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2002ref. 160032N.p.: N.p. 2002. Draft script for the 2002 film. Loosely based on and not to be confused with the notorious 1977 horror film directed and written by George Barry. A murderous haunted bed terrorizes a young couple after they move into a newly renovated warehouse. Set in Los Angeles. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter John Strysik. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 160034Hollywood: Paramount Television / Leda Productions 1974. Second Draft script for Season 1 Episode 1 of the 1975 television series. Copy belonging to an uncredited sound engineer with his name and title on the front wrapper in manuscript ink. The first adaptation to celluloid of hardboiled Southern California private eye Lew Archer a character originally created by novelist Ross Macdonald. In this episode Archer investigates a con man exploiting naive teenagers out of their parents' money. Originally aired on January 30 1975 on NBC. Orange titled wrappers noted as SECOND DRAFT on the front wrapper dated December 9 1974. Title page present noted as SECOND DRAFT dated December 9 1974 with credits for screenwriter David P. Harmon and novelist Ross Macdonald. 66 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 12/12/74. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paramount Television / Leda Productions unknown
1962ref. 160048France: Cinetel 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actress Martine Ferre from the 1962 film. A middle-aged man dreams of being a sailor but finds his dreams are waylaid repeatedly by the reality of his wife and children. 9.25 x 7 inches. Very Good with slightly curled edges and minor wear to the finish. Cinetel unknown
1942ref. 160003Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1942. Two vintage reference photographs of Ethel Waters from the 1942 film. A successful American newspaper reporter is sent to cover the war in Europe. A British spy asks him to bring a coded message to Cairo where he finds out a movie star he is a fan of is a Nazi spy. Set in the Mediterranean and Cario Egypt shot in Hollywood and on location in Santa Monica Bay California. Both photos 4 x 5 inches. About Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1959ref. 160052Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Gaumont / Ulysse Productions 1959. Four items including three vintage borderless reference photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the 1959 film. A small-town reporter helps a lawyer incriminate a wine-selling company revealing how the merchants target poor people and youth in their advertising campaigns. Shot on location in Paris and Yvelines France. One photograph 9.5 x 7.25 two photographs 7 x 5 inches one photograph 5.25 x 4 inches. Very good plus with some curling at the edges and one photograph with some foxing on the verso. Gaumont / Ulysse Productions unknown
1936ref. 158662N.p.: N.p. 1936. Vintage reference photograph from the 1936 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A dramatization of the rise to fame of Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. An extravagant runaway production with a massive budget lavish sets and costumes by noted designer Adrian. At the time of its release the film was the longest talking film of the time running just over three hours. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning three including Best Picture and Best Actress for Luise Rainer. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the corners. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 160047N.p.: Le-Sac Productions 1960. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 film. Based on the career of 1930s outlaw Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd. Floyd's father is killed and the murderer is let off by the sheriff. He tries to get revenge on the sheriff leading him down a very long path including robbery and an affair with a married woman. Set in Oklahoma. 10 x 8 inches. One photograph Very Good plus one photograph Good with creasing and wear to the finish. Le-Sac Productions unknown
1960ref. 160049N.p.: Films Rive Gauche 1960. Six vintage press photographs for the 1960 film. Housed in a brown paper envelope presumably as issued. Envelope with manuscript ink annotation. Loosely based on the 1950 novel "Tomboy" by Hal Ellson. A teenage girl tomboy is the leader of a gang of other young people. The crimes they commit become more serious leading her and two other members to be ostracized and on the run. Set in the Paris suburbs. 7.25 x 5 inches. Good with foxing at the right and left side of the photographs and some wear to the finish. Films Rive Gauche unknown
1972ref. 158656N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage reference photograph of actress Jenny Runacre from the 1972 film. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso along with the stamp of The Other Cinema in London and an Alternative Arts stamp with the film title. Stephen Dwoskin's second feature film. Dwoskin was an experimental filmmaker who produced work based on themes of perception disability and sexuality. He was a cofounder of the London Film-Makers' Co-op in 1966 and the film collective Spectre in 1980. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 158647N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph taken on the set of the 1975 film showing director Joseph Losey and a camera crew with actors Glenda Jackson and Helmut Berger between takes. Layout annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso along with a Pariscop stamp. A novelist's wife returns from a holiday in Germany with another man setting off a chain of events that force the couple to question the foundations of their relationship. Shot in Baden-Baden Germany in Menton France and in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with brief wear at the corners. N.p. unknown
