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1985ref. 161325N.p.: N.p. 1985. Vintage color reference photograph from the 1985 film showing a sex scene with actors Jennifer Jason Leigh and Rutger Hauer. In sixteenth-century Italy an army of mercenary peasants kidnaps a nobleman's fiancée as revenge for unpaid debts. Although disgusted by the brutality of the peasants the woman soon falls in love with the group's leader. Although the film's cynicism and violence made it unsuccessful at the box office upon release it has since become a cult favorite. Shot on location in Spain in Belmonte Cáceres and Ãvila. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 161326Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1973 film showing actor Martin Sheen. Provenance labels on the verso. Director Terrence Malick's transcendent and ferocious debut loosely based on the 1958 murder spree of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek in early outstanding performances. Kit a handsome but disaffected young garbage collector and Korean War veteran succeeds in charming Holly a shy teenage girl despite the objections of her brutish father. The two run away together after Kit murders her father initiating a killing streak that follows in their wake. Set in South Dakota shot on location in Colorado. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly scratched and worn. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 651. Rosenbaum 1000. Ebert IV. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Grant US. Warner Brothers unknown
1965ref. 161323N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage reference photograph from the 1965 Italian film showing actress Beba Loncar. Annotations in manuscript pencil and a provenance stamp on the verso. An army officer romances his way through Europe with the caveat that he can only find romantic satisfaction in situations where his life is in danger. Set and shot on location throughout France Italy Switzerland Burma and Germany. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the corners. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 161333N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1978 film showing director Claudia Weill with actress Melanie Mayron on the set. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A young single photographer struggles to maintain her friendship with her former roommate after the woman marries and moves out of their longtime shared apartment. Weill's first feature film a warm and incisive depiction of life as a woman in New York in the late 1970s described by Stanley Kubrick in 1980 as "one of the very rare American films that I would compare with the serious intelligent sensitive writing and filmmaking that you find in the best directors in Europe. It wasn't a success I don't know why; it should have been." Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 1055. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 161321N.p.: N.p. 1977. Three vintage color reference photographs from the 1977 Greek adult film all three showing actress Artemis Tsarmi. One with the stamp of an Amsterdam film distributor on the verso. An erotic crime drama about a parcel of lost gold. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good lightly edgeworn with pinholes at the corners. N.p. unknown
1987ref. 161345Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1987. Second Draft script for the 1988 film. Steven Seagal in his film debut stars as Nico Toscani an Italian-American ex-CIA agent and martial arts expert working for the Chicago police force. What begins as a drug trafficking investigation soon reveals the CIA's involvement in an international weapons-trade operation. Nico goes to great lengths to stop Zargon Henry Silva the corrupt CIA agent behind it all. Shot on location in O'ahu and Chicago. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 27 1987 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Steven Pressfield Ronald Shusett and Andrew Davis and story credits for Andrew Davis and Steven Seagal. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mechanical duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Moore The Good the Tough and the Deadly: Action Movies and Stars 1960s-2015. Warner Brothers unknown
1998ref. 161311N.p.: N.p. 1998. Rainbow Revision Draft script for the 1999 film here under the working title "Carrie II" copy belonging to an unknown crew or cast member with six small post-it tabs affixed to the top of six pages in which characters are killed or injured annotated with brief descriptions e.g. "Lisa / Windshield" "Chuck Berry Boy" and "Jesse / Snake" and manuscript ink and marker annotations on four pages. Salmon revision pages dated 06/14/98 bound in following the script. Based on the characters from Stephen King's 1974 novel "Carrie" and sequel to the 1976 film directed by Brian De Palma and starring Sissy Spacek. Carrie White's long-lost half-sister Rachel Lang an outcast high school student who also has telekinetic powers is troubled following the suicide of her best friend and is befriended by Jesse Ryan a popular football player who with his friends is planning on humiliating Rachel at the biggest party of the year. Shot on location in North and South Carolina. Untitled yellow wrappers. Title page present with last revision pages dated 5/21/98 with credits for screenwriter Rafael Moreu. 153 leaves with last page of text numbered 114A. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white blue pink yellow green goldenrod and salmon revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/25/98 and 06/14/98. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Vinegar Syndrome 505. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 161331Burbank CA: NBC 1975. Final Draft script for the twelfth episode of the thirteen episode 1975 comedy and variety show television series SIGNED on the front wrapper "Tom & Dick" by Tom and Dick Smothers with an inscription on the top left partially lost due to dampstaining "illegible Wishes from the Smothers Brothers." Copy belonging to uncredited cast or crew member David Carroll with manuscript marker and pencil annotations of his name or partial name "David C." on the top of the title page and two other pages with manuscript ink and marker annotations on 32 pages marking music cues. NBC's tamer and largely unsuccessful revival of CBS's 1967-1969 variety series "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" which aired for thirteen episodes January 13 through May 19 1975. The episode on offer here was the penultimate episode which was taped on March 28 1975 and aired on May 12 1975 featuring guests Florence Henderson and David Gates. Of note the script is labeled as "Production #011 / Air Sequence #11" with a manuscript marker annotation of "12" over the air date of "May 5 1975." The May 5 episode of the series featured guests Kris Kristofferson Rita Coolidge and Arlo Guthrie and the episode found here featuring Henderson and Gates was aired as the twelfth episode on May 12 1975. Front wrapper integral with title page dated March 26 1975 noted as FINAL DRAFT. 90 leaves with last page of text numbered 77. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow and green revision pages throughout undated. Pages Very Good with dampstaining throughout and silverfish damage to the extremities of the first three leaves. NBC unknown
1967ref. 161281Various cities: Raymond Wagner / Petersham Films 1967. Draft script for the 1968 film. Copy belonging to one of the film's production designers with their annotations regarding specific needed objects written in manuscript pencil and ink on the first and last pages of the script. Based on the 1966 novel "Me and the Arch Kook Petulia" by John Haase about an unhappy newlywed socialite who relentlessly pursues a physician for an affair. Shot on location during the Summer of Love in San Francisco with appearances by Janis Joplin and The Grateful Dead. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated March 17 1967 with credits for novelist John Haase and screenwriter Larry Marcus. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Rosenbaum 1000. Raymond Wagner / Petersham Films unknown
1978ref. 141488New York: Barovick Konecky Braun Schwartz and Kay 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single annotation in manuscript pencil on the first page. Based on the 1978 novel by Michael Barak. In order to win World War II and understand where Nazi Germany's bombs are going to fall Winston Churchill tasks his intelligence service with stealing the German Enigma machine. Set in London. Tan wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Briley and author Michael Barak. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Barovick Konecky Braun Schwartz and Kay unknown
1956ref. 161080United Kingdom: Associated British Picture Corporation 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 British film noir showing actress Diana Dors in the tub. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso and a small stamp on the bottom corners of the recto. Based on Joan Henry's 1954 novel "Yield to the Night" about a woman who resorts to murder after her true love proves himself just the latest in a long line of abusive philanderers. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly soiled on the margins. Grant UK. Lyons UK. Selby UK. Spicer UK. Associated British Picture Corporation unknown
1955ref. 161070Burbank CA: Mark VII Ltd. / Warner Brothers 1955. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1955 film noir showing composer Ray Heindorf at the piano with actress Janet Leigh and director Jack Webb to the left. With the stamps of Warner Brothers and photographer Floyd McCarty to the verso. In 1927 a Kansas City trumpet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange for protection. Songwriter and composer Ray Heindorf is today best remembered for his work in film soundtracks and was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards through the course of his four-decade career in Hollywood. Set and shot on location in Oregon. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly worn on the right edge else Near Fine. Grant US. Spicer US. Mark VII Ltd. / Warner Brothers unknown
1994ref. 161134Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1994. Three vintage studio still photographs from the set of the 1994 film: one showing Oliver Stone and Woody Harrelson consulting a screenplay between takes one showing Stone leaning on a railing with Robert Downey Jr. and the last showing Stone talking with Juliette Lewis. All three photographs credited to photographer Sidney Baldwin on the recto margins. After killing her abusive father a young woman sets off on a murderous road trip with her lover finding new victims at every stop. Their story piques the interest of an unscrupulous journalist who spins their crimes into heroism through his sensationalistic reporting. Shot on location in New Mexico Arizona and Statesville Correctional Center Illinois. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers unknown
