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1956ref. 148868Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1956. Vintage studio still photograph of the American R&B and jump blues musical group The Treniers from the 1956 film. Mimeo snipe and Columbia Pictures Corp. stamp on verso. Rock and Roll star Arnie Haines Alan Dale returns home to the town of Melondale which banned Rock and Roll music and with the help of disc Jockey Alan Freed as himself tries to convince the town that the music won't turn their children into delinquents. With notable lip-syncing performances from Bill Haley and His Comets Little Richard and The Treniers. A follow-up to the 1956 Rock and Roll film "Rock Around the Clock" also directed by Fred F. Sears and written by Robert E. Kent and also featuring Alan Freed and Bill Haley and His Comets. Set in the fictitious town of Melondale shot on location in Los Angeles California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1974ref. 148768N.p.: N.p. 1974. Four vintage double weight studio still photographs from US release of the 1973 Dutch film. Based on Jan Wolkers' 1969 novel. A gifted but poor sculptor marries a beautiful wealthy young woman but their relationship is tumultuous and soon sours. Director Paul Verhoeven's second feature film the screen debuts of both Rutger Hauer and Monique van de Ven and the most successful release in the history of Dutch cinema. Set in and shot on location in Noord-Holland and Rotterdam Netherlands. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 148870N.p.: The American Film Theatre 1973. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1973 film housed in their original brown paper envelope stamped "The Homecoming 8 Stills." Based on the 1965 play by Harold Pinter who also wrote the screenplay. Teddy Michael Jayston brings his wife Ruth Vivien Merchant to visit his estranged and abrasive family in a dingy claustrophobic North London flat after a nine year absence. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. The American Film Theatre unknown books
1975ref. 148809N.p.: N.p. 1975. Two promotional portrait photographs of David Bowie likely used as part of a press release announcing Bowie's casting in the 1976 film "The Man Who Fell to Earth." Each with a fold over mimeo snipe from public relations firm Rogers and Cowan dated 5-29-75. One photograph with Bowie's name and RCA Records and Tapes printed in the bottom margin. Just three weeks prior RCA had released Bowie's ninth studio album "Young Americans" and earlier that year the BBC had broadcast the documentary "Cracked Actor" about the singer which led director Nicholas Roeg to cast Bowie in his upcoming adaptation of Walter Tevis' 1963 novel. 8 x 10 inches. One photograph with slight even fading else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 304. N.p. unknown books
1964ref. 148813New York: Janus Films 1964. Collection of thirteen vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1963 Swedish film. Three with mimeo snipe and "R.R. Stuart Collection" stamp on the verso. The third entry in Ingmar Bergman's trilogy of faith and redemption preceded by "Through A Glass Darkly" 1961 and "Winter Light"1963. A stark and enigmatic allegory fueled by subtle performances from Ingrid Thulin and Gunnel Lindblom. Ester Thulin a translator and intellectual suffering from a terminal disease is traveling home with her younger resentful sister Anna Linblom and Anna's son Johan Jorgen Lindstrom when they stop in the town of Timoka in a fictional European county on the brink of war with an unknown dialect. After they check into a nearly empty hotel with the exception of a group of Spanish dwarves in a traveling show Anna leaves and has an affair with a waiter as Johan wanders the hallways. Regarded as one of the most sexually provocative films of its day. 8 x 10 inches. Three with faint even fading one with pinholes to corners one with a small closed tear in top margin else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 211. Ebert III. Janus Films unknown books
1947ref. 148811West Hollywood: Eagle-Lion Films 1947. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1948 British film. One with Dion McGregor Collection stamp on the verso. After sustaining a head injury in a bus crash young scientist convalesces in a boardinghouse where a young woman is brutally murdered. Now a prime suspect with a poor memory due to the accident and no alibi he begins to wonder if he could have done it. Roy Ward Baker's directorial debut. Shot on location in Buckinghamshire and London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus light corner and edgewear one with small chip to upper left corner two with pinholes and modest bruising. Selby Master. Selby UK. Grant UK. Spicer UK. Eagle-Lion Films unknown books
ref. 148810Tokyo: Toho 1970. Draft script for the 1970 Japanese film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations to the rear wrapper and throughout the text. Included with the script is a mimeographed shooting schedule. Text and titles in Japanese. Annotations relate to the following: a names of the chosen cast members b set rehearsals and camera rehearsals c times for shooting e.g. Morning Afternoon Evening and Night phone numbers for production personnel d names of potential and/or hired camera assistants e names of potential and/or hired actors f indication of the production company chosen Toho Corporation as well as film stock and lens sizes to be used g additional notes regarding location of some settings h changes to dialogue and action and h some final post-production notes. Director Akira Kurosawa's first color film based on Shugoro Yamamoto's 1962 novel "Kisetsu no nai machi" A City Without Seasons. A series of vignettes about a slum in the suburbs of Tokyo and its impoverished inhabitants. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Set and shot on location in Tokyo. Script: White titled wrappers. Title page present. 90 leaves with last page of text numbered d-37. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with perfect binding. Schedule: White titled wrappers. 13 leaves with last page numbered 23. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a faintly toned spine and very faint foxing to the fore-edge side-stapled with two staples. Detailed notes with translation of annotations noted above with accompanying images are provided with the script. Toho unknown books
