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1974ref. 151292N.p.: N.p. 1974. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1974 film showing actors Ornella Muti and Michele Placido in a tender moment. A middle-aged man marries his 17-year-old goddaughter but their passionate relationship sours when he suspects her of sleeping with his much younger friend. Shot on location in Milan Italy. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1947ref. 151519Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1947. First Draft script for the 1952 film. The script's development history began in the US with Vanguard Films and this draft by Dinelli and was ultimately produced by Republic Pictures in conjunction with Herbert Wilcox Productions in the UK. Script credit was ultimately given to Pamela Bower. Based on the 1913 novel by E. C. Bentley. A reporter is assigned to cover the case of an international businessman in town who was found dead. He poses as a member of the family to gain access to the businessman's house and information from the lead detective on the case who suspects the death was a suicide. Set in Hampshire England. Blue titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 12 dated May 22 1947 with credits for novelist E.C. Bentley and screenwriter Mel Dinelli. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Republic Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 149517Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1969. Five vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1969 film. Included are: 1 a shot of Arlo Guthrie on a motorcycle next to Michael McLanahan 2 a shot of director Arthur Penn producer Hillard Elkins and another crew member on motorcycles 3 a shot of McLanahan Penn and actress Patricia Quinn working on a scene 4 Guthrie with Quinn and 5 Guthrie with a donkey and members of the cast. Based on Arlo Guthrie's 1967 folk protest song a narrative loosely based on Guthrie's own experiences being jailed for littering and later using the record of his arrest to escape the Vietnam draft. Set and shot on location in New York and Massachusetts. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1967ref. 151420Amsterdam: Frans Bromet 1967. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1967 film including two photographs of director Wim Verstappen and longtime producer and screenwriter Pim de la Parra. With the stamp of photographer Frans Bromet on the verso and one with the stamp of Scorpio Films. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A successful author cannot choose between the attentions of two women leading to a passionate and unhappy love triangle. Verstappen was best known for founding Scorpio Films with Parra a collaboration which most notably produced the groundbreaking 1971 Dutch film "Blue Movie." Set in the Netherlands. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Frans Bromet unknown books
1964ref. 147667Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1964. Collection of 13 vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film here seen under the title for its release in the US "Escape by Night." Not to be confused with Fritz Lang's 1952 film "Clash by Night." A bus transporting a convicted gang leader to prison is overtaken by the gang who seek to free their leader. The gang locks the remainder of the passengers who are mostly innocent civilians in a gas-soaked barn and threaten to set the barn on fire in order to hold off the police. 8 x 10 inches. Some photographs faintly toned at the border else Near Fine. Allied Artists unknown books
1962ref. 151424N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage reference photograph of director Richard Brooks cinematographer Milton Krasner and a camera crew capturing a boat scene with actress Shirley Knight on the set of the 1962 film. With a mimeo snipe and manuscript pencil and ink annotations on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Tennessee Williams' 1959 play wherein a failed Hollywood actor and gigolo returns to his small hometown accompanied by an older faded movie star hoping to win back his former girlfriend. Nominated for three Academy Awards winning one for Best Supporting Actor for Ed Begley. Set in St. Cloud Mississippi. N.p. unknown books
1956ref. 151415N.p.: Franco-London Film 1956. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Jean Renoir listening while composer Joseph Kosma plays the organ on the set of the 1956 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso along with a stamp specific to the film's French release. In turn-of-the-century France a young Polish princess agrees to marry a wealthy older man to save her family from the poorhouse but finds herself falling in love with a handsome stranger despite her engagement. The third film in director Jean Renoir's romance trilogy preceded by "The Golden Coach" 1953 and "French Cancan" 1955. Set and shot on location in France. 7 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine. Franco-London Film unknown books
1969ref. 149514Beverly Hills CA: Brandywine Productions 1969. Nine vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1969 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso of 7 of the photos. Based on D.H. Lawrence's 1920 novel following two sisters who begin relationships with a pair of friends bringing conflict between the two couples as their romances take them in different directions. An apt examination of changes in sexual mores both at the time of the novel's publication and the film's 1969 release. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Actress for Glenda Jackson. Set and shot on location in Nottinghamshire South Yorkshire Derbyshire and London and Kanton Wallis Switzerland. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation available on request. Brandywine Productions unknown books
1966ref. 149516Beverly Hills CA: Batjac Productions 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1966 film showing actors Kirk Douglas and Angie Dickinson. With manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout on the verso. Based on the real experiences of David "Mickey" Marcus a US military officer recruited to command units of the Israel Defense Forces forces during the 1948 Arab-Israel War. Shot on location in Israel and Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Batjac Productions unknown books
