Robert Bresson (director, screenwriter); Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Jean Pelegri (starring)Biblio.com
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1959ref. 160494Paris: Agence D E B. 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1959 film showing actors Henri Kassagi and Pierre Etaix. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with a provenance stamp and label. Director Robert Bresson's first wholly original screenplay perhaps the finest of his many films and according to one of its greatest champions Paul Schrader "as close to perfect as a film can be." Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 314. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader Canon Fodder 4. Selby Classic Noir. Agence D E B. unknown
1959ref. 148847N.p.: Agence D E B. 1959. Two vintage French borderless studio still photographs from the 1959 film one of Martin LaSalle and one of Jean Pelegri. Mimeo snipe on verso one with annotations on verso. Bresson's first wholly original screenplay as opposed to one adapted from existing material perhaps the finest of his many films and according to one of its greatest champions Paul Schrader "as close to perfect as a film can be." 7.25 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 314. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosebaum 1000. Paul Schrader's Canon Fodder 4. Grant France Classic Noir. Selby France Classic Noir. Agence D E B. unknown
1959ref. 140945France: Compagnie Cinematographie de France 1959. Vintage borderless press photograph from the 1959 film showing director Robert Bresson on a Paris metro set going over a script while actor Martin LaSalle and crew look on. With the stamp of French photo agency Dalmas and manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout and identifying the image on the verso. Bresson's first wholly original screenplay as opposed to one adapted from existing material perhaps the finest of his many fine films and according to one of its greatest champions Paul Schrader "as close to perfect as a film can be." 5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 314. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosebaum 1000. Schrader 4. Compagnie Cinematographie de France unknown
1977ref. 167751N.p.: N.p. 1977. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1977 French film. Provenance labels and layout annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. A young alienated student grapples with his diminished faith in relationships religion and politics ultimately deciding that ending his life is the only option. Restricted to ages 18 and older in France as a result of its suicidal themes and described by Richard Hell as "by far the most punk movie ever." 9.5 x 7 inches. Two Near Fine one Very Good plus with ink residue on the recto. Godard Histoires du cinema. Olive Films 322. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 151672N.p.: Agnes Delahaie Productions 1962. Three vintage photographs from the 1962 French film including two studio still photographs from the US release of the film and one borderless reference photograph. A dramatization of the imprisonment and killing of Jeanne a French peasant girl claiming to receive visions from God. Bresson's sixth release filmed in his typically spare style using non-professional performers and a screenplay drawn from transcriptions of Jeanne's trial at Rouen. Two photographs 10 x 8 inches one photograph 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Agnes Delahaie Productions unknown
1990ref. 162072N.p.: Images et Loisirs 1990. Vintage flyer for a re-release of the 1969 French film. Text and titles in French. 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. Based on the 1876 short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a man reflecting on his wife's recent unexplained suicide. 5 x 8 inches. Single leaf recto and verso. Fine. Radiance Films 151. Images et Loisirs unknown
1956ref. 143336Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Gaumont 1956. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1956 film showing director Robert Bresson demonstrating a small action to the film's lead actor Francois Leterrier. With holograph annotations on the verso. Based on the 1956 memoir "A Man Condemned to Death has Escaped" by Andre Devigny about a French Resistance member's escape from the Nazi controlled prison of Montluc. Like Devigny Bresson himself was a French POW during the war. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. 6.5 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with shallow diagonal creasing to the corners. Criterion Collection 650. Ebert IV. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby France. Gaumont unknown books
1966ref. 151335London: Gala Film Distributors 1966. Collection of four vintage reference photographs from the 1966 French film. With printed mimeo snipes specific to the film's UK release affixed to the verso. A donkey named Balthazar is followed through his life in rural France as he is passed from owner to owner most treating him cruelly. Revered as one of the masterpieces of French cinema. Set in and shot on location in Yvelines France. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus several with faint soil on the edges. Gala Film Distributors unknown books
