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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
1982ref. 168021Universal City: Universal City Studios 1982. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1982 film showing Janice Rule. Based on the 1978 book "The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice" about a father searching for his missing son in the aftermath of the Chilean military coup of 1973. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Screenplay. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Set in Chile and shot on location in Mexico. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Universal City Studios unknown books
1969ref. 168018Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1970 film. Based on the 1968 novel "Brooks Wilson Ltd." by John McDermott writing as J.M. Ryan about a commercial artist whose indiscretions are brought into the light when he is caught cheating on a closed-circuit television system at an associate's home. Shot on location in New York and Westport Connecticut. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1990ref. 168024Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1990. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1990 neo-noir film showing actor Kevin Costner. Based on a 1979 novella by Jim Harrison who also co-wrote the screenplay. A retired naval pilot starts an affair with a married woman in Mexico only to face the wrath of her husband a powerful businessman. Shot on location throughout Mexico. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1984ref. 168321N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. With the resume of screenwriter Shelley Berc bound in before the title page at the front of the script. An adaptation of an experimental stage play also written by Berc a musical about a New York fireman. Title page present copyright date noted as 1984 with credit for Berc. 56 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a single paper clip at the top left corner. N.p. unknown books
1954ref. 168027Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1954. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1954 film showing Judy Holliday. A young woman finds herself famous overnight after she appears on six billboards through an advertising fluke. An early appearance by Jack Lemmon then best known for his work in television. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1978ref. 168320N.p.: Momentum Productions 1978. Treatment script for an unproduced film. An English-language feature-length treatment based on the 1965 Dutch short film co-written by René Daalder and his childhood friend and noted architect Rem Koolhaas under the auspices of experimental film collective the 1 2 3 Group. Counting Jan de Bont and Robby Müller among its members the 1 2 3 Group opposed the concept of the auteur with each person in the group serving variously as writer director actor and more on each production. The collective is perhaps best remembered today for "The White Slave" 1969 co-written by Koolhaas and Daalder. Self wrappers. Title page present copyright date noted as 1978 with credit for Daalder. 48 leaves with last page of text numbered 48. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound at the top left corner with a paper clip. Momentum Productions unknown books
1993ref. 147073Los Angeles: Orbit Entertainment 1993. Draft script for the 1993 film here under the working title "Cross Bait." After being accidentally given an invaluable coin from the age of King Herod while traveling through Jerusalem an Arabic boy and an American teenager travel across Israel to protect the treasure from a British man obsessed with procuring the coin by any means. Set and shot in Jerusalem. Pink untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Dror Soref and Howard Delman. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Good lightly dampstained and soiled bound with three gold brads. Orbit Entertainment unknown books
1964ref. 168025Burbank CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Vintage compilation publicity photograph from the 1964 film musical showing Debbie Reynolds. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1960 Broadway musical loosely based on the life of Margaret Brown who survived the 1912 sinking of the Titanic. Nominated for six Academy Awards. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1984ref. 168022Los Angeles: The Samuel Goldwyn Company 1984. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1984 softcore film. Loosely based on the bondage-themed comics of John Willie and on his original character Sweet Gwendoline. After being kidnapped at a Chinese port a courageous young woman is rescued by a mercenary kicking off a string of wild adventures. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. The Samuel Goldwyn Company unknown books
1980ref. 168020Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1980. Vintage publicity photograph of Dom DeLuise from the 1980 film. The second "Smokey" installment this one about transporting a live elephant across the country in three days or less. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1989ref. 164146N.p.: Michael Kagan Productions 1989. First Draft script for the pilot episode of the 1989 television series which premiered on The Disney Channel on April 30 1989 here under the title "Pilot." Script preceded by a "Rehearsal and Taping Schedule" a "Short Rundown" and a three-page "Main Titles" all bound in. The Disney Channel series starring Cindy Williams and Bill Hudson only lasted for five episodes ending on June 14 1989. Williams and Hudson star as a young married couple who have to hire a couple of children to pose as their offspring to please Hudson's new boss. Front wrapper integral with title page dated March 6 1989 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Michael Kagan. 67 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Michael Kagan Productions unknown books
