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1984ref. 151302Universal City: Universal Studios 1984. Collection of six vintage reference photographs from the 1984 film. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Alex Cox's directorial debut a delicious black satire of Ronald Reagan's 1980s America which filters a punk rock disdain through a hilariously comic lens an immediate cult classic. After losing his tedious supermarket job at gunpoint and finding his girlfriend sleeping with one of his pals punk rocker Otto Emilio Estevez is tricked by Bud Harry Dean Stanton into repossessing a car. Begrudgingly Otto agrees to be a repo man for the Helping Hand Acceptance Corporation and when a $20000 bounty comes through for a shoddy Dodge Malibu conspiracies abound. Is it drug related Are there aliens in the trunk Or maybe a neutron bomb Shot on location throughout Los Angeles California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 654. Destroy All Movies The Complete Guide to Punks on Film. Eureka! 27. Universal Studios unknown books
1972ref. 168659N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1972 adult comedy. Alex de Renzy's first fictional film following his landmark documentaries "Censorship in Denmark: A New Approach: 1970 and "A History of the Blue Movie" 1970. A mom embarks on a perilous journey into a dangerous forest to save her daughters Emily and Kandi abducted by pirates and encounters singing cross-dressers a lesbian gang gay monks and a helpful dwarf named Derek. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with starting at the center folds. Bright and unfaded. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 151669N.p.: Good Times 1974. Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1974 adult film. 27 x 41 inches folded. Near Fine. Good Times unknown
1941ref. 126200Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1941. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1941 film "Horror Island" along with a script for a "Double Bill Trailer" in which this film was featured with another George Waggner film of the same year "Man Made Man-Made Monster." The latter film was based on a story called "The Electric Man" written by H. J. Essex director of "I the Jury" 1958 Sid Schwartz and Len Golos with Joseph West Waggner as screenwriter. Hal Erickson: "It has been alleged that 'Horror Island' was the least expensive of Universal's 1940s second features. While it certainly looks that way it remains an enjoyable outing from fade-in to fade-out. In the tradition of 'Ten Little Indians' a group of disparate types are lured to a supposedly haunted mansion on a remote island. Their 'host' is peg-legged privateer Tobias Leo Carrillo who possesses half of a valuable treasure map. One by one the treasure-hunters are killed off by a mysterious assailant with Tobias the first victim. White wrappers production No. 1132 dated March 22 1941 with credits for cast members Dick Foran Leo Carrillo Peggy Moran Fuzzy Knight John Eldredge and Lewis Howard as well as director Waggner. 133 leaves mimeograph duplication. The "Double Bill Trailer" script is in white wrappers side-stapled rubber-stamped copy No. 6883 production nos. 1137 and 1119 dated March 29 1941 with credits for both films and "Central Files" in holograph pencil in the upper left corner. 8 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine with a small corner crease to the first page. Wrapper Very Good plus or better with a touch of toning and short corner creases to the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Wrappers encapsulated in archival mylar. Universal Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 140960Paris: G. de Boissiere 1960. Original French press kit for the 1960 French-Italian film "Fortunat." Text in French. Resembling the star biography and film credit packets often seen with US press kits this material details film credits cast and crew biographies and a synopsis. The film was distributed by Cinedis but here is credited to publicity manager G. de Boissiere with their cute cat logo as a complimentary kit. Based on Michel Breitman's 1955 novel "Fortunat ou le pere adopte." During the occupation of France a drunkard poacher named Fortunat Bourvil is tasked with helping Juliette Morgan and her two children escape the Nazis. Fortunat and Juliette engage in a brief love affair until she rejoins her husband the man in charge of a resistance effort and reason for Juliette's evading the Reich. 9 leaves 1 "with compliments" slip 8 printed rectos a few corner-stapled on "DEB de Boissiere parchment mimeograph duplication. Housed in a DEB pocketed paper folder 8.5 x 12.25 inches. Near Fine overall. G. de Boissiere unknown
1968ref. 132378New York: Stuart Millar Productions 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. Based on George Plimpton's 1966 book. Alan Alda in his first starring role plays Plimpton who has put himself into the sports arena writing about his experiences. He's entered the ring with a professional boxer and pitched in an All-Star game. He decides to try his hand at being the quarterback of a professional football team and he gets his opportunity with the Detroit Lions. While everyone involved agrees to keep his secret feigning time spent as a semi-pro in Canada it soon becomes clear that he is clueless on the field. Eventually he earns his teammates' respect and even gets to play in an exhibition game. Shot on location in New York Missouri and Florida. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for writers Roman and Plimpton. 132 leaves mimeograph duplication with the last leaf of text numbered 131. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Stuart Millar Productions unknown books
1971ref. 158801Beverly Hills CA: Crown International Pictures 1971. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 film. A man starts having an affair with a married woman he meets on a beach. Unbeknownst to him she previously murdered the wife of her current husband when she first began having an affair with him. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Crown International Pictures unknown
