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1949ref. 148820Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1949. Vintage reference photograph from the 1949 film showing actors Jeanne Crain Nina Mae McKinney and Frederick O'Neal. Based on Cid Ricketts Sumner's 1946 novel "Quality." A light-skinned young African-American woman Jeanne Crain lives in the north where she can easily pass for white but is forced to return to her home town in the Souh to visit her elderly grandmother. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1977ref. 148819Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1977. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1975 film showing actors Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Eric Monte and Glynn Turman. With a provenance stamp on the verso. A seminal coming-of-age drama following two best friends growing up on Chicago's North Side in 1964. Set and shot on location throughout Chicago including the Cabrini-Green housing projects and the Lincoln Park Zoo. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. McPadden Teen Movie Hell. Olive Films 974. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1945ref. 147298Los Angeles: Vanguard Films 1945. Souvenir Shooting script for the 1945 film issued by Selznick Studios to promote the film just prior to its release. Title page and credits covered over two separate pages with a credit for Salvador Dali who penned the surreal dream sequence in the film. Based on the 1927 novel "The House of Dr. Edwardes" by Hilary Saint George Saunders and John Palmer. Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director and Best Supporting Actor for Michael Chekhov winning one. Producer David O. Selznick wanted to make a "psychiatric" story for the screen and Alfred Hitchcock persuaded Selznick to buy the rights to the novel which Hitchcock and his wife were adapting. Mustard yellow titled wrappers noted as Final Shooting Script on the front wrapper dated June 25 1945 with a credit for screenwriter Hecht. Title page present with primary screen credits over two pages. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. In a custom gray cloth clamshell box with a brown leather spine label and titles in gilt. Grant US. Selby Canon. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Vanguard Films unknown books
1980ref. 172513Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1980. Vintage still photograph from the 1980 film showing Han Solo navigating a snow storm. Label on verso with a credit for still photographer George Whitear noted as "GEO. WHITEAR". Second film in the classic trilogy that started a multibillion dollar media empire pun intended which now includes ten additional live action films animated shows novels comic books video games and countless tons of officially licensed merchandise with no signs of slowing down. Winner of six Academy Awards nominated for four more including Best Picture Best Director Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Alec Guinness. Set a long time ago in a galaxy far far away shot on location in California Arizona Mexico Guatemala Tunisia and the UK. 8 x 10 inches. Three tiny pinholes else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1940ref. 148988Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1940. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1940 film showing actors Melvyn Douglas and Myrna Loy. With a manuscript ink annotation to the verso noting the date 10-11-40. A magazine editor who pretends to be married to avoid unwanted advances from co-workers finds herself caught in her own lie when she falls for a potential suitor. Set in New York and Ohio. 9.5 x 7.75 inches. Very Good plus overall. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1963ref. 147808Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 short animated film. Chaos ensues when an animator's illustration comes to life. Initially created as the pilot for an unproduced comedy television series and ultimately released as a stand-alone short film. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall one with faint soil to the right edge. Warner Brothers unknown books
1940ref. 148990Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1940. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1940 film showing actors Melvyn Douglas Una O'Connor and Loretta Young. With a manuscript pencil annotation to the verso noting the date 8-12-40. A communist fugitive hides from the police in the apartment of the wife of the man he intended to kill. Set in Paris. 9.5 x 7.75 inches. Very Good plus with light toning. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1963ref. 148936Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1963. Vintage press portrait photograph of actress Audrey Meadows from the 1963 film. With a brief manuscript pencil annotation to the verso. Based on the 1961 Broadway comedy. A conservative father's efforts to protect his rebellious hippie daughter as she heads to college frequently backfire leading him into a variety of scandalous radical situations. The fourth of five pictures director Henry Koster made with James Stewart a collaboration which began with "Harvey" in 1950. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light wear and toning to the edges. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1935ref. 148854Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1935. Vintage reference photograph from the 1935 film showing actor Bill "Bojangles" Robinson as the mayor of Harlem mirroring his own honorary title. A wealthy young man falls for a New York singer leading her con artist father to use her as a pawn in a money-lending scheme. Set in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1979ref. 147811Los Angeles: CBS Television Network 1979. Vintage reference photograph from the 1979 television film originally aired on July 11 1979 on CBS showing actor Anne Schedeen consulting a clipboard. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso and a manuscript ink annotation regarding layout. A peaceful May-December couple finds their values become an issue when the question of marriage is raised. 7 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with light dampstaining to the verso of the left edge. CBS Television Network unknown books
