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1954ref. 140241Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1954. Draft script for the 1954 film. Copy belonging to Robert Arthur who played Porter with his character's name on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil and profuse manuscript pencil annotations to his scenes throughout. Chuck MacLish Brand is having a tough time readjusting to civilian life after a life in the Navy until he meets a lonely waitress Sterling who loves him and hopes to change his ways. Set in Korea and America shot on location in San Diego USA and the Pacific Ocean. Orange titled wrappers. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated February 23 1954 with credits for screenwriter George Waggner and author Jacland Marmur. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between February 24 1954 and March 15 1954. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Allied Artists unknown
1972ref. 140225Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Draft script for the 1973 film. Copy belonging to uncredited cast member Merritt Blake with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Notably with a credit for screenwriter Eleanor Perry wife and frequent co-writer with her husband director Frank Perry. Jay Grobart Reynolds kills a man who raped and murdered his wife Cat Dancing. He is arrested but soon after is released and goes on a crime spree. He then meets Catherine Miles who is escaping her abusive husband and finds an unlikely mate. Shot on location in Arizona and Utah USA. Blue wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present dated October 31 1972 with credits for screenwriter Eleanor Perry and novelist Marilyn Durham. 159 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Xerographic duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between November 6 1972 and November 7 1972. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1959ref. 144576France: Radio-Television Francaise RTF 1959. Vintage photograph of Jean Renoir and members of the crew on the set of the 1959 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Renoir's loose adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" premiering at the Venice Film Festival followed by airing on French television and an international theatrical release. 11 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine. Radio-Television Francaise [RTF] unknown
1956ref. 144566Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1956. Vintage borderless photograph of Kirk Douglas from the 1956 film. Based on the 1934 novel by Irving Stone about the tumultuous life of the famous Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh played by Kirk Douglas. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and nominated for three others. Shot on location in Belgium France and The Netherlands. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1969ref. 140234Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1969. Draft script for the 1970 film. An older rancher is threatened by bandits stealing his cattle. Together with Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid he participates in the Lincoln County War a war against a dry goods monopoly that attempted to control cattle and water supplies as well which had sprung up in the New Mexico territory and led to great bloodshed. Set in New Mexico territory shot on location in California Arizona and New Mexico USA. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Andrew J. Fenady. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Mechanical duplication with green blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between June 25 1969 and November 3 1969. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1960ref. 144529Rome: Titanus 1960. Two vintage borderless double weight photographs from the 1960 film. With manuscript annotations and an agency stamp on the verso of each. Rosaria Katina Paxinou recently widowed moves to Milan from the countryside with four of her sons to join her eldest. Each take different paths as they struggle to adjust to life in the city. Shot on location in Milan and Rome Italy. 12 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Ebert III. Eureka Masters of Cinema 133. Titanus unknown
1968ref. 144427Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1968. Two vintage candid photographs from the 1968 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso of each. A seminal horror film one of the finest genre pictures ever made from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema bringing together Hollywood newcomer Roman Polanski old-time producer William Castle young star Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes. Set and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 630. Rosenbaum 1000. Paramount Pictures unknown
1965ref. 144489Paris: Les Films Ariane 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of Ursula Andress on the set of the 1965 film provocatively eating a banana. With agency stamps and manuscript annotations on the verso. Loosely based on the 1879 novel "Tribulations of a Chinaman in China" by Jules Verne. An adventure-comedy following the depressed billionaire Arthur Lempereur Jean-Paul Belmondo who after a series of suicide attempts hires hit-men to kill him but after he meets Alexandrine Pinardel Ursula Andress he tries to cancel the hit. Shot on location in Malaysia China Nepal India and France. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Les Films Ariane unknown
1972ref. 144513Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1972. Draft script for the 1972 film. With actor Betty Anne Rees' first name and phone number in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Karen Claudia Jennings quits her job at a cannery and joins a roller derby team. She quickly clashes with Mickey Betty Anne Rees the star skater and stirs jealousy amongst the whole team as she dominates the rink. Following in the wake of the successful roller derby film "Kansas City Bomber" released earlier the same year starring Raquel Welch. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Howard R. Cohen and Vernon Zimmerman. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Mechanical duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 9/17. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown
