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1967ref. 150244N.p.: N.p. 1967. Five vintage borderless black and white photographs from the set of the 1967 film. With two printed mimeo snipes on the verso along with the stamp of still photographer James Johnson. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. Brooks' unflinching and unsentimental documentary style made for a visualization that matched the power of Truman Capote's most famous book and remains one of the great meditations on violence in America. Nominated for four Academy Awards. 10 x 8 inches. Most Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear one Very Good with a tear to the top right corner repaired with cello tape on the verso. National Film Registry. Ebert II. Criterion Collection 781. Penzler 101. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1953ref. 152724N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage oversize borderless matte-finish double weight photograph of Charlton Heston receiving a massage on the set of the 1953 film. With the stamp of photographer Bill Avery on the verso. A Chief of Scouts mistrusts the Apache tribe after the chief refuses to sign a peace treaty but his concerns are disregarded by the US Army. Bill Avery worked as a photographer at Columbia Pictures in the early twentieth century with a brief interlude working as a combat cameraman during World War II. He also worked at MGM under noted photographer C.S. Bill and occasionally worked as a freelance publicity photographer shooting iconic images of Elvis Presley Jack Lemmon Katharine and Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine among many others. Shot on location in Texas. 9 x 13.5 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 166. N.p. unknown
1989ref. 152816N.p.: N.p. 1989. Draft script for the 1990 television film here under the working title "Fast Lane." A woman discovers that the man with whom she has just had a one-night stand is a hired assassin and tries to stop him from completing his next hit. Set in New York. Self wrappers. Missing title page presumably as issued. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only with pink yellow and green revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Reyes 39. N.p. unknown
ref. 150807San Francisco: Zoetrope 1981. Final Draft script for the 1981 musical film. Copy belonging to actress Lainie Kazan with her name on the title page in manuscript ink and her manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Laid in with the script is a single revision page with Kazan's manuscript pencil and ink annotations and an envelope for the Paradise Travel Agency covered with ink annotations regarding line changes containing a flight coupon signed by Kazan. Dreamy flaky Frannie leaves her down-to-earth unfaithful boyfriend Hank on their fifth anniversary. Over the course of 24 hours both have affairs with their ideal partners but eventually realize their paramours can't hold a candle to their love for each other. Francis Ford Coppola's first directorial effort after his 1979 masterpiece "Apocalypse Now" shot on strikingly stylized sets at his newly opened Zoetrope Studios. Red Zoetrope Studios wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT and production No. 032 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated January 1 1981 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for director Francis Coppola sic and screenwriter Armyan Bernstein and music credits to Tom Waits. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Zoetrope unknown
1980ref. 147395N.p.: N.p. 1980. Set of two treatment scripts for an unproduced television project variously described as a television series or prospective feature film. Text in German and English. Based on Nobel Prize-winning author Hermann Hesse's 1934 novel set to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Centuries into the future a closed utopian society is dedicated solely to intellectual pursuits encapsulated in the "glass bead game" an esoteric competition which requires a limitless knowledge of music math and culture to win. Hesse's novel follows Joseph Knecht as he becomes a master of the game eventually rising to the top of the hierarchy to become Magister Ludi the executive officer of the game administrators. Although "Das Glasperienspiel" was begun in 1931 publication in Germany was stalled due to the novel's anti-fascist messages leading Hesse to eventually seek publication in Switzerland in 1943. Set in Castalia a fictional province of central Europe in the 25th century. Yellow text in German: Ordered but unbound leaves housed in a yellow plastic folder. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Titus Leber. 22 leaves not numbered. Xerographically reproduced on blue and white stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus. Black text in English: Ordered but unbound leaves housed in a black plastic folder. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Titus Leber. 22 leaves with last page of text numbered 20. Xerographically reproduced on blue and white stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 147366N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced Norwegian film. With manuscript annotations in ink and pencil throughout. Incomplete as issued. Text in English. Set in Brazil. White titled self-wrappers. Title page present noted as Version 3 with credits for screenwriter VILGOT SJOMAN. 91 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Good partially bound with one paper clip. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 150810N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on Claude Brown's successful 1965 autobiographical novel which follows a young African American boy coming of age in Harlem during the 1940s and 1950s. Adapted by Arnold Federbush a film and sound editor who also wrote two science fiction novels in the 1970s "The Man Who Lived in Inner Space" 1973 and "Ice!" 1978. Set in Harlem. Gold untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Arnold Federbush and author Claude Brown. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly rusted near the binding bound with a silver prong. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 152815Miami FL: Worldfilm 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a newspaper advertisement for the screenplay dated December 4 1978. A handsome secret agent named Thomas Corrigan is sent to Miami to stop an influx of drugs from Cuba smuggled in by a mysterious drug baron with World War II connections. Gray titled pictorial wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Thomas Conners. 206 leaves with last page of text numbered 205. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with dampstains affecting the first ten leaves wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Worldfilm unknown
