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1946ref. 157114Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1946. Shooting Final script for the 1947 film seen here under the working title "Bob Son of Battle." Copy belonging to actor Lon McCallister with his annotations in manuscript pencil throughout. Included is a photograph of the cast and crew having a meal on the set with Peggy Ann Garner at the center of attention. Based on the 1898 novel "Owd Bob" by Alfred Ollivant. An aging crotchety shepherd fights his son in a collie dog sheepherding contest. Set in Scotland shot on location in Kanab Utah. Beige titled wrappers noted as Shooting Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 27 and production No. 113 dated June 25 1946. Title page present dated June 25 1946 noted as Shooting Final with credits for screenwriter Jerome Cady. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 143. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages dated between 7/5/46 and 10/31/46. Pages Very Good plus with faint foxing on the fore-edge of the title page wrapper Very Good with script laid into wrapper partially bound with a single gold brad. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1968ref. 156781Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Second Revised Final script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and title page. After the Civil War a Union officer and a Confederate officer are forced to band together in order to defend their respective traveling parties against bandits and revolutionaries. Shot on location in Sonora and Zacatecas Mexico and in Baton Rouge Louisiana. Cream titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper and production No. 175 dated December 3 1968. Title page present dated December 3 1968 noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL with a credit for screenwriter James Lee Barrett and story credits for Stanley Hough. 168 leaves with last page of text numbered 165. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus slightly yapped at the fore-edges bound internally with three gold brads. Housed in a custom brown quarter-leather clamshell box. Pitts 4638. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1981ref. 157696London: GTO Films 1981. Vintage pressbook from the 1981 British film. Kit includes one full-color bi-fold booklet and three studio still photographs. A comic documentary film following the exploits of British pop group Madness following their rise to fame from their humble pub-band origins. Booklet: 11.5 x 8.5 inches. Very Good plus with a light vertical crease on the fore-edges. Photographs 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one with annotations in manuscript ink on the recto. GTO Films unknown books
1950ref. 157665Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film showing director Billy Wilder smoking a cigarette with actor William Holden between takes. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso along with the stamp of Cinéma magazine. A down-on-his-luck screenwriter stumbles into the home of a forgotten silent film star quickly becoming enmeshed in her deranged plan for a comeback. A kingpin in the pantheon of films about fame and Hollywood Wilder's urban noir counterpart to the daylight rural world of "Ace in the Hole" 1951. Winner of three Academy Awards and nominated for another eight including Best Picture. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1950ref. 157686Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1950. Vintage reference photograph from the 1950 film showing actors George Sanders and Ann Baxter. Printed mimeo snipe in French affixed to the verso along with a provenance stamp. Based on the 1946 story "The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr. An aging Broadway star finds her life slowly and insidiously overtaken by her new assistant an ambitious young woman named Eve. Nominated for 14 Academy Awards winning six including Best Picture. The only film in Oscar history to receive four acting nominations for women-Bette Davis and Anne Baxter for Best Actress and Celeste Holm and Thelma Ritter for Best Supporting Actress. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus moderately faded. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 1003. Ebert I. Rosenbaum 1000. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1974ref. 157656N.p.: N.p. 1974. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1975 film. One with a printed snipe label affixed to the bottom edge of the recto. Noted independent director Mark Rappaport's first feature an experimental film shot in pieces over eighteen months in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 157648N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the French release of the 1969 film. A pompous dictator holds control over a small isolated community on a distant island but a simpleton thief threatens to overturn societal balance. Noted Polish director Walerian Borowczyk's second feature film. 9.25 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 157654N.p.: N.p. 1975. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1975 film. Printed snipe label affixed to the bottom edge of the rectos and both photographs with the stamp of photographer Babette Mangolte on the verso. An irreverent look at Mozart's relationships with the three Weber sisters punctuated with arias from his operas. Noted independent director Mark Rappaport's second feature film following "Casual Relations" in 1974. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1926ref. 157682N.p.: N.p. 1926. Vintage reference photograph from the 1926 film showing actor Buster Keaton in an elevator wearing a jaunty hat. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. During the Civil War an engineer must work to save the two loves of his life: a woman named Annabelle Lee and a train named The General. A box office disappointment upon release but long since reconsidered and now ranked among the the finest of Keaton's films. Shot on location in California and Oregon. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Eureka Masters of Cinema 173. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 60. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 157643Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1959. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1959 Japanese film showing director Kon Ichikawa talking with actors Junko Kano and Tatsuya Nakadai on the set. Printed mimeo snipe and Warner Brothers stamp on the verso. Based on Jun'ichir Tanizaki's 1956 novel "The Key" about an aging voyeuristic antique collector who manipulates his wife into having an affair with his daughter's fiancé as a means of curing his impotence. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1977ref. 157687N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage reference photograph from the 1977 film showing director and actor Woody Allen. A romantic comedy about the strange relationship between a neurotic comedian and his quirky girlfriend. Winner of six Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actress and Best Actor. Shot on location in California and New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Ebert II. