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1978ref. 290221Fay Kanin 1978. Trade Paperback. 149 loose sheets 8.5 x 11 inches printed in black recto only on white. Fay Kanin 1917-2013 was a screenwriter and producer. She and her husband Michael were blacklisted by HUAC. She wrote and produced Friendly Fire for television. Starring Carol Burnett. The film won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama or Comedy of the Year. Fay later was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for 4 terms 1979-1983. 'Rev. Final Draft / July 25 1978' typed on bottom of cover sheet. Near fine copy. Fay Kanin paperback
ref. 004699np nd. Loose_leaf. Near Fine. 8.25" x 11" sheet typing paper; original typescript excerpt signed. Condition: two horitzontal folds else fine. Original typescript of the final stanza stanza 9 of Kantor's famous poem: "Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg" signed by Mackinlay Kantor most likely typed by Kantor himself though that cannot be established . Provenance: purchased at auction from large collection. From Wikipedia: MacKinlay Kantor was an American journalist novelist and screenwriter. He wrote more than 30 novels several set during the American Civil War and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1956 for his 1955 novel "Andersonville". He also wrote the novel "Gettysburg" set during the Civil War. Kantor's poem "Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg" published in 1933 memorializes Lincoln's November 1863 visit to the ceremonies dedicating the new Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg where he Lincoln gave "a few appropriate remarks" that live on in history as the Gettysburg Address. Kantor's poem ends with a few lines that portray Lincoln's humanity as perceived by a dog: "I was a dog of Gettysburg. I trotted near the train And nosed among the officers who kicked me to my pain. A man came by. . . . I could not see. I howled. The light was dim But when I brushed against his legs I liked the smell of him.". unknown
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
1964ref. 149719Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film showing actor Albert Finney. With the stamp of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on the verso along with a stamp noting the film's title for the French release "La Force des tenebres." Based on the 1937 film which was based in turn on the 1935 play by Emlyn Williams. A blue-collar sociopath charms his way into the home of a reclusive wealthy invalid where he seduces both her daughter and her maid while posing as the household butler. Set and shot on location in Hertfordshire England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy with pinholes and light rust to the corners. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1961ref. 150120London: British Lion Films LTD 1961. Vintage narrow margin reference photograph of director Karel Reisz on the set of the 1960 film. Mimeo snipe and "British Lion Films LTD." stamp on verso. Based on the 1958 novel by Alan Sillitoe and part of the British New Wave "kitchen sink" dramas of the late 1950s and early 1960s. 22 year old factory worker Arthur Seaton Albert Finney lives for getting drunk and debauchery on the weekends with a new girlfriend Doreen Shirley Anne Field and his co-worker's wife Brenda Rachel Roberts. In the top 20 of the BFI's greatest British films of all time. Shot on location in Middlesex Nottinghamsire and London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with edge and corner wear and small closed tear on right margin. BFI 1004. British Lion Films LTD unknown
1981ref. 172055Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1981. Vintage reference photograph from the 1981 film showing director Karel Reisz with author John Fowles on the set. Based on Fowles' 1969 novel about two actors who begin to find their real-life circumstances mirroring their characters' relationship. Shot on location in Dorset. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good or better moderately creased to the corners with light toning overall. Criterion Collection 768. United Artists unknown
1981ref. 138784Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1981. Vintage black-and-white French press photograph from the set 1981 UK film. Shown are director Karel Reisz and actors Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons conferring on a scene. French press stamp and a copyright sticker from United Artists on the verso. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1961ref. 150120London: British Lion Films LTD 1961. Vintage narrow margin reference photograph of director Karel Reisz on the set of the 1960 film. Mimeo snipe and "British Lion Films LTD." stamp on verso. Based on the 1958 novel by Alan Sillitoe and part of the British New Wave "kitchen sink" dramas of the late 1950s and early 1960s. 22 year old factory worker Arthur Seaton Albert Finney lives for getting drunk and debauchery on the weekends with a new girlfriend Doreen Shirley Anne Field and his co-worker's wife Brenda Rachel Roberts. In the top 20 of the BFI's greatest British films of all time. Shot on location in Middlesex Nottinghamsire and London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with edge and corner wear and small closed tear on right margin. BFI 1004. British Lion Films LTD unknown books
1964ref. 139406Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Two vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1964 UK film. A remake of Richard Thorpe's 1937 film noir antecedent based on Emlyn Williams' Broadway play that opened in 1936 and ran for 64 performances. Mrs. Bramson Washbourne is a crotchety old lady who hires a handyman Finney to help around her isolated estate. The handyman is attractive and engaging but Olivia Hampshire Mrs. Branson's daughter is suspicious of his motives. Shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1964ref. 149719Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film showing actor Albert Finney. With the stamp of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on the verso along with a stamp noting the film's title for the French release "La Force des tenebres." Based on the 1937 film which was based in turn on the 1935 play by Emlyn Williams. A blue-collar sociopath charms his way into the home of a reclusive wealthy invalid where he seduces both her daughter and her maid while posing as the household butler. Set and shot on location in Hertfordshire England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy with pinholes and light rust to the corners. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1981ref. 138784Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1981. Vintage black-and-white French press photograph from the set 1981 UK film. Shown are director Karel Reisz and actors Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons conferring on a scene. French press stamp and a copyright sticker from United Artists on the verso. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1981ref. 132136Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1981. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1981 UK film. Features Meryl Streep as Sarah Woodruff. While shooting a film about tragic lovers the actors portraying the characters find their relationship begins to parallel their characters. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1981ref. 172055Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1981. Vintage reference photograph from the 1981 film showing director Karel Reisz with author John Fowles on the set. Based on Fowles' 1969 novel about two actors who begin to find their real-life circumstances mirroring their characters' relationship. Shot on location in Dorset. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good or better moderately creased to the corners with light toning overall. Criterion Collection 768. United Artists 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