1953ref. 161154N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1953 film showing director Byron Haskin and other crew members with a camera on a mount. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The first feature film adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic 1898 novel. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Special Effects and nominated for two more. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the corners. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 1037. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 161046N.p.: N.p. 1976. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1976 film. One with a stamp noting the film's French title on the verso and all three with layout annotations in manuscript ink. Loosely based on the 1967 novel by André Pieyre de Mandiargues about a man who becomes romantically involved with a Parisian sex worker shortly after his wife's suicide. Set and shot on location in Paris. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1981ref. 161079Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1981. Vintage borderless studio still photograph taken on the set of the 1981 film showing director Bob Rafelson actors Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange cinematographer Sven Nykvist and other crew members gathered around a monitor. Partial provenance label and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1939 novel by James M. Cain. One of the gems of late 1970s cinema along with "The Verdict" that brought writer David Mamet to the attention of the filmmaking world leading to his working not only as a screenwriter but an important director. 9.75 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1961ref. 161060N.p.: N.p. 1961. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1961 film showing actress Elke Sommer. An international fashion model travels to Rome where she becomes embroiled in an illegal smuggling operation. The first of several spy-themed exploitation films starring Sommer. Approximately 7 x 9.5 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1986ref. 161074Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1986. Vintage studio still photograph showing musicians Ry Cooder and Otis Taylor during a soundtrack recording session for the 1986 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A white teenager is pulled into an adventure as he explores the legend of blues musician Robert Johnson who purportedly sold his soul to the devil in exchange for lifelong fame and talent. Set and shot on location in Beulah Mississippi. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1980ref. 160985N.p.: N.p. 1980. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1980 French film. Two childhood friends take a trip from Paris to the French countryside where they discuss their shared sexual and romantic experiences. 9.5 x 7 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1947ref. 160973Universal City: Universal-International 1947. Vintage reference photograph of director Zoltán Korda talking with producer and head of Universal-International William Goetz on the set of the 1948 film noir. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Aldous Huxley's 1922 short story "The Gioconda Smile" about an unfaithful husband who is wrongly charged with the murder of his first wife. 8 x 10 inches. Slightly curled else Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal-International unknown
1959ref. 161065Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Vintage studio still photograph of director Alfred Hitchcock talking with actor Cary Grant on the set of the 1959 film. An innocent man is pursued across the US by a group of foreign spies who have mistaken him for a government agent. Widely considered one of Hitchcock's best films the last of four the director made with Grant with a score by Bernard Hermann and a famous title sequence by Saul Bass. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1974ref. 161048N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage reference photograph of Cleavon Little talking with director Mel Brooks on the set of the 1974 film. Brooks' slapstick homage to the Western in which an escaped African American railroad construction worker becomes the sheriff in an all-white town and must protect it from politicians and railroad tycoons looking to raze it. A satire on the racism and misogyny inherent in Hollywood's depiction of the American West among many other targets. Nominated for three Academy Awards. Set in the fictional frontier town of Rock Ridge shot on location in California. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 161152N.p.: N.p. 1979. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1979 French film showing actress Dominique Laffin half-nude. An early effort by noted director Catherine Breillat about a young filmmaker's aimless sexual conquests while editing her latest project. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 161063Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1950. Three vintage photographs from the 1950 film including one publicity photograph showing James Cagney with Helena Carter and Barbara Payton and two studio still photographs showing cast members and a camera crew on the set. Publicity photograph with the stamp of Warner Brothers photographer Bert Six on the verso. Based on the 1948 novel by Horace McCoy about a repeat offender's violent escape from a prison work camp. Banned in Ohio for its brutality and extreme depiction of violent crime the film was the first of four movies the Cagney brothers made for Warner Brothers. Shot on location in Chino and Glendale. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine two with light creases at the corners. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown
1969ref. 160971N.p.: N.p. 1969. Collection of eleven vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1969 Italian sexploitation film. Faced with a broken marriage a woman decides to try to rekindle her incestuous relationship with her younger sister who is herself happily married to a wealthy older man. 9.25 x 7 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
