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1967ref. 143076London: Hammer Films / Seven Arts 1967. Five photographs from the 1967 British American film including one US studio still. One photograph with the stamp on a Spanish photo agency on the verso a few with brief manuscript annotations. Released as "Slave Girls" in the UK and "Prehistoric Women" in the US. An explorer touches a mystical statute and finds himself in the distant past where a tribe of brunette women enslave blonde women whom he must help fight for freedom. Hammer reused the sets and costumes from the previous year's "One Million Years B.C." and would return to the same ouevre of scantily clad cave women with "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" 1970 and "Creatures the World Forgot" 1971. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Hammer Films / Seven Arts unknown
1954ref. 143075Italy / France: Produzioni Cinematografiche Associate / Franco London Films 1954. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1954 film showing Ingrid Bergman tied to the titular stake with actor Tullio Carminati beside her and director Roberto Rossellini in the foreground. With stamps identifying the film under the English language title "Joan at the Stake" and the New York address of Italian Films Export as well as some manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1938 oratorio "Jeanne d'Arc au bucher" by Arthur Honegger with a libretto by Paul Claudel about visions of her life and purpose Joan of Arc receives as she is burned at the stake. 6.75 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Produzioni Cinematografiche Associate / Franco London Films unknown
1980ref. 141899Los Angeles: Sandy Howard Productions / New World Pictures 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Manuscript ink notation 108 on title page. Bar-Yotam is an Israeli actor and screenwriter who is best known for his roles in "You Don't Mess with the Zohan" 2008 and "Moon Over Parador" 1988 along with several television appearances dating from 1981-2016 on programs such as "Seinfeld" " Murder She Wrote" "Shameless" and "MacGyver." An angry renegade Irish police officer who plays by his own rules to come out on top in the end. Set in Southern California. White titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Reuven Bar-Yotam. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Sandy Howard Productions / New World Pictures unknown
1985ref. 141888Munich Munchen: Alex Tudor 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced film. An older man holds a party at his castle and attracts the attention of a young woman though no one present understands what one sees in the other. Dr. Alexe Tudor is an independent German documentarian who focuses primarily on symbols and expression spotlighting the artist's case for both. Tudor's works include profiling events and exhibitions related to the work of clergyman and artist Ivo Schaible SDS 1999-2012 Der Antifter: Freemasonry 2008 surveying the work of Otmar Alt and the documentary Die Begegnung. Set in Blue untitled wrappers with a business card for director and screenwriter Alex Tudor affixed at the lower right corner of the front wrapper. Title page present dated 17.03.85 with credits for screenwriter Tudor. 20 leaves with last page of text numbered 17. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with four staples. Alex Tudor unknown
1978ref. 141900Leigh-McLaughlin / Atlantic Releasing Corporation 1978. Draft script for the 1978 film. Gilroy was a writer for screen stage novels film producer and director. He received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play "The Subject Was Roses" in 1965. An autobiographical tale of an American screenwriter living in Paris who has an affair with a British aristocrat. Set in and shot on location in Paris. Brown untitled wrappers manuscript ink notation of underlined title. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Frank D. Gilroy. 148 leaves with last page of text numbered 148. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus prong binding. Leigh-McLaughlin / Atlantic Releasing Corporation unknown
1950ref. 142350N.p.: N.p. 1950. Archive of various ribbon copy typescript draft script revisions in both red and black ribbon type for an unproduced film. With annotations throughout in manuscript ink. A mystery begins to unfold as Tom Fielding finds an acquaintance of his in a highly distressed position. When he returns to his home he finds his wife has been brutally murdered and that he is the prime suspect. Set in London and Liverpool. Script #1: Blue titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 37 leaves with last page of text numbered 6. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a string binding. Script #2: Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as First Copy with credits for screenwriter Moore. 266 leaves with last page of text numbered 11. Ribbon copy typescript in black and red. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus unbound. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 142371N.p.: N.p. 1950. Archive of screenplays for an unproduced films all by the same screenwriter from the screenwriter's estate. Collection of unproduced screenplays by screenwriter G.E. Moore including "The Wittering Alp" "Portrait of Catherine" "The Trojan Story" "The Nine Days' Wonder" and "The Choice Spirit." Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 43. Mixed ribbon copy typescript carbon typescript and mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good plus housed in a black spring binder. Binder is Good only significantly dampstained but has done its job and the internal leaves are unaffected. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 142324Universal City London: K.N.P. Productions / Universal 1962. Draft script for the 1963 film. Laid in is a two page stapled cast list dated December 21 1962 as well as a three page stapled cast and unit list dated December 21 1962. Here under the working title "It's All Happening." A local talent-spotter organizes a benefit concert to save the orphanage he grew up in. Later categorized as a "children's musical" this film featured a great number of actual popular singer and bands active in the 1960s in England. Green untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated November 29 1962. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 71. Multilith duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. K.N.P. Productions / Universal unknown
