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1953ref. 147898Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1953. Vintage set design photograph from the set of the 1953 film. The manager of a Malaysian tin mine travels to a remote jungle island with the hopes of establishing a new mine only to be met with resistance from the locals. Set in Malaysia and the South Seas. 5 x 4 inches. Very Good plus with two perforated holes at the top edge. Universal Pictures unknown books
1957ref. 172280N.p.: N.p. 1957. Final script for the 1957 film. Specially bound copy belonging to actress Jacqueline Evans who played the uncredited role of Mrs. Braddock with her annotations in manuscript pencil underlining dialogue on several leaves. SIGNED in round-robin fashion by numerous cast and crew members on the first seven leaves some with inscriptions. Signatures include director Henry King and actors Ava Gardner Mel Ferrer Tyrone Power and Errol Flynn humorously signing as "E. Hemingway" among others. Full provenance available. The first screen adaptation of the 1926 novel by Ernest Hemingway. One of the most honest film adaptations of its era attributable mainly to the screenplay by novelist and Hemingway acolyte Peter Viertel. Featuring a standout performance by Errol Flynn as the hedonistic hard-drinking burned-out Mike Campbell. in other words as himself. Shot on location in Pamplona Paris Biarritz and Mexico. Title page present noted as Final Script dated February 20 1957. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between March 11 and 14 1957. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus specially bound in textured brown cloth with an orange ribbon bookmark. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 148782Los Angeles: Showtime 1984. Vintage studio still photograph from the Showtime 1984 television re-release of the 1969 film showing actor Newt Wingis. With a manuscript annotation regarding layout to the verso. Based on director Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on African American life depicting the life of a teen in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set in Kansas and shot there on location. 8 x 10 inches. Lightly toned to the edges else about Fine. National Film Registry. Showtime unknown books
1943ref. 148433Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1943. Vintage lobby card for the 1943 film. A woman desperate to escape her impoverished background pushes her sister into a profitable but loveless marriage to a vaudeville singer/dancer. Purportedly based on Ginger Rogers' relationship with her first husband whom she married at 17. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good lightly and evenly toned. Warner Brothers unknown books
1940ref. 148777London: Ealing Studios 1940. Vintage reference photograph from a circa 1965 re-release of the 1940 film by Seven Arts Productions see logo at the bottom right margin showing actors Paul Robeson Jack Jones Simon Lack and Charles Williams. An African American miner from West Virginia arrives in a small town in Wales looking for work and soon wins the respect of the tight-knit mining community therein. Purportedly Robeson's favorite film in which he appeared far ahead of its time with regards to its treatment of racial harmony and the working class. Set and shot on location in Wales. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 373. Ealing Studios unknown books
1971ref. 152528London: Scotia-Barber Distributors 1971. Vintage pressbook for the 1971 film. At his home on the North Cornish coast a demented sculptor murders a young woman in order to cast a bronze sculpture of her form. Shot on location in Cornwall and London. Bi-fold. 6.5 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Scotia-Barber Distributors unknown books
1933ref. 148767Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1933. Vintage reference photograph of Paul Robeson in full regalia from the 1933 film struck circa 1970s. With a provenance stamp on the verso. Based on Eugene O'Neill's 1920 play following a cunning railway porter who gradually manipulates his way into control of a small Caribbean island. Actor Paul Robeson's first sound feature a breakthrough role which secured the actor's status as one of the first African American leading actors of mainstream cinema. Set throughout the American South and in the Caribbean Islands shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 370. United Artists unknown books
1963ref. 148665Denver CO: Wiseman Film Productions 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the seminal 1963 film. Based on the 1960 play by Warren Miller and Robert Rossen in turn based on Miller's 1959 novel. The second feature to be directed by independent filmmaker Shirley Clarke following "The Connection" 1961. Both films were statements on the limitations of cinema verite and while appearing improvisational were in fact semi-documentaries with carefully scripted dialogue. Clarke aspired to make a non-judgmental film that resisted the moralizing prevalent in Hollywood "social issue" films. It was the first film to be produced by Frederick Wiseman who would go on to become a legendary documentary filmmaker and was scored by noted jazz composer and pianist Mal Waldron with performances by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with light toning to the border. National Film Registry. Wiseman Film Productions unknown books
