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1970ref. 161871N.p.: Audubon Films 1970. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1970 Italian/German film. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos one with two labels on the verso obscuring a previous provenance stamp. After a father mother and son watch a stag film in their castle home they drive into town to a local carnival. There they meet a girl they believe is the woman in the film and invite her back to their castle for the evening. Shot on location in Castello Piccolomini Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one photograph with a small chip in the lower left margin. Audubon Films unknown books
1968ref. 162458N.p.: Audubon Films 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the US/European 1968 film. All three photographs with a provenance stamp on the versos. Based on the 1966 French novel "Thérèse et Isabelle" by Violette Leduc. Two young students abandoned by their families in a Swiss boarding school for girls experience a profound attraction for each other. Shot on location in Potsdam Germany and Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Audubon Films unknown books
1964ref. 161684N.p.: Audubon Films 1964. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1964 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Director Radley Metzger's compilation of various erotic scenes from mainstream European films which include female nudity lesbianism and a 'duo love' dance sequence. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Audubon Films unknown books
1939ref. 146098N.p.: N.p. 1939. Draft script for an unproduced film by Rafael Sabatini. A fine leatherbound copy with gilt lettering and decorated endpapers. One of prolific screenwriter Rafael Sabatini's final projects. A romanticized swashbuckling account of the adventures and loves of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus here re-imagined as the Spanish "Cristobal Colon" from Castile. Delays in the production of the film led Sabatini to turn his early screenplay into a novel first published by Hutchinson in 1941. Although interest was again raised in a Columbus film in the late 1940s-leading to the British "Christopher Columbus" 1949 starring Fredric March-Sabatini's script was ultimately rewritten for the film. Set in Spain. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Rafael Sabatini. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 259 leaves with last page of text numbered 256. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with wear at the extremities. N.p. unknown
1939ref. 146098N.p.: N.p. 1939. Draft script for an unproduced film by Rafael Sabatini. A fine leatherbound copy with gilt lettering and decorated endpapers. One of prolific screenwriter Rafael Sabatini's final projects. A romanticized swashbuckling account of the adventures and loves of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus here re-imagined as the Spanish "Cristobal Colon" from Castile. Delays in the production of the film led Sabatini to turn his early screenplay into a novel first published by Hutchinson in 1941. Although interest was again raised in a Columbus film in the late 1940s-leading to the British "Christopher Columbus" 1949 starring Fredric March-Sabatini's script was ultimately rewritten for the film. Set in Spain. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Rafael Sabatini. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 259 leaves with last page of text numbered 256. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with wear at the extremities. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 147005N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few copied manuscript annotations but without hole shadows made from a master. Laid in with the script is a business card for screenwriter Ragnar Lasse Henriksen. A meditation on torture and governmental violence told through the perspective of a former torture victim. Set in Latin America. Pictorial yellow transparent front wrapper and navy rear wrapper. Title page present dated JAN 12 1984 with credits for screenwriter RAGNAR LASSE HENRIKSEN. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with black Velo binding. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 147005N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a few copied manuscript annotations but without hole shadows made from a master. Laid in with the script is a business card for screenwriter Ragnar Lasse Henriksen. A meditation on torture and governmental violence told through the perspective of a former torture victim. Set in Latin America. Pictorial yellow transparent front wrapper and navy rear wrapper. Title page present dated JAN 12 1984 with credits for screenwriter RAGNAR LASSE HENRIKSEN. 39 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with black Velo binding. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 135906Berlin: Der Spiegel 1975. Vintage borderless black-and-white press photograph of Fassbinder on the set of his 1975 film "Faustrecht der Freiheit." Shot by Manjit Jari for the German publication Der Spiegel with stamps for both Jari and the publication on the verso along with an archive date of March 19 1975. Franz "Fox" Biberkopf Fassbinder loses his job at a carnival after his boyfriend Klaus Karl Scheydt is arrested for tax fraud. After hustling for the money to buy a lottery ticket he wins 500000 marks and attracts the attention of Eugen Peter Chatel a sophisticated but amoral young man in need of money. He begins a relationship with the uneducated Fox and slowly swindles him out of his winnings driving him to eventual poverty and suicide. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Der Spiegel unknown
1969ref. 162507N.p.: Ceres-Film 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 German film showing a half-nude Hanna Schygulla with Ulli Lommel reclining in bed on the right. Printed mimeo snipe in German affixed to the verso. A small-time pimp is caught between his obligations to his mistress and to a powerful violent crime syndicate. Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder's first feature film heavily influenced by the French New Wave. Shot on location in Munich. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus. Arrow 15. Criterion Collection Eclipse 39. Grant Germany. Ceres-Film unknown
