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1937ref. 167747Paris: Michaux and Guérin 1937. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1937 film showing a close-up image of actress Dita Parlo. Provenance stamps and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. An English-language version of the film was shot at the same time under the direction of Edmond T. Gréville titled "Under Secret Orders" still starring Parlo with Erich von Stroheim stepping in as the German spy chief. 9.5 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. Michaux and Guérin unknown books
ref. 166735Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1993 neo-noir film. Laid in is a map with directions to a location shooting. One of most successful action films of the 1990s and a peak for actor Harrison Ford. Based on the 1963-1963 ABC television series created by Roy Huggins which itself was loosely inspired by the 1954 trial of Sam Sheppard. Harrison Ford stars as Dr. Richard Kimble who after being framed for the murder of his wife and sentenced to death escapes from custody and sets out to find the real killer and clear his name all while being hunted by the police and a team of US Marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard played by Tommy Lee Jones. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Jones. Set in and shot on location in North Carolina and Chicago Illinois. Front wrapper integral with title page dated January 25 1993 noted as REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Jeb Stuart. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 02/02/93. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Penzler 101. Warner Brothers unknown books
1985ref. 167365Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1985. Second Revised Draft script for the 1985 television film which aired on CBS on October 5 1985. Laid in is a 36-page Shooting Schedule dated April 4 1985. A tough Wyoming Police detective Amanda Rider Lisa Hartman teams up with the laid back Beverly Hills Police detective Harry Wilde James Brolin in the search for a killer who murdered Rider's friend back in Wyoming. Featuring David Hemmings as the smarmy antagonist Ian Blaize who employs a cross-dressing kickboxer bodyguard. Shot on location in Southern California Beverly Hills Malibu and Los Angeles California. Beige titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 3 1985 noted as 2ND REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Rick Husky. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 5/7/85. Pages Near FIne wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Shooting Schedule: Very Good plus with foxing and toning to the right edge of the first leaf bound with a staple to the top left corner. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 166067London: Paramount Film Service 1965. Revised Draft script for the 1966 British film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name written on the top of the title page and manuscript pencil and marker annotations on nearly every page with clippings of the shooting schedule and set requirements frequently affixed to the verso of the opposing page and two pencil illustrations of the house and cottage from the film on the verso of the last page. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Michael Parks stars as an arrogant young art student who seduces the overprotective mother of his friend played by a stunning Jennifer Jones. Shot on location in Middlesex and London. Purple untitled wrappers with a die-cut window in the British style. Title page present dated 16 July 1965 noted as Revised Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Millard Lampell. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue pink and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 14 September 1965 and 31 August 1965. Unbound as issued. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Paramount Film Service unknown books
1980ref. 167783N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage German A0 poster for the 1980 film. Extremely scarce. Based on the 1970 novel by Gerald Walker about a cop who goes undercover in the leather scene in New York to catch a serial killer targeting gay men. "Cruising" was widely protested at the time of its release by gay rights groups for its depiction of homosexuality as intrinsically linked to violence but has since been reconsidered as one of the few mainstream Hollywood movies to depict queer life in New York before the AIDS crisis as well as one of the few movies to address police discrimination and brutality towards homosexuals. Set and shot on location in New York. 33 x 46 inches folded as issued. About Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown books
1985ref. 167654Paris: Sygma 1985. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1985 film one showing Robert Altman on the set the other showing Altman talking with actor Sam Shepard. Based on Shepard's 1983 Pulitzer Prize-nominated play about two ex-lovers with an exceedingly troubled past who inadvertently find themselves at the same run-down motel in the Mojave Desert. Shot on location in El Dorado New Mexico. 9.5 x 7 inches. Both with two neat pinholes at one corner each else about Fine. Sygma unknown books