1981ref. 164104Los Angeles: T.A.T Communications Company 1981. Second Draft ribbon copy typescript master script with manuscript white-out annotations on 25 pages for the season 7 episode 18 "Not So Dearly Beloved" episode of the acclaimed television sitcom which aired on May 15 1981 on CBS. Screenwriters David Silverman and Steve Sustarsic were best known for their work as animators and screenwriters for sitcom television. Broadcast on CBS for eleven seasons from 1975 to 1985 "The Jeffersons" created by Norman Lear was a spin-off of his watershed sitcom "All in the Family" and was one of the longest running series in television history the second-longest featuring a primarily African American cast and the first television series which prominently featured a married interracial couple. Sherman Hemsley stars as the irascible George Jefferson a successful African American entrepreneur who with the Emmy Award winning Isabel Sanford as his kind and level-headed wife Louise Weezy move to an ritzy Manhattan apartment with their college age son and wise-cracking maid. George invites his rude problem employee Wendell up to his apartment to fire him but shortly after Wendell arrives he collapses and dies of a stroke on George's sofa. Front wrapper integral with title page noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriters David Silverman and Stephen Sustarsic. 48 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Ribbon copy typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. T.A.T Communications Company unknown books
1961ref. 170419Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1961. Vintage publicity photograph for the 1961 film showing a maquette for the film poster with illustrations of Marilyn Monroe Clark Gable Montgomery Clift Eli Wallach and others. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A bleak haunting film exploring the loss of independence about a recent divorcée who enters into an unstable relationship with an aging cowboy whom she meets in the Nevada desert. Shot on location in Reno and Dayton Nevada. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. United Artists unknown books
1984ref. 170406N.p.: N.p. 1984. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1984 film showing director Milo Forman talking with actor F. Murray Abraham on the set. Based on Peter Shaffer's 1979 play. A dramatization of the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as well as that of his jealous troubled rival Antonio Salieri. Nominated for eleven Academy Awards winning eight including Best Picture and Best Director. Set in Vienna shot on location in Prague Kromeriz and Vienna. 7 x 5 inches. Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert II. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 170407N.p.: N.p. 1981. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1981 French film both showing actress Dominique Sanda. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. Based on Henry James' classic 1902 novel about a London escort who arranges for her lover to marry a wealthy dying heiress in Venice. Shot on location in Paris and Venice. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1955ref. 170418Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1955 film one bordered the other borderless one showing Jack Webb and Janet Leigh and the other showing Webb with Peggy Lee. Both with Warner Brothers stamps on the verso as well as the stamp of photographer Mac Julian. Based on the 1951 radio series about a bandleader and jazz cornetist working at a speakeasy in Prohibition-era Kansas City. Actress Peggy Lee was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as alcoholic singer Rose Hopkins. One 10 x 8 inches the other 9 x 7.5 inches trimmed irregularly. Near Fine. Grant US. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
1960ref. 170422Paris: Gok in Sipahio lu 1960. Vintage borderless oversize photograph from the set of the 1960 film showing Jean Cocteau with Pablo Picasso and his wife Jacqueline Luis Miguel Dominguin Serge Lifar and Lucia Bose-all of whom appeared in cameos in the film. French mimeo snipe and stamp of Sipa Press founder Gök in Sipahio lu on the verso. The final film in Cocteau's "Orphic" trilogy following "The Blood of a Poet" 1930 and "Orphee" 1950. The only film in the trilogy featuring Cocteau himself as an aging poet who knows he is dying as indeed he was his greatest desire being to experience rebirth so that he can qualify for celestial immortality. A few seconds of color are spliced in at one point a surreal effect used prior to this film in "Portrait of Jennie" 1948 and later in Samuel Fuller's "Shock Corridor" 1963. Having run out of funds in mid-production Cocteau was given money to complete filming by François Truffaut who used the prize money he had won at Cannes for "Les Quatre Cents Coups" 1959. 11.75 x 8 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Gok in Sipahio lu unknown books