1972ref. 164302N.p.: N.p. 1972. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1972 German film. Three with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. An exploration of 1950s Hollywood melodramas through the lens of 1970s Germany about the destructive skewed power dynamics between a twice-divorced fashion designer her live-in maid and her new lover. Set in Bremen shot on location in Worpswede Germany. Three photographs 5 x 7.5 inches one photograph 4.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus. Arrow 12. Criterion Collection 740. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 162507N.p.: Ceres-Film 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 German film showing a half-nude Hanna Schygulla with Ulli Lommel reclining in bed on the right. Printed mimeo snipe in German affixed to the verso. A small-time pimp is caught between his obligations to his mistress and to a powerful violent crime syndicate. Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder's first feature film heavily influenced by the French New Wave. Shot on location in Munich. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus. Arrow 15. Criterion Collection Eclipse 39. Grant Germany. Ceres-Film unknown books
1972ref. 164302N.p.: N.p. 1972. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1972 German film. Three with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. An exploration of 1950s Hollywood melodramas through the lens of 1970s Germany about the destructive skewed power dynamics between a twice-divorced fashion designer her live-in maid and her new lover. Set in Bremen shot on location in Worpswede Germany. Three photographs 5 x 7.5 inches one photograph 4.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus. Arrow 12. Criterion Collection 740. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 135906Berlin: Der Spiegel 1975. Vintage borderless black-and-white press photograph of Fassbinder on the set of his 1975 film "Faustrecht der Freiheit." Shot by Manjit Jari for the German publication Der Spiegel with stamps for both Jari and the publication on the verso along with an archive date of March 19 1975. Franz "Fox" Biberkopf Fassbinder loses his job at a carnival after his boyfriend Klaus Karl Scheydt is arrested for tax fraud. After hustling for the money to buy a lottery ticket he wins 500000 marks and attracts the attention of Eugen Peter Chatel a sophisticated but amoral young man in need of money. He begins a relationship with the uneducated Fox and slowly swindles him out of his winnings driving him to eventual poverty and suicide. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Der Spiegel unknown books
1973ref. 172917Los Angeles: American International Pictures 1973. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1973 animated film. A down-on-his-luck cartoonist animates a story based on the often violent life he is surrounded by in the city. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Weldon 1996. American International Pictures unknown
1973ref. 172917Los Angeles: American International Pictures 1973. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1973 animated film. A down-on-his-luck cartoonist animates a story based on the often violent life he is surrounded by in the city. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Weldon 1996. American International Pictures unknown books
1984ref. 152306N.p.: Indigo 1984. Revised Second Draft script for an unproduced film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations to virtually every page noting scenes requiring stunts and special effects. Incomplete as issued. A young African American man tries to make it big in Hollywood and finally secures a job as a studio runner leading to a number of comic misunderstandings. African-American screenwriter Ralph Farquhar began his career in 1981 with a script for "Happy Days" and went on to write 43 episodes for the the very white "Married with Children" but also for many African-American television series and TV movies including "Fame" "Krush Groove" "Livin' Large" "New Attitude" "The Sinbad Show" "South Central" "Moesha" "The Parkers" and "The Proud Family." Self wrappers. Title page present dated October 5 1984 noted as REVISED 2ND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Ralph R. Farquhar. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus lightly soiled and edgeworn bound with two gold brads. Indigo unknown
1984ref. 152306N.p.: Indigo 1984. Revised Second Draft script for an unproduced film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations to virtually every page noting scenes requiring stunts and special effects. Incomplete as issued. A young African American man tries to make it big in Hollywood and finally secures a job as a studio runner leading to a number of comic misunderstandings. African-American screenwriter Ralph Farquhar began his career in 1981 with a script for "Happy Days" and went on to write 43 episodes for the the very white "Married with Children" but also for many African-American television series and TV movies including "Fame" "Krush Groove" "Livin' Large" "New Attitude" "The Sinbad Show" "South Central" "Moesha" "The Parkers" and "The Proud Family." Self wrappers. Title page present dated October 5 1984 noted as REVISED 2ND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Ralph R. Farquhar. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus lightly soiled and edgeworn bound with two gold brads. Indigo unknown books
1956ref. 140428France / Italy: Les Films Ariane 1956. Collection of over 80 vintage borderless single weight candid and glamor photographs and film negatives black-and-white and color and color transparencies for the 1956 French-Italian film. Most of the images are glamour portraits of the film's leading women: Dany Carrel Nicole Courcel Giorgia Moll and Beatrice Altariba. Several color transparencies show Brigitte Bardot whose sister Mijanou starred in the film leaving a small airplane with her male companion. Several photos rubber-stamped with various photographer names and agencies including Esther Kiss Rene Hollinger and L. Markine. Housed in a vintage French Crumiere brand photo paper box. A remake of Jacques Deval's 1936 film of the same name about a women's boarding house and the group of women forced to band together because of a housing shortage. Released during the heyday of American exploitation films about women's prisons all-girl boarding schools and girl gangs. Photographs range from 7.25 x 9.25 inches to 3 x 4 inches with most being smaller developed photos from medium-format transparencies negatives and transparencies include 15 frames on 35mm strips 6 mounted medium format color transparencies 5 medium format color transparencies and 39 medium format negatives. Negatives with light rubbing. Very Good plus overall. Box split at corners foxing Good. Les Films Ariane unknown
