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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
1968ref. 141021London: The Rank Organization 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. Laid in are two pages of corrections. With annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. 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 Jon Cleary's 1966 novel of the same title. The New South Wales police sergeant Scobie Malone is summoned for questioning and cooperation when the Australian High Commissioner is wanted in England for murder. Now he must uncover the truth as well protect the High Commissioner from assassination attempts. Set in London shot on location there as well as New South Wales Australia. Teal blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated October 20 1967 with credits for author Jon Cleary and screenwriter Wilfred Greatorex. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mechanical duplication with pink revision pages throughout dated variously between November 15 1967 and January 8 1968. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. The Rank Organization unknown
1954ref. 130751Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1954. Final Draft script for the 1954 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy with blue revision pages throughout and with Heflin's substantial annotations in manuscript pencil on five pages see images. Clifton Webb plays Earnest Gifford the CEO of a car company tasked with replacing one of his managers after the incumbent dies. In a bit of a twist the CEO decides to observe the wives of his top three candidates hoping to tease out useful information and character traits via their choice of spouses. Title page present dated April 20 1954 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters Lindsay Crouse and Binyon. 128 leaves Multilith duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4-22-54 and 5-11-54. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1937ref. 130740Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1937. Revised Final Draft script for the 1937 film. Copy belonging to Van Heflin with his manuscript annotations throughout. A romantic drama set to the back drop of the Annapolis Naval Academy. Bill Martin a young midshipman must chose between his love for Julia and his commitment to the navy in this 1937 film. Mint green titled wrappers rubber-stamped as Revised Final script on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 70 dated May 18 1937 with credits for writers Cabanne and Twist. Distribution page present with receipt removed. 140 leaves mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with three gold brads. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1947ref. 130829Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1947. Draft script for the 1948 film. Copy belonging to Actor Van Heflin. Based on John P. Marquand's 1946 novel. Released in the UK as "Polly Fulton" because "B.F" is a British euphemism for "bloody fool." Polly Stanwyck is the daughter of a wealthy industrialist about to marry a lawyer. Then she meets Tom Heflin who blames the world's problems on the rich. Despite their differences they fall in love and marry. WWII takes Tom to the nation's capital and their relationship begins to spiral into turmoil. Nominated for an Academy Award. Lacks front studio wrapper and title page rear wrapper is gray. 131 leaves mimeograph duplication with pink and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 9-10-47 and 9-30-47. Pages Near Fine rear wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Warner Archive. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1961ref. 130807Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1961. Draft script for the 1961 television episode. Actor Van Heflin's copy. "The Dick Powell Show" was an American anthology series that ran on NBC from 1961 to 1963 ending when the show's host Dick Powell died of lung cancer. It featured a number of notable screenwriters and directors including Aaron Spelling William Friedkin and Bruce Geller. Ronald Regan guest starred on the original pilot. Light blue titled wrappers noted as production No. 4715 dated May 19 1961. Title page present dated May 9 1961 with credits for screenwriter Spies and for producers Spelling and Powell. 84 leaves mimeograph duplication with pink goldenrod yellow green and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 5-26-61 and 7-20-61. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Shooting schedule and staff list also included. Shooting schedule 4 leaves on blue stock with annotations mimeograph duplication Fine. Staff list 1 leaf mimeograph duplication Fine. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
