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1936ref. 164478Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1936. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1936 film. All five with studio stamps crediting photographer Ray Jones on the verso and three with mimeo snipes on the same. 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. A dramatization of the early years of Empress Elisabeth of Austria known as "Sissi" and her courtship and marriage to Franz Joseph I of Austria following his previous engagement to her older sister Duchess Helene in Bavaria. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1934ref. 137471Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1934. Vintage sepia reference photograph from the set of the 1934 film. Shown are director Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich in full regalia visiting with noted Mexican toreador Pepe Ortiz and a member of the Mexican Counsul in Los Angeles. Typescript snipe on the verso indicating same along with an ink notation of the photo date 9/15/34 and a contemporary illustrated label for "Photofest." 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 109. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1934ref. 151492Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1934. Vintage borderless reference photographs of Josef von Sternberg on the set of the 1934 film. Mimeo snipe printed in English and Spanish on verso. Loosely based on the diary of Catherine the Great as edited by Manuel Komroff following her from childhood through her rise to Empress. Sternberg's sixth and penultimate film starring Marlene Dietrich. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Even fading else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 109. Ebert III. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorcese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1925ref. 151451N.p.: N.p. 1925. Vintage reference photograph from the 1925 film showing actors George K. Arthur Bruce Guerin Otto Matiesen and Georgia Hale. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. An impoverished group of dockside dwellers decide to move to the city to make their fortunes. Josef von Sternberg's directorial debut. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned with light foxing to the verso. N.p. unknown books
1929ref. 136071Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1929. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1929 film. Shown is George Bancroft being pulled away from a prison cell where Richard Arlen is being held. Nominated for an Academy Award. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus condition with a handful of pinhole tears and a short closed tear at the extremities. Paramount Pictures unknown books
ref. 140050N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. A cab driver in Mexico is devoutly dedicated to his daughter which causes a great change in his life. Joe Raciti was an actor best known for his work in "The Firebrand" 1962 in which he portrayed Jack Garcia. Set in Mexico City. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Joseph A. Raciti-Carlyle. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 140050N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. A cab driver in Mexico is devoutly dedicated to his daughter which causes a great change in his life. Joe Raciti was an actor best known for his work in "The Firebrand" 1962 in which he portrayed Jack Garcia. Set in Mexico City. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Joseph A. Raciti-Carlyle. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 137527N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film adapted from the collaborative novel written by Joseph Conrad and Ford Maddox Ford in 1909 but not published until after Conrad's death in 1924. The third of three collaborations by the two novelists. Black stiff generic report wrappers with a red-and-white title label on the front wrapper crediting screenwriter Lowe and novelists Conrad and Ford. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lowe and novelists Conrad and Ford. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Photocopied. Toning to the title page else pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 137527N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film adapted from the collaborative novel written by Joseph Conrad and Ford Maddox Ford in 1909 but not published until after Conrad's death in 1924. The third of three collaborations by the two novelists. Black stiff generic report wrappers with a red-and-white title label on the front wrapper crediting screenwriter Lowe and novelists Conrad and Ford. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lowe and novelists Conrad and Ford. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Photocopied. Toning to the title page else pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 146428Rome: Arco 1967. Draft script for the 1967 Italian film. Text in English printed in Rome. Based on the 1923 novel wherein a former pirate falls in love with a mentally ill young woman who falls in love instead with a French naval officer. Set in France shot on location in Italy. Blue wrappers with the film's English title printed on a red label and affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with the film's English and Italian titles given. 207 leaves with last page of text numbered 206. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a strip of adhesive residue likely from tape running vertically across the rear wrapper binding bound with two gold brads. Arco unknown
