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1959ref. 158510N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage photograph of Lee Remick and Duke Ellington on the set of the 1959 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The first major Hollywood film to feature a score by an African American composer. The jazz score composed by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn and performed by Ellington's Orchestra won three Grammy Awards in 1959. Based on the 1958 novel by judge John D. Voelker writing under the pseudonym Robert Traver based on a real life case of a veteran accused of killing a local man whom he believed raped his wife. Nominated for seven Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in Michigan. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine lightly faded with a hint of creasing at the corners. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 600. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Grant US. Selby US. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 158501N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage reference photograph from the 1968 film showing actress Leigh Taylor-Young dancing. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Dissatisfied with his life and impending marriage a mid-thirties attorney gets high and runs off with a young hippie only to discover he's still unhappy. The title of the film is a reference to "Alice B. Toklas brownies" a slang term for cannabis brownies. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with light wear at the bottom right corner. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 158503Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1950. Vintage reference photograph from the 1950 film showing actor and real-life director Erich von Stroheim with a camera crew preparing to capture the film's iconic final scene. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A down-on-his-luck screenwriter stumbles into the home of a forgotten silent film star quickly becoming enmeshed in her deranged plan for a comeback. A kingpin in the pantheon of films about fame and Hollywood and Billy Wilder's urban noir counterpart to the daylight rural world of "Ace in the Hole" 1951. Winner of three Academy Awards and nominated for another eight including Best Picture. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1969ref. 158482N.p.: N.p. 1969. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 British film including one double weight showing Alan Bates and Jennie Linden and one single-weight showing Linden and Glenda Jackson. Based on D.H. Lawrence's 1920 novel following two freethinking sisters who begin relationships with a pair of friends bringing conflict between the two couples as their romances take them in different directions. An apt examination of changes in sexual mores both at the time of the novel's publication and the film's 1969 release. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Actress for Glenda Jackson. Set and shot on location in Nottinghamshire South Yorkshire Derbyshire and London and Kanton Wallis Switzerland. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1254. Criterion Collection 916. N.p. unknown
1990ref. 158486N.p.: N.p. 1990. Vintage reference photograph showing director Sam Raimi and actor Liam Neeson on the set of the 1990 film. Mimeo snipe and newspaper clippings affixed to the verso along with a date stamp reading AUG 27 1990. After surviving a brutal disfiguring attack by gangsters a brilliant scientist becomes a vigilante known as Darkman assuming different identities by using a synthetic skin to create masks. The first film in the "Darkman" series an open homage to Universal horror films of the 1930s. Shot on location in Ontario Canada and in Los Angeles and Altadena California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 158495Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the 1967 film. United Artists stamp on the verso. Based on John Ball's 1965 novel. An African American police detective from Philadelphia is recruited to help solve a murder in a small bigoted Mississippi town. The film dealt skillfully with the topic of race relations in the South during the Civil Rights movement and included a controversial scene in which a white actor Larry Gates slaps Poitier in the face at which point Poitier slaps him right back. It was said you could determine the racial makeup of a theater by their verbal reaction to the scene: cheers for a predominantly Black audience or whispers for a predominantly white one. Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture and nominated for two others. Though set in the fictional town of Sparta Mississippi Poitier refused to travel below the Mason-Dixon Line so the film was shot largely in Illinois. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Penzler 101. United Artists unknown
1939ref. 158591Culver City CA: Selznick International 1939. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1939 film showing director John Cromwell and crew members watching as Carole Lombard and James Stewart rehearse a scene. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. During the Depression an ambitious lawyer finds himself torn between his high-powered career the demands of his difficult mother and his life with his young wife and child. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Selznick International unknown
1918ref. 158606N.p.: N.p. 1918. Vintage borderless vernacular photograph of actor Charlie Chaplin writer Upton Sinclair and editor and publisher Rob Wagner on the set of the 1918 silent film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso identifying subjects. Wagner was the editor and publisher of "Script" a left-leaning weekly literary film magazine published in Beverly Hills between 1929 and 1949. A lifelong Socialist and advocate for progressive causes Wagner used "Script" to give a voice to blacklisted screenwriters including Dalton Trumbo and Gordon Kahn and prominent leftists including Sinclair Max Eastman and William C. deMille. Wagner served as something of a father figure to Chaplin who was about 17 years Wagner's junior after the two men met sometime in the mid-1910s. The pair formed a close friendship with Wagner serving as Chaplin's part-time secretary for a period and accompanying the actor on his Third Liberty Loan tour through the American south in 1918. Wagner introduced Chaplin to Sinclair and Max Eastman and together the three writers exerted a strong influence over Chaplin's political world view. Chaplin would go on to co-found the Motion Picture Relief Fund which later became the Motion Picture and Television Fund with Wagner in 1929. Approximately 5 x 4 inches. About Near Fine lightly age toned. N.p. unknown
