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1962ref. 126547Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1962. First Draft script for the 1963 film. A nuanced "invasion from Mars" film that borrows cleverly from both "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" aliens use human beings as physical hosts and Val Lewton threat of a creature but creature is only implied not shown. An unusually heavy emphasis on dread atmosphere and characterization makes this one of the most overlooked "adult" science fiction films of the 1960s. Black three-ring binder noted as "DAY MARS INVADED EARTH" on the front wrapper with a credit for screenwriter Spalding as "Spaulding". Title page present with the title "SPACERAID 63" with a credit for screenwriter Spalding production No. 6277 dated June 22 1962. 96 leaves Multilith duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 6/28/62. Pages Near Fine with a few small creases binder wrapper Near Fine with a bit of wrinkling on the front title label. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1956ref. 125417Universal City CA: Hugo Haas Productions / Universal 1956. Original pressbook for the 1956 film. A later film from noted director Hugo Haas and actress Francesca de Scaffa's only credited role. One of the "milder" Haas films where a man and his dog try to survive on tough streets. One sheet folded once as issued with one insert sheet 12 x 18 inches. Very Good plus with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages and a few short closed tears and creases. Hugo Haas Productions / Universal unknown books
1960ref. 125415N.p.: Layton Film Productions 1960. Original pressbook for the 1960 film noir. Brian Donlevy plays a US detective sent to Brazil to find an American woman accused of murder. He finds his target but not before getting sucked into his own brand of crime. Richard Cunha who directed a few minor but pertinent films in 1958 "Frankenstein's Daughter "Missile to the Moon" and "Giant from the Unknown" sets the pace with a television serial-like quality. A solid second feature from the post-noir period. One sheet folded twice as issued 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages a small numerical notation at the bottom of the front wrapper and light rubbing overall. Hinged diecut of the door on the front wrapper and issued in color on thick stock characteristics unique amongst pressbooks. Layton Film Productions unknown books
1933ref. 131639Burbank CA: First National Pictures / Warner Brothers 1933. Vvintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1933 film. With a typewritten snipe affixed to the verso as issued. Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago for mob help. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. First National Pictures / Warner Brothers unknown books
1963ref. 131631Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1963. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1963 film. Ditto-style mimeograph still credits printed on the verso of each photo. Eileen is 22 and is smarting from her breakup with Russ. She comes to New York to visit her brother Adam who is an airline pilot. Eileen confides to her brother that she thinks she may be the only 22 year old virgin left in the world. Adam assures her that sex is not what all men look for and insists he hasn't slept around. Of course Adam is lying and is in hot pursuit of a tryst with his occasional girlfriend Mona. However Adam's date with Mona has a series of job related interruptions. Meanwhile Eileen decides to see if she can have some fun for herself in New York and seems to find the perfect candidate in Mike a man she meets on the bus. But things get complicated when Russ pops in with a proposal and a mistaken assumption. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1956ref. 131647Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1956. Original pressbook for the 1956 film starring Davis as a small town librarian branded as a communist and a subversive for refusing to remove a controversial book from the shelves. With striking poster and ad designs by the legendary Saul Bass. 16 pages 12 x 16 inches. Very Good plus with some light rubbing else a bright front wrapper. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1959ref. 131673Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Collection of 12 vintage color British front-of-house cards from the 1959 film. Based on characters and concepts from the 1885 novel "King Solomon's Mines" by H. Rider Haggard and written for the screen by novelist James Clavell. Released as the "sequel" to the 1950 MGM film "King Solomon's Mines." Harry Quartermain George Montgomery is the son of Allan Quartermain who first set out on the quest for the source of Solomon's wealth and he is determined to succeed where his father failed. He goes to Africa with his good friend Rick Cobb David Farrar and as they continue on their journey Erica Neuler Taina Elg joins them. She is the daughter of a missionary who has been killed by a local tribe. Harry cannot hide his antagonism toward Erica. She is German and Harry's mother was killed at sea by Germans in World War I. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1944ref. 128478N.p.: N.p. 1944. Post-production script for the 1944 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. A woman in San Francisco during WWII does not want to get into a serious relationship with any soldier before he goes off to war until she meets one soldier who wants to change her mind. Tall white titled self wrappers noted as Release Dialogue Script on the front wrapper dated May 16 1944. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered Reel 6A-12. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two staples. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 130114Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri 1960. Original Swedish poster for the 1960 film. A landmark twentieth century film whose irregular but inspired dramatic structure and juxtaposition of beauty and savagery has inspired many other great films from "The Last House on the Left" 1972 to "Irreversible" 2002. The first of two Bergman efforts to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. 27.5 x 39.5 inches. Lightly restored linen-backed and rolled. Near Fine. Svensk Filmindustri unknown books
