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1952ref. 145822Rome: Ponti-De Laurentils Cinematografica 1952. Vintage photograph of Ingrid Bergman from the classic 1952 Italian neorealist film. With holograph annotations regarding layout mimeo snipe and stamps of distributor Lux Films and "Cinemonde" magazine on the verso. Ingrid Bergman stars as Irene a wealthy Rome socialite whose life is shattered following her son's suicide. Rossellini taking inspiration in the life of Saint Francis remodels it into a female perspective in post-war Italy. Set in and shot on location in Rome. 11 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine with slight creasing at corners. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorcese My Voyage to Italy. Criterion Collection 674. Ponti-De Laurentils Cinematografica unknown books
1950ref. 144758Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1950. Vintage photograph of actors Ingrid Bergman Gian Paolo Callegari and director Roberto Rosselini on the set of the 1950 Italian-American film. With a typed description and holograph annotations on the verso. Photographs from the set of this film shot on the islands of Stromboli and Farfa in Italy are rare. After World War II a Lithuanian refugee marries an Italian POW in order to be released from an internment camp only to despair at life on the barren volcanic island he calls home. A classic example of Italian neorealism featuring documentary like footage from the island of Stromboli and footage from the islands evacuation during one of its many volcanic eruptions. 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine. BFI. Criterion Collection 673. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese My Voyage to Italy. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1959ref. 150777N.p.: N.p. 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica on the set of the 1959 film. Italian "Tele Foto" stamp on verso. Based on the semi-autobiographical 1950 Italian novel "Il generale Della Rovere" by Indro Montanelli. Petty con man Victorio Bardone De Sica is arrested by the Gestapo and coerced into impersonating a dead Resistance leader to extract information from his fellow inmates and identify another Resistance leader. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Set in Genoa Italy shot on location in Rome Italy. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very small crease in lower left corner else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 463. N.p. unknown books
1957ref. 151143London: J. Arthur Rank 1957. Draft script for an unproduced film. An exceedingly wealthy but unfulfilled man crash-lands his test plane on a remote island inhabited by a fishing village where he falls in love with Liani a kind villager. Screenwriter Robin Estridge was best known for his work for television and film in the 1950s and 1960s including "Chance Meeting" 1954 "North West Frontier" 1959 "Escape from Zahrain" 1962 and "Drums of Africa" 1963. Orange titled wrappers noted as Draft Screenplay on the front wrapper dated 22-2-57. Title page present dated February 1957 with credits for screenwriter Robin Estridge. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good with the front wrapper detached from the binding bound internally with a silver prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown
1970ref. 141376N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1976 film written and directed by Brian De Palma. Robin Hardy is a screenwriter and film director best known for having directed "The Wicker Man" 1973. Based on the 1972 novel "Singing Millionaire" by Michael Pereira. While traveling in Istanbul a German and her friend encounter a mysterious man who deals in drugs blackmail and ultimately murder. Set in the Middle East. Green wrappers with a die cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robin Hardy and John Davis and author Michael Pereira. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
1955ref. 107862N.p.: N.p. 1955. Treatment script for an unproduced film. From the collection of British film director and editor Peter Hunt presumably one of only a handful of copies made. The only other copy located is in the Harry Ransom Center film library at the University of Texas and the notes from that collection read: "'The Speaker's Corner' is a screenplay based on three stories by Robin Maugham including 'Broken Cellophane' 'The Prodigal Son' and 'The Man Who Could Hypnotize Racehorses.' Maugham worked with Rodney Ackland on the adaptation." Mauve titled wrapper noted as a short story on the front wrapper copy No. 20 with credits for screenwriter Robin Maugham. Title page present with credits for Maugham. 13 leaves with last page of text numbered 12. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with a string binding. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 141746N.p.: N.p. 1982. Draft script for an unproduced television series. Laid in is a letter to agent Walter Kohner and five pages relating to another unrelated and unproduced television program. After speaking very fondly about the Americans he met while traveling abroad a chef is arrested by the KGB. Set in the Czech Republic. Green titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Robin Sanborn. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Robin Sanborn. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 38. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 147222Montreal: A.S.A. Productions 1980. Second Draft script for the 1988 television film originally aired on New Star Entertainment on September 21 here under the working title "Hit and Run." Based on Tom Alderman's 1976 novel "Hit and Run" wherein a devastated Canadian woman hires a private detective to track down the driver who killed her teenage son in a hit and run accident. Set and shot on location in New York City and Montreal. Blue untitled wrappers white comb binding. Title page present dated 1980 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for director ROBIN SPRY screenwriter ARTHUR FULLER and novelist TOM ALDERMAN. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. A.S.A. Productions unknown
