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1997ref. 138625Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1997. Master Draft script for the 2000 film preceding the film's release by three years. Notations on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil. Based on Chabon's 1995 novel. Professor Grady Tripp Douglas teaches creative writing in Pittsburgh struggles writing his second novel and smokes marijuana in his free time. His wife has left him and he is having an affair with the Chancellor of the university McDormand. Grady's editor Downey Jr. inquires about the novel but becomes interested in a book by one of Grady's students Maguire as well as having other more intimate intentions. Shot on location throughout Pennsylvania. Bob Dylan won an Academy Award for his original song "Things Have Changed" and the film was nominated for two more. Blue wrappers noted as MASTER W/ SCENE NUMBERS on the front wrapper. Title page present dated December 1997 with credits for novelist Chabon and screenwriter Kloves. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1977ref. 138667Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1977. Final Draft script for the 1978 film. A sequel to The Other Side of the Mountain. Jill returns to her home in California with her mother where she sparks a romance with one of the locals. Set in Bishop California shot on location in Bishop California and Victoria British Columbia. Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper production No. 00460 and sticker indicating copy No. II dated May 3 1977. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Douglas Day Stewart and skier Jill Kinmont. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 5/17/77 and 5/18/77. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown
1961ref. 138761Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1961. Vintage borderless black-and-white still photograph from the French release of the 1961 film. Featuring Ingrid Bergman holding up Anthony Perkins as he seems to be falling backwards outside of a large doorway. From the Tele Cine Documentation archive originally known as the Collection Daniel Bouteiller with their sticker to the verso. Also on the verso is the rubber stamp of Maurice Bessy from whose archives the photo originally came alongside another small rubber stamp and light manuscript annotations in ink. Based on the 1959 novel "Aimez-vous Brahms" by Francoise Sagan. Ingrid Bergman is the mistress of a philandering business executive who refuses to change his ways until Bergman begins seeing the son of one of his wealthy clients played by Anthony Perkins. Fresh from his role as Norman Bates in Hitchcock's "Psycho" Perkins shines as a charming aimless bachelor in what would be one of the few non-typecast characters of his career. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes where Anthony Perkins also won Best Actor. 6.75 x 9 inches. United Artists unknown
1946ref. 138606Paris: Ecran Francais 1946. Vintage program for the 1946 French film. INSCRIBED by director Claude Autant-Lara in manuscript ink: "Sylvie / seul et unique film a illegible poétique du cinéma français / A Claude Autant / avec toutes mes amitiés! / Claude Autant-Lara / Vichy illegible 1989" "Sylvie / one-and-only film illegible poetics of French film / from Claude Autant / with best wishes / Vichy illegible 1989". Based on the 1942 comic play by Alfred Adam. On the eve of his daughter's 16th birthday a father hires a man to dress as the ghost of the figure in her favorite painting. Two suitors also dress as ghosts to vie for her attention. All this commotion causes the real ghost to appear in order to help Sylvie sort everything out. 12.25 x 9.5 inches. Saddle stapled. Near Fine with cello tape reinforcements to the staples. Ecran Francais unknown
1968ref. 139010Paris: Champs-Elysees Productions 1968. Original French grande poster for the 1968 film. Based on Catherine Paysan's 1964 novel "Je M'appelle Jericho." Jericho Simon is an old man in the midst of a split with his partner and whose kids are along for the ride as he rekindles his love with a past girlfriend. 47 x 63 inches folded as issued. A few central tears faint toning else about Near Fine. Champs-Elysees Productions unknown
1981ref. 139005Nottingham UK: Lorimar / Rank Film Distributors 1981. Original British quad poster for the 1981 US film "Night School" here under the British title "Terror Eyes." Printed in England by Lonsdale and Bartholomew. Slasher film set at an all-girl night school complete with decapitations set in Boston. Director Hughes' final film one of the 33 non-prosecuted "Video Nasty" titles a selection of censored and banned films during the 1980s in the United Kingdom. 30 x 40 inches folded as issued. A few central pinholes and faint toning else Near Fine. Lorimar / Rank Film Distributors unknown