1963ref. 151421Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1963. Vintage studio still photograph taken during filming on location for the 1963 film showing a camera crew set up in the center of West 34th Street in Manhattan with hundreds of onlookers surrounding the filmmakers. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A young Italian-American salesgirl realizes she is pregnant after a one-night-stand with a jazz musician and seeks him out in order to raise money for an abortion. Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 149512N.p.: Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinematographiques 1960. Five vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1960 French film including one borderless photograph. One with a manuscript ink annotation and stamp on the verso noting the photograph as No. 756. A dramatization of the Battle of Austerlitz wherein Napoleon enjoyed the greatest victory of his career driving away both Austrian and Russian forces. Set and shot on location in Zagreb Croatia. Four photographs 4.75 x 3.5 inches one photograph 4.5 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinematographiques unknown books
1965ref. 149515France: Athos Films / Chaumiane / Filmstudio 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 French film. With the stamp of still photographer Georges Pierre on the verso. Jean-Luc Godard's neo-noir foray into science fiction following a secret agent in a dystopian future who is assigned to kill the machine intelligence that rules over a fascist state. Shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 25. Rosenbaum 1000. Grant US. Godard Histoires du cinema. Athos Films / Chaumiane / Filmstudio unknown books
1961ref. 149523Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1961. Vintage reference photograph from the 1961 film showing director J. Lee Thompson and various crew members on the set of the German gun fortress. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Columbia Pictures. Based on Alistair MacLean's 1957 novel wherein a group of Allied soldiers plan to destroy an airtight German fortress in order to save British naval ships stranded in the Aegean Sea. Set and shot on location on the Greek islands. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1966ref. 147437London: David Higham Associates 1966. Draft script for the 48th episode of the British television anthology series "The Wednesday Play" which featured the adaptation of Vernon Bartlett's 1929 novel "Calf Love" by screenwriter Philip Purser which aired on January 26 1966. Script contains copied annotations on nearly every page noting passages that are to be spoken in German with much of the annotations in German as well as strikes comments and dialogue changes. Missing three pages likely as used or issued. "The Wednesday Play" is regarded as one of the most influential and successful British television programs of the 1960s and gave audience to the fledgling careers of among others Dennis Potter Nell Dunn and Jeremy Sandford Ken Loach and David Mercer. A young English exchange student stays with a German family and becomes smitten with their daughters. Wrapper integral with title page noted as Draft Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Philip Purser and novelist Vernon Bartlett. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with prong binding. David Higham Associates unknown books
1980ref. 147426N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for the 1982 film. Title page contains "#40" written in manuscript pencil on the upper right likely a copy number as well as several pages with annotations again in manuscript pencil commenting circling and striking scenes action and dialogue. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. A year before Peter Billingsley would become the familiar face of Ralphie Parker in Bob Clark's 1983 "A Christmas Story" he was Billy a child coping with his parent's recent divorce flying to California with his mom Sally Catherine Hicks to meet her high school sweetheart Mike Paul Le Mat for a vacation in Death Valley. It isn't long before Billy comes across a killer's crime scene leading the killer to them and it is up to little Billy to outsmart him. Set in Death Valley California and New York shot on location in California Arizona and New York. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present dated October 28 1980 with credits for screenwriter Richard Rothstein. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 147412N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Script opens with a three-page "Author's Note on the script: ." in which screenwriter John Briley examines his intents in writing a story regarding the Arab world and culture. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. Briley the Academy Award winning screenwriter for Richard Attenborough's 1982 epic "Gandhi" here tackles a complicated study of Mahmoud and his wife Zahre a Saudi couple caught between family expectations and the possibilities afforded by wealth and multicultural influence. As Briley states in the "Author's Note:" "the story of a man torn between two cultures of a people going from relative poverty to unimaginable wealth of a deeply religious people exposed to a very secular world." Mustard untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Briley. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 68. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. N.p. unknown books
