creepy ambiguous characters a type he virtually invented in "I Wake Up Screaming" 1941 honed in Brahm's "The Lodger" 1944 and perfected in this film which was to be his last -the actor died of self-imposed malnutrition before he could see the premiere. . 1 8 x 10 inches. Faint creasing else Near Fine 1 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine Grant US. Selby Canon. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1976ref. 167073Universal City: Public Arts / Roy Huggins - Universal Studios 1976. Draft script for the fourth episode of the 1976 NBC television series here under the working title "City of Angels: Quicker Than the Eye" which aired on February 24 1976. Not to be confused with the 2000 CBS medical drama television series created by Steven Bochco. Inspired by Roman Polanski's 1974 classic "Chinatown" the series was created by Stephen J. Cannell and Roy Huggins who had previously worked together on the acclaimed 1974-80 television series "The Rockford Files." Wayne Rogers stars as the stalwart private investigator Jake Axminster working amid the corruption of 1930s Los Angeles. Hailed by mystery novelist Max Allan Collins as "the best private eye series ever" the series premiered on NBC on February 3 1976 and lasted for only one thirteen episode season before ending on May 18 1976. In this episode Jake is hired by a wealthy man named Underwood to investigate whether his wife Velma is having an affair only to discover Underwood dead after hearing a shot ring out while staking out Velma at their home. Front wrapper integral with title page dated January 27 1976 with credits for screenwriter Philip De Guere Jr. and Story by James Thomas James. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 59. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 1/30/76. Pages Very Good plus with the front wrapper detached and stapled to the following two leaves bound with two gold brads. Public Arts / Roy Huggins - Universal Studios unknown
