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1990ref. 150842Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1990. Vintage black and white studio still photograph from the 1990 film showing actors Jasen Fisher and Mai Zetterling. Based on the 1983 novel by Roald Dahl. Anjelica Huston stars as the leader of the witches intent on turning all children in England into mice only to be foiled by a boy and his grandmother. The final Jim Henson Productions effort completed prior to Henson's death and the final film based on a Roald Dahl story produced prior to Dahl's passing the same year. Overlooked upon its release it has since gained a cult following. Set in England shot on location in England and Norway. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1940ref. 1355Los Angeles: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation 1940. Letter 295 x 230mm pp. Title 1 2-186 mimeographed duplication rectos only. First draft continuity script for the 1941 film. Orange titled continuous card wrapper rubber stamped internal three brass brad binding. Noted as FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY on the front wrapper production number 559 copy number 29 dated October 7 1940. Title page present also dated October 7 1940 and noted as 1st Draft Continuity. Pages very good but for a bit of toning and worming to the upper left corner of the final 15 pages cover soiled worn and with some splits to the extremities good. Ex-Howard Barnes; Richard Manney; Gene Hackman. Custom cloth box. Inscribed on the title page by screenwriter Dudley Nichols to film critic Howard Barnes; "Critic par excellence in memory of our old days on The World when neither of us dreamed of working in this fascinating medium of the film Affectionately Dudley Nichols July 15 1941". Referencing the time they both spent as journalists for the New York World. There is a postscript that reads: "This was my first draft done in three weeks. Many things happened to it afterwards as your keen eye will note. D.N". A British big-game hunter is captured after stalking Hitler as a sporting challenge then escapes to England only to be relentlessly pursued by Nazi agents whose campaign of terror claims the life of the young woman who sheltered him. After a harrowing confrontation with his nemesis he acknowledges his true intent and parachutes back into Germany now committed to carrying out the assassination he once denied contemplating. Set in 1939 Bavaria and London shot on set at 20th Century Fox studios in Los Angeles. 20th Century Fox Film Corporation unknown
1940ref. 1355Los Angeles: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation 1940. Letter 295 x 230mm pp. Title 1 2-186 mimeographed duplication rectos only. First draft continuity script for the 1941 film. Orange titled continuous card wrapper rubber stamped internal three brass brad binding. Noted as FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY on the front wrapper production number 559 copy number 29 dated October 7 1940. Title page present also dated October 7 1940 and noted as 1st Draft Continuity. Pages very good but for a bit of toning and worming to the upper left corner of the final 15 pages cover soiled worn and with some splits to the extremities good. Ex-Howard Barnes; Richard Manney; Gene Hackman. Custom cloth box. Inscribed on the title page by screenwriter Dudley Nichols to film critic Howard Barnes; "Critic par excellence in memory of our old days on The World when neither of us dreamed of working in this fascinating medium of the film Affectionately Dudley Nichols July 15 1941". Referencing the time they both spent as journalists for the New York World. There is a postscript that reads: "This was my first draft done in three weeks. Many things happened to it afterwards as your keen eye will note. D.N". A British big-game hunter is captured after stalking Hitler as a sporting challenge then escapes to England only to be relentlessly pursued by Nazi agents whose campaign of terror claims the life of the young woman who sheltered him. After a harrowing confrontation with his nemesis he acknowledges his true intent and parachutes back into Germany now committed to carrying out the assassination he once denied contemplating. Set in 1939 Bavaria and London shot on set at 20th Century Fox studios in Los Angeles. 20th Century Fox Film Corporation unknown books
1936ref. 159227Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1936. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1936 film. A career criminal purposefully gets himself arrested and jailed to keep himself from committing more crimes. He struggles to try and get parole. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good slightly wavy from water damage along the sides. Warner Brothers unknown books
1967ref. 161561N.p.: N.p. 1967. Two vintage still photographs from the 1967 film both with provenance stamps on the versos. Brigitta is a sexually repressed bank teller who meets the mysterious and charming Bize releasing her appetites for all things erotic. Shot on location in Munich Germany. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear faint creasing and one pinhole. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 161639N.p.: N.p. 1967. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 sexploitation film. One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso. Early little known exploitation film by director Nick Millard. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes near or in the bottom margin. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 161723N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Donna is a beautiful free-spirited hippie who moves to Hollywood to seek fame and success as a singer only to fall prey to booze and drugs after finding success. Remade in 2009 directed by Brion Rockwell starring Maria Palentini and Angelina Dekker. Shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 161561N.p.: N.p. 1967. Two vintage still photographs from the 1967 film both with provenance stamps on the versos. Brigitta is a sexually repressed bank teller who meets the mysterious and charming Bize releasing her appetites for all things erotic. Shot on location in Munich Germany. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear faint creasing and one pinhole. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 161639N.p.: N.p. 1967. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 sexploitation film. One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso. Early little known exploitation film by director Nick Millard. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes near or in the bottom margin. N.p. unknown books
