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1935ref. 136148Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1935. Two vintage black-and-white reference studio still photographs from the set of the 1935 film. Based on the 1921 play "Frisco Kate" by West. Here seen under the title "Klondike Lou." Shown in one photo are Mae West and director Raoul Walsh looking over a script. In the other they are joined by 1935 heavyweight boxing champion who was visiting the set. With mimeograph snipes variously affixed and printed to the verso of each photo. One photo has Spanish translation tipped on and "Sintonia" Spanish agency stamp to the verso as well. A woman accidentally kills her landlord in self defense while he attempts to murder her then escapes on a steamer to Nome Alaska. She takes on the identity of a nun who dies en route giving the censors quite a lot to work with. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 136240Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1975. Second Revised Draft script for the 1976 film "The Desperate Miles" seen here under the title "No Help Required." A disabled Vietnam war veteran takes a road trip from LA to San Diego in his wheelchair to prove himself. Green titled wrappers noted as 2nd Rev. on the front wrapper production No. 42128 dated 1/22/75 with credits for screenwriters Arthur Ross and Joel Rogosin. Title page present integral with the front wrapper. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 82 and with 9 additional revision pages at the rear. Mimeograph duplication with blue green yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/8/75 and 1/22/75. Pages Near Fine wrappers Very Good bound with two gold brads. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1972ref. 135242Paris: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Two vintage borderless black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1972 French film "La course du lievre a travers les champs" release in the US as "And Hope to Die." Featured is a rare still of director Clement brandishing a rifle and a still of actor Trintignant contemplating the true value of a ten-dollar bill. Loosely based on David Goodis' 1954 seminal hardboiled novel "Black Friday" a paperback original. A French fugitive heads for Canada and ends up joining a gang of criminals in the midst of kidnapping the mentally-challenged daughter of a rival crimelord. The plan goes accordingly until the girl accidentally dies. Shot on location in Quebec Canada and Hauts-de-Seine France. Both stills 7 x 9.25 inches borderless as issued. Ink annotations on the versos else Near Fine overall. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1966ref. 135228Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1966. Nine vintage black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1966. Each still shows a particular location in Mexico City and in Acapulco Mexico various scenes used for shooting the film. Tarzan Mike Henry travels from Africa to Mexico at the request of an old friend to help rescue a kidnapped boy named Ramel Padilla Jr. Augustus Vinero Opatoshu the kidnapper forces Ramel to lead him to the city supposedly made of gold. Tarzan sets out with Ramel's pet leopard a lion and a chimpanzee and soon locates the boy. Ramel shows him the way to the lost city where Tarzan confronts Vinero and his henchmen. 8 x 10 inches. Tiny edge tears and creases else Near Fine overall. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1945ref. 135327New York: Noel Meadow / Monogram Pictures 1945. Original program for the 1945 film. Features ad layouts side-by-side comparison of Lawrence Tierney and the real John Dillinger and various headline suggestions. Dillinger Tierney robs a store meets fellow gangster Specs Lowe in jail and continues his heists once freed from prison this time with a moll named Helen Jeffreys who eventually rats him out to the Fuzz. Nominated for an Academy Award. Director Nosseck made good use of stock footage from previous gangster films. Illustrated wrappers saddle-stapled. 16 leaves. Very Good with light foxing faint bruising and a vertical fold at the center. Grant US. Hardy The Gangster Film US. Okuda 440. Selby US. Spicer US. Stephens pp. 85-86. Noel Meadow / Monogram Pictures unknown books
1956ref. 135336Beverly Hills CA: Jed Harris / United Artists 1956. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1956 film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Jed Harris / United Artists unknown books
1960ref. 135342London: Fanfare Films 1960. Vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the UK release of the 1960 film. Though the film was released in the UK as "The Criminal" it is here under its working title "The Concrete Jungle" with a corresponding negative code. Set in England and shot on location there. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby Masterwork US. Spicer US. Fanfare Films unknown books
1948ref. 135343Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1948. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1948 film noir. Rubber stamped "7" on the verso. Based on the 1946 novel by Theodore Strauss. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Republic Pictures unknown books
