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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
1938ref. 140293Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. Based on the short story "Private Pettigrew's Girl" by Dana Burnet and published in "The Saturday Evening Post" on September 14 1918. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Jimmy Stewart plays an idealistic soldier who convinces a Broadway star Margaret Sullavan to pretend they're dating in order to impress his other soldier friends. Meanwhile Sullivan's manager Walter Pidgeon has always been in love with her and objects to the pair's closeness even as they decide to get married before Stewart is shipped out to France. Stewart and Sullivan pull off surprisingly believable roles for a plot of such sickly sweetness in this their second on-screen pairing. The third film based on Burnet's "Saturday Evening Post" story the first two being the 1919 George Melford silent film "Pettigrew's Girl" and Richard Wallace's part-talkie "The Shopworn Angel" 1928 starring Gary Cooper. Set in New York. Goldenrod titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 2268 and production No. 25077 dated 3/16/38 with credits for producer Joseph L. Mankiewicz and screenwriter Waldo Salt. Distribution receipt laid into the script. Title page integral with the first page of the text as issued. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Warner Archive. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1998ref. 141593Santa Monica: Artisan Entertainment 1998. Draft script for the 1999 film. With a single notation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Based on the 1958 novel by Richard Matheson. A man is hypnotized by his sister-in-law leading to haunted visions and the complete breakdown of his family life. Set in Chicago shot on location there. Yellow titled self wrappers dated August 14 1998 with credits for screenwriter David Koepp and author Richard Matheson. Title page integral with front wrapper. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication with yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between September 9 1998 and September 18 1998. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Artisan Entertainment unknown
1970ref. 141804Los Angeles: New World Pictures 1970. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1970 film. The first film in producer Roger Corman's "nurse quintet" followed by "Private Duty Nurses" 1971 "Night Call Nurses" 1972 and "Candy Stripe Nurses" 1974. The second film released by Corman's later legendary New World Picutres. Set and shot on location in Torrance California. 27 x 41. Folded. Very Good plus with some light toning and a bump to the upper portion of the poster. New World Pictures unknown
1985ref. 140818Universal City CA: Embassy Pictures / Universal Pictures 1985. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1985 film showing director Gilliam and crew during a quiet moment between takes. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso. Gilliam's masterpiece about a man trying to escape a bureaucratic authoritarian government in a dystopian future. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 51. Embassy Pictures / Universal Pictures unknown
1970ref. 140899Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless photograph from the German release of the 1970 US film based on the 1934 autobiographical novel by Henry Miller. In this image Miller who also had a cameo role converses with Rip Torn who portrays him in the film. With a German mimeo snipe and the stamp Cinema International on the verso. Set and shot in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
1959ref. 140805Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Argos Films 1959. Collection of eight vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1959 film. Four photographs with the stamp of production company Argos Films seven with a sticker noting they are from the collection of film historian collector and founder of the Tele Cine Documentation TCD cinema photo library Daniel Bouteiller one with both a sticker and stamp from the collection of film historian Maurice Bessy and all with manuscript annotations on the versos. A series of conversations about memory history and forgetfulness between a departing French actress and the married Japanese architect with whom she had a brief affair the film was a major catalyst for the Rive Gauche film movement. Screenwriter Marguerite Duras was nominated for an Academy Award and Alain Resnais received a Palme d'Or nomination at Cannes. 7 x 5 inches. Generally Near Fine. Criterion Collection 196. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as Subversive Art. Argos Films unknown
1956ref. 140927Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1956. Vintage French film program from the 1956 US film. Based on Robert Wilder's 1946 novel of the same name. Based on the 1945 novel by Robert Wilder itself a fictionalized account of a real-life scandal involving torch singer Libby Holman and her husband Zachary Smith Reynolds heir to a tobacco fortune. A rich playboy impulsively marries a secretary at his father's office unaware that his best friend is in love with her with tragic results. Winner of a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Dorothy Malone and nominated for two more including Best Supporting Actor for Robert Stack. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Light wear to the margins and pin holes else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 96. Ebert I. Godard Histoirs du Cinema. Universal Pictures unknown
