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1943ref. 130866Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1943. Revised Draft script for the 1944 film. The second of Universal's Technicolor fantasy adventures after "Arabian Nights" 1942 and "White Savage" 1943 loosely based on the classic Arabian Nights tales with a fitting score by Edward Ward to match Lubin's directorial flair. A fun but often overlooked desert romp. Gray titled wrappers noted as Revised and copy No. 113 on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7142 dated 5-20-43 with credit for screenwriter Hartmann. 114 leaves mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Poor with front wrapper starting bound with three gold brads. Weaver p. 565. Universal Pictures unknown books
1963ref. 127345Rome: Titanus 1963. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1963 film. A shot of Visconti working with actress Ida Galli on the set the former with a bellows and the latter with a parasol. With provenance as to photograph's vintage on the verso: a rubber-stamped coat of arms made for the film the Pathe-Titanus productions stamp the film was an Italy-France co-production and a stamp for Parimage a French press agency. A lovely candid moment from Visconti's classic homage to the Sicilian aristocracy of the mid-nineteenth century. 9 x 7 inches. Fine. BFI 1087. Criterion Collection 235. Ebert II. Godard Histoires de cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 22. Titanus unknown books
1987ref. 129790Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1987. Revised Final Draft script for the 1988 film based on the 1985 novel by Anne Tyler. Pink self-wrappers noted as Revised Final Draft on the front wrapper dated October 30 1987 with credits for screenwriter Kasdan and writer Tyler. 143 leaves on pink stock mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1970ref. 129814Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1970. Draft script for an unproduced television pilot by Howard Rodman whose brief but extremely impressive docket includes the screenplay for three Don Siegel-directed films: "Madigan" 1968 "Coogan's Bluff" 1968 and "Charley Varrick" 1973. Rodman also served as a writer and story supervisor on three major television series: "Naked City" 1960-1963 "Route 66 1960-1963 and "Harry O" 1973-1976. Light blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Rodman. 93 leaves mechanical duplication with red annotations throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1986ref. 129815Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1986. First Draft script for an unproduced television pilot in a post-feminist mode about a pair of women named Maureen and Estelle. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 11 1986 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter Miller. 36 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1973ref. 130510London: Atlantic Productions 1973. Original UK Quad poster for the 1973 British film. Greene's novel was set in Stockholm and involved the internal deconstruction of a ne'er-do-well bodyguard Anthony Farrant who finds himself working for a dubious Swedish financier whose character is loosely inspired by Ivar Kreuger. The setting of the film version was changed to Nazi Germany during the Second World War. 30 x 40 inches. Fine. Phillips US. Atlantic Productions unknown books
1946ref. 129345Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1946. Original Story and Treatment script for an unproduced film a romance set in the Near East. Taradash was a notable screenwriter from 1939-1977 penning the screenplays for "Rancho Notorious" Fritz Lang 1952 "Don't Bother to Knock" 1952 "From Here to Eternity" 1953 "Picnic" 1955 and "Bell Book and Candle" 1956. Blue titled wrappers noted as Original Story and Treatment on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 7 dated December 11 1946 with credit for screenwriter Taradash. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 82 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three silver brads. David O. Selznick unknown books
1949ref. 129324Berlin: Central Cinema Company Film CCC 1949. Draft script English translation for the 1950 German film noir. Likely a translation produced by the German film production company responsible for the film for purposes of US distribution and promotion made well prior to the commencement of film production. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Kautner and Stemmle. 136 leaves carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. Spicer p. 459. Central Cinema Company Film [CCC] unknown books
1946ref. 129340Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1946. Draft script for an unproduced film a romantic comedy set in the small town of Kenwood Missouri. Cockrell is best known as screenwriter for Andre De Toth's 1945 film noir "Dark Waters" and also for her television work for noted shows such as "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and "Batman." Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 43 dated December 14 1946 with credit for screenwriter Cockrell. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated December 14 1946 with credit for Cockrell. 184 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three black brads. David O. Selznick unknown books
1947ref. 129312Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1947. First Draft script for an unproduced film a romance set in the Near East. Taradash was a notable screenwriter from 1939-1977 penning the screenplays for "Rancho Notorious" 1952 "Don't Bother to Knock" 1952 "From Here to Eternity" 1953 "Picnic" 1955 and "Bell Book and Candle" 1956. Blue titled wrappers noted as Second Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 30 dated April 28 1947 with credit for screenwriter Taradash. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated April 28 1947 noted as second draft with credit for screenwriter Taradash. 146 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three black brads. David O. Selznick unknown books
1950ref. 129339Los Angeles: David O. Selznick 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film adapted from the 1949 novel by John Mason Brown. A comedic story about parents and children the parent in this case being a conservative mystery novelist named John Timothy Adams. Blue titled wrappers noted as treatment on the front wrapper dated August 9 1950 with credit for screenwriter Taylor. Title page present noted as Treatment with credits for screenwriter Taylor and writer Brown. 40 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three silver brads. David O. Selznick unknown books
