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1967ref. 129268Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Final Draft script for the 1968 film. Based on the 1966 novel by Roderick Thorp about a brooding detective who becomes embroiled in a case that uncovers a deep vein of police corruption within the department. Frank Sinatra's fourth collaboration with director Gordon Douglas a box office success. One of the first mainstream Hollywood films to include explicit depictions of the lives of gay men including the violence suffered by the gay community due to the indifference of the police. In 1979 Thorp wrote a sequel to "The Detective" entitled "Nothing Lasts Forever" adapted in 1988 as "Die Hard." Although Sinatra had contractual rights to star in the sequel he wisely turned it down due to his age and action movie history-and Bruce Willis' career-were made. Set in New York and shot on location in New York and in California. Light blue titled wrappers noted as Final and production No. 116 on the front wrapper dated August 17 1967. Title page present dated August 17 1967 noted as Final with credits for screenwriter Abby Mann and writer Roderick Thorp. 161 leaves with last page of text numbered 160. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1979ref. 166505N.p.: MGM Television 1979. First Draft script for the season three episode eight of the 1977-1983 NBC television series copy belonging to actress Christina Cummings who played the role of the "Bank Teller" with the ink annotation of her name on the front wrapper and manuscript ink annotations of her name and circling her character on the cast page. CHiPs was a popular crime drama series about the lives of two motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol CHP played by Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada and aired on NBC premiering on September 15 1977 and ran for 139 episodes over six seasons before ending on May 1 1983. In this episode a series of jewelry robberies are committed by thieves in city trucks and Ponch Estrada recovering in the hospital believes he may have solved the crimes. Set in and shot on location in California. Untitled MGM Television wrappers with a die-cut window. Title page present dated August 17 1979 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Larry Alexander and Revisions by William D. Gordon and James Doherty. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing bound with two gold brads. MGM Television unknown
1977ref. 115615Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1977. Revised Draft script for the 1977 film. Based on the 1977 novel by Earl Mac Rauch. Tan wrappers with white designed titles bearing the name of the production company ICM International Creative Management. Title page present with a date of April 14 1976 and screenwriter credit for Earl Mac Rauch. 159 leaves mechanical duplication title printed in block letters on the spine in black ink. Pages and wrappers Near Fine wrapper showing a few small stains. Hirschhorn p. 407. United Artists unknown
1958ref. 173029Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1958. Eight vintage hand-tinted British front-of-house cards from the 1958 Disney Western film. Based on David Appel's 1951 novel "Comanche: Story of America's Most Heroic Horse" about the bond between a young Sioux boy and the titular horse who end up on opposite sides of the Battle of Little Big Horn. Set in Montana Territory and shot on location in Oregon. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Walt Disney Productions unknown
1960ref. 173032Burbank CA: Walt Disney 1960. Two vintage hand-tinted British front-of-house cards from the 1960 Disney film. Based on the 1812 novel by Johann David Wyss about a Swiss family from Bern who find themselves shipwrecked on an uninhabited island after a pirate attack. Previously adapted in 1940 by RKO Pictures. Shot on location in Tobago. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one photograph with pinholes at the corners. Walt Disney unknown
1964ref. 173037Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1964. Three vintage double weight British front-of-house cards from the 1964 Disney film. Based on the 1960 novel by Ian Niall. A little girl wants to save an escaped circus tiger after it escapes in a residential town and the National Guard has orders to kill it on sight. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes and slight creasing at the corners. One card with creasing at the left margin. Walt Disney Productions unknown
1965ref. 173035Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1965. Two vintage double weight British front-of-house cards from the 1965 Disney film. Based on the 1963 novel "Undercover Cat" by Mildred Gordon and Gordon Gordon. A family's cat comes home one day wearing a wristwatch. When the mother suspects foul play she tries to report the presumably stolen watch. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Walt Disney Productions unknown
1969ref. 173038New York City: Cinema Center Films 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 animated film. With a mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the comic by Charles M. Schultz. Charlie Brown tries to win the National Spelling Bee to boost his confidence after losing a baseball game. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Cinema Center Films unknown
1953ref. 173031Burbank CA: Walt Disney 1953. Eight vintage hand-tinted British front-of-house cards from the 1953 Disney film. A documentary following the everyday behaviors of the desert-dwelling animals of the southwestern US. The first feature-length film in Walt Disney Productions' "True-Life Adventures" film series which focused on animal behavior and zoology. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary. Shot on location in Utah California and Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. National Film Registry. Walt Disney unknown
1966ref. 173036Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1966. Four vintage British front-of-house cards from the 1967 Disney film. Based on the 1962 novel "The Monkeys" by G.K. Wilkinson. An American who inherits an olive farm in France uses chimpanzees as workers instead of having to pay for labor. Set in Provence France. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Walt Disney Productions unknown
1960ref. 173034Burbank CA: Walt Disney 1960. Two vintage British front-of-house cards from the 1960 Disney film. Based on the 1913 novel by Eleanor H. Porter. An orphaned girl goes to live with her rich and powerful aunt who is in conflict with the local townspeople over a defunct orphanage. Winner of an Academy Award. Shot on location in Northern California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Walt Disney unknown
