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1961ref. 132659London: Gala Film Distributors 1961. Seven vintage black-and-white still photographs from the UK release as "Femme Fatale" of the 1957 Spanish-Italian film "La puerta abierta." Distributor UK rubber-stamps on the versos. Based on a Hungarian play about the murder of an actress and the young female eyewitness who can keep a secret. Marta Toren's final film credit the actress once touted as "the next Ingrid Bergman." 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with toning a few short creases and 1 still with pinholes. Gala Film Distributors unknown books
1938ref. 106085Paris: Regina / Kassler 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film starring Louis Jouvet. Text in French. Three acting students are engaged in a love triangle in their drama class at the Conservtoire d'art dramatique. One student stages a crime in an attempt to frame the man she loves. Set in Paris shot on location in Paris. Red untitled composition book-style card covers. Title page missing presumably as issued. 224 leaves with last page of text numbered 221. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with moderate wear along the binding. Regina / Kassler unknown books
1926ref. 171412N.p.: N.p. 1926. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1926 film showing actress Billie Dove. Distribution stamp on the verso. After the death of his father at the hands of a bloody pirate gang a nobleman infiltrates the gang and becomes a buccaneer himself quietly seeking revenge. The third feature to be filmed in early two-tone Technicolor first introduced in "The Toll of the Sea" 1922. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine lightly toned with faint soil at the bottom right corner of the margin. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books
1924ref. 171399N.p.: N.p. 1924. Seven vintage reference photographs from the 1924 silent film. Five with "Country of Origin: USA" stamps on the versos. Based on Elinor Glyn's 1907 romance novel about the love affair between the married queen of a fictitious European country and a handsome young Englishman. Glyn's novel was previously adapted for film in 1914 starring Madlaine Traverse and George C. Pearce. Set in Switzerland. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good moderately edgeworn with light even toning overall. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 171356N.p.: N.p. 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film showing Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. Based on Terence Rattigan's 1953 play "The Sleeping Prince" about the visiting prince of a small fictional Balkan nation who falls in love with an American showgirl while in London. A notoriously difficult production forming the basis for two behind-the-scenes memoirs by Marilyn Monroe's personal assistant Colin Clark-"The Prince the Showgirl and Me" 1996 and "My Week with Marilyn" 2000-the latter sharing the title of the 2011 film. Set and shot in London. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly faded to the right portion of the image else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 171659N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage reference photograph from a re-release of the 1930 film showing Fay Wray and Gary Cooper. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Based on O. Henry's 1909 story "A Double-dyed Deceiver." A bandit kills a gambler in self-defense and goes on the lam. As he runs he is aided by a lawyer who demands the bandit's help in a money swindling scheme. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1924ref. 171369N.p.: N.p. 1924. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1924 German silent film released in two parts in February and April of 1924. Based on the thirteenth century poem "Nibelungenlied." A five-hour epic co-written by director Fritz Land and his then-wife Thea von Harbou. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light creases at the bottom corners. N.p. unknown books
1917ref. 171493N.p.: N.p. 1917. Vintage reference photograph from the 1917 silent film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A hardworking mine owner is secretly in love with a young woman who unfortunately decides to marry the man's frivolous brother. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good moderately edgeworn and lightly toned. N.p. unknown books
1921ref. 171482N.p.: N.p. 1921. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1921 film. Partial provenance label on the verso. Based on two short stories by Thomas Burke about a brave young dancer who is wooed by several men. Set in the Limehouse district of London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good two corners with small chips small bruise and accompanying closed tear to the top margin. N.p. unknown books
1919ref. 171466N.p.: N.p. 1919. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1919 film showing Lillian Gish in a patterned shawl and straw hat sitting on a coil of rope. A tragedy based on a short story by Thomas Burke about a young girl who is abused by her father an alcoholic ex-prizefighter and is taken in by a kindly Chinese man. Set in London. 6.75 x 8.5 inches trimmed irregularly with margins on two sides. Very Good plus with a crease to the bottom right corner. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books