1973ref. 160533N.p.: N.p. 1973. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1973 film. Based on the 1959 novel by John Buell about a police detective who uncovers the demonic force responsible for the death of a heroin-addicted sex worker. Set and shot on location in Montreal. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 160533N.p.: N.p. 1973. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1973 film. Based on the 1959 novel by John Buell about a police detective who uncovers the demonic force responsible for the death of a heroin-addicted sex worker. Set and shot on location in Montreal. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 129528Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1967. Original Pressbook for the 1936 film. Based on American minister Charles M. Sheldon's Christian novel "In His Steps" ultimately the films release title the film presents a dramatic vision of a couple forced to elope and the struggles they endure while in hiding. This is an example of a very early pressbook the publicity format witnessing its heyday between 1940-1970 with the advent of film noir exploitation films and later adult films. Early examples were simple black-and-white or subdued colors if any and from the late 1950s on saw the color palette more fully utilized expressing in greater array the adventure horror and science fiction film genres. 4 pages folded 12.75 X 1.5 inches. Black-and-white throughout. Very Good with a horizontal fold at the middle short closed tears at the edges and brief insect damage at the top edge and lower corner. Paramount Pictures unknown
1967ref. 129528Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1967. Original Pressbook for the 1936 film. Based on American minister Charles M. Sheldon's Christian novel "In His Steps" ultimately the films release title the film presents a dramatic vision of a couple forced to elope and the struggles they endure while in hiding. This is an example of a very early pressbook the publicity format witnessing its heyday between 1940-1970 with the advent of film noir exploitation films and later adult films. Early examples were simple black-and-white or subdued colors if any and from the late 1950s on saw the color palette more fully utilized expressing in greater array the adventure horror and science fiction film genres. 4 pages folded 12.75 X 1.5 inches. Black-and-white throughout. Very Good with a horizontal fold at the middle short closed tears at the edges and brief insect damage at the top edge and lower corner. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1980ref. 165752N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage borderless publicity photograph of Boris Karloff in costume as Imhotep being drawn by illustrator Willy Pogány taken by photographer Ray Jones and struck by the photographer from the original negative circa 1980. 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 contemporary of Edmund Dulac Harry Rountree Sarah Stilwell Weber artist Willy Pogány is perhaps best remembered today for his versatile illustrations for children's books. He also worked prolifically as a sculptor painter portraitist and muralist and even briefly as a designer of stage sets and costumes. During the 1930s Pogány moved to Los Angeles where he found employment as an art director in Hollywood. Karloff's second film after his runaway success in "Frankenstein" in which he plays an Egyptian high priest awakened from death by a British field exposition. After disguising himself as a scientist he falls in love with a woman he believes to be the latest incarnation of a priestess from his past. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors 1931-1946. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 165752N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage borderless publicity photograph of Boris Karloff in costume as Imhotep being drawn by illustrator Willy Pogány taken by photographer Ray Jones and struck by the photographer from the original negative circa 1980. 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 contemporary of Edmund Dulac Harry Rountree Sarah Stilwell Weber artist Willy Pogány is perhaps best remembered today for his versatile illustrations for children's books. He also worked prolifically as a sculptor painter portraitist and muralist and even briefly as a designer of stage sets and costumes. During the 1930s Pogány moved to Los Angeles where he found employment as an art director in Hollywood. Karloff's second film after his runaway success in "Frankenstein" in which he plays an Egyptian high priest awakened from death by a British field exposition. After disguising himself as a scientist he falls in love with a woman he believes to be the latest incarnation of a priestess from his past. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors 1931-1946. N.p. unknown books
1948ref. 156123N.p.: Verleih Schorchtfilm 1948. Vintage program for the 1948 German film. Text and titles in German. Based on the 1946 novel by Ernst Lothar. A romantic saga spanning six decades chronicling the history of a wealthy Austrian family during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 8 x 11.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. Verleih Schorchtfilm unknown
1934ref. 151481Munich: UFA 1934. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Brigitte Helm from the 1934 film. With a manuscript ink annotation to the verso. A scientist discovers a method for turning lead into gold but is killed in an act of sabotage leading his assistant to seek revenge. 4.75 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine. UFA unknown
1934ref. 151481Munich: UFA 1934. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Brigitte Helm from the 1934 film. With a manuscript ink annotation to the verso. A scientist discovers a method for turning lead into gold but is killed in an act of sabotage leading his assistant to seek revenge. 4.75 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine. UFA unknown books
1948ref. 156123N.p.: Verleih Schorchtfilm 1948. Vintage program for the 1948 German film. Text and titles in German. Based on the 1946 novel by Ernst Lothar. A romantic saga spanning six decades chronicling the history of a wealthy Austrian family during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 8 x 11.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. Verleih Schorchtfilm unknown books
1936ref. 142464Berlin Paris: Universum Film UFA / L'Alliance Cinematographique Europeenne 1936. Vintage French pressbook for the 1936 German film "Flitterwochen" seen here under the alternate title "Faux Depart." A German comedy in which a honeymoon goes wrong beginning when the wife insists on bringing her pet dog on her honeymoon. Two pages saddle stapled 9.5 x 12 inches. Very Good plus with a light dampstain to one corner and a couple of mild corner creases. Universum Film [UFA] / L'Alliance Cinematographique Europeenne unknown books