1956ref. 139914N.p.: The Rank Organization 1956. Vintage UK three-sheet poster for the 1956 British film. After inheriting a fortune a newly wealthy Englishwoman returns to Malaya where she was previously a POW with the intention of building a well for the villagers who sheltered her during World War II. Set in Malaysia shot on location in Malaysia Australia and England. 41 x 81 inches rolled and mounted on archival linen. Near Fine. Royal Books can arrange for archival linen backing of posters. Please inquire. The Rank Organization unknown
1958ref. 140666N.p.: Regal Films 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film. Copy belonging to actress Lyn Thomas with annotations throughout relating to her character in the film Laura. A space probe returns to earth bearing an unusual extraterrestrial fungus which when accidentally mixed with human blood turns into space rust. The rust expands rapidly threatening to consume the entire planet. Produced on a tight budget $12500 with $25000 for the screenwriters and rushed to production so that the release would coincide with the Explorer launch. Shot on location in California. Red untitled wrapper lacking front wrapper. Title page present dated March 7 1958 with credits for screenwriters Daniel Mainwaring and George Worthing Yates. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. mechanical duplication with blue pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/4/58 and 3/13/58. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine lacking front wrapper. Bound with two gold brads. Regal Films unknown
1970ref. 139655Paris: Fida Cinematografica / Lira Films 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli on the set of the 1970 French-Italian film. With the stamp of photographer Michel Ginfray on the verso. Based on the 1967 novel "Intersections" by Paul Guimard who also worked on the screenplay. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and remade in 1994 as "Intersection" directed by Mark Rydell and starring Richard Gere Sharon Stone and Lolita Davidovich. 12 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine. Fida Cinematografica / Lira Films unknown
1942ref. 130849Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1942. Draft script for the 1942 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy. A 1942 film musical with a somewhat controversial trajectory. Seven years after its release Hungarian playwright and concentration camp survivor Ferenc Herczeg sued MGM for plagiarizing his 1903 play "Seven Sisters." Paramount legally adapted the play into a film in 1915. However during the 1941 production of "Seven Sweethearts" Herczeg was imprisoned within a Nazi concentration camp. Subsequently he only learned of the film's existence years after his release. The suit settled out of court for a substantial sum of money. Script is lacking front cover and some early pages. Rear cover is goldenrod. 153 leaves mimeograph duplication with pink revision pages throughout dated 3-23-42. Pages Near Fine rear wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold pins. Hirschhorn p. 212. Warner Archive. Warner Brothers unknown
1969ref. 141375New York: Two Faces / New Yorker Films 1969. Vintage poster for the 1969 film an experimental mix of documentary and fiction. Poster designed by Robert Frank. Director Robert Frank's first feature film in which he follows poet Peter Orlvosky and his mentally ill and mostly catatonic brother Julius as they move through the late 1960s Beat scene. When Julius wanders off he is replaced in the film by actor Joseph Chaikin. A meditation on the boundaries of reality and sanity featuring the screenwriting debut of Sam Shepard and the first feature film appearance of Christopher Walken. The film was released in a new restoration by Steidl in 2007 along with a book publication outlining the film. From the Steidl book: "Frank's feature debut was first screened in 1968 at the Venice Film Festival. Everything which had defined Frank's art up to that point turns up in this film - the look at America 'from the outside' the poetic libertinage of the Beats the marginal in a central role. It celebrates the return of the poetic essay as assemblage the affirmation of the underground as a wild cinematic analysis in the form of a collage and skillfully weaves together opposites plays counterfeits against the authentic pornography against poetry acting against being Beat cynicism against hippie romanticism monochrome against colored. The story contains bizarre twists and turns and appears to be a rather artless-film-within-a-film being shown at a rundown movie theater." 26.75 x 20.75 inches. Near Fine. In a custom frame. Two Faces / New Yorker Films unknown
1961ref. 140159France: N.p. 1961. Archive of 91 vintage candid photographs featuring director René Clair and members of the cast and crew at release parties for the 1961 film. Clair is seen with fans giving a speech signing autographs conducting a recorded interview and cavorting with stars of the film like Colette Castel Alfred Adam and Annie Fratellini. The festivities seem to take place in a large music hall with musicians and traditional instruments appearing in a few photos. Bourvil is also present in two contact prints seen traveling cavorting with Clair getting a shave and playing bocce. Several with brief numerical annotations in manuscript pencil and a few double weight photographs with rubberstamps crediting photographer Martin on the versos. A businessman Noiret wants to buy land around the village of Cabosse claiming his desire for seclusion but with intentions to sell the water from the village fountain purportedly a fountain of youth. Shot on location throughout France. Photos range from 4.5 x 7 inches to 8 x 10.5 inches most are 7.25 x 9.25 inches with 87 frames on 35mm and medium-format negative strips. Very Good plus overall with light curling and foxing negatives lightly rubbed. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 140952France: Les Films du Cyclope / Omnia Films 1962. Vintage photograph from the 1962 film showing Jean Renoir directing star Jean-Pierre Cassel and some supporting actors during an outdoor shot with the boom operator in the background. Manuscript pencil notation on the verso identifying the subjects and film. Based on Jacques Perret's 1947 novel a comedic account of a French aristocrat's repeated attempts to escape from a German POW camp during WWII and a companion piece to Renoir's earlier WWI set masterpiece "Le Grande Illusion" 1937. 10.75 x 8.25 inches. Light creasing to the borders Near Fine. Les Films du Cyclope / Omnia Films unknown
