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2000ref. 163706Los Angeles: Permut Presentations / Rat Entertainment 2000. Draft script for the 2001 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with two manuscript leaves bound in after the title page listing special effects and audio elements of the film and annotations in manuscript pencil throughout the script underlining the same. Loosely based on Guy Elmes' 1957 film "Across the Bridge" based in turn on the 1938 short story by Graham Greene. After he is attacked by members of a Mexican drug cartel for flagging a transaction as illegal an investment banker decides to swap identities with a fast-talking con man. Set in New York Texas and Mexico and shot on location in New York City Los Angeles CA and Needles CA. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 2/17/00 with credit for director and screenwriter George Gallo. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 95. Xerographic duplication rectos only with a single white revision page dated 2/18/00. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Permut Presentations / Rat Entertainment unknown
1971ref. 162117New York: American International Pictures AIP 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the American release of the 1969 Italian film showing actor Pierre Clémenti holding a photograph of Britt Ekland. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Loosely based on the classic Athenian tragedy "Antigone" set in contemporary Milan and using the play to explore the protests of 1968 the Years of Lead and the Italian countercultural movement. 10 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus with moderate glue residue on the verso. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown
1966ref. 161479New York: Cambist Films 1966. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1966 late noir sexploitation film. One photograph with two provenance stamps on the verso one on a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. A sex maniac is killing prostitutes in Manhattan and it's up to a rogue cop to catch him before he kills again. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Grant US. Cambist Films unknown
1973ref. 162104Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage color studio still photograph from the American release of the 1973 Italian film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. An erotic comedy about a beautiful young housekeeper working for a lustful widower and his three equally lustful sons. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1970ref. 161504N.p.: Audubon Films 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1969 Italian film here under the US release title "The Artful Penetration of Barbara." One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso. A married British woman explores the English psychedelic youth scene and is attracted to an African American man. Featuring music by Freedom a group formed by Bobby Harrison and Ray Royer formerly of Procol Harum. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a few faint creases. Audubon Films unknown
1966ref. 162111London: Miracle Films 1966. Vintage double weight studio still photograph from the UK release of the 1966 Italian film showing actors Catherine Spaak and Nino Manfredi. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A wife invents a lover in order to intrigue her husband who she suspects is beginning to grow bored with their relationship. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with wear at the corners and a faint tide mark on the bottom edge of the verso. Miracle Films unknown
1973ref. 163692Los Angeles: Wolper Productions 1973. Treatment script for the 1973 television movie originally aired on November 27 1973 on ABC. An hourlong documentary film about the Battle of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War focusing on George Washington's role in the conflict. Beige untitled Wolper Productions wrappers with a die-cut title window on the front wrapper. Title page present dated June 12 1973 with credit for screenwriter Al Ramrus. 44 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Xerographic duplication rectos only with three white revision pages dated 6/25/73. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a black Velo binding. Wolper Productions unknown
1973ref. 163693Los Angeles: Wolper Productions 1973. Treatment script for the 1974 television movie seen here under the working title "Trial By Fire." Originally aired on January 20 1974 on ABC. A dramatization of the struggle for power between President Abraham Lincoln and General George McClellan focusing on the events leading to the Emancipation Proclamation. Gray untitled Wolper Productions wrappers with a die-cut title window on the front wrapper. Title page present dated July 6 1973 with credit for screenwriter Theodore Strauss. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine lightly faded on the fore-edges with a black Velo binding. Wolper Productions unknown