1980ref. 129295Rome: Vides Cinematografica 1980. Set of 10 master typescripts for the ambitious 1982 television miniseries all dated June 1980 used as a master for printing the final scripts. Anthony Burgess was one of the series writers credited on the title page of each segment and Ennio Morricone composed the original score. Present are scripts for all 8 segments of the miniseries. Also included is a script for an unproduced segment titled "Ruby of Ceylon" and a separately bound "Series Outline." Screenwriters Burgess and Labella are present on the title page of all 8 produced segments though not on "The Ruby of Ceylon". An international co-production financed by the US Italy Japan and China. Shot on location in Beijing Inner Mongolia Italy and Morocco. Nominated for two Prime Time Emmys. Oversize volume shipping billed at cost. Series Outline: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Outline with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 27 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode I Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 37 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode II: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 35 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode III: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 31 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode IV: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 44 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode V: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 47 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode VI: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 38 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode VII: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 40 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Episode VIII: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 66 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. The Ruby of Ceylon unfilmed: Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Burgess and Labella. 28 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Vides Cinematografica unknown books
1971ref. 127423France: Lira Films / European Trash Cinema 1971. Original Program for the 1971 French film. A French detective thriller with noirish overtones and Boisset's trademark violence. He would have his heyday in the 1970s with "The Assassination" 1972 "The Common Man" 1975 and "The Purple Taxi" 1977. 4 pages folded once 9.5 x 12.25 inches. Very Good plus with light rubbing and a tiny bruise and a few pin holes at the corners. Lira Films / European Trash Cinema unknown books
1975ref. 128122East Brunswick NJ: Independent-International Pictures 1975. Original Pressbook for the 1975 film first released in Germany in 1970. Tappert would revisit his role as "Kommissar Perrak" in the long-running series "Derrick" 1974-1998 only under the name "Oberinspektor Stephan Derrick." Erika Pluhar and Judy Winter are the femme fatales whips included. 4 pages folded 11 x 17 inches. Black-and-white interior color exterior. Near Fine with a touch of toning to the fold. Independent-International Pictures unknown books
1977ref. 128138Beverly Hills CA: American International Pictures AIP 1977. Original Pressbook for the 1977 film. Low-budget but big names with early performances from Carradine and Griffith and essential 1970s richness with a soundtrack by Electric Light Orchestra. 16 pages saddle-stapled 8.5 x 14 inches. Black-and-white interior color exterior. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1938ref. 106085Paris: Regina / Kassler 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film starring Louis Jouvet. Text in French. Three acting students are engaged in a love triangle in their drama class at the Conservtoire d'art dramatique. One student stages a crime in an attempt to frame the man she loves. Set in Paris shot on location in Paris. Red untitled composition book-style card covers. Title page missing presumably as issued. 224 leaves with last page of text numbered 221. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with moderate wear along the binding. Regina / Kassler unknown books
1960ref. 128242France / Italy: Robert and Raymond Hakim 1960. Five vintage still black-and-white photographs from the 1960 film all produced for the US/UK release by Times Film. One of greatest of the French noirs in which René Clément wisely opted for the use of color over the general French practice of black-and-white. Also easily one of the finest adaptations of Patricia Highsmith's work told in a very visual style with a dearth of dialogue. All photos are 8 x 10 inches and all Near Fine to Fine. Criterion Collection 637. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer US. Robert and Raymond Hakim unknown books
1972ref. 128339N.p.: New World Pictures 1972. Original US one sheet poster a variant size in a variant yellow color scheme for the 1972 Italian film. An early role for Vonetta McGee who would star in television shows like "L.A. Law" and "Bustin' Loose" and several other Blaxploitation films in the 1970s. The film poster here is the yellow variant also known to have been printed in red. 23 x 34.25 inches folded. Studio label on the verso. Very Good plus with a couple of short closed tears and a couple of light stains. Parish and Hill 14. New World Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 128309N.p.: Trans American Films 1970. Original US one sheet poster for the 1970 British film. One of director Ford's tame films as he would eventually do more pornographic films in the late 1970s. Sex drugs and rock n' roll abound and the decade is well represented. Esme Johns' only film title as "Sally" the groupie and she is poignantly captured her in a green skirt atop her suitcases. 27 x 41 inches folded. Studio stamp on the verso. Very Good plus with a few pinholes closed tears and light creases. Trans American Films unknown books