1967ref. 135339London: National General Pictures 1967. Vintage black-and-white double weight linen-backed keybook photograph from the 1967 film. With a three-hole punch at the left margin as called for and a mimeo snipe on the verso noting actors White and Bindon pictured as well as actor Terence Stamp novelist and screenwriter Nell Dunn director Ken Loach and producer Joseph Janni. Set in London and shot there on location. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National General Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 134915New Orleans LA: Howco Productions 1954. Vintage black and white studio photograph from the 1954 film. With distributor's red warehouse stamp on the verso. Cult director Ed Wood Jr.'s attempt at film noir with the director's usual flare for bad music acting sets dialogue etc. resulted in a film that is in both the B-noir pantheon and the realm of the Psychotronic. 8 x 10 inches. Archival repair to a long closed tear at the verso some faint creasing but no loss or staining. Good to Very Good overall. Lyons. Spicer US. Howco Productions unknown books
1960ref. 135379Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the 1960 film. Shown are Marlon Brando and Anna Magnani. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 515. United Artists unknown books
1964ref. 135038Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Collection of 4 black and white stills photographs from the 1964 film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1967ref. 135367Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1967 film. Press stamps on the versos. A seven-part anthology ranging from comedy to drama starring actress Shirley MacLaine in various guises and all dealing with adultery and its ramifications. Shot on location in Paris. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Generally Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1974ref. 135370Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1974. Two vintage black and white still reference photographs from the 1974 film. Both with mimeograph snipes on the verso and one with a red press crop line at the right margin. Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and nominated for four others including Best Picture and Best Director. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1966ref. 135049Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1966 film. A split still showing Vitti in two different guises as a brunette spy and as a seductive blonde who is actually a brunette spy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1967ref. 135332France: N.p. 1967. Two vintage borderless black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1967 Italian-French-German film. From the archives of French film historian Maurice Bessy 1910-1993. Bessy's rubber stamp and name label on the verso of one still with brief annotations in manuscript ink on the versos of both stills. Featured in one still is director Duvivier and actor Sergio Fantoni both engaging in a spirited conversation. In the other Duvivier stands above a bandaged Alain Delon in his hospital bed surrounded by members of the crew. Based on the 1962 novel "Manie de la persecution" by Louis C. Thomas. After a near fatal car crash resulting in a coma Pierre Delon awakens to a new life. Attempting to search for his true identity after suffering amnesia coming ever closer to finding the truth and ever closer to unspeakable danger. Julian Duvivier's final film. One still 7 x 9.5 inches one 8 x 11.75 inches. About Near Fine overall. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 135433Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Draft script for the 1976 film "St. Ives" here under the working title "St. Ives' Big Score." Included are several unbound revision sheets dated 10/11/75 on pink stock. Based on the 1972 crime novel "The Procane Chronicle" by Ross Thomas writing as Oliver Bleeck. The first of no fewer than ten films director J. Lee Thompson would make with badass Charles Bronson and ironically one of the last with a major studio behind it. The pair would go on to make taut violent potboilers such as "10 to Midnight" 1983 "The Evil That Men Do" 1984 and "Murphy's Law" 1986. Raymond St. Ives Bronson is a novelist drawn back into the world of his former profession of crime reporting by wealthy Abner Procane Houseman. St. Ives is hired to locate stolen documents with ties to the local mob. Janet Whistler Bisset is an associate of Procane's accompanying St. Ives but her motives are vague. Features early supporting roles by Jeff Goldblum and Robert "Freddy" Krueger Englund. Set in Los Angeles shot on location in Los Angeles and Pasadena California. Blue titled wrappers with gilt titles. Title page present dated September 29 1975 noted as ST. IVES' BIG SCORE with credits for actor Bronson producers Pancho Kohner and Stan Canter director Thompson and screenwriter Beckerman. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 114 with 9 laid-in pink revision pages dated 10/11/75. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Hardy The Gangster Film p. 365. Warner Brothers unknown books
1962ref. 135621Spain: Ellis Films 1962. Vintage black-and-white reference still photograph from the Spanish release circa 1962 of the 1961 Italian-French film. Owner name rubber-stamped on the verso in Spanish. Pictured is Claudia Cardinale Renato Baldini and Angela Portaluri former "Miss World" competitor. Valerio Zurlini's second feature film and his second credit as director after several short documentaries released in Italy and his feature directorial debut "Violent Summer" 1959. Alda Cardinale is a discarded girlfriend who takes to the road with her suitcase. A slick hunk picks her up and take her to his home where she meets his younger brother Lorenzo Perrin. The two share an unspoken but clearly evident mutual appreciation of one another Lorenzo's esteem perhaps more romantic than Alda's flighty acknowledgment of his emotional maturity. Set in Parma Italy shot on location there and in Riccioni and Rome Italy. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes and faint creases at the corners. Ellis Films unknown books
