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1965ref. 143249Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Societe Nouvelle de Cinematographie SNC 1965. Collection of 16 vintage lobby cards for the French release of the 1965 film. The set is housed in its original titled brown paper envelope from the film's distributor Societe Nouvelle de Cinematographie SNC. Based on the 1962 novel "Obsession" by Lionel White about a unhappily married man who goes on a traveling crime spree with an ex-girlfriend who herself is being pursued by right wing paramilitary hit men. 9.5 x 12 inches. Fine. Criterion Collection 421. Godard Histoires de cinema. Societe Nouvelle de Cinematographie [SNC] unknown
ref. 140754N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. Former Korean War vet and baseball player and current junkie has been completely out of his son's life as a father and only involved later on as a "friend" who happens to meet him on the street. His son is pursuing his dream of being a filmmaker while his father struggles to get clean and be a role model for his son. Set in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Richard Grand and Laurie Post. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 140783N.p.: N.p. 1973. Draft script for an unproduced film. Paul is a little person dealing with life the only way he knows how. He is typecast in Hollywood and frequently plays a ventriloquist's dummy and stared at when he is just trying to go about his day. He has great luck with women but not so much in forging close relationships. His only friends are other freaks and he hopes to hit it big at the horse races and on the stock market. Set in Hollywood. Title page present with credits for screenwriter J. Michael Nicholson. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between January 3 1973 and November 21 1973. Pages Near Fine bound in a standard three ringed binder with an affixed title label on the front board. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 140768Los Angeles: H. N. Swanson 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. With three pages of synopsis laid-in. Peter Conrad is a successful American defense attorney and he is on a tour of Europe revisiting places he had seen during World War II places where his friends died. He ends up in Sicily where he hopes to reconnect with a young woman he met during the war. He finds her but she has been promised to another and amidst a backdrop of Mafia activity he vows to win her over and prove his true Sicilian heritage. Set in Sicily. Black titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter David Chantler. Title page present with credits for screenwriter David T. Chantler. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. H. N. Swanson unknown
1974ref. 140771Hollywood: Goldwyn Studios 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. The daughter of a steel magnate is kidnapped from her college and being held for ransom by a group called the Army of the Oppressed whose insane leader demands ten million dollars in food for the poor. His enemy Turkey the leader of the Liberators in Detroit exacts his own revenge by kidnapping Malcolm Z's mother and wife but is apprehended by the FBI. A convict is allowed to escape from jail to lead the local cops to the gang but he too is killed onsite. With all the leads and hopes dashed one investigator risks his life for one more trick in getting the girl home safely. Set in California and Detriot. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 7 1974 with credits for screenwriter Charles Martin. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Goldwyn Studios unknown
1957ref. 143949Japan: Towa 1957. Two original uncut Japanese stamp sheets for the 1957 French-Italian film. Bardot is amply represented in red and green variants 10 stamps per sheet also with an image of the Eiffel Tower. Produced by the Towa Corporation Japan with "BB" and film titles in Japanese represented. The film was released in Japan in December about one week after the French premiere. Scarce and cool Bardot ephemera and a unique Japan-France collaboration circa 1957-1958. Boisrond's fourth directorial credit is a comedy starring Bardot as the flirtatious daughter of the prime minister of France who marries a member of the cabinet Vidal who happens to be a womanizer. Taking control of the situation she has an weekend affair with a prince Boyer and ultimately reunites with her husband after somewhat passive apologies. Sheets 4.5 x 8 inches stamps 1.25 x 1.75 inches. Very Good plus overall with a little light handling and toning. Towa unknown
1962ref. 144013Paris: France Cinema Productions 1962. Original scenario with dialogue script for the 1962 film here under the French title and also the title "Venus Imperiale." Notations on several pages in manuscript ink and pencil and a few typed corrections. Based on Annette Wademant's screenplay one of twelve recorded screenplays written by Wademant for director Boisrond. Bernard Poiret is a new publisher who falls in love with Sophie Saval but their foolish love nearly destroys them and his job. Unbound carbon typescript. Title page present undated noted as "Scenario et dialogues" with credits for director Boisrond and screenwriter Wademant. 224 leaves with last page of text numbered 224. Pages and folder Very Good plus. France Cinema Productions unknown
