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ref. 146548N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper noting the film title and screenwriter's name. A scientist accidentally creates a new strain of the influenza virus unaware that his coworkers intend to use the virus to solve the world's overpopulation problem by killing millions of people. Orange titled card wrappers with credits for screenwriter Ralph Stephens. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ralph Stephens. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
ref. 146548N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper noting the film title and screenwriter's name. A scientist accidentally creates a new strain of the influenza virus unaware that his coworkers intend to use the virus to solve the world's overpopulation problem by killing millions of people. Orange titled card wrappers with credits for screenwriter Ralph Stephens. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ralph Stephens. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 151138London: J. Arthur Rank 1959. Final Draft script for the 1960 film. Based on Richard Gordon's 1957 novel. The fourth film in Rank's popular "Doctor" series and the first not to feature actor Dirk Bogarde as Dr. Simon Sparrow although Bogarde would return for the next film in the series "Doctor in Distress" in 1963. The series follows the frequently romantic comic antics of a group of young doctors. Set and shot on location in London. Green titled wrappers noted as Semi-final Script on the front wrapper dated 14-12-59. Title page present dated December 1959 with credits for screenwriter Nicholas Phipps and novelist Richard Gordon. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a silver prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown
1968ref. 141021London: The Rank Organization 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. Laid in are two pages of corrections. With annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. Copy belonging to crew member James H. Ware. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" 1953 "Room at the Top" 1959 "Our Man in Havana" 1959 "Charade" 1963 and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1965. Based on Jon Cleary's 1966 novel of the same title. The New South Wales police sergeant Scobie Malone is summoned for questioning and cooperation when the Australian High Commissioner is wanted in England for murder. Now he must uncover the truth as well protect the High Commissioner from assassination attempts. Set in London shot on location there as well as New South Wales Australia. Teal blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated October 20 1967 with credits for author Jon Cleary and screenwriter Wilfred Greatorex. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mechanical duplication with pink revision pages throughout dated variously between November 15 1967 and January 8 1968. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. The Rank Organization unknown
1964ref. 132062London: Rank Organisation 1964. Vintage full-color still British front-of-house card from the 1964 UK film. A gritty and realistic portrayal of the Cypriot independence struggle against British military rule in the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases to the corners else Near Fine. Rank Organisation unknown books
1951ref. 132524London: British Film-Makers 1951. Vintage black-and-white candid still photograph from the 1951 UK film. Features David Niven with the Dame of Sark Sibyl Mary Hathaway on the shores of the Channel Islands. Hathaway was Seigneur of the Channel Islands when the Germans invaded 1940-1945. Based on Jerrard Tickell's 1951 novel about British soldiers during WWII on the Channel Islands attempting to save a prized cow from the capture of the Nazis. 8 x 10 inches. Some toning with an ink notation on the verso else Near Fine. British Film-Makers unknown books
1959ref. 150690Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1959. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1959 British film. Based on John Buchan's 1915 novel. A diplomat returns to his home in London where he becomes involved in a corrupt international organization of secret agents intending to sell government secrets relating to weapons resources. Set and shot on location in England and Scotland. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1966ref. 132884London / Italy: Rank Organisation / Graphocolor S. P. A. 1966. Vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the 1966 UK film. Leslie Phillips stars as a doctor looking for love and romance from the hospital nurses much to the annoyance of the main administrator James Robertson Justice. Based on Richard Gordon's 1960 novel. 8 x 10 inches with no borders as issued. Very Good plus with light creasing overall. Rank Organisation / Graphocolor S. P. A. unknown books
1970ref. 132883London: Rank Organisation 1970. Vintage full-color still British front-of-house card from the 1970 UK film. A doctor is in love with a woman but doesn't have time to propose to her before she leaves on a cruise to the Mediterranean. The doctor decides to join the cruise but getting the opportunity to romance the woman of his dreams proves difficult. 8 x 10 inches with no borders as issued. Tiny creases else Near Fine. Rank Organisation unknown books
1959ref. 151138London: J. Arthur Rank 1959. Final Draft script for the 1960 film. Based on Richard Gordon's 1957 novel. The fourth film in Rank's popular "Doctor" series and the first not to feature actor Dirk Bogarde as Dr. Simon Sparrow although Bogarde would return for the next film in the series "Doctor in Distress" in 1963. The series follows the frequently romantic comic antics of a group of young doctors. Set and shot on location in London. Green titled wrappers noted as Semi-final Script on the front wrapper dated 14-12-59. Title page present dated December 1959 with credits for screenwriter Nicholas Phipps and novelist Richard Gordon. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a silver prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown books
