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1978ref. 150021N.p.: N.p. 1978. Two vintage borderless reference photographs shot on the set of the 1978 film one showing Robert Altman behind the camera and one showing Altman and Carol Burnett in conversation. In a style that Altman invented and had by this time more than mastered a mishmash of overlapping stories all centering around a middle-class wedding in the American South told over the course of a single day. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1961ref. 150030Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Tuesday Weld from the 1961 film. "BACHELOR FLAT Fox" printed near the top edge of the verso. Loosely based on the 1959 play "Libby" by screenwriter Budd Grossman and a reworking of director Frank Tashlin's earlier romantic comedy "Susan Slept Here" 1954 starring Dick Powell and Debbie Reynolds. Professor Bruce Patterson Terry-Thomas is the apple of all the girls eyes on campus. When he decides to stay at his out-of-town fiance's beach house to avoid the co-eds Libby Weld Helen's daughter he knew nothing of arrives and all matter of shenanigans ensue. Shot on location in Malibu California. 7 x 8.75 inches. Very Good plus with some faint creasing. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1986ref. 150041Paris: Interpress 1986. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Marushka Detmers from the 1983 film. Later printed French Interpress announcement with typos on verso. Loosely based on Georges Bizet's 1875 opera. A young woman involved in a terrorist gang is embroiled in a plan to rob a bank but her plans are waylaid when she falls for the security guard. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Interpress unknown books
1983ref. 148085N.p.: Embassy Pictures 1983. Vintage studio still photograph of Sam Neill and Derek Jacobi from the 1983 film. Based on Michael Barak's 1978 novel "The Enigma Sacrifice." C.I.A. Agent Bodley Michael Lonsdale recruits East German dissident Alex Holbeck Martin Sheen to infiltrate Soviet intelligence to prevent five KGB agents from assassinating Soviet dissidents in the west. Set in Paris and Berlin shot on location in France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Embassy Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 150057Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1975. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1975 film of Spielberg and crew in wetsuits filming waist deep in the Atlantic Ocean. "Movie Star News" stamp on verso. The film that basically invented the concept of the summer blockbuster forever changing how movies were greenlit and marketed and along with "Star Wars" two years later effectively signaled the end of the New Hollywood Cinema. Based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. Winner of three Academy Awards with a fourth nomination for Best Picture. Set in the fictional Amity Island shot on location in Martha's Vineyard MA. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with 1.25 inch closed tear on the upper mid left side mended on verso with paper tape. Ebert II. National Film Registry. Universal Pictures unknown books
1962ref. 146754N.p.: Kaufman-Lubin Productions 1962. Collection of 104 vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film including some great in-character photographs and head shots from Ben Gazzara Sammy Davis Jr. Broderick Crawford Vincent Price Roland LaStarza Timothy Carey Ray Walston and others also includes 5 photographs of Gazzara with author John Resko and one head shot of Resko. Mimeo snipes on the verso of the majority of photographs. "Convicts 4" here under the working title and title of Resko's 1956 autobiography upon which the film was loosely based Reprive. Dalton Trumbo wrote and directed with Millard Kaufman as his "front" as Trumbo was still blacklisted at the time which Kaufman had done before for Trumbo most notably for the 1950 Film Noir classic Gun Crazy. John Resko Gazzara is convicted of killing a store owner and sentenced to life in prison. While in prison he ignites a passion for art an activity that leads to a transformation in his character. Featuring a great supporting cast which includes among others Sammy Davis Jr. Rod Steiger Vincent Price Ray Walson Jack Albertson Timothy Carey pop singer Dodie Stevens and boxer Roland La Starza. Shot on location in Folsom Prison in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine some light edgewear and light curling 2 with creasing. Kaufman-Lubin Productions unknown books
1973ref. 149156Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Final Draft script for the 1974 film. Laid in are six blue revision pages dated 2/26/73. Based on the 1942 novel "The Stranger" by Lillian Bos Ross. Later re-released under the title "For Better For Worse." Gene Hackman stars as a rural rancher who sends away for a mail-order bride looking for an extra ranch hand. His headstrong bride played by Liv Ullman is a tough bargain and the two eventually fall in love through shared hardship and growing respect. An early effort of screenwriter Marc Norman twenty-five years before he would receive an Oscar for his work on "Shakespeare in Love." Set in a remote region of the American West shot on location in Big Sur California. Orange titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper dated February 26 1973. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 2/26/73 noted as FINAL with credits for screenwriter Marc Norman. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1978ref. 146439N.p.: N.p. 1978. Revised First Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on screenwriter Josef Shaftel's experiences working as a newspaper correspondent in 1948 in the Middle East during the Arab-Israeli conflict during which time he falls in love with a Jewish refugee and gradually becomes sympathetic to the Zionist cause. Shaftel's story was also the basis for a 1962 novel by Robert Nathan. Set in Rome Israel and Palestine. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated JUNE 5 1978 noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter JOSEF SHAFTEL. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated yellow revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a small dampstain affecting the front wrapper and lower page edge bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 149905N.p.: N.p. 1972. Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 Hammer horror film. A traveling circus in Eastern Europe holds a terrifying secret: its performers are bloodthirsty vampires who kill and eat the children of the villages the circus visits. Often noted as one of Hammer Productions' last great films a stylish grotesque fairy tale romp. Set in Serbia. Approximately 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown books
