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1970ref. 141036N.p.: Faces Music 1970. Original borderless photograph of John Cassavetes behind the camera on the set of the 1970 film. "Husbands" was personal to Cassavetes who was struggling with the recent loss of his 30 year old brother. The film follows three middle aged men all very close in the aftermath of the death of their friend. Shot on location in England and New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Faces Music unknown
1957ref. 141665Paris: Paris Film Productions 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film. Snipe affixed to the verso. The young handsome Octave arrives in Paris and becomes an object of considerable attention in the female community. Shot on location in France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with a small manuscript notation to the verso. Paris Film Productions unknown
1968ref. 141612Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Collection of nine vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. Snipe printed to the verso. A semi-biographical film based on Bernard Malamud's novel of the same name. The story of a Russian-Jew unjustly prisoned on accusations of blood libel. Set in Russia shot on location in Hungary. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Light wear to the top margin. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1955ref. 141526N.p.: Hal Wallis Productions 1955. Six vintage double weight studio still photographs from the 1955 film. The film is based on Tennessee Williams' 1951 play in which an Italian widow and her teenage daughter cope with the aftermath of her husband's death. Shot on location in Florida and California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Hal Wallis Productions unknown
1967ref. 141626Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1967. Vintage studio still photograph of Alec Guinness from the 1967 film. Snipe printed in blue ink on the verso. The film follows a sardonic hotel owner who witnesses the chaos in Haiti under the Papa Doc Duvalier regime. Starring Elizabeth Taylor in a role originally meant for Sophia Loren. Shot on location in Benin and France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1960ref. 140916Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1960. Vintage Italian Locandina poster for the 1960 US film. From one perspective a fairly one-dimensional representation-perhaps even a caricature-of Beat culture but culturally fascinating in that it was made at the height of the Beat era with A-list talent by a top studio and until Walter Salles' 2012 adaptation of "On the Road" was the only feature-length film ever made from a Kerouac novel. Kerouac was paid $15000 by MGM for the rights to the book and bought his first home with the proceeds on Long Island. A film that rarely screened today and has never been available on any kind of home viewing format. While its perspective on the actual Beat scene may be skewed or wildly misinterpreted it is nonetheless important as an interpretation of Kerouac's world from the outside looking in. Shot on location in San Francisco California. 13 x 27 inches folded. Near Fine with light wrinkling. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1965ref. 141553Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1965. Collection of 12 vintage color studio still photographs from the 1965 film. After being labeled a coward Lord Jim seeks redemption through an exceptionally dangerous mission. In its wake he finds himself faced again with the choice of self preservation or honor. The Technicolor film was based on Joseph Conrad's novel of the same name. Shot on location in Cambodia China Malaysia and England. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1971ref. 141030Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1971. Eight vintage lobby cards from the 1971 film. Two strangers meet in a chance encounter that ends in an unusual romance. Very Good plus with light age toning. and a handful of pinhole tears to each lobby card. Universal Pictures unknown
1966ref. 141085N.p.: Europa Film 1966. Vintage pressbook for the 1966 film. In the wake of the Spanish Civil War a communist exile continues his anti-Franco activities from his new Paris home. The film follows his disillusionment with the revolution and its questionable tactics. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Two pages saddle stapled 10 x 12 inches. Near Fine with a small manuscript graphite notation to the recto. Europa Film unknown
1959ref. 141359Culver City CA: Kingsmead Productions / Columbia Pictures 1959. Vintage photograph of Alec Guinness from the 1959 film. The third and final collaboration between director Carol Reed and author Graham Greene with Guinness starring as a spy caught in the midst of an espionage mechanism far beyond his control. A film that predicted the onslaught of British and American espionage films and television that would follow in the 1960s. Very Good or better in general faded to sepia color with light wear and red blue ink and graphite manuscript annotations to the verso. Kingsmead Productions / Columbia Pictures unknown
1972ref. 141404N.p.: Palomar Pictures 1972. Four vintage reference photographs all featuring Michael Caine and two featuring Laurence Olivier from the 1972 film. A successful crime fiction writer invites his wife's lover to his mansion with a complex plan designed to humiliate him. Shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with manuscript graphite and blue ink annotations to the verso. Penzler 101. Palomar Pictures unknown
