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1949ref. 148507Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1949. Three vintage photographs of Patricia Neal applying makeup on the set of the 1949 film. Adapted to the screen by Ayn Rand from her novel one of only three screenplays she wrote during her brief tenure in Hollywood. In approaching the film adaptation of Rand's iconoclastic work King Vidor dispensed with typical Hollywood production techniques and focused on creating an expressionistic film one that literally echoed the architectural underpinnings of its characters' philosophies motives and ambitions. Unusual choices included modernist cinematography expressionistic set designs and wardrobe and having Ms. Rand herself adapt her own screenplay. Two photographs 7.5 x 9.25 inches. One photograph 7.75 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear. Warner Brothers unknown books
1953ref. 148513Universal City: Universal Pictures 1953. Vintage photograph of director Budd Boetticher and Julie Adams relaxing in a tree from the 1953 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. An early Technicolor Western from seminal American director Budd Boetticher. Gringo miner Gallager Van Heflin is caught up in the Mexican revolution of 1910-1911 when corrupt administrator Ruiz George Dolenz appropriates his mine. Gallager saves the life of guerilla leader Raquel Adams then finds there's a price on his head. Set in Mexico shot on location in the Simi Hills and the Ray Corrigan Ranch Simi Valley California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light creasing near the edges. Universal Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 147480N.p.: Grafopress-Ciampino 1975. Vintage Italian Locandina poster for the 1975 film here under the title "Le Viziose." "Exorcisme" was released under a number of titles including "Le Viziose" and "Exorcisme et Messes Noires" as well as an X-rated version "Sexorcismes." Footage from "Exorcisme" was later re-edited in 1979 as "El Sadico de Notre-Dame." Jess Franco directs here under the pseudonym of James P. Johnson or L.P. Johnson as on the poster is the screenwriter under the pseudonym David Khune and acts under the pseudonym Jess Frank. Franco's "Exorcisme" features Franco in the lead as Mathis Vogel a psychotic defrocked priest who writes S&M stories by day and tortures and murders Satanic black mass dinner theater patrons by night. Also starring Franco's longtime collaborator and later wife Lina Romay as the free spirit Anne. 13 x 27.5 inches folded as issued. Near Fine. Thrower Stephen. Flowers of Perversion: The Delirious Cinema of Jess Franco Volume Two 1975-2013. Grafopress-Ciampino unknown books
1981ref. 146142Beverly Hills CA: Orion Pictures 1981. Vintage studio still photograph of Sidney Lumet and Treat Williams on the set of the 1981 film. French mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on Robert Daley's 1978 nonfiction book of the same name. New York detective Daniel Ciello Treat Williams joins the Department of Justice to help put an end to police corruption. Along the way he uncovers a conspiracy and finds himself getting closer to the heart of the corruption than he anticipated. Shot on location in New York City. 10.25 x 8 inches. Near fine some edgewear. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Orion Pictures unknown books
1959ref. 148398N.p.: United States Productions Inc 1959. Revised Estimating script for the 1960 film belonging to actor Martin Landau here under the working title "The Life and Death of Legs Diamond." Laid in are five carbon typescript pages of script with Landau's name written in manuscript ink to upper right and annotations to dialogue of lead character Legs in manuscript pencil. Landau was considered for the lead role of Jack "Legs" Diamond which from the laid in pages we can reasonably assume were for an audition for the part. Ray Danton was ultimately cast as Legs and Landau does not appear in the film. From the estate of Martin Landau. Jack "Legs" Diamond Ray Danton and his sickly brother Eddie Warren Oates move to New York City and after a brief incarceration sets their eyes on taking over kingpin mobster Arnold Rothstein's Robert Lowery criminal businesses. The film debut of Dyan Cannon. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in New York City. Beige titled wrappers noted as REV. ESTIMATING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 96 dated August 21 1959. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page integral with the first page of text dated 8/21/59. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Laid in pages 8.5 x 11 inches Near Fine with light edgewear and creasing at corners. United States Productions, Inc unknown books
1948ref. 146150N.p.: Enterprise Productions 1948. Vintage studio still photograph of Ingrid Bergman from the 1948 film. Manuscript annotations in ink on bottom border of recto. Crop annotations in manuscript pencil and stamp on the verso obscured by manuscript marker. Based on the 1945 novel by Erich Maria Remarque. A complex romantic film noir in which Dr. Ravic Boyer is a refugee doctor practicing illegally in Paris under a false name. He saves Joan Madou Bergman from committing suicide after the sudden death of her lover and helps her land a job singing in a nightclub. The two fall in love but he is deported. Joan finds herself another man's mistress while Dr. Ravic seeks revenge by hunting for the Nazi officer Ivon Haake Laughton. Set in Paris shot on location in New York and Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and 2 small tears on bottom repaired with paper tape on verso. Selby US. Spicer US. Olive Films #809. Enterprise Productions unknown books