1951ref. 149388London: London Film Productions 1951. Vintage reference photograph of director Carol Reed and actor Ralph Richardson on the set of the 1951 film. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with the stamp of Tele-Magazine. Based on Joseph Conrad's 1896 novel. A selfish criminal takes on a new position as the second-in-command of a trading operation on a remote island village where he seduces the village chieftain's daughter and embezzles from his employers. Controversial at the time of release for its depiction of an interracial romance even though the so-called indigenous Algerian actress in question Kerima was in actuality a white woman from France. Set in Borneo shot on location in Sri Lanka. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a short closed tear to the top edge repaired on the verso with white tape. London Film Productions unknown
1982ref. 141646N.p.: N.p. 1982. Original Treatment script for an unproduced film. With 17 pages of information about Polish screenwriter Witold Orzechowski laid in including a background on his film career on the other side of the Iron Curtain and about his affiliation with the Solidarity political party. Orzechowski directed the first Eastern European cinematic adaptation of Joseph Conrad with the television movie "Her Return" 1975. Background information addressed to producer Paul Kohner. An unproduced film adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1911 novel "Under Western Eyes" which many consider to be Conrad's response to Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment" whom Conrad detested. The story generally deals with the life of an oft-downtrodden revolutionary told through the story of a language teacher living in Geneva. Set in St. Petersburg Russia and Geneva Switzerland. Red titled wrappers. Title page present noted as treatment with credits for screenwriter Witold Orzechowski and author Joseph Conrad. 19 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 18. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 141646N.p.: N.p. 1982. Original Treatment script for an unproduced film. With 17 pages of information about Polish screenwriter Witold Orzechowski laid in including a background on his film career on the other side of the Iron Curtain and about his affiliation with the Solidarity political party. Orzechowski directed the first Eastern European cinematic adaptation of Joseph Conrad with the television movie "Her Return" 1975. Background information addressed to producer Paul Kohner. An unproduced film adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1911 novel "Under Western Eyes" which many consider to be Conrad's response to Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment" whom Conrad detested. The story generally deals with the life of an oft-downtrodden revolutionary told through the story of a language teacher living in Geneva. Set in St. Petersburg Russia and Geneva Switzerland. Red titled wrappers. Title page present noted as treatment with credits for screenwriter Witold Orzechowski and author Joseph Conrad. 19 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 18. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1951ref. 149388London: London Film Productions 1951. Vintage reference photograph of director Carol Reed and actor Ralph Richardson on the set of the 1951 film. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with the stamp of Tele-Magazine. Based on Joseph Conrad's 1896 novel. A selfish criminal takes on a new position as the second-in-command of a trading operation on a remote island village where he seduces the village chieftain's daughter and embezzles from his employers. Controversial at the time of release for its depiction of an interracial romance even though the so-called indigenous Algerian actress in question Kerima was in actuality a white woman from France. Set in Borneo shot on location in Sri Lanka. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a short closed tear to the top edge repaired on the verso with white tape. London Film Productions unknown books
1952ref. 159201London: London Film Productions 1952. One vintage studio still photograph and one linen backed key book photograph from the 1951 film. A man who was fired for stealing at his job at a shipping port in southeast Asia reconnects with the man who gave him his start. Set in southeast Asia shot on location in Sri Lanka. One photograph 10 x 8 inches one photograph 11 x 8 inches. Very Good. Selby US. Selby UK. London Film Productions unknown books
1967ref. 146428Rome: Arco 1967. Draft script for the 1967 Italian film. Text in English printed in Rome. Based on the 1923 novel wherein a former pirate falls in love with a mentally ill young woman who falls in love instead with a French naval officer. Set in France shot on location in Italy. Blue wrappers with the film's English title printed on a red label and affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with the film's English and Italian titles given. 207 leaves with last page of text numbered 206. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with a strip of adhesive residue likely from tape running vertically across the rear wrapper binding bound with two gold brads. Arco unknown books