1962ref. 167657Copenhagen: Politikens Presse Foto 1962. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1962 Danish film. Printed mimeo snipes in English affixed to the versos along with the stamps of Politikens Presse Foto and Agence France-Presse. Not to be confused with the 1962 British crime thriller directed by Peter Maxwell. Based on South African writer Nadine Gordimer's 1958 novel "A World of Strangers" about a white liberal Englishman who befriends a Black man after moving to Johannesburg only to realize that their friendship carries unforeseen consequences for them both. Shot on location in Johannesburg. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Lightly foxed on the margins and versos else about Near Fine. Politikens Presse Foto unknown books
1968ref. 167659N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film showing actors Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin talking with director Michelangelo Antonioni while on location in the desert. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso identifying subjects and crediting photographer Bruce Davidson with Magnum Photos. Antonioni's great American experiment and the only film the director ever made in the United States written for the screen by a young Sam Shepard. Though made from an Italian's perspective the film stands today as a great visual statement on the American West in the late 1960s rampant consumerism and the hippie zeitgeist. 8 x 10 inches with wide top and bottom margins. Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1939ref. 167664Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1939. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1939 film showing actors Marion Martin Fred MacMurray and Irene Dunne listening while director Wesley Ruggles describes a scene with a script supervisor intently taking notes on the right. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A boxer from the lower class successfully romances a wealthy patron's daughter though their courtship is plagued by his devotion to the sport. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1964ref. 167663N.p.: N.p. 1964. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1964 French film including two showing director Jean-Luc Godard with a camera on the set. One with a French release stamp on the verso and all with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the same. Based on Dolores Hitchens' 1958 novel "Fools' Gold." A young woman convinces two men to help her steal a large stash of money from her aunt. An outrageous and comical crime film and a classic of French New Wave cinema later described by Godard as "'Alice in Wonderland' meets Franz Kafka." Shot on location in Paris. Photographs range in size from 9.5 x 7 inches to 7 x 5 inches. Generally Near Fine. Grant France. Spicer France. BFI 549. Criterion Collection 174. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 148300N.p.: Produzioni Europee Associate PEA 1967. Collection of eleven vintage black-and-white lobby cards from the French release of the 1967 film. The second in Leone's iconic trilogy "For a Few Dollars More" is another tale of gunslingers revenge double-crossing and robbery. Starring Clint Eastwood as Manco the "man with no name" and Gian Maria Volonte as the ruthless psychopath El Indio. Set in Texas shot on location in Spain and Italy. 10.75 x 8.25 inches. Very Good with pinholes to corners. Alex Cox10000 Ways to Die. Grant Any Gun Can Play p. XXX. Pitts 572. Produzioni Europee Associate [PEA] unknown books
1983ref. 148363N.p.: N.p. 1983. Collection of ten vintage French lobby cards including the title card from the 1983 erotic film. Based on the 1981 semi-autobiographical erotic novel by Joy Laurey the pen name of Jean-Pierre Imbrohoris. The story of Joy Claudia Udy who falls in love with an older man Marc Gerard-Antoine Huart and travels around Paris with him and his companion Margo Agnes Torrent looking for sexual encounters. Set in Paris shot on location in Paris and Ontario Canada. 10.75 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine. Bier 1003. Severin Films. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 148216N.p.: N.p. 1972. Collection of 24 vintage borderless color photographs from the 1972 film 23 studio still photographs and one photograph of Fellini on the set. A semi-autobiographical impressionistic portrait of Rome featuring two contrasting sections one based on Fellini's first journey to the city as a young man under Mussolini the other featuring scenes of contemporary city life. Set and shot on location in Rome Italy. 8.25 x 10.75 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 166578North Hollywood: Cinema Center Films 1970. Revised Draft script for the 1970 television film printed on blue leaves which aired on CBS on November 20 1970 here under the working title of "The Man in the Back Seat." Copy belonging to uncredited actor Nick Dimitri with the marker annotations of his name and "Pt. Part of Paul Sarne" on the front wrapper with Dimitri's address label from Cinema Center Films affixed to the verso of the front wrapper. After shooting his wife's lover in Baltimore David Janssen is a man on the run trying to flee to Mexico City. After being trapped at LAX due to bad weather Janssen gets cabbie Yapphet Kotto to drive him from Los Angeles to San Diego at gunpoint. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles and San Diego California. Green titled Cinema Center 100 wrappers. Title page present dated February 17 1970 with credits for screenwriter Marvin A. Gluck and Story by Collier Young. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink yellow and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 6/10/70 and 6/22/70. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Cinema Center Films unknown books