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 157664N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage borderless color reference photograph from the 1973 film. Based on the 1959 novel by John Buell about a police detective who uncovers the demonic force responsible for the death of a heroin-addicted sex worker. Set and shot on location in Montreal. 9.5 x 7.15 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 157689Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1970. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film showing actors Rip Torn and Ellen Burstyn. Based on Henry Miller's 1934 novel a book initially banned in the US. A broke writer travels from New York to Paris living on the generosity of his expatriate American friends and spending any money he can get on alcohol and women. Rated X in the US upon release a rating that was changed to NC-17 in 1992. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1942ref. 157691N.p.: N.p. 1942. Vintage reference photograph from the 1942 film showing director Mitchell Leisen talking to actors Marlene Dietrich and Fred MacMurray between takes. Provenance stamp on the verso. An eccentric unmarried actress who longs for motherhood finds an abandoned baby and enlists a divorced pediatrician's help in raising the child. Set in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with paper tape reinforcements on the corner versos. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 157722N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage reference photograph of director Joseph Losey on the set of the 1968 film. An impoverished woman meets a young girl who claims to be her long-lost daughter believed to have died in a drowning accident years before. Set and shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 155109N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1970 French film showing actress Bernadette Lafont undressing behind a curtain. A modern retelling of the Biblical story of Cain and Abel. 9 x 11.5 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded at the edges. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 156320Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the US release of the 1972 Italian film showing actress Heather Johnson on the set. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the medieval narrative poem by Geoffrey Chaucer and the second film in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Trilogy of Life series following "The Decameron" 1971 and followed by "A Thousand and One Nights" 1974. Johnson appeared in the segment "The Steward's Tale." Set and shot on location throughout England. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with moderate edgewear curling and a short closed tear on the bottom edge. BFI 1116. Criterion Collection 633. United Artists unknown books
1964ref. 155082N.p.: Cinema Syndicate 1964. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1964 film. Printed label crediting "Bunny Yeager Photography" affixed to photograph versos. A magazine hires photographer and erstwhile pinup model Bunny Yeager to shoot a pictorial on the showgirls of Las Vegas leading to a number of nude hijinks. Yeager was one of the first pinup photographers to work outdoors in natural light and subsequently became one of the most successful and prolific pinup photographers of the 1950s and 1960s. Yeager is perhaps best remembered today for her 1954 photographs of a then little-known Bettie Page shooting a number of images which ran in "Playboy" magazine and would lead to Page's later stardom. Set and shot on location in Las Vegas and at the Hoover Dam. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Cinema Syndicate unknown books
1984ref. 155089N.p.: N.p. 1984. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1984 film showing actors John Hurt and Suzanna Hamilton. Based on George Orwell's classic 1949 novel about a civil servant in war-torn dystopian London. Richard Burton's final screen appearance. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 156015N.p.: N.p. 1981. Five vintage matte-finish borderless reference photographs from the 1981 French adult film. A young woman is sent by her mother to join a community of sexual fetishists led by an outgoing wealthy libertine in his isolated country manor. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Bier 140. N.p. unknown books
1978ref. 156029Geneva: Septima Film 1978. Four vintage oversize double weight photographs from the Swiss release of the 1978 adult film. With the stamp of Swiss distributor Septima Film on the verso. A failing pizza restaurant in San Francisco begins to offer more than just pizza with their deliveries. Directed by noted Chinese-American adult filmmaker Bob Chinn re-released in a new restoration by Vinegar Syndrome in 2014. Shot on location in Oakland San Francisco and Berkeley California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine unusually mounted on thick stock with keybook style holes at the corners for use in adult film theaters. Vinegar Syndrome 55. Septima Film unknown books
1977ref. 156017N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Dino Risi and actress Anicée Alvina on the set of the 1977 film. Stamp of Israel Film Archive on the verso. Based on the 1966 novel "Un'anima persa" by Giovanni Arpino. An amateur painter discovers that his aunt and uncle's run-down mansion is home to a number of strange and macabre secrets. Risi's second adaptation of Arpino's novel following "Profumo di donna" in 1974. Set and shot on location in Venice. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 156360Paris: Les Films Jacques Leitienne 1976. Two vintage oversize borderless matte-finish color photographs from the 1976 Italian-Yugoslavian film. Stamps of Les Films Jacques Leitienne on the versos. A young wealthy and bored prince flits from affair to affair at his family's sprawling country estate culminating in a wild orgy that ends in death. Shot on location in Croatia. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the corners. Les Films Jacques Leitienne unknown books
1973ref. 156341N.p.: Cinema 5 1973. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1973 film. Also included with the photographs is a newspaper clipping advertisement for the film. Based on the 1968 novel "Chewsday" by Dan Greenburg about a pair of middle-aged would-be swinger couples who rent a summer cottage together in Martha's Vineyard. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Cinema 5 unknown books
1968ref. 156346N.p.: N.p. 1968. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 French film showing director William Klein with actors Delphine Seyrig Philippe Noiret and other cast members between takes. Provenance stamps on the versos. A satire of superhero films and American imperialism following the adventures of the eponymous Mr. Freedom a beer-swilling white nationalist cop who moonlights as an anticommunist vigilante superhero. William Klein's second film following "Who Are You Polly Maggoo" 1966. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
