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1972ref. 167213N.p.: N.p. 1972. Third Draft script for the 1978 film. Early draft preceding the film's release by six years. A Z-budget cult horror film about a vampire who is invited to be the guest of honor at a horror convention in San Francisco. Director and screenwriter John Stanley served as the horror science fiction and fantasy critic for the "San Francisco Chronicle" for over three decades. Shot on location in Oakland. Yellow card wrappers with title and credits for Stanley and screenwriter Kenn Davis on a typed label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present dated April 26 1972 noted as THIRD DRAFT with credits for Davis and Stanley. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Xerographic duplication rectos only with a single undated pink blank leaf bound in at the rear of the script. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a silver prong. Thrower Nightmare USA. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 167650N.p.: N.p. 1971. Five vintage oversize borderless color reference photographs from the 1971 film. A disillusioned museum curator unexpectedly finds romance with a gregarious parking lot attendant. The sixth feature film directed by John Cassavetes and the fourth of eleven films Cassavetes made with his wife actress Gena Rowlands. Set and shot on location in New York and Los Angeles. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1948ref. 167643London: The Rank Organization 1948. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1948 British film. Printed mimeo snipes and J. Arthur Rank stamps on the versos. Loosely based on the 1845 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen following an up-and-coming prima ballerina whose personal life is strained by her ballet master's obsessive demand that she devote herself entirely to her career. Michael Powell's tenth collaboration with his longtime partner Emeric Pressburger a critical success and worthy successor to their 1947 Technicolor classic "Black Narcissus." Nominated for five Academy Awards winning two. 9.75 x 7.75 inches. About Near Fine. Criterion Collection 44. Ebert III. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 41. The Rank Organization unknown
1963ref. 166166London: Parroch-McCallum Productions 1963. Draft script for the 1964 UK-US film copy belong to Art Director George Provis with manuscript pencil and ink annotations on eight pages. Laid in are two copies of a carbon typescript copy set listing dated "19.3.1963" one with manuscript pencil annotations listing costs and a "With Compliments" slip on Shepperton Studio letterhead. Provenance available upon request. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. When a wealthy family member goes missing the family seeks the help of a sullen teenage orphan played by Francesca Annis who is said to have psychic powers. Inspiration for the 1978 film "Eyes of Laura Mars" directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two flat metal brads. Laid in pages Near Fine bound with a paper clip. Parroch-McCallum Productions unknown
1936ref. 164479Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1936. Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1936 film one showing Bing Crosby milking a cow and one showing Crosby with Amalgamated Theatres representative Sidney Davis on the set. Both photographs with a stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones and mimeo snipe on the versos. Not to be confused with 1981 film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters. 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 1913 novel "The Peacock Feather" by Katharine Leslie Moore. A wrongly imprisoned singer promises a fellow inmate he will help the family of his victim when released. He subsequently delays his own dreams of being a gondolier in Venice in order to help the young girl and her grandfather. Nominated for an Academy Award. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown
1997ref. 167773N.p.: N.p. 1997. Revised Fourth Draft script for the 1999 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with their annotations on three pages. Based on Bari Wood's 1993 novel "Doll's Eyes" about a housewife who discovers she has a clairvoyant connection to a serial killer. Shot on location in Amherst Easthampton Florence Huntington Northampton Northfield Southampton Williamsburg and Whately Massachusetts in Fontana Dam North Carolina in New Castle New Hampshire. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 8/19/1997 noted as 4th DRAFT REWRITE with credits for director Neil Jordan and screenwriter Bruce Robinson. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication on pink stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1935ref. 164482Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1935. Vintage photograph of actors Lilian Harvey and Tullio Carminati on the set of the 1935 film. Two stamps and a mimeo snipe on the verso one stamp crediting studio photographer Ray Jones. 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. Carminati stars as a wealthy womanizer who haunted by his memory of a former paramour returning to find her engaged to his friend. An unsuccessful attempt at establishing German film star Harvey as a major star in Hollywood. Set in Monte Carlo. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1998ref. 166262Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1998. Draft script for the 1999 film. Each page with a numeric watermark 2850. A black comedy about a gold heist executed by four American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the First Gulf War. Director David O. Russell's third feature film. Shot on location in the deserts of Casa Grande Arizona and in California and Mexico. Self wrappers. Title page present dated July 17 1998 with credit for director and screenwriter David O. Russell and story writer John Ridley. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Near Fine with first page lightly worn and partially detached from the binding bound with three gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1968ref. 167788New York: Grove Press Film Division 1968. Vintage press kit for US release of the French 1967 film. Pocketed black and white illustrated folder with gold stamp contains an illustrated bi-fold of "Notes and Background" and a Jean-Luc Godard bio and a tri-fold of advertising materials. One of Godard's most misanthropic films about a loveless bourgeois couple who fantasize about killing each other while on a long road trip to visit the woman's parents with the intent of securing an inheritance. Shot on location in Ile de France and Paris. Folder and contents Near Fine. Criterion Collection 635. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Grove Press [Film Division] unknown
