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1965ref. 171371Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 documentary film showing Hedy Lamarr in a scene from the 1933 film "Ecstasy" fully nude floating in the water. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
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
1926ref. 171336Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Vintage reference photograph from the 1926 silent film showing Lillian Gish and John Gilbert in a playful moment. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Gish then MGM's highest paid actress had an unprecedented level of control over the production and was allowed input into direction story casting cinematography and costume design. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good moderately toned with nicks to the margins and creasing affecting the right portion of the photograph. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
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
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
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
1990ref. 171491Hollywood CA: Stephen J. Cannell Productions 1990. Revised Draft script for Season 7 Episode 12 of the 1984-1991 television series here under working title "Critical Mass Part One." Originally aired January 9 1991 on NBC. Series following two rule-breaking cops forced together as partners by their superiors. In this episode one of the officers is hunted by a serial killer who targets cops. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper production No. 5712 dated November 1 1990 with credits for screenwriter David H. Balkan and director Corey Allen. Title page integral with front self wrapper. 77 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/01/90 and 11/09/90. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Stephen J. Cannell Productions unknown
1926ref. 171492Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1926 silent film one showing Lillian Gish as Hester Prynne on the stocks the other showing actors Edna Lyons and Paulette Neville in costume playfully dancing out of character between takes on the set. Mimeo snipes on the versos. The second film Gish made while under contract with MGM still widely considered the finest screen adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic 1850 novel to date. Set in Boston. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good or better lightly faded and slightly edgeworn but with no loss. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
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
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
1925ref. 171333Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1925. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1925 silent film both showing Ramon Novarro and a heavily bejeweled May McAvoy. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Jewish prince Ben-Hur is sent to prison at the behest of his childhood friend Messala as a result of a mishap during a Roman parade. Through sheer will the prince endures prison and once released vows revenge on his childhood friend. The most expensive silent film made with a budget of $3.9 million and the second of five adaptations of Lew Wallace's 1880 novel. Shot on location in Italy and California. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine lightly toned. National Film Registry. Godard Histoires de cinema. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1924ref. 171485Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1924. Vintage reference photograph from the 1924 film showing Zasu Pitts. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1899 novel "McTeague" by Frank Norris. An impoverished miner-turned-dentist wins the lottery but the ensuing fortune threatens to ruin the lives of everyone it touches. Director Erich von Stroheim's masterpiece one of the first films to be shot entirely on location in San Francisco and Death Valley using what were then considered sophisticated and relatively new filming techniques such as montage editing and deep focus. Stroheim's first cut of the film was a mammoth 9.5 hour presentation edited down to two and a half hours against his wishes. All that survives today is a restored slightly choppy but coherent 240-minute version supplanted with still photographs that conveys to the viewer the unimaginable grandeur of the original. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and edgeworn. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1940ref. 171479Los Angeles CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1940. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1941 film showing Orson Welles and Ruth Warrick surrounded by policemen. SIGNED by Warrick on the recto. Numeric stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Often considered to be one of the finest American films ever made the story of a reporter investigating the last words of wealthy newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane. Welles' first feature film winner of an Academy Award and nominated for eight others including Best Picture. Shot on location in New York and California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 6. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1936ref. 171495Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1936. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1936 film one double weight and showing Norma Shearer the other single weight and showing Basil Rathbone. MGM snipe and photographer's stamp on the verso of one photograph. Studio head Louis B. Mayer was reluctant to film a version of Shakespeare's classic tragedy but agreed after a 1934 Broadway revival was met with widespread success. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actress for Shearer. 8 x 10 inches. Both Very Good evenly toned and one with moderate soil to the margins and a small chip to one corner. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1915ref. 171489Los Angeles: Jesse Lasky 1915. Vintage double weight studio still photograph from the 1915 silent film showing Cleo Ridgely and Marjorie Daw. Based on the 1906 play by James Forbes. A chorus girl's attempts to keep her younger sister away from the depravities of show business fall flat when the sister is given a part in a stage play by a womanizing theatre patron. Currently considered lost. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus moderately toned. Jesse Lasky unknown