1977ref. 149252N.p.: Skyhawk Properties 1977. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1974 film released in the UK as "Percy's Progress" and in the US as "It's Not the Size that Counts." Sequel to the 1971 British comedy "Percy" directed by Ralph Thomas starring Hywel Bennett Denholm Elliott Elke Sommer and Britt Ekland. Percy Edward Anthony is renowned as the man who had the world's first penis transplant. When a chemical is accidentally released into the world's water supply rendering all men impotent Percy on a boat at sea and drinking only champagne is the last man on earth who can achieve an erection. 27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus some splitting at the folds small rough tear to bottom right border and annotation of title in manuscript ink on lower right of margin. Skyhawk Properties unknown books
1968ref. 141021London: The Rank Organization 1968. Draft script for the 1968 film. Laid in are two pages of corrections. With annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. Copy belonging to crew member James H. Ware. Ware was a major presence in British and American cinema best known for his work on "Beat the Devil" 1953 "Room at the Top" 1959 "Our Man in Havana" 1959 "Charade" 1963 and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1965. Based on Jon Cleary's 1966 novel of the same title. The New South Wales police sergeant Scobie Malone is summoned for questioning and cooperation when the Australian High Commissioner is wanted in England for murder. Now he must uncover the truth as well protect the High Commissioner from assassination attempts. Set in London shot on location there as well as New South Wales Australia. Teal blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated October 20 1967 with credits for author Jon Cleary and screenwriter Wilfred Greatorex. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mechanical duplication with pink revision pages throughout dated variously between November 15 1967 and January 8 1968. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. The Rank Organization unknown books
1925ref. 171333Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1925. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1925 silent film both showing Ramon Novarro and a heavily bejeweled May McAvoy. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Jewish prince Ben-Hur is sent to prison at the behest of his childhood friend Messala as a result of a mishap during a Roman parade. Through sheer will the prince endures prison and once released vows revenge on his childhood friend. The most expensive silent film made with a budget of $3.9 million and the second of five adaptations of Lew Wallace's 1880 novel. Shot on location in Italy and California. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine lightly toned. National Film Registry. Godard Histoires de cinema. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1925ref. 171333Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1925. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1925 silent film both showing Ramon Novarro and a heavily bejeweled May McAvoy. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Jewish prince Ben-Hur is sent to prison at the behest of his childhood friend Messala as a result of a mishap during a Roman parade. Through sheer will the prince endures prison and once released vows revenge on his childhood friend. The most expensive silent film made with a budget of $3.9 million and the second of five adaptations of Lew Wallace's 1880 novel. Shot on location in Italy and California. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine lightly toned. National Film Registry. Godard Histoires de cinema. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1960ref. 140912Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1960. Collection of six full-color vintage lobby cards from the 1960 film. From one perspective a fairly one-dimensional representation-perhaps even a caricature-of Beat culture but culturally fascinating in that it was made at the height of the Beat era with A-list talent by a top studio and until Walter Salles' 2012 adaptation of "On the Road" was the only feature-length film ever made from a Kerouac novel. Kerouac was paid $15000 by MGM for the rights to the book and bought his first home with the proceeds on Long Island. A film that rarely screened today and has never been available on any kind of home viewing format. While its perspective on the actual Beat scene may be skewed or wildly misinterpreted it is nonetheless important as an interpretation of Kerouac's world from the outside looking in. Shot on location in San Francisco California. 17 x 13 inches. Very Good with pin holes and a manuscript ink notation to the recto of one lobby card. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1960ref. 140916Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1960. Vintage Italian Locandina poster for the 1960 US film. From one perspective a fairly one-dimensional representation-perhaps even a caricature-of Beat culture but culturally fascinating in that it was made at the height of the Beat era with A-list talent by a top studio and until Walter Salles' 2012 adaptation of "On the Road" was the only feature-length film ever made from a Kerouac novel. Kerouac was paid $15000 by MGM for the rights to the book and bought his first home with the proceeds on Long Island. A film that rarely screened today and has never been available on any kind of home viewing format. While its perspective on the actual Beat scene may be skewed or wildly misinterpreted it is nonetheless important as an interpretation of Kerouac's world from the outside looking in. Shot on location in San Francisco California. 13 x 27 inches folded. Near Fine with light wrinkling. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1959ref. 151606New York: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Vintage press kit for the 1959 film here called an "editor's portfolio." Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 16 black and white photographs and 5 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on M.P. Shiel's 1901 novel "The Purple Cloud." A miner trapped in a cave for several days resurfaces only to realize humankind has been virtually wiped out in a nuclear holocaust. He travels to New York where he bands together with a young woman survivor but their fragile existence is soon disrupted by the arrival of another survivor. Shot on location in New York and New Jersey. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1960ref. 140912Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1960. Collection of six full-color vintage lobby cards from the 1960 film. From one perspective a fairly one-dimensional representation-perhaps even a caricature-of Beat culture but culturally fascinating in that it was made at the height of the Beat era with A-list talent by a top studio and until Walter Salles' 2012 adaptation of "On the Road" was the only feature-length film ever made from a Kerouac novel. Kerouac was paid $15000 by MGM for the rights to the book and bought his first home with the proceeds on Long Island. A film that rarely screened today and has never been available on any kind of home viewing format. While its perspective on the actual Beat scene may be skewed or wildly misinterpreted it is nonetheless important as an interpretation of Kerouac's world from the outside looking in. Shot on location in San Francisco California. 17 x 13 inches. Very Good with pin holes and a manuscript ink notation to the recto of one lobby card. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1960ref. 140916Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1960. Vintage Italian Locandina poster for the 1960 US film. From one perspective a fairly one-dimensional representation-perhaps even a caricature-of Beat culture but culturally fascinating in that it was made at the height of the Beat era with A-list talent by a top studio and until Walter Salles' 2012 adaptation of "On the Road" was the only feature-length film ever made from a Kerouac novel. Kerouac was paid $15000 by MGM for the rights to the book and bought his first home with the proceeds on Long Island. A film that rarely screened today and has never been available on any kind of home viewing format. While its perspective on the actual Beat scene may be skewed or wildly misinterpreted it is nonetheless important as an interpretation of Kerouac's world from the outside looking in. Shot on location in San Francisco California. 13 x 27 inches folded. Near Fine with light wrinkling. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1959ref. 151606New York: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Vintage press kit for the 1959 film here called an "editor's portfolio." Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 16 black and white photographs and 5 gatherings of promotional reading material. Based on M.P. Shiel's 1901 novel "The Purple Cloud." A miner trapped in a cave for several days resurfaces only to realize humankind has been virtually wiped out in a nuclear holocaust. He travels to New York where he bands together with a young woman survivor but their fragile existence is soon disrupted by the arrival of another survivor. Shot on location in New York and New Jersey. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
ref. 150830N.p.: N.p. 1982. Second Draft script for the 1986 film. A vintage script created for internal distribution four years prior to the film's release with copied manuscript annotations throughout noting deletions and editorial revisions copied punch holes and one manuscript pencil annotation noting the name "Morrison" on the title page. Based on Mark Medoff's Tony Award-winning 1979 play. A speech teacher at a school for the deaf falls in love with the school's janitor a deaf woman who has resigned herself to a life of isolation and silence due to her reluctance to learn to communicate with the hearing. Nominated for five Academy Awards winning one for Best Leading Actress for Marlee Matlin making Matlin the first deaf recipient of an Academy Award. Set and shot on location in Saint John New Brunswick. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 4 1982 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Mark Medoff. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographic duplication largely second generation rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 150830N.p.: N.p. 1982. Second Draft script for the 1986 film. A vintage script created for internal distribution four years prior to the film's release with copied manuscript annotations throughout noting deletions and editorial revisions copied punch holes and one manuscript pencil annotation noting the name "Morrison" on the title page. Based on Mark Medoff's Tony Award-winning 1979 play. A speech teacher at a school for the deaf falls in love with the school's janitor a deaf woman who has resigned herself to a life of isolation and silence due to her reluctance to learn to communicate with the hearing. Nominated for five Academy Awards winning one for Best Leading Actress for Marlee Matlin making Matlin the first deaf recipient of an Academy Award. Set and shot on location in Saint John New Brunswick. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 4 1982 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Mark Medoff. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographic duplication largely second generation rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1988ref. 147827Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1988. Two vintage photographs from the 1988 film one studio still of Paul Reubens and Valeria Golino and one compilation photograph of two studio stills. Pee-wee Herman's second feature film finds Paul Reubens' man-child a small-town farmer with a fiancee high school teacher Winnie Johnson Penelope Ann Miller but when the circus comes to town with the beautiful trapeze artist Gina Piccolapupula Golino Pee-wee is tempted to run off with the circus. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1966ref. 132651Los Angeles: Goldstone Film Enterprises 1966. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the US release of the 1965 French-Italian film. A well-made low-budget drama about two hit men sent to assassinate a man in France. Sprawling French countryside and a cool jazz-combo score set the tone for the two hit men to get to know each other on the way to kill someone. Considered a forgotten gem with overtones of noir and French New Wave. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Pinholes and the extremities have been roughly trimmed else Near Fine. Goldstone Film Enterprises unknown books
1978ref. 150459London: BFI Production 1978. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the UK release of the 1978 film. An experimental mystery loosely based on the work of French writer Pierre Klossowski by noted Chilean filmmaker Raul Ruiz following an art collector obsessed with creating tableaux vivants of his most beloved canvasses a collection of six paintings by a mysterious nineteenth century painter. Set and shot on location in France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. BFI Production unknown
