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1973ref. 148870N.p.: The American Film Theatre 1973. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1973 film housed in their original brown paper envelope stamped "The Homecoming 8 Stills." Based on the 1965 play by Harold Pinter who also wrote the screenplay. Teddy Michael Jayston brings his wife Ruth Vivien Merchant to visit his estranged and abrasive family in a dingy claustrophobic North London flat after a nine year absence. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. The American Film Theatre unknown
1975ref. 148809N.p.: N.p. 1975. Two promotional portrait photographs of David Bowie likely used as part of a press release announcing Bowie's casting in the 1976 film "The Man Who Fell to Earth." Each with a fold over mimeo snipe from public relations firm Rogers and Cowan dated 5-29-75. One photograph with Bowie's name and RCA Records and Tapes printed in the bottom margin. Just three weeks prior RCA had released Bowie's ninth studio album "Young Americans" and earlier that year the BBC had broadcast the documentary "Cracked Actor" about the singer which led director Nicholas Roeg to cast Bowie in his upcoming adaptation of Walter Tevis' 1963 novel. 8 x 10 inches. One photograph with slight even fading else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 304. N.p. unknown
1964ref. 148813New York: Janus Films 1964. Collection of thirteen vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1963 Swedish film. Three with mimeo snipe and "R.R. Stuart Collection" stamp on the verso. The third entry in Ingmar Bergman's trilogy of faith and redemption preceded by "Through A Glass Darkly" 1961 and "Winter Light"1963. A stark and enigmatic allegory fueled by subtle performances from Ingrid Thulin and Gunnel Lindblom. Ester Thulin a translator and intellectual suffering from a terminal disease is traveling home with her younger resentful sister Anna Linblom and Anna's son Johan Jorgen Lindstrom when they stop in the town of Timoka in a fictional European county on the brink of war with an unknown dialect. After they check into a nearly empty hotel with the exception of a group of Spanish dwarves in a traveling show Anna leaves and has an affair with a waiter as Johan wanders the hallways. Regarded as one of the most sexually provocative films of its day. 8 x 10 inches. Three with faint even fading one with pinholes to corners one with a small closed tear in top margin else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 211. Ebert III. Janus Films unknown
1947ref. 148811West Hollywood: Eagle-Lion Films 1947. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1948 British film. One with Dion McGregor Collection stamp on the verso. After sustaining a head injury in a bus crash young scientist convalesces in a boardinghouse where a young woman is brutally murdered. Now a prime suspect with a poor memory due to the accident and no alibi he begins to wonder if he could have done it. Roy Ward Baker's directorial debut. Shot on location in Buckinghamshire and London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus light corner and edgewear one with small chip to upper left corner two with pinholes and modest bruising. Selby Master. Selby UK. Grant UK. Spicer UK. Eagle-Lion Films unknown
ref. 148810Tokyo: Toho 1970. Draft script for the 1970 Japanese film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations to the rear wrapper and throughout the text. Included with the script is a mimeographed shooting schedule. Text and titles in Japanese. Annotations relate to the following: a names of the chosen cast members b set rehearsals and camera rehearsals c times for shooting e.g. Morning Afternoon Evening and Night phone numbers for production personnel d names of potential and/or hired camera assistants e names of potential and/or hired actors f indication of the production company chosen Toho Corporation as well as film stock and lens sizes to be used g additional notes regarding location of some settings h changes to dialogue and action and h some final post-production notes. Director Akira Kurosawa's first color film based on Shugoro Yamamoto's 1962 novel "Kisetsu no nai machi" A City Without Seasons. A series of vignettes about a slum in the suburbs of Tokyo and its impoverished inhabitants. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Set and shot on location in Tokyo. Script: White titled wrappers. Title page present. 90 leaves with last page of text numbered d-37. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with perfect binding. Schedule: White titled wrappers. 13 leaves with last page numbered 23. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a faintly toned spine and very faint foxing to the fore-edge side-stapled with two staples. Detailed notes with translation of annotations noted above with accompanying images are provided with the script. Toho unknown
1941ref. 148690Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1941. Final Draft script for the 1942 film. Production No. 690 and copy No. 140 both rubber stamped on the front wrapper with FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. John T. Bromley Joseph Allen a young man from high society is physically humiliated by a prizefighter William Haade before his socialite sweetheart Jenny Killian Brenda Joyce. He goes to a training camp to redeem his self-respect and ensure his success in a rematch. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Shot on location in Sherwood Forest California. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 140 and production No. 690 dated OCT. 23 1941. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated October 23 1941 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Walter Bullock. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/27/41 and 11/11/41. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a few small closed tears bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1944ref. 148705Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1944. Shooting Final Draft script for the 1945 film here under the working title "Two-Faced Quilligan." Production No. 911 and copy No. 6 rubber stamped on the front wrapper with SHOOTING FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. Single annotation in the script in manuscript pencil noting three names on the verso of last leaf. Patrick Michael Quilligan William Bendix captain of a barge named Mary named after his mother meets and falls for two women Joan Blondell and Mary Treen who remind him of his beloved deceased mother inadvertently marrying both. Set in Brooklyn and Utica New York. Brown titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 6 and production No. 911 dated DECEMBER 21 1944. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated December 21 1944 noted as Shooting Final with credits for screenwriter Arthur Kober. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/2/45 and 2/28/45. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with large chip on right edge of front wrapper bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
ref. 148354Rome: Solaris Cinematografica 2000. Eighth Draft script for the 2001 television film originally aired on January 22 on Channel 5. Copy belonging to script supervisor Franca Invernizzi with her extensive manuscript annotations on nearly every page and many page versos regarding camera shots takes timing and dialogue. Bound in after the script are six pages of Invernizzi's handwritten notes. Text in Italian. Missing page 98 likely as used or issued. Based on the 1995 novel by Maria Orsini Natale. A noblewoman's adopted daughter falls in love with her foster brother causing great rifts between mother and daughter and exposing older family secrets. Set and shot on location in Naples Italy. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 5 OTTOBRE 2000 with credits for director and screenwriter Lina Wertmuller screenwriter Elvio Porta and novelist Mario Orsini Natale. 196 leaves with last page of text numbered 186. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white undated revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light soil and edgewear bound with two silver brads. Solaris Cinematografica unknown
ref. 148351Rome: Reteitalia 1989. Draft script for the 1989 television film originally aired on Video 80 on May 12. Copy belonging to script supervisor Franca Invernizzi with her extensive manuscript annotations on nearly every page and many page versos regarding camera shots takes timing and dialogue. Bound in after the script is an annotated list of scenes and several handwritten pages of Invernizzi's notes. Laid in with the script are three carbon typescript revision pages and several documents relating to production. Text in Italian. Based on Giovanni Guareschi's 1982 short story. After moving to Bologna to start a new life an impoverished widow decides to hide the existence of her nine children from her landlady in order to avoid higher rent prices. Set and shot on location in Bologna. Script: Brown quarter leather spring binder housing the script. Script in yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present dated Ottobre 1987 with credits for director Lina Wertmuller and novelist Giovanni Guareschi. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light wear overall and tape reinforcements to the spine bound with two gold brads. List of scenes: Seven leaves with last page numbered 7. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light edgewear. Reteitalia unknown
ref. 148341London: Lord Grade 1978. Draft script for the 1978 film here under the working title "Titoli di Testa." Copy belonging to script supervisor Franca Invernizzi with her extensive manuscript annotations on nearly every page and many page versos regarding camera shots takes timing and dialogue. Bound in after the script is an annotated list of scenes and several handwritten pages of Invernizzi's notes. Text in Italian. In 1920s Sicily a capitalist and a socialist vie for the affections of a grief-stricken woman whose husband was killed by a fascist mafioso. The follow-up to director Lina Wertmuller's Oscar-nominated 1976 film "Seven Beauties" and a lyrical formidable film in its own right. Set and shot on location in Sicily. Script: Black faux-leather untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director Lina Wertmuller. 326 leaves with last page of text numbered 301. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white undated revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good with some revision pages lightly worn and toned to the edges wrapper Very Good lightly edgeworn with several tape repairs to the spine with perfect binding. List of scenes: 10 leaves with last page numbered 10. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light edgewear. Lord Grade unknown
1953ref. 148411New York: International News Photos 1953. Vintage photograph of Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini on the set of the 1954 film. Mimeo snipe dated May 17 1953 "International News Photos" and "Return to: Chronicle Files" stamps on verso. The International News Photos snipe addresses the movie as "New Wine." While we could not verify that working title Rossellini and co-screenwriter Vitaliano Brancati had drawn on a script by Antonio Pietrangeli entitled "New Vine" for "Journey to Italy" and was likely an error by the news agency. Loosely based on the 1934 novel "Duo" by Colette. An English couple Alex George Sanders and Katherine Joyce Bergman eight years married travel to Italy to sell a villa inherited from Alex's uncle. Along the drive and during their stay at the villa they come to the realization they really don't know one another and have little desire to spend time together. Set in and shot on location in Naples and Rome Italy. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. BFI 540. Scorcese My Voyage to Italy. International News Photos unknown
