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1963ref. 156799Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Estimating Script for the 1963 film. Two sharpshooters duel over a large amount of cash carried by a railway official and eventually settle their differences by opening a casino. An iconic Rat Pack film. Shot on location in Mojave and Cantil California. Tan studio wrappers noted as Estimating Script on the front wrapper dated March 18 1963. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 3-18-63 with credits for screenwriters Teddi Sherman and Robert Aldrich. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Mimeograph duplication on yellow stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Housed in a custom quarter leather clamshell case. Pitts 1422. Warner Brothers unknown books
1969ref. 158710N.p.: N.p. 1969. Draft script for the 1969 film. Based on the 1963 novel by David Stuart Leslie. A white advertising executive is forced to confront his own prejudices when he finds himself unexpectedly sharing a flat with a Black Jamaican-British lawyer. OCLC locates no holdings. AMPAS shows one holding. Set and shot on location in London. Orange titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 15 1968 with credits for screenwriter Evan Jones and novelist David Stuart Leslie. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with undated pink revision pages laid in throughout. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 158755New York: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1968. Revised Draft for the 1969 film. Script belonging to uncredited crew member with their name in manuscript ink in three places in the script. Additionally included with the script is a vintage reference photograph from the film showing cast and crew members on location. Based on the 1960 novel by Harold Robbins. A Mafia hit man is ready to retire but his employers not happy with this idea send a hit man out after him. Shot on location in New York City and Puerto Rico. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated 9/27/68 with credits for novelist Harold Robbins screenwriter A.J. Russell and director Bernard L. Kowalski. PAGES leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink yellow blue and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/15/68 and 11/5/68. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Photograph: 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown books
1976ref. 158745Tokyo: Haruki Kadokawa Films Inc 1976. Second Draft script for the 1977 film. A young African American is killed upon his arrival in Tokyo. The Japanese detective in charge of his case teams up with a New York City detective to try to solve the murder. Set and shot on location in New York City and Tokyo. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present. Noted as Draft #2 on the first page of text. 101 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a silver clasp binding. Haruki Kadokawa Films Inc unknown books
1951ref. 157122Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1951. Revised Final Draft script for the 1952 film. Copy belonging to actor Lon McCallister with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. A young prospector witnesses a group of bandits murder a miner and his son and resolves to help the law stop the gang unaware that the sheriff is secretly working as the bandit leader. Set in Montana. White titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated Sept. 21 1951. Title page present dated September 18 1951 noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Barry Shipman. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 100. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light creasing on the fore-edges of the first four leaves bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1971ref. 158638N.p.: Audubon Films 1971. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 US release of the 1970 West German film. A sexploitation film about a small-town girl who moves to the big city where she begins a career as a sex worker eventually falling in with a group of revolutionaries. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Audubon Films unknown books
1974ref. 158791Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1974. Six double weight reference photographs from the 1974 film. In an unusual size format for 1974 as well as being in black-and-white-but clearly vintage nonetheless. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel. While the film received a mixed reception from critics it was nevertheless praised for its lavish costumes and decadent set design. Winner of two Academy Awards. Set in New York shot on location in New York Rhode Island and in England. 9 x 6 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1945ref. 146563Culver City CA: Universal Pictures 1945. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1945 film of Deanna Durbin as amateur sleuth Nikki Collins. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Leslie Charteris wrote the original screen story but not the screenplay for this film and subsequently published the story as a novel in conjunction with the film's release. A light mystery with a terrific Woolrich-esque plot wherein a young girl Deanna Durbin sees a man being murdered from her train car window. Known for her addiction to mystery novels she is not taken seriously by the police and begins her own investigation. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with creasing and small pinholes. Spicer US. Grant US. Selby US. Universal Pictures unknown books
