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1954ref. 146381N.p.: N.p. 1954. Draft script for a US Air Force training video. Script belonging to an uncredited cast member apparently cast in the role of the narrator with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout. Laid in with the script are two pieces of paper with drawings of flight patterns ostensibly to be used during production and a paper fragment noting addresses names and other details. A three-part training video for Air Force pilot instructors. Set on the Orlando Air Force Base in Orlando Florida. Blue titled wrappers noted as PROJECT NO. 19130 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated 6 MAY 1954 noted as PROJECT NO. 19130 with credits for writer Nat S. Linden and a number of tech advisors. 79 leaves with last page of text numbered 70. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light dampstaining and edgewear. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 160982Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the 1963 film showing actor Steve McQueen sitting atop a ladder during filming on location in New York. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A young Italian-American salesgirl realizes she is pregnant after a one-night-stand with a jazz musician and seeks him out in order to raise money for an abortion. Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Paramount Pictures unknown
1956ref. 158964Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 Western film. Based on the 1956 novel by Louis L'Amour. A man sees the thieves who killed his brother and discovers they all work for a man who ransacked the closest sheriff's office. Shot on location in Keyesville and Calabasas California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 580. Warner Brothers unknown books
1963ref. 160982Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the 1963 film showing actor Steve McQueen sitting atop a ladder during filming on location in New York. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A young Italian-American salesgirl realizes she is pregnant after a one-night-stand with a jazz musician and seeks him out in order to raise money for an abortion. Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1974ref. 162179N.p.: Francos Films / Films Ege 1974. Two vintage lobby cards for the 1974 French erotic film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the south of France a teenage girl draws the attentions of two brothers and their father. 11.25 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. Bier 1800. Francos Films / Films Ege unknown
1969ref. 160971N.p.: N.p. 1969. Collection of eleven vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1969 Italian sexploitation film. Faced with a broken marriage a woman decides to try to rekindle her incestuous relationship with her younger sister who is herself happily married to a wealthy older man. 9.25 x 7 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 162179N.p.: Francos Films / Films Ege 1974. Two vintage lobby cards for the 1974 French erotic film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the south of France a teenage girl draws the attentions of two brothers and their father. 11.25 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. Bier 1800. Francos Films / Films Ege unknown books
1969ref. 160971N.p.: N.p. 1969. Collection of eleven vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1969 Italian sexploitation film. Faced with a broken marriage a woman decides to try to rekindle her incestuous relationship with her younger sister who is herself happily married to a wealthy older man. 9.25 x 7 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 167577Universal City: Universal Pictures 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film showing scientists in hazmat suits preparing to confront the insect. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A volcanic eruption in the South Seas frees a long-dormant 200-foot-tall mantis which proceeds to make its way to the US. Filmmakers constructed a 200-foot-tall mantis for the film from papier-mâché with a hydraulic system in addition to two smaller models for different flying or walking effects. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown
1957ref. 167577Universal City: Universal Pictures 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film showing scientists in hazmat suits preparing to confront the insect. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A volcanic eruption in the South Seas frees a long-dormant 200-foot-tall mantis which proceeds to make its way to the US. Filmmakers constructed a 200-foot-tall mantis for the film from papier-mâché with a hydraulic system in addition to two smaller models for different flying or walking effects. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 139041Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1975. Original British quad poster for the 1975 US film. Printed in England by Leonard Ripley. One of the most haunting and truly underrated films of the 1970s Schlesinger's "The Day of the Locust" translates Nathanael West's masterpiece into a dark funny and ultimately devastating commentary on the Hollywood system and its effect on the lives and dreams of an array of characters lost in it. Since its release the film has come to be considered by many Donald Sutherland's finest performance as well as a grand achievement in terms of script cinematography acting and design. Nominated for two Academy Awards. 30 x 40 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus with staple holes to the top edge and a notation in manuscript ink on the verso. Paramount Pictures unknown
