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1966ref. 168193Beverly Hills CA: Batjac Productions 1966. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1966 film showing actors Kirk Douglas and Topol. Based on the real experiences of David "Mickey" Marcus a US military officer recruited to command units of the Israel Defense Forces forces during the 1948 Arab-Israel War. Shot on location in Israel and Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Batjac Productions unknown books
1961ref. 168192N.p.: Today Theatre Productions 1961. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film seen here under the alternate title "You've Ruined Me Eddie." A wealthy teenager from south Florida gets impregnated by her working class boyfriend and attempts to get an abortion but is pressured by others to marry and have the baby. Set and shot on location in Orlando Florida. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Today Theatre Productions unknown books
1990ref. 167934Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1990. Five vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1989 South American-US film. Sequel to the beloved 1980 comedy film about the unlikely convergence of six people from different continents in the Kalahari desert. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1942ref. 167995Universal City: Universal Pictures 1942. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1942 film. One with a mimeo snipe on the verso and three with annotations in manuscript ink on the same. The fourth film in Universal Pictures' Frankenstein series preceded by "Frankenstein" 1931 "Bride of Frankenstein" 1935 and "Son of Frankenstein" 1939 and the first to star Lon Chaney as the monster. Set in the fictional village of Frankenstein. 8 x 10 inches. Generally Very Good plus to Near Fine one photograph with tape near the margins of the recto one with pinholes at the corners and one with paper residue at the bottom left corner. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horror. Universal Pictures unknown books
1995ref. 167992Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1995. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1995 neo-noir film. An assistant district attorney investigates the murder of a prominent businessman who is found skinned to death with an antique hatchet later uncovering incriminating photographs linking the man to a sex work ring. Shot on location in San Francisco. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1986ref. 168203Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1986. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1986 film. In order to win a national science fair a high school prodigy creates an atomic bomb using stolen plutonium exposing a secret nuclear weapons laboratory in the process. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1985ref. 168286Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1985. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1985 film including four compilation photographs. Based on the 1977 book "Calling Dr. Horowitz" about an aspiring doctor who decides to study medicine abroad in a small program in Latin America after being rejected from American medical schools. Shot on location in Madrid Mercia and Lorca Spain. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine to Fine two with pieces of paper tape affixed to the right portion of the recto. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1989ref. 168000Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1989. Vintage reference photograph from the US release of the 1988 film showing actor Ed Harris. Loosely based on the murder of Roman Catholic priest Jerzy Popie uszko who became associated with the Solidarity trade union in communist Poland and was killed by three agents of the Polish secret police. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1988ref. 167993Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1988. Vintage reference photograph from the 1988 film showing William Hurt. Based on the 1985 novel by Anne Tyler about a tightly wound travel writer who begins a relationship with an eccentric dog trainer after his son's death and the dissolution of his marriage. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Supporting Actress for Geena Davis. Set and shot on location in London Baltimore and Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine lightly worn at the bottom corners. Warner Brothers unknown books
1988ref. 168204Santa Monica: Avenue Pictures 1988. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1988 film showing Ben Kingsley and Helen Mirren. Based on the 1980 novel by Barry Unsworth about a spy in Turkey who is persuaded to help a couple of English thieves steal a priceless Greek statue. Shot on location in Rhodes and Simi Greece. Avenue Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 167998Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film showing actors Robert Forster and Sondra Locke. A drama about a young avant-garde filmmaker whose perfectionist qualities prevent him from succeeding in his career. Soundtrack by Bread. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
ref. 141136Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC. First Draft script for the 1955 television program. One of the first television Westerns in which Wyatt Earp is a marshal in a local town in the southwest. Nominated for two prime time Emmy Awards. Set in American West. Set in Arizona and shot on location in California and Arizona. Pink titled self-wrappers noted as First draft on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Wilda McGinnis. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a staple. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1980ref. 168011Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1980. Vintage reference photograph from a 1980 re-release of the 1969 film. Based on the 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy about the unlikely friendship between a would-be gigolo and an ailing con artist. Cornerstone film of the New Hollywood cinema nominated for seven Academy Awards winning Best Screenplay Best Director and Best Picture. Set in New York City shot on location in Miami Manhattan and Big Spring Texas. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. National Film Registry. United Artists unknown books