1980ref. 141121Beverly Hills CA: Orion Pictures 1980. Collection of five lobby cards for the 1980 film. Based Carolyn Cassady's 1976 book about the lives of and relationships between Neal Cassady Carolyn and Jack Kerouac with some focus on Kerouac's writing his novel "On the Road." One of the earliest feature films about central Beat figures. Shot on location in San Francisco. Orion Pictures unknown
1952ref. 141395N.p.: Artes Films 1952. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1952 French film. Mimeo snipe affixed to the versos of four stills. Based on Jean-Paul Sartre's 1946 play "The Respectful Prostitute." A racially charged film based on the play which caused Sartre to be deemed "anti-American" for its incisive critique of racism in America. A prostitute is compelled to testify against an innocent African American in a murder cover-up. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Light ware and curling overall scattered manuscript ink and pencil annotations to the versos. Artes Films unknown
1961ref. 140940N.p.: Darryl F. Zanuck Productions 1961. Collection of nine vintage studio still photographs from the 1961 film. Based on William Faulkner's novels "Sanctuary" and "Requiem for a Nun." A harsh film with frank dialogue throughout regarding rape female sensuality and sexual brutality. The final version of the film suffered from the changes made an attempt to make something "literary" and "respectable" from a novel where disrespect and ill repute were at the center of a grim story. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light toning overall wrinkling and a graphite manuscript notation to the verso of one image. Darryl F. Zanuck Productions unknown
1956ref. 141567Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1956. Vintage film still photograph of Elizabeth Taylor Montgomery Clift and Eva Marie Saint from the 1956 film nominated for four Academy Awards and based on the 1948 novel by Ross Lockridge Jr. Paper snipe affixed to the verso. A graduating poetry teacher played with aplomb by Clift falls in love with a Southern woman Taylor but the woman's past and the Civil War begin to cause problems. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with black manuscript ink annotations to the verso and hole punches to the margin. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1946ref. 126189Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1946. Post-production Continuity and dialogue script for the 1946 film. Phyllis Allenby Lockhart has an ancient curse on her family cast by a pack of wolves. After a series of local murders she is convinced she and her werewolf curse are to blame for she finds her belongings muddied torn and streaked with blood almost every morning. A greedy aunt eventually confesses to framing Phyllis in attempt to retain the Allenby's family fortune and suddenly dies by falling down a flight of stairs and onto a knife. With all the right elements of atmosphere eerie stringed instrumentation as the score and impeccable effects the film was not well received. Stands unique in the werewolf pantheon with a woman as the accursed and no werewolf actually seen. White titled wrappers dated MARCH 25 1946 production No. 1484 with credits for director Yarbrough actors Don Porter and Lloyd Corrigan and actresses June Lockhart Sara Haden and Jan Wiley. 83 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus or better with a few tiny chips short creases and small closed tears at the extremities and some offsetting to the wrappers bound with two gold brads. Wrappers now encapsulated in mylar. Weaver Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown
1960ref. 141245N.p.: Compagnia Cinematografica Champion 1960. Vintage double weight reference studio still photograph from the 1960 film. Sophia Loren won an Academy Award fro her role as Cesira. Vittorio De Sica's harsh war-era film follows the plight of an Italian mother an daughter as they traverse the Italian countryside in search of safety. The film stars Sophia Loren Jean-Paul Belonodo and Eleonora Brown. Shot on location in Rome Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with pin holes and a manuscript ink notation to the verso. Compagnia Cinematografica Champion unknown
1959ref. 141014N.p.: Lion International 1959. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1959 film. The first film by Cassavetes for which he raised the entirety of the production budget himself the story of three African American siblings in Harlem two of whom often pass for white. Begun as an acting exercise in a workshop Cassavetes was conducting with Burt Lane the story was originally filmed in 1958 with completely improvised dialogue and action based on scene outlines created by Cassavetes. After the film was poorly received at its three initial screening by just about everyone Cassavetes knew he reworked the ideas into a more traditional script with screenwriter Robert Alan Arthur and reshot the film replacing between half and two thirds of the original footage and dramatically altering the story. Released in 1959 this version better reflected his vision for the film and received a critics award when shown at the Venice Film Festival the following year. A watershed moment in American independent films heralding not just the arrival of a new iconoclastic director but the birth of an entire movement. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Lion International unknown