1977ref. 145745Paris: Sunchild Productions 1977. Collection of eight vintage photographs from the 1977 film. In a fine outing from a director who basically made no missteps protagonist Charles drifts Bressonially through politics religion and psychoanalysis rejecting them all. Once he realizes the depth of his disgust with the moral and physical decline of the world he lives in he decides that suicide is the only option. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Olive Films 322. Rosenbaum 1000. Sunchild Productions unknown books
1959ref. 140945France: Compagnie Cinematographie de France 1959. Vintage borderless press photograph from the 1959 film showing director Robert Bresson on a Paris metro set going over a script while actor Martin LaSalle and crew look on. With the stamp of French photo agency Dalmas and holograph pencil annotations regarding layout and identifying the image on the verso. Bresson's first wholly original screenplay as opposed to one adapted from existing material perhaps the finest of his many fine films and according to one of its greatest champions Paul Schrader "as close to perfect as a film can be." 5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 314. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosebaum 1000. Schrader 4. Compagnie Cinematographie de France unknown books
1959ref. 148847N.p.: Agence D E B. 1959. Two vintage French borderless studio still photographs from the 1959 film one of Martin LaSalle and one of Jean Pelegri. Mimeo snipe on verso one with annotations on verso. Bresson's first wholly original screenplay as opposed to one adapted from existing material perhaps the finest of his many films and according to one of its greatest champions Paul Schrader "as close to perfect as a film can be." 7.25 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 314. Ebert I. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosebaum 1000. Paul Schrader's Canon Fodder 4. Grant France Classic Noir. Selby France Classic Noir. Agence D E B. unknown books
1971ref. 153167N.p.: N.p. 1971. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1957 novel by Robert Bright. In postwar France an art collector discovers clues to the whereabouts of a major masterpiece long considered lost to time and sets off in pursuit of the treasure. Set in Paris. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Tim Michael and novelist Robert Bright. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 37. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1996ref. 146034Los Angeles: Turbulence Productions 1996. Revised Fourth Draft script for the 1997 film. After both pilots and the navigator are killed mid-flight by two prisoners on board a brave flight attendant must direct the plane to safety. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 6 1996 noted as Revised Fourth Draft with credits for screenwriter Jonathan Brett and revisions by Steven E. de Souza and John Herzfeld. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between February 8 1996 and May 6 1996. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Turbulence Productions unknown books
1980ref. 140786Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1980. First Draft script for Episode 3 from Season 1 of the 1981 television series. The debut season of the show received eight Emmy Awards and a total of 98 Emmy nominations during its seven season run. A police drama with the appearance of a documentary feel. In the last episode a presidential visit is scheduled for the Hill Street Station. In this episode negotiations about the visit continue while old partners split up and some cops take bribes. Set on Hill Street. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated October 20 1980 noted as Script #2 with credits for screenwriter Michael Kozoll and Steven Bochco. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Mechanical duplication with revision pages throughout dated variously between June 28 1980 and October 20 1980. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1970ref. 157621N.p.: Abrams and Parish 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1970 film. A sexploitation melodrama about the cruelties and perversities of a group of politicians in the days leading up to an election. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Abrams and Parish unknown
1978ref. 132909London: National Screen Service / EMI Films Limited 1978. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1978 UK release of the 1977 Chinese-American film. Robert Mitchum stars as ex-DEA agent Quinlan hired by a the leader of a drug cartel in Amsterdam to act as a rat and give the DEA information on drug deals. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a diagonal crease and slight waviness to the top edge. National Screen Service / EMI Films Limited unknown books
1986ref. 146118Los Angeles: RLC/Finnegan 1986. Shooting script for the television film here under the working title "Hoover" first aired on Showtime on January 11 1987. A biopic documenting the rise to power and final years of J. Edgar Hoover the long-standing and controversial director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Loosely based on William C. Sullivan's 1979 memoir "The Bureau: My Thirty Years in Hoover's FBI." Set in Washington DC Gray titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 14 1986 noted as SHOOTING DRAFT with credits for director and screenwriter Robert Collins. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with some foxing and light fading to the extremities bound with two gold brads. RLC/Finnegan unknown