1970ref. 143874Hollywood: Goldfarb-Lewis Agency 1970. Original Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on Guy Endore's novel of the same name about the life of Alexandre Dumas. Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Dale Wasserman and novelist Guy Endore. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Goldfarb-Lewis Agency unknown
1976ref. 143866N.p.: N.p. 1976. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in autograph letter signed by Andrea Ireland Stapley addressed to an anonymous editor recipient dated March 4th 1976. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Andrea Ireland Stapley. 191 leaves with last page of text numbered 176. Xerographically reproduced Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 143888N.p.: N.p. Typed script for an unproduced film with manuscript annotations and type corrections throughout. Thomas a bureaucrat for an oppressive regime goes undercover as a clown to spy on civilians until his legitimacy is called into question on both fronts. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as First draft on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Laszlo Gorog and cinematographer Roger Barlow. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Typed. Pages Good wrapper Good bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 143917N.p.: N.p. 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. A depiction of the struggles of two US soldiers after returning home from the Vietnam War. Copper untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1985 with credits for screenwriter Jesse Wolf. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 143943Hollywood: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Don and Irene are a young and unhappy married couple whose lives and relationship are thrown asunder as Don gravitates toward Spiritology a spiritual organization that promises the 'Ultimate Release." Gold titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Aaron Nash. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 143878Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1961. Draft script for the 1961 television special. A musical special in the form of a cultural forecast in anticipation of a changing world. The show addresses topics including: science technology politics entertainment and leisure. Grey titled wrappers. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Mimeograph duplication with pink yellow and blue pages throughout. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
1970ref. 143871Rome: Fair Film 1970. Draft script for the 1970 film. An English language script for consideration by US filmmakers though the film was shot in Italian. Based on Alberto Bevilacqua's 1964 novel of the same name. The widow of a worker killed by police joins the militant strike against the factory owners one of which falls in love with her and is forced to face his glaring conflicts of interest. Shot on location in Parma Italy. Grey titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter and director Alberto Bevilacqua. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Fair Film unknown
1956ref. 143992Paris: Franco London Film S.A. 1956. Original program for the 1956 English language release of the 1955 French-Italian film. Deluxe program in English text illustrated throughout in black-and-white stills from the film detailing the film synopsis. Also includes 8 full-color borderless film stills akin to lobby cards a brief filmography of director Renoir and transcript of an interview between Renoir and Georges Van Parys from January 1 1955 and sheet music for the theme song "Complainte de la butte." Housed in a Franco London Film folder with tipped-in plate reproducing Pierre-Auguste Renoir's "Le Moulin de la Galette" and film title in red on the front wrapper. Based on an idea by Andre-Paul Antoine his second to last film credit before "La dulce enemiga" 1957. Set in 1890s Paris Henri Danglard Gabin is the owner of a cafe where his mistress Lola Felix performs as a belly dancer. With the cafe nearly bankrupt Henri inspired by an old-fashioned cancan in Montmartre decides to add a new dancer to revive his business. Cue a laundress named Nini Arnoul who soon finds fame at the Moulin Rouge. François Truffaut's review in "Arts" magazine May 1955 was highly supportive even though other critics like Bernard Chardere criticised the music the sets even the final cancan scene. Regardless the film was awarded the Grand Prix de l'Academie du Cinéma 1956. Program 9 x 12.5 inches saddle-stapled and string-bound 4 leaves in slightly larger folder. 8 film stills 9 x 12 inches. Interview slightly smaller than stills single leaf printed on both sides and sheet music slightly larger dated 1954 single leaf folded twice 3 sides printed. Very Good plus overall with a few small scattered creases and brief dampstains to the folder. Criterion Collection. Roger Ebert Great Movies IV. Franco London Film S.A. unknown