1936ref. 164557Universal City: Universal Pictures 1936. Vintage publicity photograph of Buster Crabbe from the 1936 serial film. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Based on the 1934 comic-strip character created by Alex Raymond. The first screen adaptation of "Flash Gordon" presented as a serial film in 13 chapters and starring Buster Crabbe in the titular role battling to thwart the evil schemes of Emperor Ming the Merciless portrayed by Charles B. Middleton. Followed by two sequels also in serial form "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars" 1938 and "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" 1940. Remade in 1980 as a superhero space opera film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Sam J. Jones and Melony Anderson. Shot on location in Bronson Canyon California. 8 x 10 inches mounted onto a 8.25 x 10.25 inch black art board. Near Fine with even toning. National Film Registry. Universal Pictures unknown
1985ref. 142124N.p.: N.p. 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript ink on page 1. An allegory about an unusually powerful man who becomes a danger to his city with the inhabitants unwilling and eventually unable to stop his reign of terror. Green untitled wrappers with credits for screenwriter and director Alex Tudor. Title page present dated April 21 1985 with credit for screenwriter Alex Tudor. 16 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 11. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with four staples. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 141888Munich Munchen: Alex Tudor 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced film. An older man holds a party at his castle and attracts the attention of a young woman though no one present understands what one sees in the other. Dr. Alexe Tudor is an independent German documentarian who focuses primarily on symbols and expression spotlighting the artist's case for both. Tudor's works include profiling events and exhibitions related to the work of clergyman and artist Ivo Schaible SDS 1999-2012 Der Antifter: Freemasonry 2008 surveying the work of Otmar Alt and the documentary Die Begegnung. Set in Blue untitled wrappers with a business card for director and screenwriter Alex Tudor affixed at the lower right corner of the front wrapper. Title page present dated 17.03.85 with credits for screenwriter Tudor. 20 leaves with last page of text numbered 17. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with four staples. Alex Tudor unknown
1985ref. 141888Munich Munchen: Alex Tudor 1985. Treatment script for an unproduced film. An older man holds a party at his castle and attracts the attention of a young woman though no one present understands what one sees in the other. Dr. Alexe Tudor is an independent German documentarian who focuses primarily on symbols and expression spotlighting the artist's case for both. Tudor's works include profiling events and exhibitions related to the work of clergyman and artist Ivo Schaible SDS 1999-2012 Der Antifter: Freemasonry 2008 surveying the work of Otmar Alt and the documentary Die Begegnung. Set in Blue untitled wrappers with a business card for director and screenwriter Alex Tudor affixed at the lower right corner of the front wrapper. Title page present dated 17.03.85 with credits for screenwriter Tudor. 20 leaves with last page of text numbered 17. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with four staples. Alex Tudor unknown books
1985ref. 141860Munich 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in is a business card for Alex Tudor a screenwriter and director. Clear untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1984-1985 with credits for screenwriter Roger Lynn and director and screenwriter Alex Tudor. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 52. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with prong binding. unknown books
1985ref. 141852Munich: N.p. 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in German language. Laid in is a business card for Alex Tudor a screenwriter and director. Teal untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1984-1985 with credits for screenwriter Roger Lynn and director and screenwriter Alex Tudor. 170 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Xerographically duplicated first generation copy with no copied punch holes. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine perfect bound. N.p. unknown books
1997ref. 160794N.p.: N.p. 1997. Third Draft script for the 1999 film. With manuscript ink annotations relating to the character of Jim McAllister on several pages possibly in the hand of screenwriter Jim Taylor and post-it notes with annotations in the same hand attached to five pages. Based on the 1998 novel by Tom Perrotta loosely based in turn on Budd Schulberg's 1941 novel "What Makes Sammy Run" A pitch-black comedy about a washed-up high school history teacher who forms an increasingly desperate vendetta against an overachieving student. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Set in Omaha shot on location in Washington DC in Omaha Bellevue LaVista and Papillon Nebraska in Carter Lake Iowa and in New York City. Blue titled wrappers noted as THIRD DRAFT on the front wrapper dated July 22 1997 with credits for director-screenwriter Alexander Payne screenwriter Jim Taylor and novelist Tom Perotta. Title page present noted as THIRD DRAFT dated July 22 1997 with credits for director-screenwriter Alexander Payne screenwriter Jim Taylor and novelist Tom Perotta. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with a silver prong that has been reinforced with clear packing tape. Criterion Collection 904. N.p. unknown
1940ref. 148990Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1940. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1940 film showing actors Melvyn Douglas Una O'Connor and Loretta Young. With a manuscript pencil annotation to the verso noting the date 8-12-40. A communist fugitive hides from the police in the apartment of the wife of the man he intended to kill. Set in Paris. 9.5 x 7.75 inches. Very Good plus with light toning. Columbia Pictures unknown
