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1958ref. 162944New York: Pictorial Parade 1958. Vintage oversize satin finish photograph from the set of the 1959 film showing actor Sal Mineo in costume as Gene Krupa. Stamps of photographer Jack Albin and "Pictorial Parade" on the verso. A dramatization of the life of legendary jazz drummer and bandleader Gene Krupa whose ostentatious lifestyle and drug and alcohol addictions nearly wrecked his career. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 10.25 x 13.5 inches archivally matted in a 20 x 16 inch 8-ply white mat. Very Good plus. Pictorial Parade unknown
1958ref. 162944New York: Pictorial Parade 1958. Vintage oversize satin finish photograph from the set of the 1959 film showing actor Sal Mineo in costume as Gene Krupa. Stamps of photographer Jack Albin and "Pictorial Parade" on the verso. A dramatization of the life of legendary jazz drummer and bandleader Gene Krupa whose ostentatious lifestyle and drug and alcohol addictions nearly wrecked his career. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 10.25 x 13.5 inches archivally matted in a 20 x 16 inch 8-ply white mat. Very Good plus. Pictorial Parade unknown books
1958ref. 173029Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1958. Eight vintage hand-tinted British front-of-house cards from the 1958 Disney Western film. Based on David Appel's 1951 novel "Comanche: Story of America's Most Heroic Horse" about the bond between a young Sioux boy and the titular horse who end up on opposite sides of the Battle of Little Big Horn. Set in Montana Territory and shot on location in Oregon. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Walt Disney Productions unknown
1958ref. 173029Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1958. Eight vintage hand-tinted British front-of-house cards from the 1958 Disney Western film. Based on David Appel's 1951 novel "Comanche: Story of America's Most Heroic Horse" about the bond between a young Sioux boy and the titular horse who end up on opposite sides of the Battle of Little Big Horn. Set in Montana Territory and shot on location in Oregon. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1974ref. 164097N.p.: Stage Struck Productions / Entertainment Pyramid 1974. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1974 Blaxploitation film. A former Green Beret turned detective and nightclub owner seeks revenge on the men responsible for his girlfriend's death. Written produced and directed by Oakland Channel 20 television talk show host Sal Watts the film was for years considered lost until 2022 when it was restored and re-released by Deaf Crocodile Films. Set in California and the Middle East shot on location in Oakland. 27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus lightly worn at the creases with a couple small chips at the left and right edges. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 195. Stage Struck Productions / Entertainment Pyramid unknown
1974ref. 155950N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage two-color one sheet poster for the 1974 film here under its original release title "Black Agent Lucky King." Former Oakland Channel 20 television talk show host Sal Watts in response to complaints from his audience about current black action films was determined to make a quality motion picture for African American audiences. The result was "Solomon King" which Watts produced wrote co-directed and starred a first for an independent black producer. Believed lost this obscure Blaxploitation classic is scheduled for restoration and re-release from Deaf Crocodile Films in 2022. Ex-Green Beret Solomon King Watts vows vengeance when his former lover Princess Oneeba is murdered by Arab agents from the country she once escaped. With the aid of several fellow Vietnam veterans brother Maney King and CIA agent O'Malley King plans a commando raid into the Arab country to kill the hit man. Featuring a cameo from Watt's friend baseball player Tito Fuentes. Set in Oakland California and an undisclosed Arab nation shot on location in Oakland California. 27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Very Good with pinholes some creasing and soiling two modest closed tears three small chips and an annotation in manuscript ink on the outer middle right margin. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 195. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 155950N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage two-color one sheet poster for the 1974 film here under its original release title "Black Agent Lucky King." Former Oakland Channel 20 television talk show host Sal Watts in response to complaints from his audience about current black action films was determined to make a quality motion picture for African American audiences. The result was "Solomon King" which Watts produced wrote co-directed and starred a first for an independent black producer. Believed lost this obscure Blaxploitation classic is scheduled for restoration and re-release from Deaf Crocodile Films in 2022. Ex-Green Beret Solomon King Watts vows vengeance when his former lover Princess Oneeba is murdered by Arab agents from the country she once escaped. With the aid of several fellow Vietnam veterans brother Maney King and CIA agent O'Malley King plans a commando raid into the Arab country to kill the hit man. Featuring a cameo from Watt's friend baseball player Tito Fuentes. Set in Oakland California and an undisclosed Arab nation shot on location in Oakland California. 27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Very Good with pinholes some creasing and soiling two modest closed tears three small chips and an annotation in manuscript ink on the outer middle right margin. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 195. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 164097N.p.: Stage Struck Productions / Entertainment Pyramid 1974. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1974 Blaxploitation film. A former Green Beret turned detective and nightclub owner seeks revenge on the men responsible for his girlfriend's death. Written produced and directed by Oakland Channel 20 television talk show host Sal Watts the film was for years considered lost until 2022 when it was re-released in a restoration by Deaf Crocodile Films. Set in California and the Middle East shot on location in Oakland. 27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus lightly worn at the creases with a couple small chips at the left and right edges. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 195. Stage Struck Productions / Entertainment Pyramid unknown books
