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1956ref. 172053N.p.: N.p. 1956. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1956 film showing Paul Newman receiving a champion's welcome in Brooklyn accompanied by Pier Angeli. One with a mimeo snipe and provenance label affixed to the verso. Based on middleweight boxing champion Rocky Graziano's 1955 autobiography from his early years suffering abuse at the hands of his father his dishonorable discharge from the US Army and eventual rise to boxing stardom. One of Newman's first starring roles. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Black-and-White Cinematography and Art Direction. Set in Brooklyn and shot on location in the Lower East Side and Brooklyn and at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. Approximately 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 165071Universal City: Universal Studios 1971. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1971 film including one borderless and one bordered. Bordered photograph with a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on Ken Kesey's 1964 novel about a family of independent loggers who refuse to support a local logging union's strike against a lumber conglomerate. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Supporting Actor for Richard Jaeckel. Set in the fictional town of Wakonda Oregon and shot on location throughout western Oregon in Lincoln County and the Oregon Coast. One photograph 8 x 10 inches the other 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Universal Studios unknown
1974ref. 160151Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / First Artists / Coleytown / Turman-Foster 1974. Revised Final Shooting script for the 1974 film. Based on the 1950 Lew Archer novel by Ross Macdonald. Private investigator Harper returns in this sequel to the eponymous 1966 film investigating a blackmail plot in a Louisiana bayou where he finds himself in between an ex-lover an oil tycoon and the local police. In this early draft of the script Paul Newman's character is named Lew Ryan perhaps evidence that the production did not begin as a direct sequel to "Harper" but simply as an adaptation of the source material. Set in Louisiana and shot there on location. Blue studio wrappers. Title page present dated September 16 1974 noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Keenan Wynn and novelist Ross Macdonald. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink yellow goldenrod and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/30/74 and 10/6/74. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers / First Artists / Coleytown / Turman-Foster unknown
1972ref. 171235Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Rehearsal Draft script for the 1972 film. Production memo laid in with the script noting changes to shooting location for two scenes. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1964 play by Paul Zindel about an eccentric middle-aged mother struggling to raise her two daughters. Starring director Paul Newman's wife Joanne Woodward and one of their real-life daughters Nell Potts as Beatrice and Matilda respectively. Winner of Best Actress at Cannes for Woodward. Shot on location in Bridgeport Connecticut. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 14 1972 noted as Rehearsal Draft with credit for screenwriter Alvin Sargent. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Good wrapper Good with dampstaining affecting the last 50 leaves and rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1964ref. 158788N.p.: Martin Ritt Productions 1964. Four vintage studio still photographs and three vintage reference photographs from the 1964 film. Three vintage reference photographs with mimeo snipes on the verso. A remake of Kurosawa's 1950 film "Rashomon" envisioned as a Western. Four witnesses of a rape and murder case have conflicting views of the crime while at trial. Who can be trusted when all four accounts pin the blame on someone different and create different motivations for the crimes Set in the American Southwest shot on location in California and Arizona. Six photographs 10 x 8 inches one photograph 8 x 10 inches. About Very Good plus with some splashes along the left and right edges of the reference photographs and some chips and pinholes along the edges of two of the studio still photographs. Martin Ritt Productions unknown
1968ref. 160762Universal City: Universal Studios 1968. Second Revised Final script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to cinematographer Jules Brenner with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. A successful race car driver dreams of winning the Indy 500 and stops at nothing to achieve his goal sacrificing his relationships with his wife and stepson in the progress. Shot on location in Elkhart Lake Wisconsin and Indianapolis Indiana. Yellow titled Universal Studios wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper noted as production No. 02017 dated April 16 1968. Title page present noted as Second Revised Final Screenplay with credit for screenwriter Howard Rodman. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/26/68 and 5/14/68. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus moderately soiled with a dampstain on the fore-edges bound with three gold brads. Universal Studios unknown
1972ref. 171235Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Rehearsal Draft script for the 1972 film. Production memo laid in with the script noting changes to shooting location for two scenes. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1964 play by Paul Zindel about an eccentric middle-aged mother struggling to raise her two daughters. Starring director Paul Newman's wife Joanne Woodward and one of their real-life daughters Nell Potts as Beatrice and Matilda respectively. Winner of Best Actress at Cannes for Woodward. Shot on location in Bridgeport Connecticut. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 14 1972 noted as Rehearsal Draft with credit for screenwriter Alvin Sargent. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Good wrapper Good with dampstaining affecting the last 50 leaves and rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1968ref. 156689N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage reference photograph of Paul Newman directing Joanne Woodward during a classroom scene on the set of the 1968 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Canadian writer Margaret Laurence's 1966 novel "A Jest of God" about the varied romantic and sexual experiences of a timid schoolteacher living with her widowed mother in an apartment in rural Connecticut. Shot on location throughout Connecticut. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1968ref. 154002Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1968. Vintage reference photograph of actors Joanne Woodward and James Olson during an amorous scene with director Paul Newman and a camera crew to the left. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Canadian writer Margaret Laurence's 1966 novel "A Jest of God" about the varied romantic and sexual experiences of a timid schoolteacher living with her widowed mother in an apartment in rural Connecticut. Shot on location throughout Connecticut. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books
1971ref. 165071Universal City: Universal Studios 1971. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1971 film including one borderless and one bordered. Bordered photograph with a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on Ken Kesey's 1964 novel about a family of independent loggers who refuse to support a local logging union's strike against a lumber conglomerate. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Supporting Actor for Richard Jaeckel. Set in the fictional town of Wakonda Oregon and shot on location throughout western Oregon in Lincoln County and the Oregon Coast. One photograph 8 x 10 inches the other 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Universal Studios unknown books
1966ref. 160717Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Jalem Productions 1966. Draft script for the 1967 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Gordon Carroll bound in full blue leather with Carroll's name in gilt on the bottom right corner of the front board. Based on the 1965 novel by Donn Pearce who co-wrote the screenplay about the experiences of a hard-nosed Vietnam veteran after he is sentenced to two years on a chain gang in a prison camp. Winner of a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for George Kennedy and nominated for three others including Best Adapted Screenplay. Set in Florida. Title page present dated 9/29/66 with credits for screenwriters Frank R. Pierson and Hal Dresner and novelist Donn Pearce. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered 143A. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/23/66 and 2/9/67. Pages Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert III. Warner Brothers / Jalem Productions unknown books
1974ref. 160151Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / First Artists / Coleytown / Turman-Foster 1974. Revised Final Shooting script for the 1974 film. Based on the 1950 Lew Archer novel by Ross Macdonald. Private investigator Harper returns in this sequel to the eponymous 1966 film investigating a blackmail plot in a Louisiana bayou where he finds himself in between an ex-lover an oil tycoon and the local police. In this early draft of the script Paul Newman's character is named Lew Ryan perhaps evidence that the production did not begin as a direct sequel to "Harper" but simply as an adaptation of the source material. Set in Louisiana and shot there on location. Blue studio wrappers. Title page present dated September 16 1974 noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Keenan Wynn and novelist Ross Macdonald. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink yellow goldenrod and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/30/74 and 10/6/74. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers / First Artists / Coleytown / Turman-Foster unknown books
1968ref. 160762Universal City: Universal Studios 1968. Second Revised Final script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to cinematographer Jules Brenner with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. A successful race car driver dreams of winning the Indy 500 and stops at nothing to achieve his goal sacrificing his relationships with his wife and stepson in the progress. Shot on location in Elkhart Lake Wisconsin and Indianapolis Indiana. Yellow titled Universal Studios wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper noted as production No. 02017 dated April 16 1968. Title page present noted as Second Revised Final Screenplay with credit for screenwriter Howard Rodman. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/26/68 and 5/14/68. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus moderately soiled with a dampstain on the fore-edges bound with three gold brads. Universal Studios unknown books
1964ref. 158788N.p.: Martin Ritt Productions 1964. Four vintage studio still photographs and three vintage reference photographs from the 1964 film. Three vintage reference photographs with mimeo snipes on the verso. A remake of Kurosawa's 1950 film "Rashomon" envisioned as a Western. Four witnesses of a rape and murder case have conflicting views of the crime while at trial. Who can be trusted when all four accounts pin the blame on someone different and create different motivations for the crimes Set in the American Southwest shot on location in California and Arizona. Six photographs 10 x 8 inches one photograph 8 x 10 inches. About Very Good plus with some splashes along the left and right edges of the reference photographs and some chips and pinholes along the edges of two of the studio still photographs. Martin Ritt Productions unknown books
