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1973ref. 162129Neuilly-sur-Seine: Argos Films 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 film showing actress Paloma Picasso in costume as Countess Bathory staring down at four nude women. Stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. 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. Walerian Borowczyk's fourth feature length film a sexually explicit time-traveling romp ranging from the bloodthirsty exploits of Elizabeth Bathory to a nineteenth-century country girl masturbating to thoughts of Jesus Christ. 5 x 7 inches. Lightly toned else about Near Fine. Bier 354. Argos Films unknown
1998ref. 162641Culver City CA: Adelaide Productions 1998. Two scripts for Season 1 Episode 3 of the 1999-2000 primetime animated television series including one Table Draft and one Record Draft. Scripts belonging to screenwriter Steve Sustarsic with his name on a printed label affixed to the first leaf of the Table Draft. Based on the successful 1989-2023 comic strip by Scott Adams about the titular pessimistic white-collar engineer and his daily interactions with his idiotic boss and frustrated coworkers. In this episode Dilbert is fired after being suspected of spying for a rival company and is hired at a surprisingly ethical company. Originally aired on February 8 1999 on UPN. Table Draft: Self wrappers dated May 21 1998 on the front wrapper noted as Table Draft and episode No. 103 with credit for screenwriter Ned Goldreyer. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 57 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Record Draft: Blue titled wrappers dated May 26 1998 on the front wrapper noted as Record Draft with credit for screenwriter Ned Goldreyer. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Adelaide Productions unknown
1970ref. 162139Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the American release of the 1970 French film showing actor Alain Delon. 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 Eugene Saccomano's 1959 book "Bandits a Marseille." Two small time gangsters in 1930s Marseille join forces and go into business vying with mob bosses for control. Director Jacques Deray released a sequel "Borsalino and Co" in 1974 starring Delon and Riccardo Cucciolla. Set and shot on location in Marseille and Paris. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn with two pinholes at each corner and adhesive residue on the verso. Grant France. Spicer France. Paramount Pictures unknown
1993ref. 162682Burbank CA: Touchstone Television 1993. Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 1 of the 1994 television series seen here under the working title "The Bowmans." Copy belonging to producer Steve Sustarsic with his name on a printed label affixed to the title page and his annotations in manuscript ink throughout. Based on a character created by stand-up comedian John Caponera the series followed John Bowman a working class middle manager and family man as he attempts to balance work and family and improve his lot in life. In this episode John discovers his son is planning to convert to Buddhism at the urging of his son's new girlfriend. Originally aired on January 3 1994 on NBC. Self wrappers dated August 27 1993 on the front wrapper noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Warren Bell and director Gerry Cohen. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 48 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light dampstaining on the top right page edges. Bound with two gold brads. Touchstone Television unknown
1993ref. 162681Burbank CA: Touchstone Television 1993. Four scripts for Season 1 Episode 7 of the 1994 television series including a Writers First Draft a Working Table Draft a Second Revised Table Draft and a Final Draft. Copies belonging to producer Steve Sustarsic with his name on a printed label affixed to two scripts and his annotations in manuscript pencil throughout three scripts. Based on a character created by stand-up comedian John Caponera the series followed John Bowman a working class middle manager and family man as he attempts to balance work and family and improve his lot in life. In this episode Drew throws a bachelor party while Maureen directs a commercial with an aging basketball star. Originally aired on February 1 1994 on NBC. Writers First Draft: Self wrappers dated October 18 1993 on the front wrapper noted as WRITERS FIRST DRAFT with credits for director Gerry Cohen and screenwriter Kevin Curran. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Working Table Draft: Self wrappers dated October 29 1993 on the front wrapper noted as WORKING TABLE DRAFT with credits for Cohen and Curran. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 48 leaves with last page of text numbered 47. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Second Revised Table Draft: Self wrappers dated November 4 1993 on the front wrapper noted as 2ND REV. TABLE DRAFT with credits for Cohen and Curran. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 49 leaves with last page of text numbered 44. Xerographic duplication on blue and pink stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Final Draft: Self wrappers dated November 5 1993 on the front wrapper noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for Cohen and Curran. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Xerographic duplication on blue and white stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus partially bound with a single gold brad. Touchstone Television unknown