1980ref. 147222Montreal: A.S.A. Productions 1980. Second Draft script for the 1988 television film which originally aired on New Star Entertainment on September 21 here under the working title "Hit and Run." Based on Tom Alderman's 1976 novel "Hit and Run" wherein a devastated Canadian woman hires a private detective to track down the driver who killed her teenage son in a hit and run accident. Set and shot on location in New York City and Montreal. Blue untitled wrappers white comb binding. Title page present dated 1980 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for director ROBIN SPRY screenwriter ARTHUR FULLER and novelist TOM ALDERMAN. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus. A.S.A. Productions unknown books
ref. 170395East Hampton NY: Vogel Bindery 2009. Shooting script for the 2009 film. Presentation copy on thick high-quality stock with a tipped-in color photograph of Robin Williams in character SIGNED "All my best / Robin Williams." In a decorative red cloth binding with titles and design in stamped gilt on the front board and spine the front board depicting the mascot from the film's high school "The Fighting Pugs." Page edges gilt yellow endpapers and with a credit for the Vogel bindery in East Hampton NY at the bottom of the last page of narrative text. Laid in is a form letter and a self-addressed stamped envelope never used confirming that the book is a donation for charity. Bob Goldthwait's masterpiece a brave deep-black comedy-drama that embraces both humanity and satire with no regard whatsoever for who is going to like it. One of the most underrated and ambitious films of the 2000s. Shot on location in Seattle. Red titled boards noted as Shooting Script on the title page undated with a screenwriter credit for Goldthwait and a WGA number at the bottom left corner. 64 leaves rectos and versos with last page of text numbered 121. Lithographic duplication rectos and versos. Pages in Fine condition faint oxidization to the boards else Fine unread. Vogel Bindery unknown
1968ref. 171972Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Second Revised Final Draft script for the 1969 Western film. After the Civil War a Union officer and a Confederate officer are forced to band together in order to defend their respective traveling parties against bandits and revolutionaries. Shot on location in Sonora and Zacatecas Mexico and in Baton Rouge Louisiana. Cream titled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper and production No. 175 dated December 3 1968. Title page present dated December 3 1968 noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL with a credit for screenwriter James Lee Barrett and story credits for Stanley Hough. 170 leaves with last page of text numbered 165. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/4/68 and 1/17/69. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus slightly yapped to the fore-edges bound internally with three gold brads. Pitts 4638. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1957ref. 164771Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1958 film showing actors Rock Hudson and Cyd Charisse. Based on the 1956 novel by Ernst K. Gann. A ship's captain decides to make an emergency stop in Hawaii to repair a quickly flooding hull against the wishes of a woman passenger wanted for murder in Honolulu. 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. Shot on location in Hawaii. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1965ref. 128722Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1965. First Draft script for the 1967 film. Nominated for an Academy Award. A Canadian POW major is rescued by a special British military unit made up of Germans to help lead an attack on a major Nazi fuel depot in Tobruk Libya. Lime green titled wrappers noted as First Draft Screenplay and production No. 00737 on the front wrapper dated May 5 1965. Title page present dated May 5 1965 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter Gordon. 134 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 5-10-65. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 150349N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actor Rock Hudson wrapped in a lacy sheet. With the stamp of photographer Leo Fuchs on the verso along with the stamp of Vista Photos and several manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout. A well-to-do American businessman and a free-spirited Italian woman meet in London and impulsively marry but soon realize they have little in common and truly dislike each other. 11 x 14 inches with a wide right margin. Very Good with light wear to the edges and layout annotations in pencil on the right edge. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 150349N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actor Rock Hudson wrapped in a lacy sheet. With the stamp of photographer Leo Fuchs on the verso along with the stamp of Vista Photos and several holograph pencil and ink annotations regarding layout. A well-to-do American businessman and a free-spirited Italian woman meet in London and impulsively marry but soon realize they have little in common and truly dislike each other. 11 x 14 inches with a wide right margin. Very Good with light wear to the edges and cropping annotations in pencil on the right edge. N.p. unknown books