1972ref. 147438London: Winkast Programming 1972. Revised Second Draft script for an unproduced film. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout most substantive. The adventures of a nine year-old boy who travels from California to Washington DC to patent a bubble gun he has invented with the hope of eventually impressing his emotionally distant father with his creation. Seemingly planned in conjunction with a novel also written by Paul Gallico which was published in 1974. Gallico was best known for the 1940 novel "The Snow Goose" and for the novel "The Poseidon Adventure" which was published in 1969 and the basis for the 1972 film. 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. Set in Portland and Washington DC. Ordered but unbound and lacking wrappers presumably as issued. Title page present dated November 27 1972 noted as SECOND REWRITE with credits for screenwriter Paul Gallico. 174 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Mimeograph duplication on blue stock rectos only with blue onionskin revision pages throughout noted as 2nd Rewrite. Pages Very Good. Winkast Programming unknown books
ref. 146370N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A passenger plane headed to Paris has a psychotic killer on board. Screenwriters Mauro Severino and Lucia Drudi Denby were known for co-writing the 1971 Italian television miniseries "Il carcerato." Beige titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Original screen story with credits for screenwriters Mauro Severino and Lucia Drudi Demby. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 32. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with gold prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 146368Montreal Canada: Quest Film Productions 1976. Final Draft script for the 1976 film. With a few manuscript pencil and ink annotations to the title page. An international hunt begins for a powerful rare stone amulet activated through ley line energy produced by an upcoming solstice. Orange untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated July 15th 1976 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Paul Almond. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with some light dampstaining and rust wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. Quest Film Productions unknown books
1985ref. 146382Hungary: MA-Film 1985. Film treatment for the 1985 film here seen under the working title "Oberst Redl: The Spy of the Century." Loosely based on John Osborne's 1965 play "A Patriot for Me." A dramatization of the life of Alfred Redl a former peasant and closeted gay man who climbs the ranks of the Austro-Hungarian military eventually becoming Chief of Military Intelligence. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Set and shot on location in Austria Hungary and Croatia. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director-screenwriter Istvan Szabo and screenwriter Peter Dobai and playwright John Osborne. 16 leaves with last page of text numbered 12. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light soil to the rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. MA-Film unknown books
1990ref. 147444New York: N.p. 1990. Two scripts for an unproduced film a 1983 First Draft script and a 1990 Draft script. The First Draft script titled "Kean: A Film Biography" contains a few annotations in manuscript marker of text and dialogue corrections. The 1990 Draft script is entitled "Kean: A Play for Life." Accompanying the First Draft script is a Laid in letter as well as photographically duplicated copy signed "Fred" with New York address and telephone number and dated 6/12/83 in manuscript marker from Frederic Kimball to producer Elliott Kastner. Kimball closes the letter with "I hope you are still interested. Al is." likely referring to Al Pacino a longtime confidant and collaborator on films such as "Looking for Richard" 1996 "Author Author" 1982 "Dick Tracy" 1990 and "And Justice for All" 1979. Also laid in is an additional copy of the first page of the First Draft script. 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 biopic on the tumultuous life of the 19th century British Shakespearean actor Edumund Kean. 1983 First Draft Script: Title page integral with wrapper dated 6/10/86 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Frederic Kimball. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Offset duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound Laid in letter 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good folded horizontally 1/2" from top with large 2 x 3 inch chip on top left and small closed tears on left side. 1990 Draft Script: Title page integral with wrapper dated 1990 with credits for screenwriter Frederic Kimball. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine bound with prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 148129Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1965. Draft script for the 1965 film musical. Copy from the collection of cinematographer Paul Vogel presumably his working copy with "Camera" written in manuscript pencil at the top right corner of the front wrapper. Laid in is a 17-page shooting schedule under the title "Girl Crazy" dated 7-13-65. Based on the 1930 musical "Girl Crazy" by Guy Bolton and John McGowan with music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin respectively. Previously filmed twice before first in 1932 directed by William A. Seiter and starring Bert Wheeler and Dorothy Lee then in 1943 directed by Norman Taurog and Busby Berkeley and starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. Playboy and heir Danny Churchill Harve Presnell helps Ginger Gray Connie Francis save her father's ranch by turning it into a motel for divorcees. The last feature film acting role of Connie Francis. Set in Nevada shot on location in Nevada and California. Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 73 dated July 7 1965 with credits for screenwriter Robert E. Kent. Title page integral with the first page of text. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Shooting schedule 8.5 x 11 inches Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
