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1972ref. 151500Budapest: Hungarofilm 1972. Six vintage photographs from the 1972 film including four studio still photographs and two borderless reference photographs. A dramatization of an 1890 Hungarian peasants' strike. As with many of director Miklos Janczo's films a slow enigmatic meditation on morality and violence composed of only 26 shots over 87 minutes. Set and shot on location in Hungary. Approximately 7 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Hungarofilm unknown
1966ref. 151565Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1966. Vintage matte-finish double weight borderless reference photograph of director Arthur Penn talking with actress Jane Fonda on the set of the 1966 film. With a Columbia Pictures stamp on the verso along with a provenance stamp. Based on the 1952 Broadway play by Horton Foote about a small-town sheriff on the lookout for an escaped prisoner he believes is innocent while the townspeople whip themselves into a vigilante frenzy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US. Twilight Time 242. Columbia Pictures unknown
1954ref. 152204Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1954. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1954 film showing actor Marlon Brando giving his parents a tour of the famed "roof" set from the film accompanied by producer S.P. Eagle. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Columbia Pictures. Based on screenwriter Budd Schulberg's 1955 novel "Waterfront." A dockworker and would-be prizefighter witnesses a murder at the hands of the local mob boss' men and is forced to stand up to his corrupt union leaders. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards winning eight including Best Picture Best Director and Best Screenplay. Shot on location in Hoboken New Jersey and New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 647. Ebert I. Grant US. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1966ref. 151607N.p.: N.p. 1966. Collection of 17 vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 Czechoslovakian film. With the printed label of Columbus Film in Zurich affixed to the verso. Based on Bohumil Hrabal's 1965 novel about a young man working at a German-occupied train station in Czechoslovakia during World War II. A key entry in Czechoslovak New Wave film poignantly asserting that the Czech people were part of an oppressive system during the war hitting the mark with sly wit and a peculiar innocence. Set and shot on location in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1988ref. 151501N.p.: N.p. 1988. Two vintage borderless satin-finish reference photographs from the 1988 film. A moody atmospheric masterpiece of Hungarian cinema following a depressed man and his bleak solitary existence which is brightened only by his love for a torch singer at a local bar. Set and shot on location in Hungary. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1941ref. 151555Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1941. Vintage borderless reference photograph taken on the set of the 1941 film showing wardrobe aide Earl Leas adjusting director Orson Welles' collar in preparation for a scene. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to 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. 7 x 9 inches. Very Good plus overall. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Spicer US. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 6. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1952ref. 160138Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Cite Films 1952. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1952 film. A man's uncle dies leaving him to inherit his uncle's inn but only if he can pass a final primary school exam. Brigitte Bardot's first film role. Shot on location in Conches-en-Ouche Eure France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Cite Films unknown
1936ref. 160188Beverly Hills CA: Selznick International / United Artists 1936. Four vintage borderless reference photographs and four corresponding negatives from the 1936 film. Each photograph and negative housed in a paper envelope presumably as issued. Based on the 1886 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. After a young boy's father dies he and his American mother go to England where his paternal grandfather was an Earl. Though the boy is the only heir to the title his mother is sent home until another young boy claims to be the true heir. The first film produced by Selznick International Pictures. Set in 1880s Brooklyn New York and England. Photographs 6 x 4 inches. Fine. Envelopes 5.25 x 4.25 inches. Selznick International / United Artists unknown
1954ref. 160264Universal City CA: Universal International Pictures 1954. Vintage studio still photograph of actress Gloria DeHaven from the 1954 film. Three sailors on furlough in Paris meet three women they would all like to get to know better. Set in Paris. 5.25 x 7.25 inches trimmed. Very Good plus with some creasing and one small bruise to the center of the bottom border on the recto. Universal International Pictures unknown
1974ref. 160151Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / First Artists / Coleytown / Turman-Foster 1974. Revised Final Shooting script for the 1974 film. Based on the 1950 Lew Archer novel by Ross Macdonald. Private investigator Harper returns in this sequel to the eponymous 1966 film investigating a blackmail plot in a Louisiana bayou where he finds himself in between an ex-lover an oil tycoon and the local police. In this early draft of the script Paul Newman's character is named Lew Ryan perhaps evidence that the production did not begin as a direct sequel to "Harper" but simply as an adaptation of the source material. Set in Louisiana and shot there on location. Blue studio wrappers. Title page present dated September 16 1974 noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Keenan Wynn and novelist Ross Macdonald. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink yellow goldenrod and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/30/74 and 10/6/74. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers / First Artists / Coleytown / Turman-Foster unknown
