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1969ref. 139764N.p.: Amicus Productions 1969. Three vintage British front-of-house cards from the 1969 British film. Based on Margaret Drabble's 1965 novel "The Millstone." Produced by Amicus Productions a company typically known for its blood-drenched horror films. Venturing into another genre the studio produced this drama that follows Rosamund Stacey Sandy Dennis a bookish doctoral candidate who is perpetually dodging the sexual advances of the men in her life. This comes to an end when she meets George Matthews Ian McKellen. The film was not a box office success but ironically been called the best film produced by Amicus. Set in London shot on location in England. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Amicus Productions unknown books
1968ref. 142320N.p.: Amicus Productions 1968. Draft script for the 1969 film. Typed Letter Signed in manuscript ink laid in three pages total dated August 21 1968. Based on the 1965 novel "The Millstone" by Margaret Drabble and adapted by her to the screen. Produced by Amicus Productions a company typically known for its blood-drenched horror films. Venturing into another genre the studio produced this drama that follows Rosamund Stacey Dennis a bookish doctoral candidate who is perpetually dodging the sexual advances of the men in her life. This comes to an end when she meets George Matthews McKellen. The film was not a box office success on its release but is today viewed as one of the best films made by the studio. Set in London shot on location there. Green untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Margaret Drabble. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Amicus Productions unknown books
1962ref. 132151Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1962. Two vintage black-and-white British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1962 US film. A relatively unknown low-budget jungle film the only film credit for director Jack Warner Jr. son of the then-head of Warner Brothers Studios. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with one with pinholes at the corners one with a short closed tear. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1966ref. 162289N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1966 British film showing actress Susannah York. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A roving gambler breaks into a playing card manufacturing facility to mark the cards in order to win big at casinos across Europe. Set in Geneva and Monte Carlo. 8 x 10.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 150116N.p.: N.p. 1980. Collection of materials related to post-production editing for the 1981 film including notes on film reels and pages of proposed sequences for each reel. Director screenwriter and actor Warren Beatty's epic political drama which follows a left-wing American journalist who becomes involved with the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards winning three for Best Director Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography. 16 pages housed in a clear blue plastic folder. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1981ref. 127476N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1981 film. Director screenwriter and actor Warren Beatty's epic political drama which follows a left-wing American journalist who becomes involved with the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards winning three for Best Director Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography. 27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and creasing to the top right corner. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 162393Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1975. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1975 film. Two with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos and three with Columbia stamps on the versos. A New Hollywood satire about a womanizing money-hungry hairdresser in Beverly Hills. Actress Lee Grant won her only Academy Award for her turn as one of Beatty's mistresses and Beatty and Towne were nominated for their screenplay. Set and shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1975ref. 155790Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1975. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1975 film showing actors Warren Beatty and Julie Christie. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso of one photograph. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A New Hollywood satire about a womanizing money-hungry hairdresser in Beverly Hills. Actress Lee Grant won her only Academy Award for her turn as one of Beatty's mistresses and Beatty and Towne were nominated for their screenplay. Set and shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1978ref. 147639Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1978. Vintage studio still photograph of Buck Henry from the 1978 film. Mimeograph snipe on the verso on Claire Harrison Associates Inc. letterhead and second mimeo snipe folded over bottom on Paramount Pictures letterhead. Warren Beatty stars as an NFL quarterback on his way to the Superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. On his way to Heaven he is informed that he wasn't ready to die but that his body has been cremated. He must find a new body and luckily one turns up: that of a recently murdered millionaire. Nominated for several Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Writing Best Cinematography and Best Music. A story set and shot in and around Los Angeles California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1980ref. 150116N.p.: N.p. 1980. Collection of materials related to post-production editing for the 1981 film including notes on film reels and pages of proposed sequences for each reel. Director screenwriter and actor Warren Beatty's epic political drama which follows a left-wing American journalist who becomes involved with the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards winning three for Best Director Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography. 16 pages housed in a clear blue plastic folder. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 127476N.p.: N.p. 1981. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1981 film. Director screenwriter and actor Warren Beatty's epic political drama which follows a left-wing American journalist who becomes involved with the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards winning three for Best Director Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography. 27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and creasing to the top right corner. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 162289N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1966 British film showing actress Susannah York. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A roving gambler breaks into a playing card manufacturing facility to mark the cards in order to win big at casinos across Europe. Set in Geneva and Monte Carlo. 8 x 10.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 155790Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1975. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1975 film showing actors Warren Beatty and Julie Christie. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso of one photograph. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A New Hollywood satire about a womanizing money-hungry hairdresser in Beverly Hills. Actress Lee Grant won her only Academy Award for her turn as one of Beatty's mistresses and Beatty and Towne were nominated for their screenplay. Set and shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 162393Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1975. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1975 film. Two with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos and three with Columbia stamps on the versos. A New Hollywood satire about a womanizing money-hungry hairdresser in Beverly Hills. Actress Lee Grant won her only Academy Award for her turn as one of Beatty's mistresses and Beatty and Towne were nominated for their screenplay. Set and shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1991ref. 167891Culver City CA: Tri-Star TriStar Pictures 1991. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1991 film including four compilation photographs. A dramatization of the doomed love affair between famed mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and his moll Virginia Hill. Nominated for ten Academy Awards winning two. Shot on location throughout California. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine. Tri-Star [TriStar] Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 147008N.p.: N.p. 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With a few small manuscript pencil annotations mostly revising spelling mistakes. When an aging musician meets a handsome younger man she sees the autumn romance as a way out of her stagnant life with her sister-but not all is as it seems. Screenwriter Warren Burton was better known as an actor for film and television most notably in "All My Children" from 1978-1979. Set in New York. Salmon titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Warren Burton. 38 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 147008N.p.: N.p. 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With a few small manuscript pencil annotations mostly revising spelling mistakes. When an aging musician meets a handsome younger man she sees the autumn romance as a way out of her stagnant life with her sister-but not all is as it seems. Screenwriter Warren Burton was better known as an actor for film and television most notably in "All My Children" from 1978-1979. Set in New York. Salmon titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Warren Burton. 38 leaves with last page of text numbered 36. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 160428Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1973. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1973 film showing actor Warren Oates and director John Milius between takes. Stamp of Rossel Films on the verso. A dramatization of the crimes of folk hero midwestern bank robber and notorious mobster John Dillinger best known for killing five FBI agents during a shootout in Kansas City. Hot on the heels of Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967 a film that reignited the US public's interest in 1930s gangster films. Set and shot on location throughout Arizona and Oklahoma. 12 x 9.5 inches. Pinholes at the top corners else about Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1973ref. 154001Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1973. Vintage reference photograph from the 1973 film showing actors Warren Oates and Michelle Phillips. A dramatization of the crimes of folk hero midwestern bank robber and notorious mobster John Dillinger best known for killing five FBI agents during a shootout in Kansas City. Hot on the heels of Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967 a movie that reignited the US public's interest in 1930s gangster films. Set and shot on location throughout Arizona and Oklahoma. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1969ref. 132601London: Warner-Pathe 1969. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs of Warren Oates from the 1969 UK film. Mimeograph snipe affixed to the verso of 1 still. Both stills feature the great Warren Oates. A comedy about two crooks hired to rob an old lady but she proves to be too charming and the robbers can't muster the guts to steal from her. 8 x 10 inches and 7.25 x 9.25 inches no borders as issued. Smaller still with a tiny closed tear else Near Fine. Warner-Pathe unknown books
1940ref. 164648Universal City: Universal Pictures 1940. Vintage publicity photograph of W.C. Fields with Una Merkel and Evelyn Del Rio from the 1940 film. 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. An American comedy classic wherein W.C. Fields stars as a drunk who accidentally thwarts a bank robbery and becomes the bank security as the result. Shot on location in Lompoc California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 78. Ebert II. Universal Pictures unknown
1933ref. 131380Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1933. Second Script for the 1933 film. Rubber-stamped on the front wrapper "FILE COPY / RETURN TO SCRIPT DEPT. / PARAMOUNT STUDIO - HOLLYWOOD" and "1837 / MASTER FILE." The film's original title "Don't Call Me Madam" is present on the front wrapper crossed through with the new title "Tillie and Gus" written in manuscript ink above it. Based on a short story entitled "Don't Call Me Madame" by Rupert Hughes about Tillie and Gus Winterbottom Alisone Skipworth and W. C. Fields and their tribulations involving a deceased family member's inheritance. Even with the ensuing events including a riverboat race and a baby-toting bathtub that floats downstream reminiscent of Moses in a basket the film is remembered as one of Fields' "sleepers" one less punchy than others. "Tillie and Gus" was one of three pairings of Skipworth and Fields the others being "Six of a Kind" 1934 and "If I Had a Million" 1932. Tall side stapled salmon self wrappers noted as SECOND SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy production No. 1837 dated March 10 1933 with credits for screenwriters Jones McNutt and Harris. Title page integral with the first page of the script. 137 leaves mimeograph on salmon colored stock. Pages about Near Fine rear wrapper detached but present else wrappers Very Good plus. Paramount Pictures unknown
1940ref. 164648Universal City: Universal Pictures 1940. Vintage publicity photograph of W.C. Fields with Una Merkel and Evelyn Del Rio from the 1940 film. 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. An American comedy classic wherein W.C. Fields stars as a drunk who accidentally thwarts a bank robbery and becomes the bank security as the result. Shot on location in Lompoc California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 78. Ebert II. Universal Pictures unknown books
1940ref. 150392Universal City: Universal Pictures 1940. Two vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1940 film. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Egbert Souse a slovenly drunk finds himself in several different positions of employment through sheer luck and happenstance. After being hired on the spot to replace a film crew's no-show movie director Souse unintentionally thwarts a bank robbery and is immediately offered a job as a security guard. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased on the edges. Universal Pictures unknown books
1933ref. 131380Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1933. Second Script for the 1933 film. Rubber-stamped on the front wrapper "FILE COPY / RETURN TO SCRIPT DEPT. / PARAMOUNT STUDIO - HOLLYWOOD" and "1837 / MASTER FILE." The film's original title "Don't Call Me Madam" is present on the front wrapper crossed through with the new title "Tillie and Gus" written in manuscript ink above it. Based on a short story entitled "Don't Call Me Madame" by Rupert Hughes about Tillie and Gus Winterbottom Alisone Skipworth and W. C. Fields and their tribulations involving a deceased family member's inheritance. Even with the ensuing events including a riverboat race and a baby-toting bathtub that floats downstream reminiscent of Moses in a basket the film is remembered as one of Fields' "sleepers" one less punchy than others. "Tillie and Gus" was one of three pairings of Skipworth and Fields the others being "Six of a Kind" 1934 and "If I Had a Million" 1932. Tall side stapled salmon self wrappers noted as SECOND SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy production No. 1837 dated March 10 1933 with credits for screenwriters Jones McNutt and Harris. Title page integral with the first page of the script. 137 leaves mimeograph on salmon colored stock. Pages about Near Fine rear wrapper detached but present else wrappers Very Good plus. Paramount Pictures unknown books
