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1982ref. 139662Paris: Elephant 1982. Vintage borderless oversized reference photograph from the 1982 film depicting director Jacques Rouffio going over the script with actress Romy Schneider on the set. Scheider's final film before her untimely death. Based on the 1936 novel by Joseph Kessel. 12 x 7.75 inches. Fine. Elephant unknown
1947ref. 140757Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Three vintage photographs of director Orson Welles from the 1947 film. Photographer's stamp on the versos and two with mimeo snipes on the versos. Welles promised to write produce and direct a film for Columbia Pictures president Harry Cohn in exchange for an emergency $55000 to help finance costuming for his 1946 Broadway musical "Around the World." The resultant film based on Raymond Sherwood King's 1938 novel "If I Die Before I Wake" courted controversy not least due to Welles' decision to have Hayes cut and bleach her iconic red hair for her performance. Although the film was a commercial failure in the US upon release it is now considered a touchstone of the noir genre. Shot on location in Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1977ref. 141776United Kingdom: ITC Films / Scimitar Films 1977. Revised Draft script for the 1979 British film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with manuscript underlining and annotations throughout in red and blue ink primarily to due with props and practical effects used in action sequences. A former hit man is hired by the FBI to hunt down a reclusive billionaire criminal coming into conflict with a woman who is after the same man for revenge along the way. Blue untitled wrappers with a die cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 12/20/1977 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter Gerald Wilson and story by Bill Kirby and Michael Winner. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. ITC Films / Scimitar Films unknown
1976ref. 140822Beverly Hills CA: Levy-Garner-Laven 1976. Draft script for the 1976 film. One of five films directed by and starring Burt Reynolds about a former convict who is unwillingly pulled into a federal agent's scheme to take down a corrupt politician. Set deep in the Okefenokee Swamp shot on location in Georgia. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter William Norton. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Mechanical duplication on blue stock. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. The title has been outlined in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. Levy-Garner-Laven unknown
1927ref. 141367Russia: Mezhrabpom-Rus 1927. Vintage German program for the 1926 Russian silent film. Photo-illustrated throughout. The only cinema paper dating from the decade of release we have encountered for the film. Based on the 1906 novel by Maxim Gorky about a woman's struggle to free her son from a Czarist prison camp during the Russian Revolution of 1905. The first film in Pudovkin's "revolutionary trilogy" followed by "The End of St. Petersburg" 1927 and "Storm Over Asia" 1928 and a key film in the development of montage techniques in film although in contrast to his colleague Eisenstein Pudovkin tended to use montage to capture individual character rather than mass movements. Six pages in self wrappers. Manuscript pencil annotations on the front wrapper. Presenting as Very Good with light chipping and a few short closed tears. Disbound binding repaired with cello tape. Mezhrabpom-Rus unknown
1971ref. 141803Los Angeles: New World Pictures 1971. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1971 film. The second film in producer Roger Corman's "nurse quartet" preceded by "Student Nurses" 1970 and followed by"Night Call Nurses" 1972 and "Candy Stripe Nurses" 1974. Also the second film released by Corman's New World Picutres. Set and shot on location in Manhattan Beach and South Bay Los Angeles. 27 x 41 inches. Folded. Very Good plus with minor starting the intersections of the folds and light soil. New World Pictures unknown
1967ref. 139540Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage oversize double weight color still photograph from the 1967 film based on the 1964 play by Murray Schisgal. Although not indicated shot and struck by the film's still photographer Bob Willoughby with an agency stamp on the verso. Full provenance available. After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles photographer Robert Willoughby began working for magazines such as "Life" "Look" and "Harper's Bazaar" in the late 1940s. He spent the next 20-plus years as a set photographer for every major studio and magazine with his images seen in print literally every week of his career. Willoughby's photographs are in the permanent collections of ten museums including The National Portrait Galleries in Washington DC and London the Bibliotheque Nationale de France The Museum of Modern Art and The Tate Modern. 13 x 19.25 inches mounted on board. About Near Fine with some soiling near the top edge and light edgewear overall. Columbia Pictures unknown