ref. 147441N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. An aging millionaire arranges to have his daughter-a cold-hearted nosy serial bride-kidnapped and taken to a chateau in rural France in order to stop her from interfering in his libidinous affairs. Screenwriter Stephen Kandel was best known as a writer for television in the late 20th century including episodes of "Sea Hunt" "Hawaii Five-O" "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "MacGyver." 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. Set in London Paris and rural France. White self-wrappers with title integral with the first leaf as issued. 28 leaves with last page of text numbered 28. Spirit duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with one gold brad. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 147435N.p.: Taliafilm II 1980. Draft script for the 1987 film. An early draft written solely by the creator of the story Menno Meyjes. Loosely based on the 13th Century Children's Crusade we follow the knight Robert Nerra Eric Stoltz as he joins up with King Richard the Lionheart Neil Dickson to protect orphan children from the Black Prince Gabriel Byrne a child slave trader. Shot on location in Hungary and Portugal. The penultimate film from Franklin J. Schaffner and his final film working with composer Jerry Goldsmith. They had previously worked together on "Planet of the Apes" 1968 "Patton" 1970 "Papillon" 1973 and "The Boys from Brazil" 1978. Wrapper integral with title page with credits for screenwriter Menno Meyjes. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two flat metal brads. Taliafilm II unknown books
1992ref. 148720Tokyo: Dentsu Music and Entertainment 1992. Draft script for the 1993 film. Based on essays by Hyakken Uchida. Following World War II a retired professor finds late in life that his quality of life is greatly reduced in war-torn Tokyo. Denying despair he pursues writing and celebrates his birthday with a group of his adoring students. Yellow titled wrappers perfect-bound dated 1992.11.5. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 197. Xerographic duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine. Dentsu Music and Entertainment unknown books
ref. 148727Tokyo: Toei 1974. Draft script for the 1974 Japanese film. Text and titles in Japanese. Based on a series of magazine articles written by journalist Koichi Iiboshi which were in turn based on memoirs written by yakuza crime boss Kozo Mino. The fifth and final film in director Kinji Fukasaku's yakuza pentalogy following feuding gangs in post-war Hiroshima. Recently the subject of a complete restoration helmed and issued by Arrow Films in England. Tan titled perfect-bound wrappers. 67 leaves with last page of text numbered D27. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with light dampstains to the extremities. Arrow 2164. Toei unknown books
1972ref. 148721Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Final Draft script for the 1973 film here under the working title "Love in Blume." Single numeric annotation in manuscript marker on front wrapper. Paul Mazursky followed his acclaimed film "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" 1969 with this sharp romantic comedy about Stephen Blume George Segal who after cheating on his wife Nina Susan Anspach realizes he cannot live without her. Nina naturally has already dumped him and what follows is a poignant and comedic film about the complexity of modern marriage. Shot on location in Venice Italy and California. Yellow titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper dated July 11 1972. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 7/11/72 with credits for screenwriter Paul Mazursky. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus wavy with creasing and light edgewear bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1995ref. 148684N.p.: Percy Main Productions 1995. Revised Final Draft script for the 1996 film. Three copied annotations on two pages consisting of one dialogue change and two revision date changes. Based on the 1962 book "The Last Voyage of the Albatross" by Charles Gieg Jr. and Felix Sutton about the sinking of the brigantine Albatross on May 2 1961. All American boy Chuck Gieg Scott Wolf narrates this coming-of-age story set in 1960 about a group of teenage boys setting out for a year-long voyage aboard the brigantine school ship Albatross commanded by Dr. Christopher B. Shelton Jeff Bridges only to face the ultimate challenge of surviving a deadly white squall storm. Shot on location in South Carolina Georgia Bermuda Grenada London Malta South Africa St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines. White generic Lasher McManus & Robinson production company wrappers. Title page present dated March 18 1995 noted as Revised Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Todd Robinson. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages labeled "Blue" throughout dated variously between 3/27/95 and 5/15/95. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Percy Main Productions unknown books
1964ref. 147167Los Angeles: Villa di Stefano Productions 1964. First Draft script for the 1964 television film originally aired on CBS. With actor Martin Landau's copied annotations throughout. Included are a set of synopses for proposed episodes a shooting schedule a distributor's announcement booklet and various other documents related to production. Also included is an original celluloid print of the film on a single reel in its original mailing case with cloth straps dated 2/18/65 addressed from director Joseph Stefano to Landau on the mailing label in manuscript black ink and INSCRIBED by Stefano to Landau at the top left corner of the case in the same ink: "To Martin / Whose splendid brilliance and warmth put the special spark in this bright fire / Your grateful and admiring friend / Joe Stefano." Fearful of being buried alive a woman installs a phone in the crypt in which she plans to be in case of emergencies. Months after her death the phone begins to ring presenting a new ghostly case for Landau's paranormal investigator. The film was intended to be the pilot for a new paranormal thriller series tentatively titled "The Haunted" as titled on the front wrapper but the series wasn't picked up and the pilot was released as a television movie after additional footage was shot. Black titled wrappers with credits for director-screenwriter Joseph Stefano noted as PILOT SCRIPT ONE. Title page present dated July 27 1964 noted as PILOT SCRIPT ONE with credits for director-screenwriter Joseph Stefano. 77 leaves with last page of text numbered 76. Early Xerox rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Film reel and film stock are unexamined. Villa di Stefano Productions unknown books