1981ref. 139023London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1981. Original British "bus stop" poster for the 1981 US film. Printed in England by Lonsdale & Bartholomew. An ambitious sprawling historical farce made by Mel Brooks in the heat of his success as a film director. Brooks plays Moses Tomas de Torquemada King Louis XVI and Jacques "Jacques le garcon de pisse." Part I begins of course with the Dawn of Man and covers The Old Testament The Roman Empire The Spanish Inquisition and The French Revolution ending with a "preview" of Part II never made in keeping with Sir Walter Raleigh who was beheaded before he could write his Part II. The preview includes Hitler on Ice a Viking funeral and "Jews in Space." 40 x 60 inchesfolded folded as issued. Faint foxing and brief annotations in ink and pencil to the verso light creasing else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1975ref. 139041Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1975. Original British quad poster for the 1975 US film. Printed in England by Leonard Ripley. One of the most haunting and truly underrated films of the 1970s Schlesinger's "The Day of the Locust" translates Nathanael West's masterpiece into a dark funny and ultimately devastating commentary on the Hollywood system and its effect on the lives and dreams of an array of characters lost in it. Since its release the film has come to be considered by many Donald Sutherland's finest performance as well as a grand achievement in terms of script cinematography acting and design. Nominated for two Academy Awards. 30 x 40 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus with staple holes to the top edge and a notation in manuscript ink on the verso. Paramount Pictures unknown
1977ref. 139038Germany: R.v. Hirschberg / Rudolf Kalmowicz Filmproduktion 1977. Original French grande poster for the 1976 West German film. Cool spaceship artwork by Landi. Based on Erich von Daniken's 1968 book "Chariots of the Gods" a look at early human history and the possibility of extraterrestrial influences. Sequel to Reinl's previous alien documentary "Chariots of the Gods" 1970 a film that was edited and dubbed in English and narrated by Rod Serling. This time Shatner narrates. The film was edited and dubbed in English directed and written then by Charles Romine. NASA representatives make their opinions known and various other "enthusiasts" perk Shatner's genuine intrigue. 47 x 63 inches folded as issued. Very Good with several tears some with cello tape repairs on the verso and creases. Scarce. R.v. Hirschberg / Rudolf Kalmowicz Filmproduktion unknown
1971ref. 139058Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage Australian insert poster for the 1971 US film. Printed by Robert Burton Pty. in Sydney. Based on screenwriter Larner's 1964 novel. Nominated for the Palme d'Or and a key film in the BBS Productions cycle of the early 1970s as well as a New Hollywood film albeit lesser-known. Hector Tepper plays college basketball superbly but his lover Olive Black has reservations about their relationship. All the while Hector's friend Gabriel Margotta contemplates and protests the Vietnam War. Nicholson's directorial debut after astonishing performances in "Easy Rider" 1969 and "Five Easy Pieces" 1970. Shot on location at the University of Oregon and throughout the state. 12.75 x 30 inches folded twice as issued. Very Good plus with light toning brief edge creasing and a few central tears. Scarce. Criterion Collection 547. Columbia Pictures unknown
1972ref. 139070London: Anglo-EMI 1972. Original British quad poster for the 1972 UK film. Printed in England by Lonsdale & Bartholomew. Film adaptation of the 1970 six-part television miniseries "The Six Wives of Henry VIII." King Henry VIII Mitchell reminisces about his past marriages and their demise. Henry's wives were Catherine Parr Barbara Leigh-Hunt Catherine Howard Lynne Frederick Anne of Cleves Jenny Bos Jane Seymour Asher Anne Boleyn Rampling and Catherine of Aragon Frances Cuka. Shot on location in Spain and Turkey. 30 x 40 inches folded as issued. Light fold stress else Near Fine. Scarce. Anglo-EMI unknown
1997ref. 139060Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1997. Revised Draft script for the 1997 television movie. Based on the 1994 novel "The Advocate's Devil" by Alan Dershowitz. A film whose message regarding the nature of sexual assault remains potent and relevant "The Advocate's Devil" follows an attorney who successfully helps a young athlete shake rape charges that have been brought against him. Unfortunately he later uncovers troubling evidence about his ex-client that has both personal and professional ramifications. Set in San Francisco shot on location in Vancouver Canada. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director Jeff Bleckner executive producer Elon Dershowits and producer Karen Moore. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication first generation copy with no copied punch holes with goldenrod and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 05/22/97 and 05/28/97. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown
1954ref. 131088Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1954. Final Draft script for the 1954 film. The fifth of seven films in the popular "Francis the Talking Mules series all made in the 1950s. Copy belonging to technical advisor Major Lane Carlson with his name in manuscript blue ink on a label affixed to the front wrapper and his annotations throughout. Carlson acted as a consultant on the military aspects of the film as the film involves Francis joining the Army going to the Pentagon etc. Salmon titled wrappers noted as Final Screenplay on the front wrapper dated February 9 1954. 157 leaves Multilith duplication with blue pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 2-17-54 and 4-5-54. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus in a three ring binder used during production. Universal Pictures unknown
1963ref. 132008New York: Louis de Rochemont Associates 1963. Third Draft script for an unproduced film about John Knox the Scottish clergyman and theologian considered to be the founder of the Presbyterian denomination in Scotland. Screenwriter Sloane credited as Sloan here was a screenwriter and wardrobe consultant whose film credits include "Martin Luther" 1953 "Stalag 17" 1953 "The Monster That Challenged the World" 1957 and a host of television movies and episodes. Presumed the only screen treatment on Knox the leader of the Protestant Reformation. Titled self wrappers noted as Third Draft on the front wrapper dated March 15 1963 with credits for screenwriter Sloane as Sloan and presenter Lothar Wolff. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mechanical duplication. Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Louis de Rochemont Associates unknown
1957ref. 138551Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Vintage reference photograph of Jean Seberg from the 1957 film. An image we have never seen. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1981ref. 138784Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1981. Vintage black-and-white French press photograph from the set 1981 UK film. Shown are director Karel Reisz and actors Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons conferring on a scene. French press stamp and a copyright sticker from United Artists on the verso. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1969ref. 138609Paris: FFD 1969. Original pressbook for the 1969 French film. Nominated for two Academy Awards and the Palme d'Or. The third film but fourth released in Rohmer's "Moral Tales" series and the one that finally elevated him to the international status of his New Wave peers. 9.5 x 13.25. Tri-fold Very Good plus. Starting to the lower rear fold and light soil. Criterion Collection 345. FFD unknown
1970ref. 137404N.p.: N.p. 1970. Original typescript screenplay for an unproduced film called "After the Fall" based on Arthur Miller's 1964 play about a Jewish intellectual living in New York. Miller's play opened on Broadway in 1964 at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre ran for 208 performances and closed on May 29 1965. A television movie of the play was released in 1974 but Mann appears to have not been involved in the project. Abby Mann 1927-2008 wrote screenplays for "Judgment at Nuremberg" 1961 earning him an Academy Award "A Child Is Waiting" 1963 "Ship of Fools" 1965 "The Detective" 1968 "Report to the Commissioner" 1975 and "War and Love 1985. His work also extended into television for series like "Medical Story" 1975-1976 and "Kojak" 1973-1978 a show he helped create and several "Kojak" television movies. Black wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for playwright Miller and screenwriter Mann. 195 leaves with last page of text numbered 194. Typescript on white stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound in a black spring binder. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 139131France Italy: Cineriz 1962. Archive of press material related to the 1961 French-Italian film. Includes film production-related material like shooting schedules and synopses a cinema magazine reviewing the film and several leaves of correspondence addressed from various members of film production to Maryse Martin Martres a prolific French actress who was also involved in press relations in France. Brief annotations in manuscript ink throughout. More than 150 leaves of correspondence and notes. A glimpse inside the behind-the-scenes process of French press and the attention paid to prolific French figures of cinema notably René Clair. Maryse Martin whose film credits include "The Happy Road" 1957 "Bonjour Tristesse 1958 and several films each for directors Jacqueline Audry Maurice Labro and Jean Gourguet was a popular "B" actress who played supporting roles in over 40 films. She presumably worked for a press agency involved in publication of film reviews press kits photographs and more. Several letters are represented addressed to and from Maryse from persons like Gay-Lussac Gordon Reid A. Sergio Berrocal George L. George Monsieur Bergougnous Monsieur Lourau J.D. van Leeuwen Edmundo Duran members of UniFrance Film Alessandro Ferrau R. Betmalle Clare Simpson Pierre Lazareff Francois Timmory I. Dally and even René Clair's secretary. 