1986ref. 146118Los Angeles: RLC/Finnegan 1986. Shooting script for the television film here under the working title "Hoover" first aired on Showtime on January 11 1987. A biopic documenting the rise to power and final years of J. Edgar Hoover the long-standing and controversial director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Loosely based on William C. Sullivan's 1979 memoir "The Bureau: My Thirty Years in Hoover's FBI." Set in Washington DC Gray titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 14 1986 noted as SHOOTING DRAFT with credits for director and screenwriter Robert Collins. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with some foxing and light fading to the extremities bound with two gold brads. RLC/Finnegan unknown books
1981ref. 171206N.p.: N.p. 1981. Draft Script for Season 2 Episode 4 of the 1981-1987 television series. Originally aired November 21 1981 on NBC. Written by noted crime novelist Robert Crais. Police procedural following officers in an understaffed precinct of an anonymous inner city patterned after Chicago with each episode taking place over the span of a single day. In this episode an officer arrests a sex worker who shortly thereafter overdoses. Generic manila titled wrappers with annotations in manuscript ink identifying the series and episode titles and crediting screenwriters Michael Kozoll Steven Bochco and Anthony Yerkovich. Internal green wrappers with annotations in manuscript ink identifying the series and episode titles and crediting screenwriters Michael Kozoll Steven Bochco and Anthony Yerkovich. Title page present dated September 23 1981 with credits for screenwriters Michael Kozoll Steven Bochco Anthony Yerkovich and Robert Crais. 65 leaves with last page of text numbered 62. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine external wrapper Fine internal wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 147882Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1967 film. A South African DeLuxe Color remake of William A. Wellman's 1948 film "Yellow Sky" based on W.R. Burnett's unpublished novel which was loosely based on William Shakespeare's "The Tempest." Prospector Oupa Decker Vincent Price and his granddaughter Diana Ivarson are targeted by bandits led by 'Stretch' Hawkins Robert Gunner. Set in South Africa shot on location in Australia and South Africa. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1981ref. 146142Beverly Hills CA: Orion Pictures 1981. Vintage studio still photograph of Sidney Lumet and Treat Williams on the set of the 1981 film. French mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on Robert Daley's 1978 nonfiction book of the same name. New York detective Daniel Ciello Treat Williams joins the Department of Justice to help put an end to police corruption. Along the way he uncovers a conspiracy and finds himself getting closer to the heart of the corruption than he anticipated. Shot on location in New York City. 10.25 x 8 inches. Near fine some edgewear. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Orion Pictures unknown
1981ref. 147352N.p.: N.p. 1981. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper indicating copy No. 81. Based on Robert Daley's 1979 novel wherein two world champion drivers face off in a number of races across Europe eventually finding themselves closely linked by the conflicted love of an American girl. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 1981 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Steven Smith and Robert Daley. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1981ref. 146142Beverly Hills CA: Orion Pictures 1981. Vintage studio still photograph of Sidney Lumet and Treat Williams on the set of the 1981 film. French mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on Robert Daley's 1978 nonfiction book of the same name. New York detective Daniel Ciello Treat Williams joins the Department of Justice to help put an end to police corruption. Along the way he uncovers a conspiracy and finds himself getting closer to the heart of the corruption than he anticipated. Shot on location in New York City. 10.25 x 8 inches. Near fine some edgewear. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Orion Pictures unknown books
1988ref. 142395Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1988. Third Draft script for the 1988 television film originally broadcast on CBS. Copy belonging to actor Brandon Marsh who portrayed Tommy with annotations in manuscript ink related to his role. Country musician John Denver stars as John Clayton a disillusioned CIA agent who retires to become a bush pilot in the Alaskan wilderness with his best friend. When his friend is murdered and branded a bootlegger Clayton works to solve the crime and clear his name. Set in Alaska shot on location in British Columbia CA. White titled wrappers. Title page present dated Februay 5 1988 noted as THIRD DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Michael Eric Stein. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication first generation. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown
1967ref. 147886Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1967. Three vintage photographs from the 1967 film one studio still and two on the set photographs. The second of three Tarzan films to star Mike Henry. Tarzan is called to Brazil by his old friend The Professor Paulo Gracindo to help stop the evil Barcuma Rafer Johnson and the Jaguar Cult from destroying villages and enslaving natives. Set in and shot on location in Brazil. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown books
