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1957ref. 137255Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. Four striking vintage photographs from the 1957 US film. The stills demonstrate the practical effects and extraordinary sets constructed in order to make the picture-at a time when the special effects needed to visualize the world of a man reduced to being only a few inches were essentially nonexistent. A landmark science fiction film adapted by Richard Matheson from his own 1956 novel about a man who begins shrinking after being exposed to a strange mist. 8 x 10 inches. Fine condition with scene descriptions tipped on to the verso of eight of the nine stills. National Film Registry. Universal Pictures unknown
1960ref. 135571Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1960. Vintage black and white photograph of Anthony Perkins on the set of the 1960 film silhouetted against the Bates Motel. The most sought after image from the known stills produced. Far and away the highest grossing film of Hitchcock's career nominated for 4 Academy awards including Hitichcock's fifth and final Best Director nomination and a key film in expanding allowable depictions of both violence and sexuality under the eroding Production Code. Selected by the National Film Registry in 1992. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a few pinholes at the corners. National Film Registry. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1970ref. 136662Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1970. Seven borderless black-and-white reference photographs from the set of the film shot in April 1960. Five of the six remarkable photographs show Wise both in the desert and in the midst of the elaborate sets designed to simulate the film's massive underground laboratory. With printed snipes on the verso of each photograph. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Universal Pictures unknown
1973ref. 134920Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Complete-as-issued set of 15 black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1973 film. Housed in the original sack envelope as issued rubber stamped "MEAN STREETS / 15 STILLS / B." Scorsese's breakthrough film one of the establishing pillars of New Hollywood cinema setting the template that would guide the best of his work to follow. Set in New York City and shot on location there. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Sack Very Good Plus with minor wear. Warner Brothers unknown
1925ref. 137138Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1925. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1925 film with a mimeo snipe and photographer's stamp on the verso. Based on the unfinished 1832 novel "Dubrovsky" by Alexander Pushkin. A posed shot showing director Brown and stars Valentino and Banky with painter Federico Beltran Masses a well known figure in Hollywood because of his friendship with William Randolph Hearst. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with diagonal chips missing from two corners but the image largely unaffected. United Artists unknown
1977ref. 135605Paris: Trinacra Films 1977. Vintage double weight photograph from the set of the 1977 film shot by still photographer Etienne George. Shown are director Francois Leterrier and his crew to the left on a dolly and actress Sylvia Kristel on the right in a state of semi-undress. The last film in the original "Emmanuelle" trilogy. An interior shot apparently meant to be a barn as the ground is covered with hay for a film shot on the Seychellois island of La Digue. Miramax film founders Bob and Harvey Weinstein acquired the rights to the film at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival capitalizing on the popularity of what had become an international franchise broadcasting a unique appeal as an erotic film series with feminist leanings. With slightly wide margins as issued. Photograph 9.5 x 12 inches image 6.25 x 10.5 inches. In an archival mat. Mild creasing at a couple of corners else Near Fine. Trinacra Films unknown
1924ref. 137171Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1924. Vintage publicity photograph for the 1924 film showing star John Gilbert relaxing with a book at his home. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1914 Russian play by Leonid Andreyev first published in English in 1922. The first film put into production under the newly formed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the first to feature Leo the Lion although it was not the first film released by the studio. The second film directed by Sjostrom known as "the father of Swedish cinema" after his move to Hollywood at the behest of Louis B. Mayer and a breakthrough picture for him as well as stars Chaney Shearer and Gilbert. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1964ref. 137342Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1964. Original pressbook for the 1964 film the second time Hemingway's short story was adapted for the screen following the classic 1946 version starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner. Notable as Ronald Reagan's last film role and perhaps in preparation for his move into politics the first time he played a villain. 12 x 18 inches. 12 pages saddle stapled. Light foxing overall else Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1957ref. 137347Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Original Pressbook for the 1957 film based on John Steinbeck's 1947 novel. 13 x 16.5 inches. 16 pages saddle stapled. About Near Fine. Horizontal fold as issued with some light soil. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1969ref. 137346Hollywood: Willow Tree / Paramount Pictures 1969. Original pressbook for the 1969 film based on the 1959 novella by Philip Roth. Arnold Schulman received an Academy Award nomination for his screenplay. Ali McGraw's film debut. 12.25 x 15 inches. 14 pages saddle stapled with a fold out to the rear wrapper. Very Good. Horizontal fold as issued with a chip to the lower rear corner and light soil and rubbing overall. Willow Tree / Paramount Pictures unknown
1945ref. 137348Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1945. Original pressbook for the 1945 film based on an original story by John Steinbeck and Jack Wagner. The duo received an Academy Award nomination for their work. 12.25 x 15 inches. 28 pages saddle stapled. Light fading on the front edges lightly rubbed and soiled about Near Fine overall. Paramount Pictures unknown