1950ref. 142337N.p.: N.p. 1950. Archive of four Draft scripts for four different films all unproduced. Set in London. Title page present with credits for screenwriter G.E. Moore. 255 leaves with last page of text numbered 12. Mixed ribbon copy typescript and carbon typescript variously on white green and yellow stock. Pages Very Good plus with some foxing at the edges housed in a green spring binder that is dampstained and Good only. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 142370N.p.: N.p. 1950. Archive of Draft scripts for an unproduced film the first draft being a ribbon copy typescript. A man experiences constant ennui in high society life and soon falls for a married woman whom he meets at a salon in her husband's house. They begin an affair amongst affluent society and start traveling secretly around Europe. Set in Paris. Screenplay #1: Brown titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 25 leaves with last page of text numbered 21. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a string binding. Screenplay #2: Blue titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with dampstaining bound with three staples. Screenplay #3: Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 237 leaves with last page of text numbered 32. Mixed ribbon copy typescript and carbon typescript. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus housed in a green spring binding. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 141895N.p.: N.p. 1961. Fifth Draft script for an unproduced film. Neil Paterson is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter from Scotland who won the award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Room at the Top" 1959. Additional films he wrote for include "High Tide at Noon" 1957 and "The Spiral Road" 1962. He also had a successful career as a soccer player in his native Scotland. Pink titled self wrappers noted as 5TH DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 14 and production No. 3649 dated February 27 1961 with credits for producer Henry Blanke and screenwriter Neil Paterson. Title page integral with front wrapper. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Mechanical duplication with green and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between February 20 1961 and February 27 1961. Pages Very Good plus front wrapper Good only now preserved in archival mylar rear wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1953ref. 142336London: Jack Parsons 1953. Draft script for the 1962 film. With a few annotations in manuscript pencil. A manager at a razor factory grows a beard after developing a rash due to shaving. His superiors are displeased. The manager then decides to organize a strike in order to get his point across. Green titled wrappers dated May 1953 with credits for screenwriters John O'Gorman and George Moore. Title page present dated May 1953 with credits for screenwriters John O'Gorman and George Moore. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Jack Parsons unknown
1950ref. 142348N.p.: N.p. 1950. Original treatment script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. In a nonspecific Communist-occupied country in Central Europe during the Cold War a group of military police arrest a woman they believe to be a spy. She maintains her innocence yet still she has an interesting alibi married an artist three days before and finding him dead and speaks English with a Magyar accent despite an "English" upbringing. Set in Central Europe. Brown wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Moore. 48 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 45. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a string binding. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 142326N.p.: N.p. 1950. Synopsis script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. The supposed memoir of a showgirl who begins who career simply as a beautiful woman who think she is untalented in all other areas and ends up embarrassing herself rather often at the start of her career. She eventually develops a camaraderie with her fellow performers and begins to accept her life with people who care about her. Set in England. Pink titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter G.E. Moore. 32 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 28. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with string binding. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 142338N.p.: N.p. 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. An Irish comedy involving a small village which finds itself on the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland i.e. the British Empire. A man and a woman on opposite sides of the border fall in love. Set in Ireland. Green titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter G.E. Moore. 33 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 27. Ribbon copy typescript with type in black and red. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near fine bound with string binding. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 142329N.p.: N.p. 1950. Draft script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. A gentleman pays the bail of a recently-jailed political activist who is then invited to a meeting of the League of Free Men. When the activist turns up murdered a few days later with a mysterious note found on his body the police begin investigating exactly what this organization is all about. Set in London. Brown titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present noted as First Version with credits for G.E. Moore. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Ribbon copy typescript with type in black and red. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a string binding. N.p. unknown
1964ref. 142333Buckinghamshire: British Lion Film Corporation 1964. Draft script for the 1964 film. Based on the 1960 novel of the same title by Douglas Hayes. A middle-aged stage actor moves from a conservative life in the provinces to the very center of Swinging London and tries to revitalize his career by performing in commercials. Set in London shot on location there. Black untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Peter Yeldham and author Douglas Hayes. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. British Lion Film Corporation unknown