1986ref. 163842N.p.: N.p. 1986. Archive of three scripts for the 1987 prison film including two very early internally duplicated development scripts dated April 14 1980 and July 21 1980 and a Draft script dated July 16 1986. A suicidal inmate at San Quentin State Prison attends a production of "Waiting for Godot" and regains both his inspiration and his will to live ultimately organizing his own successful acting troupe in the prison. Shot on location in Wilmington Lillington and Durham North Carolina. Script dated April 14 1980: Yellow wrappers with title noted in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and a label with credits for director and screenwriter John Hancock and actor Robert De Niro although the latter did not appear in the film. Title page present dated April 14 1980 with credits for Hancock and screenwriter Dorothy Tristan. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Script dated July 21 1980: Blue front wrapper with a die-cut title window lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated July 21 1980 with credits for Hancock and Tristan. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Script dated July 16 1986: Lacking front wrapper with brown rear wrapper. Title page present dated July 16 1986 with credits for Hancock and Tristan. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1986ref. 163842N.p.: N.p. 1986. Archive of three scripts for the 1987 prison film including two very early internally duplicated development scripts dated April 14 1980 and July 21 1980 and a Draft script dated July 16 1986. A suicidal inmate at San Quentin State Prison attends a production of "Waiting for Godot" and regains both his inspiration and his will to live ultimately organizing his own successful acting troupe in the prison. Shot on location in Wilmington Lillington and Durham North Carolina. Script dated April 14 1980: Yellow wrappers with title noted in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and a label with credits for director and screenwriter John Hancock and actor Robert De Niro although the latter did not appear in the film. Title page present dated April 14 1980 with credits for Hancock and screenwriter Dorothy Tristan. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Script dated July 21 1980: Blue front wrapper with a die-cut title window lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated July 21 1980 with credits for Hancock and Tristan. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Script dated July 16 1986: Lacking front wrapper with brown rear wrapper. Title page present dated July 16 1986 with credits for Hancock and Tristan. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 146583Rome: Pegaso 1969. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Text in English. A bleak retelling of the siege of Masada by Roman troops in 74 AD leading one thousand Jews to commit suicide in order to avoid death at the hands of the Roman soldiers. An early career script by noted Italian screenwriter Nicola Badalucco who was best known for "The Damned" 1969 which won an Oscar for Best Screenplay. Set in the Masada fortress in Israel. Pink titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Film treatment with credits for screenwriter Nicola BADALUCCO. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 145. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Pegaso unknown
ref. 147210Rome: Pegaso Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced Italian film. Text in English. Three brothers battle the local Mafia in a small province in central Sicily. An early career script by noted Italian screenwriter Nicola Badalucco who was best known for "The Damned" 1969 which won an Oscar for Best Screenplay. Set in Agrigento Sicily. Pink titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Nicola BADALUCCO. 23 leaves with last page of text numbered 22. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a small splash on the front wrapper and slight yapping to the fore edge bound internally with two gold brads. Pegaso unknown books
1969ref. 146583Rome: Pegaso 1969. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Text in English. A bleak retelling of the siege of Masada by Roman troops in 74 AD leading one thousand Jews to commit suicide in order to avoid death at the hands of the Roman soldiers. An early career script by noted Italian screenwriter Nicola Badalucco who was best known for "The Damned" 1969 which won an Oscar for Best Screenplay. Set in the Masada fortress in Israel. Pink titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Film treatment with credits for screenwriter Nicola BADALUCCO. 147 leaves with last page of text numbered 145. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Pegaso unknown books
1998ref. 167720Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1998. Revised Draft script for the 1999 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member presumably a makeup artist based on the annotations in pink highlighter on several pages. A neo-noir thriller about a private eye who falls into the seedy world of snuff films and hardcore fetish pornography. Shot on location in New York and Miami. Self wrappers. Title page present dated January 5 1998 with credit for screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker. 154 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between January 6 and 29 1998. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown
1996ref. 170717Los Angeles: Atlas Entertainment 1996. Draft script for the 1998 film. An American remake of Wim Wenders' 1987 film "Wings of Desire" the setting moved to Los Angeles about an angel who falls in love with a human and decides to become mortal in order to live with her. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Generic white Atlas Entertainment wrappers. Title page present dated May 29 1996 with credit for screenwriter Dana Stevens. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Atlas Entertainment unknown