1970ref. 135622Spain: Adel Productions 1970. Vintage black-and-white reference still photograph from the Spanish release circa 1970 of the 1969 French-Italian film. Notations in manuscript ink and pencil in Spanish on the recto and verso. Presumably a press photograph with a cropping note on the recto translated: "contrast a little background". Jeff Rouquier is the mastermind who has planned a successful robbery but fails to show up for share-out. His girlfriend Eva Darc is tortured by accomplices until she squeals and begins search for Jeff with the help of his confidant Laurent Delon. Director Herman and Alain Delon also collaborated on the 1968 crime adventure "Farewell Friend" also starring Charles Bronson. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and foxing. Hardy The Gangster Film US. Adel Productions unknown books
1952ref. 135626Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1952. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the Argentinean release circa 1953 of the 1952 film. Spanish rubber stamps on the verso including the Spanish title "La furia del deseo" The Fury of Desire. Pictured is Jennifer Jones giving Charlton Heston the "what for." Jennifer Jones offers a virtual reprise of her sultry performance in "Duel in the Sun" as the titular heroine of this film. Born into a poor-white-trash Southern family Ruby intends to improve her lot by marrying into wealth. Her casual beau Boake Tackman Heston considers Ruby unfit for marriage but prosperous businessman Jim Gentry Malden is eager and willing to make her his wife. Jim Gentry dies in an accident and the consensus of opinion is that he was killed by the covetous Ruby. For some reason this ignites a passion in Boake and he renews his torrid romance with the widow Gentry. Ruby's crazed brother Jewel James Anderson puts an end to this affair with a shotgun provoking a violent response from Ruby and a "Lady or the Tiger"-esque ending. Shot on location throughout California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and a bruise on the verso from the removal of a mimeo snipe. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1955ref. 135492Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1955. Vintage reference photograph from the seminal 1955 Western. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Pitts 2525. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1952ref. 135628Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1952. Vintage black-and-white linen-backed keybook still photograph from the 1952 film. Ownership rubber stamp Christopher C. Geest on the verso. Two hole punches at the top margin as issued. Pictured is Jennifer Jones cold-cocking Charlton Heston at the beach. Jennifer Jones offers a virtual reprise of her sultry performance in "Duel in the Sun" as the titular heroine of this film. Born into a poor-white-trash Southern family Ruby intends to improve her lot by marrying into wealth. Her casual beau Boake Tackman Heston considers Ruby unfit for marriage but prosperous businessman Jim Gentry Malden is eager and willing to make her his wife. Jim Gentry dies in an accident and the consensus of opinion is that he was killed by the covetous Ruby. For some reason this ignites a passion in Boake and he renews his torrid romance with the widow Gentry. Ruby's crazed brother Jewel James Anderson puts an end to this affair with a shotgun provoking a violent response from Ruby and a "Lady or the Tiger"-esque ending. Shot on location throughout California. 8 x 10.75 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1944ref. 129341Los Angeles: Vanguard Films 1944. Draft script for the 1944 short documentary film. A rare script for an obscure short directed by Hitchcock. Salmon titled wrappers dated February 1 1944. 12 leaves mimeograph duplication with revision pages throughout dated 2-10-44. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three small gray brads. Vanguard Films unknown books
1960ref. 135689Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph of Marlon Brando on the set of the 1960 film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. With a Hollywood bookshop stamp on the verso along with an inked price notation. Criterion Collection 515. United Artists unknown books
1966ref. 135801N.p.: Trans American Films 1966. Original pressbook for the 1966 Italian film. An early "mondo" documentary "shockumentary" featuring shockingly real customs throughout the world predating many similar films that would make the "video nasties" list a list of films banned in England in the 1980s. Not to be confused with the 1980 Lamberto Bava film of the same name. The "shockumentary" is a type of filmmaking that relates worldly customs and practices that would seem shocking to normal audiences often showcasing staged events rather than actual ones. Similar films include "Mondo cane" 1962 "Taboos of the World" 1963 and "Ecco" 1964. This film features gypsy tribes surgery footage wrestling head-hunting Brazilians sexy secretaries eating snakes hanging children on parade floats in Italy Swedish railway roulette and much more. Narrated by prolific voice-over actor Marvin Miller who's film credits include "Blood on the Sun" 1945 "Red Planet Mars" 1952 "Godzilla Raids Again" 1955 "Forbidden Planet" 1956 and Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" 1959. 11 x 17 inches saddle-stapled 8 pages. black-and-white throughout with green wrappers. Horizontal fold at the middle else Near Fine. Trans American Films unknown books