1943ref. 164464Universal City: Universal Studios 1943. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1943 film showing actor Joseph Cotten. Printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with a date stamp. 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 was the first still photographer to win an Academy Award. He went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures where he worked well into the 1950s. The third film in the "Three Smart Girls" musical trilogy starring Deanna Durbin. In the final installment Durbin reprises her role as singing socialite Penny Craig who falls in love with an Air Force pilot. 8 x 10 inches. Slightly wavy on the bottom edge else Near Fine. Universal Studios unknown
1943ref. 164464Universal City: Universal Studios 1943. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1943 film showing actor Joseph Cotten. Printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with a date stamp. 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 was the first still photographer to win an Academy Award. He went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures where he worked well into the 1950s. The third film in the "Three Smart Girls" musical trilogy starring Deanna Durbin. In the final installment Durbin reprises her role as singing socialite Penny Craig who falls in love with an Air Force pilot. 8 x 10 inches. Slightly wavy on the bottom edge else Near Fine. Universal Studios unknown books
1949ref. 151714Los Angeles: Selznick International Pictures 1949. Dialogue Cutting Continuity script for the 1949 film. Based on the 1940 novella by Robert Nathan. A struggling artist sells one of his paintings to a very strange woman in Central Park. He notices that she seems to have a different relationship to linear time than he and everyone else does. "Portrait of Jennie" was painstakingly developed by Selznick International and then released under the auspices of Vanguard Pictures to whom Selznick International was sold. Set in New York City shot on location in New York City New York and Boston Massachusetts. Light blue titled wrappers noted as Dialogue Cutting Continuity on the front wrapper dated Jan. 11 1949. 5 leaves with last page of text numbered 5. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples along the top edge. Selznick International Pictures unknown books
1955ref. 158962Glendale CA: Allied Artists Pictures 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1955 film noir. A police lieutenant is ordered by his boss to stop trying to catch a sadistic gangster but finds himself increasingly obsessed with catching the man-and increasingly bewitched by the man's girlfriend. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pin holes at the corners and one small chip missing from the top left corner. Grant US. Olive Films. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Allied Artists Pictures unknown
1950ref. 161603Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1950. Vintage reference photograph of actors Hedy Lamarr and John Hodiak from the 1950 film noir. With release stamp on the verso. An undercover immigration officer uncovers a smuggling operation in Havana later growing conflicted when he begins to fall for a woman about to be smuggled into the US. Set in Havana shot on location in Havana and in Everglades National Park in Florida. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1955ref. 158962Glendale CA: Allied Artists Pictures 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1955 film noir. A police lieutenant is ordered by his boss to stop trying to catch a sadistic gangster but finds himself increasingly obsessed with catching the man-and increasingly bewitched by the man's girlfriend. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pin holes at the corners and one small chip missing from the top left corner. Grant US. Olive Films. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Allied Artists Pictures unknown books
1919ref. 138929Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1919. Vintage color glass slide advertisement for the 1919 film the first film released by the newly minted United Artists co-founded by star Fairbanks with Charlie Chaplin Mary Pickford and D.W. Griffith. A wealthy American gets embroiled in the politic turmoil of a fictional European monarchy only to find he is secretly the heir to the throne. 4 x 3.25 inches. An unused example without theatrical show times listed on the blank at the bottom. Very Good plus or better. United Artists unknown
1919ref. 138929Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1919. Vintage color glass slide advertisement for the 1919 film the first film released by the newly minted United Artists co-founded by star Fairbanks with Charlie Chaplin Mary Pickford and D.W. Griffith. A wealthy American gets embroiled in the politic turmoil of a fictional European monarchy only to find he is secretly the heir to the throne. 4 x 3.25 inches. An unused example without theatrical show times listed on the blank at the bottom. Very Good plus or better. United Artists unknown books
1938ref. 141102Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1938. Collection of five vintage studio still photographs from the 1938 film. Featuring images of Ralph Byrd Doris Weston Ward Bond and others. Written for the screen by Nathanael West. Ralph Byrd and Ward Bond play two rough and tumble truckers who agree to take a dangerous load of dynamite to a city in danger of being flooded when a nearby dam breaks. Byrd best known for his role in Republic's "Dick Tracy" series was here being groomed to play better roles for the company. Joe Kane's first non-Western feature film. Set in California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinhole tears and occasional light foxing to the borders. Republic Pictures unknown
