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1977ref. 158792N.p.: Lions Gate Films 1977. Three vintage studio still photographs of actress Janice Rule from the 1977 film. Director Robert Altman's experimental dreamlike masterwork about three ethereal fractured women originally overlooked but later celebrated. Featuring brilliant performances from Shelley Duvall as the self-deluded socially maladroit Millie Rule as the mysterious pregnant painter Willie and Sissy Spacek as the young timid and fawning Pinky. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in a small California desert town and shot on location in Palm Springs Thousand Palms and Desert Hot Springs California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Lions Gate Films unknown books
1959ref. 158799N.p.: N.p. 1959. Five vintage oversize double weight reference photographs from the 1959 film. Two photographs with the stamp of the Lérida Ministry of Information of Spain on the verso and all five with annotations in manuscript ink regarding cropping and identifying the film. Two photographs with titles tipped on the recto one crediting director Alain Resnais. Resnais' meditation on memory history and forgetfulness proved to be a major catalyst for the Rive Gauche movement earning Resnais a Palme d'Or nomination and screenwriter Marguerite Duras an Academy Award nomination. Set in Hiroshima shot on location in Hiroshima Japan and Nievre France. 12 x 9.5 inches. Poor with moderate wear and pinholes at the corners and light creasing overall. N.p. unknown books
1945ref. 158794Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1945. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1945 film. One photograph with a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1890 novel by Oscar Wilde about a man whose portrait magically takes on the ability to absorb the sins of his debauched life while he remains unaged. Nominated for three Academy Awards winning one for Best Cinematography. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1964ref. 158788N.p.: Martin Ritt Productions 1964. Four vintage studio still photographs and three vintage reference photographs from the 1964 film. Three vintage reference photographs with mimeo snipes on the verso. A remake of Kurosawa's 1950 film "Rashomon" envisioned as a Western. Four witnesses of a rape and murder case have conflicting views of the crime while at trial. Who can be trusted when all four accounts pin the blame on someone different and create different motivations for the crimes Set in the American Southwest shot on location in California and Arizona. Six photographs 10 x 8 inches one photograph 8 x 10 inches. About Very Good plus with some splashes along the left and right edges of the reference photographs and some chips and pinholes along the edges of two of the studio still photographs. Martin Ritt Productions unknown books
1971ref. 158801Beverly Hills CA: Crown International Pictures 1971. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 film. A man starts having an affair with a married woman he meets on a beach. Unbeknownst to him she previously murdered the wife of her current husband when she first began having an affair with him. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Crown International Pictures unknown books
1964ref. 158795Los Angeles: Stanley Kramer Productions 1964. Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1964 film. Each with a provenance stamp on the versos. Based on a 1957 teleplay by Larry Klein which aired on CBS' "Playhouse 90" on March 7 1957. A confederate soldier returns home after the war to find his home sold by the town banker and his wife married to a union soldier. The banker hires a gunfighter to come after the former confederate soldier. Set in New Mexico shot on location in Arizona. Four photographs 9.5 x 7.5 two photographs 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Stanley Kramer Productions unknown books
1954ref. 158802London: Hammer Film Productions 1954. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1954 film. A failing business hires his best friend to help kill him so that his wife may collect his life insurance. When his business suddenly starts taking a turn for the better he must try to stop the hit-man before he kills him. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. Two photographs Near Fine one photograph About Near Fine with the top corners trimmed irregularly. Hammer Film Productions unknown books
1968ref. 141636N.p.: Aspen 1968. Final Draft script for an unproduced film. A man is unwillingly drawn into a debate around morality and death as he is questioned by the police following his best friend's suicide. Dark green wrappers with British-style die-cut window. Title page present dated July 23 1968 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Ian McLellan Hunter. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mechanical duplication with white and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between June 17 1968 and July 23 1968. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Aspen unknown books
1973ref. 141641Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1973. First Draft script for the 1975 film. A young widow begins smuggling liquor in San Diego during Prohibition and subsequently also becomes romantically involved with two men. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated August 24 1973 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Huyck and Katz. 165 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1974ref. 141659N.p.: N.p. 1974. Bound collection of research materials for an unproduced film. A collection of quotes stories accounts of life-changing accounts reviews and a discography of Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington who passed away the same year this archive was assembled. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August/September 1974 noted as Research File with credits for research Michael Barlow. 54 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 53. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 158814Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1973 French film. One of the great films about film chronicling the ups and downs in the lives of the cast and crew of a fictional melodrama film. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Foreign Language Film. Shot on location in France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 769. Ebert IV. Warner Brothers unknown books
1970ref. 158722London: Mediarts 1970. Revised Draft script for the 1971 British film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink on seven leaves noting deletions. Based on the 1958 radio drama by Giles Cooper about a boarding school teacher who begins to suspect his predecessor of having been murdered by the students. OCLC locates no holdings. AMPAS shows one holding. Set in Cornwall and shot on location in Llandudno Wales and in Sonning Berkshire. Missing front wrapper with pink rear wrapper. Title page present dated May 1970 noted as REVISED with credits for playwright Giles Cooper and screenwriter Simon Raven. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue revision pages laid in throughout dated August 7 1970. Pages Poor wrapper Poor with moderate dampstaining affecting the last 60 leaves and rear wrapper bound with a silver prong. Mediarts unknown books