1963ref. 143919Paris: Ucinex 1963. Original Moyenne medium poster for the 1963 French release of the 1961 Hungarian film seen here under the French title "Les cigognes s'envolent a l'aube." Numerical notation on the verso in manuscript pencil. Based on a true love affair between a Hungarian doctor and a Russian girl during World War II. Director Mihaly Szemes' best-known film winner of a Silver Prize at the second Moscow International Film Festival in 1961. 22.25 x 30 inches folded as issued. About Near Fine lightly creased with toning at the folds. Ucinex unknown
1960ref. 143981Strasbourg France: Jean Jungmann 1960. Archive of 5 vintage single weight press photographs from a press gala for the 1960 French film here under the original French title. All rubber-stamped on the verso crediting photographer Jungmann and all but one show director Lamorisse on-stage behind a microphone with an official from the gala with one photo featuring smiling colleagues seated at a dining table. Housed in an original Jungmann mailing envelope addressed to Maryse Martres in manuscript ink with a memo on Cinedis parchment from "F. Willkomm" signed by him in manuscript ink and dated December 30 1960 noting that the images portray Lamorisse while he visited Strasbourg for the gala. Also included is a carbon typescript letter from Martres to Lamorisse citing the inclusion of travel tickets to Strasbourg and Marseilles and various press events to occur. A welcome addition to the director's mostly unseen oeuvre. Little is known of Willkomm but the memo does bear his rubber-stamp crediting him as the Cinedis director of the Strasbourg location. Martres Martin was a prolific French actress since 1948 notably "Girl on the Third Floor" 1955 and "The Happy Road" 1957 and she was later involved in press relations at Cinedis a notable film agency in operation since the Silent Film era. Kishi was born in 1932 and became a Japanese actress and writer. She married director Ciampi in 1957. Since 1996 she has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund UNFPA. Photographer Jungmann is equally obscure but seems to have been prolific in the 1960s mostly for press relations. Director Lamorisse starred his own son Pascal as a boy who stows away on his grandfather's Gille hot-air balloon that is less controllable than suspected. They narrowly escape church spires and snag clotheslines and party guests Pascal enjoying every minute. Lemmon narrated the English version and subsequently bought the rights to the film. Winner of an OCIC Award at the 1960 Venice Film Festival. Photos 5 x 7 inches small white borders Near Fine. Envelope and memo slightly larger Very Good plus overall. Carbon typescript 8.25 x 10.5 inches pink stock Very Good plus. Jean Jungmann unknown
1961ref. 143969Paris: Cinedis 1961. Collection of 18 original single weight press photographs from a gala surrounding the 1961 French-Italian-West German-Japanese film. Most of the photos represent actress Kishi here as "Kiski" in kimono and director Ciampi on-stage behind a microphone and signing autographs presumably at the French premiere. Several photographs are rubber-stamped on the versos crediting photographer Jungmann or Andre also for Bar-le-Duc. Also included are a few leaves documenting travel expenses and locations associated with the film and a memo mentioning Kishi's travels signed by "F. Willkomm" at Cinedis the film's distribution company addressed to Maryse Martres dated May 29 1961. All photos and memo housed in original mailing envelopes with annotations in manuscript ink on the recto of the larger. Little is known of Willkomm but Martres Martin was a prolific French actress since 1948 notably "Girl on the Third Floor" 1955 and "The Happy Road" 1957 and she was later involved in press relations at Cinedis a notable film agency in operation since the Silent Film era. Kishi was born in 1932 and became a Japanese actress and writer. She married director Ciampi in 1957. Since 1996 she has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund UNFPA. Based on the true story of Richard Sorge who was a spy for the USSR working at the German Embassy in Japan between 1935 and 1943. Holtzman plays Sorge and Kishi plays Yuki presumably involved with Sorge romantically and within the workings of his spy ring. Sorge's story was adapted once more "Spy Sorge 2003 a Japanese film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. Photos range from 3.5 x 6 inches to 7 x 9 inches several with white borders. Very Good plus overall slight curling and light creasing. Envelopes memo and travel ephemera Very Good overall. Cinedis unknown