1957ref. 144615Nice: Studios de la Victorine 1957. Original black-and-white still photograph from the 1957 French film here under the original title "Une manche et la belle." Vidal and Demongeot are seen sunbathing worriedly on marble. Numerical annotations in manuscript pencil French film title and Demongeot's and Vidal's names in manuscript ink on the versos. Noirish murder drama loosely based on Chase's novel "The Sucker Punch" 1954. Betty Farnwell Miranda is a rich widow living in Nice with a bewitching daughter Eva Demongeot. Betty marries Philippe Vidal a good-looking but self-interested man. Cue Eva. Philippe falls for the calculating femme fatale who has plans to marry someone else. Betty's life is in danger as Philippe struggles with his transgressions. 7 x 9.25 inches small white border at the foot. Very Good plus with brief ink on the recto and faint creases. Selby France. Studios de la Victorine unknown
1978ref. 144304Paris: Roissy Films 1978. Vintage oversize borderless color photograph of Gerard Depardieu and the star chimpanzee from the 1978 film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso. An Italian-French production about a man who lives in a New York City basement and works as a jack of all trades for the owner of a wax museum and a feminist theater group. He finds an abandoned chimpanzee on the beach who he attempts to raise. A bleak and desolate depiction of New York City. Filmed in English and released dubbed in both French and Italian. Shot on location in New York City. 9.5 x 12 inches. Very Good plus. Roissy Films unknown
1957ref. 144607Paris: Chronos Films 1957. Collection of 6 original black-and-white photographs for the 1959 French film all featuring starring actor Richard in uniforms on bicycles and drinking Perrier bottled water. Film title in manuscript ink on the versos 1 photo with a "Le Parisien libere" press rubberstamp. A little seen comedy about a two French towns who compete at football soccer the goalie of what town who is traded to the other for a cow becomes infatuated by a local young woman Tanguy. Director Bastia was an assistant director in the 1940s and 1950s when he worked almost exclusively with director Jean Boyer until his debut with this film the first in this series involving gendarmes and Champignol followed by "The Gendarm of Champignol" 1959 and "The Boss of Champignol" 1966. Photographs range 3 x 4.25 inches to 9.25 x 11.75 inches. Very Good overall light curling a few brief creases slight discoloration to one a few with pinholes. Chronos Films unknown
1959ref. 144215Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1959. Vintage photograph of Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift on the set of the 1959 film. With manuscript annotations in black ink and a press agency stamp on the verso. Based on the 1958 play by Tennessee Williams. Catherine Holly Elizabeth Taylor is being evaluated and coerced by her wealthy aunt Violet Venable Katharine Hepburn into receiving a lobotomy after witnessing the death of her cousin while the three of them were on vacation in Europe the summer before. Set in New Orleans and various locations in Spain. Shot on location in Spain and England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1962ref. 144425Paris: Les Films de la Pleiade 1962. Four vintage borderless photographs from the 1962 film. With manuscript annotations and rubber stamps on the versos. Based in part on the nonfiction study "Ou en est la prostitution" by Marcel Sacotte who also contributed to the screenplay. Godard's least "intellectual" film is also one of his finest a touching drama about a college-educated woman who drifts into prostitution out of boredom with the working world to tragic consequences. The third of the seven highly influential films directed by Godard between 1960 and 1965 starring his then-wife and muse Anna Karina. Shot on location in Paris. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. BFI 2055. Criterion Collection 512. Ebert I. Les Films de la Pleiade unknown
1974ref. 144624New York: Janus Films 1974. Draft script for the 1974 British film. A young man who has had a premonition of his death is called up to train and fight with the British forces during World War II ultimately ending in his actual death in battle on D-Day. Shot in black and white on vintage Kodak film stock with about half of the film comprised of archival footage of British training missions and the London Blitz borrowed from the Imperial War Museum in London director Stuart Cooper had originally intended to create a documentary though his aims changed as his research expanded. An underappreciated film with no distribution in the US until Janus re-released the film in 2006. Restored and released by the Criterion Collection in 2014. Set in England and France shot on location in England. Tall dark green wrappers with a die cut title window. Title page present dated 1974 with credits for screenwriters Stuart Cooper and Christopher Hudson. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Mechanical duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. Criterion Collection 382. Janus Films unknown
1958ref. 144474Beverly Hills CA: MGM 1958. Vintage photograph of director Richard Brooks and actor Paul Newman on the set of the 1958 film. Typed description and manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Tennessee Williams though without much of the homosexual themes and cultural critique of the original. Brick Pollitt Paul Newman is a troubled man beat up from a drunken accident on his way to visit his dying father Big Daddy Burl Ives and the rest of his family with his wife Maggie Elizabeth Taylor. The gathering brings out the family's deeply buried tension repression and anxiety. Nominated for six Academy Awards. Shot on location in Long Island New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. MGM unknown
1975ref. 144355France: Arcadie Productions 1975. Vintage borderless photograph of Sylvia Kristel from the 1975 film. With manuscript annotations in pencil on the verso. One of ten films made by the French novelist Robbe-Grillet ostensibly about the target of a kidnapping plot hiding out at a high society brothel but in reality an exercise in image making fourth wall breaking and the exploration of Robbe-Grillet's usual concerns of eroticism voyeurism and doppelgangers. One of his most commercially successful films down mostly to the presence of "Emmanuelle" star Sylvia Kristel far more prevalent in the marketing material than in the actual film. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Arcadie Productions unknown