ref. 158711Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1982. Small archive of material from the 1982 film including a Master Stencil Final Revised Draft screenplay with studio secretarial annotations throughout a press kit with eight studio still photographs and six gatherings of promotional material and a complete set of eight lobby cards. Based on John Steinbeck's novels "Cannery Row" 1945 and "Sweet Thursday" 1954. David S. Ward's directorial debut. In 1940s Monterey a self employed marine biologist and former baseball star befriends a drifter working at the local bordello. Set and shot on location in Monterey and San Diego California. Screenplay: Self wrappers. Title page present dated October 24 1980 noted as FINAL REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter David S. Ward and novelist John Steinbeck. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/17/80 and 2/17/81. Pages Near Fine unbound. Lobby cards 14 x 11 inches. About Fine. Press folder photographs and promotional photographs Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1970ref. 158641N.p.: N.p. 1970. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1970 film. After catching her father in an affair a young woman decides to fall in with three hippies who have moved in next door. Shot on location in Montréal. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 158639N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 film showing actors Deborah Kerr and Kirk Douglas. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Adapted by director Elia Kazan from his own 1967 novel about an advertising executive on the verge of a nervous breakdown balancing the demands of his unhappy wife younger mistress and dying father. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles and New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 158770N.p.: Cinépix Film Properties 1972. Collection including four vintage studio still photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the 1972 film. Based on the play written by screenwriter and director William Fruet. A young girl is raped by her brother's friend and discovers she is pregnant shortly thereafter. Her parents quickly attempt to marry her off to an older man. Shot on location in Toronto Ontario. Four photographs 10 x 8 inches one photograph 9.75 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Cinépix Film Properties unknown books
1963ref. 158484N.p.: Advent Films / Union Films 1963. Collection of 14 vintage reference photographs from the 1963 British film. A "naturist" film about a woman who falls in love with a Korean War veteran and decides to join in with his nudist lifestyle. Shot on location in Kent. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus slightly age toned. Advent Films / Union Films unknown books
1978ref. 158774Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1978. Collection of nine vintage reference photographs and one vintage color studio still photograph from the 1978 film. One photograph with a mimeo snipe on the verso. A satirical comedy and spoof of the 1940s detective genre about a San Francisco private detective who attempts to prove his innocence in the murder of his partner's wife as well as search for a lost treasure. Robert Moore and Neil Simon's follow-up to their 1976 film "Murder by Death." Set in San Francisco CA shot on location in Los Angeles CA. Five photographs 8 x 10 inches five photographs 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1972ref. 158776N.p.: Cinépix Film Properties 1972. Collection of ten vintage studio still photographs and three vintage reference photographs from the 1972 film. Based on the play written by screenwriter and director William Fruet. A young girl is raped by her brother's friend and discovers she is pregnant shortly thereafter. Her parents quickly attempt to marry her off to an older man. Shot on location in Toronto Ontario. Eight photographs 10 x 8 inches two photographs 8 x 10 inches three photographs 10 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Cinépix Film Properties unknown books
1959ref. 158780Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1959. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1959 film. Photographs housed in a brown paper envelope presumably as issued. Based on the 1953 novel by Romain Gary. A man tries to help his wife achieve Hollywood stardom even though he knows virtually nothing about women. Considered to be one of Nunnally Johnson's greatest flops. Set in Hollywood and France. Two photographs 10 x 8 inches one photograph 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1956ref. 158784N.p.: Ãguila Films 1956. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 film. An Italian-Spanish co-production. A nuclear scientist decides that his work is not doing any good for humanity and runs away to a small coastal town in Spain to hide. Set in Calabuch Spain shot on location in Peñsicola Castellón Spain. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Ãguila Films unknown books
1948ref. 158749N.p.: Continental Distributing 1948. Vintage pressbook for the US release of the 1948 French film. A meek Parisian tax collector sets off on a madcap hunt for his aunt's lost corpse in order to claim his inheritance leading to his inadvertent involvement in the French criminal underground. 10 x 14 inches. Bi-fold with a second horizontal fold and a single laid-in leaf as issued. Near Fine. Continental Distributing unknown books
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
1951ref. 158754Rome: Titanus 1951. Vintage pressbook for the 1951 Italian film. Text and titles in Italian. An opera singer falls in love with a masked bandit known as the Count of Saint Elmo who robs the wealthy in order to fund his fight against the oppressive Italian government. Set in Sicily. 8.7 x 12.5 inches. Bi-fold. Near Fine with faint wear on the bottom edge. Titanus 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