1971ref. 148885Hong Kong: Hong Hwa Film 1971. Vintage double-sided flyer for the 1972 film. With an English language synopsis on one side. A young girl finds an injured warrior who is being hunted by seven devils. He begins training her in a secret form of "evil karate" and once she grows up they set out to defeat the seven devils and their master. 14 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a shallow vertical crease. Light toning to one side of the flyer. Hong Hwa Film unknown
1972ref. 148888Hong Kong: Kwong Ming Film 1972. Vintage double-sided flyer for the 1972 film. With an English language synopsis on one side. In early 20th century China a worker accidentally kills his boss in a fight. He flees to Thailand with his friends where they are forced to fight in an underground fighting ring. 14 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light toning and occasional light foxing. Kwong Ming Film unknown
ref. 149074Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1976. Final Shooting script for the 1977 film. Uncredited makeup artist Rick Schwartz's copy with his ownership name on the title page in manuscript link and with penciled check marks throughout relating to close-ups in the film. Secretarial notation of supervising producer Irwin Allen's name on the title page. A stunt-heavy 1970s powerhouse designed to capitalize on the enormous success of the 1971 film "Evel Knievel" but with this entry featuring inimitable motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel as himself. Also cast are Gene Kelly as his alcoholic mechanic and Leslie Nielsen as a power-hungry Mexican drug lord. Knievel is offered a fortune to perform in Mexico unaware that a drug cartel intends to kill him and use his tour bus to smuggle hundreds of kilos of cocaine. Set in California and Mexico shot on location in Monterey Park Burbank and Long Beach California. Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped FINAL on the front wrapper. Title page present dated February 13 1976 noted as SHOOTING FINAL with credits for screenwriter Antonio Santillan sic. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1961ref. 128815London: Merton Park Studios 1961. Final Shooting Script for the 1962 UK film. The 18th film out of 47 of the "Edgar Wallace Mysteries" a British film series that showed as 1-hour second features on British film screens between 1960 and 1965 then later on television. White titled wrappers noted as Final Shooting script on the front wrapper dated October 1961 with credits for screenwriter Mackie and writer Wallace. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 64 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Merton Park Studios unknown
1968ref. 140838N.p.: Wolper Pictures 1968. Revised Draft script for the 1968 film. Based on the book of the same name by Robert H. Adleman and Col. George Walton. Based on the 1966 book by Robert H. Adleman and Col. George Walton in turn based on the true story of a specially trained unit of misfit American and Canadian soldiers given the seemingly impossible task to capture Mt. La Difensa and prove their merit. Set in America England and Italy shot on location in Utah and Italy. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1/13/67 noted as Final Revised with credits for William Roberts. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Rubber stamped on the title page #79. Wolper Pictures unknown
1962ref. 128816London: Merton Park Studios 1962. Final Shooting script for the 1962 UK film. The 21st film out of 47 of the "Edgar Wallace Mysteries" a British film series that screened as 60-minute second features on British film screens between 1960 and 1965 then later on television. A shady businessman has perpetrated a fraud that has resulted in the death of a large number of people. His business partner has evidence of the fraud and threatens the fraudster with exposure in the event of any further dishonest dealing. But when the fraudster suddenly receives death threats he decides to fake his own murder. . Light blue tall titled wrappers noted as Final Shooting Script on the front wrapper dated January 1962 with credits for screenwriter Harris and writer Wallace. 55 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver British-style brads. Merton Park Studios unknown
1984ref. 147136Beverly Hills CA: Walter Shenson-Robert Dornhelm 1984. Second Draft script for the 1986 film. With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper and a few copied manuscript annotations to page 59 and 60 noting grammatical revisions. A young pizza delivery worker falls for his new roommate a single mother who wants to be an actress but can only find work as a telegram-singing stripper. Meanwhile their next door neighbor an Austrian bodybuilder idolizes Arnold Schwarzenegger and dreams of true love. Set and shot on location in Echo Park Los Angeles and Vienna Austria. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated May 1 1984 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Michael Ventura. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Walter Shenson-Robert Dornhelm unknown