1954ref. 166036London: Welbeck Films 1954. Revised Draft script for the 1954 film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name written on the top of the front wrapper and a manuscript ink annotation of the date "9/6/54" on the bottom of the title page here under the working title "To Dorothy - A Son" released in the UK as "To Dorothy a Son" and in the US as "Cash on Delivery." With a manuscript pencil annotation on one page 12A underlining a needed prop and one page 38 with a clipping of a revision page affixed over the previous dialogue. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Based on the 1950 play "To Dorothy a Son" by Roger MacDougall. Shelley Winters stars as Myrtle an American woman who stands to inherit $2 million dollars from her uncle as long as she doesn't have any male heirs. The only thing standing in her way is John Gregson as her ex-husband and his very pregnant new wife played by Peggy Cummins. Tall untitled green wrappers. Title page present with an annotated date of "9/6/54" noted as Revised Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Peter Rogers and playwright Roger MacDougall. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout undated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a prong binding. Welbeck Films unknown
1994ref. 167225N.p.: N.p. 1994. Draft script for the 1994 film seen here under the working title "To Protect and Serve" and under the release title. A merciless satire in the vein of Robert Altman's "The Player" 1992 about a recent film school graduate whose dreams of making it in Hollywood are gradually ground down by his new boss a tyrannical studio mogul. Self wrappers. Title page present undated. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 167968N.p.: N.p. 2005. Draft script for the 2005 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout denoting props and indicating potential script revisions and post-it tags on page fore-edges. Christopher Nolan's markedly darker edgier reboot of the "Batman" cinema franchise charting Bruce Wayne's transformation into the caped crusader. Followed by "The Dark Knight" 2008 and "The Dark Knight Rises" 2012. Set in Gotham City and Bhutan shot on location in Iceland the United Kingdom and Chicago. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter David Goyer. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus lightly dampstained on several leaves bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1990ref. 166249Burbank CA: Saban/Scherick Productions 1990. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 2003 film starring Jeremy Sumpter and Jason Isaacs. Based on J.M. Barrie's classic 1904 play and subsequent 1911 novel. Lacking front wrapper with a blue rear wrapper. Title page present dated May 1990 noted as First Draft with credits for Barrie and screenwriter John Goldsmith. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good bound with a silver prong. Saban/Scherick Productions unknown
1984ref. 166247Burbank CA: Columbia Pictures Television 1984. Draft script for the 1985 television movie seen here under the working title "Reunion at Thurleigh." Copy belonging to secretary Carol Wynn-Jones with her name in manuscript ink on the title page and her annotations throughout noting revisions and deletions. Laid in with the script is a letter from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament dated September 16 1984 declining to allow the film's producers to use their organization name and images in the film. A successful but lonely Chicago businessman attends a World War II veterans reunion in England and begins a romance with an old flame during the trip. Originally aired on HBO on May 12 1985. Shot on location in Surrey Cambridgeshire and London. Blue wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Albert Ruben with date 20-9-84 and copy number 52 noted in manuscript ink. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revisions throughout dated variously between September 20 and October 3 1984. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine housed in a black binder. Columbia Pictures Television unknown
ref. 167970New York: Exoskeleton 1998. First Draft script for the 1999 film. An African-American hitman who models himself after the code of ancient samurai is caught in the crosshairs of a Mafia boss and his associates after a hit gone wrong. Interpreted by some as an homage to Jean-Pierre Melville's 1967 crime drama "Le Samouraï." Shot on location in Jersey City. Self wrappers. Title page present dated February 5 1998 noted as First Draft with credit for director and screenwriter Jim Jarmusch. 88 leaves with last page of text numbered 87. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus lightly toned and soiled on the title page and page edges unbound. Exoskeleton unknown
ref. 167972N.p.: N.p. 1990. Draft script for the 1991 film seen here under the working title "ROMENEWYORKPARISL.A.HELSINKI." Annotations in manuscript pencil on the title page noting times in the cities in which the film is set. An anthology of five stories about taxicab drivers in five different cities who experience a variety of humorous romantic and unusual situations as they encounter patrons on their nighttime shifts. Set and shot on location in Helsinki Paris Rome New York and Los Angeles. Mylar front wrapper black rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1990 noted as copy No. 32 in manuscript ink with credit for screenwriter Jim Jarmusch. 89 leaves with last page of text numbered 87 and dated September 17 1990. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a black Velo binding. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 166246Shepperton: CWJ Associates / CCTV 1980. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1969 British film directed by Alastair Reid and starring Diana Dors. A wealthy Jewish doctor and his wife who cannot have children decide to pretend that the wife is pregnant while secretly hiring a surrogate but bump up against trouble when they realize the child will not be born Jewish. Gray tall wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Barbara Jago noted as First Draft undated. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. CWJ Associates / CCTV unknown
1936ref. 164527Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1936. Vintage publicity photograph of Fay Wray and Chester Morris from the 1936 film with a stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones and a mimeo snipe 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. Chester Morris is a taxi driver who picks up Fay Wray a fashion store model falsely accused of stealing jewelry and sets out to prove her innocence. Set in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1937ref. 165066Universal City: Universal Pictures 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph of Cesar Romero and Irving Pichel from the 1937 film with two stamps and a mimeo snipe on the verso one studio stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones and one dated Advertising Advisory Council stamp. 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. Robert Wilcox stars as a detective who goes undercover to expose a group of hijackers. 10 x 8 inches. A small crease to the bottom right corner else Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1985ref. 168092N.p.: N.p. 1985. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1985 French-Belgian film showing Chantal Akerman in the process of disrobing. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Akerman's debut groundbreaking feature film an intimate and strikingly minimal exploration of sexuality and femininity. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Eclipse 19. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 168097Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1968. Vintage reference photograph from the 1968 film showing actress Mia Farrow. Printed mimeo snipe and layout annotations on the verso. Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin. A seminal horror film one of the best genre pictures ever made from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema bringing together newcomer Roman Polanski as director established producer William Castle young star Mia Farrow and Hollywood veteran John Cassavetes. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ruth Gordon and nominated for Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine lightly creased at the corners with pinholes at the top right corner. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 630. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Rosenbaum 1000. Paramount Pictures unknown
1937ref. 165097Universal City: Universal Pictures 1937. Vintage photograph of John Wayne and Louise Latimer on the set of the 1937 film with a mimeo snipe on the verso. Not to be confused with the 1925 silent film of the same name. 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. John Wayne stars as the manager of a trucking company who pits his trucking fleet in a contest against a train to deliver aviation parts to the Pacific coast before a labor strike takes place. Shot on location in Santa Clarita and Newhall California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1964ref. 168094N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage borderless double weight oversize reference photograph from the 1964 French film showing actors Samy Frey and Claude Brasseur in the middle of a gunfight in the street. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Based on Dolores Hitchens' 1958 novel "Fools' Gold." A young woman convinces two men to help her steal a large stash of money from her aunt. An outrageous and comical crime film and a classic of French New Wave cinema later described by director Jean-Luc Godard as "'Alice in Wonderland' meets Franz Kafka." Shot on location in Paris. 11.5 x 7.5 inches. Pinholes at the top corners else about Near Fine. BFI 549. Criterion Collection 174. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer France. N.p. unknown
1937ref. 165057Universal City: Universal Pictures 1937. Vintage portrait photograph of Barbara Pepper from the 1937 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. Based on the 1935 novel "Headed for a Hearse" by Jonathan Latimer. A "locked door" mystery wherein Preston Foster stars as a private detective searches against the clock to find evidence to free Theodore Von Eltz awaiting the death penalty for murdering his wife who was killed in a room with all the doors and windows locked from the inside. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1935ref. 164455Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1935. Vintage publicity photograph of Kathleen Burke from the 1935 film. Mimeo snipe and studio stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones 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. A construction boss agrees to raise his estranged son after his ex-wife dies and is dismayed to find him reading studying and practicing violin and not at all interested in the more manly pursuits he was hoping to teach. Shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