1941ref. 149904Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1941. Vintage reference photograph of director George Stevens in conversation with actress Irene Dunn on the set of the 1941 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. As she prepares to leave her husband a woman reflects on the highs and lows of her marriage including the couple's courtship wedding day and unfulfilled desire for a child. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing and light wear to the top edge. Olive Films 702. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1963ref. 149906Universal City: Universal Pictures 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film a Doris Day vehicle and the screenwriting debut of Carl Reiner he also starred. The photo shows an extraordinary prop a full size billboard advertising a product called "Happy Soap" which plays a part in the film's story. With the stamp of director-editor Barrie Pattison on the verso along with the stamp of Universal Film in Brussels. A suburban housewife is offered a lucrative job as the spokesperson for a popular soap company a career which begins to take over her time and attention to the displeasure of her family. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners reinforced with paper tape on the verso. Universal Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 146429N.p.: N.p. 1975. First Draft script for an unproduced film written by the Oscar-winning screenwriter Ernest Tidyman. Based on Martin Caidin's 1974 novel. An American ace pilot and his Japanese counterpart take to the skies during World War II to duel and are eventually forced into a friendship built on necessity. Screenwriter Ernest Tidyman previously won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "The French Connection" 1971 and was also known for writing both the John Shaft novel series and the screenplay for the 1971 film. Set in and above Japan. Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 6 1975 noted as "first draft" with credits for screenwriter Tidyman and novelist Martin Caidin. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with tape reinforcements to its silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 149918N.p.: N.p. 1969. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1969 film one showing director Francis Ford Coppola and the other showing Coppola and a camera crew filming a scene with actors Shirley Knight and James Caan. After discovering she is pregnant a young housewife takes off on a spontaneous road trip across the United States to reevaluate her life path. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus slightly rubbed. N.p. unknown books
1945ref. 146433N.p.: N.p. 1945. Revised Draft script for the 1945 film here under the working title "The Fugitive." With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper reading "92." All leaves watermarked CONTRACT FILE COPY. NOTE: script is incomplete as issued with text ending on page 92. The twelfth entry in the fourteen film Sherlock Holmes series featuring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce loosely based on Arthur Conan Doyle's 1911 short story "The Adventure of the Red Circle." The prime minister of the fictitious eastern European country Rovinia begs Holmes and Watson to escort Prince Nikolas back home as the king has been assassinated and the prince must ascend to the throne. The transatlantic voyage proves to be a dangerous journey and every passenger becomes a suspect though Holmes carries more than a few tricks and surprises up his cape. Set in Algiers. Tan titled wrappers rubber-stamped production No. 7309 dated May 20 1945. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with three closed tears on the front wrapper and light edgewear overall bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 149916N.p.: N.p. 1976. Seven vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1976 Italian film. Based on the real Salon Kitty a cabaret and brothel used by Nazi secret intelligence to collect information on high-ranking SS commandants and foreign dignitaries during World War II. Heavily edited for its US release with many political elements purged in order to market the film as a sexploitation production. Considered one of the progenitors of the Nazi exploitation genre. Set in Berlin. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Blue Underground. N.p. unknown books
1952ref. 149919Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1952. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1952 French anthology film showing director Max Ophuls with a camera crew filming a scene with actor Jean Gabin who appears in the episode "La Maison Tellier." Based on three short stories by Guy de Maupassant: "Le Masque" 1889 "La Maison Tellier" 1881 and "Le Modele" 1883. An exploration of pleasure and its repercussions. Set and shot on location in Paris and Calvados France. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 444. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1951ref. 149617N.p.: N.p. 1951. Vintage reference photograph of Maxwell Reed from the 1951 British film noir. Provenance stamp on the verso. Molly Natasha Parry a young actress is witness to a double murder by "The Dark Man" Reed and is stalked by the killer. Inspector Viner Edward Underdown assigned to the murders develops romantic feelings for Molly. Shot on location in Sussex and East Sussex England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant UK. Selby UK. Spicer UK. N.p. unknown books
1927ref. 149917Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1927. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1927 silent film showing actress Carmel Myers and vaudevillian-cartoonist Bert Levy here visiting the set in a cartoonist capacity. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. A light romantic comedy following a young woman who blackmails her prospective beau into marriage. Now considered a lost film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine lightly worn to the bottom left corner and top edge. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1975ref. 146241Hollywood: Turman-Foster 1975. First Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on noted African American writer and academic Cecil Brown's 1969 debut novel. A cynical silver-tongued black man from the rural south makes a living through scamming and stealing which he considers informal reparation for the injustices he has faced. Fed up with the quality of life in the US he decides to leave for Sweden where he spends his days with other black expatriates and his nights with beautiful Swedish women. Set in New York and Stockholm Sweden. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 21 1975 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Roland Cutler and novelist Cecil Brown. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Turman-Foster unknown books