ref. 130318N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. A fantasy about some bandits of a secret society who live in the woods near the mythic Ibari. From Tony Award winning playwright Yasmina Reza this script was written in Europe and remains unproduced. Red-orange titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Reza and Martiny. 186 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 141810Budapest: Mafilm 1967. Vintage Hungarian program for the 1967 film. Photo-illustrated with scenes from the film including one large image on the entirety of the verso. Text in Hungarian. One of the masterpieces of Hungarian cinema. A Russian-Hungarian co-production "The Red and the White" was originally commissioned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia in which the Bolsheviks seized power. However Jancso chose to set the action two years later in 1919 and showed Hungarian irregulars supporting the Communist "Reds" in fighting the Tsarist "Whites" as the two sides battled for control in the hills overlooking the Volga river. As well as deviating on the required setting Jancso also chose to use a radically different approach to the film than that expected. Rather than shooting a hagiographic account of the birth of Soviet communism Jancso produced a profoundly anti-heroic film that depicts the senseless brutality of the Russian Civil War specifically and all armed combat in general. 7.75 x 3.5 folded 15.25 x 10.75 unfolded. Near Fine. Rosebaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Mafilm unknown
1982ref. 141766Australia: Embassy Pictures 1982. Shooting script for the 1982 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with manuscript annotations highlighting camera shots throughout. Rogue KGB agents posing as Islamic terrorists steal a nuclear weapon and threaten to blow up Saudi oil fields unless their demands are met. Enter The Soldier a CIA operative whose actions have been disavowed by the US government who must find and stop the terrorists before the nuke is launched. Self wrappers with credits for Glickenhaus. Title page present dated 6/29/81 noted as First Draft Shooting Script. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 80. Xerographic duplication first generation with no copied holes. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine housed in a generic ring binder. Embassy Pictures unknown
1969ref. 130713Calgary AB: Transcontinental 1969. Combined Continuity script for the 1969 film. A fictionalized account of the life of the French nobleman and writer Louis de Sade. After escaping incarceration de Sade returns to his estate and watches a play as he has vivid flashbacks of his life. Set in Lacoste France shot on location in Bavaria and Berlin Germany. Goldenrod wrapper with missing front wrapper. 155 leaves with last page of text numbered 155. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with one silver brad at the top left corner. Transcontinental unknown
1981ref. 130302N.p.: N.p. 1981. First Draft script for an unproduced film. A witch has put a curse on a princess that will kill her on her 21st birthday but her court magician Merlin has invented a machine that sends her forward in time to 1981 Los Angeles. The witch and Merlin have also followed her and all three are lost and confused in California and must return to their own time after first adapting to the modern day. Set in England 1371 and Los Angeles 1981. Metallic silver titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Second Draft with credit for screenwriter Zindel. 116 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine with the upper right corner cut away internally bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 140922France: Athos Films / Chaumiane / Filmstudio 1965. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1965 film. Four with manuscript pencil annotations on the verso crediting photographer Georges Pierre one with the stamp of Cinemagence on the verso. Godard transplants fictional detective Lemmy Caution played by Eddie Constantine as he was in several French films based on the character created by pulp novelist Peter Cheyney into a dystopian future where he is on a mission to kill the machine intelligence that rules over a fascist state where emotion is outlawed. 7.25 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 25. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Athos Films / Chaumiane / Filmstudio unknown
1957ref. 141710N.p.: N.p. 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Copy belonging to Ben Colman after previously being owned by screenwriter Maxwell Shane with both of their names and addresses on the first page. Based in part on an adventure story by Daniel Defoe. The film opens with a man trying to drown himself in the ocean as he reflects on his journey to this point of his life. Maxwell Shane began as a screenwriter and found his greatest recognition as a director of five key films noir in the 1940s and 1950s including "Fear in the Night" and "City Across the River." Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Maxwell Shane and author Daniel Defoe. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