ref. 130699N.p.: N.p. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Four interrelated vignettes about life in the American West featuring Will Bill Hickok praised Indian killer coming a wild town without law enforcement and him acting as sheriff until he humiliated by a woman followed by a story in which he is found in a different town drinking himself to death. A different woman helps him get back on his feet which ultimately leads to him enforcing justice again only to be gunned down. The final two stories involve vengeance on the part of Hickok's friends seeking retribution for their gunned-down friend. Mint green titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter MacKenzie. 59 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1942ref. 141919North Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1942. Shooting script for the 1942 film. Copy belonging to actor Harry Holman with his name on the front wrapper his copious manuscript annotations throughout and manuscript notation of the early working title "Purple on the Sage" on the front wrapper. Based on the series of novels by William Colt MacDonald. Three Mesquiteer Tucson is captured by an outlaw who assumes his identity to try and avoid capture. The first of the highly popular "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie Western series released by Republic to star Jimmie Dodd who replaced Rufe Davis as "Lullaby" Joslin. Set in Holbrook Colorado shot on location at Iverson Ranch in California. Tall green titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper marked as production No. 1211 dated June 241942 with credits for associate producer Lou Gray. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 63. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 7-1-42. Pages Very Good wrapper Good plus bound with two gold brads. Republic Pictures unknown
1973ref. 142115London: Brut Productions / NBC 1973. Draft script for the 1973 film. Included are 4 vintage double weight black-and-white reference photographs of Glenda Jackson from the film. Brut Productions was a short-lived film production company formed by cosmetics brand Fabergé when sales of its perfume Xanadu skyrocketed following its appearance in a mock advertisement in Jack Haley Jr.'s "The Love Machine" 1971. A divorced British woman meets a married American man who serially cheats on his wife. They begin having an affair with each other that becomes more and more strained as things get more serious between the two of them. Glenda Jackson won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role. Set in London and Andalucia Spain shot on location in London and Andalucia Spain. . Green untitled wrappers with a die-cut window in the British style with manuscript ink annotation of the letter E on top right corner. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Melvin Frank and Jack Rose and director Melvin Frank. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Photos with layout annotations on the versos and two with "Films in London" rubber stamps on the versos else Near Fine overall. Brut Productions / NBC unknown
1971ref. 141851Canada: Trinity Films 1971. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in are two personal autograph notes from Hollywood agent Paul Kohner of the Kohner Agency and a two page synopsis of the film dated November 21 1973. A prison break story wherein the largest and the smallest prisoners on the block forming an unlikely team in order to escape. Jonah Royston is best known for "Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS" 1975. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1971 with credits for screenwriter Jonah Royston. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with plastic comb binding. Trinity Films unknown
1931ref. 140125Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1931. Vintage still photograph from the set of the 1931 film. Featuring Madge Evans and Lew Cody comparing binoculars while a very young and not yet famous Clark Gable smiles over their shoulders. Mimeograph snipe on the verso. Based on the short story "Horse Flesh" by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan published in the "Saturday Evening Post" on September 13 1930. An orphaned foal's journey through various owners including that of nefarious gambler Ludeking Hallam Cooley before being returned to his loving breeder Jim Ernest Torrence. Clark Gable's first starring role as a card dealer with occasional moral failings whose love story with Ruby Madge Evans makes for an entertaining side plot. Set in Kentucky shot on location in Lexington Kentucky and California. 8 x 10 inches. Just about Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1977ref. 140265Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1977. Final Revised Draft script for the 1977 television movie. Based on the 1977 book by Harold King. Included is a vintage production photo of William Devane from the film with a snipe on the verso with the CBS television logo. A computer at a nuclear power plant malfunctions and seals off the reactor room believing that a dangerous explosion has occurred and trapping the crew inside. One of a string of speculative films to feature either nuclear power plant disasters or dangerous fictional computers from the dawning era of computer technology. Set near Minneapolis shot on location in Houston Texas at NASA's Manned Space Center. White titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 17 1977 noted as FINAL REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Sandor Stern novelist Harold King executive producers Gerald I. Isenberg and Gerald W. Abrams and producer Barry Goldberg. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Mimeograph on blue stock. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Newman 104. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown
1955ref. 140258Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1955. Vintage still photograph from the set of the 1955 film "Revenge of the Creature." Featuring a comical image of the film being shot in the water at Marineland Florida while a dolphin show takes place in the background. Half of the gathered crowd watches the dolphin show while the other half has turned to watch the Gill-man attack a diver bathing suit-clad cameramen milling about to the side. The captive Gill-man Ricou Browning falls in love with the girlfriend Lori Nelson of animal psychologist Clete Ferguson John Agar. When it inevitably escapes and unsurprisingly takes Nelson hostage the police are forced to shoot it. The first 3-D sequel to a 3-D film its far more successful predecessor "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" and the only 3-D film released in 1955. Clint Eastwood makes a hilarious uncredited appearance as an incompetent lab technician who insists a lab rat has been eaten by a cat test subject only to find the rat in his lab coat pocket. Set in Florida and shot there on location. 8 x 10 inches. Just about Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors. Mystery Science Theater 801. Universal Pictures unknown
1969ref. 140010N.p.: Accord Productions 1969. Vintage British quad poster for the 1969 British film. Based on Charles Chilton's 1961 radio play "The Long Long Trail." Richard Attenborough's debut film gives a highly satirical musical retelling of the First World War. Highlighting the disconnect between those calling the shots and the soldiers carrying out the orders Attenborough chose to depict all the military and political leaders in a lavish pierhead pavilion while the soldiers are crammed into grizzly trenches. Highly stylized the film's most poignant and notorious scene depicts a field filled with innumerable white crosses symbolizing the immense death toll of WWI. Shot on location in England. 30 x 40 inches folded. Two light manuscript pencil annotations to the verso else Near Fine. Accord Productions unknown
1978ref. 139982Paris: Les Films du Losange 1978. Vintage French mini poster for the 1978 French film. Eric Rohmer's adaptation of Chretien de Troyes' 12th century Arthurian legend is notable for its unusual set. Unlike other adaptations the film is set in a highly stylized theatrical realm complete with props and an interactive chorus. Production designer Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko was inspired by the colorful flat compositions of Medieval paintings and seamlessly incorporated their aesthetic into his set props and lighting. Shot on location in France. 15.5 x 21.5 inches folded. Small manuscript pencil notation to the verso else Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Les Films du Losange unknown
1978ref. 140217N.p.: Lo Wei Motion Picture Company 1978. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1978 film. A 1978 Hong Kong martial arts film starring Jackie Chan as Yi-Lang a sassy martial arts student who learns to master a once-lost style of fighting. 20 x 30 inches. Light manuscript pencil notation to the verso else Near Fine. Lo Wei Motion Picture Company unknown
1967ref. 130313Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Final Draft script for the 1967 film. Based on the 1964 play by Murray Schisgal about a man who strikes up a deal with his old friend to seduce his wife so that he may spend time with his girlfriend. Shot on location in New York and Long Beach. Red titled wrappers noted as final draft on the front wrapper noted as production No. 8801 dated August 4 1966. Title page present dated August 2 1966 noted as final draft with credits for screenwriter Elliott Baker and playwright Murray Schisgal. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between August 17 1966 and October 13 1966. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown
ref. 129237N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced play. Joseph son of the biblical Jacob is sold into slavery when he brothers begin to feel jealous that their father loves him more than all of them. He is brought to Egypt where he serves the Pharoah and a judge's wife lusts for him. He rises to a position of great esteem in a time when a famine has overtaken the whole region of Egypt and around it forcing ten of his brothers to buy grain from the Egyptians. Joseph toys with them until revealing at the last moment of the play that he is their forgotten and presumed dead brother. Set in biblical Egypt. Gray titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Klausner-Brandstatter. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Klausner-Brandstatter 158 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 140390France: Cinedis 1960. Archive of 207 vintage borderless single weight still photographs and contact sheets from the 1960 French film. Numerical annotations on the verso of nearly all photos in manuscript pencil several cropped contact sheets mounted on larger sheets. Housed in a vintage French Kodak brand photo paper box with most contact sheets in a two-ring binder similar to keybook photos. Also included is a press folder from the Cinedis agency in Paris with star biographies film credits and scenario on Cinedis parchment. Seen in the images is starring actor and screenwriter Buissieres including a large portrait actress Carrel several seductive in nature with shots of director Faurez and the film crew in action and images of composer Georges Van Parys and singer Colette Renard famous for her "Irma La Douce" musical roles presumably working on the film soundtrack. Several images in the contact sheets show scenes from the film taking place in an automobile repair shop directed scenes from high on a crane and candid photos of the starring performers. A few of the contact sheets bear credits for the Laboratoire Tele-Photo film title client Cinedis and photographer. ` Little known gangster drama about a woman and her child caught in the downward spiral of prostitution. Photos vary in size from 3 x 4.5 inches to 9.25 x 11.75 inches with most being smaller. Very Good plus overall photos with moderate curling and photo box Very Good plus. Cinedis unknown
1949ref. 140729Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1949. Vintage double weight still photograph from the 1949 film noir. Mimeograph snipe and photographer's rubber stamp to the verso. Seen here under the alternative title "Hounded." and featuring William Geer George Raft and Nina Foch aboard a speeding boat. George Raft plays an ex-mobster turned undercover agent helping the Treasury Department root out a right wing counterfeiter George Macready attempting to bring down the government by flooding the US with false currency. And hey so what if he just so happens to win over the gangster's girl Nina Foch in the process Set in California and Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1957ref. 140967London: Montpelier 1957. Shooting script for the 1958 film. Copy belonging to crew member James H. Ware with his name and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" 1953 "Room at the Top" 1959 "Our Man in Havana" 1959 "Charade" 1963 and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1965. Laid in is a note from James Ware. Based on Paul Gallico's short story "The Enchanted Hour" a British man is sent to America to negotiate a deal for which he is clearly out his depth. Set in the United States shot on location in England. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated May 1957 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between June 28 1957 and July 31 1957. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Montpelier unknown
1957ref. 140968Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. First Draft script for the 1960 film. Copy belonging to associate producer James H. Ware with his name on the front wrapper and his annotations throughout in manuscript pencil and ink. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" 1953 "Room at the Top" 1959 "Our Man in Havana" 1959 "Charade" 1963 and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1965. Based on the 1956 play of the same name by Margaret Vyner who also wrote the screenplay Victor and Hillary live in castle and get so down on their luck that they begin having tourists visit their castle. Millionaire Charles Delacro soon visits and takes a great liking to the home as well as to Hillary and a love triangle quickly develops. Set in Hampshire England shot on location in Lacock and Surrey England. Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated August 4 1957 noted as First Draft Screenplay with credits for screenwriters Hugh and Margaret Williams. 144 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Multilith duplication with revision pages throughout dated August 12 1959 . Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. Olive Films 649. Universal Pictures unknown
1961ref. 140972London: Romulus 1961. Draft script for the 1962 film. Copy belonging to producer James H. Ware with his name and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" 1953 "Room at the Top" 1959 "Our Man in Havana" 1959 "Charade" 1963 and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1965. Based on the novel of the same name also by James Barlow Graham Weir is an alcoholic schoolteacher who can not advance in his career due to his refusal to fight in the Second World War. He is working at a school where the teens do not like to be there and he is having a fallout with his wife all while a young student begins to have a crush on him leading to him catching a false sexual molestation charge. Set in London shot on location in Ireland. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 17 1961. 168 leaves with last page of text numbered 171. Mimeograph duplication with pink revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. Romulus unknown
1954ref. 140965London: Romulus 1954. Draft script for the 1954 film. Copy belonging to crew member James H. Ware. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" 1953 "Room at the Top" 1959 "Our Man in Havana" 1959 "Charade" 1963 and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1965. Based on the play of the same name by Campbell and Dorothy Christie. A court martial process delves into why an officer embezzled funds from his unit. Released in the US as "Court Martial." Pink untitled wrappers. Title page present dated May 10 1954 with credits for screenwriter John Hunter and playwrights Dorothy and Campbell Christie. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Romulus unknown