1945ref. 29200HBDJ 1945 1st Edition THUS IN POOR TATTERED WORN DUSTJACKET With BACK & Spine DJ MISSING MOVIE EDITION FEATURING JUDY GARLAND & MARGARET O'BRIEN on DJ Front NO INTERIOR Illustrations SCUFF & RUB BOOK COVER GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME WATER DAMAGE TO EDGES CVR DJ IS POOR Condition Only DJ Front is There The Back Flap with Rub & Wear the Rest of DJ NOT PRESENT 6" X 8 1/2" HC DJ front cover torn and frayed - repaired spine and back section missing - as is the front flap autograph note by it's author Sally Benson also included is a tiny letter invitation to a tea party found within the book. Interior is clean clear and together making it an solid 'readers copy' WORLD PUBLISHING FORUM BOOKS hardcover
1975ref. 141752Rome: Ciesi 1975. First Draft script for the 1976 Italian film here under the working title "Scandal." Text in English. From the archive of longtime producer-agent Paul Kohner. In wartime France a married pharmacist begins a passionate affair with her assistant. Their relationship sours however as he begins to demand more and more from her-including access to her daughter. Shot on location in Italy. Title page present dated 1975 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriters Ottavio Jemma and Salvatore Samperi. 324 leaves with last page of text numbered 322. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine lacking wrapper unbound. Housed in a typewriter box. Ciesi unknown
1975ref. 141891Rome: Ciesi 1975. First Draft script for the 1976 film. Here under the working title "Scandal." Eliane is a pharmicist with a dull husband and teenage daughter. A fellow pharmacy clerk makes a pass at her one night after mistaking her for someone else and she allows it to happen ultimately becoming his complete sex slave. Set in France shot on location in Italy. Tan untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1975 noted as First draft with credits for screenwriters Ottavio Jemma and Salvatore Samperi. 324 leaves with last page of text numbered 322. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with gold brads. Ciesi unknown
1975ref. 141752Rome: Ciesi 1975. First Draft script for the 1976 Italian film here under the working title "Scandal." Text in English. From the archive of longtime producer-agent Paul Kohner. In wartime France a married pharmacist begins a passionate affair with her assistant. Their relationship sours however as he begins to demand more and more from her-including access to her daughter. Shot on location in Italy. Title page present dated 1975 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriters Ottavio Jemma and Salvatore Samperi. 324 leaves with last page of text numbered 322. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine lacking wrapper unbound. Housed in a typewriter box. Ciesi unknown books
1975ref. 141891Rome: Ciesi 1975. First Draft script for the 1976 film. Here under the working title "Scandal." Eliane is a pharmicist with a dull husband and teenage daughter. A fellow pharmacy clerk makes a pass at her one night after mistaking her for someone else and she allows it to happen ultimately becoming his complete sex slave. Set in France shot on location in Italy. Tan untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1975 noted as First draft with credits for screenwriters Ottavio Jemma and Salvatore Samperi. 324 leaves with last page of text numbered 322. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with gold brads. Ciesi unknown books
1952ref. 135865Los Angeles: Lippert Pictures 1952. Draft script for the 1952 film. Copy belonging to an uncredited crew member with brief annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso of the last page of text and on a few pages. An unusual story for a low-budget Western: a tough woman gambler named Iron Mae McLeod Windsor runs a town where law states that men are illegal. The tough McLeod is soon caught in the lusty lasso of Woody Callaway Rober a handsome and persistent cowboy. The Poverty Row studio Lippert Pictures lasted nearly two decades 1948-1969 and would resurface as the production company for "Don't Do It" 1994. Notable films produced or distributed by Lippert include "Jungle Goddess" 1948 "I Shot Jesse James" 1949 forgotten films noir like "Radar Secret Service" and "Motor Patrol" both 1950 Samuel Fuller's "The Steel Helmet" 1951 Sam Newfield's "Lost Continent" 1951 and Terence Fisher's classic Hammer noir "Man Bait" 1952. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page integral with first page of text undated with a credit for screenwriter Hampton. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Mimeograph duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Hardy The Western p. 218. Okuda 486. Lippert Pictures unknown
1952ref. 135865Los Angeles: Lippert Pictures 1952. Draft script for the 1952 film. Copy belonging to an uncredited crew member with brief annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso of the last page of text and on a few pages. An unusual story for a low-budget Western: a tough woman gambler named Iron Mae McLeod Windsor runs a town where law states that men are illegal. The tough McLeod is soon caught in the lusty lasso of Woody Callaway Rober a handsome and persistent cowboy. The Poverty Row studio Lippert Pictures lasted nearly two decades 1948-1969 and would resurface as the production company for "Don't Do It" 1994. Notable films produced or distributed by Lippert include "Jungle Goddess" 1948 "I Shot Jesse James" 1949 forgotten films noir like "Radar Secret Service" and "Motor Patrol" both 1950 Samuel Fuller's "The Steel Helmet" 1951 Sam Newfield's "Lost Continent" 1951 and Terence Fisher's classic Hammer noir "Man Bait" 1952. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page integral with first page of text undated with a credit for screenwriter Hampton. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Mimeograph duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Hardy The Western p. 218. Okuda 486. Lippert Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 167900Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1975. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1976 film. A beach lifeguard is forced to confront his priorities and consider changing professions when he rekindles a flame with his old high school girlfriend who is now divorced with a five-year-old son. Shot on Torrance Beach California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1951ref. 146057Hollywood: Tom Productions 1951. Draft script for the 1951 film here under the working title "Off We Go!" With manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Desperate to leave his lowly post as a tailgunner an unskilled G.I. asks his girlfriend who owns a cafe on the air base to flirt with his commanding officer in order to get him a promotion. Instead of the better position he desires however the officer finds himself roped by the base special intelligence officer into impersonating the head saboteur of a spy ring. Gray titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 10 and noted as production No. 1067 dated May 5 1951. Title page present dated May 5 1951 with credits for screenwriter Orville H. Hampton. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with tide marks to the lower edge bound with three gold brads. Tom Productions unknown
1956ref. 148955Beverly Hills CA: Associated Film Releasing 1956. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 film showing actresses Coleen Gray and Veda Ann Borg. A US marshal investigates the mysterious death of a woman owner of a gambling house. Set in the American West. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Associated Film Releasing unknown books
1951ref. 146057Hollywood: Tom Productions 1951. Draft script for the 1951 film here under the working title "Off We Go!" With manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Desperate to leave his lowly post as a tailgunner an unskilled G.I. asks his girlfriend who owns a cafe on the air base to flirt with his commanding officer in order to get him a promotion. Instead of the better position he desires however the officer finds himself roped by the base special intelligence officer into impersonating the head saboteur of a spy ring. Gray titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 10 and noted as production No. 1067 dated May 5 1951. Title page present dated May 5 1951 with credits for screenwriter Orville H. Hampton. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with tide marks to the lower edge bound with three gold brads. Tom Productions unknown books
ref. 166560N.p.: N.p. 1972. Early Draft script for the 1974 film file copy belonging to director Sam Peckinpah. Dated July 8 1972 over a year before production commenced and notably featuring the original ending with Bennie getting away-in true Peckinpah fashion the director would later rewrite the ending to show Bennie dying in a shootout. With Peckinpah's brief annotations in manuscript ink on the title page and two leaves of the script. Warren Oates stars as Bennie a bartender who travels through the Mexican underworld accompanied by his sex worker girlfriend to collect the bounty on the head of a gigolo. The only Peckinpah film not re-cut by the studio. Shot on location in Mexico. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated July 8 1972 with credits for Peckinpah and screenwriter Gordon Dawson. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Ebert II. Nilsen Warped and Faded. Rosenbaum 1000. Twilight Time 497. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 166001N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Sam Peckinpah and a camera crew on the set of the 1972 Western film. Perhaps the most sympathetic of Peckinpah's films about a rodeo rider who returns to his hometown to participate in the annual Independence Day rodeo and reunite with his estranged parents and brother. Set and shot on location in Prescott Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 170448N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage reference photograph from the 1965 film showing Charlton Heston talking with Sam Peckinpah during filming on location. Dell Publishing stamp and provenance label on the verso. During the Civil War an obsessed glory seeking Union cavalry officer leads a disparate crew of soldiers Confederate POWs and Native American scouts into Mexico to attack a group of Apaches that have been raiding towns in the US. Shot on location in Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 143145Culver City CA: Columbia / Jerry Bresler Productions 1965. Seven vintage lobby cards for the French release of the 1965 US film. During the Civil War an obsessed glory seeking Union cavalry officer leads a disparate crew of soldiers Confederate POWs and American Indian scouts into Mexico to attack a group of Apaches that have been raiding towns in the US. 11.75 x 9.25. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners. Columbia / Jerry Bresler Productions unknown
1973ref. 170446Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1973. Collection of 18 vintage reference photographs from the 1975 film including 17 bordered photographs and one borderless double weight photograph. Eight with mimeo snipes on the verso. A very nearly experimental Western made by Sam Peckinpah at his peak sufficiently strange to have remained of interest only to the most intense fans of Western revisionism. Comparable only to "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" 1971 and "The Shooting" 1966 in terms of sheer impressionism being laid upon the genre with iconic imagery and super-stylization in every frame. Shot on location in Durango Mexico. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Very Good plus or better. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1973ref. 170447Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1973. Vintage studio still color photograph from the 1975 film. Provenance label and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A very nearly experimental Western made by Sam Peckinpah at his peak sufficiently strange to have remained of interest only to the most intense fans of Western revisionism. Comparable only to "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" 1971 and "The Shooting" 1966 in terms of sheer impressionism being laid upon the genre with iconic imagery and super-stylization in every frame. Shot on location in Durango Mexico. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