1929ref. 148778Los Angeles: Fox Film 1929. Vintage reference photograph from a circa 1940s re-release of the 1929 film showing actors Stepin Fetchit and Bernice Pilot. With the reference No. 1-A79 and the insignia of photographer Max Munn Autry from the negative at the bottom corners of the image on the recto. The story of a poor African American farming family in the American South. One of the first major studio features to star an all-black cast. Set in the American South. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Fox Film unknown books
1972ref. 148786Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film showing actors Paul Winfield and Kevin Hooks. With a provenance stamp to the verso crediting the Lester Glassner collection. Based on the 1970 Newberry Medal-winning novel. In the midst of the Great Depression a family of African American sharecroppers is torn apart when the patriarch is sentenced to a year in prison for stealing food to feed his family. Set and shot on location in Louisiana. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1948ref. 148430Los Angeles: Eagle-Lion Films 1948. Vintage US lobby card for the 1948 film noir here under the alternate title "The Scar." With brief manuscript annotations to the verso. Based on the 1946 novel wherein a desperate con man on the run from the mob goes into hiding by impersonating a psychiatrist unaware that the doctor has his own debts to pay. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light toning to the edges and a tiny closed tear to the bottom edge. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Silver and Ward US. Eagle-Lion Films unknown books
1939ref. 148675N.p.: Jubilee Pictures 1939. Vintage reference photograph from the 1939 Poverty Row film showing actor Frank H. Wilson and an unknown cast member conversing at a newsstand in Harlem. A small-time Harlem comedian is scared out of town when he accidentally witnesses a mob hit. The first feature film appearance of blues great Mamie Smith. Set in Harlem shot on location in Fort Lee New Jersey. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing to the edges. Jubilee Pictures unknown books
1953ref. 148427Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1953. Vintage US lobby card for the 1953 film. Loosely based on Jean-Paul Le Chanois' 1951 French film "Without Leaving an Address." An ill-tempered New York cabbie helps an Irish immigrant with an infant son locate her missing husband. Set and shot on location in New York. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with light soil and light toning to the edges. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
ref. 172342Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1975. Shooting script for the 1976 film. Not to be confused with the 2003 remake starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan. Based on the 1972 novel by Mary Rodgers who also wrote the screenplay about a feuding mother and daughter who magically switch bodies for a day allowing each to gain sympathy for the other. A star vehicle for Jodie Foster and one of the last films before Foster began transitioning to more adult roles. Yellow titled wrappers dated July 15 1975 noted as Shooting Script and production No. 0151 on the front wrapper with credit for Rodgers. Title page integral with the first page of text noted as production No. 0151 and dated 7/15/75. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrappers Very Good plus moderately faded to the edges bound internally with three gold brads. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1990ref. 172340N.p.: N.p. 1990. Shooting script for the 1991 film musical. A drama about the rise and fall of fictional rhythm and blues group The Five Heartbeats told through one of the group's members Donald "Duck" Matthews. Loosely based on the trajectories of several real-life musical groups including The Dells The Temptations Four Tops and others. Although received to mixed reviews the film has since been reconsidered as a cult classic. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 2/1/90 noted as Shooting Script and copy No. 222 with credits for screenwriters Robert Townsend and Keenen Ivory Wayans. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only title page on blue stock. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1988ref. 172338Santa Monica: Cinema City 1988. Shooting script for the 1988 film with rainbow revisions. A former drug dealer tries to quit his old habits but nevertheless finds himself caught in the crosshairs of a large-scale Drug Enforcement Administration investigation. The second film to be both written and directed by Robert Towne following "Personal Best" 1982. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Set and shot on location in Manhattan Beach California. Self wrappers. Title page present dated January 14 1988 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credit for Towne. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 142. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between February 8 and March 4 1988. Pages about Fine bound with two gold brads. Cinema City unknown books
