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ref. 142219N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few annotations in manuscript ink. Four characters swept up in the Mexican revolution go from no possibility of ever meeting each other to their fates becoming intertwined. Set in Mexico. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present no with credit to the screenwriter. 224 leaves with last page of text numbered 217. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1939ref. 146098N.p.: N.p. 1939. Draft script for an unproduced film by Rafael Sabatini. A fine leatherbound copy with gilt lettering and decorated endpapers. One of prolific screenwriter Rafael Sabatini's final projects. A romanticized swashbuckling account of the adventures and loves of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus here re-imagined as the Spanish "Cristobal Colon" from Castile. Delays in the production of the film led Sabatini to turn his early screenplay into a novel first published by Hutchinson in 1941. Although interest was again raised in a Columbus film in the late 1940s-leading to the British "Christopher Columbus" 1949 starring Fredric March-Sabatini's script was ultimately rewritten for the film. Set in Spain. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Rafael Sabatini. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 259 leaves with last page of text numbered 256. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with wear at the extremities. N.p. unknown books
ref. 146779Universal City: Universal Pictures 1973. Vintage US silkscreen banner poster for the 1973 film. Based on Frederick Forsyth's 1971 novel about the titular professional assassin hired by a militant French underground organization to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle. Set in and shot on location in Paris Versailles and Hautes-Alpes. 82 x 24 inches. Rolled. Very Good with no restoration. Several vertical creases with some cracking three closed tears measuring tow four and five inches several small closed tears in margins otherwise bright and unfaded. Penzler 101. Universal Pictures unknown books
1938ref. 147687Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. Paramount "File Copy" and "Master File" stamps on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period. Harebrained comedy wherein international golf champion Richard "Ricky" Carrington Jr. Ray Milland returns home to New York with his new Parisian wife Julie Olympe Bradna only to find his parents arranged a financially motivated marriage for him to his childhood friend the wealthy heiress Auriol Marsden Irene Hervey. Self wrappers front wrapper dated August 16 1938 rubber-stamped production No. 1569. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered J-10. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine saddle-stapled with two staples. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 148132Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1965. Draft script for the 1966 film here under the working title "There's No Place Like Space" 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. A vehicle to promote the band Herman's Hermits in much the same vein as The Beatles in Richard Lester's 1965 "A Hard Day's Night" and 1966 "Help." British pop rock band Herman's Hermits tour the US and are chosen as the "good luck name" of the next Gemini space capsule. Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 73 dated August 30 1965 with credits for screenwriter James B. Gordon. Title page integral with first page. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1939ref. 147689Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1939. Draft script for the 1930 film here under the working title "At Good Old Siwash" with "Those Were the Days" written in manuscript pencil above title. Paramount "Return to Story Dept" and "Master File" stamps on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period. Missing one page likely as used or issued. Middle-aged couple Petey and Martha William Holden Bonita Granville reminisce on their 35th wedding anniversary about their days in college when they first met. Set in and shot on location at Knox College in Galesburg Illinois. Self wrappers front wrapper dated October 23 1939 rubber-stamped production No. 1811. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered E-32. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 11-13-39 and 12-12-39. Pages Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1958ref. 146435Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1958. Final Shooting script for the first half of the 1958 film thus incomplete as issued dated April 9 1958. With lead actor Sal Mineo's name in manuscript ink on two revision leaves and his character's name in pencil on the front wrapper. Laid in is a small leaf with manuscript ink notations including the name of director Lou Foster actors Fess Parker and Jerome Courtland and characters White Bull and Captain Keogh. Parker was originally hired for the role of Keogh but refused second billing and was replaced by Philip Carey. Jerome Courtland played the role of Lieutenant Henry Nowlan in the film. Based on David Appel's 1951 novel "Comanche: Story of America's Most Heroic Horse" about the bond between a young Sioux boy and the titular horse who end up on opposite sides of the Battle of Little Big Horn. Set in Montana Territory and shot on location in Oregon. Tan titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 112 and production No. 5812 dated APRIL 9 1958 with credits for director and screenwriter LEWIS FOSTER. Title page present dated April 9 1958 noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for director and screenwriter LEWIS FOSTER. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered 69. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/10/58 and 5/15/58. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1985ref. 145807Los Angeles: New World Pictures 1985. Collection of 22 vintage still photographs from the 1985 film. An early mockumentary following a documentary filmmaker's attempt to find out identity of a mysterious masked wrestler. A cult classic of the wrestling film genre starring many stars of the wrestling world from its time including Magic Schwarz Stephen Cepello Dick Murdoch Wally George John Tolos Adrian Street.and let's not forget Miss Linda. Produced by Roger Corman's New World Pictures a typically low budget but entertaining and highly unusual affair. 8 x 10 inches. Just about Fine. New World Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 145855Burbank CA: Eden Productions 1965. Revision Final script for the 1966 film. Copy belonging to actor Natalie Masters who played Mrs. Stribling with her name and role in the film in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and extensive manuscript annotations throughout. A hapless woman enters into a poker game in order to save her family's earnings from her wayward husband's gambling debts. Set in Laredo Texas. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as REV. FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 49 dated July 9 1965. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated 7/9/65 with credits for screenwriter Sidney Carroll. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 7/19/65. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Pitts 317. Eden Productions unknown books