1951ref. 122115Rome: Albert and Charles Boni 1951. Original Italian program for the 1951 film based on the novel "Toto il buono" by Cesare Zavattini. SIGNED by Vittorio De Sica at the bottom of the title page. One of the director's classics pure visual storytelling made just after "Bicycle Thieves" 1948 and just before "Umberto D." 1952. A gorgeous oversize program with a central illustration on the front wrapper within a debossed frame. The wrapper houses 6 loose deluxe card plates as issued the first two devoted to text and the last four being full-color lithograph illustrations reflecting the film story. One of the most beautiful programs we've ever seen. Plates Near Fine outer wrapper Very Good plus with a few tears at the edges but no loss 12.75 x 17.25 inches. Albert and Charles Boni unknown books
1963ref. 130176Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri 1963. Original Swedish illustrated poster for the 1963 film. The second entry in Bergman's legendary and highly personal "Faith" trilogy a series of films that launched a new and important phase in the director's career. "Winter Light" takes place in entirely within a three-hour period on a Sunday afternoon in November mixing the affections and repulsions of a pastor a parishioner who is a schoolteacher and a fisherman. A quiet relentless meditation on the nature of faith imperfection and beauty. 27.5 x 39.5 inches. Lightly restored linen-backed and rolled. Near Fine. Svensk Filmindustri unknown books
1985ref. 119986N.p.: N.p. 1985. Draft script for the 1986 comedy film. The headmaster of a British school is trying to get to a conference for school headmasters where he is meant to give a speech. He runs into a number of obstacles that delay him resulting in one of the most hilarious stressful movies ever made. Set in England shot on location in West Midlands Shropshire Worcestershire and Yorkshire England. Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with manuscript ink annotation noting copy No. 160 dated March 1985 with credits for screenwriter Michael Frayn. 164 leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus wit some curling at the corners internally bound with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 131642Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1971. Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1971 film. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Score and nominated for three others including Best Screenplay Best Cinematography and Best Editing. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1981ref. 121497Rome: 23 Giugno 1981. Vintage French theatrical poster for the 1981 Italian/French film. Based on the 1972 short story collection "Erections Ejaculation Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness" by Charles Bukowski. The first film adaptation of the author's work and one of the most challenging films of the 1980s. Ben Gazzara and Ornelia Muti portray two self-destructive souls that become soulmates hell-bent on sex alcohol and general torment. One of Gazzara's most unvarnished performances having warmed up in the 1970s with a trio of Cassavetes films. 15.25 x 20.5 inches rolled. Near Fine. 23 Giugno unknown books
1942ref. 116171N.p.: N.p. 1942. Revised Final Script for the 1942 film. Two blue revision pages dated 8/8/42 paper clipped to the rear wrapper of the script. One the greatest Technicolor musicals produced by Fox in the 1940s employing Harry James and his orchestra at their peak and pulling out all the stops on the musical numbers. Featuring Carmen Miranda's version of "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" and the debut of the classic song "I Had the Craziest Dream." Red titled wrappers noted as Revised Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 47 and production No. 763 dated June 11 1942. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated June 11 1942 noted as Revised Final. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/13/42 and 7/20/42. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1954ref. 128682Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1954. Final shooting script for the 1954 film. Manuscript annotations on the front wrapper reading "Revisions / Blue 9-28-54" and "part of 'Admiral John Hoskins.'" One of Republic's most elaborate productions of the 1950s "The Eternal Sea" is the biography of American admiral John M. Hoskins. Sterling Hayden delivers a superbly understated performance as Hoskins who continued to serve throughout WW2 despite the loss of a leg in the early phases of the conflict. The admiral's farsighted activities as commander of the aircraft carrier Princeton led to the development of the more sophisticated jet-aircraft carriers of the Korean War. The well-chosen supporting cast includes Alexis Smith as Hoskin's wife Sue Dean Jagger as Admiral Thomas L. Semple Morris Ankrum as Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble and John Maxwell as Adm. William "Bull" Halsey whose life story would serve as the basis for the 1960 film The Gallant Hours. Elmer Bernstein's soaring musical score is the icing on the cake. Pink titled wrappers noted as Final Shooting on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 20044 dated September 1 1954 with credits for screenwriter Rivkin for director Auer and for writer Haines. 116 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 9-28-54. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good some short closed tears and creasing at the corners bound with two gold brads. Republic Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 119194London: Joseph Janni Productions / Embassy Pictures 1965. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1965 film. When pondering the ultimate Julie Christie film during her "It girl" phase of the mid-1960s it's a photo finish between this film and director Schlesinger's "Billy Liar" 1963. From another perspective the third in a trilogy of films about youth in London during the 1960s that began with "A Kind of Loving" in 1962. A seminal British film on every level. 27 x 41 inches folded. Near Fine. Joseph Janni Productions / Embassy Pictures unknown books