1968ref. 170416N.p.: Continental 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 film showing actors Charles Craig and Frank Doak as television anchormen breaking the bad news of the Living Dead. One of the earliest scariest and most influential zombie films shot in black and white on a shoestring budget. Romero's feature film debut criticized upon release for its unprecedented explicit gore and now rightfully considered a cult classic. Shot on location throughout Pennsylvania near Evans City in Butler County. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Continental unknown books
1928ref. 170410N.p.: N.p. 1928. Vintage double weight borderless reference photograph from the 1928 French film showing director Carl Dreyer cinematographer Rudolph Maté and cameraman Louis Née with other crew members on the set. A rare photograph of the director at work on his magnum opus. The film was shot on a large concrete set modeled on medieval architecture in order to realistically portray the Rouen prison where Joan was known to have been held. 10.25 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 170411N.p.: N.p. 1977. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1977 Canadian film both showing actress Marilyn Chambers. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. David Cronenberg's fourth feature continuing his meditation on horrific transformations of the human body about a woman who after being injured in a motorcycle accident and undergoing experimental surgery develops a phallic blood-sucking stinger in an orifice under one of her armpits. Set and shot on location in Toronto. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1949ref. 170417France: Cady Films 1949. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1949 film showing director Jacques Tati talking with a live goat and an unidentified cast member. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. In his charming and beautifully plotless pre-Hulot first feature Tati is Francois a contented and happy postman in a small unhurried French village. Francois is at ease with his job and leisurely performs his duties peddling away on his rounds upon his beloved bicycle. A carnival comes to town and one of the attractions is a film depicting the United States Postal Service's fast and efficient postal delivery system. The narrator in the film exhorts "Rapidite rapidite." Francois takes up the call and attempts to Americanize his work style. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. BFI 603. Criterion Collection 730. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Cady Films unknown books
1993ref. 171878Burbank CA: Touchstone Television 1993. One First Draft script one Table Draft and one Treatment script script for Season 1 Episode 6 of the 1994 television series here under working title "Calendar Girl or Sex Lies and Fire Safety." Originally aired February 1 1994 on NBC. Based on a character created by stand-up comedian John Caponera the series followed John Bowman a working class middle manager and family man as he attempts to balance work and family and improve his lot in life. In this episode John's teenage sons joins him and his friend to meet a calendar girl. First Draft: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as WRITER'S FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated 19 October 1993 with credits for screenwriter Mark Driscoll. Title page integral with front wrapper. 49 leaves with last page of text numbered 48. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Table Draft: White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as WORKING TABLE DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. R213 dated November 15 1993 with credits for screenwriter Mark Driscoll and director Gerry Cohen. Title page integral with front wrapper. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 39. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Treatment script: White titled self wrappers dated September 24 1993 with credits for screenwriter Mark Driscoll. Title page and first page of narrative text integral with front wrapper. 21 leaves with last page of text numbered 21. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a staple at the top left corner. Touchstone Television unknown books
ref. 172515N.p.: N.p. 1971. Substantial archive of material relating to the 1971 film including 125 original photographs two SIGNED by actress Georgina Hale eight original color slides 18 French front-of-house cards a press kit a program a promotional book and two magazines with articles about the film. The 125 photographs in the archive include 63 studio still photographs 61 reference photographs two in color and one wardrobe test photograph including two photographs one black and white and one color signed by actress Georgina Hale. Eight of the photographs are on-the-set photographs featuring director Ken Russell and stars Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed. 16 of the studio still photographs are borderless with caption margins along the bottom and eight of the reference photographs are borderless one with cropping annotations on the verso and one with a German mimeo snipe on the verso. One on-the-set reference photograph struck circa 1980 one with yellow wax pencil cropping annotations on the recto and six with ink annotations of collation numbers in the bottom margins. The archive also includes: Eight original color slides from the film. Eighteen color French front-of-house cards. An original 24 page "The Devils" promotional book with an embossed "The Devils" white book jacket with the heading on the first page "Background Information about 'The Devils' and Some Events in History Leading to the Incident at Loudon." A one page two-color program printed on the verso and recto. A press kit in a "The Devils / Warner Bros. Travelcade of Summer Films / April 1971" folder with an embossed