1952ref. 160124London: Ealing Studios / Lippert Pictures 1952. Vintage reference photograph from the 1952 film noir. A woman and her younger sister flee London after their father is murdered by a dictator. When she returns seven years later she comes across her old lover who is planning to kill that same dictator. Audrey Hepburn's first significant role. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with some wear to the finish and some minor creasing along the edges. Grant UK. Selby UK. Selby US. Spicer UK. Ealing Studios / Lippert Pictures unknown
1932ref. 160116Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1932. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1932 film. During the Great Depression a bank owner's bank is robbed and his protégé an ex-con is the only suspect. His protégé can't reveal his alibi because one of his witnesses is having an affair he does not want revealed. Partially shot on location at Citizen's National Bank in Los Angeles California. 8 x 10 inches. Poor with significant creasing on across the top middle of the photographs. Columbia Pictures unknown
1946ref. 160109Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1946. Vintage reference photograph from the 1946 film noir. Based on the 1919 short story by Fannie Hurst. Previously filmed in 1920 directed by Frank Borzage and starring Gaston Glass and Vera Gordon. Helen Crawford is a wealthy but neurotic socialite who catches the eye of Paul Garfield a celebrated classical violinist who was raised in the slums. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in New York and California shot on location in Malibu and Laguna Beach California and New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown
1994ref. 160129Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1994. Draft script for the 1995 film seen here under the working title "Simon Says: Die Hard III." The third film in the Die Hard series following "Die Hard" 1988 and "Die Hard 2" 1990 and preceding "Live Free or Die Hard" 2007 and "A Good Day to Die Hard" 2013. In this installment NYPD Lieutenant John McClane teams up with a local electrician to stop a mysterious terrorist from setting off bombs across New York city. Shot on location in New York South Carolina and Maryland. Orange titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers dated July 10 1994. Title page present dated July 10 1994 noted as Version 3.31 with credit for screenwriter Jonathan Hensleigh. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1972ref. 160079Burbank CA: Hammer Films / Warner Brothers 1972. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1972 film. With manuscript pencil annotation on the verso identifying the film and actors Peter Cushing and Stephanie Beachum. In 1872 Dracula is killed by a professor with a stake through his heart and then buried by his servant. In present day 1972 the great grandchildren of the professor and the servant accidentally resurrect Dracula and he wants revenge. Set in London shot on location in Hertfordshire and London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some small creasing at the corners. Weldon 1983. Hammer Films / Warner Brothers unknown
1981ref. 152195Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1981. Final Draft script for the 1982 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their name in manuscript pencil to the top right corner of the front wrapper. A coming-of-age tale set in 1959 following a group of four friends in their early twenties struggling to adapt to life as adults. Set and shot on location in Baltimore. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 156 dated January 12 1981 with credits for director and screenwriter Barry Levinson. Title page present with credits for director and screenwriter Barry Levinson. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 2/23/81. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1961ref. 160054New South Wales: Cine-Alliance / Embassy Pictures 1961. Seven vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1961 film. Based on the 1893 play by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau. A laundry woman in France follows her husband to the battlefield inadvertently helping Napoleon win a battle. They are both given the title of Duke and Duchess though she does not understand and/or comply with the social manners of courtly life. Set in France shot on location in Tuscany Italy and Madrid Spain. 7 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with some wear to the finish and light offsetting adhesive residue on the verso. Cine-Alliance / Embassy Pictures unknown
1972ref. 160117Los Angeles: Omnibus Productions Inc. / National Broadcasting Company NBC 1972. Second Draft script for the 1973 television movie originally aired on March 18 1973 on NBC. Working copy belonging to screenwriter Ron Bishop with an annotation in manuscript pencil on the title page noting "Bishop only" and 18 manuscript revision pages in Bishop's hand laid in. Based on the 1937 novella by John Steinbeck filmed once before by Lewis Milestone in 1949. Winner of two Primetime Emmy awards and nominated for seven more. Shot on location in Sonora California. Beige generic agency wrappers. Title page present undated noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Ron Bishop and novelist John Steinbeck. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication rectos only with 18 undated manuscript revision pages laid in. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Omnibus Productions Inc. / National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