1946ref. 130828Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1946. Draft script for the 1947 film. Copy belonging to actor Van Heflin with his manuscript signature on the front wrapper and his annotations throughout. A miscommunication leads to an ill-fated marriage in Victor Saville's 1946 film. Starring Lana Turner Van Heflin and Donna Reed and winner of one Academy Award. Goldenrod titled wrappers rubber-stamped as Complete on the front wrapper copy No. 93 dated 8-20-46 with credit for producer Wilson. 158 leaves mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Archive. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1953ref. 130748Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1953. Revised Shooting Final script for the 1954 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy. Includes a 10-page shooting schedule. Loosely based on the St. Albans Raid the northernmost land action of the American Civil War. The film took great liberties changing both the time and motivation for the raid. In the film a group of Confederate POWs escape across the US-Canada border to plan an attack on St. Albans Vermont. They send ahead of them a spy who begins to question the ethics of their mission. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as Revised Shooting Final on the front wrapper dated December 10 1953. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated December 10 1953 noted as Revised Shooting Final with credit for screenwriter Boehm. 116 leaves Multilith duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 12-12-53 and 1-6-54. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Shooting Schedule: 10 leaves with annotations. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1953ref. 130749Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1953. Final Draft script for the 1954 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy. Safari guide Van Heflin is hired to hunt murderer Abel McCracken in the wilds of Africa but soon finds his guide's motives may go beyond the role for which he was hired. Pink titled wrappers noted as Final Screenplay on the front wrapper dated September 24 1953. Title page integral with the first page of the text. 147 leaves Multilith duplication with yellow carbon typescript revision pages collected at the end dated variously between 10-3-53 and 10-10-53. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown
1966ref. 140950N.p.: N.p. 1966. Draft script for an unproduced 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 short story "The Skedule" by Helen H. Wilson about a prim and proper English woman and an Aussie traveling together through the Outback where an African Queen-esque romance soon develops. A pet project of Australian actor Rod Taylor who struggled from 1964 until 1974 to get this film made though he was ultimately unsuccessful. Set in Australia. Green blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated July 1966 with credits for screenwriter Ted Willis and author Helen H. Wilson. 144 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mechanical duplication with pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between September 24 1967 and September 26 1967. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1949ref. 139871Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1949. Revised Final script for the 1950 film. Bound presentation script belonging to producer Sol C. Siegel with his name in gilt on the front board. With 53 studio still photographs tipped in throughout four pages of retakes and added scenes tipped in at the rear as well as a number of manuscript annotations primarily denoting the titles of various musical numbers. Based on the short story "Stork Don't Bring Babies" by S.K. Lauren Grable and Dailey play a showbiz couple who discover in successive order that they cannot have children that they can adopt children and that they aren't really fit to raise children. But things get better with the help of several musical numbers scored by Harold Arlen. Bound in green faux leather boards with gilt titles and rule and marbled endpapers. Title page present dated Dec. 1 1949 noted as Revised Final with credits for screenwriters Trotti and Binyon. 191 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/21/19 and 1/5/50. Pages Very Good plus photographs Near Fine with some bruising or chipping to the verso of the preceding page on either the top or bottom edge. Boards Near Fine with a bump to the upper rear corner. Hirschhorn The Hollywood Musical. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1990ref. 141322Berkeley: Saul Zaentz 1990. Third Draft script for the 1991 film. Based on the 1965 novel by Peter Matthiessen about the conflicts and relationships between an indigenous Amazon tribe the missionaries that want to convert them and the mercenaries hired to move them off their land. Set in Amazon rainforest shot on location in Brazil and Venezuela. Green titled wrappers noted as Third Draft on the front wrapper dated April 23 1990 with credits for screenwriters Jean-Claude Carriere and Hector Babenco and author Peter Matthiessen. Title page present dated April 23 1990 noted as Third Draft with credits for screenwriters Carriere and Babenco and author Matthiessen. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Saul Zaentz unknown