1915ref. 171490N.p.: N.p. 1915. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1915 silent film one showing Edward Martindel and Mary Pickford the other showing Martindel Pickford and Mildred Morris. Contemporary annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos. Years after abandoning his daughter to an orphanage a wealthy painter attempts a reconciliation. The original film premiered in 1915 directed by Allan Dwan but was destroyed in a fire shortly after its release and is today considered lost. The film was re-made with the same cast directed by John B. O'Brien and released in 1916. One 8.75 x 8 inches the other 10 x 8 inches. Good edgeworn with chips at two corners moderately toned. N.p. unknown books
1943ref. 171691N.p.: N.p. 1943. Two vintage working advertising proofs for the 1943 film both with copied layout annotations on the rectos. Based on Lillian Hellman's 1941 play. A German-born engineer and his family escape to the US after engaging in anti-Fascist activities in Europe. The screen rights for this World War II drama were attained by Jack L. Warner who saw its potential as a propaganda film. After a difficult production the film was released to positive reviews with Paul Lukas receiving the Academy Award for Best Actor. 9.75 x 22.25 inches and 7.5 x 11.5 inches. Very Good plus with three horizontal creases to the larger proof and two small pieces of cello tape to the top corners of the smaller proof. N.p. unknown books
1999ref. 171712Culver City CA: N.p. 1999. Two Draft scripts a Table Draft script dated July 30 1999 and a Record Draft script dated August 3 1999 for the 2000 episode of the 1999-2000 primetime animated television series which aired on UPN on July 25 2000. The Record Draft script copy belonging to screenwriter and co-executive producer Stephan Sustarsic with a label with his name printed on it on the front wrapper and copied annotations noting scene number throughout. 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 the company comes under scrutiny for unethical business practices so employees are sent for mandatory ethics training. Management however who is responsible for the ethics violations of course does not have to attend. Table Draft: Front wrapper integral with title page dated July 30 1999 noted as TABLE DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Scott Adams. 49 leaves with last page of text numbered 47. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Record Draft: Blue titled wrappers noted as RECORD DRAFT on the front wrapper dated August 3 1999 with credits for screenwriter Larry Charles. 46 leaves with last page of text numbered 44. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1994ref. 162973New York: MTV 1994. Four draft scripts 6 treatment scripts and some ephemera related to an unproduced pilot episode of a television series set to air on MTV. Set to star former MTV VJ Ed Marqus this series would have followed a laid-back Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who takes a job teaching a journalism class at a stuffy private high school. Set in Chapel Hill North Carolina. Fourth Draft script: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as FOURTH DRAFT on the front wrapper dated March 1 1994 with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front wrapper. 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound in binder. Third Draft script: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as THIRD DRAFT on the front wrapper dated February 20 1994 with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front wrapper. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 56. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound in binder. Draft script 1: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper dated January 12 1994 with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front wrapper. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound in binder. Draft script 2: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper dated January 5 1994 with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front wrapper. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound in binder. Treatment script 1: Lacking wrappers. 4 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near Fine unbound. With manuscript ink annotations to each page. Treatment script 2: Lacking wrappers. 2 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near Fine bound with staple at top left corner. Treatment script 3: Lacking wrappers. 3 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near fine bound with staple at top left corner. With manuscript ink annotation to each page. Treatment script 4: Lacking wrappers. 8 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Near Fine bound with paperclip at top left corner. Treatment script 5: Lacking wrappers. 13 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only printed on gray stock. Near Fine unbound. Treatment script 6: Lacking wrappers. 8 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Very Good plus bound with paperclip at top left corner. 1 Deal proposal to screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic: 2 leaves Near Fine. Housed in a Major Clients Agency envelope Very Good plus with some tearing from opening and with manuscript ink annotation on the verso. 1 set of handwritten notes: 11 leaves rectos only unbound. Very Good plus. All materials housed in a generic three-ring binder. MTV unknown books
