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1961ref. 131817Aldenham UK: Jermyn Productions 1961. Final script for the 1961 British film comedy. With revisions on pink stock bound in throughout and manuscript ink annotations mostly scene deletions on numerous pages. Also laid in are 16 pages of revisions on goldenrod stock accompanied by an advisory letter on Shepperton Studios stationery date stamped 12 January 1961. Bookkeeper George Summers Glenn Melvyn opts to marry one more time after his first wife leaves him. Unfortunately his ex-wife's harridan mother-in-law Marjorie Rhodes does not leave with her daughter. Now the new wife and the old mother-in-law are at loggerheads-not a recipe for the beginning of a successful marriage. Deep blue titled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated January 4 1961 noted as FINAL SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Player and playwright Deering assumed erroneously as Deering was an actor in the film and the playright was Rex Howard Arundel. 144 leaves mechanical duplication with pink undated revision pages throughout and goldenrod revision pages laid in dated 9th January 1961. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Jermyn Productions unknown
1963ref. 134356Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1963. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white still photographs two studio stills one reference still from the 1963 film. This film featured Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in their first pairing beginning their tumultuous love-hate relationship. Based on the histories written by Plutarch Suetonius and Appian and also based on the Carlo Maria Franzero book and set in 48 B.C. in Egypt. Winner of several Academy Awards Best Cinematography Art Direction Costume Design Effects. Set in Egypt shot on location in Spain Italy England and the USA. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus corner creases to all studio stills toned short closed tears and a few tiny chips. The reference still has two larger tears at the right edge. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1968ref. 134291New York: Factory Films 1968. Two vintage black-and-white double weight still photographs from the 1968 film. Both photographs feature the film's lead actor Viva one a head shot that is a variant on the familiar image used on the cover of Viva's later autobiography "Superstar" the other a waist-up shot. 8 x 10 inches white border with film credits at the bottom margin of the recto along with mention of the film's first distributor Sherpix. Fine. Factory Films unknown
1950ref. 132985London: Grand National Pictures / Angel Productions 1950. Collection of 33 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1950 UK film. Rubber-stamp of photographer Norman Hargood on the verso of a few stills. Val Guest favorite Yolande Donlan stars as Laramie Pilgrim an American factory girl who trades places with an upper-class British girl. 8 x 10 inches. Moderate light toning else Near Fine. Grand National Pictures / Angel Productions unknown
1970ref. 132470Beverly Hills CA: National Screen Service / MGM 1970. Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1970 UK film. A dying man frames himself for the murder of an industrialist so that his family can receive the reward money. It seems like a good plan.until he is cured of his ailment. 8 x 10 inches. Tiny corner creases light rubbing overall else Near Fine. National Screen Service / MGM unknown
1972ref. 132523London: Anglo-EMI 1972. Collection of 13 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1972 UK film including 3 promotional stills. Based on Alistair MacLean's 1961 novel about a man who poses as a criminal in an elaborate revenge scheme on those responsible for his family's death. 8 x 10 inches 3 stills measure 7.5 x 9.5 inches. A few faint creases and tiny closed tears else Near Fine. Anglo-EMI unknown
1963ref. 132981London: J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors / Rank Organisation 1963. Collection of 91 vintage black-and-white and 1 double weight still photographs from the 1963 UK film. Daily Express rubber stamp on the verso of the double weight still. Includes several candid shots on the set. Richard Johnson stars as a doctor who arrives in the city of Bath where a smallpox epidemic has begun. Dealing with the virus would be more than enough but he also finds himself contending with a failing marriage. Story set in Somerset England shot on location. 7.5 x 9.5 inches some slightly smaller or larger with no borders as issued. About Near Fine. J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors / Rank Organisation unknown
1971ref. 132615Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1971. Seven vintage black-and-white still photographs from the UK release of the 1970 US film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos 2 are lacking with distributor rubber-stamps on the versos. Based on the play by Alan Jay Lerner about Daisy Gamble Streisand a woman who hears phones before they ring. In order to quit smoking to please her fiance she undergoes hypnosis but multiple personalities and past lives emerge one particularly alluring to the doctor Montand. 4 stills 8 x 10 inches 3 stills 7 x 9.5 inches all with no borders as issued. Very Good plus 2 stills moderately toned. Paramount Pictures unknown
1959ref. 132441London: Rank Film Distributors 1959. Seven British front-of-house cards from the 1959 UK release of the 1958 US film. Based on the novel and written for the screen by Ernest K. Gann about a disgraced former Navy captain piloting a disparate group of passengers through a storm on a rundown schooner. 8 x 10 inches. A few light creases and some light stains on the versos else Near Fine. Rank Film Distributors unknown
1963ref. 132561London: Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors 1963. Eight vintage black-and-white double weight still photographs from the 1963 UK film. Based on 1958 Joanna Jones novel "Nurse Is a Neighbour" about a young woman who moves with her slightly crazy mother to a country village so that she can take up a position as the local nurse. 8 x 10 inches. A faint crease here and there else Near Fine. Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors unknown
1965ref. 132215London: National Screen Service 1965. Eight vintage black-and-white British front-of-house cards from the 1965 UK film. Based on the play by Ray Rigby about a British disciplinary camp on the Libyan desert. Winner at the 1965 Cannes festival for Best Screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Light toning overall else Near Fine. National Screen Service unknown
1964ref. 132433London: Warner-Pathe 1964. Eight vintage full-color front-of-house cards from the 1964 UK film. Base on a short story by Stanley Ellin about an eager young man with a crush on the boss' daughter who gets involved with a bank heist and a murder. 8 x 10 inches. A few with faint corner creases else Near Fine. Warner-Pathe unknown