1990ref. 166561N.p.: N.p. 1990. Revised Draft script for the 1991 film with the marker annotation of the title on the front wrapper. Laid in with the script is an 83 page Shooting Schedule printed on orange leaves dated August 9 1980. After the death of his partner in the line of duty a New York City police detective adopts his partner's orphaned children but his drive to make a perfect life for his wife and the children drives him to desperate measures. Set and shot on location in New York. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 3 1990 noted as REVISED with credits for screenwriter Heywood Gould. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with foxing at the extremities bound with three gold brads. Shooting Schedule Near Fine overall with light foxing to the first leaf bound with three gold brads Grant US. N.p. unknown books
1988ref. 166941N.p.: Showscan Film Corporation 1988. Revised Draft script for the 1989 joint French-US short film. Attached by staple to the top corner of the title page is a small hand-written note "Vicki" a phone number and "Call from Space office." Copy belonging to uncredited actor Nick Dimitri with two copies of a January 16 1989 call sheet laid in. The 29-minute short film was the first film shot using the "Showscan" process developed by Douglas Trumbull which is photographed and projected on 70mm film at 60 frames per second 2.5 times the standard film speed and was only screened twice in 1989 once at the "Big Bang Schtroumpf" amusement park now "Walygator Parc" in Maizières-les-Metz France and once at the Omnimax Theatre at Ceasars Palace Las Vegas. A film director Richard Brestoff and his nephew Bill Campbell an aspiring actor and eccentric inventor make a low-budget science fiction film when one of the nephew's inventions begins to bring visitors from the past and future into the present including Napoleon Archimedes and cavemen making what they believe may be one of the greatest movies ever made. Featuring a cameo from James Coburn as an irate studio head and the voice of Charlton Heston as an alien visitor. Director Richard Fleischer's final film. Shot on location in Simi Valley California. Front wrapper integral with the title page dated 1-6-89 noted as revised with credits for screenwriter Sarah Paris and story by Peter Beal and Sarah Paris. 29 leaves with last page of text numbered 26. Xerographic duplication rectos only with yellow green and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/22/88 and 1/6/89. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Showscan Film Corporation unknown books
1947ref. 140202Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1947. Final Draft script for the 1948 film. Copy belonging to Robert Arthur who play Ken McLaughlin with his name on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil. A mare has been lured away by a wild stallion angering the mare's owner Beaver Greenway a horse owner with a drinking problem. Meanwhile Ken McLaughlin Arthur returns home with a new horse who has developed altitude sickness. Based on the third book in Mary O'Hara's "My Friend Flicka" trilogy. Nominated for one Academy Award. Set in Wyoming shot on location in Wyoming Utah and Ohio USA. Blue titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 84 and production No. 133 dated April 7 1947. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated April 7 1947 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Martin Berkeley. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good with dampstaining at the edges of a few leaves wrapper Very Good with some dampstaining on the front and rear wrappers. Bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1996ref. 167800Los Angeles: Sony Imageworks 1996. Collection of vintage bound gatherings of storyboards representing eight sequences from the 1997 film. Storyboards belonging to visual effects producer Peter Kuran with his name in manuscript ink or pencil on three pages. Sequences represented include an advertisement from the Federal Network Jump Ball the brain bug capturing fleet training the battle of Klendathu a bug meteor the Starship Athena and asteroid grazing among others. Based on the 1959 novel by Robert A. Heinlein about several soldiers serving in the Earth world government military during an interstellar war with an alien species known as Arachnids. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Xerographically duplicated rectos only. Approximately 200 leaves. Pages generally Near Fine variously bound with staples paper clips or gold brads. Sony Imageworks unknown books