1941ref. 148690Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1941. Final Draft script for the 1942 film. Production No. 690 and copy No. 140 both rubber stamped on the front wrapper with FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. John T. Bromley Joseph Allen a young man from high society is physically humiliated by a prizefighter William Haade before his socialite sweetheart Jenny Killian Brenda Joyce. He goes to a training camp to redeem his self-respect and ensure his success in a rematch. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Shot on location in Sherwood Forest California. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 140 and production No. 690 dated OCT. 23 1941. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated October 23 1941 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Walter Bullock. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/27/41 and 11/11/41. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a few small closed tears bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1963ref. 148710Tokyo: Kurosawa Production Co 1963. Draft script for the 1965 Japanese film preceding the release by nearly two years. Text and titles in Japanese. Based on Shugoro Yamamoto's short story collection "Akahige Shinryotan." Toshiro Mifune's final film with director Akira Kurosawa considered one of the director's masterpieces following a small-town doctor and his new intern a highly educated arrogant young man. Set in the Edo district of Koishikawa. White titled wrappers with a blue titled dust jacket. Title page present dated 1963. 65 leaves with last page of text numbered g-17. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing to the rear wrapper with perfect binding. Jacket is Very Good plus with light foxing to the fore-edges and rear panel. Kurosawa Production Co unknown books
1944ref. 148705Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1944. Shooting Final Draft script for the 1945 film here under the working title "Two-Faced Quilligan." Production No. 911 and copy No. 6 rubber stamped on the front wrapper with SHOOTING FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. Single annotation in the script in manuscript pencil noting three names on the verso of last leaf. Patrick Michael Quilligan William Bendix captain of a barge named Mary named after his mother meets and falls for two women Joan Blondell and Mary Treen who remind him of his beloved deceased mother inadvertently marrying both. Set in Brooklyn and Utica New York. Brown titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 6 and production No. 911 dated DECEMBER 21 1944. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated December 21 1944 noted as Shooting Final with credits for screenwriter Arthur Kober. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/2/45 and 2/28/45. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with large chip on right edge of front wrapper bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
ref. 148354Rome: Solaris Cinematografica 2000. Eighth Draft script for the 2001 television film originally aired on January 22 on Channel 5. Copy belonging to script supervisor Franca Invernizzi with her extensive manuscript annotations on nearly every page and many page versos regarding camera shots takes timing and dialogue. Bound in after the script are six pages of Invernizzi's handwritten notes. Text in Italian. Missing page 98 likely as used or issued. Based on the 1995 novel by Maria Orsini Natale. A noblewoman's adopted daughter falls in love with her foster brother causing great rifts between mother and daughter and exposing older family secrets. Set and shot on location in Naples Italy. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 5 OTTOBRE 2000 with credits for director and screenwriter Lina Wertmuller screenwriter Elvio Porta and novelist Mario Orsini Natale. 196 leaves with last page of text numbered 186. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white undated revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light soil and edgewear bound with two silver brads. Solaris Cinematografica unknown books
ref. 148351Rome: Reteitalia 1989. Draft script for the 1989 television film originally aired on Video 80 on May 12. Copy belonging to script supervisor Franca Invernizzi with her extensive manuscript annotations on nearly every page and many page versos regarding camera shots takes timing and dialogue. Bound in after the script is an annotated list of scenes and several handwritten pages of Invernizzi's notes. Laid in with the script are three carbon typescript revision pages and several documents relating to production. Text in Italian. Based on Giovanni Guareschi's 1982 short story. After moving to Bologna to start a new life an impoverished widow decides to hide the existence of her nine children from her landlady in order to avoid higher rent prices. Set and shot on location in Bologna. Script: Brown quarter leather spring binder housing the script. Script in yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present dated Ottobre 1987 with credits for director Lina Wertmuller and novelist Giovanni Guareschi. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light wear overall and tape reinforcements to the spine bound with two gold brads. List of scenes: Seven leaves with last page numbered 7. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light edgewear. Reteitalia unknown books
ref. 148341London: Lord Grade 1978. Draft script for the 1978 film here under the working title "Titoli di Testa." Copy belonging to script supervisor Franca Invernizzi with her extensive manuscript annotations on nearly every page and many page versos regarding camera shots takes timing and dialogue. Bound in after the script is an annotated list of scenes and several handwritten pages of Invernizzi's notes. Text in Italian. In 1920s Sicily a capitalist and a socialist vie for the affections of a grief-stricken woman whose husband was killed by a fascist mafioso. The follow-up to director Lina Wertmuller's Oscar-nominated 1976 film "Seven Beauties" and a lyrical formidable film in its own right. Set and shot on location in Sicily. Script: Black faux-leather untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director Lina Wertmuller. 326 leaves with last page of text numbered 301. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white undated revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good with some revision pages lightly worn and toned to the edges wrapper Very Good lightly edgeworn with several tape repairs to the spine with perfect binding. List of scenes: 10 leaves with last page numbered 10. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light edgewear. Lord Grade unknown books
1953ref. 148411New York: International News Photos 1953. Vintage photograph of Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini on the set of the 1954 film. Mimeo snipe dated May 17 1953 "International News Photos" and "Return to: Chronicle Files" stamps on verso. The International News Photos snipe addresses the movie as "New Wine." While we could not verify that working title Rossellini and co-screenwriter Vitaliano Brancati had drawn on a script by Antonio Pietrangeli entitled "New Vine" for "Journey to Italy" and was likely an error by the news agency. Loosely based on the 1934 novel "Duo" by Colette. An English couple Alex George Sanders and Katherine Joyce Bergman eight years married travel to Italy to sell a villa inherited from Alex's uncle. Along the drive and during their stay at the villa they come to the realization they really don't know one another and have little desire to spend time together. Set in and shot on location in Naples and Rome Italy. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. BFI 540. Scorcese My Voyage to Italy. International News Photos unknown books
1971ref. 148885Hong Kong: Hong Hwa Film 1971. Vintage double-sided flyer for the 1972 film. With an English language synopsis on one side. A young girl finds an injured warrior who is being hunted by seven devils. He begins training her in a secret form of "evil karate" and once she grows up they set out to defeat the seven devils and their master. 14 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a shallow vertical crease. Light toning to one side of the flyer. Hong Hwa Film unknown books
1972ref. 148888Hong Kong: Kwong Ming Film 1972. Vintage double-sided flyer for the 1972 film. With an English language synopsis on one side. In early 20th century China a worker accidentally kills his boss in a fight. He flees to Thailand with his friends where they are forced to fight in an underground fighting ring. 14 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light toning and occasional light foxing. Kwong Ming Film unknown books
1999ref. 137207Santa Monica: Home Box Office HBO 1999. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the HBO television movie "The Jack Bull." Loosely based on the 1810 novella "Michael Kolhaas" by Heinrich von Kleist. A tale of revenge following a rancher who refuses to sell his ranch to a greedy land baron. The landowner slowly eats away at Cusack's livelihood charging tolls abusing his horses and later killing his wife. Set in Wyoming just prior to its statehood shot on location in Alberta. 8 x 10 inches. Fine condition. Home Box Office [HBO] unknown books
ref. 149074Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1976. Final Shooting script for the 1977 film. Uncredited makeup artist Rick Schwartz's copy with his ownership name on the title page in manuscript link and with penciled check marks throughout relating to close-ups in the film. Secretarial notation of supervising producer Irwin Allen's name on the title page. A stunt-heavy 1970s powerhouse designed to capitalize on the enormous success of the 1971 film "Evel Knievel" but with this entry featuring inimitable motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel as himself. Also cast are Gene Kelly as his alcoholic mechanic and Leslie Nielsen as a power-hungry Mexican drug lord. Knievel is offered a fortune to perform in Mexico unaware that a drug cartel intends to kill him and use his tour bus to smuggle hundreds of kilos of cocaine. Set in California and Mexico shot on location in Monterey Park Burbank and Long Beach California. Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped FINAL on the front wrapper. Title page present dated February 13 1976 noted as SHOOTING FINAL with credits for screenwriter Antonio Santillan sic. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1961ref. 128815London: Merton Park Studios 1961. Final Shooting Script for the 1962 UK film. The 18th film out of 47 of the "Edgar Wallace Mysteries" a British film series that showed as 1-hour second features on British film screens between 1960 and 1965 then later on television. White titled wrappers noted as Final Shooting script on the front wrapper dated October 1961 with credits for screenwriter Mackie and writer Wallace. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 64 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Merton Park Studios unknown books
1968ref. 140838N.p.: Wolper Pictures 1968. Revised Draft script for the 1968 film. Based on the book of the same name by Robert H. Adleman and Col. George Walton. Based on the 1966 book by Robert H. Adleman and Col. George Walton in turn based on the true story of a specially trained unit of misfit American and Canadian soldiers given the seemingly impossible task to capture Mt. La Difensa and prove their merit. Set in America England and Italy shot on location in Utah and Italy. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1/13/67 noted as Final Revised with credits for William Roberts. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Rubber stamped on the title page #79. Wolper Pictures unknown books
1962ref. 128816London: Merton Park Studios 1962. Final Shooting script for the 1962 UK film. The 21st film out of 47 of the "Edgar Wallace Mysteries" a British film series that screened as 60-minute second features on British film screens between 1960 and 1965 then later on television. A shady businessman has perpetrated a fraud that has resulted in the death of a large number of people. His business partner has evidence of the fraud and threatens the fraudster with exposure in the event of any further dishonest dealing. But when the fraudster suddenly receives death threats he decides to fake his own murder. . Light blue tall titled wrappers noted as Final Shooting Script on the front wrapper dated January 1962 with credits for screenwriter Harris and writer Wallace. 55 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver British-style brads. Merton Park Studios unknown books
1984ref. 147136Beverly Hills CA: Walter Shenson-Robert Dornhelm 1984. Second Draft script for the 1986 film. With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper and a few copied manuscript annotations to page 59 and 60 noting grammatical revisions. A young pizza delivery worker falls for his new roommate a single mother who wants to be an actress but can only find work as a telegram-singing stripper. Meanwhile their next door neighbor an Austrian bodybuilder idolizes Arnold Schwarzenegger and dreams of true love. Set and shot on location in Echo Park Los Angeles and Vienna Austria. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated May 1 1984 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Michael Ventura. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Walter Shenson-Robert Dornhelm unknown books
1969ref. 144659New York: Jerome Hellman Productions 1969. Draft script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to the film's still photographer Ron Munkasci with his name in red manuscript ink at the top right corner of the title page. Based on the 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy about an unlikely friendship between a would-be gigolo and an ailing con artist. Cornerstone film of the New Hollywood cinema nominated for seven Academy Awards winning Best Adapted Screenplay Best Director and Best Picture. Set in New York City shot on location in Miami Manhattan and Big Spring Texas. Dark blue titled wrappers noted as DRAFT SCREENPLAY at the bottom right and with the logo for JEROME HELLMAN PRODUCTIONS at bottom center. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Waldo Salt novelist James Leo Herlihy producer Jerome Hellman and director John Schlesinger noted as "A JEROME HELLMAN-JOHN SCHLESINGER PRODUCTION." 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine with some offsetting to the title page due to a newspaper clipping still present laid in wrapper Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Jerome Hellman Productions unknown books
2010ref. 149043Minneapolis: Werc Werk Works 2010. Original working script from the 2012 film belonging to costume designer Molly Maginnis with her name on a handwritten slip of paper tucked into the front of the binder including a Revised Draft script a two-page xerographically duplicated document regarding costume fitting and two photographs from the set of the film. Warmly INSCRIBED on the title page by various crew and cast members including actors Diane Keaton Kevin Kline Sam Shepard and Elisabeth Moss. From the collection of costume designer Molly Maginnis. An unhappily married lonely woman finds love when she rescues a stray dog named Freeway. Shot on location in Utah. Housed in a blue three-ring binder. Title page present dated 9/20/10 noted as BLUE REVISION with credits for screenwriter Meg Kasdan and screenwriter-director Lawrence Kasdan. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus. Werc Werk Works unknown books
2001ref. 149058Los Angeles: Gracie Films 2001. Shooting Draft script for the 2001 television episode originally aired on October 2 on ABC. Copy belonging to costume designer Molly Maginnis warmly INSCRIBED on the title page by actress Joan Cusack: "Molly -- / my god you are so wonderful / Thank you for your ideas-and your great smarts / Joan Cusack / P.S. you were the highlight of sophistication in this show." Missing 13 pages likely as used or issued. From the collection of costume designer Molly Maginnis. A Chicago schoolteacher juggles a new relationship and fields day-to-day interactions in the workplace. The show aired for two seasons. Set in Ravenswood Chicago. Blue titled self-wrappers dated 8/3/01 noted as Shooting Draft with credits for director Terry Hughes and screenwriter Katherine Green. 30 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Gracie Films unknown books