1972ref. 141353Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Draft script for the 1974 film here seen under the working title "Deadly Honeymoon." A single manuscript notation to the first page. Based on the 1967 novel Deadly Honeymoon by Lawrence Block about a newlywed husband who seeks bloody revenge on a pair of killers after they beat him unconscious and assault his bride. Set in New Orleans shot on location there. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 163 and production No. 7475 dated March 27 1972 with credits for screenwriter S. Lee Pogostin. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Mechanical duplication with revision pages throughout dated March 31 1972. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1986ref. 139240Madrid Spain: RM Films International 1986. Original Spanish one sheet poster for the 1986 release of the 1975 US film. Features buxom Christy Hartburg who starred as SuperLorna. Hartburg along with Kitten Natividad and Uschi Digard has become one of the more recognizable faces of Russ Meyer filmdom even though this was her only film. Meyer's successful return to independent filmmaking after the big-budget "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" 1970 and the unfortunate films "The Seven Minutes" 1971 and "Black Snake" 1973. Arguably the most entertaining Meyer project with all the trademarks present: strong sexual women impotent men and healthy doses of sex violence and nudity with a nod to the desert violence of Italian Euro Westerns of the 1960s. Shot on location in Arizona California and New Mexico. 27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Near Fine. Scarce. RM Films International unknown
1969ref. 139328Middlesex England: Eve Productions Cinecenta 1969. Vintage black-and-white double weight British still photograph from the 1968 US film. Rubber stamp on the verso of COLTMAN DISPLAYS LTD a distributor in Middlesex England. "Vixen!" was one of Meyer's best sleaziest and most commercially successful films made at the peak of his independent productions after "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" in 1965 and before "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" in 1970. What is less well known is that this film by way of Ms. Gavin marked a breakthrough in the onscreen portrayal of women in terms of sexual aggression using the then-new platform of late 1960s American independent cinema and the aftermath of the Summer of Love as a canvas. Gavin's titular character is a married woman whose sexual boundaries are none but instead of being a typical sex romp the film heads off into areas that can be reasonably described as unexplored by sexploitation films including communism race relations political debate and terrorist activity. But also present in the film are many of the genre's more familiar themes breast size incest nonstop sexual activity and a generous dose of humor. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with edge creasing and a single short tear. Eve Productions Cinecenta unknown
1959ref. 139477Paris: Les Films du Carrosse 1959. Original French Grande poster for the 1959 film. Poster design by Boris Grinsson. Truffaut's auspicious debut winner of Best Director at Cannes nominated for the Palme d'Or and also nominated for a Best Original Screenplay Oscar the following year. 47 x 62 inches. Linen backed and rolled. Bright and Fine. Capitaine 207. Warren Vol. 1 p. 159. Les Films du Carrosse unknown
1973ref. 139507Boca Raton FL: Penthouse 1973. Vintage oversize double weight borderless still photograph from the 1973 film based on the 1947 novel by Andrew Lytle. Shot struck and mounted by the film's still photographer Bob Willoughby with a manuscript notation in his hand on the verso. Full provenance available. Culp and Eggar romp in a bed that is the middle of the woods for some reason while the haunted house that will exert a corrupting influence on the couple looms in the background. An image that does not appear in the so-bad-its-nearly-avant garde film but one that nevertheless captures its aura of surreal eroticism quite well. Set in the countryside of Southern California shot on location in British Columbia Indian Arm and Vancouver. 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. 13.25 x 9 inches. Fine. Thrower Nightmare USA. Penthouse unknown
1971ref. 139538Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1971. Vintage oversize double weight borderless still photograph of Walter Matthau and a fetching Deborah Winters from the 1971 film based on the 1965 novel by Katharine Topkins. Nominated four Academy Awards including a Best Actor nod for Matthau starring in his friend Jack Lemmon's first and only directorial effort. Although not indicated shot struck and mounted by the film's still photographer Bob Willoughby. 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. 9.25 x 13.5. Fine. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown
1981ref. 139508Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1981. Vintage oversize double weight borderless still photograph from the 1981 film. Shot struck and mounted by the film's still photographer Bob Willoughby with his ASMP rubber stamp on the verso. 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. 13.25 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1974ref. 139505Los Angeles: Embassy Pictures 1974. Vintage oversize double weight borderless still photograph from the 1974 film based on the 1971 novel by Evelyn Anthony. Shot struck and mounted by the film's still photographer Bob Willoughby with manuscript notation on the verso in his hand. 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. 11 x 14 inches. Near Fine. Embassy Pictures unknown