1967ref. 152312N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage black and white reference photograph from the set of the 1967 film showing actress Brigitte Bardot in the bath between takes with director Serge Bourguignon to her right. With layout annotations in pencil on the verso along with a provenance stamp. A French woman is tempted to stray from her older English husband when she meets a vibrant younger man. Shot on location in London and Paris. 8 x 10 with wide side margins. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 152436N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Written by noted African American screenwriter S. Torriano Berry. A rock star dies in a freak accident but is reincarnated to the chagrin of his greedy recording company who have already made plans to replace him in the spotlight. Heavily influenced by earlier films "Heaven Can Wait" Ernst Lubitsch 1943 and "Heaven Can Wait" Warren Beatty and Elaine May 1978 Blue titled front wrapper missing rear wrapper with credits for screenwriter S. Torriano Berry. Missing title page presumably as issued. 75 leaves with last page of text numbered 75. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1956ref. 152463Tokyo: Shochiku 1956. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1956 film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso noting the film's title and the names of director Yasujiro Ozu and actor Chishu Ryu. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A married white-collar worker begins an affair at his job with a young woman nicknamed Goldfish. Ozu's first film after a three year hiatus and one of the last of his marriage-related films. Set and shot on location in Tokyo Okayama Shiga and Kanagawa. 6 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Eclipse 3. Shochiku unknown
1975ref. 152317N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1975 Italian film showing actors Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider. A cynical war correspondent in northern Africa assumes the identity of a deceased arms dealer to gain information for his documentary. Antonioni's final film in a three picture contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer following "Blowup" 1966 and "Zabriskie Point" 1970. Set in Chad shot on location in Germany Spain and England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 152423N.p.: N.p. 1982. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Werner Herzog with actors Klaus Kinski Grande Otelo and Miguel Angel Fuentes on the set of the 1982 film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso. Early twentieth century rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald funds his dream to build an opera house in the Peruvian Amazon by hauling a huge river boat laden with rubber across a mountain. Werner Herzog's astonishing outrageous and downright insane masterpiece the subject of Les Blank's remarkable documentary "Burden of Dreams" 1982. Set and shot on location in Peru and Brazil. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. BFI 2032. Ebert III. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 152314N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1968 French film. With manuscript ink annotations and stamp of photographer Gerard Cossevin on the verso. While hiding out on a Peruvian island an emotionally numb young woman has sex with a group of sailors on a beach. Meanwhile her wealthy husband and his strange chauffeur search for her to no avail. One of the first films to receive an X rating from the MPAA purportedly written by director Romain Gary about his marriage to actress Jean Seberg. Shot on location in Mauritania. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Bier 1209. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 152741London: Pinewood Studios 1957. Shooting script for the 1958 British film. Annotation in manuscript ink of copy number "64" on front wrapper. Laid in are two loose pink revision pages and 36 bound pink revision pages. Based on the 1957 novel by Catherine Cookson. John Gregson in a memorable performance stars as Dublin trash collector James Ignatius Rooney who competes as a Gaelic sportsman on the weekends. Set in and shot on location in Dublin. Tall blue titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper. Title page present dated 13th August 1957 with credits for author Catherine Cookson and screenwriter Patrick Kirwan. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages laid in one undated one dated 21.11.57 and 36 dated 2.9.57. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with chipping closed tears and creasing at the extremities and spine bound with prong binding. Loose revision pages Very Good plus with toning and creasing at outer edge. Bound revision pages with some creasing to first leaf else Near Fine bound with a single flat metal brad. Pinewood Studios unknown
1964ref. 152455Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1964. First Draft script for the pilot episode of the 1965-1966 television series originally aired on September 16 1965 on ABC. Based on the 1958 film directed by Martin Ritt which was in turn based on the 1931 novella "Spotted Horses" the 1939 short story "Barn Burning" and the 1940 novel "The Hamlet" by William Faulkner. The series followed the Varners a wealthy Mississippi family whose patriarch is forced to confront the newly arrived young son of his former rival who challenges the Varners' control over the town. Set in the fictitious town of Frenchman's Bend Mississippi. Red titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated October 7 1964. Title page present dated October 7 1964 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Earl Hamner film screenwriters Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. and story and novel credits to William Faulkner. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Multilith duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue pink green and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/3/64 and 12/21/64. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