1960ref. 147350N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced three-act play. With a few editorial manuscript ink annotations throughout. Based on Marcel Pagnol's 1934 script "Le premier amour" about the first true love between a man and woman leading the pair to defy the practices of polygamy common to their tribes and set out to make a new life together. Intended for production many times over two decades in 1946 1947 and 1969 but ultimately never realized. Set in the Stone Age. White titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter MARCEL PAGNOL and playwright ROBERT WYLER on the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter MARCEL PAGNOL and playwright ROBERT WYLER. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 3-4-12. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 160953New York: Harvey Hutter & Co. Inc 1978. Vintage "US Senator Blutarsky" poster used as an ultimately little known bizarre futuristic advertisement for the 1978 film. National Lampoon was a huge success as an alternative magazine in the early 1970s and irrevocably altered its future in 1978 with the production of this film an irreverent sharp and now classic comedy. A production company was launched making over half a dozen films between 1978-2002 and as a result today's generation associates "National Lampoon" almost completely with its films rather than its pulp origins. And importantly this was the film that catapulted Harold Ramis and Belushi from television into the movies where they would both flourish. Nominated by the Writer's Guild of America for Best Comedy Screenplay in 1979. 24 x 30 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear including several small closed tears at the extremities and a small chip to the upper right side and light creasing overall. National Film Registry. McPadden Teen Movie Hell. Harvey Hutter & Co., Inc unknown
1957ref. 172898Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1957. 27 vintage photographs from the 1957 film consisting of 25 reference photographs and two studio still photographs. Four photographs with cropping annotations on the verso. Ten photographs with provenance labels and ten photographs with provenance stamps on the verso. One photograph with a mimeo snipe typed onto the verso. A former dance troupe member is drawn into a libel suit involving her former friend and fellow dancer over a romantic misunderstanding. Set in London shot on location in London and Paris France. 8 x 10 inches. Generally Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1960ref. 168477N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1960 film showing Lee Remick and Montgomery Clift. Based on Borden Deal's 1957 novel "Dunbar's Cove" and on William Bradford Huie's 1942 novel "Mud on the Stars." In 1937 the head of the Tennessee Valley Authority's land purchasing office faces off against powerful generations-old landowners who refuse to sell their properties. Set and shot on location throughout Tennessee in Cleveland Bradley County and Charleston and on Coon Denton Island on the Hiwassee River. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 173039Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Five vintage hand-tinted British front-of-house cards from the 1957 film. Based on Ernest Hemingway's 1929 semi-autobiographical novel about an American soldier stationed in Italy whose romance with a Red Cross nurse becomes his only joy amidst the horrors of war. The second film adaptation of Hemingway's novel and the final film produced by David O. Selznick. Set in Italy and Switzerland shot on location in Italy. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1990ref. 173097N.p.: New Line Cinema 1990. Collection of thirteen vintage studio still photographs from the 2000 film. Childhood friends fall in love and then separate as they both pursue professional careers in basketball. Shot on location in Southern California. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Criterion 1097. New Line Cinema unknown
1980ref. 173093Universal City: Universal City Studios 1980. Four vintage color studio still photographs from the 1980 film. Three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Based on the 1976-1980 television series "The Gong Show" following the host in a fictionalized account of a week at work. Set in Los Angeles shot on location in Los Angeles Hollywood and Pismo Beach California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine two photographs with pinholes at the corners. Universal City Studios unknown
1998ref. 173096N.p.: New Line Cinema 1998. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1998 film. Story following a will-they-won't-they relationship between a woman recently separated from her cheating husband and her building superintendent. Set in New York City shot on location in Brooklyn New York and Los Angeles California. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. New Line Cinema unknown
1938ref. 173115N.p.: N.p. 1938. Vintage reference photograph from the 1938 film. A professor who is working on translating the ancient Egyptian tablets of Neferus fears he will face the same fate as he falls in love with an aspiring actress while continuously getting caught up in strange circumstances. Set in Los Angeles shot on location in Los Angeles and Kernville CA. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1998ref. 173099N.p.: Fine Line Features 1998. Eight vintage satin-finished studio still photographs from the 1998 film. Based on the 1984 play by David Rabe. Follows a group of Hollywood directors and actors who find purpose in their increasingly hedonistic lifestyles. Set in Hollywood shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Fine Line Features unknown
1999ref. 173100N.p.: Gaumont 1999. Eight vintage satin-finished studio still photographs from the 1999 film including one photograph of director Luc Besson on the set of the 1999 film. A fictionalized account of the life of Joan of Arc including her heading the siege of Orléans and eventual heresy trial in England ending in her execution. Set in France and England shot on location in France and the Czech Republic. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Gaumont unknown
1967ref. 173112N.p.: Continental 1967. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1967 film. Based on the 1922 novel by James Joyce. Two men spend a day together in Dublin somewhat mirroring the story of Odysseus. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in and shot on location in Dublin. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing and a small tear to the margin on the right edge. Continental unknown
1966ref. 173116N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 film. Three veterans of the Spanish Civil War get together to go on a rabbit hunt. Set in Castile Spain shot on location in Castilla-La Mancha and Madrid Spain. 7 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus. Grant Spain. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 170346N.p.: N.p. 1974. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1974 film including one showing director Paul Morrissey sitting with Udo Kier and Joe Dallesandro on the set. Annotations in manuscript ink in French on the versos. Count Dracula travels from Transylvania to pre-fascist Italy in search of virgin blood to drink but soon discovers there are no longer any virgins to be found in the entirety of Italy. One of Andy Warhol's two horror films the other being "Frankenstein" released the same year on a double bill both USA/Italy/France co-productions and the pinnacle of his film career in terms of popularity outside avant-garde circles. Set in Italy shot on location in Italy and Serbia. Approximately 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 28. Severin Films 721. N.p. unknown