2005ref. 148372N.p.: N.p. 2005. Draft script for the 2006 film. An intimate look at the British Royal family from May to September of 1997 following the death of Princess Diana on August 31 1977 and the struggle between Queen Elizabeth's Helen Mirren desire to treat it as a private affair and Prime Minister Tony Blair Michael Sheen and Prince Charles' Alex Jennings desire to quell the public's demand for a more overt and public expression of grief. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for Mirren nominated for five others including Best Film Best Director and Best Screenplay. Set in and shot on location in England Scotland and France. Pink titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Peter Morgan. Title page integral with first page with credits for screenwriter Peter Morgan. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper light creasing to top right else Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 146156N.p.: Les Productions Fox Europa 1969. Vintage borderless photograph of Henri Verneuil and Lino Ventura on the set of the 1969 film. French "Le Clan Des Siciliens" stamp and crop annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1967 novel by Auguste Le Breton about a small Mafia family planning to steal a collection of diamonds while being pursued by a police commission. With a film score by the great Italian composer Ennio Morricone. Shot on location in Rome Italy and Paris. 9.25 x 6.5 inches. Very Good plus transparent manuscript marker to corners light creasing and faint scratches to the recto from annotations on the verso. Les Productions Fox Europa unknown books
1971ref. 145946Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1971. Vintage borderless publicity photograph of Jennifer O'Neill on the set of the 1971 film. Nostalgic screenplay about a teenager during the war years who becomes infatuated with an older war widow. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Score and nominated for three others. Set in Nantucket Island shot on location in California and Ontario. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus light corner and edgewear. Warner Brothers unknown books
1951ref. 145957Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1951. Vintage studio photograph of Jane Powell and Musical Director Johnny Green on the set of the 1951 film. Mimeo snipe French annotations in manuscript ink and crop marks on the verso. Tom and Ellen Bowen Astaire and Powell are siblings with a dance act in New York. Their agent books them a gig in London while the Royal Wedding is in progress. On their cruise to England Ellen meets Lord John Brindale Lawford and she misses rehearsal. Upon arriving Tom holds auditions for dance partners and meets Anne Churchill. The siblings are at arms defending their romances and trying to keep their dance act stable. Loosely based on the real-life dancing partners Fred Astaire and his sister Adele. 8 x 10.25 inches. Very Good plus light creasing. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1972ref. 145746Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1972. Vintage photograph of Woody Allen and Louise Lasser on the set of the 1972 film. With manuscript annotations and adhesive tape on the verso. Woody Allen's comical take on David Reuben's 1969 book of the same name. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1957ref. 146091Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. First Draft script for the 1958 film with single "" notation in manuscript pencil. Good-guy Max Tom Ewell and mooch Gus Mickey Rooney are horse-race loving pals whose lives are going nowhere. Desperate they turn to bank robbery and actually pull it off. Using the money to buy a race horse their bookie pal Rocky Mickey Shaughnessy wants in. When they loose their bank roll after their horse is disqualified they figured they'd rob a bank again. Blue titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper and production No. 767 dated October 9 1957. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated October 9 1957 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Sydney Boehm. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1946ref. 146146Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1946. Vintage studio photograph of Mervyn LeRoy and Louella Parsons rehearsing on the set of the 1946 film. Based on the obscure 1946 pulp novel by Jane Allen and Mae Livingston about a best selling novelist who meets Marine who she thinks is perfect for the lead in an upcoming film adaptation although he doesn't her book. An abundance of Hollywood cameos with columnist Louella Parsons playing herself. 8.25 x 10 inches. Near Fine with some light creasing. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1987ref. 145894London: HandMade Films 1987. Revised Draft script for the 1987 film. Single manuscript notation in ink on page 62 a scene deletion. Based on the 1955 novel by Brian Moore. A pious spinster living in a boardinghouse begins an ersatz romance with a fellow resident looking to bankroll his next business venture. Novelist Moore born and raised in Belfast was highly acclaimed for his vivid descriptions of life in Ireland after the Second World War in particular for his exploration of The Troubles. Set and shot on location in Dublin. Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated February 1987 noted as Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Peter Nelson and novelist Brian Moore. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with white Velo binding partially loose. Indicator 123. HandMade Films unknown books
1986ref. 147461Los Angeles: New World Pictures 1986. Revised Third Draft script for the 1987 film. INSCRIBED by actor Kristy Swanson on the title page to an unknown crew member. Based on the 1979 Gothic novel by Virginia C. Andrews about the incestuous plight of four unlucky siblings whose mother abandons them in the attic of her family's decaying ancestral home after their father's death in an automobile accident. While Andrews' novel was wildly popular among teenage girl readers of the 1970s and 80s test audiences were revolted by some of the film's more taboo scenes leading producers to heavily re-cut the film and even create a new ending-a decision which Bloom purportedly despised and refused to direct. Partially set in Pennsylvania shot on location in California and Massachusetts. Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present dated April 30 1986 noted as REVISED THIRD DRAFT with credits for screenwriter JEFFREY BLOOM and novelist V.C. ANDREWS. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. New World Pictures unknown books