1969ref. 140811Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 film. Anouk Aimee walks down a Rome street toward the camera while director Sydney Lumet and crew look on. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso. Lumet was nominated for a Palme d'Or at Cannes for the film about a man who becomes suspicious that his new wife is really a high priced escort. Set and shot on location in Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1959ref. 140945France: Compagnie Cinematographie de France 1959. Vintage borderless press photograph from the 1959 film showing director Robert Bresson on a Paris metro set going over a script while actor Martin LaSalle and crew look on. With the stamp of French photo agency Dalmas and manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout and identifying the image on the verso. Bresson's first wholly original screenplay as opposed to one adapted from existing material perhaps the finest of his many fine films and according to one of its greatest champions Paul Schrader "as close to perfect as a film can be." 5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 314. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosebaum 1000. Schrader 4. Compagnie Cinematographie de France unknown
1933ref. 140939Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1933. Four vintage photographs from the 1933 film one double weight and sepia one double weight and black-and-white and two single-weight and sepia. Based on William Faulkner's 1931 literary potboiler "Sanctuary" about a wealthy southern belle who goes to trial for murdering the violent bootlegger who abducted her and forced her into prostitution. Every bit as controversial as the source material the film's depiction of sexual violence was graphic and shocking even among films of the era and along with the same year's equally sensational "Baby Face" was directly responsible for the stricter enforcement of the Production Code in 1934 bringing the pre-Code era to a close. George Raft then under contract to Paramount was assigned the role of the bootlegger but found the part repulsive and went to battle with the studio in a suit that nearly cost him his career. Unavailable for decades outside of 16mm bootlegs the film was restored by the Museum of Modern Art in 2011 and screened at the TCM Classic Film Festival but still awaits a commercial release. Photographs between 9.75 x 7.5 and 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. Grant US. Paramount Pictures unknown
2000ref. 138759Denmark: Zentropa Entertainments 2000. Collection of six vintage color still photographs and one borderless photograph of director Lars von Trier on the set of the 2000 film. From the Tele Cine Documentation archive and later the collection of Daniel Bouteiller with respective stamp and label to the verso of four of the stills. A tragic and uncommon take on the classic Hollywood Musical Icelandic pop singer Bjork plays a Czechoslovakian immigrant looking to make a better life for her son who has an inherited genetic disorder that will result in blindness for them both unless she buys him a very expensive operation which she eschews for herself. Winner of the Palme d'Or as well as a Cannes award for Bjork for Best Actress and nominated for an Academy Award as well. Set in rural Washington state shot on location both in Washington and in Sweden and Denmark. 4 x 6 inches. Fine condition. Zentropa Entertainments unknown
1956ref. 140428France / Italy: Les Films Ariane 1956. Collection of over 80 vintage borderless single weight candid and glamor photographs and film negatives black-and-white and color and color transparencies for the 1956 French-Italian film. Most of the images are glamour portraits of the film's leading women: Dany Carrel Nicole Courcel Giorgia Moll and Beatrice Altariba. Several color transparencies show Brigitte Bardot whose sister Mijanou starred in the film leaving a small airplane with her male companion. Several photos rubber-stamped with various photographer names and agencies including Esther Kiss Rene Hollinger and L. Markine. Housed in a vintage French Crumiere brand photo paper box. A remake of Jacques Deval's 1936 film of the same name about a women's boarding house and the group of women forced to band together because of a housing shortage. Released during the heyday of American exploitation films about women's prisons all-girl boarding schools and girl gangs. Photographs range from 7.25 x 9.25 inches to 3 x 4 inches with most being smaller developed photos from medium-format transparencies negatives and transparencies include 15 frames on 35mm strips 6 mounted medium format color transparencies 5 medium format color transparencies and 39 medium format negatives. Negatives with light rubbing. Very Good plus overall. Box split at corners foxing Good. Les Films Ariane unknown