1993ref. 162690Burbank CA: Touchstone Television 1993. Table Draft script for Season 1 Episode 10 of the 1994 television series seen here under the working title "The Bowmans." Based on a character created by stand-up comedian John Caponera the series followed John Bowman a working class middle manager and family man as he attempts to balance work and family and improve his lot in life. In this episode John's son Bob takes his first-grade class on a field trip to his father's warehouse. Originally aired on March 22 1994 on NBC. Green titled wrappers dated August 11 1993 on the front wrapper noted as TABLE DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Wendy Braff and director Gerry Cohen. Title page present dated August 11 1993 noted as TABLE DRAFT with credits for Braff and Cohen. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 42. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Touchstone Television unknown
1993ref. 162689Burbank CA: Touchstone Television 1993. Revised Table Draft script for Season 1 Episode 11 of the 1994 television series seen here under the working title "The Bowmans." Copy belonging to producer Steve Sustarsic with his name on a printed label on the title page and his annotations in manuscript ink throughout. Based on a character created by stand-up comedian John Caponera the series followed John Bowman a working class middle manager and family man as he attempts to balance work and family and improve his lot in life. In this episode John discovers his daughter has been shoplifting at a local department store. Originally aired on March 29 1994 on NBC. Self wrappers dated August 19 1993 on the front wrapper noted as REVISED TABLE DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Suzanne Martin and director Gerry Cohen. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Xerographic duplication on yellow stock rectos only with pink revision pages dated 8/19/93 throughout. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus partially bound with a gold brad. Touchstone Television unknown
1955ref. 162873Beverly Hills CA: Kent Productions 1955. Draft script for the 1956 Western film. Specially bound copy belonging to actor Robert Osterloh with his name in gilt on the front board. The brother of a notorious gunfighter must help take down two desperadoes who have invaded his town. Actor Frank Sinatra's first serious Western allowing him to play against type as a dislikable character. Bound in full maroon leather with two raised spine bands and gilt titles and rule. Title page integral with the distribution page stamped copy No. 101 with credit for Sinatra director Don McGuire and screenwriter David P. Harmon. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white revision pages dated 11/15/55 and 11/28/55 bound in throughout. Pages Fine binding about Fine. Kent Productions unknown
1973ref. 162732Los Angeles: Chocolate Chip / Pinto 1973. Final Draft script for the 1974 Blaxploitation film. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper noting copy No. 04. Four estranged cousins three Black one white convene at a mansion called Skull Mountain to attend the reading of their late great-grandmother's will unaware that her voodoo powers from beyond the grave will involve them in a murderous re-birthing ritual. Set and shot on location in Atlanta Georgia. Red pictorial titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper dated 3-28-73 with credits for director Ron Honthaner and screenwriter Mildred Pares. Title page present dated 4-23-73 noted as Final Draft with credit for Pares. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Thrower Nightmare USA. Chocolate Chip / Pinto unknown
1963ref. 162774Hollywood: Manson Film Productions 1963. Vintage pressbook for the 1963 film. Not to be confused with the 1987 television Western directed by Robert Day. In northern Italy in 1944 American soldiers and Italian partisans join forces against the Germans. Shot on location in Orange County California. 15 x 12 inches folded once vertically. Four pages saddle stapled. Very Good plus. Manson Film Productions unknown
1986ref. 163050Universal City: Universal Television 1986. Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1986-1987 television series. This draft script from the first half of the series. The first six episodes under the title "Together We Stand" then switching to "Nothing is Easy" after the death of the father character this short-lived sitcom followed the lives of a married couple and their multi-racial and multi-ethnic adopted children. In this episode one of the children wins a small lottery. White titled self-wrappers lacking rear wrapper production No. 62425 dated October 31 1986 with credits for screenwriters Lesa Kite and Cindy Begel. Title page integral with front wrapper. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Television unknown
1994ref. 163093Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1994. Table Draft script First Revised Table Draft script and Final Draft script for an un-aired television episode set to be aired as Season 1 Episode 6 of the 1994 television series. The series was canceled after airing only 4 episodes. This very short-lived series featured the lives of a group of friends in their twenties. In this episode two of the friends who are dating move in together. Set in Chicago. Table Draft: Gray titled wrappers noted as Table Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W05 dated September 19 1994. Title page present dated September 19 1994 noted as TABLE DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Mark Nutter and director Stan Lathan. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 47. Xerographic duplication rectos only with sparse annotations throughout. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. First Revised Table Draft: Pink titled self-wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as 1st Revised on the front wrapper production No. 2W05 dated September 20 1994 with credits for screenwriter Mark Nutter and director Stan Lathan. Title page integral with front wrapper. 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 49. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 9/20/94. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine printed on pink stock bound with two silver brads. With manuscript ink annotations throughout Final Draft: White titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W05 dated September 22 1994. Title page present dated September 22 1994 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Mark Nutter and director Stan Lathan. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 42. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated 9/22/94. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
1928ref. 162823N.p.: N.p. 1928. Vintage borderless publicity portrait photograph of actor Buster Keaton Jr. in his shirtsleeves issued to promote the 1928 silent comedy film. Contemporary dealer stamp on the verso. The last film Keaton would make with United Artists before moving to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was a commercial and critical failure upon release but has since been reevaluated as one of Keaton's masterpieces. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 6.25 x 9.5 inches archivally mounted in a white mat measuring 11 x 14 inches. Very Good with moderate wear at the bottom corners. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 161813Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1972. Revised Draft script for the 1972 film. Well-regarded New Hollywood Western about an aging rodeo champion a "honker" whose arrogance hurts everyone around him including his family. Notable for its accurate depiction of rodeo life portrayed in striking detail. Director Steve Inhat's directorial debut. Shot on location in New Mexico. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated April 19 1971 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriters Steve Ihnat and Stephen Lodge. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph on blue stock. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Hardy p. 332. United Artists unknown
1960ref. 162841New York: Graphic Arts Photo Service 1960. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of actor and director Marlon Brando on the set of the 1961 Western film. Date stamp and stamps of Graphic Arts and photographer Sam Shaw on the verso. Based on the 1956 novel "The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones" by Charles Neider. Marlon Brando's only directorial effort after his production company fired original screenwriter Sam Peckinpah and director Stanley Kubrick and he rewrote the script first with Calder Willingham then with Guy Tropser. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 884. Graphic Arts Photo Service unknown
1939ref. 162797New York: N.p. 1939. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1939 film showing actors Carole Lombard and James Stewart. PIX agency stamp on the verso crediting noted photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt as well as a Westport Public Library stamp. During the Depression an ambitious lawyer finds himself torn between his high-powered career the demands of his difficult mother and his life with his young wife and child. German-born photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt was one of the original staff photographers of "Life" magazine after it was purchased by "Time" founder Henry Luce in 1936. He published nearly 2500 photo stories for the magazine with 90 of his images used for the magazine's covers but is perhaps best remembered today for the iconic "V-J Day in Times Square" photograph. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 10 x 8 inches archivally mounted in a white mat measuring 17 x 14 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1955ref. 162921N.p.: N.p. 1955. Vintage borderless reference photograph for the 1955 film showing director and actor Jack Webb framed by two handcuffed arms. Newspaper clipping and "Examiner" reference library stamp on the verso. Based on the 1951 radio series about a bandleader and jazz cornetist working at a speakeasy in Prohibition-era Kansas City. Actress Peggy Lee was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as alcoholic singer Rose Hopkins. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 7.75 x 12 inches archivally matted in a 14 x 18 inch 8-ply white mat. Very Good with touchups on the recto for print moderately creased and edgeworn. Grant US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1988ref. 161423Los Angeles: Act III Productions 1988. Draft script for the 1989 film. Copy belonging to hair stylist Philip Leto with his annotations in manuscript ink on the title page and his name in manuscript ink on a single revision page. A old New York safecracker takes on a bumbling young crook as his lookout and apprentice. The American directorial debut of Scottish filmmaker Bill Forsyth. Set and shot on location in Portland Oregon. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director Bill Forsyth and screenwriter John Sayles. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink and green revision pages throughout most undated with one dated June 15 1988. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good moderately soiled bound with three silver brads. Act III Productions unknown
