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1970ref. 161733Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1970. Draft script for Episode 21 Season 2 of the 1969-1976 television series seen here under the working title "Give and Take." Originally aired on February 17 1971 on CBS. The long-running medical drama series followed two surgeons at a university hospital in Los Angeles with a changing roster of patients showcased in each episode. In this episode an orderly struggles to provide for his sickly wife and infant daughter after abruptly quitting his job at the hospital. Lacking wrappers. Title page integral with the first leaf noted as production No. 6890. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 59. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus lightly foxed on the edges bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1956ref. 161714N.p.: N.p. 1956. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 19 of the 1956 television series. Working copy belonging to editor Bob Seiter with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and his extensive annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. Laid in with the script are seven annotated revision pages six carbon typescript and one mimeograph and nine manuscript pages on yellow lined paper. The short-lived series followed the students and professors of the US Military Academy at West Point in New York. In this episode a fearful cadet is sent on a jet flight with an experienced pilot. Originally aired on February 8 1957. Beige titled wrappers dated December 18 1956 with credit for screenwriter Gene Roddenberry. 42 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Mimeograph duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1958ref. 161471Universal City: Universal Pictures 1958. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1958 film. Based on Erich Maria Remarque's 1954 novel about a German soldier who returns home to find his family's house bombed and his parents gone. Shot on location in Berlin. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. Rosenbaum 1000. Universal Pictures unknown books
1949ref. 161625Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1949. Five vintage promotional photographs four of which are in color from the landmark 1949 film adaptation of Ayn Rand's 1943 novel "The Fountainhead." Each photo with the film's title logo at the bottom margin. One photo framed to look like a "book" to tie in with the popularity of the novel. In approaching the film adaptation of Rand's iconoclastic work Vidor dispensed with typical Hollywood production techniques and focused on creating an expressionistic film one that literally echoed the architectural underpinnings of its characters' philosophies motives and ambitions. Unusual choices included modernist cinematography expressionistic set designs and wardrobe and having Ms. Rand herself write the heady screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1962ref. 161514N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Jules Dassin with actors Melina Mercouri and Anthony Perkins on the set of the 1962 film. Based on Eurypides' Ancient Greek tragedy "Hippolytus" about the wife of a wealthy shipping tycoon who falls in love with her stepson. The fourth collaboration between Dassin and Mercouri who would go on to marry in 1966. 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1964ref. 156276Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri SF 1964. Collection of eleven vintage reference photographs from the 1964 Swedish film. Stamps of DLS-Film Holland on the versos and several with layout annotations in manuscript ink and pencil. Embossed censor blindstamp at the upper right corner of each photograph. A pretentious music critic tries to use salacious information about a famed cellist's sex life in order to blackmail the cellist into performing a composition the critic has written. One of Ingmar Bergman's only comedy films and his first film to be shot in color a parody of Federico Fellini's "8 1/2" 1963. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Svensk Filmindustri [SF] unknown books
1947ref. 156254Los Angeles: Monogram Pictures 1947. Collection of eleven vintage studio still photographs from the 1947 film noir. Based on the 1941 short story "He Looked Like Murder" by Cornell Woolrich about a manhunt for the murderer of a woman with a twin told through a series of flashbacks and plot twists. Set in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with moderate edgewear and age toning. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Monogram Pictures unknown books
1968ref. 161506Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1968. Vintage studio still photograph of actor and director John Wayne playing chess on the set of the 1968 film. Released at the height of American involvement in the Vietnam War and based on the 1965 novel by Robin Moore. A highly pro-war film following two teams of highly skilled Green Berets sent on a mission in South Vietnam. Shot on location at Fort McClellen Alabama at Hurlburt Field Florida and at Fort Benning Georgia. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books
1976ref. 161517N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage reference photograph of actor Robert De Niro director Elia Kazan and producer Sam Spiegel on the set of the 1976 film. Based on the unfinished 1941 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. A tribute to early cinema wherein De Niro plays a movie producer who nearly works himself to death. Kazan's final directorial effort and notably the only film with De Niro and Jack Nicholson in a joint screen appearance. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown books
