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ref. 166485Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1972. Draft script for the 1975 film. Annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper noting incorrectly we would argue "We all lost when the studio took this picture away from Peckinpah the hed" sic. A very nearly experimental Western made by Sam Peckinpah at his peak a highspot of genre revisionism. Comparable 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. Beige titled Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer front wrapper dated July 7 1972 with credits for Peckinpah and screenwriter Rudolph Wurlitzer. Missing rear wrapper. Title page integral with front wrapper. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and gray revision pages throughout dated variously between July 3 and 25 1972. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1973ref. 150388Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1973. Vintage studio still photograph of director Sam Peckinpah on the set of the 1973 film. A very nearly experimental Western made by Peckinpah at his peak sufficiently strange to have remained of interest only to the most intense fans of 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. Particularly so in the case of Bob Dylan whose mysteriousness was yet again renewed by his performance as "Alias" in the film. Filmed on location in Durango Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1971ref. 170449N.p.: Cinerama 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1971 film showing director Sam Peckinpah talking with Dustin Hoffman between takes. Provenance label on the verso. Based on Gordon M. Williams's 1969 novel. An American returns with his wife to her hometown in England only to run afoul of the locals with increasingly violent consequences. Controversial in its depiction of physical and sexual violence even within Sam Peckinpah's often controversial filmography the film is also frequently considered one of the director's best. Set in Dando Cornwall and shot on location in Cornwall and Middlesex England. 9.5 x 8.25 inches. About Near Fine. Criterion Collection 182. Grant US. Cinerama unknown
1972ref. 170451Los Angeles: First Artists / National General Pictures 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the 1972 film showing director Sam Peckinpah behind the camera. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A ballet of violence and to date easily the finest adaptation of a Jim Thompson novel ever produced. Other grand alliances made this one of the great crime films of the New American Cinema including a supremely confident Steve McQueen as an antihero and a young Walter Hill-who first encountered McQueen on the set of "Bullitt" four years prior-handling the screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Light toning to margins else Near Fine. Grant US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. First Artists / National General Pictures unknown
1967ref. 160830Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1967. Revised Estimating script for the 1969 Western film. Sam Peckinpah's classic revisionist Western of nearly inestimable importance and violence made at the peak of his career and which-along with "Straw Dogs" 1971-remains the lasting testament to his vision. A major contributor to the "end of the West" theme so prevalent of the genre in the 1970s and one of the earliest New Hollywood Westerns. Set in Mexico shot on location in Mexico and Spain. Beige titled Warner Brothers wrappers dated November 15 1967 noted as Rev. Estimating Script and stamped copy No. 75. Title page present dated 11/15/67 with credits for screenwriters Wallen Green and Sam Peckinpah and story credit for Roy Sickner. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Hardy US. Pitts 4934. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader Canon Fodder 28. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 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 books
1972ref. 170451Los Angeles: First Artists / National General Pictures 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the 1972 film showing director Sam Peckinpah behind the camera. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A ballet of violence and to date easily the finest adaptation of a Jim Thompson novel ever produced. Other grand alliances made this one of the great crime films of the New American Cinema including a supremely confident Steve McQueen as an antihero and a young Walter Hill-who first encountered McQueen on the set of "Bullitt" four years prior-handling the screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Light toning to margins else Near Fine. Grant US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. First Artists / National General Pictures unknown books
1972ref. 158714New York: National General Pictures 1972. Vintage double weight matte-finish reference photograph from the set of the 1972 film showing director Sam Peckinpah at work on location. Peckinpah at the peak of his powers a ballet of violence and to date easily the finest adaptation of a Jim Thompson novel ever produced. Other grand alliances made this one of the great crime films of New Hollywood Cinema including a supremely confident Steve McQueen as an anti-hero and a young Walter Hill-who first encountered McQueen on the set of "Bullitt" 4 years prior-handling the screenplay. Approximately 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lee The Heist Film. Spicer Neo-Noir US. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir US. Grant US. National General Pictures unknown books