1999ref. 171716Culver City CA: N.p. 1999. Two Draft scripts a Table Draft script dated August 6 1999 and a Record Draft script dated August 12 1999 for the 2000 episode of the 1999-2000 primetime animated television series which aired on UPN on July 18 2000. Copies belonging to screenwriter and co-executive producer Stephan Sustarsic with labels with his name printed on it on the front wrappers. The Record Draft script with copied annotations noting scene numbers throughout. 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 Dogbert writes a best-selling book "Chronic Cubicle Syndrome" which the boss sees as an opportunity to promote a new product. Table Draft script: Front wrapper integral with title page dated August 6 1999 noted as TABLE DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Larry Charles. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 45. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Record Draft script: Blue titled wrappers noted as RECORD DRAFT on the front wrapper dated August 12 1999 with credits for screenwriters Ron Nelson and Mark Steen and story and rewrite credits for Larry Charles. 57 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
2006ref. 171766Culver City CA: N.p. 2006. Fifth Numbered Draft / White Shooting Draft script for the 2007 film. Copy belonging to uncredited senior model maker Greg Jein with their name on a label on the bottom right corner of the cover sheet. Two straight single New York firefighters Chuck and Larry Adam Sandler and Kevin James pretend to be a gay couple to receive domestic partner benefits so Larry a widowed father can provide life insurance for his two children. Featuring Dan Aykroyd Jessica Biel Steve Buscemi and Ving Rhames in supporting roles. Set in and shot on location in Brooklyn New York Los Angeles and Niagara Falls Canada. Front wrapper integral with cover sheet memo noted as 5th Numbered/White Shooting Draft on the front wrapper dated 8/23/06. Title page present dated 8/23/06 noted as 5th Numbered Draft - White Shooting Script with credits for screenwriter Barry Fanaro treatment by Lew Gallo revisions by "Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel / Gary Ross / Jon Favreau / Stephen Engel / Peter Tolan / ALexander Payne and Jim Taylor / Adam Sandler Allen Covert and Nick Swardson / Adam Sandler and Tim Herlihy / Adam Sandler and Robert Smigel / Adam Sandler Robert Smigel Tim Herlihy and Tom Shadyac" and "Current Revisions" by Adam Sandler Allen Covert and Donna Langley. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with dampstaining to the bottom of the final ten pages bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1990ref. 171827N.p.: N.p. 1990. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in is an eleven-page prospectus for investment in the film through Ciara Productions. Included are bios of screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic as well as producers Renee Harmon and Marie Bardin. Screenwriter and producer Sustarsic is best known as screenwriter for the 1988-1991 animated Disney series "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" the 2004 Independent Comedy Horror film "Lucky" and the 2017 animated Disney XD series "Xiaolin Chronicles - Special Edition." Sustarsic's other screenwriting credits in a 35-year career include episodes for "The Jeffersons" 1981 "One Day at a Time" 1982 "Alice" 1985 "Newhart" 1989 "Alf" 1990 and "Dilbert" 2000 among many others. About to be named the youngest partner of a prestigious law firm yuppie attorney Michael Nelson agrees to watch after his the boss' teenage daughter while the boss is away for the weekend. Set in New York. Front wrapper integral with title page dated 1989 with credits for screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Prospectus 8.5 x 11 inches saddle stapled with a single staple to the top left corner with light toning else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
2000ref. 171832N.p.: N.p. 2000. Three Draft scripts for the pilot of an unproduced television series by screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic. Included are one undated 63-page script one 53-page script dated 10/12/99 and one 42-page script dated 1/11/2000. Screenwriter and producer Sustarsic is best known as screenwriter for the 1988-1991 animated Disney series "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" the 2004 Independent Comedy Horror film "Lucky" and the 2017 animated Disney XD series "Xiaolin Chronicles - Special Edition." Sustarsic's other screenwriting credits in a 35-year career include episodes for "The Jeffersons" 1981 "One Day at a Time" 1982 "Alice" 1985 "Newhart" 1989 "Alf" 1990 and "Dilbert" 2000 among many others. Matt Good and Sam Evil manage to graduate Warren Harding High School despite engingeering the explosion of the boys bathroom growing two hundred pounds of high grade marijuana behind the gym and partially destroying the Administration building with a giant bottle rocket. Four years later Matt and Sam return as dumb as they ever were as teachers. Undated Script: Front wrapper integral with blank cover sheet. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 62. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. 10/12/99 Script: Front wrapper integral with the title page dated 10/12/99 with credits for screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. 1/11/00 Script: Front wrapper integral with the title page dated 1/11/00 with credits for screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic. 42 leaves with last page of text numbered 41. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1999ref. 171834N.p.: N.p. 1999. Early Draft script for the 1999 pilot episode of a 1999-2000 UPN television series aired on October 5 1999. "Shasta McNasty" premiered on October 5 1999 and aired for a single season of 22 episodes that ran through August 1 2000. Scott Dennis and Randy are part of the "rap rock" band Shasta McNasty. After signing to a record label they relocate from Chicago to Los Angeles only to find out their label has gone bankrupt. In this episode the boys spend a lot of time staring out their Venice Beach apartment window scoping out girls. After discovering the boyfriend of the girl in the opposite apartment is cheating on her Scott sets about manipulating events to ensure she breaks up with him. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. Front wrapper integral with the title page dated April 16 1999 with credits for screenwriter Jeff Eastin. 28 leaves with last page of text numbered 27. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Near Fine with light soiling to the title page bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1992ref. 171933N.p.: N.p. 1992. Revised First Draft for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1997 film starring Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino. A legal drama about a nurse who fights for justice after being sexually assaulted by a powerful wealthy bachelor. Set in Los Angeles. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 9/3/93 noted as 1st Revision with credit for screenwriter Todd Graff. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 166001N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Sam Peckinpah and a camera crew on the set of the 1972 Western film. Perhaps the most sympathetic of Peckinpah's films about a rodeo rider who returns to his hometown to participate in the annual Independence Day rodeo and reunite with his estranged parents and brother. Set and shot on location in Prescott Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 167514N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage color reference photograph from the 1972 French softcore film. A married American journalist is seduced by two stewardesses kicking off a series of unusual and occasionally political occurrences. 5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good plus. Bier 734. N.p. unknown books
1953ref. 171982N.p.: N.p. 1953. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1953 horror film. Two with the stamp of Stempel-Olenick Agency on the versos and all three with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil relating to actor John Dodsworth. Based on the 1945 novel by Maurice Sandoz. A Scotsman breaks off his engagement and returns to Scotland moving into his uncle's castle. His fiancée and her aunt follow him only to discover that the castle has caused him to rapidly age. The second 3-D film directed by William Cameron Menzies. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus moderately curled. Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 171980N.p.: N.p. 1972. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1972 film-one showing director Ingmar Bergman talking with actors Liv Ullmann and Ingrid Thulin between takes the other showing Bergman with cast and crew members in the projection room reviewing daily rushes. Both with the stamp of photographer Bo-Erik Gyberg on the verso. Included with the photographs is a nine-page copy of an English-language publicity article about Bergman and the film dated 1973 housed in an envelope with the label of Ernie Anderson Bergman's American talent agent with the Paul Kohner Agency affixed to the front. In her last days a woman dying of uterine cancer is moved to her childhood home where she is placed under the care of her emotionally distant sisters and distraught maid. Bergman's abstracted portrait of his mother with each of the women in the film representing an aspect of her personality. Shot on location at Taxinge-Nasby Castle in Mariefred Sweden. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Lightly curled else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 101. Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 141153N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced television episode. Screenwriter Donald S. Sandford was a prolific writer for both television and film including for the programs "Dr. Kildare" "Bonanza" and "Midway." Orange titled wrappers stamped copy No. 35. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Donald S. Sanford. 42 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