1949ref. 161624Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1949. Four vintage reference photographs from the landmark 1949 film adaptation of Ayn Rand's 1943 novel "The Fountainhead." In approaching the film adaptation of Rand's iconoclastic work Vidor dispensed with typical Hollywood production techniques and focused on creating an expressionistic film one that literally echoed the architectural underpinnings of its characters' philosophies motives and ambitions. Unusual choices included modernist cinematography expressionistic set designs and wardrobe and having Ms. Rand herself write the heady screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1960ref. 161500N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1960 film showing director Roger Vadim with his wife Annette adjusting a prosthetic wound. An erotic horror film based on Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 novella "Carmilla" with the location shifted from 19th century Styria to twentieth century Italy. Shot at Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1951ref. 161404Los Angeles: RKO Studios Inc 1951. Revised Final Draft script for the 1951 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. Seven reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages each with an RKO photographer stamp for Rod Tolmie on the verso. Original wrapper bound in with manuscript ink and wax pencil annotations of "Files" to the top right and "Changes" Retakes" and "Inserts" each followed by one to three dates center. Script followed by eight pages of "Retakes . After credits." Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960. Farley Granger stars as a mild mannered accountant whose wife played by Shelley Winters mistakes a small dog who follows him home-and is wanted by the mob-as a forgotten anniversary gift. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Bound in light green cloth with dark green quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated March 9 1951 noted as REVISED FINAL SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter George Beck. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 8. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/16/51 and 4/21/51. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus with light rubbing to the crown and corners. RKO Studios, Inc unknown books
1962ref. 146753N.p.: Davis-Royal Films 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 film. "The Reluctant Saint" is the story of Giuseppe Desa Maximilian Schell a 17th century Franciscan friar and mystic recognized as St. Joseph of Cupertino by the Catholic Church. Set in and shot on location in Rome. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good pinholes with chipping at corners. Davis-Royal Films unknown books
1957ref. 161410N.p.: Jerry Wald Productions 1957. Revised Final Draft script for the 1957 film here under the working title "Down Payment." Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. Twelve reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages. All photographs except for two cast photographs with text in margin struck at the production company Twentieth Century Fox and title "Down Payment" with correction stamps of "Jerry Wald" and "No Down Payment" adjacent. Based on the 1957 novel by John McPartland. An examination of the intertwined lives of four married couples in a newly constructed suburban Los Angeles community and the issues they harbor such as alcoholism marital infidelity racism and religion. Script written by uncredited and blacklisted screenwriter Ben Maddow and fronted by Philip Yordan. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather finding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. 154 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/17/57 and 6/17/57. Pages Near Fine binding Near FIne. Selby US. Spicer US. Jerry Wald Productions unknown books
1958ref. 161581Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1958. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1961 film. Based on the 1956 novel "The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones" by Charles Neider. Marlon Brando's only directorial effort after his production company fired original screenwriter Sam Peckinpah and director Stanley Kubrick and he rewrote the script first with Calder Willingham then with Guy Tropser. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Criterion Collection 884. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1966ref. 161554Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1966. Vintage reference photograph of screenwriter Leigh Brackett and director Howard Hawks on the set of the 1966 film. Annotation in manuscript ink on the verso. Loosely based on Harry Brown's 1960 novel "The Stars in Their Courses." A gunfighter comes to the aid of his old friend now a sheriff to defend a rancher's family. Shot on location in Arizona and Utah. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1931ref. 161580N.p.: N.p. 1931. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1931 film one showing a camera crew on a raised platform capturing a scene with actors Greta Garbo and Robert Montgomery and the other showing Garbo and Montgomery during the scene itself. Loosely based on Alphonse Daudet's 1884 novel "Sappho." A free-spirited artist's model falls in love with a student deciding to give up the comforts of her life as a kept woman in exchange for his love. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 160946Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures 1950. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1950 film noir. Lew Ayres stars as Lin Vanner a manager of an oil company who after learning the payroll was stolen in a hold-up pursues and kills an innocent robbery suspect. He goes to the man's widow for solace inadvertently beginning a journey down a road in which he slowly finds himself in the same position as his victim. Critically lauded on release the film remains highly underrated due to its failure at the box office. Shot on location in Pioneertown California. 4.75 x 28 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the extremities. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1976ref. 161886Los Angeles: CBS Television Network 1976. Final Draft script for Season 9 Episode 22 of the 1968-1980 police procedural television series. Copy belonging to actor Logan Clarke with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and his annotations on the rear wrapper. The series followed the exploits of a fictional state police task force in Hawaii led by Detective Captain Steve McGarrett. In this episode a teenage runaway is framed for murder by a gangster with a grudge against the girl's father. Originally aired on March 31 1977 on CBS. Red titled wrappers dated November 23 1976 noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper with credit for screenwriter Anne Collins noted as production No. 0621. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication on pink stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. CBS Television Network unknown books
1957ref. 161357N.p.: N.p. 1957. Revised Final script for the 1957 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. Eight reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960. Based on the 1945 Broadway play by Luther Davis in turn based on Frederic Wakeman's 1944 novel "Shore Leave." Three Naval pilots on a four-day leave in San Francisco attempt to ignore the distant call of war instead drinking dancing and seducing local women. Set and shot on location in San Francisco. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present dated April 5 1957 noted as Revised Final with credits for screenwriter Julius Epstein director Stanley Donen novelist Frederic Wakeman and playwright Luther Davis. 158 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/25/57 and 5/3/57. Pages Near Fine binding Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 161932Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox / Norway Productions 1976. Draft script for the 1977 British television movie originally aired on May 21 1977 on NBC in America. Single annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper noting "S.80." An occult investigator and his physician friend investigate a woman's claims that her brother a high-powered businessman is dabbling in black magic. Originally intended as a pilot for a television series. Shot in Hertfordshire England. Goldenrod titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers dated November 12 1976 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated November 12 1976 with credits for screenwriters Gene Roddenberry and Sam Peeples. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. Twentieth Century-Fox / Norway Productions unknown books
1970ref. 161861N.p.: N.p. 1970. Final Draft script for Season 4 Episode 24 of the 1966-1973 television series. The successful espionage series followed the adventures of a small team of government agents as they fought a changing roster of Cold War spies corrupt leaders of industry and Third World dictators. In this episode the team gathers to fight a chief of police operating a secret illegal "death squad" in a small Latin American country. Originally aired on March 15 1970 on CBS. Dark blue titled wrappers dated January 12 1970 and noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper with credit for screenwriter Laurence Heath noted as production No. 60034-100. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Mimeograph duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages lightly foxed on the edges else Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 162196Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures Television 1977. Final Draft script for the 1977 television movie originally aired on November 16 1977 on NBC. Copy belonging to script supervisor Meta Wilde with her annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. Based on the 1956 novel by Edwin O'Connor about an aging veteran politician who grows increasingly determined to win a fourth mayoral election and stay in power despite the reservations of his supporters. White titled Columbia Pictures Television wrappers dated May 10 1977 noted as FINAL DRAFT and production No. 162131 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated May 10 1977 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for novelist Edwin O'Connor and screenwriter Carroll O'Connor. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures Television unknown books
1978ref. 162180N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage lobby card for the German release of the 1977 Italian film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Based on the 1976 novel by Cesare Lanza about an orphaned 15-year-old white girl's sexual relationship with a local mixed-race boy. Set in postwar Italy. 11.25 x 8.75 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 162189Munich: Universum Film UFA 1960. Vintage borderless lobby card for the 1960 Italian film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Based on several short stories by Alberto Moravia. Spurred on by his girlfriend a young man in the Roman suburbs sets out to look for a day job but instead finds his mission waylaid by sensual delights. 9.25 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn with pinholes at the corners. Universum Film [UFA] unknown books
