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1944ref. 132072Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1944. Original US half sheet poster for the 1944 film based on the 1942 best seller by Rachel Field. Chandler's second screenwriting credit and the only non-crime screenplay of his career. 28 x 22 inches mounted on board. Near Fine with some minor professional restoration. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1980ref. 146709N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script and Second Rough Draft for an unproduced English-language film circa 1960s and 1980s about the life of St. Martin de Porres. Laid in one of the scripts is a typed note identifying Martin as the subject of the script and noting the date of his canonization. Although the scripts appear to have been written at different times and there are significant differences between them there are also enough textual similarities to confidently suggest they were both written by Raymond Ferrante despite the early script containing no credits. The titular character was born to a Spanish father and a woman of African and Native American Heritage He is the patron saint of mixed-race peoples and those seeking racial harmony as well as barbers innkeepers and public health workers. He was canonized by Pope John XXIII in 1962 roughly corresponding with the first script on offer. First script: Yellow titled wrappers. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with a dampstain to the rear wrapper and about half the pages bound with two gold brads. Second script: Red titled wrappers noted as SECOND ROUGH DRAFT on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Raymond Ferrante. Title page present noted as SECOND ROUGH DRAFT with credits for Ferrante. 175 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 174. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 146709N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script and Second Rough Draft for an unproduced English-language film circa 1960s and 1980s about the life of St. Martin de Porres. Laid in one of the scripts is a typed note identifying Martin as the subject of the script and noting the date of his canonization. Although the scripts appear to have been written at different times and there are significant differences between them there are also enough textual similarities to confidently suggest they were both written by Raymond Ferrante despite the early script containing no credits. The titular character was born to a Spanish father and a woman of African and Native American Heritage He is the patron saint of mixed-race peoples and those seeking racial harmony as well as barbers innkeepers and public health workers. He was canonized by Pope John XXIII in 1962 roughly corresponding with the first script on offer. First script: Yellow titled wrappers. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with a dampstain to the rear wrapper and about half the pages bound with two gold brads. Second script: Red titled wrappers noted as SECOND ROUGH DRAFT on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Raymond Ferrante. Title page present noted as SECOND ROUGH DRAFT with credits for Ferrante. 175 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 174. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 161955N.p.: Cambist Films 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. A businessman secretly plans a hostile takeover of the company he works for. He hires three call girls for a clients' party at a remote cabin unaware that they are corporate spies working for the competition. Shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Cambist Films unknown books
1966ref. 161505N.p.: N.p. 1966. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1966 film. Four with provenance stamps on the verso one with a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. Hank and Rob go to New York City in search of adventure and sexual exploits until Hank meets the seductive Carol and Rob a woman who is more shy and inexperienced. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 161505N.p.: N.p. 1966. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1966 film. Four with provenance stamps on the verso one with a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. Hank and Rob go to New York City in search of adventure and sexual exploits until Hank meets the seductive Carol and Rob a woman who is more shy and inexperienced. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 140079N.p.: N.p. 1979. Revised Final Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in are two additional half sheets of paper. Copy belonging to casting director Marvin Paige with his name on label tape affixed to the front wrapper. Based on Raymond Radiguet's novel "Le Diable au corps" this unpublished novel features a young married woman with a husband away fighting a war and her affair with a sixteen year old boy. Published in France it was incredibly scandalous especially as it was published after France had exited World War I and the novel was proven later to be partly autobiographical. Two movies one in 1947 and another in 1986 were produced based on this book and despite being written this screenplay was never adapted for full production. Thomas Thompson was a screenwriter best known for his extensive work writing and producing episodes of the television series "Bonanza" which ran from 1959 until 1969. Set in France. Brown untitled vinyl three-ring binder with logo of the Von-Young Agency printed on the front board. Title page present dated May 2 1979 noted as Revised Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Robert E. Thompson and novelist Raymond Radiguet. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine binder Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 140079N.p.: N.p. 1979. Revised Final Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in are two additional half sheets of paper. Copy belonging to casting director Marvin Paige with his name on label tape affixed to the front wrapper. Based on Raymond Radiguet's novel "Le Diable au corps" this unpublished novel features a young married woman with a husband away fighting a war and her affair with a sixteen year old boy. Published in France it was incredibly scandalous especially as it was published after France had exited World War I and the novel was proven later to be partly autobiographical. Two movies one in 1947 and another in 1986 were produced based on this book and despite being written this screenplay was never adapted for full production. Thomas Thompson was a screenwriter best known for his extensive work writing and producing episodes of the television series "Bonanza" which ran from 1959 until 1969. Set in France. Brown untitled vinyl three-ring binder with logo of the Von-Young Agency printed on the front board. Title page present dated May 2 1979 noted as Revised Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Robert E. Thompson and novelist Raymond Radiguet. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine binder Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1962ref. 142903Paris: Cinedis 1962. Collection of 16 vintage borderless single weight film stills for the 1962 French musical film. Featured are several stunning images of actress Tcherina as Isa Duchess of Teruel. Brief numerical annotations on the versos in manuscript pencil. Belgian actor-director Rouleau's rarely seen drama was the opening film at the 15th annual Cannes Film Festival winner of the festival's Technical Grand Prize and nominated for a Palme d'Or. Of note is the film's cinematographer Claude Renoir whose other credits include "Serenade" 1940 "Madame Butterfly" 1954 "Barbarella" 1968 and "The Spy Who Loved Me" 1977. Isa is a dancer in a troupe of poor traveling comedians who perform in public; she stars as the Duchess of Teruel unhappily married and in love with a poor man who inevitably commits suicide resulting in Isa's nervous breakdown. 7 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus overall with moderate curling light edgewear a handful with slight discoloration. Cinedis unknown
1962ref. 142903Paris: Cinedis 1962. Collection of 16 vintage borderless single weight film stills for the 1962 French musical film. Featured are several stunning images of actress Tcherina as Isa Duchess of Teruel. Brief numerical annotations on the versos in manuscript pencil. Belgian actor-director Rouleau's rarely seen drama was the opening film at the 15th annual Cannes Film Festival winner of the festival's Technical Grand Prize and nominated for a Palme d'Or. Of note is the film's cinematographer Claude Renoir whose other credits include "Serenade" 1940 "Madame Butterfly" 1954 "Barbarella" 1968 and "The Spy Who Loved Me" 1977. Isa is a dancer in a troupe of poor traveling comedians who perform in public; she stars as the Duchess of Teruel unhappily married and in love with a poor man who inevitably commits suicide resulting in Isa's nervous breakdown. 7 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus overall with moderate curling light edgewear a handful with slight discoloration. Cinedis unknown books
ref. 146815N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced television series composed entirely of fictitious newspaper clippings telegrams letters and various correspondence between the characters. Robin and Jennifer form The Friday Girls a service for-hire which performs any task that in their own words "takes too much time or too much 'know how' for the client" involving them in a variety of strange and idiosyncratic adventures. Set in Beverly Hills CA. Pink titled wrappers. Title page present noted as A TV Series Premise with credits for screenwriters Rebecca Drenick Marla Simon and Halle Mandel. Approximately 40 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with faint rusting to the binding of the front wrapper and a few leaves likely from a paper clip bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 146815N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced television series composed entirely of fictitious newspaper clippings telegrams letters and various correspondence between the characters. Robin and Jennifer form The Friday Girls a service for-hire which performs any task that in their own words "takes too much time or too much 'know how' for the client" involving them in a variety of strange and idiosyncratic adventures. Set in Beverly Hills CA. Pink titled wrappers. Title page present noted as A TV Series Premise with credits for screenwriters Rebecca Drenick Marla Simon and Halle Mandel. Approximately 40 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with faint rusting to the binding of the front wrapper and a few leaves likely from a paper clip bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1980ref. 170402N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. A bawdy military comedy starring Redd Foxx as an aging zany sergeant. Screenwriter Reginald H. Farmer is better known as an actor in comedy films including "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" 1982 "Car Wash" 1976 and "National Lampoon's Animal House" 1978. Blue pictorial titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for Farmer. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered 151. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 170402N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. A bawdy military comedy starring Redd Foxx as an aging zany sergeant. Screenwriter Reginald H. Farmer is better known as an actor in comedy films including "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" 1982 "Car Wash" 1976 and "National Lampoon's Animal House" 1978. Blue pictorial titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for Farmer. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered 151. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 166166London: Parroch-McCallum Productions 1963. Draft script for the 1964 UK-US film copy belong to Art Director George Provis with manuscript pencil and ink annotations on eight pages. Laid in are two copies of a carbon typescript copy set listing dated "19.3.1963" one with manuscript pencil annotations listing costs and a "With Compliments" slip on Shepperton Studio letterhead. Provenance available upon request. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. When a wealthy family member goes missing the family seeks the help of a sullen teenage orphan played by Francesca Annis who is said to have psychic powers. Inspiration for the 1978 film "Eyes of Laura Mars" directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two flat metal brads. Laid in pages Near Fine bound with a paper clip. Parroch-McCallum Productions unknown