ref. 146809N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. In post-apocalyptic America a former drive-in movie theatre owner tries to keep his land from the predatory bankers who now hold a monopoly on the nation's resources. Screenwriters Rod Amateau and Harold Nebenzal were best known for co-writing "The Wilby Conspiracy" 1975. Set in the American West. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Rod Amateau and Harold Nebenzal. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 170354N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 film showing actor Rod Steiger getting fake tattoos drawn on by make-up artists in preparation for shooting. Layout annotations on the verso in manuscript ink. Based on Ray Bradbury's 1951 short story collection centered on a wandering ex-carnival member whose body is fully tattooed. His tattoos are allegedly created by a time-traveling woman and each tells a unique story. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Lentz US. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 144563Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1966. Shooting Script for the 1967 Western film. Based on the 1961 novel by Richard Jessup who also wrote the screenplay. A US army fort is under siege by Arapaho warriors. Chuka Rod Taylor a wandering gunman shows up to aid the those inside each facing their troubled pasts in this moment of desperation. Green wrappers with a die cut title window. Title page present dated September 6 1966 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for novelist Richard Jessup and screenwriter Richard Fielder production number 066. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 103A. mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
1989ref. 1257581989 Editions Yellow Now - 1989 - In-12, broché, format à l'italienne, couverture illustrée - 142 pages - Nombreuses reproductions photographiques en N&B in et hors texte
1986ref. 009743Published by Author. Offered is the first and possibly only draft of the film screenplay entitled "Ruggers" by writer producer and director Roger C. Nygard. A draft script dated 5-5-86 the scenes are not numbered the film to my knowledge was never made. The screenplay contains 124 mimeographed loose leaf pages including title page. With blank light blue front and rear covers with covers and pages measuring 8-1/2" by 11" printed on one side three-hole punched bound together with upper and lower brass brads. Covers lightly faded covers show light corner wear; "RUGGERS" written in neat black felt pen to outer left and lower spine edges. . Fine. No Binding. 1st Edition. 1986. Published by Author
1955ref. 153207US: American Releasing Corporation 1955. Vintage contact sheet showing twelve images of actors Lloyd Bridges and Joan Taylor with unidentified crew members on the set of the 1955 Western. With manuscript ink notations on the verso identifying the film. Roger Corman's second film as a director about a lawman sent to a small town to investigate reports of Apache attacks but finds things might not be exactly as they seem. Contact sheet 8 x 10 inches images 2.5 x 2.5 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing. American Releasing Corporation unknown
1957ref. 154183Hollywood: Howco Productions 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller with his manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Miller was apparently considered for the role of Stanley as many of Stanley's lines are marked with manuscript pencil and then struck through but was ultimately cast in the role of Ben. The gangster owner of a nightclub on a carnival pier is tormented by his love for the club's star who herself is in love with a local businessman with dreams of buying out the club. An early role for Miller who appeared in 14 films directed by legendary independent filmmaker Roger Corman between 1955 and 1961 and would continue to work with Corman throughout his career. Red titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Leo Lieberman. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 71. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Howco Productions unknown
1985ref. 160776Buenos Aires: Aries Film International 1985. Final Draft script for the 1985 film here under the working title "The Fine White Line" with manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the rectos and/or versos of 36 pages regarding dialogue and character motivation with three pages with annotated post-its regarding wardrobe attached to the versos. Script preceded by a two page "Character Notes." An undercover DEA agent played by John Schneider has infiltrated South America's largest cocaine cartel and is ordered by the organization's kingpin to assassinate a journalist running for president. One of ten films produced by Roger Corman in Argentina during the 1980s. Set in Bolivia shot on location in Argentina and Mexico. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 2/16/85 noted as FINAL DRAFT - revised with credits for screenwriter Steven M. Krauzer and story by David Vinas and Hector Olivera. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only with goldenrod revision pages throughout dated 3/12/85. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Aries Film International unknown
1955ref. 160822N.p.: American Releasing Corporation 1955. Vintage insert poster for the 1955 film. Roger Corman's directorial debut and his third production. During the Civil War five condemned men are offered pardons by the Confederacy if they join the Confederate army and track down a traitorous Confederate spy who is in possession of a stagecoach full of Confederate gold. Shot on location in Death Valley and Los Angeles California. 14 x 36 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the extremities and a 3/4-inch closed tear to the lower vertical fold. American Releasing Corporation unknown
1958ref. 138250Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1958. Original three-sheet poster for the 1958 US film. Based on the 1951 novel by Joseph Hilton Smyth. Mobster Joe Sante played by Steve Cochran finds himself in front of a US Senate subcommittee on racketeering and recalls his rise to power via a series of flashbacks. One of Cochran's better roles in which he navigates the nuanced character's strict moral compass as well as his ruthless gangster tendencies. A notable film also for its inclusion of Lili St. Cyr's famed "bubble bath" burlesque act. 41 x 80 inches folded in two sections as issued. Very Good plus with a handful of closed tears at the folds. A bright attractive copy. Royal Books can arrange for archival linen backing of posters. Please inquire. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