gold "The Devils" sticker on the front housing two two-page press releases "The Featured Players - From King to Exorcist ." and "Black Lips Beauty Spots and 'Mortal Sin' Tints." The July 9 1971 issue of "The Daily Telegraph Magazine" featuring a cover article "Ken Russell: The Return of the Old-Style Movie Director." The April 1978 issue of the Spanish film magazine "Dirigido Por." featuring a cover article on the film. Based on the 1960 play by John Whiting and on Aldous Huxley's 1952 book "The Devils of Loudun." A dramatization of the fall of Urbain Grandier a Catholic priest accused of witchcraft and demonic conspiracy by a group of hysterical nuns. Often regarded as one of the more controversial films of the twentieth century due in large part to its heavily violent and sexual content in a religious context widely censored before its release. Photographs: 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall two photographs with small chips to the top right corner one with a tiny bruise to the upper left. Slides: 2 x 2 inches. Near Fine. 18 color French front-of-house cards: 8.75 x 11 inches. Near Fine. "The Devils" promotional book: Near Fine saddle-stapled with embossed Very Good plus jacket with light soiling rubbing and toning and a 1.5 inch tear to the front jacket near the spine. Program: 8 x 11 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Press Kit: Folder 9 x 12 inches Very Good plus with light edgewear and rubbing. Press Releases 8.5 x 11 Near Fine. "The Daily Telegraph Magazine": 9.75 x 12 inches saddle-stapled. Very Good plus with light rubbing and edgewear. "Dirigido Por." magazine: 8 x 11 inches perfect bound. Very Good plus with wear and rubbing at the spine and staple holes near the spine. N.p. unknown books
1998ref. 171851Culver City CA: Appleton Productions 1998. Table Draft script for Season 1 Episode 9 of the 1999-2000 television series. Originally aired April 26 1999 on UPN. With sparse manuscript ink annotations throughout. Based on the successful 1989-2023 comic strip by Scott Adams about the titular pessimistic white-collar engineer and his daily interactions with his idiotic boss and frustrated coworkers. In this episode Dilbert accidentally drinks from his manager's coffee cup and magically can't work anymore. White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as TABLE DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 110 dated July 31 1998 with credits for screenwriters Ned Goldreyer Scott Adams and Larry Charles. Title page integral with front wrapper. 50 leaves with last page of text numbered 49. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Appleton Productions unknown books
ref. 172179N.p.: N.p. 1977. Early Draft script for the 1979 film dated October 31 1977 two years before the film's release. Seen here under the working title "Rocky II: Redemption." Sequel to the 1976 box office hit. Rocky returns to fight world champion Apollo Creed hoping to regain his honor and prove his worth in a rematch. Shot on location in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated October 31 1977 with credit for Sylvester Stallone. 101 leaves with last page numbered 100. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper about Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1994ref. 171829Los Angeles CA: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1994. One Table Draft script two Revised Table Draft scripts and one Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 4 of the 1994 television series. Originally aired September 25 1994 on Fox. Table Draft script with a manuscript ink annotation to the top right corner of the front wrapper of Supervising Producer Stephen Sustarsic's name. All four scripts with manuscript ink annotations throughout. An early effort by noted actor Paul Rudd. A very short-lived series featuring the lives of a group of friends in their twenties. In this episode the group becomes the cast of a reality TV show. Set in Chicago. Table Draft: Orange titled wrappers noted as Table Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W03 dated August 22 1994. Title page present dated August 22 1994 noted as TABLE DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Mark Nutter and director Stan Lathan. 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 48. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. 1st Revised: Pink titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as 1st Revised Table Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W03 dated August 23 1994 with credits for screenwriter Mark Nutter and director Stan Lathan. Title page integral with front wrapper. 49 leaves with last page of text numbered 45. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. 2nd Revised: Yellow titled self wrappers lacking rear wrappers noted as 2nd Revised Table Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W03 dated August 24 1994 with credits for screenwriter Mark Nutter and director Stan Lathan. Title page integral with front wrapper. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 47. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Final Draft: Yellow titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper production No. 2W03 dated August 25 1994. Title page present dated August 25 1994 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Mark Nutter and director Stan Lathan. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 45. Xerographic duplication rectos only with green revision pages throughout dated 8/25/94 and with blue revision pages laid into the back of the script dated 8/25/94. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with one silver brad. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown books