1951ref. 149914N.p.: N.p. 1951. Vintage reference photograph from the 1951 film showing director John Huston in costume for his cameo as a Union veteran. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso regarding layout along with a collector label. Based on the classic 1895 novel by Stephen Crane which follows a Union soldier throughout the course of the Civil War. At the completion of shooting Huston considered the film one of his best but MGM cut over an hour from his film before releasing it to a poor reception. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased and worn to the corners. N.p. unknown books
1978ref. 149435Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1978. Vintage matte black-and-white reference photograph of director Walter Hill and actor Isabelle Adjani on the set of the 1978 film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso. Director Walter Hill's existential neo-noir heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" 1967 with some of the finest car-chase sequences ever committed to celluloid. The film follows a skilled getaway driver whose elusive escapes torment a self-assured police detective driving the detective to the brink of obsession. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US. Twilight Time 53. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1969ref. 149334Paris: Les Films du Carrosse 1969. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of director François Truffaut and actors Catherine Deneuve then Truffaut's wife and Jean-Paul Belmondo on the set of the 1969 French neo-noir film. With manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout on the verso along with the stamp of France-Soir dated 9 JUIL. JULY 1969 and a newspaper clipping affixed to the lower right corner. Based on Cornell Woolrich's 1947 novel "Waltz into Darkness." A wealthy plantation owner on an island in the Indian Ocean anticipates the arrival of his bride-to-be but is surprised to discover the woman who arrives from France bears no resemblance to the woman in the photograph. Set on Reunion Island and Nice France. 8 x 12 inches. Very Good slightly wavy with two small manuscript ink annotations regarding cropping to the recto. Grant US. Les Films du Carrosse unknown books
1979ref. 149212Inglewood CA: B.P. Powell 1979. Draft script for an unproduced film 1979. One copied annotation on title page corrected and adding contact phone number and one annotation in script in manuscript ink adding character name before dialogue. Based on the 1839 trial of Joseph Cinque and 44 African Mende men on charges of murder and piracy after staging a revolt on the slave ship La Amistad represented by former President John Quincy Adams and bolstering the abolitionist movement. Set in New Haven Connecticut. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1979 with credits for screenwriter Betty Price Powell. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. B.P. Powell unknown books
1956ref. 148402N.p.: Golden State Productions 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film belonging to actress Adele Jergens with her signature prominently written on center of front wrapper and printed title inked over both in manuscript ink. Annotations throughout striking and adjusting dialogue and circling the character of Jenny played by Jergens in manuscript ink and pencil. Jergens; paper clips all along the top page edges still in place with many pages dog-eared. Jergens' career began after being named "Miss World's Fairest" at the 1939 New York World's Fair after which she briefly worked as a Rockette being named the Number One Showgirl in New York City and was understudy to Gypsy Rose Lee in the 1942 Broadway show "Star and Garter." In 1944 she landed a contract with Columbia Pictures and went on to act in over 50 films over the next twelve years. Jergins did two films following "Girls in Prison" George Blair's "Fighting Trouble" 1956 and Edward L. Cahn's "Runaway Daughters" 1956 before retiring from acting in late 1956. Anne Carson Joan Taylor convicted of being an accomplice to a bank robbery she claims she's innocent of finds herself in prison with three cellmates the hardened Jenny Jergens boss of the other inmates the mentally delusional Dorothy Phyllis Coates and sweet-talking Melanee Helen Gilbert. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lou Rusoff producer Alex Gordon and director Edward L. Cahn. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 2/21/56. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with slight toning at the edges and small dampstain on right center bound internally with three gold brads. Golden State Productions unknown books
1976ref. 148808N.p.: N.p. 1976. Revised Draft script for the 1977 film here with the slightly different working title "Empire of Ants." Loosely based on the 1905 short story by H.G. Wells. American International Pictures AIP third and final film in their H.G. Wells trilogy beginning with "The Food of the Gods" 1976 directed and written by Bert I. Gordon and starring Marjoe Gortner and Pamela Franklin and followed by "The Island of Dr. Moreau" 1977 directed by Don Taylor and starring Burt Lancaster and Michael York. Another classic "giant" movie from Bert I. Gordon following "King Dinosaur" 1955 "The Amazing Colossal Man" 1957 "Earth vs. the Spider" 1958 "Village of the Giants" 1956 and "Food of the Gods" 1976 this time featuring giant ants mutated by radioactive waste which attack a shady land developer and her prospective clients and threaten to take over a whole island town. Set in the Florida everglades and shot on location in Fort Pierce Belle Glade and Jensen Beach Florida. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 8 1976 noted as REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Jack Turley and story by Bert I. Gordon. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