1972ref. 150387New York: National General Pictures 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1972 film showing director Sam Peckinpah with actors Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Peckinpah at the peak of his powers a ballet of violence and to date easily the finest adaptation of a Jim Thompson novel ever produced. Other grand alliances made this one of the great crime films of New Hollywood Cinema including a supremely confident Steve McQueen as an anti-hero and a young Walter Hill-who first encountered McQueen on the set of "Bullitt" 4 years prior-handling the screenplay. Approximately 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lee The Heist Film. Spicer Neo-Noir US. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir US. Grant US. National General Pictures unknown books
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 books
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 books
1973ref. 150388Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1973. Vintage studio still photograph of director Sam Peckinpah on the set of the 1973 film. A very nearly experimental Western made by Peckinpah at his peak sufficiently strange to have remained of interest only to the most intense fans of 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. Particularly so in the case of Bob Dylan whose mysteriousness was yet again renewed by his performance as "Alias" in the film. Filmed on location in Durango Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
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 books
1971ref. 170449N.p.: Cinerama 1971. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1971 film showing director Sam Peckinpah talking with Dustin Hoffman between takes. Provenance label on the verso. Based on Gordon M. Williams's 1969 novel. An American returns with his wife to her hometown in England only to run afoul of the locals with increasingly violent consequences. Controversial in its depiction of physical and sexual violence even within Sam Peckinpah's often controversial filmography the film is also frequently considered one of the director's best. Set in Dando Cornwall and shot on location in Cornwall and Middlesex England. 9.5 x 8.25 inches. About Near Fine. Criterion Collection 182. Grant US. Cinerama unknown books
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 books
1967ref. 160830Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts 1967. Revised Estimating script for the 1969 Western film. Sam Peckinpah's classic revisionist Western of nearly inestimable importance and violence made at the peak of his career and which-along with "Straw Dogs" 1971-remains the lasting testament to his vision. A major contributor to the "end of the West" theme so prevalent of the genre in the 1970s and one of the earliest New Hollywood Westerns. Set in Mexico shot on location in Mexico and Spain. Beige titled Warner Brothers wrappers dated November 15 1967 noted as Rev. Estimating Script and stamped copy No. 75. Title page present dated 11/15/67 with credits for screenwriters Wallen Green and Sam Peckinpah and story credit for Roy Sickner. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Hardy US. Pitts 4934. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader Canon Fodder 28. Warner Brothers / Seven Arts unknown books
1983ref. 171974N.p.: N.p. 1983. Second Draft script for the 1983 film. Copy belonging to Supervising Property Master Emily Ferry with her name in manuscript ink on the title page. Internally duplicated copy made during shooting with copied hole punches. A dramatization of the early days of the US space program focusing on the Mercury Seven astronauts selected for the first American human flight into space. Based on the 1979 book by Tom Wolfe and basis for a documentary film and a television series both released in 2020. Nominated for eight Academy Awards winning four. Beige three-ring card binder with manuscript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present undated noted as Second Draft with credits for Wolfe and screenwriter Philip Kaufman. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Early Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus binder Very Good title page detached from the binding and lightly foxed. National Film Registry. Ebert II. N.p. unknown
1983ref. 163766Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1983. Collection of 20 vintage color slides from the 1983 film. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the slide sleeves noting the film title distributor names and file numbers. Based on Tom Wolfe's 1979 book about the first 15 years of the US space program. Winner of four Academy Awards and nominated for four others. 2 x 2 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert II. United Artists unknown
1983ref. 171974N.p.: N.p. 1983. Second Draft script for the 1983 film. Copy belonging to Supervising Property Master Emily Ferry with her name in manuscript ink on the title page. Internally duplicated copy made during shooting with copied hole punches. A dramatization of the early days of the US space program focusing on the Mercury Seven astronauts selected for the first American human flight into space. Based on the 1979 book by Tom Wolfe and basis for a documentary film and a television series both released in 2020. Nominated for eight Academy Awards winning four. Beige three-ring card binder with manuscript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present undated noted as Second Draft with credits for Wolfe and screenwriter Philip Kaufman. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Early Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus binder Very Good title page detached from the binding and lightly foxed. National Film Registry. Ebert II. N.p. unknown books