1964ref. 160155Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Collection of eleven vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. Based on William Bradford Huie's 1959 novel. A biting antiwar satire which follows a laconic US Navy officer who falls in love with a British woman shortly before being sent off on a dangerous D-Day mission. Shot on location in London and Oxnard California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1949ref. 160343London: Kinematograph Weekly 1949. Vintage advertisement from Kinematograph Weekly for the 1949 film noir. Indicated on the recto as volume 388 number 2196 and dated June 2 1949. Also on recto is a small snippet and illustration about the box office success of "Easter Parade" 1948. Kinematograph Weekly was a British trade paper written for the British film industry that ran from 1889 until 1971. Based on the 1947 play by William Douglas-Home. In a British prison following the war prisoners all have back stories that lead them to their incarceration including one charged with murder. 8.5 x 11 inches. About Near Fine with some very slight creasing along the top edge and the top right corner. Selby UK. Selby US. Spicer UK. Kinematograph Weekly unknown
1983ref. 160279New York: N.p. 1983. Treatment script dated 1983 for an unproduced film adaptation of the classic 1719 novel. Screenwriter Ted Bafaloukos is today best remembered as the director of the 1978 Jamaican film "Rockers." Self wrappers. Title page present dated 11/11/83 with credit for screenwriter Ted Bafaloukos. Eight leaves with last page of text numbered 7. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a single staple at the top left corner. N.p. unknown
1997ref. 160283Sherman Oaks CA: CineSon 1997. Revised script for the 1998 film seen here under the working titles "The Scalper" and "A Piece of Cake." Copy belonging to production coordinator Shelley Houis housed in a black three-ring binder with approximately 250 pages of production documents including in addition to the script cast and crew contact lists cost-per-day spreadsheets location lists shooting schedules maps and travel documents. Desperate to win back his girlfriend a ticket scalper decides to try to strike it rich by buying marking up and reselling tickets to see the Pope in New York. Shot on location in New York and New Jersey. Title page present dated 6/06/97 with credit for director and screenwriter Richard Wenk. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine binder Near Fine. CineSon unknown
1954ref. 160344London: Kinematograph Weekly 1954. Vintage advertisement from Kinematograph Weekly for the 1954 film noir. Dated May 13 1954 on the recto. Also on recto are photographs from the premiere of "Hell and High Water" 1954 at Odeon Cinema. Kinematograph Weekly was a British trade paper written for the British film industry that ran from 1889 until 1971. A failing business hires his best friend to help kill him so that his wife may collect his life insurance. When his business suddenly starts taking a turn for the better he must try to stop the hit-man before he kills him. Set in London. 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing along the left and right edges and one small tear at the top edge. Also with one very small chip missing at the bottom right corner. Grant UK. Lyons US. Selby UK. Selby US. Spicer UK. Weldon 1996. Kinematograph Weekly unknown
1972ref. 160329N.p.: Columbia Films 1972. Vintage German program from the 1972 film. Loosely based on the set of stories by 14th century author Giovanni Boccaccio. Also based on the success of Pier Paolo Pasolini's "The Decameron" 1971. A satire about Christianity and sexuality. 8 x 11.25 inches folded along the bi-fold. 16 x 11.25 inches unfolded. Good with creasing along the right and bottom edges and some slight tearing along the right edge. Also with some rubbing at the right side of the front of the program. Columbia Films unknown
1982ref. 160290N.p.: N.p. 1982. Vintage oversize photograph of cast and crew members posing together on the set of the 1983 film. Based on E.L. Doctorow's 1971 novel "The Book of Daniel" about the lives trial and execution of convicted Soviet spies Ethel and Julius Rosenberg told through the memories of their son. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light soil on the bottom right portion of the recto. N.p. unknown
1995ref. 160287Various American Cities: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS / Darren Star Productions 1995. Revised Yellow script for the Season 1 Episode 3 of the 1995 prime time soap opera. Copy belonging to production coordinator Shelley Houis with her name in manuscript ink on the title page. Script housed in a blue three-ring binder with approximately 100 pages of production documents relating to episodes two and three of season one including in addition to the script cast and crew contact lists equipment rentals filming locations and shooting schedules. The series followed the staff of trendy society magazine "Communique" a group of powerful money-hungry New Yorkers. The series aired on CBS for two seasons with the final episode airing on June 28 1996. The series was a manifestation of efforts by CBS to boost ratings with "prestige" television whose time unfortunately had not yet come but the network ultimately decided to return in 1996 to more traditional fare. Title page present dated June 22 1995 with credits for director James Frawley and screenwriter David Stenn. 77 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/29/95 and 7/6/95. Pages about Fine binder Very Good plus lightly foxed. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] / Darren Star Productions unknown