1977ref. 163694Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1977. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Loosely based on Bram Stoker's classic 1897 novel. In 1970s London a young antiques dealer comes into possession of a number of items uncovered at a construction site-including the coffin of a long dormant highly amorous vampire. Roger Vadim is better known for his earlier foray into the world of vampires in the 1960 film "Blood and Roses" an adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 novella "Carmilla." Red untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 22nd July 1977 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Ray Connolly. 76 leaves with last page of text numbered 75. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1972ref. 162216N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the 1972 film showing actors Fritz Wepper and Marisa Berenson. French release stamps on the verso. Based on Joe Masteroff's 1966 musical which was based on John Van Druten's 1951 Broadway play "I Am a Camera" which was in turn based on short stories by Christopher Isherwood from his collection "Goodbye to Berlin." A decadent beautiful story of cabaret life desperation and love all under the increasingly deadly presence of the Nazi Party in Weimar-era Berlin. Nominated for ten Academy Awards and winning eight including Best Picture Best Director Best Cinematography Best Adapted Screenplay Best Actress for Minnelli and Best Supporting Actor for Joel Grey. Set in Berlin and shot on location throughout Germany. 8 x 10 inches with a wide bottom margin. Near Fine. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown
1945ref. 156296N.p.: Screencraft 1945. Four vintage studio still photographs from a circa 1945 re-release of the 1939 film. Two photographs with National Screen Service stamps on the verso. The only feature film written by Langston Hughes in collaboration with African American actor Clarence Muse who also appeared in the film in the role of Uncle Caton. While Hughes and Muse intended to create a story about antebellum Louisiana with a more accurate portrayal of African Americans' role during the period studio interference inevitably compromised their initial vision. Set in Louisiana shot on location in Calabasas and Santa Monica California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Screencraft unknown
1984ref. 162212N.p.: N.p. 1984. Vintage color borderless reference photograph from the 1984 French film showing a nude Valérie Kaprisky in the shower. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. While on holiday at Saint-Tropez a sexually adventurous teenage girl falls for an older man who himself is interested only in the girl's mother. 7 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1986ref. 163842N.p.: N.p. 1986. Archive of three scripts for the 1987 prison film including two very early internally duplicated development scripts dated April 14 1980 and July 21 1980 and a Draft script dated July 16 1986. A suicidal inmate at San Quentin State Prison attends a production of "Waiting for Godot" and regains both his inspiration and his will to live ultimately organizing his own successful acting troupe in the prison. Shot on location in Wilmington Lillington and Durham North Carolina. Script dated April 14 1980: Yellow wrappers with title noted in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and a label with credits for director and screenwriter John Hancock and actor Robert De Niro although the latter did not appear in the film. Title page present dated April 14 1980 with credits for Hancock and screenwriter Dorothy Tristan. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Script dated July 21 1980: Blue front wrapper with a die-cut title window lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated July 21 1980 with credits for Hancock and Tristan. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Script dated July 16 1986: Lacking front wrapper with brown rear wrapper. Title page present dated July 16 1986 with credits for Hancock and Tristan. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 162245Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1957. Eight vintage photographs from the 1957 film including one reference photograph and seven studio still photographs. One of the great antiwar films based on the 1935 novel by Humphrey Cobb about a group of French soldiers who are charged with cowardice after refusing to complete a suicidal attack during World War I. 8 x 10 inches. Good with moderate fading and cracking to the finish throughout and several with chips and bruises at the edges. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 538. United Artists unknown
1980ref. 163637Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1980. Seven vintage photographs from the 1980 film including five film still photographs two portrait photographs of Gena Rowlands in character and one photograph of Rowlands and husband and director John Cassavetes on the set. After her neighbors are killed in a mob hit a woman goes on the run with their young son who is in possession of a book the gangsters want. One of eleven films star Gena Rowlands made with her husband director John Cassavetes who became attached to the movie after she was cast. Remade in 1999 directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Sharon Stone as well as the inspiration for the 2008 French film "Julia" directed by Erick Zonca and starring Tilda Swinton. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Rowlands. Set in and shot on location in New York and New Jersey. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbuam 1000. Grant US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1980ref. 163639Universal City: Universal City Studios 1980. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1980 film. Ellen Burstyn stars as a woman who barely survives a terrible car accident which took the life of her husband and as she begins recovery discovers that she has the ability to heal people. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Actress for Burstyn and Best Supporting Actress for Eva Le Gallienne. Shot on location in Texas and California. 8 x 10 inches. All photographs with light overall toning else Near Fine. Universal City Studios unknown