ref. 142282N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film by the noted film director and screenwriter responsible for cult classics such as "There is No 13" 1974 "The Incredible Melting Man" 1977 "Van Nuys Blvd." 1979 "Galaxina" 1980 and "Exterminator 2" 1984. A young man finds himself living in an alternate reality set in the 15th century but with anachronistic aspects of a post-war dystopia. Green titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Williams Sachs. Title page present with credits for screenwriter William Sachs. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
ref. 141934London: Carter De Haven. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single notation in manuscript ink. Gerald Vaughan-Hughes is a British screenwriter best known for his work on "The Duellists" 1977 "To the Devil a Daughter" 1976 and "Sebastian" 1968. Damon is a young jazz singer in England performing on the night club circuit and dealing with the daily drama of drunk drummers and art school love interests. Set in England. Blue blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Gerald Vaughan-Hughes. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. Carter De Haven unknown books
1982ref. 146134Vienna: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion 1982. Vintage borderless studio photograph of Werner Herzog Klaus Kinski and Claudia Cardinale on the set of the 1982 film. Francois Frederic stamp on the verso. Herzog's brilliant bold and audacious "Fitzcarraldo" the story of the early 20th century rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald the ever manic Kinski intent on building an opera house in the Peruvian Amazon and on transporting a 320 ton steamer over a mountain to access a rich rubber territory. Herzog's production being every bit as unrestrained and preposterous as the story he was filming. An astonishing and insane masterpiece whose outrageous production was documented by director Les Blank in his remarkable documentary "Burden of Dreams" 1982. Winner of Best Director and nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. Set in Peru shot on location in Peru and Brazil. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Ebert III. BFI 2032. Werner Herzog Filmproduktion unknown books
1933ref. 146133Paris: Franfilmdis 1933. Collection of 3 vintage borderless double weight studio still photographs from the landmark 1933 silent film by Jean Vigo. Although he only made four films before his death from tuberculosis at the age 29 Jean Vigo would come to have an outsized influence on cinema particularly the French New Wave with Truffaut in particular paying homage to the anarchic boarding school students in "Zero for Conduct" during the classroom and recess scenes in "The 400 Blows." 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus corner pinholes. Criterion Collection 578. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Franfilmdis unknown books
1967ref. 146012Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage borderless photograph of Robert Blake and Scott Wilson from the 1967 film. Crop annotations in manuscript pencil and the stamp of photographer Michel Ciment stamp on the verso. Richard Brooks' unflinching and unsentimental documentary style made for a visualization that matched the power of Capote's most famous book and remains one of the great meditations on violence in America. Nominated for four Academy Awards. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus some light creasing and edgewear. National Film Registry. Ebert II. Criterion Collection 781. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1973ref. 145963Beverly Hills CA: James B. Harris Productions 1973. Draft script for the 1973 cult film here under the working title "Never Call It Loving." Based on John Collier's 1938 short story. A woman drugged and kept asleep for years as a carnival attraction is bought and awakened by a jazz musician. The musician begins to realize however that reality will never measure up to his fantasies of his "sleeping dream girl." Shot on location in California. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for director James B. Harris and story credit to John Collier. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Typescript rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/28/72 and 2/14/72. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing bound with two silver brads. Etiquette Pictures 3. Rosenbaum 1000. James B. Harris Productions unknown books
1968ref. 145682Universal City: Universal Pictures 1968. Vintage borderless photograph of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director Karel Reisz on the set of the 1968 film. With a mimeo snipe manuscript annotations and a library rubber stamp on the verso. A high spot for Vanessa Redgrave in the 1960s a story that follows the life of the free spirited modern interpretive dancer Isadora Duncan. From Dan Pavlides at Allmovie: Trained in classical dance Duncan shattered the traditional conformities in her art and her personal life. The film begins at the end of her life as she recalls the past while dictating her memoirs to her male secretary. Her uninhibited sexuality and insistence on personal freedom and expression shocked more conservative and narrow-minded patrons and audiences. She brought in elements of classic Greek dance during the height of the jazz age and had children in and out of wedlock. Married to sewing-machine heir Paris Singer Jason Robards and the Russian poet Sergei Essenin Ivan Tchenko her life was a rollercoaster ride of success and tragic failures. Two of her children drowned when her chauffeur left the car unattended and the vehicle plunged into a river. Duncan lived by her own rules often shunned by the very people who had so passionately embraced her pioneering efforts in dance women's liberation and free thinking. Redgrave was nominated for an Oscar for her performance. The film's locales are international and range from California to Europe and the Soviet Union. Shot on location in various places in England Italy France and Eastern Europe. 