2010ref. 149043Minneapolis: Werc Werk Works 2010. Original working script from the 2012 film belonging to costume designer Molly Maginnis with her name on a handwritten slip of paper tucked into the front of the binder including a Revised Draft script a two-page xerographically duplicated document regarding costume fitting and two photographs from the set of the film. Warmly INSCRIBED on the title page by various crew and cast members including actors Diane Keaton Kevin Kline Sam Shepard and Elisabeth Moss. From the collection of costume designer Molly Maginnis. An unhappily married lonely woman finds love when she rescues a stray dog named Freeway. Shot on location in Utah. Housed in a blue three-ring binder. Title page present dated 9/20/10 noted as BLUE REVISION with credits for screenwriter Meg Kasdan and screenwriter-director Lawrence Kasdan. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus. Werc Werk Works unknown
2001ref. 149058Los Angeles: Gracie Films 2001. Shooting Draft script for the 2001 television episode originally aired on October 2 on ABC. Copy belonging to costume designer Molly Maginnis warmly INSCRIBED on the title page by actress Joan Cusack: "Molly -- / my god you are so wonderful / Thank you for your ideas-and your great smarts / Joan Cusack / P.S. you were the highlight of sophistication in this show." Missing 13 pages likely as used or issued. From the collection of costume designer Molly Maginnis. A Chicago schoolteacher juggles a new relationship and fields day-to-day interactions in the workplace. The show aired for two seasons. Set in Ravenswood Chicago. Blue titled self-wrappers dated 8/3/01 noted as Shooting Draft with credits for director Terry Hughes and screenwriter Katherine Green. 30 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Gracie Films unknown
1974ref. 147341N.p.: N.p. 1974. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With extensive annotations in manuscript ink throughout noting substantive revisions. Based on Bill Pronzini's 1974 novel wherein a small town's entire population is cut off from the outside world by a massive blizzard unaware that three professional killers are trapped in their midst. Set in the Sierra Nevadas. White non-standard titled front wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated October 11 1974 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Christopher Knopf and director Peter Yates. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good lightly soiled bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1999ref. 149053Beverly Hills CA: Imagine Entertainment 1999. Final Draft script for the 2000 television pilot originally aired on NBC on February 14. Copy belonging to costume designer Molly Maginnis warmly INSCRIBED on the title page by members of the cast and crew including screenwriter Noah Baumbach and actors Joanna Going Sabrina Grdevich Carlos Jacott Heidi Schanz and Eric Stoltz. From the collection of costume designer Molly Maginnis. An early darkly comic screenwriting effort from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Noah Baumbach best known for "Kicking and Screaming" 1995 "The Squid and the Whale" 2005 and "Marriage Story" 2019 following a group of friends struggling to adapt to life as adults. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Title page integral with front wrapper noted as FINAL DRAFT dated 4/29/99 with credits for screenwriter Noah Baumbach and director Thomas Schlamme. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication on yellow stock rectos only with one white revision page dated 4/23/99. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Imagine Entertainment unknown
1968ref. 149124N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage reference photograph of Roman Polanski and Mia Farrow in front of the flagship Tiffany & Co. store on Fifth Ave New York City during the filming of the 1968 film. Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin. A seminal horror film one of the best genre pictures ever made from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema bringing together newcomer Roman Polanski as director established producer William Castle young star Mia Farrow and Hollywood veteran John Cassavetes. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ruth Gordon and nominated for Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine National Film Registy. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Criterion Collection 630. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1942ref. 148429Burbank CA: Warner Brothers - First National 1942. Collection of ten vintage studio still photographs from the 1942 film. One with a mimeo snipe on verso one with "National Screen Service Corp" and "227- 42" stamps on verso and two with a "Photograph by Madison Lacy" stamp on versos. Included is a two-color press flyer for the film. Two migrant workers attempt to organize farmers against monopolistic packing plant owner with the help of a dancer at a local club. Set in the fictional town of Cat Tail Florida shot on location in Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some light edgewear two uniformly faded one with four pinholes to far left two with small closed tears and one with one inch closed tear with cello tape repair on verso. Press Flyer 8.5 x 11 inches Near Fine. Warner Brothers - First National unknown
1942ref. 149117Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1942. Vintage photograph of Preston Sturges adjusting Claudette Colbert's outfit made of men's pajamas and a pullman blanket on the set of the 1942 film. Studio label affixed to bottom margin of recto with ambiguous initials and "May 30" written in manuscript ink. Mimeo snipe on verso. In the minds of some critics Sturges closed out the screwball comedy era with a bang in this breakneck venture which had dialogue flying back and forth at a speed that was radical even by Sturges' standards. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with some creasing and edgewear. Criterion Collection 742. Rosenbaum 1000. Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Paramount Pictures unknown