1964ref. 137314Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM / Seven Arts 1964. Collection of 13 studio photographs from the 1964 film. The third of three feature films adapted from W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel starring Kim Novak and Laurence Harvey following the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis and the 1946 film starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker. Set in London and filmed by MGM British Studios at Ardmore Studios in County Wicklow Ireland. 10 x 8 inches 25 x 20. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Seven Arts unknown
1929ref. 137372Budapest: Hunnia Filmstudio 1929. Specially bound copy of an Early Draft script for the Hungarian film released in Hungry in 1932 as "Tavaszi zapor" in Frace in 1933 as "Marie Legende Hongroise" and in the United States in 1935 as "Spring Shower." Housed in a likely hand-sewn floral cloth-covered portfolio the script is INSCRIBED by the Hungarian-American feminist and radical socialist screenwriter Ilona Fulop on the title page: "To Mac: / Because You still trust me! / Ilona / Christmas 1929 / Hollywood Cal." A unique and attractive item and probably the only surviving copy of the script. The story of a poor girl driven out of her village when she becomes pregnant by her employer's wealthy fiance finding refuge working as a maid in a brothel. After her daughter is taken from her however she falls into alcoholism and dies. A maid in Heaven as she was on earth she saves her daughter from befalling a similar fate by "emptying her mop bucket" on her daughter's head via a rain shower at a pivotal moment. A multinational production in which a Hungarian screenwriter and Hungarian director both with experience in Hollywood shot a film starring a French actress using frozen assets from a French producer that had been mandated for exclusively Hungarian use. Though not a box office success at the time it is now regarded as one of the all-time great films originating from the country. In a 1919 article entitled "What is 'Revolution' Doing to Love" screenwriter Fulop describes herself as a socialist radical as opposed to a revolutionary or a Bolshevik and her desire to further equal rights for women strongly defines her as a modern-day feminist as well. "Spring Showers" with its women- and proletarian-friendly plot thus comes as little surprise. Housed in floral cloth-covered portfolio titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Fulop. 78 leaves with last page of text numbered 77. Carbon typescript. Pages Very Good portfolio Very Good bound with a single line of hand-stitching. Hunnia Filmstudio unknown
1970ref. 137367Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1970. Vintage deluxe press kit for the epic 1970 film including two oversize photos and six reference photographs. The third collaboration between director Lean and screenwriter Bolt following "Lawrence of Arabia" 1962 and "Doctor Zhivago" 1965. Winner of two Academy Awards for cinematographer Freddie Young and supporting actor John Mills. Nominated for two more as well as ten BAFTA awards. The press kit contains: Ten loose sheets of heavy weight paper each folded to 11 x 14 inches printing on rectos only. The first sheet with a press release regarding the film the other nine with a description from Bolt's screenplay in English French Spanish German Italian and Japanese on the outside and the corresponding full-color printed image from the film inside. Two 11 x 14 sheets of photographic paper each containing two images one of David Lean on the set the second of the same scene from the film. With descriptions of the scenes printed on the verso of each photograph. Six 10 x 8 reference photographs one showing Lean and crew filming on the coast of Ireland the rest depicting scenes from the film. Each with captions printed on the verso. One biography of David Lean three pages printed on rectos only. 8.5 x 11 inches bound with a single staple. All items housed in a studio clamshell box as issued. Clamshell box: About Near Fine with light fading and a few small bruises. Press materials Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1954ref. 137133Japan: Daiei Studios 1954. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the US release of the 1953 Japanese film. Though not noted in any way this copy belonged to screenwriter director and film ephemera collector Leonard Schrader. The first Japanese color film to ever be released outside of Japan and a cornerstone Asian film. "Gate of Hell" tells the story of a samurai who wishes to marry a woman whom he has rescues only to find she is already married to another. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Costume Design as well as an honorary Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. 8 x 10 inches. Fine condition. Criterion Collection 653. Masters of Cinema 40. Daiei Studios unknown
1964ref. 137125Tokyo: Toho Company 1964. Vintage black-and-white reference studio still photograph from the US release of the 1952 Japanese film. Though not indicated in any way this film still belonged to screenwriter Leonard Schrader. The film follows the life of a woman who was sold into various forms prostitution by her father at a young age and whose bad luck follows her into ruin. 8 x 10 inches. Fine condition. Criterion Collection 664. Toho Company unknown
1970ref. 137126New York: Grove Press 1970. Collection of 6 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the US release of the 1969 Japanese film. Though not noted in any way this copy belonged to screenwriter director and film ephemera collector Leonard Schrader. Based on the true story of a criminal family that used their young son to scam drivers for money by faking his having been hit in car accidents. Set and shot in various locations around Japan. 8 x 10 inches. Fine condition. Grove Press unknown
1934ref. 137471Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1934. Vintage sepia reference photograph from the set of the 1934 film. Shown are director Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich in full regalia visiting with noted Mexican toreador Pepe Ortiz and a member of the Mexican Counsul in Los Angeles. Typescript snipe on the verso indicating same along with an ink notation of the photo date 9/15/34 and a contemporary illustrated label for "Photofest." 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 109. Paramount Pictures unknown