1970ref. 162890Los Angeles: Twenty Pimlico Inc 1970. Vintage oversize publicity photograph of Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould from the 1970 film by photographer Lawrence Schiller. Photograph with a credit stamp on the verso stamped with the photographer name "Lawrence Schiller" for Twenty Pimlico Inc. with the annotations of Set No. "1072" and Print No. "5." Lawrence Julian Schiller is an award winning photographer film producer director screenwriter and bestselling author who has worked in film and television since the 1960s. Based on the 1968 novel by Richard Hooker and in turn the basis of the acclaimed television show which ran for 11 seasons on CBS from 1972 to 1983. A film that kick-started a great decade of cinema and one that still defines it. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay nominated for four more including Best Picture Best Director and Best Supporting Actress. Winner of the Palme d'Or. 11 x14 inches with irregular margins archivally matted in a 16 x 20 inch 8-ply mat. Near Fine with a small emulsion blemish to the far right side obscured by the matting. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. National Film Registry. Twenty Pimlico, Inc unknown
1983ref. 161445Universal City CA: Universal City Studios 1983. Revised First Draft script for the 1985 film. Copy belonging to hair stylist Philip Leto with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Based on the 1983 novel by Elmore Leonard. One of only a few screenplays adapted by Leonard from one of his own novels made memorable in that it layered a surprisingly complex plot onto what by 1985 had become a pretty standard sub-genre: the Burt Reynolds revenge thriller. Shot on location in California and Florida. Green titled Universal wrappers dated August 5 1983 noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT and production No. 02162 on the front wrapper. Title page present noted as Revised First Draft with credit for author and screenwriter Elmore Leonard. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal City Studios unknown
ref. 162762Universal City: Dreamworks 2007. Revised Draft script for the 2008 film. Rainbow revision copy belonging to production coordinator Eve Honthaner with her name in manuscript ink on the first leaf of the title page. Included with the script are numerous gatherings of production documents including shooting schedules call sheets maps of filming locations script supervisor breakdowns and travel logs and multiple revisions of the same. A group of narcissistic actors in the process of filming a Vietnam War movie are unaware that they are in real danger from a drug gang they believe to be extras in the film. Robert Downey Jr. was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Oscar-seeking method actor Kirk Lazarus a role that along with his franchise-starting turn in "Iron Man" the same year resurrected his career. Shot on location in Santa Clarita California and in Kaua'i Hawaii. Self wrappers. Title page present dated May 1 2007 with credits for screenwriters Etan sic Ethan Cohen Ben Stiller and Justin Theroux. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between July 3 and November 4 2007. Pages Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Dreamworks unknown
1980ref. 161429N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Noted as copy No. 3 in manuscript ink on the title page and with annotations in manuscript pencil on three leaves. Based on Robert Ludlum's 1977 novel about the secret files of J. Edgar Hoover and their disappearance after Hoover's death. Mustard titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for Ludlum and screenwriter Millard Kaufman. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication on yellow stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver screw brads. N.p. unknown
1958ref. 162944New York: Pictorial Parade 1958. Vintage oversize satin finish photograph from the set of the 1959 film showing actor Sal Mineo in costume as Gene Krupa. Stamps of photographer Jack Albin and "Pictorial Parade" on the verso. A dramatization of the life of legendary jazz drummer and bandleader Gene Krupa whose ostentatious lifestyle and drug and alcohol addictions nearly wrecked his career. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 10.25 x 13.5 inches archivally matted in a 20 x 16 inch 8-ply white mat. Very Good plus. Pictorial Parade unknown
ref. 163381Universal City: Dreamworks 2003. Revised Shooting script for the 2004 film. In San Diego in the 1970s successful news anchor Ron Burgundy is forced to confront his prejudices when the station owners hire a woman anchor who promptly proceeds to climb her way to the top. Followed by a 2013 sequel "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues." Shot on location in San Diego Los Angeles Glendale and Long Beach. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 06/09/03 noted as Shooting Script with credits for screenwriters Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered "112-113". Xerographic duplication on pink stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light splashes on the title page bound with two gold brads. Dreamworks unknown
1983ref. 163380Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1983. Final script for the 1984 film. An aspiring country music star bets the owner of a nightclub that she can turn an ill-mannered New York cab driver into a singer. Set in New York and Tennessee shot on location in Santa Clarita and Piru California and in Leipers Fork Tennessee. Gray titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers dated September 22 1983 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated September 22 1983 noted as FINAL with credits for screenwriters Sylvester Stallone and Phil Alden Robinson. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/28/83 and 1/24/84. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