1914ref. 160375New York: World Film Corporation 1914. Vintage program for the 1914 lost silent film printed for the Grand Theatre of Butler Pennsylvania printed on the verso with a dramatic pictorial center spread featuring two World Film Corporation elephant logos. Silent film star Clara Kimball Young's first film with World Film Corporation re-released in 1916 with new intertitles under the title "Without a Soul" both now lost. A variation of both Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde" and Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" wherein the caring and dutiful daughter Lola Young killed in a street accident is revived by her scientist father using an electric-ray machine he invented only to find she's returned as a soulless and heartless creature of the flesh. 5.5 x 8 inches Bi-fold. Very Good plus with a vertical crease with light foxing and toning at the crease and small closed tears at the top of the crease on both leaves. World Film Corporation unknown
1996ref. 160285Burbank CA: Buena Vista 1996. Shooting Draft script for the 1996 film with rainbow revisions. Copy belonging to Production Coordinator Shelley Houis with her name in manuscript ink on the title page. Script housed in a blue three-ring binder with approximately 100 pages of production documents including in addition to the script cast and crew contact lists filming permits location lists and shooting schedules. Loosely based on the 1979 French film directed by René Gainville in turn based on Jenaro Prieto's 1928 novel. After years of struggling to succeed as a Black woman on Wall Street an ambitious businesswoman decides to start her own investment firm in the name of a fictitious white man Robert Cutty. The ruse begins to break down however when associates and clients begin to demand to meet with Cutty in person. Set and shot on location in New York. Title page present dated 02/15/96 with credit for screenwriter Nick Thiel. 157 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/20/95 and 02/15/96. Pages about Fine binder Very Good plus lightly foxed. Buena Vista unknown
1964ref. 160359New York: Embassy Films 1964. Vintage program for two May 20 1964 screenings of the 1954 documentary at the Crystal Ballroom at the Delmonico Hotel New York preceded by an essay presented by historian author screenwriter and president of Embassy Films Inc. Alexandre Tarsaidze included in the second half of the brochure. The screenings were presented as a benefit for the Association of Russian War Invalids of the First World War. A chronological compilation of historical newsreel footage of Nicholas II and his family taken between 1896 and 1914. 7 x 10 inches Bi-fold. Very Good plus with two faint horizontal creases and two pinholes at the top left. Embassy Films unknown
ref. 160435N.p.: N.p. 2017. Archive of two Draft scripts for the 2020 film one undated and with the ownership name of screenwriter Christ Zois on the title page-this being from Zois' archive collection-with Zois' extensive annotations in manuscript ink throughout the other dated June 27 2017. From the archive of Christ Zois Abel Ferrara's frequent co-screenwriter. The sixth collaboration between actor Willem Dafoe and director Abel Ferrara a psychological thriller heavily based on the work of Carl Jung about an American living a largely solitary existence in Siberia. Undated script: Self wrappers. Title page present undated. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 32. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus unbound. June 27 2017 script: Self wrappers. Title page integral with first page of text dated June 27 2017. 37 leaves with last page of text dated 37. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a single binder clip on the top left corner. N.p. unknown
1947ref. 160183London: Ealing Studios 1947. Vintage program for the 1947 film. With original four-color illustrations throughout by Edward Ardizzone. A scarce and very expressive piece from Ealing Studios at the height of its glory. Based on the 1839 novel by Charles Dickens. Considered one of the most Dickensian of all Dickens adaptation with a dark mood and attention to the author's lowdown characters throughout. 10.75 x 8.5 inches. Saddle-stapled 16 pages. Faint foxing on the page edges and rear wrapper else about Near Fine. Ealing Studios unknown
1963ref. 160358Paris: Cinedis 1963. Vintage French program for the 1963 film. Based on the 1936 play by Jean Sarment. A country stationmaster dreams of vacationing in the famous resort town of Biarritz with his family hoping that the trip will help repair his relationship with his son. The final film appearance of Arletty. Set and shot on location in Biarritz. 9.5 x 12 inches folded 20 x 12 inches unfolded. Near Fine with some curling at the bottom right edge and corner. Cinedis unknown
2011ref. 160434N.p.: N.p. 2011. First Draft script for the 2014 film. From the archive of Christ Zois Abel Ferrara's frequent co-screenwriter. A biopic about the final days in the life of controversial Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini then middle-aged and living in Rome as he finishes production of his notorious 1975 film "Salò or the 120 Days of Sodom." Housed in a blue card folder. Title page present dated February 28 2011 noted as First Draft with credits for director-screenwriter Abel Ferrara and screenwriter Nicola Tranquillino. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine partially bound with a binder clip on the top left corner. N.p. unknown