1956ref. 140428France / Italy: Les Films Ariane 1956. Collection of over 80 vintage borderless single weight candid and glamor photographs and film negatives black-and-white and color and color transparencies for the 1956 French-Italian film. Most of the images are glamour portraits of the film's leading women: Dany Carrel Nicole Courcel Giorgia Moll and Beatrice Altariba. Several color transparencies show Brigitte Bardot whose sister Mijanou starred in the film leaving a small airplane with her male companion. Several photos rubber-stamped with various photographer names and agencies including Esther Kiss Rene Hollinger and L. Markine. Housed in a vintage French Crumiere brand photo paper box. A remake of Jacques Deval's 1936 film of the same name about a women's boarding house and the group of women forced to band together because of a housing shortage. Released during the heyday of American exploitation films about women's prisons all-girl boarding schools and girl gangs. Photographs range from 7.25 x 9.25 inches to 3 x 4 inches with most being smaller developed photos from medium-format transparencies negatives and transparencies include 15 frames on 35mm strips 6 mounted medium format color transparencies 5 medium format color transparencies and 39 medium format negatives. Negatives with light rubbing. Very Good plus overall. Box split at corners foxing Good. Les Films Ariane unknown books
1964ref. 149932Universal City: Universal Pictures 1964. Vintage studio still photograph of producer Stanley Shapiro and actor Marlon Brando in conversation between takes on the set of the 1964 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A love-them-and-leave-them womanizer meets a man equal in skill at deceiving women but with an added knack for conning them out of money. The two men attempt to seduce a naive American woman to settle a bet as to which one is the better con artist. Later remade as "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" 1988. Set and shot on location in Alpes-Maritimes France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1986ref. 167937Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1986. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1986 film including one showing director Walter Hill on the set. Not to be confused with the 2002 film starring Britney Spears. A young student at the Juilliard School befriends with an aging bluesman in hopes that the musician will teach him about his friendship with blues legend Robert Johnson years before. Set in Chicago and Mississippi shot on location in Murphy Greenville Natchez Port Gibson and Vicksburg Mississippi and in Burbank California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine to Fine one with an annotation in manuscript ink on the bottom margin. Columbia Pictures unknown
1986ref. 161074Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1986. Vintage studio still photograph showing musicians Ry Cooder and Otis Taylor during a soundtrack recording session for the 1986 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A white teenager is pulled into an adventure as he explores the legend of blues musician Robert Johnson who purportedly sold his soul to the devil in exchange for lifelong fame and talent. Set and shot on location in Beulah Mississippi. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1986ref. 161074Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1986. Vintage studio still photograph showing musicians Ry Cooder and Otis Taylor during a soundtrack recording session for the 1986 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A white teenager is pulled into an adventure as he explores the legend of blues musician Robert Johnson who purportedly sold his soul to the devil in exchange for lifelong fame and talent. Set and shot on location in Beulah Mississippi. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1986ref. 167937Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1986. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1986 film including one showing director Walter Hill on the set. Not to be confused with the 2002 film starring Britney Spears. A young student at the Juilliard School befriends with an aging bluesman in hopes that the musician will teach him about his friendship with blues legend Robert Johnson years before. Set in Chicago and Mississippi shot on location in Murphy Greenville Natchez Port Gibson and Vicksburg Mississippi and in Burbank California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine to Fine one with an annotation in manuscript ink on the bottom margin. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1990ref. 167473N.p.: Viacom 1990. First Draft script for the tenth episode of the second season of the 1989-91 television series which aired on ABC on March 15 1990. Laid in are two gatherings of revision pages one gathering of 31 pages of pink revision leaves with the latest revisions dated February 15 1990 and one gathering of 24 yellow revision pages with the latest revisions dated February 16 1990 as well as a 20 page shooting schedule dated February 15 1990 a two-page cast list dated 2-16-90 a two-page Housing List dated February 15 1990 an eleven-page Contact List dated 1/2/90 and a 45-page "Welcome to Denver" "Father Dowling" gathering of maps emergency numbers local restaurants and services for the cast and crew. Based upon the characters created by Ralph McInerny in his series of mystery novels "Father Dowling Mysteries" starred Tom Bosley as the titular character who continually stumbles upon murders and other crimes in the fictional Parish of St. Michael's in Chicago Illinois. The series ran for three seasons and a total of 43 episodes and premiered on NBC for the first season premiering on January 20 1989 and on ABC for its second and third seasons ending on May 2 1991. In this episode Father Phil James Stephens is overjoyed about returning the Chalice of St. Sophia to it's home country Bucharest but unfortunately has fallen victim to a confidence scam. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated February 7 1990 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Gerry Conway. 57 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink yellow green and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between February 15 1990 and February 20 1990. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Supplemental materials: Very Good to Near Fine with some of the revision pages with dampstaining and edgewear. Viacom unknown