1975ref. 139041Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1975. Original British quad poster for the 1975 US film. Printed in England by Leonard Ripley. One of the most haunting and truly underrated films of the 1970s Schlesinger's "The Day of the Locust" translates Nathanael West's masterpiece into a dark funny and ultimately devastating commentary on the Hollywood system and its effect on the lives and dreams of an array of characters lost in it. Since its release the film has come to be considered by many Donald Sutherland's finest performance as well as a grand achievement in terms of script cinematography acting and design. Nominated for two Academy Awards. 30 x 40 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus with staple holes to the top edge and a notation in manuscript ink on the verso. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1957ref. 141628Beverly Hills CA: Copa 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1860 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne one of his four major romances. In Italy four artists of various social standing find themselves in a complicated web of love alliances with their peers. Tan titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Title page present dated January 15 1957 with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and author Nathaniel Hawthorne. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Copa unknown
1926ref. 171492Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1926 silent film one showing Lillian Gish as Hester Prynne on the stocks the other showing actors Edna Lyons and Paulette Neville in costume playfully dancing out of character between takes on the set. Mimeo snipes on the versos. The second film Gish made while under contract with MGM still widely considered the finest screen adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic 1850 novel to date. Set in Boston. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good or better lightly faded and slightly edgeworn but with no loss. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1957ref. 141628Beverly Hills CA: Copa 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1860 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne one of his four major romances. In Italy four artists of various social standing find themselves in a complicated web of love alliances with their peers. Tan titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Title page present dated January 15 1957 with credits for screenwriter Leonardo Bercovici and author Nathaniel Hawthorne. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Copa unknown books
1926ref. 171492Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1926 silent film one showing Lillian Gish as Hester Prynne on the stocks the other showing actors Edna Lyons and Paulette Neville in costume playfully dancing out of character between takes on the set. Mimeo snipes on the versos. The second film Gish made while under contract with MGM still widely considered the finest screen adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic 1850 novel to date. Set in Boston. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good or better lightly faded and slightly edgeworn but with no loss. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1979ref. 151046Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 18 black-and-white photographs and 10 gatherings of promotional reading material. A television consultant is hired to organize a telethon in order to raise funds for the now-bankrupt US government who are on the brink of losing the country to wealthy Native American tribes seeking to repossess the land. Featuring narration by George Carlin and cameos by Meat Loaf Jay Leno Elvis Costello and more. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1979ref. 151046Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1979. Vintage press kit for the 1979 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 18 black-and-white photographs and 10 gatherings of promotional reading material. A television consultant is hired to organize a telethon in order to raise funds for the now-bankrupt US government who are on the brink of losing the country to wealthy Native American tribes seeking to repossess the land. Featuring narration by George Carlin and cameos by Meat Loaf Jay Leno Elvis Costello and more. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1985ref. 009746Hollywood California: Movie Tech Studios. Offered is the probable first draft of the film screenplay entitled "Dismemberd" Dismembered by screenwriter Jack Neal. An undated draft script the scenes are not numbered circa 1980s the film was finally produced and released in 2003. Directed by Ewing Miles Brown the film starred Lee Horsley Leslie Easterbrook Gordon Jump Bernie Kopell and Judson Mills. Since the film was produced nearly 20 years after the original draft being offered in this listing it is probable that the script underwent several revisions during the ensuing years. The screenplay contains 117 mimeographed loose leaf pages including title page and photo of a glove-covered hand ready to grab a frightened woman looking in a mirror measuring 8-1/2" by 11" bound in heavy green front and rear covers with metal strip. Pasted to the upper area of the front cover is a label from Movie Tech Studios showing its name and address on 832 Seward Street in Hollywood California and typed titled author Jack Neal Reg. S.W.G.W. Property Movie Tech Studios. Light creases to outer cover overhang edges; "DISMBERD" written in black felt pen to outer left spine edges. . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1985. Movie Tech Studios paperback