1966ref. 144563Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1966. Shooting Script for the 1967 Western film. Based on the 1961 novel by Richard Jessup who also wrote the screenplay. A US army fort is under siege by Arapaho warriors. Chuka Rod Taylor a wandering gunman shows up to aid the those inside each facing their troubled pasts in this moment of desperation. Green wrappers with a die cut title window. Title page present dated September 6 1966 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for novelist Richard Jessup and screenwriter Richard Fielder production number 066. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 103A. mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1970ref. 144362Paris: Les Films du Carrosse 1970. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1970 film. With credits and Cinestar agency stamps and "Cinestar" in manuscript ink on the verso. The fourth in Truffaut's five film series about the character Antoine Doinel. Christine Clause Jade and Antoine Doinel Jean-Pierre Léaud are expecting their first child when Antoine has an affair with a woman he meets in a business meeting at his new job after a period of unemployment. Shot on location in Paris France. 7.25 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 187. Les Films du Carrosse unknown
1965ref. 144472Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of Ursula Andress and Peter O'Toole on the set of the 1965 film. With manuscript annotations and photo-agency stamp on the verso. Woody Allen's film debut as actor and screenwriter. Michael O'Toole is a womanizer soon to be married to Carole Schneider but Liz Paula Prentiss and Rita Andress get in the way. His psychoanalyst Dr. Fritz Sellers is no help and Carole flirts with Victor Allen a nervous wreck. Somehow they all end up in the same hotel in the French countryside and they mayhem ensues. Shot on location in France. 10.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1956ref. 144374Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1956. Four vintage photographs two borderless from the 1956 film. Mimeo snipe with press agency stamps and stickers on the verso Shot on location in the UK Spain Portugal and the Atlantic coast in the USA. Bordered photos: 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Borderless photos: 6.5 x 8.5 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1960ref. 144662Rome: Cineriz 1960. Collection of 21 original borderless double weight still photographs from the 1960 film. Starring actress Susan Strasberg is seen in several photographs always in pinstripes and several feature costar Terzieff with striking images of laboring women a death pit and German soldiers. Numerical annotations in manuscript pencil and Contino's rubber-stamp on the versos. An impressive showcase in landscape format of a life behind barbed wire and the conditioning of inmates. Strasberg portrays a Jewish women sent to a concentration camp during WWII leading an escape plan even as the turmoil of war threatens to defeat her will. Pontecorvo's engaging war film with feminist undercurrents albeit overshadowed by what would become his most accomplished film "The Battle of Algiers" 1966. Nominated for an Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film. Shot on location in Yugoslavia. 9.5 x 14 inches. Very Good plus overall light curling brief foxing a few with small dampstains and corresponding bruises on the rectos. Cineriz unknown
1979ref. 144562Los Angeles: Essex Productions 1979. Final Draft script for the 1984 horror film. Copy belonging to makeup artist John Carl Buechler with his name in manuscript ink on the title page and two Polaroid photographs laid in. Six friends are stalked and murdered while on a camping trip. Shot on location in Idyllwild California. Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 28th 1979 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter and director Edwin Scott Brown. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages dated Oct. 7th and white undated revision pages. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine clip binding. Thrower Nightmare USA. Essex Productions unknown
1949ref. 144415Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1949. Final Draft script for the 1950 film. With a "New York Legal Department" rubber stamp on the front wrapper and extensive manuscript pencil annotations throughout likely by a professional reader regarding differences between the source novel by Thomas B. Costain and the script. Based on Costain's 1945 novel and partially conceived as a sequel to the 1949 film "Prince of Foxes" in order to reunite Tyrone Power and Orson Welles. "The Black Rose" features Power as a Saxon youth who runs away from England during the Crusades. Somehow he and his North African warlord friend Orson Welles make it to China where they get involved with the court of Kubla Kahn. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in England and the Far East shot on location in England and Morocco. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 19 and production No. 125 dated May 4 1949. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated May 4 1949. PAGES leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 5/17/49 and 7/5/49. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1966ref. 144479Paris: Les Films 13 1966. Four vintage photographs from the 1966 film. With agency stamps and manuscript annotations on the versos. Anne Gauthier Anouk Aimee and Jean-Louis Duroc Jean-Louis Trintignant meet as they drop their children off at boarding school. She works as a script supervisor and he as a race-car driver. They quickly become friends and as a romance starts to emerge they both reveal that each are widows still experiencing the grief of their losses. Winner of The Palme d'Or and the OCIC Award at the Cannes Film Festival also winner of two Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film. Nominated for two more. Shot on location in Paris Deauville and Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Les Films 13 unknown