1950ref. 142332N.p.: N.p. 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. A violent gang of men chaos all over the outskirts of London by beating up the daughter of an older woman they are sheltering and abducting people throughout the London countryside. Set in London. Brown titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter G.E. Moore. 34 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 31. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with string binding. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 142374N.p.: N.p. 1950. Draft script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript with type in black and red. A sixteen year old living in her sick aunt's boarding house receives a proposition from a local wealthy individual for marriage which she would only do to pull herself out of her situation but she cannot abandon her sick aunt who needs her help. Set in Australia. Unbound leaves Title page integral with first page of text. 21 leaves with last page of text numbered 20. Ribbon copy typescript. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 143131Paris: Cinedis 1957. Collection of 130 vintage black-and-white still photographs and 3 medium-format negatives for the 1957 French-Italian film. The collection consists of two unique but complimentary pieces one being a set housed in the original paper box with "Crumiere / Paris" paper label and annotations on the box top in manuscript ink noting French film title and "B. Bardot" the other being nearly 100 smaller photographs elegantly presented mounted on thick stock in a "Lavis aquarelle" brand spiral bound notebook with maroon faux leather front wrapper and an affixed paper title label featuring the film's poster art of Bardot. Several photographs with series number on the verso in manuscript pencil a few with rubber-stamps crediting film title and starring actors and photos in notebook numbered at the edges prior to being printed. Bardot is seen in nearly every image highlighting an array of hairstyles and costumes scenes in the pilot's cockpit snacking between takes dancing being curious at galas. Contact sheets glamour portraits of Madeleine Lebeau action sequences of bar fights and on-the-set images are equally prominent. Negatives show costume design illustrations for men in military uniforms. 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. Photographs in large quarto notebook 4 x 5 inches to 8 x 10.5 inches mounted on thick stock. Boxed photographs 4.75 x 7 inches to 9.25 x 11.75 inches with 3 medium-format negatives 3.5 x 4.5 inches. Photographs Near Fine overall light curling a handful with short creases negatives Very Good notebook Very Good plus box Very Good. Cinedis unknown
1959ref. 143090Paris: Harcourt Studios 1959. Collection of 6 original black-and-white single weight press photographs from a dog show at Harcourt portrait studios in France presumed upon the 1959 French release of the 1957 US film "Old Yeller" the French title being "Le Fidele Vagabond." Housed in the original brown paper envelope with with annotations on the front in manuscript pencil and ink noting photographer M. Dole. Three photographs with Gravaert watermark and five with brief manuscript pencil on the versos. Among the photographs are two fascinating images behind the scenes of an animal pageant: in one a mildly bemused audience spotted with various styles of contemporary women's hat fashion in the other a representative from the youth organization holding a sign reading "Nous cherchons un Maître" We are looking for a Master. A few pageant officials also seen a presenter in horn-rimmed glasses and two dog handlers one resembling noted Hollywood trainer Rudd Weatherwax who trained the original Old Yeller with his brother Frank. Hanging portraits are also seen all having Harcourt Studios imprint. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine slight curling. Harcourt Studios unknown
1958ref. 143106Paris: Filmsonor 1958. Collection of 109 vintage black-and-white still photographs for the 1958 French film. All photographs with mimeograph series number on the verso. Images of cast and crew expertly captured including director Patelliere working with cameraman on the set. Photographs range in size several with white borders several credit photographer M. Dole on the recto. Housed in original box with "Papiers as de trefle" paper label their "open in red light only" warning and French film title in manuscript ink on the box top. Based on Maurice Druon's 1948 novel the film stars Jean Gabin as the head of a wealthy French family ruling his fortune and estate with an iron fist and leaving little room for his heirs to prove worthy of the wealth. Photographs from 3.25 x 4.5 inches to 9.5 x 12 inches most under 7 inches. Photos Near Fine overall slight curling a few with short creases. Box Very Good. Filmsonor unknown
1969ref. 143218Tokyo: Gendai Eigasha 1969. Draft script for the 1969 film. Front wrapper notes a date of 1969 and credit as a Gendai Eigasha production. The second page is a elegaic introduction to the film story: "On the erotology and insurrection of sugi Sakae who wrote of dancing as flowers strangled and left in spring and It Noe who lived her entire life in confused beauty-we the youth and you and I in our degenerate joy which reaches an unbalanced complicity are talking." Based on the life of anarchist Sakae sugi and his relationship with three women.It is the first film in Yoshida's trilogy of Japanese radicalism followed by "Heroic Purgatory" 1970 and "Coup d'Etat" 1973. Considered to be one of the most representative films from the Japanese New Wave movement. Set in and shot on location in Japan. White titled wrappers dated 1969. Title page present. 86 leaves with last page of text numbered d-44. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with mild foxing on rear wrapper title on spine. Gendai Eigasha unknown
1969ref. 143150Paris: Les Films du Carrosse 1969. Seven vintage lobby cards for the US release of the 1969 French neo-noir film. A late and important color noir made at what was arguably the peak of Truffaut's success as a filmmaker dedicated to one of his elders Jean Renoir and shot during the time he was deeply involved with lead actress Catherine Deneuve. Based on the 1947 novel by Cornell Woolrich writing as William Irish. 14 x 11 inches. Fine. Grant France. Twilight Time. Les Films du Carrosse unknown
1969ref. 143149Paris: Les Films du Carrosse 1969. Collection of eight vintage lobby cards for the 1969 French neo-noir film. A late and important color noir made at what was arguably the peak of François Truffaut's success as a filmmaker dedicated to one of his elders Jean Renoir and shot during the time he was deeply involved with lead actress Catherine Deneuve. Based on the 1947 novel by Cornell Woolrich writing as William Irish. 10.5 x 8.25 inches. Fine. Grant France. Twilight Time. Les Films du Carrosse unknown