1979ref. 158832N.p.: American International Pictures 1979. Vintage studio still photograph of actor Jean-Pierre Aumont from the 1979 film. A woman in an on-again off-again relationship meets a new man who might change her perspective. Set in New York City shot on location in New York City and Long Island. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. American International Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 158808London: Romulus Films 1965. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1965 film. Based in the 1962 novel by John Braine. A sequel to the 1959 film Room at the Top. After marrying the daughter of the most influential man in town a man struggles with feeling like no one in his new family has any respect for him. Set in Bradford England shot on location in Surrey Yorkshire and London. Two photographs 8 x 10 inches two photographs 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Romulus Films unknown books
1961ref. 158839N.p.: Samuel Bronston Productions 1961. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1961 film with mimeo snipe and one provenance stamp on the verso of each. A dramatization of the life of Jesus Christ from his birth in Bethlehem to his crucifixion and subsequent resurrection. Shot on location in Madrid Spain. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Samuel Bronston Productions unknown books
1969ref. 158833N.p.: Commonwealth United Entertainment 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 film. With one provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1945 French play by Jean Giraudoux. A countess decides to rally her friends in her community to stop a group of powerful men from drilling for oil in Paris. Set in Paris shot on location throughout France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Commonwealth United Entertainment unknown books
1966ref. 158727London: Woodfall Films 1966. Shooting Script for the 1967 British short film. Two annotations in manuscript ink: one on the title page noting copy No. 11 and one on page eight noting a deletion. Clad in an ornate and eye-catching costume an opera singer must make his way through a succession of busy city streets in order to arrive on time for his performance. Originally commissioned by producer Oscar Lewenstein as one third of a planned anthology film titled "Red White and Zero." OCLC locates no holdings. AMPAS shows no holdings. Tall red untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 17.3.66 noted as Shooting Script with credit for director and screenwriter Peter Brook. 11 leaves with last page of text numbered 9. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Woodfall Films unknown books
1964ref. 158807Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1964 film. The third of three feature films based on W. Somerset Maugham's classic 1915 novel following the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis and the 1946 film starring Paul Henreid and Eleanor Parker. A waitress and a medical student engage in a tumultuous years long romance. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1975ref. 158810Los Angeles: Motown Productions 1975. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1975 film. One photograph with a mimeo snipe attached to the verso one photograph with a folded mimeo snipe attached to the verso. A young woman from Chicago dreams of making it big in the fashion industry when she gets discovered and reinvented into fashion model Mahogany. Even with her new found success in Rome she still feels lost without her love she left back home in Chicago. Set in Chicago and Rome shot on location in Chicago and Rome. One photograph 8 x 10 inches one photograph 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Motown Productions unknown books
1977ref. 158871N.p.: Jouer Unlimited 1977. Two studio still photographs from the 1977 film. A parody of 1920s silent film and actors particularly actor Rudolph Valentino. A studio that rivals Valentino's decides to hire an actor to compete with him choosing a baker from Milwaukee. Set in Hollywood shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Jouer Unlimited unknown books
1965ref. 158863N.p.: Filmove studio Barrandov 1965. Vintage studio still photograph of actress Ida Kami ska from the 1965 film. Based on the 1962 short story "The Trap" by screenwriter Ladislav Grosman. A Slovak man is given a sewing notions shop owned by an elderly Jewish woman as part of the government's Aryanization program. He doesn't have the heart to tell her and pretends to be her new employee. The two form a bond which is tested when the authorities begin rounding up the town's Jewish population. One of the comparatively few films from the Czechoslovak New Wave filmed in the Slovak as opposed to the Czech language. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Filmove studio Barrandov unknown books
1950ref. 158844Universal City CA: Universal International Pictures 1950. Collection including one vintage studio still photograph and two vintage reference photographs of Marguerite Chapman from the 1950 film. Jesee James arrives in Lawrence Kansas where he is about to be lynched for being part of Quantrill's Raiders though he is not. A Union officer intervenes on his behalf and he is saved only to join up with Quantrill's Raiders. He begins to question where his loyalty lies upon seeing the atrocities purported by the Raiders. Set in Kansas shot on location in California and Utah. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. Universal International Pictures unknown books
1934ref. 158854Beverly Hills CA: 20th Century Pictures / United Artists 1934. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 film here advertised under working title "The Firebrand." Based on the 1945 play by Edwin Justus Mayer. A duke and duchess both have their eyes on other people but do not want the other to know. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with one small tear to the top left corner and a small chip missing from the top right corner. 20th Century Pictures / United Artists unknown books
1973ref. 158868Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1973 film. Based on the 1970 novel by Darryl Ponicsan. Two foul-mouthed sailors are assigned a shore patrol to escort a young seaman to a Navy prison in Maine to begin a heavy-handed eight year sentence. The pair decides to take their captive out for a few adventures before his prison term including getting drunk skating in Rockefeller Center going to a brothel and more. Screenwriter Robert Towne faced difficulty adapting Ponicsan's novel for the screen largely due to Columbia Studios' concern over the novel's profanity. The film eventually gained the dubious distinction of the most uses 65 of the word "fck" in a motion picture at the time of its release. Set and shot on location in New Jersey Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine New York and Virginia in the US and Ontario in Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1979ref. 158859N.p.: Backstage Productions 1979. Vintage studio still photograph of Curt Jurgens from the 1979 film. Based on the 1977 novel by Peter Lear. A neo-Nazi scientist tests his technology to create a physically 'superior' human on his young daughter. He enters her in a few races at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and makes money off her likeness. Set in Moscow shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Backstage Productions unknown books
