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1971ref. 156265Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1971 film both showing William Tepper in basketball garb one in the locker room and one on the court. Based on screenwriter Jeremy Larner's 1964 novel. Jack Nicholson's directorial debut a key film in the BBS Productions cycle of the early 1970s following several college students navigating Vietnam War protests uncertain romantic relationships and their own dubious futures after graduation. Shot on location at the University of Oregon and throughout Eugene Oregon. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 547. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1980ref. 153888N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Manuscript ink annotations to the title page and page 82. A teen comedy about a serious young girl who moves with her widowed father from Toronto to California where she quickly becomes immersed in her high school classmates' hijinks. Set in Toronto and California. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter William Byron Hillman. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with first leaf separated from the binding bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 155986Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1970. Vintage pressbook for the 1970 film. Based on the 1965 novel "The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones" by Jesse Hill Ford. A wealthy African American funeral director suspects a white policeman of having an affair with his considerably younger wife leading to a series of violent interactions with the police force who seek to avoid public exposure of the interracial affair. Director William Wyler's final film. Set in the fictional town of Somerset Tennessee and shot on location in Humboldt Tennessee. Seven pages saddle stapled. 11 x 17 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased at the edges. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1982ref. 153893N.p.: N.p. 1982. Draft script and treatment script for an unproduced film. Draft script incomplete as issued. A fantasy adventure about a middle-aged white man who is chosen by Hopi American Indians to ascend to interdimensional safety during a solar eclipse which will create a fourth "World Age" term used in script on Earth. Draft script: Red titled wrappers undated with credits for screenwriter Titus Leber. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a white comb binding. Treatment script: Self wrappers. Title page present dated 1982 with credits for screenwriter Titus Leber. 31 leaves with last page of text numbered 30. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus overall with a small splash to the top left corner of the title page bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1953ref. 153219N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage reference photograph of director Fritz Lang in conversation with actress Anne Baxter on the set of the 1953 film noir. Mimeo snipe to the verso. Based on the 1951 novella by Vera Caspary. A telephone operator wakes up with a hangover and a creeping feeling that she might have murdered her date the previous night. The first installment in Lang's "newspaper noir" trilogy followed by "While the City Sleeps" 1956 and "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" 1956. Set in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
1996ref. 155767Burbank CA: New Line Cinema 1996. Revised Draft script for the 1998 film copy belonging to Master Lead Painter Charlie Palazzo with the annotations in manuscript ink of "Charli P. / Print Dept." and copy number "301" on the front wrapper. "Blue Rev.1" script on blue paper dated 12/11/96 with copy number "707" in manuscript ink on the top right corner of the title page. Based on the Marvel Comics character created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan. Followed by two sequels "Blade II" 2002 directed by Guillermo del Toro and "Blade: Trinity" 2004 directed by screenwriter David S. Goyer all starring Wesley Snipes. Snipes stars as the Dhampir Blade a half-man half-vampire protecting the human race from evil vampires. The beginning of Marvel Comic's success in film adaptations which still continues unabatedly two and a half decades later. Set in and shot on location in Long Beach Death Valley and Los Angeles California and London Moscow and Vancouver. White titled self wrappers noted as Production Draft on the front wrapper dated 9/19/96 with credits for screenwriter David S. Goyer. Title page present dated 12/11/96 noted as "Blue Rev. 1" with credits for screenwriter David S. Goyer. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. New Line Cinema unknown books
1983ref. 153889N.p.: N.p. 1983. Draft script for the 1985 film here under the working title "Emerald." Based on the 1984 novel "The Emerald Illusion" about a German secret agent who faces off with an American spy in a prison in occupied France during World War II. Screenwriter and novelist Ronald Bass would go on to win an Academy Award in 1988 for his screenplay for "Rain Man." Set in Germany shot on location in France. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 24 1983 with credits for screenwriter and novelist Ronald Bass. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus with dampstaining affecting the front wrapper and top right corner of the title page bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1986ref. 153892N.p.: N.p. 1986. Draft script for the 1986 television film originally aired on January 12 1986 on CBS. Based on the 1981 novel by screenwriter Laird Koenig. With the help of a tabloid journalist a recently divorced woman searches for her two-year-old son who has been stolen by a black market child selling ring. Set in New York. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter and novelist Laird Koenig. 149 leaves with last page of text numbered 148. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1994ref. 153192N.p.: N.p. 1994. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director John Waters on the set of the 1994 film. Brief manuscript ink annotations to the verso noting the film title and Waters' name. A seemingly normal middle-class housewife in suburban Baltimore moonlights as a maniacal unstoppable serial killer. Waters' ninth feature film. Shot on location in Baltimore. 5 x 7 inches. Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. N.p. unknown books