1995ref. 167877Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM / United Artists 1995. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1995 film including one showing Mike Figgis and actors Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue on the set. Based on John O'Brien's 1990 semi-autobiographical novel about a screenwriter who having lost everything else in his life moves to Las Vegas in order to drink himself to death. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Actor for Cage. O'Brien died by suicide two weeks after signing away the film rights to his novel. Shot on location in Las Vegas. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / United Artists unknown
1995ref. 170738N.p.: N.p. 1995. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the 1995 film showing actors Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue in one of many melancholy moments. Based on John O'Brien's 1990 semi-autobiographical novel about a screenwriter who having lost everything else in his life moves to Las Vegas in order to drink himself to death. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Actor for Cage. O'Brien died by suicide two weeks after signing away the film rights to his novel. Shot on location in Las Vegas. 10 x 6.75 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1995ref. 170738N.p.: N.p. 1995. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the 1995 film showing actors Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue in one of many melancholy moments. Based on John O'Brien's 1990 semi-autobiographical novel about a screenwriter who having lost everything else in his life moves to Las Vegas in order to drink himself to death. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Actor for Cage. O'Brien died by suicide two weeks after signing away the film rights to his novel. Shot on location in Las Vegas. 10 x 6.75 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1995ref. 167877Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM / United Artists 1995. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1995 film including one showing Mike Figgis and actors Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue on the set. Based on John O'Brien's 1990 semi-autobiographical novel about a screenwriter who having lost everything else in his life moves to Las Vegas in order to drink himself to death. Nominated for four Academy Awards winning one for Best Actor for Cage. O'Brien died by suicide two weeks after signing away the film rights to his novel. Shot on location in Las Vegas. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / United Artists unknown books
1998ref. 167720Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1998. Revised Draft script for the 1999 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member presumably a makeup artist based on the annotations in pink highlighter on several pages. A neo-noir thriller about a private eye who falls into the seedy world of snuff films and hardcore fetish pornography. Shot on location in New York and Miami. Self wrappers. Title page present dated January 5 1998 with credit for screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker. 154 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between January 6 and 29 1998. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1996ref. 170717Los Angeles: Atlas Entertainment 1996. Draft script for the 1998 film. An American remake of Wim Wenders' 1987 film "Wings of Desire" the setting moved to Los Angeles about an angel who falls in love with a human and decides to become mortal in order to live with her. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Generic white Atlas Entertainment wrappers. Title page present dated May 29 1996 with credit for screenwriter Dana Stevens. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Atlas Entertainment unknown books
1976ref. 149763N.p.: N.p. 1976. Two vintage color reference photographs from the 1976 film one showing actor Jodie Foster the other showing actor Scott Jacoby and the back of Connie Foster Jodie's older sister and body double for the scene. One with a collector label on the verso and manuscript ink annotations noting the film's German title the other with a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's Dutch release. Based on Laird Koenig's 1974 novel wherein a teenage girl living alone attempts to hide a dark familial secret from her upper-crust neighbors. To the displeasure of several producers Jodie Foster who was 13 years old at the time of filming refused to appear in a sex scene with Jacoby leading director Nicolas Gessner to call in Foster's 21 year-old sister as a nude body double. Set in Wells Harbor Maine and shot on location in Montreal and Knowlton Quebec. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners and light fading overall. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 149763N.p.: N.p. 1976. Two vintage color reference photographs from the 1976 film one showing actor Jodie Foster the other showing actor Scott Jacoby and the back of Connie Foster Jodie's older sister and body double for the scene. One with a collector label on the verso and manuscript ink annotations noting the film's German title the other with a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's Dutch release. Based on Laird Koenig's 1974 novel wherein a teenage girl living alone attempts to hide a dark familial secret from her upper-crust neighbors. To the displeasure of several producers Jodie Foster who was 13 years old at the time of filming refused to appear in a sex scene with Jacoby leading director Nicolas Gessner to call in Foster's 21 year-old sister as a nude body double. Set in Wells Harbor Maine and shot on location in Montreal and Knowlton Quebec. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners and light fading overall. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 162548N.p.: N.p. 1980. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1980 film including one matte-finish and one glossy both showing actors Art Garfunkel and Theresa Russell. One with a provenance stamp on the verso. A psychiatrist begins a passionate affair with a married woman with their relationship eventually devolving into violence and animosity. A controversial film and the subject of endless disagreement between those who praise its frankness and malaise and those who find it utterly tasteless-in our estimation among Nicholas Roeg's finest directorial efforts. Set and shot on location in Vienna. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine one with an annotation noting Garfunkel's name on the bottom margin of the recto. N.p. unknown