1940ref. 171677Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1940. Vintage reference photograph of director Preston Sturges smiling with Hungarian-American actor Steffi Duna on the set of the 1940 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso referring to the film by its working title "Down Went McGinty" along with the rubber stamp of Paramount photographer G.E. Richardson. Sturges had become a very successful Hollywood screenwriter by the late 1930s and with his screenplay for "The Biography of a Bum" wanted so much to direct the film that he offered to do the job for free. With very few exceptions notably Charlie Chaplin the notion of an established studio writer directing a film was nearly unheard of in Hollywood where writers were typically not even allowed on the set. Only the irresistible cheapness of Sturges' offer made it possible for the film to get made. Over the six year period during which the script remained unproduced the title changed to "The Vagrant" then "Down with McGinty" then finally just prior to production to "The Great McGinty." It was not only a success but won Sturges an Oscar for Best Screenwriter. More importantly he was allowed to continue as a writer-director with a magnificent career that included one classic after another including "Sullivan's Travels" "The Lady Eve" "Unfaithfully Yours" "The Palm Beach Story" and "Hail the Conquering Hero." 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the corners. Paramount Pictures unknown
1987ref. 170424Los Angeles: Island Pictures 1987. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1987 film. One with a provenance label on the verso. An irritable pimp an out-of-work disc jockey and a lackadaisical Italian tourist find themselves in an unlikely trio when they are sentenced to share a prison cell where they decide to escape together into the Louisiana bayou. Set and shot on location in Slidell and New Orleans Louisiana. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Criterion Collection 166. Rosenbaum 1000. Island Pictures unknown
1926ref. 171469Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1926 silent film: one showing Greta Garbo alone one showing Ricardo Cortez alone and one showing Garbo and Cortez in an embrace. Based on Vicente Blasco Ibàñez's 1900 novella "Entre naranjos." Garbo's second American film appearance and first starring role launching her Hollywood acting career and paving the way for her third American film "Flesh and the Devil" the movie that would make her an international star. 8 x 10 inches. Generally Very Good plus two lightly toned and one with a chip at one corner. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1969ref. 131243N.p.: Cinema V. 1969. Original silkscreen poster designed by legendary title and poster artist Saul Bass for the US release of the 1968 French film "Alexandre le bienheaureux." Printed at the Art Krebs Screen Studios in Los Angeles and used for the film's premiere at the legendary Cinema II Theater in New York City. Bass' initial design proposals were in general too radical for film studios to consider for advertisement and were invariably altered to suit commercial needs. He produced silkscreens of his original designs himself in non-numbered editions of 50 to 200. These posters were then given to fellow artists friends museums and design magazines and never offered directly for sale by Bass. 25 x 33 inches. About Fine with a light crease to the upper left corner. Cinema V. unknown
1990ref. 171474Hollywood CA: Stephen J. Cannell Productions 1990. Revised Draft script for Season 7 Episode 6 of the 1984-1991 television series here under working title "When the Shark Bites" originally aired October 31 1990 on NBC. Series following two rule-breaking cops forced together as partners by their superiors. In this episode the police Captain attempts to protect his father after discovering his connections to the mob. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. Blue titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper production No. 5707 dated September 14 1990 with credits for screenwriter Simon Muntner and director Peter Crane. Title page integral with front wrapper. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered "47/48". Xerographic duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated 09/14/90. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Stephen J. Cannell Productions unknown
1972ref. 132510Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1972. Draft script for the 1973 film. Copy belonging to actress Tresa Hughes with her annotations and yellow revision leaves throughout. Rita a middle aged New York City homemaker finds herself in an emotional crisis which forces her to re-examine her life as well as her relationships with her mother her eye doctor husband her alienated daughter and estranged son. Hughes was nominated for a Tony award for Best Actress for her role in the 1961 production of "The Devil's Advocate." Black titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Stern. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Stern. 112 leaves mimeograph duplication with yellow revision pages throughout all dated 10/6/72. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound with two gold screw brads. Columbia Pictures unknown
1984ref. 171314Los Angeles CA: Orion Television Productions 1984. First Draft script for Season 4 Episode 18 of the 1981-1988 television series. Originally aired February 25 1985 on CBS. Internal wrapper inscribed in manuscript ink by actress Sharon Gless. With manuscript ink annotation of the name of an unknown cast or crew member on the front internal wrapper and on the recto of the last page of narrative text. Series following two women police women one single and one married. In this episode one of the women ponders retirement following a breast surgery and one has her corvette stolen. Set in Manhattan. Untitled brown external wrappers with manuscript ink annotation. Green titled internal wrappers. Title page present dated December 10 1984 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Georgia Jeffries. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine external wrapper Very Good plus wrapper Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Orion Television Productions unknown
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
1944ref. 171686N.p.: Donahue And Coe 1944. Vintage advertising proof for the 1944 film. Based on the 1943 book by Captain Ted W. Lawson and edited by Robert Considine an eyewitness account of the first American retaliatory strike against Japan four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led by US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle. Set in Florida and shot on location in Florida and California. 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with tiny bruises to the four corners. Donahue And Coe unknown
1944ref. 171690N.p.: Donahue And Coe 1944. Two vintage working advertising proofs for the 1944 film both with manuscript pencil annotations amending text and layout on the recto and two printer labels on the verso of the narrow proof. Based on the 1943 book by Captain Ted W. Lawson and edited by Robert Considine an eyewitness account of the first American retaliatory strike against Japan four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led by US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle. Set in Florida and shot on location in Florida and California. 11.5 x 17 inches and 7.25 x 18 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and faint overall rubbing and soiling. Donahue And Coe unknown