1983ref. 163766Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1983. Collection of 20 vintage color slides from the 1983 film. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the slide sleeves noting the film title distributor names and file numbers. Based on Tom Wolfe's 1979 book about the first 15 years of the US space program. Winner of four Academy Awards and nominated for four others. 2 x 2 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert II. United Artists unknown books
1940ref. 155765Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1940. Final script for the 1941 screwball comedy film with "286" in manuscript pencil to the top right of the front wrapper. Laid in is a ribbon copy typescript listing the five lead actors on RKO letterhead. A cantankerous tycoon goes undercover as a shoe clerk at his own New York department store in order to identify labor agitators but finds himself befriending the workers and becoming sympathetic to their needs. A key film in the American screwball comedy cycle with proletarian elements deftly woven into a hilarious and whip-smart story. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Charles Coburn. Pink titled wrappers rubber-stamped FINAL SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 60 dated November 26 1940 with credits for screenwriter Norman Krasna. Distribution page integral with title page with receipt removed dated 11/26/40 noted as FINAL. 163 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with a small amount of silverfish damage on the second and third leaves with foxing to the top edge and faint foxing to the fore-edge wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing and soiling bound with three gold brads. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography. Olive 53203. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1943ref. 150216Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1943. Five vintage borderless double weight reference photographs taken on location in Spain for the 1943 film most showing director Sam Wood and actors Joseph Calleia Lilo Yarson Gary Cooper Katina Paxinou and Ingrid Bergman. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. From the archive of the PIX Agency a 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. Based on Ernest Hemingway's 1940 novel which follows the experiences of an American fighting against the fascists in the Spanish Civil War and his relationship with a young guerrilla fighter. Nominated for nine Academy Awards winning one for Best Supporting Actress for Katina Paxinou. Set and shot on location in Spain. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1950ref. 147934Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1950. Vintage double weight studio still photograph of John Hodiak and Don Taylor from the 1950 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the serial "Ambush" by Luke Short which was published in "The Saturday Evening Post" December 25 1948 to February 12 1949. Ward Kinsman Robert Taylor a prospector and Indian scout is in search of a white woman Mary Carlyle a general's daughter who has been abducted by Apaches. Sam Wood's final film. Shot on location in Arizona New Mexico and the Corrigan Ranch in Simi Valley California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1940ref. 155765Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1940. Final script for the 1941 screwball comedy film with "286" in manuscript pencil to the top right of the front wrapper. Laid in is a ribbon copy typescript listing the five lead actors on RKO letterhead. A cantankerous tycoon goes undercover as a shoe clerk at his own New York department store in order to identify labor agitators but finds himself befriending the workers and becoming sympathetic to their needs. A key film in the American screwball comedy cycle with proletarian elements deftly woven into a hilarious and whip-smart story. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Charles Coburn. Pink titled wrappers rubber-stamped FINAL SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 60 dated November 26 1940 with credits for screenwriter Norman Krasna. Distribution page integral with title page with receipt removed dated 11/26/40 noted as FINAL. 163 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with a small amount of silverfish damage on the second and third leaves with foxing to the top edge and faint foxing to the fore-edge wrapper Very Good plus with light foxing and soiling bound with three gold brads. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography. Olive 53203. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1973ref. 139507Boca Raton FL: Penthouse 1973. Vintage oversize double weight borderless still photograph from the 1973 film based on the 1947 novel by Andrew Lytle. Shot struck and mounted by the film's still photographer Bob Willoughby with a manuscript notation in his hand on the verso. Full provenance available. Culp and Eggar romp in a bed that is the middle of the woods for some reason while the haunted house that will exert a corrupting influence on the couple looms in the background. An image that does not appear in the so-bad-its-nearly-avant garde film but one that nevertheless captures its aura of surreal eroticism quite well. Set in the countryside of Southern California shot on location in British Columbia Indian Arm and Vancouver. After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles photographer Robert Willoughby began working for magazines such as "Life" "Look" and "Harper's Bazaar" in the late 1940s. He spent the next 20-plus years as a set photographer for every major studio and magazine with his images seen in print literally every week of his career. Willoughby's photographs are in the permanent collections of ten museums including The National Portrait Galleries in Washington DC and London the Bibliotheque Nationale de France The Museum of Modern Art and The Tate Modern. 13.25 x 9 inches. Fine. Thrower Nightmare USA. Penthouse unknown