1996ref. 167666N.p.: N.p. 1996. Draft script for the 1996 film. Steve Buscemi's feature film directorial debut about an unemployed single ex-mechanic who spends all of his time at the eponymous Trees Lounge a neighborhood bar with a motley cast of characters. Set and shot on location throughout New York in Queens Brooklyn Valley Stream and Long Island. Generic white "Live International" wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for Buscemi. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 167724N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for the 1979 film. Script incomplete presumably as issued ending on page 102. A hitchhiker is sent to prison after being wrongly accused of a murder. There he joins an underground boxing tournament organized by corrupt guards in order to win his freedom. Basis for two sequels in 1982 and 1987. Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present copyright year noted as 1977 with credit for director and screenwriter Jamaa Fanaka. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a closed tear on the front wrapper repaired with cello tape on the verso. Bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
2011ref. 167782Universal City: Universal City Studios / Paqu Films 2011. Draft script for the 2012 film. Copy belonging to still photographer François Duhamel with his name watermarked on several script pages. Based on the 2010 novel by Don Winslow about two cannabis growers in Southern California who work together to confront the enforcers of a powerful Mexican drug cartel. Shot on location in the Pacific Palisades. Housed in a generic black three-ring binder. Title page present dated 05/01/11 noted as production No. 00K64 with credits for Winslow and screenwriters Shane Salerno and Oliver Stone. 156 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between July 7 and September 6 2011. Pages about Fine binder Near Fine. Universal City Studios / Paqu Films unknown books
1944ref. 165295Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Vintage publicity photograph of Lon Chaney Jr. and Anne Gwynne from the 1944 film with a mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. The second of six installments in "The Inner Sanctum Mysteries" preceded by "Calling Dr. Death: An Inner Sanctum Mystery" 1943 and followed by "Dead Man's Eyes: An Inner Sanctum Mystery" 1944. Lon Chaney Jr. travels to the South Seas where he falls in love with Anne Gwynne a mysterious and exotic native woman who the locals believe to be some kind of supernatural being. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors 1931-1946. Universal Pictures unknown books
1971ref. 165389London: Kestrel Films 1971. Draft script for the 1971 film seen here under the working title "Scenes of Family Life." Copy belonging to an unidentified cast or crew member with their annotations relating to props and set design on several pages in the script. Loosely based on David Mercer's 1967 television play "In Two Minds" which was based in turn on a case detailed in psychiatrist R.D. Laing's 1960 book "The Divided Mind." A conservative working class couple is shocked when their unmarried daughter reveals she is pregnant and force her to have an abortion resulting in detrimental effects to her emotional and mental health. Director Ken Loach's third feature film following his breakthrough 1969 film "Kes." Red titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for Mercer. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered 68. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong. Kestrel Films unknown books
1964ref. 167791Universal City: Universal Pictures 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film showing actor Sean Connery talking with director Alfred Hitchcock between takes during filming on location in San Francisco with the Bay Bridge in the background. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Winston Graham's 1961 novel which follows a wealthy businessman's unwanted often cruel attempts to help a troubled young woman come to terms with her past. The production faced several setbacks in its development most relating to Hitchcock's insistence on including a rape scene present in the novel and the subsequent troubles in casting the lead role given the emotional complexity demanded for the character. Set and shot on location in California Pennsylvania New Jersey Virginia and Maryland. 10 x 8 inches. Faint discoloration on the top edge of the verso else about Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Spicer US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1947ref. 165206Universal City: Universal Pictures 1947. Two vintage publicity photographs featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Paula Corday from the 1947 film. Both photographs with mimeo snipes affixed to the versos one also with a provenance stamp on the verso. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Loosely based on the 1926 novel "His Majesty the King" by Cosmo Hamilton. King Charles II lives in exile in the Netherlands after being deposed by Oliver Cromwell and his supporters. There Charles falls in love with a farm girl while hiding from Cromwell's assassins. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown books