1928ref. 153194N.p.: N.p. 1928. Reference photograph from the 1928 silent film struck circa 1950s showing director and actor Erich von Stroheim in a tender moment with Fay Wray. Manuscript ink and pencil annotations to the verso noting the film's title and the names of the photograph subjects. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Stroheim's runaway production was halted after nine months of shooting by producer Pat Powers having gone nearly $1 million over budget with an edited running time of over four hours. After a disastrous preview Paramount decided to release two films from the footage as was Stroheim's original intent with the second part entitled "The Honeymoon" now lost. The film follows Prince Nicki an impoverished aristocrat who is in love with a beautiful but poor innkeeper's daughter but is forced to marry the daughter of a wealthy factory owner. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registy. Scorsese A Personal Journey through American Movies. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 153220Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless studio still photograph of director Arthur Hiller and a camera crew capturing a sidewalk scene with actors Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal. With the stamp of Cinemagence to the verso. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Original Screenplay Best Actor for Ryan O'Neal Best Actress for Ali McGraw and Best Supporting Actor for John Marley and winning one for Best Original Score. 9.75 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 153231N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1970 film showing a near-nude Edy Williams. With the stamp of still photographer Willy Rizzo on the verso. After nearly a decade as one of America's most successful independent filmmakers sexploitation auteur Russ Meyer first reached out for the brass ring of major studio success with this frantic and most entertaining cult favorite once described by Meyer and screenwriter Roger Ebert as "the first exploitation-horror-camp-musical." The film follows three members of an all-girl rock band called The Kelly Affair who relocate to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Their success comes at the price of their friendship and integrity however and the girls eventually succumb to a nonstop train of decadence drugs and betrayal. Featuring one-hit wonders the Strawberry Alarm Clock supporting performances by Meyer regulars Charles Napier and Haji and a bit part from future Blaxploitation icon Pam Grier the film proved to be Meyer's biggest box-office success. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 8 x 12 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 836. N.p. unknown books
1943ref. 153221Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1943. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1943 film showing the canteen audience with a camera crew capturing the shot in the foreground. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of RKO Radio Pictures. A musical revolving around the romantic and comic goings-on at the Stage Door Canteen a real recreational center in New York created for for American and Allied servicemen during World War II. The actual Stage Door Canteen was a basement nightclub located in the 44th Street Theatre and was too busy to be used for filming. As a result the canteen was recreated at the Fox Movietone Studio and RKO Pathe Studios in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1966ref. 153193N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Alain Robbe-Grillet with cinematographer Willy Kurant and a cameraman on the set of the 1966 French film. An inexperienced drug runner on a cross-continental train becomes the central figure in the imaginations of a group of filmmakers who are engaged in the process of drafting their next feature. Set in Paris and Antwerp. 7 x 5 inches. Fine. BFI 2033. Grant France. N.p. unknown books
1962ref. 153200Rome: Cineriz 1962. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1962 film showing actor Alain Delon leaning against a fence. With a mimeo snipe on the verso along with the stamps of Keystone Photo and Publifoto. A woman's newfound relationship with a power-hungry stockbroker gradually erodes as she becomes dissatisfied with his shallow interests. The final film in Michelangelo Antonioni's modernity trilogy preceded by "L'avventura" 1960 and "La notte" 1961. Shot on location in Rome and Verona Italy. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing to the bottom left corner reinforced with white paper tape on the verso. Criterion Collection 278. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Cineriz unknown books
1955ref. 156298Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Striking vintage reference photograph from the 1955 film showing James Dean Raymond Massey and Julie Harris in a mournful moment. Based on the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck about two brothers who struggle for the attentions and favor of their deeply religious emotionally troubled father. Winner of Best Dramatic Film at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Actress Jo Van Fleet would go on to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and the film was nominated for three more Academy Awards including Best Director Best Screenplay and the first ever posthumous acting nomination in Academy history for James Dean's lead performance. Set and shot on location in Monterey and Salinas California. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown books
1955ref. 153202Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1955. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1955 film together depicting a fight sequence involving James Dean and Julie Harris. Based on the 1952 novel by John Steinbeck about two brothers who struggle for the attentions and favor of their deeply religious emotionally troubled father. Winner of Best Dramatic Film at Cannes and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Actress Jo Van Fleet would go on to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and the film was nominated for three more Academy Awards including Best Director Best Screenplay and the first ever posthumous acting nomination in Academy history for Dean's lead performance. Set and shot on location in Monterey and Salinas California. 10 x 8 inches. Slightly faded else Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Warner Brothers unknown books
1968ref. 153217Universal City: Universal Pictures 1968. Vintage reference photograph of director Joseph Losey in conversation with actresses Elizabeth Taylor and Mia Farrow between takes on the set of the 1968 film. To the left is script supervisor Pamela Davies giving instruction. Stamp of photographer Barrie Pattison on the verso. 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. Very Good plus with two short closed tears to the right edge. Grant US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1972ref. 153215Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actors Woody Allen and Diane Keaton from the 1972 film. Based on Allen's 1969 play. The predecessor of many great films Allen would write and direct throughout the 1970s in terms of shooting style timing romantic themes and the actors involved. Allen had already directed two films at this point "Take the Money and Run" in 1969 and "Bananas" in 1971 but this film is significant in that it predicted the more substantive romantic comedies that would later place him among the most important filmmakers of his era. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. Grant US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1959ref. 153211N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage reference photograph from the 1959 Italian film. A team of archaeologists investigating Mayan ruins discover a giant blob monster which appears to be related to a comet passing near the earth. An early directorial effort by influential Italian filmmaker Mario Bava who would go on to define the giallo genre. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn and soiled to the top right corner. N.p. unknown books
1952ref. 153204N.p.: N.p. 1952. Vintage reference photograph from the 1952 film showing a ballet performance from the perspective of the audience with the orchestra pit and conductor visible in the foreground. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Autobiographically reflective of screen icon Charlie Chaplin's fears of being left behind in the fading vaudeville and silent film era depicting the final years of a washed-up stage clown who briefly maintains an impossible relationship with a young dancer representative of a new generation of performers. The first and only time that Chaplin and fellow silent film star Buster Keaton would appear onscreen together and the only Chaplin picture to win an Academy Award albeit for the original score of the 1972 re-release. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Criterion Collection 756. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1945ref. 153237Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1945. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1945 animated short film. A fox and a crow each scheme to capture the other in order to claim a $5000 reward for a wanted animal which is instead intended for the capture of a notorious wolf. 10 x 8 inches overall with wide margins images measuring 4.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1985ref. 153201N.p.: N.p. 1985. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1985 film showing director Susan Seidelman reviewing the script on location. A bored New Jersey housewife gets involved in the life of a free spirited New Yorker through a series of events involving farcical elements such as amnesia and mistaken identity. Madonna's first major screen role and a breakthrough turn for Rosanna Arquette. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. N.p. unknown books
1948ref. 156004N.p.: N.p. 1948. Vintage reference photograph of William Wyler visiting the set of the 1948 film talking to director Fred Zinnemann and actress Jarmila Novotná between takes. A young Auschwitz survivor searches for his mother in the years following World War II. Actor Ivan Jandl was presented with a special juvenile Academy Award but was unable to travel to the US to receive the award due to restrictions by the communist government of his native Czechoslovakia. Shot on location in postwar Germany in Ingolstadt Munich Nuremberg and Würzburg. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the corners and bottom edge. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 155991Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1970. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1970 film. Based on the 1965 novel "The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones" by Jesse Hill Ford. A wealthy African American funeral director suspects a white policeman of having an affair with his considerably younger wife leading to a series of violent interactions with the police force who seek to avoid public exposure of the interracial affair. Director William Wyler's final film. Set in the fictional town of Somerset Tennessee and shot on location in Humboldt Tennessee. 27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus with light creasing at the corners and a small closed tear at the center. Columbia Pictures unknown books