1970ref. 144010Beverly Hills CA: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Paper clipped on the front wrapper is a typed note initialed by Edwin Blum in blue manuscript ink. Two women repeatedly arrange to be the beneficiaries on the life insurance policies of numerous dead men. In the course of their activities a romance is struck up with an insurance executive. Beige titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Edwin Blum. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Edwin Blum. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 143995Toronto: Telepix Canada 1985. Final Draft for the 1986 television film. Based on the book of the same name recounting the corruption of the 1969 United Mine Workers' presidential election and the murder of Joseph "Jock" Yablonski that followed. Set in Pittsburgh PA and environs shot on location in Pitsburgh and Nemacolin Pennsylvania and Ontario Canada. Self-wrappers with title page integral on the front wrapper dated August 8 1985 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Scott Spencer. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/19/85 and 8/22/85. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. Telepix Canada unknown
1980ref. 143986Burbank CA: Martin Ransohoff Productions 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Western featuring Lazarus a fugitive cowboy who cant keep out of trouble. Red titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robert Avard Miller composer George Leonard and producer A. Ronald Lubin. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Martin Ransohoff Productions unknown
1970ref. 144003Simi Valley: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Written by Lincoln Demyan whose film credits as actor include episodes of "Bonanza" and "The Big Valley" "The Great Impostor" 1961 "Man's Favorite Sport" 1964 "The Brass Bottle" 1964 and "White Lightning" 1973. An underground pool hall and poker club is the site of a potential swindle. Local poker sharks con men and politicians clash as the stakes grow and all parties suspect the others are telling lies and cheating. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lincoln Demyan. 90 leaves with last page of text numbered 89. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with velo binding. N.p. unknown
1956ref. 143240Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1956. First Draft script for the 1956 film. Title in English on rear wrapper. Based on a 1946 children's novel by Michio Takeyama about a conscience-driven Japanese soldier who adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk after he fails to get his countrymen to surrender to an overwhelming force. Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. Set in Burma during WWll shot on location in Burma and near the Izu Peninsula in Japan. White titled wrappers. Title page present. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered e-25. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine with some toning due to age wrapper Very Good with mild foxing and light water damage near spine. Criterion Collection 379. Eureka Masters of Cinema 12. Nikkatsu unknown
1957ref. 143197Kyoto: Daiei Studios 1957. Draft script for the 1958 Japanese film. Based on the 1956 novel "Kinkakuji" "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" by Yukio Mishima which is loosely based on the actual event of the burning of the Reliquary or Golden Pavilion of Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto by a young Buddhist acolyte in 1950. The book was one of three Mishima novels adapted by Paul Schrader for episodes in his film "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters" 1985. Daiei released "Conflagration" "Enj " an adaptation of the same novel directed by Ichikawa Kon in 1958. The title and name of the temple in the film was changed from Kinkakuji after Buddhist opposition threatened problems with filming in Kyoto. This is a script from that film before the name change. Set and shot on location in Kyoto. White titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 12. Title page present. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered e-27. Mechanical duplication. Toning due to aging throughout mildew water damage wrapper split at spine with mild foxing non archival tape to spine and title page overall about Good condition. Daiei Studios unknown
1961ref. 143276Tokyo: Takarazuka Productions 1961. First Draft script for the 1961 film. Working copy belonging to uncredited crew member Takahashi Toshihiro with his name rubber stamped on the first leaf and the last page of text. Director Yasjiro Ozu's penultimate film about a widower and his daughters who become concerned when he begins visiting an old flame while also trying to find husbands for his youngest daughter and widowed daughter-in-law. White titled wrappers noted as 1 on the front wrapper dated 1961. Title page present. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered d-26. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with some slight foxing. Criterion Collection Eclipse Series 3. Takarazuka Productions unknown