1956ref. 172053N.p.: N.p. 1956. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1956 film showing Paul Newman receiving a champion's welcome in Brooklyn accompanied by Pier Angeli. One with a mimeo snipe and provenance label affixed to the verso. Based on middleweight boxing champion Rocky Graziano's 1955 autobiography from his early years suffering abuse at the hands of his father his dishonorable discharge from the US Army and eventual rise to boxing stardom. One of Newman's first starring roles. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Black-and-White Cinematography and Art Direction. Set in Brooklyn and shot on location in the Lower East Side and Brooklyn and at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. Approximately 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 143271France: Pavox Films 1960. Original borderless still photograph from the 1960 film. Starring actor Carl Studer is seen on the waterfront looking very much like Vincent Van Gogh with one ear heavily bandaged. Based on Masson's 1955 novel "Les Comperes de Miséricorde." Pantalaskas Studer is a Lithuanian immigrant living in Paris and when he is evicted from his hotel decides suicide is the only solution. He tries but succeeds only in removing a piece off his ear. A friendly police officer tries to show him life is worth living. Director Paviot makes his debut with this film having three years prior made a short film about guitarist Django Reinhardt 1957 an eponymous collaboration with Jean Cocteau and Yves Montand. Carl Studer's second film and first starring role. 5 x 7 inches. Very Good Plus with slight curling and foxing from paperclip. Pavox Films unknown books
ref. 142378N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. Three pilgrims traveling on St. John's Eve must work to preserve their faith and ward off the temptations of Satan. The feast of St. John often coincides with the June solstice. Set in the Middle East. Green titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Paul Pissanos. Title page present dated 1983 with credits for screenwriter Pissanos. 64 leaves with last page of text numbered 59. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine perfect-bound. N.p. unknown
ref. 142378N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. Three pilgrims traveling on St. John's Eve must work to preserve their faith and ward off the temptations of Satan. The feast of St. John often coincides with the June solstice. Set in the Middle East. Green titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Paul Pissanos. Title page present dated 1983 with credits for screenwriter Pissanos. 64 leaves with last page of text numbered 59. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine perfect-bound. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 150612Los Angeles: Fanfare Films 1970. Eight vintage black and white studio still photographs from the 1970 film. In the year 2177 the world has been overtaken by an all-powerful dominating computer and all films with the exception of sex tapes naturally have been banned. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Fanfare Films unknown
1970ref. 150612Los Angeles: Fanfare Films 1970. Eight vintage black and white studio still photographs from the 1970 film. In the year 2177 the world has been overtaken by an all-powerful dominating computer and all films with the exception of sex tapes naturally have been banned. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Fanfare Films unknown books
1933ref. 148767Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1933. Vintage reference photograph of Paul Robeson in full regalia from the 1933 film struck circa 1970s. With a provenance stamp on the verso. Based on Eugene O'Neill's 1920 play following a cunning railway porter who gradually manipulates his way into control of a small Caribbean island. Actor Paul Robeson's first sound feature a breakthrough role which secured the actor's status as one of the first African American leading actors of mainstream cinema. Set throughout the American South and in the Caribbean Islands shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 370. United Artists unknown
1933ref. 159022Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1933. Vintage linen-backed keybook reference photograph from the 1933 film showing actor Paul Robeson. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Eugene O'Neill's 1920 play following a cunning railway porter who gradually manipulates his way into control of a small Caribbean island. Actor Paul Robeson's first sound feature a breakthrough role which secured the actor's status as one of the first African American leading actors of mainstream cinema. Set throughout the American south and in the Caribbean Islands shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light wear along the top edge image unaffected. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 370. United Artists unknown
1940ref. 148777London: Ealing Studios 1940. Vintage reference photograph from a circa 1965 re-release of the 1940 film by Seven Arts Productions see logo at the bottom right margin showing actors Paul Robeson Jack Jones Simon Lack and Charles Williams. An African American miner from West Virginia arrives in a small town in Wales looking for work and soon wins the respect of the tight-knit mining community therein. Purportedly Robeson's favorite film in which he appeared far ahead of its time with regards to its treatment of racial harmony and the working class. Set and shot on location in Wales. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 373. Ealing Studios unknown
1933ref. 148767Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1933. Vintage reference photograph of Paul Robeson in full regalia from the 1933 film struck circa 1970s. With a provenance stamp on the verso. Based on Eugene O'Neill's 1920 play following a cunning railway porter who gradually manipulates his way into control of a small Caribbean island. Actor Paul Robeson's first sound feature a breakthrough role which secured the actor's status as one of the first African American leading actors of mainstream cinema. Set throughout the American South and in the Caribbean Islands shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 370. United Artists unknown books
1933ref. 159022Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1933. Vintage linen-backed keybook reference photograph from the 1933 film showing actor Paul Robeson. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Eugene O'Neill's 1920 play following a cunning railway porter who gradually manipulates his way into control of a small Caribbean island. Actor Paul Robeson's first sound feature a breakthrough role which secured the actor's status as one of the first African American leading actors of mainstream cinema. Set throughout the American south and in the Caribbean Islands shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light wear along the top edge image unaffected. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 370. United Artists unknown books