1944ref. 165295Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Vintage publicity photograph of Lon Chaney Jr. and Anne Gwynne from the 1944 film with a mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. 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. The second of six installments in "The Inner Sanctum Mysteries" preceded by "Calling Dr. Death: An Inner Sanctum Mystery" 1943 and followed by "Dead Man's Eyes: An Inner Sanctum Mystery" 1944. Lon Chaney Jr. travels to the South Seas where he falls in love with Anne Gwynne a mysterious and exotic native woman who the locals believe to be some kind of supernatural being. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors 1931-1946. Universal Pictures unknown
1944ref. 165295Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Vintage publicity photograph of Lon Chaney Jr. and Anne Gwynne from the 1944 film with a mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. 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. The second of six installments in "The Inner Sanctum Mysteries" preceded by "Calling Dr. Death: An Inner Sanctum Mystery" 1943 and followed by "Dead Man's Eyes: An Inner Sanctum Mystery" 1944. Lon Chaney Jr. travels to the South Seas where he falls in love with Anne Gwynne a mysterious and exotic native woman who the locals believe to be some kind of supernatural being. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors 1931-1946. Universal Pictures unknown books
1950ref. 147881Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1950. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1950 Western film one of actor Howard Da Silva. In 1869 the government hires a former boxer as an undercover agent to infiltrate and stop the gangs that have been terrorizing the railroad mail service. Set in Wyoming. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 5036. Universal Pictures unknown books
1951ref. 154308Los Angeles: Lippert Pictures 1951. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1951 film showing actors Tom Neal and Jean Porter. A new draftee is assigned to a remote desert post where he forges military orders that bring a platoon of women soldiers to the encampment. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall with pinholes to the corners. Lippert Pictures unknown books
1963ref. 166166London: Parroch-McCallum Productions 1963. Draft script for the 1964 UK-US film copy belong to Art Director George Provis with manuscript pencil and ink annotations on eight pages. Laid in are two copies of a carbon typescript copy set listing dated "19.3.1963" one with manuscript pencil annotations listing costs and a "With Compliments" slip on Shepperton Studio letterhead. Provenance available upon request. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. When a wealthy family member goes missing the family seeks the help of a sullen teenage orphan played by Francesca Annis who is said to have psychic powers. Inspiration for the 1978 film "Eyes of Laura Mars" directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two flat metal brads. Laid in pages Near Fine bound with a paper clip. Parroch-McCallum Productions unknown books
1957ref. 132376Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1957. Vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the UK release of the 1954 Mexican-American film. An archaeologist working in Mexico believes that there are remnants of an ancient civilization in a remote area. He requests a photographer and is frustrated when he is sent a young woman to do the job. He and his guide become increasingly attracted to her and the tension mounts. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1938ref. 139614Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1938. Vintage black-and-white hand-tinted color studio still photograph from the 1938 film. Remake of the 1929 film "The Idle Rich" and both films based on Edgar Franklin's 1925 play "White Collars." A wealthy businessman moves in with his girlfriend's family in an attempt to rescue their relationship. The second MGM film featuring Lana Turner. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with soiling and a manuscript notation to the verso. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1976ref. 167119N.p.: N.p. 1976. Five vintage oversize borderless color reference photographs from the 1976 Italian sex comedy film. Mimeo snipes on the versos. A wealthy industrialist is betrayed by his gold-digging young wife resulting in his confinement to a mental institution-where he unexpectedly finds true love! 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 149610Mexico: Cinematografica Filmex 1971. Six vintage lobby cards for the 1971 film. With a film still photograph tipped onto the illustrated cards. In the original brown paper envelope with the label of distributor Azteca Films. A man hunts the escaped convict who killed his wife in an increasingly deadly quest for revenge. 14 x 11 inches. About Near Fine with pinholes to the corners and light soil. Cinematografica Filmex unknown
1971ref. 149610Mexico: Cinematografica Filmex 1971. Six vintage lobby cards for the 1971 film. With a film still photograph tipped onto the illustrated cards. In the original brown paper envelope with the label of distributor Azteca Films. A man hunts the escaped convict who killed his wife in an increasingly deadly quest for revenge. 14 x 11 inches. About Near Fine with pinholes to the corners and light soil. Cinematografica Filmex unknown books