1935ref. 158590Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1935. Vintage reference photograph of actors Helen Twelvetree and Donald Cook with director Lewis D. Collins examining celluloid strips from the day's production on the set of the 1935 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso along with annotations in manuscript pencil. Based on the 1935 Ellery Queen novel about a detective whose vacation on the California coast is interrupted by a murder in the neighboring cabin. Set in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with a hint of wear at the corners. Republic Pictures unknown
1950ref. 158441Buenos Aires: Industia Argentina 1950. Vintage one sheet poster for the Argentinean release of the 1951 film the film's country of origin and whose premiere preceded the US release by more than three months. Richard Wright accepted an offer to star as the leading man in the film adaptation of his own novel after initial choice Canada Lee was stuck in South African customs after shooting "Cry the Beloved Country" 1951. Lee had starred in Orson Welles' prior stage adaptation. Set in Chicago and shot on location in Chicago and Argentina. 29 x 43.25 inches folded as issued. With a few small closed tears and creases at the extremities else Near Fine. Bright and unfaded. Industia Argentina unknown
1975ref. 158520Paris: Sygma 1975. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1975 French film showing actors Jane Birkin and Gérard Depardieu. Mimeo snipe and stamp of Sygma on the verso. A surgeon at a public hospital in a small French town faces harassment from a rival surgeon and his incompetent sons who hate competition. 12 x 8 inches with a wide right margin Very Good plus with moderate edgewear and a short closed tear on the right edge. Sygma unknown
2014ref. 158644Oxford MS: Zach Tutor 2014. Limited Edition fine art giclee print one of 25 unnumbered and unsigned copies designed by artist Zach Tutor for the 2001 film circa 2014. Tutor exhibited the dark and haunting artwork as part of the exhibition "In Dreams: An Art Show Tribute to the Films of David Lynch" at the Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco March 8 through March 29 2014. Zach Tutor is an artist and curator living in Oxford Mississippi. Named one of the "100 Best Southern Artists" by Oxford American in 2012 he has written for Juxtapoz and Hi-Fructose magazines curates artists for The People's Printshop in Berkeley California runs the virtual exhibition space Supersonic Art Shop and since 2012 has curated the acclaimed yearly contemporary art showcase the Supersonic Invitational at Spoke Art Gallery and Hashimoto Contemporary in San Francisco and New York. Lynch's dreamlike neo-noir fable of the Hollywood dream turned nightmare featuring outstanding performances by leads Laura Elena Harring and Naomi Watts in dual roles which darkly shift midway through the narrative. Nominated for the Palm d'Or and winner of Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 779. Ebert IV. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Silver and Ward US. Spicer US. Zach Tutor unknown
1973ref. 158655Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage reference photograph of Jack Lemmon on the set of the 1975 film. Lemmon is seen here between takes in front of the Manhattan Savings Bank at Vanderbilt Avenue and 45th Street. The photograph is dated as 1973 in the Warner Brothers attribution on the bottom border although IMDB notes the production as taking place between August and October 1974. Based on screenwriter Neil Simon's 1971 Broadway play. In the midst of a recession a heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike a middle-aged couple must try to cope with each other after the husband is fired from his advertising job. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1970ref. 158653Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1970. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of John Cassevetes on the set of the 1970 film. Following the death of a close friend three married middle-aged men spend several days attempting to recapture their youth through drinking sex sports and travel much to the chagrin of their families and the women they encounter. A personal project for Cassavetes who was at the time struggling with the death of his 30 year-old brother. Set and shot on location in New York and London. 10x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 1029. Columbia Pictures unknown
1966ref. 158678Hollywood: Leslie Goodwins Productions 1966. Draft script for an unproduced television film by Myrtle M. Thomas under the pseudonym Myrtle M. Andrus. Laid in are a number of correspondences and documents regarding Leslie Goodwins Productions acquisition of the story. The included documents are: Two copies of correspondence to Thomas from Goodwins' production company dated Feb. 17 1966 one ribbon copy typescript on Goodwin's letterhead signed by staff manager Harry Martins and one carbon typescript copy of same with a "Let us hear from you as soon as possible! / Leslie Goodwins" stamp on the top right corner. The contract acquiring the story on Goodwins' letterhead dated Feb. 17 1966 signed by Martin and Thomas. A receipt of payment from Thomas to the agency on Goodwins' letterhead dated March 14 1966 to cover costs of collaboration expenses and registration fees. A confirmation of receipt of contract ribbon copy typescript letter to Thomas on Goodwins' letterhead signed by Martins dated March 30 1966. A copyright registration certificate for the story dated May 16 1966. And two clippings of carbon typescript copy assessments of Thomas' writing and a note in autograph pencil regarding copyright filing and story credits. English film director and screenwriter Leslie Goodwins directed nearly 100 films between 1926 and 1967 and in 1950 began working in television and was involved in multiple hit television shows during the 1950s and 1960s. He began Leslie Goodwins Productions largely for television projects in 1963. A nurse's first two nights on duty at a psychiatric hospital introduces her to a variety of disturbed and disturbing patients. Gold titled wrappers. Title page presentwith credits for screenwriter Myrtle M. Andrus. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 30. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Documents and Correspondences: 7.75 x 3.5 to 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Leslie Goodwins Productions unknown