1962ref. 167556Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1962. Vintage studio still photograph of Grant Williams from the 1962 film. A violent ex-con embarks on a murder spree using his court-ordered weekly therapy sessions as his alibi. Actor Onslow Stevens' final film appearance. Screenplay by noted horror and mystery writer Robert Bloch. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1982ref. 168044Los Angeles: Showtime 1982. Three vintage reference photographs and one studio still photograph from a Showtime re-release of the 1982 film. During the Cold War a Soviet ballerina attempts to leave Russia hoping to defect and permanently settle in London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with the film title and layout annotations in manuscript ink on the margins of two of the reference photographs. Showtime unknown books
1985ref. 168039Los Angeles: Embassy Films 1985. Six vintage publicity photographs for the US release of the 1985 British film. After his family moves to Brazil for his father's engineering job an American boy is kidnapped by an indigenous tribe and raised in the Amazon jungle. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Embassy Films unknown books
1959ref. 167557Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1959. Vintage publicity portrait photograph of Carolyn Craig from the 1959 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. An eccentric millionaire offers a substantial reward to anyone able to spend the entire night in the titular house on Haunted Hill. Basis for the 1999 remake starring Geoffrey Rush and Taye Diggs. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Exterior shots of the house were filmed at Los Angeles' Ennis Brown House originally designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1924. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a diagonal crease affecting the bottom left corner. Allied Artists unknown books
1995ref. 168285New York: Gramercy Pictures 1995. Three vintage studio still compilation photographs from the 1995 film including two showing director Tim Robbins on the set. Based on Helen Prejean's 1993 book about a nun who becomes the spiritual advisor to a convicted murderer facing death row. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Actress for Susan Sarandon. Set in Louisiana shot on location in New York and in Baton Rouge Angola New Orleans and Slidell Louisiana. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Gramercy Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 167551Los Angeles: Merrick International 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film showing Des Roberts as Count Dracula fondling a nude woman. Dracula changes his name to Adrian and opens a nightclub later deciding to capture a beautiful young woman and make her into his vampiric companion. 10 x 8 inches. Tiny nick on the top margin else about Fine. Merrick International unknown books
1951ref. 146074Universal City: Universal International Pictures 1951. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1951 film. A group of new recruits arrive at an Air Force training camp and experience the usual growing pains: hazing romance and rivalry. An early appearance by Golden Age heartthrob Rock Hudson as an aggressive upperclassman. Shot on location in Arizona Florida and Texas. White titled self wrappers noted as CONTINUITY & DIALOGUE on the front wrapper noted as production No. 1653 dated JANUARY 31 1951 with credits for actors Stephen McNally Gail Russell Alex Nicol and other cast members. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered REEL TEN PAGE 13. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some fading to the top left and right edges bound with two gold brads. Universal International Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 167558Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox / Hammer Films 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1966 British horror film. Hammer's third Dracula film and the second to feature Christopher Lee as the titular vampire in an entirely dialogue-free role. Set in 1895 at the fictional Castle Karlsbad in the Carpathian Mountains shot on location in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Johnson and Del Vecchio. Twentieth Century-Fox / Hammer Films unknown books
1962ref. 167553London: National Screen Service 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1958 British horror film. A surgeon develops a groundbreaking anesthetic for use in surgery only to become addicted to the substance-leading him to work with a gang of criminals in order to fund his addiction. Released as a double feature in the US with the 1961 Italian film "Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory." 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Criterion Collection 368. National Screen Service unknown books
1955ref. 141133Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1955. First Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1955-1961 television series. One of television's first Westerns a series following famed marshal Wyatt Earp as he attempts to maintain order and law on the American frontier. Nominated for two prime time Emmy awards. Set in Arizona and shot on location in California and Arizona. Pink titled self-wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper with credit for screenwriter Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a staple. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