1955ref. 151587London: Rank Organisation 1955. Vintage lobby card from the 1955 British film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso noting the names of actors. A motley group of five small-time criminals rent out rooms from a wealthy octogenarian widow in order to plan a heist while posing as classical musicians. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners. Grant UK. Lee The Heist Film. Rank Organisation unknown
1950ref. 130929Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1950. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script and Trailer script for the 1950 film. A light comedy about a charismatic older woman who comes to live with her architect son played by Ronald Reagan and his family striking up an unexpected romance with the local grocer. Things get far more complex when Reagan's boss also develops an interest in her attempting to get between the new couple. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording. White brad-bound titled wrappers dated May 4 1950 and July 26 1950 respectively. Mimeograph duplication. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1932ref. 145944Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1932. Final Draft script for the 1932 pre-Code film here under the working title "The Beachcomber." Incomplete as stamped with holograph pencil annotations to the front wrapper. A New York fashion model must decide between her poor but faithful mechanic boyfriend and a rich but untrustworthy libertine. Although William C. De Mille was initially slated to direct his growing dissatisfaction with the conditions on set led him to leave the picture two weeks in eventually to be replaced by Alexander Hall. Set in New York. Tall white titled self wrappers noted as FINAL SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 1646 dated January 27 1932 with credits for screenwriters Vincent Lawrence Waldemar Young and Samuel Hoffenstein and story credit to Mildred Cram. Title page integral to the front wrapper. 73 leaves with last page of text numbered E-26. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus side stapled. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1968ref. 132251Heidelberg Germany: Constantin-Film 1968. Original German A1 poster for the 1968 German film. Artwork by Leduc. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. An important work in the German avant garde cinema made in a collage style featuring newsreels and quotations from philosophers alongside the story of a failing circus whose owner Leni Hannelore Hoger who must decide whether her dream of a new kind of circus is too optimistic. The film is a symbolic representation of Kluge's own frustrations in trying to help stimulate the New German Cinema movement. 23.25 x 33 inches folded. Very Good or better overall. Constantin-Film unknown books
1947ref. 141347N.p.: London Film Productions 1947. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1947 film. Based on Oscar Wilde's 1895 play of the same name. Imbued with the wit that characterizes most of Wilde's work Alexander Korda's 1947 film follows a prominent politician preparing to expose a financial scandal. His plan begins to unravel when a woman threatens him with her own blackmail. Shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine light toning overall and a holograph graphite notation to the verso. London Film Productions unknown books
1965ref. 132875London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1965 UK film. Mimeograph snipe and distributor rubber-stamp on the verso. Based on Richard Hughes' 1929 novel about children sent to England from Jamaica when their ship is boarded and commandeered by pirates. Chavez Anthony Quinn the pirate captain befriends one of the children to the chagrin of the other pirates. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creases else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1962ref. 132237Dusseldorf Germany: Alfried Holle / Atlas Films 1962. Original German A1 poster for a circa 1962 re-release of the 1955 UK film. From the collection of noted film historian Amos Vogel. Full provenance available. Music professor Alec Guinness rents a London flat from sweet old lady Katie Johnson. He tells her that from time to time several other musicians will visit in order to rehearse. In truth Guinness can't play a note nor can his visitors-he's a criminal mastermind holding court over a gang of thieves including the likes of punkish Peter Sellers homicidal Herbert Lom and punchdrunk Danny Green. The gang uses Guinness' flat as headquarters as they conceive a daring 60000 pound robbery. Nominated for an Academy Award Best Screenplay and a BFA award for veteran character actress Johnson. 23.25 x 33 inches rolled. Very Good or better overall. Alfried Holle / Atlas Films unknown books
1965ref. 139617Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1965. Two vintage black-and-white reference studio still photographs from the 1965 film. Sex intrigue infidelity and murder all stir up this beach-based melodrama. When an ex lover washes up on shore of Acapulco wealthy aging Kit and her beach-boy husband become prime suspects. Shot on location in Acapulco Mexico. 8 x 10 inches and 10 x 8 25.5 x 20.5. Very Good plus. Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1989ref. 152816N.p.: N.p. 1989. Draft script for the 1990 television film here under the working title "Fast Lane." A woman discovers that the man with whom she has just had a one-night stand is a hired assassin and tries to stop him from completing his next hit. Set in New York. Self wrappers. Missing title page presumably as issued. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only with pink yellow and green revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Reyes 39. N.p. unknown
1989ref. 152816N.p.: N.p. 1989. Draft script for the 1990 television film here under the working title "Fast Lane." A woman discovers that the man with whom she has just had a one-night stand is a hired assassin and tries to stop him from completing his next hit. Set in New York. Self wrappers. Missing title page presumably as issued. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication on blue stock rectos only with pink yellow and green revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