1970ref. 158635Madison WI: Pm Productions 1970. Vintage window card flyer for a series of screenings of the 1971 film at the University of Wisconsin circa mid 1970s. A risqué mockumentary and mondo parody wherein director and famed hoaxer Alan Abel stars as Dr. Harrison Rogers of the Bureau of Sexological Investigation seeking out luminary figures in the world of sex and people on the street for the answers to a number of absurd sex-related questions climaxing with the International Sex Bowl competition. Featuring Buck Henry Robert Downey Sr. Holly Woodlawn James Randi and Mink Stole. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 13.5 inches. Near Fine with a faint horizontal crease and an illegible annotation in manuscript ink on the verso. Pm Productions unknown
1972ref. 158714New York: National General Pictures 1972. Vintage double weight matte-finish reference photograph from the set of the 1972 film showing director Sam Peckinpah at work on location. Peckinpah at the peak of his powers a ballet of violence and to date easily the finest adaptation of a Jim Thompson novel ever produced. Other grand alliances made this one of the great crime films of New Hollywood Cinema including a supremely confident Steve McQueen as an anti-hero and a young Walter Hill-who first encountered McQueen on the set of "Bullitt" 4 years prior-handling the screenplay. Approximately 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lee The Heist Film. Spicer Neo-Noir US. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir US. Grant US. National General Pictures unknown
1972ref. 150387New York: National General Pictures 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1972 film showing director Sam Peckinpah with actors Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Peckinpah at the peak of his powers a ballet of violence and to date easily the finest adaptation of a Jim Thompson novel ever produced. Other grand alliances made this one of the great crime films of New Hollywood Cinema including a supremely confident Steve McQueen as an anti-hero and a young Walter Hill-who first encountered McQueen on the set of "Bullitt" 4 years prior-handling the screenplay. Approximately 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lee The Heist Film. Spicer Neo-Noir US. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir US. Grant US. National General Pictures unknown
1945ref. 158634N.p.: N.p. 1945. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1945 film showing actor Jean-Louis Barrault. Mimeo snipe and French Ministère de L'Information stamp on the verso. An influential classic of French cinema following a courtesan in nineteenth century Paris who finds her attentions torn between four possible suitors-a mime an actor a thief and an aristocrat. Set and shot on location in France. 7 x 8.5 inches. Very Good plus with light wear on the left and right edges. Criterion Collection 141. Ebert II. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1964ref. 158708London: Planet Films 1964. Draft script for the 1965 British horror film. A cult of satanic worshippers led by a magnetic 400-year-old vampire prey on the Romani living in a small town in Brittany. OCLC locates no holdings. Shot on location in Finistère France and in Buckinghamshire England. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated April 1964 with credit for screenwriter Lyn Fairhurst. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. Planet Films unknown
1963ref. 156799Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Estimating Script for the 1963 film. Two sharpshooters duel over a large amount of cash carried by a railway official and eventually settle their differences by opening a casino. An iconic Rat Pack film. Shot on location in Mojave and Cantil California. Tan studio wrappers noted as Estimating Script on the front wrapper dated March 18 1963. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 3-18-63 with credits for screenwriters Teddi Sherman and Robert Aldrich. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Mimeograph duplication on yellow stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Housed in a custom quarter leather clamshell case. Pitts 1422. Warner Brothers unknown
1969ref. 158710N.p.: N.p. 1969. Draft script for the 1969 film. Based on the 1963 novel by David Stuart Leslie. A white advertising executive is forced to confront his own prejudices when he finds himself unexpectedly sharing a flat with a Black Jamaican-British lawyer. OCLC locates no holdings. AMPAS shows one holding. Set and shot on location in London. Orange titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 15 1968 with credits for screenwriter Evan Jones and novelist David Stuart Leslie. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with undated pink revision pages laid in throughout. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 158755New York: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1968. Revised Draft for the 1969 film. Script belonging to uncredited crew member with their name in manuscript ink in three places in the script. Additionally included with the script is a vintage reference photograph from the film showing cast and crew members on location. Based on the 1960 novel by Harold Robbins. A Mafia hit man is ready to retire but his employers not happy with this idea send a hit man out after him. Shot on location in New York City and Puerto Rico. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated 9/27/68 with credits for novelist Harold Robbins screenwriter A.J. Russell and director Bernard L. Kowalski. PAGES leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink yellow blue and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/15/68 and 11/5/68. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Photograph: 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown
1976ref. 158745Tokyo: Haruki Kadokawa Films Inc 1976. Second Draft script for the 1977 film. A young African American is killed upon his arrival in Tokyo. The Japanese detective in charge of his case teams up with a New York City detective to try to solve the murder. Set and shot on location in New York City and Tokyo. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present. Noted as Draft #2 on the first page of text. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a silver clasp binding. Haruki Kadokawa Films Inc unknown
1951ref. 157122Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1951. Revised Final Draft script for the 1952 film. Copy belonging to actor Lon McCallister with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. A young prospector witnesses a group of bandits murder a miner and his son and resolves to help the law stop the gang unaware that the sheriff is secretly working as the bandit leader. Set in Montana. White titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated Sept. 21 1951. Title page present dated September 18 1951 noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Barry Shipman. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light creasing on the fore-edges of the first four leaves bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown
