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1948ref. 146321London: Highbury Studios 1948. Shooting script for the 1949 film. Based on the 1930 play. Inhabitants of a sleepy British village rise up in protest when a large corporation announces a plan to build a large development on their cricket field. The matter is appropriately settled through a cricket match. Set in Britain. Green titled wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper. Title page present noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 95. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with three undated revision pages printed on white stock laid in. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good side stapled. Highbury Studios unknown books
1961ref. 151020N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph of Anouk Aimee from the 1961 film. Provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" and provenance label of "de Selva - Tapabor" on verso. Jacques Demy's tribute to Max Ophuls with title and character inspired by Josef von Sternberg's "Der Blaue Engel" 1930 starring Marlene Dietrich. Roland Cassard is a bored layabout until he has a chance encounter with Lola a girl he dated in his teens before the war. Roland finds a renewed purpose in life realizing he is still in love with Lola now a cabaret dancer and mother who hopes her son's father her true love may still return. Shot on location in Nantes France. 8.75 x 12 inches. Very Good plus with some edge and corner wear. Criterion Collection 714. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
ref. 146327N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. A young man with amnesia in the aftermath of a bloody car accident finds himself embroiled in a mysterious government plot. Tall burnt orange untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriters James Foster and John Davis. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with dampstaining to the title page and final leaves wrapper Very Good plus with some fading and rusting near the binding bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 146330London: Merton Park Studios 1960. Shooting script for the 1961 British film noir here under the working title "The Man Who Knew." Loosely based on Edgar Wallace's 1918 crime novel "The Man Who Knew." A man who has arranged his business partner's murder finds his plan has gone awry when the hitman does not properly dispose of the murder weapon which is stolen and eventually makes its way into the hands of the police. Tall white titled self wrappers housed in a tan folder dated September 1960 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Robert Stewart and novelist Edgar Wallace. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 54. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with rust to the binding and title page detached side stapled. Grant UK. Merton Park Studios unknown books
1934ref. 146328Elstree: British International Pictures 1934. Draft script for the 1934 film. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations on the front wrapper and first leaf. A wimpy foppish clerk is fired from his job and as a last resort enlists in the Navy. Tall orange titled wrappers noted as copy No. 1 dated 25th January 1934. Title page present dated 25th January 1934. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with soiling and dampstaining to both and rusting near the page binding with silver prong binding. British International Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 150979N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of Claude Jade from the 1969 film. "Raymond Depardon-Gamma" photographer stamp on verso. Raymond Depardon is a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist who in 1966 co-founded the prestigious photojournalism agency Gamma and became director in 1973. He also the director of several documentary shorts and feature films having directed 17 films since 1969 including the 1990 documentary short "La Captive du Desert" which was nominated for the Palm d'Or at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. The third of Truffaut's series of five films wherein Léaud portrays Truffaut's semi-autobiographical Antoine Doinel. Set in and shot on location in Paris France. 8 x 11.75 inches. Light creasing else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 186. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1964ref. 151004Paris: Parc Film 1964. Two vintage oversize borderless photographs one of Catherine Deneuve and Anne Vernon and one of Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo from the 1964 film. Both with provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" one with layout annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. One of director Demy's most beloved films about a young woman in Cherbourg who falls in love with a man who is promptly drafted into the Algerian War. A classic of French cinema with every word of dialogue sung in recitative. The first French film musical shot in color and the movie that made Deneuve a star. Winner of the Palme d'Or and two other prizes at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in Cherbourg Normandy France. 12 x 8.75 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear one with three pinholes to corners and one with a single pinhole and a small piece of cello tape on recto to upper left corner. Criterion Collection 716. Godard Histoires du cinema. Parc Film unknown books
1961ref. 148697Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1961. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1962 film. Based on the 1958 book by Alexander Klein. William Holden as an ex-American citizen living in Sweden who gets blackmailed into spying for the Allies during WWII. He is reluctant to help until his relationship with a beautiful German double agent causes him to rethink his decision. The great Klaus Kinski even makes a brief appearance. Set and shot on location in Denmark Sweden and Germany. 26.75 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus several pinholes primarily to margins. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 148790Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1954. Vintage three-sheet poster for the 1953 film. Based on the 1949 novel "The Girl on the Via Flaminia" by Alfred Hayes. Visiting Villefrance in the early 1950s Robert Teller Kirk Douglas reminisces on his time in the US Army in Paris nearing the end of WWII and his romance with the beautiful French peasant girl Lise Dany Robin. Set in and shot on location in Paris and the French Riviera France. 40.75 x 78 inches. Two panels folded as issued. Very Good with large closed tear to mid-right splitting to some folds several small closed tears at the extremities and light soiling. Royal Books can arrange for archival linen backing of posters. Please inquire. United Artists unknown books
1959ref. 148742Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Vintage one sheet poster for the US release of the 1958 British film noir. Based on the 1956 novel by Donald MacKenzie. Con-artist Paul Gregory George Nader charms an old widow Bessie Love and steals her husbands coin collection hides it and then waits to get arrested thinking he'll get a minor sentence and retrieve it afterward. When the judge gives him a substantially longer term than expected he decides to escape from prison but his attempts at recovering the stash proves more difficult than expected. Maggie Smith's theatrical debut and the penultimate film produced by the British production company Ealing Studios. Set in and shot on location in London. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good with large horizontal closed tear along top right crease and some small chips and closed tears at the extremities. Spencer UK. Selby UK. Grant UK. Lyons UK. Spicer UK. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1968ref. 148700N.p.: Plaza Pictures 1968. Vintage one sheet poster for the US release of the 1968 Italian film. Woody Strode began his career as an American decathlete and football star and went on to become a film actor working in American and international films. Both a modern Marxist re-imagining of the Christ story and a poetic and allegorical depiction of Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba the film was to debut at the Cannes Film Festival but did not screen due to the festival being canceled in support of the May 1968 Paris uprising. 26.75 x 38 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with closed tears to top corners two chips to bottom corners and pinholes. Plaza Pictures unknown books
1980ref. 151130Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1980. Vintage press kit for the 1980 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 13 black and white photographs and 10 gatherings of promotional reading material. A divorced father fights for visitation rights of his children when his ex-wife and their children disappear after joining the federal witness protection program with his ex-wife's new husband who is a shady low-tier mobster. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1978ref. 151181Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1978. Vintage press kit for the 1978 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 17 black and white photographs housed in a brown paper envelope and 17 gatherings of promotional reading material. A New York gallery worker struggles to adapt to the changing sexual and moral climate of the 1970s when she is abandoned by her husband of sixteen years. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Criterion Collection 1032. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1995ref. 146338London: Red Rooster Film and Television Entertainment 1995. Four shooting scripts for the 1996 television film first aired in four parts on BBC on November 13 1997 complete in four volumes. With two typed leaves detailing the proposed cast list laid in. Several scripts missing pages as noted below likely as used or issued. Based on the 1993 crime novel. An author sets out to write a book about Olive Martin a young woman convicted of brutally killing her mother and sister and subsequently sentenced to life in prison. As the author delves deeper into the details of the crime she begins to uncover a conspiracy and is gradually persuaded of Olive's innocence. Set in the UK. Housed in a generic blue folder with a manuscript ink notation from screenwriter Reg Gadney on the front flap. Part One: White titled self wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 25th AUGUST 1995 with credits for screenwriter Reg Gadney and novelist Minette Walters. 58 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 8.9.95 and 28.9.95. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with rusting and creasing to the binding with silver prong binding. Part Two: White titled self wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 25th AUGUST 1995 with credits for screenwriter Reg Gadney and novelist Minette Walters. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 8.9.95 and 20.9.95. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with rusting to the binding and the front wrapper partially detached with silver prong binding. Part Three: White titled self wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 30th AUGUST 1995 with credits for screenwriter Reg Gadney and novelist Minette Walters. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 13.9.95. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with rusting and creasing to the binding with silver prong binding. Part Four: White titled self wrappers noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 31st AUGUST 1995 with credits for screenwriter Reg Gadney and novelist Minette Walters. 65 leaves with last page of text numbered 56. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 13.9.95 and 28.9.95. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with rusting and creasing to the binding with silver prong binding. Red Rooster Film and Television Entertainment unknown books
1980ref. 151112Universal City: Universal Pictures 1980. Vintage press kit for the 1980 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 21 black and white photographs and 9 gatherings of promotional reading material. A crooked cantankerous bookie in 1930s Los Angeles is given a six-year-old little girl as collateral for a bet and soon finds himself the child's sole caretaker. A remake of the 1934 film directed by Alexander Hall starring Shirley Temple. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles Long Beach Sonora County and Santa Rosa California. Folder photographs and promotional material Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown books
1981ref. 151184Universal City: Universal Pictures 1981. Vintage press kit for the 1981 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing ten black and white photographs and eleven gatherings of promotional reading material. A middle-aged executive in the midst of a midlife begins an affair with his son's girlfriend a suburban housewife who is married to a volatile fireman. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1953ref. 146324London: Ealing Studios 1953. Second Draft script for the 1953 film here under the working title "Newmarket Heath." A former champion jockey who was discovered accepting bribes and subsequently banned from jockeying decides to train a young man to become his racing successor. Set and shot on location in England. Tall tan titled wrappers noted as Second Draft Script on the front wrapper dated 1st May 1953. Title page present dated 1st May 1953 noted as SECOND DRAFT SCRIPT. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Mimeograph duplication on lavender stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Ealing Studios unknown books
1980ref. 151178Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1980. Vintage press kit for the 1980 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing five black and white photographs and two gatherings of promotional reading material. A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set where he is mistaken for a stunt man allowing him to hide out from the law and romance the film's leading lady. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1978ref. 151102Universal City: Universal Pictures 1978. Vintage press kit for the 1978 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 2 black and white photographs and 18 gatherings of promotional reading material. A radical hippie turned private eye is hired to investigate a fake campaign flyer showing the incumbent governor of California with a Berkeley activist who has been missing for years. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Universal Pictures unknown books
1977ref. 149031Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1977. Archive of seven vintage double weight borderless photographs from the 1977 film by special photographer Alan Pappe. Included is are four striking photographs of Julie Christie two photographs showing Fritz Weaver and Julie Christie with "the creature" and one photograph of director Donald Cammell on the set. With the stamp of photographer Alan Pappe on the verso of each photograph. Pappe worked as a film still and press photographer for 30 years covering a who's who of film and music stars including iconic images of Sharon Tate Jimi Hendrix and Liza Minnelli as well as album cover for the "Grease" soundtrack album and the interior images of Jefferson Airplane's "After Bathing at Baxter's." His 1972 "Time" magazine cover photograph of Minnelli in "Cabaret" is part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. Based on Dean Koontz 1973 novel of the same name about a scientist who creates an artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with procreating with the scientist's wife. Roughly 9.75 x 6.75 inches slightly irregularly trimmed. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1979ref. 151103Universal City: Universal Pictures 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 Mexican-American exploitation film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing nine black and white photographs and four gatherings of promotional reading material. The increasingly paranoid fanatical leader of a large independent church in San Francisco moves his congregation to a plot of land in Guyana in the hopes of creating a utopia. A controversial fictionalization of the Jonestown Massacre. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1979ref. 151119Universal City: Universal Pictures 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 11 black and white photographs and 13 gatherings of promotional reading material. A marathon runner training to qualify in the Summer Olympics faces estrangement from his wife and struggles with unemployment due to his dedication to the sport. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
ref. 150024Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1988. Archive of three screenplays for the classic 1989 film including one Shooting script one Re-shoot script and one Final Draft script. Shooting script with several manuscript ink annotations throughout mostly noting editorial revisions. Bound in after the Shooting script is a 34-page xerographically duplicated Re-shoot script dated November 4 1988. Cameron Crowe's directorial debut following the romance that develops between an awkward but noble army brat and the beautiful class valedictorian after graduation. One of the defining high school films of the 1980s and a breakthrough role for actor John Cusack. Shot on location in Los Angeles and Seattle. Shooting script: Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated February 29 1988 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for director and screenwriter Cameron Crowe. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication on green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Reshoot script: Beige untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 8 1988 noted as RESHOOT SCRIPT with credits for director and screenwriter Cameron Crowe. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 38. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Final Draft script: Lacking front wrapper but retaining its manila rear wrapper. Title page present dated November 10 1987 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for director and screenwriter Cameron Crowe. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. McPadden Teen Movie Hell. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
ref. 156574Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1975. Shooting script for the 1976 film. Copy belonging to title designer Dan Perri with his signature in black manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Based on the 1968 play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit. A revisionist look at the Buffalo Bill legend in which the buffoonish Bill hires Chief Sitting Bull to star in his Wild West Show but finds himself frequently butting heads with Sitting Bull's own vision of the American West. Set in the American West shot on location in Alberta Canada. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated 7/17/75 noted as SHOOTING with credits for screenwriters Alan Rudolph and Robert Altman. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. In a custom green quarter-leather clamshell box. United Artists unknown books
1968ref. 145862Hollywood: M.J. Frankovich Productions 1968. Final Draft script for the 1969 film. Single manuscript notation on the title page. The story of two West Coast couples as they navigate the changing social and sexual climate of the late 1960s. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay. Set and shot on location in Nevada and California. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 5 1968 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between September 9 1968 and October 17 1968. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. M.J. Frankovich Productions unknown books