1970ref. 128362N.p.: Trans American Films 1970. Original US one sheet poster for the 1970 British film. Despite the subject matter a tame release from director Ford who would move into more explicit pornographic films in the late 1970s. Posters for the film are not often seen at auction. 27 x 41 inches folded. Studio stamp on the verso. Very Good plus with a couple of pinholes and tiny closed tears and a few faint tape ghosts to the verso. Trans American Films unknown books
1966ref. 129518Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1966. Original US Pressbook for the 1966 Italian film. Franco Nero plays a small supporting role in this drug-related crime film released just prior to his breakout role as "Django" the same year. 4 pages folded 12.25 X 15 inches. Black-and-white throughout. A horizontal fold at the middle and faint toning else about Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1967ref. 129528Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1967. Original Pressbook for the 1936 film. Based on American minister Charles M. Sheldon's Christian novel "In His Steps" ultimately the films release title the film presents a dramatic vision of a couple forced to elope and the struggles they endure while in hiding. This is an example of a very early pressbook the publicity format witnessing its heyday between 1940-1970 with the advent of film noir exploitation films and later adult films. Early examples were simple black-and-white or subdued colors if any and from the late 1950s on saw the color palette more fully utilized expressing in greater array the adventure horror and science fiction film genres. 4 pages folded 12.75 X 1.5 inches. Black-and-white throughout. Very Good with a horizontal fold at the middle short closed tears at the edges and brief insect damage at the top edge and lower corner. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 125095London: Michael Powell Theatre 1960. Vintage British Advance Poster for the classic 1960 film. The British Double Crown poster for the film turns up from time to time but this Advance issue which does not state the film's title is a rarity. Noted director Powell's most controversial film about a serial killer who films his female victims as they are dying. Reviled by critics on its release and today considered a masterpiece it is the second of three feature films director made after parting ways with his longtime filmmaking partner Emeric Pressburger. Ostensibly a film about a killer with serious Freudian issues but later reassessed as much more conceptual and complex. Roger Ebert pointed out famously in his 1999 review of the film that the audience is implicated as much as the killer."Movies make us into voyeurs. We sit in the dark watching other people's lives. It is the bargain the cinema strikes with us although most films are too well-behaved to mention it." Martin Scorsese is probably the most famous fan of the film and takes Ebert's argument further saying "I have always felt that "Peeping Tom" and "8 " say everything that can be said about filmmaking about the process of dealing with film the objectivity and subjectivity of it and the confusion between the two. "8 " captures the glamour and enjoyment of film-making while "Peeping Tom" shows the aggression of it how the camera violates. From studying them you can discover everything about people who make films or at least people who express themselves through films." 30 x 20 inches. About Near Fine on archival linen with some expert restoration at the top edge and folds. Archivally framed with an acid-free mat and UV plexi. Criterion Collection 58. Grant p. 495. Spicer p. 446. Michael Powell [Theatre] unknown books
1958ref. 125081London: The Rank Organization 1958. Vintage French theatrical release poster for the seminal 1958 British docudrama "A Night to Remember" here under its French title "Atlantique Latitude 41 Degrees." Probably the most distinctive poster produced for the film. Novelist Ambler and director Baker set out to make a film that depicted the sinking of the Titanic as accurately as possible with no added fictional subplots. In addition to being massively entertaining the film is today held in high regard by "Titanic" historians compared to the more melodramatic and big-budget take by James Cameron in 1997. Director Baker noted in a 1991 interview "The whole purpose of making the film was to show a society that had persuaded itself that you could make a ship which could never to be sunk." 34 x 52 inches on archival linen Fine condition. Criterion Collection 7. McFarlane p. 51. The Rank Organization unknown books
1973ref. 121469Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Final script for the 1973 film based on the 1972 novel by Michael Crichton. Noted director Mike Hodges' third film and first to be made in the US after "Get Carter" in 1971 and "Pulp" in 1972. An unusual and prescient sci-fi thriller that was poorly distributed in the US but over time counted Stanley Kubrick and Terrence Malick among its admirers. Segal in a serious against-type role is a scientist who agrees to an experimental treatment wherein a tiny computer is implanted in his head to help control violent tendencies. The computer malfunctions probably Windows-based and he becomes a psychotic killer. When Mike Kaplan a Warner Brothers international marketing executive attempted to override Warner Bros' decision not to release the film in Britain he sought Kubrick's help. After explaining the situation and how the film required a different marketing campaign Kubrick interrupted with "I've already seen it and it's terrific." The director Terrence Malick wrote to Hodges expressing how much he loved watching The Terminal Man saying "I have just come from seeing The Terminal Man and want you to know what a magnificent overwhelming picture it is. You achieve moods that I've never experienced in the movies before though it's only in hope of finding them that I keep going. Your images make me understand what an image is not a pretty picture but something that should pierce one through like an arrow and speak in a language all its own." Mustard yellow titled wrappers stamped FINAL on the front wrapper and dated May 9 1973. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present with a credit for screenwriter Hodges. 108 leaves mechanical duplication eye-rest green stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a diagonal crease on the front panel internally bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