1960ref. 143342Tokyo: Toho Company 1960. Draft script for the 1960 film. With the stamp of cast/crew member Takahashi Toshihiro to the page edges and manuscript ink annotations to the rear wrapper. Text and titles in Japanese. A film that bought depictions of modern life into Japanese films of the 1960s particularly with respect to the idea of the independent woman. A young widowed bar hostess finds herself torn between a conventional life and potential financial independence when she must decide to either remarry or open her own bar. Set in Tokyo's Ginza district shot on location in Tokyo. White titled wrappers noted as 2 on the front wrapper. Title page present. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered f-31. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good with foxing wear to the binding and light soil overall. With perfect binding. BFI 694. Criterion Collection 377. Toho Company unknown books
1968ref. 148783Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1968. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1967 French film. Buñuel's first color film about a bored and directionless young housewife who begins working in a brothel while her husband is at work with tragic consequences for him and a jealous client involved in organized crime. Winner of the Golden Lion at the 1967 Venice Film Festival. Set in and shot on location in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Rosenbaum 1000. Ebert I. Criterion Collection 593. Allied Artists unknown books
1969ref. 148773New York: Grove Press 1969. Six vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1967 Swedish film. Vilgot Sjoman's controversial erotic drama utilizing both dramatic and documentary filmmaking techniques stars Sjoman's then lover actress Lena Nyman as a young theater student examining the social and political mores of 1960s Sweden and her own sexuality. Parallel is the plot of the actors and filmmakers reacting as themselves to the film they are in the process of making. Seized by customs upon entry to the US and banned from numerous US cities for sexually explicit scenes it was found in 1969 not to be obscene by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit opening the door to more frank and explicit subject matter in American film. The companion to Sjoman's 1968 film "I Am Curious Blue" which was initially intended to be combined with "I Am Curious Yellow" as one three and a half hour film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine most with very slight even fading. Criterion Collection 180. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Grove Press unknown books
1963ref. 148754New South Wales: Embassy Pictures 1963. Collection of 16 vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film. Based on French serial killer Henri Desire Landru. During World War I Henri Landru Charles Denner supplements his income by luring middle-class women through newspaper ads to a villa outside Paris where he seduces and kills them burns their bodies then helps himself to their bank accounts keeping himself his wife his mistress and his four children in the lifestyle to which they are accustomed. Shot on location in Paris and Gambais France. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Light creasing in margins three with pinholes to corners one with notable creasing in left margin. Grant France. Embassy Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 148894N.p.: N.p. 1965. Four vintage borderless photographs from the 1965 film. Two studio still photographs of Ursula Andress on production designer Piero Poletto's striking minimalist set and two compilation fashion photographs of Andress in costume bookending Costume Designer Giulio Coltellacci's concept drawings. Two photographs with "La Decima Victima" stamp on verso. An international cult classic based on the 1953 short story "Seventh Victim" by Robert Sheckley. Sheckley wrote the novelization of the film in 1956 and two sequels "Victim Prime" and "Victim" in 1987 and 1988 respectively. The worldwide officially sanctioned "Big Hunt" is the world's most popular television show giving those inclined to violence and those in search of celebrity a chance to act as "hunter" and "victim." The games top two assassins Caroline Meredith Andress and Macello Poletti Marcello Mastrianni who may be in love are pitted against each another. A descendant of Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game" 1924 and the first of the televised death game films such as "The Gladiators" 1969 "Death Race 2000" 1975 "The Running Man" 1987 and "The Hunger Games" 2012. Shot on location in New York Rome Geneva and Vatican City. 2 - 9.5 x 7.25 inches 2- 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 148770N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage studio still photograph of Laurence Olivier and Brenda de Banzie from the 1960 British film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1957 play written at the behest of actor Laurence Olivier who reprised his role as Archie Rice an embittered third-rate music hall performer facing the dissipation of his industry and personal life. Olivier was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Shot on location in Morecambe Lancashire and West Yorkshire England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with layout annotations to top corners in manuscript wax pencil. N.p. unknown books