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. All material Very Good overall housed in Martin's file folder with the film title in manuscript ink. Cineriz unknown
1957ref. 139216Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1957. Collection of 4 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1957 film. Included are two film still photos and two advertisement layout photos. Mimeo snipes once affixed to the versos of the film stills detached but present. Director Corman at his noir-est. The Black Widows a teenage girl gang led by Helen Spain an early favorite of Russ Meyer suspect Barbara Kenney of killing one of their members. Barbara is the sometimes girlfriend of the leader of rival gang and the two gangs prepare for warfare. As the gangs prepare the stories of their private lives unfold and every aspect of family dysfunction is represented showcasing an example of the mid-century "juvenile delinquency" scare. 8 x 10 inches advert photos slightly larger. Very Good plus overall with a corner crease to one film still photo and minor creasing to others. Grant US. Lyons US. Martin 382. Selby US. Spicer US. Allied Artists unknown
1965ref. 138323Prague: Filmove studio Barrandov 1965. Re-release herald for the 1965 Czechoslovakia film "The Shop on Main Street" with four image from the film and text in both Czech and English. Based on the 1962 short story "The Trap" by screenwriter Ladislav Grosman and one of the comparatively few films from the Czechoslovak New Wave filmed in the Slovak as opposed to the Czech language. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film with an additional nomination for Ida Kraminska for Best Actress. A Slovak man is given a sewing notions shop owned by an elderly Jewish woman as part of the government's Aryanization program. He doesn't have the heart to tell her and pretends to be her new employee. The two form a bond which is tested when the authorities begin rounding up the town's Jewish population. 6.5 x 4.5 inches accordion folded opens to 37.5 x 4.5 inches. Fine. Criterion Collection 130. Filmove studio Barrandov unknown
1919ref. 138929Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1919. Vintage color glass slide advertisement for the 1919 film the first film released by the newly minted United Artists co-founded by star Fairbanks with Charlie Chaplin Mary Pickford and D.W. Griffith. A wealthy American gets embroiled in the politic turmoil of a fictional European monarchy only to find he is secretly the heir to the throne. 4 x 3.25 inches. An unused example without theatrical show times listed on the blank at the bottom. Very Good plus or better. United Artists unknown
1989ref. 139236France: Eve Productions 1989. Original French grande poster for the 1989 release of the 1970 US film. Scarce. A small-town border sheriff and marijuana smuggler sets out to kill a rival drug dealer while his girlfriend has a dalliance with another woman. The first Meyer film to feature full frontal male nudity a rarity even in sexploitation films at the time and quite the introduction to soon-to-be Meyer's regular Charles Napier. Meyer shot several new sequences late in production about a quarter of the film's runtime either to replace footage lost by a photo lab or because an actress left the shoot early the reason is disputed. The new sequences unrelated to the original ones give the film an almost surreal quality leading Roger Ebert to call it "possibly the only narrative film ever made without a narrative." The film was one of the most successful of Meyer's career leading him to return to and refine this style in subsequent films peaking with Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens in 1979. 47 x 63 inches folded as issued. Near Fine. Eve Productions unknown
1968ref. 139327California: Eve Productions 1968. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1968 film. Seen in the stills is Erica Gavin Vixen and Jon Evans Judd and a split image with Erica Gavin and Harrison Page Niles the duo responsible for the film's thick racial tensions. "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. One still with a faint tape ghost and two short tears else Near Fine overall. Eve Productions 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