1953ref. 137487Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1953. Revised final script for the 1953 film "The Great Sioux Uprising" seen here as "Sioux Uprising." Though very loosely based on true events surrounding the two-year Red Cloud's War during which a Cheyenne Native American chief repeatedly attacked US forces in an effort to stem the flow of White settlers this film centers around a white man who attempts to help a Sioux tribe retrieve a large number of stolen horses white attempting to convince them to join up with the Union soldiers instead of the Confederates. Shot on location in Oregon with a cast partly comprised of local Native Americans. Tan titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper dated September 3 1952. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Levy and Gill. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Multilith duplication with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated 9/22/52 and 9/15/52. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown
1949ref. 137478Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1949. Final shooting script for the 1950 film. Copy belonging to actor Marshall Reed who here plays the role of the villain with his name in black manuscript ink on the front wrapper. A ruthless man attempts to rekindle a settled feud between two rancher families in order to take both their lands when they kill each other off. Luckily the town has a good sheriff and a standup rancher gal to help save the day. An odd short musical western with a good crop of the genre's favorite themes bar brawls ambushes sharpshooters to help round out the plot. Red titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper production No. A7 dated November 2 1949. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Joseph O'Donnell. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fair wrapper Fair bound with three gold brads. Foxing and dampstaining to much of the wrappers and extremities. Universal Pictures unknown
1946ref. 137483Los Angeles: Monogram Pictures 1946. Draft script for the 1946 film. Working copy belonging to actor Marshall Reed with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. The final film in the Nevada McKenzie series in which US Marshal Jack "Nevada" McKenzie is asked to help investigate the death of a man who supposedly drowned in a haunted mine near a ghost town called Buckeye. Their investigation leads them deep into the secrets of the local community including corruption mental illness and murder on a grander scale than they first imagined. Gray titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Frank Young. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Young. 87 leaves with last page of text numbered 87. Mimeograph duplication. Light insect damage to the extremities of both pages and wrapper with light dampstaining as well. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Monogram Pictures unknown
1969ref. 137209Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1969. Collection of 217 individually numbered contact sheets amounting to 2650 images from the 1969 film. Housed in two original three-ring binders from the film's publicity department. The occasional frame is circled or crossed through in red marker. A robust collection that documents nearly every facet of the film's production including numerous candid images of the cast and crew at work. Woody Allen's first film as a director one of the great American comedies the film that set the template for Allen's 1970s work. A massive archive documenting the birth of an utterly new and unique voice in cinema one that would become something even bigger in 1979. Set and shot in San Francisco and inside the walls of San Quentin State Prison. Sheets 8 x 10 inches most in three-hole mylar sleeves some with holes punched directly in left margin others laid in. Very Good overall few frames excised general modest edgewear. Binders with signs of use as expected one spine label missing other partially lacking but with titles intact. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown
1971ref. 137443Burbank CA: Cinema Center Films 1971. Revised Final Draft script for the 1972 film. Based on a story by Steven W. Carabatsos. A key Western vigilante film John Benedict Holden leads a peaceful life on his ranch until a gang of Comanche Indians led by a white man murders his family and trashes his home. He assembles his own posse of ruthless outlaws guns-for-hire to help him enact sweet revenge on the murderers. Shot on location in Mexico. Red titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper and production No. 5008 dated January 5 1971 with a credit for screenwriter Mayes. Title page present dated January 5 1971 noted as FINAL DRAFT with a credit for screenwriter Mayes. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mechanical duplication with blue light blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/18/71 and 3/16/71. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Hardy p. 341. Pitts 3402. Cinema Center Films unknown
1964ref. 137549N.p.: N.p. 1964. Draft script for an unproduced fictional film set on a kibbutz in Israel by documentary filmmaker Herbert Kline. Accompanying the script is a typed letter signed by Kline dated "May II 1964" discussing casting of the film plans for script rewrites including the removal of some "overt political statements" that aided in getting Israeli financing and his hope that the success of this film would "lead to a series of modest budget" films shot in Israel. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Kline. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper lightly soiled else Near Fine bound with tape. Letter: 8.5 x 11 inches recto only folded horizontally. Very Good with a jagged tear to one edge and some light creasing. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 137527N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film adapted from the collaborative novel written by Joseph Conrad and Ford Maddox Ford in 1909 but not published until after Conrad's death in 1924. The third of three collaborations by the two novelists. Black stiff generic report wrappers with a red-and-white title label on the front wrapper crediting screenwriter Lowe and novelists Conrad and Ford. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lowe and novelists Conrad and Ford. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Photocopied. Toning to the title page else pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