1974ref. 168008Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1974 film showing Candice Bergen. A smalltime diamond merchant is blackmailed into carrying out a major heist aided by his heiress girlfriend. Set and shot on location in Buckinghamshire and London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1976ref. 168006Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1976. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1976 silent film showing actors Bernadette Peters Mel Brooks Sid Caesar and Dom DeLuise. A satire of the film industry featuring numerous celebrity cameos about a director in 1970s Hollywood attempting to gain studio funding for his latest ill-fated project: a silent film. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1967ref. 167722Budapest: Hungarofilm 1967. Collection of 23 vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1967 film including one showing director Miklós Jancsó on the set. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil along with provenance labels on the versos. A Russian-Hungarian co-production the film was originally commissioned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1917 October Revolution led by Lenin's Bolsheviks. However Jancsó chose to set the action two years later in 1919 focusing on the Hungarian soldiers supporting the Red Army in fighting the Whites. Instead of an idealized depiction of the revolution the resultant release was bleak and profoundly antiheroic and is today considered one of the masterpieces of Hungarian cinema. Generally 7 x 5 inches some with wide bottom margins. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Rosebaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Hungarofilm unknown books
1994ref. 148549Beverly Hills CA: Brillstein-Grey Entertainment 1994. Draft script for the 1995 film comedy. Good-natured pastry chef Sergio John Leguizamo is smitten with waitress Hattie Sadie Frost who refuses to go out with him until he can earn a decent living. The bakery is burned down by arsonist Garet William Baldwin and Garet's father offers Sergio a bribe of $25000 to take the blame. Romantic hilarity ensues as Sergio and Garet become involved in a love quadrangle involving Hattie and another woman named Stephanie Erika Eleniak. Director Joshua Brand is best known for having created early story-arc driven dramas including "Northern Exposure" 1990-1995 and "St. Elsewhere" 1982-1988 both of which proved to be the template for television's transition to more ambitious and challenging formats. Shot on location in Toronto. White generic Brillstein-Grey Entertainment untitled wrappers. Title page present with a credit for screenwriter Morgan Ward. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication printed on both rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Brillstein-Grey Entertainment unknown books
1974ref. 168007Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. Vintage reference photograph from the 1974 film showing Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle as Dr. Frankenstein and his monster respectively during the famous "Puttin' on the Ritz" dance sequence. Widely considered Mel Brooks' finest comedy and surely the peak of his powers as a director. One of the few modern film comedies in the National Film Registry joined by two of Brooks' other masterpieces "The Producers" 1968 and "Blazing Saddles" 1974. Nominated for two Academy Awards. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. National Film Registry. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1994ref. 168325N.p.: N.p. 1994. Draft script for the 1994 film here called a "Schedule Draft". Annotations in manuscript ink on the title page noting copy No. 33 and the name of supervising accountant Danielle Sotet. Robert Altman's sardonic take on Paris Fashion Week featuring an enormous star-studded ensemble cast of international actors models and designers. Set and shot on location in Paris France. Mylar front wrapper white card rear wrapper. Title page present dated January 14 1994 noted as Schedule Draft with credit for Altman and screenwriter Barbara Shulgasser. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered 81. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good moderately soiled bound with two silver clasps. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 151144London: J. Arthur Rank 1959. Treatment script for an unproduced film circa 1959. Not to be confused with the 1972 BBC mini-series based on the same literary source. Based on Mary McMinnies' 1958 novel which follows the adventures of a pleasantly immoral young woman who has recently been relocated with her English Foreign Service husband to a Communist-run eastern European country. Gray titled wrappers noted as Treatment on the front wrapper dated 18-3-59. Title page present with credits for screenwriter JOHN MORTIMER and novel credits to Mary MacMinnies sic. 48 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a gold prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown books
1969ref. 168003Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film showing Zero Mostel. Based on the 1961 novel by Frank O'Rourke. A genre-bending film combining a heist feature and a comedy Western in which multiple gangs converge on the town of Friendly Texas in order to attempt to rob the most unrobbable bank in the west. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 1631. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books
1979ref. 168017Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. Vintage printed caricature for the 1979 film showing Lee Marvin Linda Evans and Robert Shaw drawn by noted caricaturist Al Hirschfeld and issued by Twentieth Century-Fox to publicize the film. A defecting Russian general collaborates with an American secret agent to expose KGB spies throughout Europe by luring them onto a train headed west. Director Mark Robson and actor Robert Shaw died of unrelated heart attacks within months of the film's release making the film a final effort for both. Set and shot on location in Germany England Ireland Italy and the US. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1978ref. 168046Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1978. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1978 film showing a smiling Mark Hamill. A teenage boy heads to Las Vegas determined to track down his high school shop class' stolen project car a tricked-out Corvette. Set and shot on location in Southern California and Nevada. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1957ref. 151143London: J. Arthur Rank 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. An exceedingly wealthy but unfulfilled man crash-lands his test plane on a remote island inhabited by a fishing village where he falls in love with Liani a kind villager. Screenwriter Robin Estridge was best known for his work for television and film in the 1950s and 1960s including "Chance Meeting" 1954 "North West Frontier" 1959 "Escape from Zahrain" 1962 and "Drums of Africa" 1963. Orange titled wrappers noted as Draft Screenplay on the front wrapper dated 22-2-57. Title page present dated February 1957 with credits for screenwriter Robin Estridge. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good with the front wrapper detached from the binding bound internally with a silver prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown books
1992ref. 168031Los Angeles: Showtime / The Movie Channel 1992. Six vintage photographs from the Movie Channel re-release of the 1992 film including three compilation photographs. Two teenage misfits discover a frozen caveman in their backyard deciding to thaw him and help introduce him to the joys of modern life in Los Angeles. The film debut of actress Rose McGowan. Set and shot on location throughout Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Showtime / The Movie Channel unknown books