ref. 172336N.p.: N.p. 1976. Draft script for the 1976 film. The fifth installment in the much-loved "Pink Panther" series and the fourth to star Peter Sellers in which Inspector Clouseau faces off against former Chief Inspector Dreyfus who has just been released from long-term confinement in a psychiatric hospital. Dreyfuss plans to destroy England by launching nuclear missiles from a castle in Bavaria where he is in hiding. Shot on location in London Surrey Munich and Paris. White titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Blake Edwards and Frank Waldman. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrappers Very Good plus bound with two silver screw brads. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 147352N.p.: N.p. 1981. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper indicating copy No. 81. Based on Robert Daley's 1979 novel wherein two world champion drivers face off in a number of races across Europe eventually finding themselves closely linked by the conflicted love of an American girl. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 1981 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Steven Smith and Robert Daley. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 141005Los Angeles: Braun Entertainment Group 1976. Sixth Draft script for the 1976 film. Laid in is a letter to John Huston from Leland Nolan. Based on Howard Fast's 1944 novel based in turn on the true story of an ex-slave and Union solider who returns home where he is elected to the state legislature and eventually to the US Senate despite opposition from white landowners law enforcement and the KKK. Set in South Carolina. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 24 1976 noted as Sixth Draft with credits for screenwriter and author Howard Fast. 148 leaves with last page of text numbered 145. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong binding. Braun Entertainment Group unknown books
1974ref. 147348Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. Included with the script is a typed synopsis of the film. An Army veteran travels to California to convince the most highly-decorated man in the US military now an aged comic book lending librarian to come out of retirement to lead a mercenary mission to recoup 30 million dollars on behalf of the Prime Minister of a small South American country. Set on the California coast and the fictional town of Playa del Oro. Orange non-standard titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 1 1974 with credits for screenwriter James Poe. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1964ref. 172060Universal City: Universal Pictures 1964. Vintage photograph from the 1964 film showing Angie Dickinson posed next to a race car sporting high-waisted pedal pushers a cuffed white shirt and sky-high hair. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1927 short story by Ernest Hemingway. The final film performance by Ronald Reagan and the second Hollywood adaptation of Hemingway's story following the 1946 film noir directed by Robert Siodmak. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1922ref. 172059N.p.: N.p. 1922. Vintage reference photograph from the 1922 silent film showing Marion Davies watching Pedro de Cordoba in his laboratory. Received stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1918 novel by Marie Corelli about a young woman who undergoes a surgical procedure to regain her beauty and youth at the cost of her sympathy. Davies' 14th film appearance. Currently considered lost. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 172052N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage reference photograph from the 1973 film showing one of the eponymous "prison babies" with a promotional illustration for the film at the left margin. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a tiny bruise to the left portion of the recto. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 172055Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1981. Vintage reference photograph from the 1981 film showing director Karel Reisz with author John Fowles on the set. Based on Fowles' 1969 novel about two actors who begin to find their real-life circumstances mirroring their characters' relationship. Shot on location in Dorset. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good or better moderately creased to the corners with light toning overall. Criterion Collection 768. United Artists unknown books
1996ref. 172069Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1996. 18 vintage color slides from the 1996 film. A disparate group of survivors congregate in the Nevada desert after a large-scale attack by aliens deciding to plan a counterattack in New York City on behalf of the human race. Screenwriters Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich previously worked together on the 1994 film "Stargate" with much of the plot of "Independence Day" conceived by the pair during promotional tours for that movie. Nominated for two Academy Awards and followed by a 2016 sequel "Independence Day: Resurgence." Shot on location in New York City in Flagstaff Arizona on the Plains of San Agustin New Mexico in Los Angeles and Fontana California in Wendover and the Bonneville Salt Flats Utah and in Cliffside Park New Jersey. Slides 1.5 x 1 inches in cardboard sleeves measuring 2 x 2 inches. Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