1961ref. 130180Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri 1961. Original Swedish illustrated poster for the 1961 Swedish film. The first entry in Bergman's legendary and highly personal "Faith" trilogy which won the director his second Best Foreign Film Oscar and defined what came to be called his "chamber dramas." A young woman is released from a mental institution and moves to an island where her family resides to recover. But she finds little solace and no support from her father her husband or her brother. A landmark film in that it is not so much an examination into mental illness as a perspective of on a private world from a mind that has departed day to day concerns. 27.5 x 38.5 inches. Lightly restored linen-backed and rolled. Near Fine. Svensk Filmindustri unknown books
1975ref. 117917N.p.: N.p. 1975. Draft script for an unproduced film. Vintage as assembled mostly from xerographically duplicated leaves with two leaves pp. 138 and 139 being ribbon copy. Written as a screenplay with dialogue and location information but lacking camera direction typical of a draft that is past the treatment stage but prior to the advanced draft screenplay stage. This would appear to have no relation to the later produced adaptation of the same novel director Stephen Fry's "Bright Young Things" 2003. Based on the 1930 novel by Evelyn Waugh about the dissolute lives of aristocrats and socialites living in postwar London. Pink wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated September 1975 noted as Amended first draft with credits for screenwriter John Wells and author Evelyn Waugh. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 125432Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1960. Original pressbook for the 1960 film noir. Based on the novel "All the Way" by noted hard-boiled author Charles Williams. Edmond O'Brien is hired to impersonate a murdered businessman and dominates nearly every scene mostly on the phone as the "third voice" in this strange film post-noir entry. The first adaptation of a of Charles Williams novel and one of only a few American film adaptations of his work. One sheet folded twice as issued with one insert 13 x 16 inches. Very Good plus with a faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages a few short closed tears and light rubbing. Spicer p. 424. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1966ref. 131621Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1966. Three vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1966 film. All are reference photographs featuring director John Frankenheimer on the set: the first from a scene at the beach with his shooting crew including James Wong Howe behind the camera the second in a social setting with the film's star Rock Hudson and the third showing Frankehimer working directly with Howe. Middle-aged banker Arthur Hamilton is given the opportunity to start a completely new life when he receives calls from his old friend Charlie. The only problem is that Charlie is supposed to be dead. Hamilton is eventually introduced to a firm that will fake his death and create an entirely new look and life for him. After undergoing physical reconstruction surgery and months of training and psychotherapy Hamilton returns to the world in the form of artist Tony Wilson. He has a nice house in Malibu and a manservant a company employee who is there to assist him with his adjustment. He finds that the life he had hoped for isn't quite what he expected and asks the company to go through the process with surprising results. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1963ref. 130145Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri 1963. Original Swedish photographic style poster for the 1963 film. The second entry in Bergman's legendary and highly personal "Faith" trilogy a series of films that launched a new and important phase in the director's career. "Winter Light" takes place in entirely within a three-hour period on a Sunday afternoon in November mixing the affections and repulsions of a pastor a parishioner who is a schoolteacher and a fisherman. A quiet relentless meditation on the nature of faith imperfection and beauty. 27.5 x 39.25 inches. Lightly restored linen-backed and rolled. Near Fine. Svensk Filmindustri unknown books
1956ref. 130513London: Independent Film Producers / Distributor's Corporation of America 1956. Original British quad poster for the 1956 British film. The fourth of 7 screenplays written by Greene and his third adaptation of his own work. An unusual foray for the author a late screwball comedy in which a mild mannered assistant accountant in the midst of his honeymoon becomes tangled up in a mess involving a casino and two very canny businessmen. 30 x 40 inches. Near Fine. Phillips US. Independent Film Producers / Distributor's Corporation of America unknown books
1957ref. 130511London: The Rank Organization 1957. Original British quad poster for the 1957 British film noir A low budget British film noir that brought Rod Steiger across the ocean in order to put his formidable character acting skills into what became a critically praised film. Shot in Spain but represented as Mexico "Across the Bridge" expands on Graham Greene's short story bringing more specifics to the author's intentionally empirical outline. Steiger plays a crooked businessman on the run who steals a man's passport in order to hide out in Mexico only to discover that the passport belongs to a wanted political assassin. 30 x 40 inches. Near Fine. Phillips US. Spicer US. The Rank Organization unknown books
1961ref. 130113Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri 1961. Original Swedish photographic style poster for the 1961 Swedish film. The first entry in Bergman's legendary and highly personal "Faith" trilogy which won the director his second Best Foreign Film Oscar and defined what came to be called his "chamber dramas." A young woman is released from a mental institution and moves to an island where her family resides to recover. But she finds little solace and no support from her father her husband or her brother. A landmark film in that it is not so much an examination into mental illness as a perspective of on a private world from a mind that has departed day to day concerns. 27.5 x 39.5 inches linen-backed. Lightly restored linen-backed and rolled. Near Fine. Svensk Filmindustri unknown books