1970ref. 152433N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A beloved rock star named Wednesday's Child battles with his record label for control over the rights to his music. African American screenwriter Charles Eric Johnson was known for his work for television and film throughout the 1970s and 1980s including "Beyond Atlantis" 1973 "That Man Bolt" 1973 "Slaughter's Big Rip-Off" 1973 and "The George McKenna Story" 1986. White self wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Charles Eric Johnson. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with a few small splashes to the title page partially bound with a binder clip to the top left corner. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 152417N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. After his sister is lured into snorting a fatal dose of heroin by a dastardly biker gang a teenage boy and his group of friends vow to take their revenge and stop the bikers forming their own "moped mob." Black untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter E.L. "Tony" Duke. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver clasp. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 152290N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. A class of predominantly Black students at Howard University College of Medicine share a variety of humorous sentimental and unusual experiences in their time at the school. Jefferson previously worked as a screenwriter for "Disco 9000" 1977 and "Death Drug" 1978. Set in Washington DC. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Roland S. Jefferson and story credits to Jefferson and Eric P. Jones. 149 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/16/77 and 4/20/77. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 148995Paris: Lira Films 1971. Draft script for the 1972 French film text in French belonging to uncredited sound engineer Gerard Dacquay with name in manuscript marker on bottom right margin of front wrapper and name and address stamped on top right of title page. Copy number "17" in manuscript ink on front wrapper. A few minor manuscript annotations in manuscript ink in script text correction and a single horizontal line. Missing two pages likely as used or issued. Middle-aged forlorn Muriel Annie Girardot is vacationing at a seaside motel when Gabriel Philippe Noiret walks in a bit of a rake who has to stay a few days while his car is repaired and Muriel's table has the only vacant seat. Shot on location in Bouches-du Rhone France. Gray titled wrappers with cloth tape binding. Title page presentwith credits for director and screenwriter Jean-Pierre Blanc. 193 leaves with last page of text numbered 198. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus front wrapper separated and lightly soiled. Lira Films unknown
1969ref. 148989Paris: Adel Productions 1969. Draft script for the 1970 French film noir here under the working title "Marseille 1930." Text in French. Annotation on front wrapper of release title written large and boldly in cursive manuscript pencil with working title on title page. Erased annotations in manuscript pencil still visible on upper left of title page of names of actors "Alan Delon" and "Belmondo" with two other names illegible. A few annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on several pages circling characters or props and one noting the camera field of vision otherwise changes to scene numbers. Based on the 1959 history of Marseille gangsters "Bandits a Marseille" by Eugene Saccamano. Two small time gangsters Belmondo and Delon in 1930s Marseille join forces and go into business themselves vying for control against mob bosses. Director Jacques Deray released the sequel "Borsalino and Co" in 1974 starring Alain Delon and Riccardo Cucciolla. Set in and shot on location in Marseille and Paris. Gray untitled wrappers bound at the left in black cloth tape as issued. Title page present. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine with first two pages separating from binding near top wrapper with light soiling else Near Fine bound with binding tape. Grant France. Spicer France. Adel Productions unknown
1969ref. 153094London: Ned Sherrin 1969. Early Draft script for the 1970 British film with annotations in manuscript ink on four pages a "1." on the title page and three underlining locations. Script preceded by six pages of notes on story cast of characters and notes on principal characters. An ad man is tasked with creating a new sexy image for a frozen porridge brand. A satirical farce directly ridiculing British conservative activist Mary Whitehouse who in 1970 was staging a war on gratuitous sex in advertising and many other fields of British life. Shot on location in London and Surrey. Dark blue untitled wrappers with die-cut window in the British Fashion. Title page present dated 6th February 1969 with credits for screenwriters Marty Feldman and Barry Took and story credit for Milton Shulman and Herbert Kretzmer. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three flat metal brads. Ned Sherrin unknown
1964ref. 146737N.p.: Ivan Tors Films 1964. Collection of 30 vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. Zoologist Dr. Jim Hanlon Robert Culp unknowingly hires poacher Alec Burnett Harry Guardino as a guide in an attempt to capture two white rhinos. Burnett intending on selling the rhinos on the black market steals Hanlon's car and equipment. Burnett's girlfriend nurse Edith Arleigh Shirley Eaton is intent on making him see the error of his ways and reveals his location to Hanlon. When Hanlon saves Burnett's life after a cobra bite the two unite and capture the rhinos and join forces in animal research. Set in Africa shot on location in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Ivan Tors Films unknown
1959ref. 146808Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1959. Collection of 41 vintage studio still photographs from the 1959 film. Based on the 1952 play by Liam O'Brien. Set in early 1900s Pennsylvania where a freethinking man Mr. Horace Pennypacker Clifton Webb turns out to secretly have had a second family with a total of 17 children between the two. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good to Near Fine light curling nearly half uniformly faded some faint creasing a few with small closed tears in margins. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1930ref. 149692N.p.: N.p. 1930. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1930 film with actors Constance Bennett and Kenneth MacKenna standing together on the right along with director Paul Stein on location at a racetrack. With an agency stamp on the verso. A plain secretary works for a womanizing divorce lawyer who only dates married women. To avoid having to deal with the matrimonial pursuits of any of his potential romances he offers her financial support if she marries him in name only. Set in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with some faint soil at the margins. N.p. unknown