1992ref. 163845N.p.: N.p. 1992. Third Draft script for the 1993 neo-noir film. Actor Charles Hallahan's copy with his lines highlighted in yellow on pages 44 through 46. McCurdy plays the role of the doctor who examines the corpse of what appears to be Madonna's first unfortunate victim. Against his better judgment a married lawyer agrees to defend a woman suspected of murdering her husband and soon begins a sadomasochistic affair with her. Shot on location in Portland Oregon and Olympia Washington. White titled front self-wrapper yellow rear wrapper noted as THIRD DRAFT on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Brad Mirman. Title page integral with front self-wrapper. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Silver & Ursini American Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 161706N.p.: Walnut International 1969. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 film. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos two with labels obscuring previous provenance stamps. An early ambitious skin flick period piece wherein John Alderman stars as a playboy gangster running a bootlegging racket in the east side of Chicago with the help of Playboy Playmate Vicki Carbe who runs his speakeasy. Shot on location in MacArthur Park and Spahn Ranch Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good one with a diagonal crease to the lower right and one with a center horizontal crease. Walnut International unknown
1965ref. 161466N.p.: SRO Film Distributors 1965. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1965 film. Each with provenance stamps on the versos one with a label obscuring an older provenance stamp. Anna a divorced dance instructor begins a relationship with Erik one of her students. Set in Gothenburg Sweden. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one with a wax pencil annotation in the top left margin. SRO Film Distributors unknown
1974ref. 161690N.p.: Distribpix 1974. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1974 film. Three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. An encounter group meets to relate their sexual experiences and hangups. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall. Distribpix unknown
1967ref. 161473N.p.: Distribpix 1967. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Provenance stamps on the versos of all three photographs. Sarah is a girl with quite the reputation who likes to hang with the wild boys. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint overall creasing. Distribpix unknown
1971ref. 161460N.p.: Abraxas Productions 1971. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 film. All photographs with provenance stamps on the versos one with a label obscuring another provenance stamp. A Swedish woman who emigrated to New York reveals to her psychiatrist that she had been raped by her stepfather and is increasingly attracted to women. Set in and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing and two with wax pencil annotations on the recto. Abraxas Productions unknown
1961ref. 162300London: Romulus 1961. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Based on the 1961 novel by James Barlow about an alcoholic schoolteacher who struggles to advance in his career due to his past refusal to fight in the war. Set in London shot on location in Ireland. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Romulus unknown
1991ref. 163541Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1991. Second Draft script for a staged reading of an unproduced television pilot signed by the cast on the title page including Sheryl Lee shortly after shooting season two of "Twin Peaks" and noted on the front wrapper as "Reading Copy" with manuscript ink annotations on 23 pages regarding stage directions. Laid in are three copies of a flyer announcing the reading on April 29 1991 at The Court Theatre a portrait photograph of Tracy Fraim with his acting CV attached to the verso and a portrait photograph of Kris Kamm with his acting CV attached to the verso. Cast members who signed the title page include: Sarah Buxton Bennett Cale Hank Cheyne Tracy Fraim Gary Grubbs Kris Kamm Sheryl Lee and Whitman Mayo. Not to be confused with the 1999-2000 satirical television show by Michael Moore. 21 year old Henry travels from New York to visit his extended dysfunctional family in their Old South Victorian house during the Easter holidays. Largely narrated by Henry's mute sister Rosalee who breaks the fourth wall and her muteness throughout. Set in the fictional Gulf Coast town of Delray Groves. Beige titled wrappers noted as Reading Copy on the front wrapper dated April 29 1991. Title page present dated March 8 1991 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Donald Todd. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
1977ref. 163608Beverly Hills CA: Twentieth Century-Fox 1977. Vintage bi-fold program for the 1977 film. Printed on the recto and the verso. Based on the 1973 novel "Pentimento" by Lillian Hellman about a young partisan in Germany determined to bring down the Nazi regime. Noiminated for eleven Academy Awards and winner of three including Best Supporting Actor to Jason Robards and Best Supporting Actress to Vanessa Redgrave. Set in Nazi Germany shot on location in England and France. Near Fine. Twilight Time 210. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