1972ref. 162494N.p.: Magarac 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 release of the 1970 film here under it's original title. Provenance stamp on the verso. Originally released as "To Be Free" the film was re-shot re-edited and re-released in 1972 as "Imago." Barbara Douglas stars as a virgin who is incapable of having sex with her boyfriend and begins seeing a psychiatrist to help. After becoming involved with the doctor's lesbian receptionist and trying marijuana she begins to experience wild nightmares and struggles to cope. Shot on location in Pittsburgh. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Magarac unknown
1972ref. 162494N.p.: Magarac 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 release of the 1970 film here under it's original title. Provenance stamp on the verso. Originally released as "To Be Free" the film was re-shot re-edited and re-released in 1972 as "Imago." Barbara Douglas stars as a virgin who is incapable of having sex with her boyfriend and begins seeing a psychiatrist to help. After becoming involved with the doctor's lesbian receptionist and trying marijuana she begins to experience wild nightmares and struggles to cope. Shot on location in Pittsburgh. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Magarac unknown books
1986ref. 142597London: HandMade Films 1986. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1986 film showing director Jordan and star Hoskins together on location. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Hoskins stars as a recently released ex-con hired to drive a high class escort from job to job slowly falling in love with her as he does which leads trouble for them both. Hoskins won Best Actor at Cannes where the film was also nominated for the Palme d'Or and was nominated for an Academy Award losing to Paul Newman in "The Color of Money." Set and shot on location in London and Brighton where this photograph was likely taken. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Arrow 1109. Criterion Collection 107. Grant UK. Spicer UK. HandMade Films unknown
1986ref. 142597London: HandMade Films 1986. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1986 film showing director Jordan and star Hoskins together on location. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Hoskins stars as a recently released ex-con hired to drive a high class escort from job to job slowly falling in love with her as he does which leads trouble for them both. Hoskins won Best Actor at Cannes where the film was also nominated for the Palme d'Or and was nominated for an Academy Award losing to Paul Newman in "The Color of Money." Set and shot on location in London and Brighton where this photograph was likely taken. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Arrow 1109. Criterion Collection 107. Grant UK. Spicer UK. HandMade Films unknown books
ref. 163896Hollywood: Mépris Films / Pretty Pictures 2001. Revised Draft script for the 2003 film. Working copy belonging to director and producer Neil LaBute annotated throughout bound in a three-ring binder with numerous production documents including handwritten shot sequences color photos contact sheets shooting and post-production schedules and location and vendor lists. Laid in with the binder are three borderless wardrobe test photographs of actor Paul Rudd in costume an additional white set of revision pages a manuscript shot breakdown in LaBute's hand and three xerographically duplicated images of Rudd with a prosthetic neck. Laid into the front of the binder is a full-page newspaper advertisement for LaBute's play. Based on the 2001 play written by LaBute. A pitch-black comedy about a frumpy literature major whose personality and appearance begins to change as he is wooed by a beautiful graduate art student. Title page present dated December 12 2001 with credit for LaBute. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between January 21 and February 8 2002. Pages Near Fine binder Near Fine. Mépris Films / Pretty Pictures unknown
ref. 163898Los Angeles: Gramercy Pictures / Propaganda Films / Fleece Films / Volcanic Films 1997. Draft script for the 1998 film seen here under the working title "The Fine Art of Living." Working copy belonging to director Neil LaBute with his extensive annotations throughout noting deletions and revisions to dialogue. Bound in a three-ring binder with numerous production documents including contact sheets scene breakdowns memos legal documents shooting and post-production schedules location and vendor lists and edits of promotional material. LaBute's second feature following "In the Company of Men" 1997 about two middle-class couples who lie and cheat in their struggles to find satisfaction in their empty relationships. Title page present dated 9/19/97 with credit for LaBute. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine binder about Near Fine. Gramercy Pictures / Propaganda Films / Fleece Films / Volcanic Films unknown