1963ref. 132422London: Warner-Pathe 1963. Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1963 UK film. With distributors wraparound band. Nancy Kwan is featured in each still. Based on the 1957 novel by Thelma Niklaus about a simple Polynesian girl who is sent to live with her uncle in London. Nominated for a BAFTA award for Best British Cinematography in Colour. 8 x 10 inches. A short tear to the wraparound band else Near Fine. Warner-Pathe unknown
1952ref. 132955London: General Film Distributors / Conquest Productions 1952. Collection of 38 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1952 UK film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos of about half of the stills and a few with ink annotations on the versos. A small country in Europe faces bankruptcy after surviving only by evading its debt. A rich American visits and agrees to save the place by purchasing the entire country but he dies prematurely and his next of kin a young woman with high ethical and democratic standards resumes control. 8 x 10 inches some stills slightly smaller with no borders as issued. Faint toning else Near Fine. General Film Distributors / Conquest Productions unknown
1959ref. 132206London: National Screen Service 1959. Eight vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1959 US film. A high-budget comedy with low-budget results about an older couple chasing their daughters through South America while they search for love. 8 x 10 inches. Pinholes to one still and brief light creases overall else Near Fine. National Screen Service unknown
1963ref. 132730London: Warner-Pathe Distributors / Elstree Distributors Limited 1963. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1963 UK film. Noted director Joan Littlewood's first film credit after more than 15 years working at the Theatre Workshop an avant garde theatre she co-founded. This film centers around Charlie who returns home to find it demolished and his wife shacked up with a local bus driver. A scathing but poignant look at the real life in the East End. A story shot on location in and around London. 8 x 10 inches. A few light creases at the extremities else Near Fine. Warner-Pathe Distributors / Elstree Distributors Limited unknown
1946ref. 132440London: Two Cities Films / General Film Distributors 1946. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1946 UK film. Mimeo layovers affixed to the versos and one still with sequence number noted on the recto. A musician decides to return to his native African home after years performing in London. 8 x 10 inches. Some toning and tiny closed tears to the layovers else Near Fine. Two Cities Films / General Film Distributors unknown
1955ref. 132576London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1955. Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1955 US film. Before Sheree North there was Betty Grable the owner of the most beautiful legs in Hollywood but both musical darlings star in this comedy about two dancing girls who hide at Bristol College while they attempt to locate the killer of a fellow performer. Marilyn Monroe was originally cast as "Curly" but refused the role and Sheree North landed the part. Grable's final acting role. 8 x 10 inches. A hint of toning and a tiny edge tear here and there else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1972ref. 132630California: National Screen Service / Gamalex Associates 1972. Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the US release of the 1970 French-Italian-German film. Title layovers affixed to the rectos over the original titles. Based on a novel by French writer Francis Ryck aka Yves Delville about a woman who kills her husband under the suspicion of infidelity when in reality the man was a secret agent. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases to the extremities else Near Fine. National Screen Service / Gamalex Associates unknown
1955ref. 132184Burbank CA: Waterlow and Sons / Warner Brothers 1955. Seven vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1955 US film. Based on Leon Uris' first book about a new recruitment of Marines primed for battle but the battle comes when they least expect it. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Waterlow and Sons / Warner Brothers unknown
1978ref. 132533London: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1978. Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1978 release of the 1976 US television film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos with distributor rubber-stamps and layout annotations. Mardi Gras is interrupted by African killer bees! Ben Johnson is cast as the local sheriff and would reprise his tenure with the bees in the 1978 follow-up "The Swarm." Of the many "killer bee" films this is regarded as one of the best. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
1959ref. 132723London: Rank Film Distributors 1959. Collection of 6 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1959 UK film. Based on Lawrence Bachmann's 1957 novel "The Lorelei" about a girl on the run from the law and a former crime associate and her eventual refuge on a boat coasting down the river Rhine. A story set in Eastern Europe shot in Germany. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creases overall else Near Fine. Rank Film Distributors unknown
1954ref. 130503Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1954. Revised Final script for the 1955 film based on the 1954 novel by Ernest K. Gann. Cinematographer Leo Tover's working copy with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper and his minimal annotations mostly regarding time of day and lighting throughout. With two glossy stills laid in one in black-and-white and other in hand-tinted color. The first of two Clark Gable films produced by Twentieth Century-Fox with Gable as an American mercenary running a successful smuggling operation in and out of Hong Kong. Gable is hired by Susan Hayward who hopes to locate her missing husband a photographer Gene Barry. Peach titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 29 and production No. 630 dated October 1 1954. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page integral with the first page of the script. 137 leaves mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1958ref. 132722London: Unviersal International Pictures 1958. Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1958 US film. Based on a play by F. Hugh Herbert about a young woman who asks another guest at party to rescue her from her lecherous boss. When her rescuer suggests that she get out of her wet clothes she escapes and finds safety in the home of a retired actor. A story set in Connecticut shot at Universal Studios in California. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creasing overall else Near Fine. Unviersal International Pictures unknown
1954ref. 132553Beverly Hills CA: Waterlow and Sons / United Artists 1954. Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1954 US film. Based on Richard G. Hubler's 1946 novel "I've Got Mine" about two soldiers on a Japanese-occupied island during World War II. A true survival tale as the soldiers must escort a scientist and his daughter to the other side of the island where their ship awaits. Filmed in Hawaii and Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Waterlow and Sons / United Artists unknown