9.25 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 145461Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1960. Vintage photograph of director Vincent Minnelli and actor Dean Martin with various members from the cast on the set of the 1960 film. With a mimeo snipe and studio stamp on the verso. Judy Holliday reprises her Broadway role as Elle a young telephone operator who cannot help but get involved in her customers' lives. This was the last screen role for Holiday who passed away at age 43 from breast cancer. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music. Set in New York shot on location in New York and California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1969ref. 145742Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1969. Vintage double weight matte photograph of Elia Kazan on the location at 34th Street and Fifth Avenue in New York for shooting of the 1969 film. With manuscript annotations and mimeo snipe on the verso. Adapted by Kazan from his own 1967 novel about a suicidal advertising executive on the verge of a nervous breakdown dealing with his unhappy wife younger mistress and dying father. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books
1958ref. 145701Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1958. Vintage press photograph of Joan Collins from the 1958 film. Based on Max Shulman's 1957 novel of the same name. A missile base is scheduled to be built in the suburban town Putnam's Landing. Grace Joan Woodward joins a group organizing to prevent the base from being built while her husband Harry Paul Newman is appointed as a liaison for the military. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1989ref. 145724Santa Monica: Avenue Pictures 1989. Vintage studio still photograph of director Gus Van Sant and actor Matt Dillon on the set of the 1989 film. Noted director Gus Van Sant's first feature film and a breakthrough film for actors Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch. A nihilistic answer to the onslaught of coming-of-age movies in the 1980s appropriately released at the end of that decade. The unsentimental exploits of a group of young people driven by nothing other than boredom and an obsessive need for more drugs leading inevitably to confusion and rampant lawlessness. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Avenue Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 146075Hollywood: Allied Artists Productions 1954. Draft script for the 1955 film here under the working title "The Annapolis Story." With small manuscript ink annotations throughout mostly noting the scene entrances of different characters throughout the script. Two sibling cadets at the Annapolis Naval Academy fall for the same girl creating a love triangle that can only be resolved by one brother's sacrifice for the other in the Korean War in the tradition of "Wings" 1927. Director Don Siegel's first film starring Kevin McCarthy followed by the sci-fi horror classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" 1956 which was considered to be a breakthrough picture for both. Set in Annapolis Maryland. Yellow titled wrappers. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page integral to the distribution page with credits for screenwriter Dan Ullman dated January 6 1954. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with dampstaining to the wrappers and the right and lower edges of the leaves bound with two gold brads. Allied Artists Productions unknown books
1950ref. 144758Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1950. Vintage photograph of actors Ingrid Bergman Gian Paolo Callegari and director Roberto Rosselini on the set of the 1950 Italian-American film. With a typed description and manuscript annotations on the verso. Photographs from the set of this film shot on the islands of Stromboli and Farfa in Italy are rare. After World War II a Lithuanian refugee marries an Italian POW in order to be released from an internment camp only to despair at life on the barren volcanic island he calls home. A classic example of Italian neorealism featuring documentary like footage from the island of Stromboli and footage from the islands evacuation during one of its many volcanic eruptions. 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine. BFI. Criterion Collection 673. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1947ref. 144680Paris: Gaumont 1947. Vintage photograph of director Jacques Becker and actor Claire Maffei on the set of the 1947 film. With manuscript annotations and a rubber stamp on the verso. A working class couple in Paris find their dreams of a life free of financial hardship about to come true when they win the lottery only to have the dream snatched away when they lose the ticket on the Metro. Shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Gaumont unknown books
1959ref. 144687Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1959. Vintage press photograph of director Stanley Kramer and actor Gregory Peck on the set of the 1959 film. With brief manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on Nevil Shute's 1957 post-apocalyptic novel set in 1964 about a nuclear submarine that survives the Third World War. Commander Dwight Lionel Towers Peck confirms that the world has been destroyed and the nuclear dust is coming to Australia. He befriends the free-spirited Moira Gardner and together with his men determine to return to San Diego following faint radio signals. Shot on location in Australia and California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1962ref. 144636Paris: Transcontinental Film Productions 1962. Two vintage photographs of Sidney Lumet directing on the set of the 1962 film. With manuscript annotations and a rubber stamp on the versos of each. Based on the 1955 play by Arthur Miller about an unhappily married man whose obsession with his niece leads to tragedy when she falls for an immigrant who is staying with them. The first American film to feature a kiss between two men though ultimately it is an act of accusation against one of the men rather than a romantic one. Shot on location in New York City and Rome. 7.5 x 5.5 inches. Near Fine. Transcontinental Film Productions unknown books