1951ref. 160232N.p.: N.p. 1951. Vintage reference photograph from the 1951 film. A dutiful bank clerk is convinced by his new neighbor an eccentric artist to steal gold bullion in order to melt it down to make miniature Eiffel Towers. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Ranked the 17th greatest British film of all time by the BFI. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased at the top left corner and lightly soiled on the center right edge. Lee "The Heist Film. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 160221Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Revised Draft script for the 1972 film. Based on the 1971 debut novel of Joseph Wambaugh who wrote almost exclusively about the day-to-day lives and work of Los Angeles police officers. The film follows three rookies entering the Los Angeles police department as they are paired with veteran partners and experience their first hardships on the challenging city beat. The first of four Wambaugh adaptations in the 1970s. White pictorial titled wrappers undated. Title page present dated August 6 1971 noted as Revised with credit for screenwriter Stirling Silliphant. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown
ref. 160216Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1981. Final Draft script for the 1982 film. Rainbow copy with a manuscript ink annotation on the title page noting copy No. 209. Based on the 1978 novel by John Irving. One of the best literary adaptations of the 1980s a great example of a successful and uncompromised translation of a novel's idiosyncrasies directly to the screen and a triumph of ensemble acting. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress for John Lithgow and Glenn Close respectively. Shot on location in New York and New Jersey. Blue titled PanArts/Warner Brothers wrappers. Title page present dated January 1981 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Steve Tesich and novelist John Irving. 170 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink blue and yellow undated revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus with soil on the fore-edge of the title page wrapper Very Good slightly yapped at the edges and lightly soiled bound internally with three gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1961ref. 147683Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1961. Collection of nine vintage studio still photographs from the 1961 British film noir seen here under the title for its US release "Payroll." Based on Derek Bickerton's 1959 novel wherein a gang of crooks' plan to rob a local factory is complicated by the accidental murder of the getaway driver leading the driver's wife to seek revenge. Set and partially shot on location in Gateshead Whitley Bay Rugby Southwold and Newcastle upon Tyne England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant UK. Selby UK. Spicer UK. Allied Artists unknown
1967ref. 151601N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage contact sheet from the 1967 film showing 36 images of actress Raquel Welch sporting a bandolier and cowboy hat. Two brothers are pursued by a posse after robbing a bank and taking a widow as hostage but accidentally flee into a territory controlled by a gang of violent Mexican bandoleros. Set in Texas shot on location in Arizona Texas and Utah. 8.25 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 237. N.p. unknown
ref. 160226Hollywood: Paramount Pictures / APJAC Productions 1972. Revised Shooting script for the 1972 film. Based on Woody Allen's 1969 play. The predecessor of many films Allen would write and direct throughout the 1970s in terms of shooting style timing romantic themes and the actors involved. Allen had already directed two films at this point "Take the Money and Run" in 1969 and "Bananas" in 1971 but "Play It Again Sam" is significant in that it predicted the more substantive romantic comedies that would gain him broader acclaim. Orange pictorial titled wrappers undated noted as REVISED SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper. Title page present undated noted as REVISED SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter and playwright Woody Allen. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus with light dampstains on the leaves and wrappers lightly toned. Bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Paramount Pictures / APJAC Productions unknown
1959ref. 149872Tokyo: Shochiku 1959. Draft script for the 1959 Japanese film. Text and titles in Japanese. Angered by their parents' refusal to buy them a television set two young brothers decide to go on a silence strike against all adults leading to a number of comic misunderstandings in their tight-knit community. Set in a suburb of Tokyo. White titled wrappers. 16 leaves with last page of text numbered 31. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good lightly foxed with some wear to the binding with perfect binding. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 84. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Shochiku unknown
