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1986ref. 139240Madrid Spain: RM Films International 1986. Original Spanish one sheet poster for the 1986 release of the 1975 US film. Features buxom Christy Hartburg who starred as SuperLorna. Hartburg along with Kitten Natividad and Uschi Digard has become one of the more recognizable faces of Russ Meyer filmdom even though this was her only film. Meyer's successful return to independent filmmaking after the big-budget "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" 1970 and the unfortunate films "The Seven Minutes" 1971 and "Black Snake" 1973. Arguably the most entertaining Meyer project with all the trademarks present: strong sexual women impotent men and healthy doses of sex violence and nudity with a nod to the desert violence of Italian Euro Westerns of the 1960s. Shot on location in Arizona California and New Mexico. 27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Near Fine. Scarce. RM Films International unknown
1959ref. 161847N.p.: N.p. 1959. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1959 film one photograph under the original release title "Steam Heat." Director Russ Meyer's first commercially successful film. Shot without sound with a voice-over narration and a musical theme added and noted for extensive female nudity. Mr. Teas is a door to door salesman selling dentists' appliances who seems to encounter buxom nude women everywhere he goes. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles and Malibu California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one with faint creasing light edgewear and four pinholes and one with light edgewear a half inch closed tear to the upper right side and a small chip in the bottom margin. N.p. unknown
1959ref. 152047Hollywood: Pad-Ram Enterprises 1959. Vintage pressbook for the 1959 film. A door-to-door dental appliance salesman has a chemical reaction to an anesthetic which grants him X-ray vision as in "seeing through women's clothes." He subsequently overcomes all of his inhibitions leading to ribald encounters with his dental nurse his therapist his secretary a girl in a bar etc. Russ Meyer's first feature produced by Pad-Ram Enterprises a monogram using the initials of director Russell Albion Meyer and producer Peter A. DeCenzie the film that basically launched the lighthearted nudie pictures of the early 1960s. At a time when Hollywood moguls were losing audiences to the comfort of in-home cinema through television Meyer and DeCenzie who spent years on the burlesque and nightclub circuits released an independent naturally sexy endeavor in the tradition of the great Chaplin films. For his debut Meyer did even more of the crew work than usual shooting in four days during the spring of 1958 with a budget of $24000 ultimately making over $1.5 million worldwide. The film was marketed as a "Frenchy" "nudist" film but exhibited all the distinctive traits for which Meyer would soon become known including large bosoms insane plots an arguably feminist perspective campy dialogue and guerilla cinematography. Shot on location in various California destinations including Malibu Lagoon State Beach. One leaf bi-fold. 11 x 17 inches. Very Good plus overall. Pad-Ram Enterprises unknown
1959ref. 134256Los Angeles: Pad-Ram Enterprises 1959. A Eight vintage still photographs from the 1959 film. Included are 4 stills from the US release and 4 stills from the UK release under the title "Mr. Teas and His Playthings." From a cursory glance one can immediately see the differences with regard to nudity paid by both US and UK publicists the UK stills decidedly more liberal with regard to the "forbidden flesh." The US stills were taken directly from scenes of the film and the UK stills appear to be from either a deleted scene or a mock setup designed for foreign publicity with Mr. Teas seen in a bathhouse with the "Buxom Bath House Beauties" Baby Dahl Chicky Fricase Frenchie Tost Teri Clawthe that were not seen in the final cut. The UK stills purport "Monstrous Murder!" and "Sizzling Suspense!" taglines however the final cut features neither murder nor suspense. The story finds the shy Mr. Teas played by William Ellis Teas a door-to-door dental appliance salesman who has a chemical reaction with an anesthetic that allows him to have X-ray vision as in "seeing through women's clothes." He also overcomes all of his inhibitions leading to ribald encounters with his dental nurse his therapist his secretary a girl in a bar etc. Russ Meyer's first feature produced by Pad-Ram Enterprises a monogram using the initials of director Russell Albion Meyer and producer Peter A. DeCenzie and the film that basically launched the lighthearted "nudie" pictures of the early 1960s. The film was immediately touted as "ribald" and "Frenchy" with regard to the "genuinely sexy sequences with generous expanses of attractive flesh" that used to be seen strictly in foreign films. At a time when Hollywood moguls were losing audiences to the comfort of in-home cinema through television Meyer and DeCenzie who spent years on the burlesque and night club circuits released an independent naturally sexy endeavor in the tradition of the great Chaplin films. The bigger productions companies would never have made a film as far overboard on sex. For his debut Russ Meyer did even more of the crew work than usual shooting in four days during the spring of 1958 with a budget of $24000 ultimately making over $1.5 million worldwide. The film was marketed as a "nudist" film with a "French" sensibility but exhibited all the distinctive traits for which Meyer would soon become known including large bosoms insane plots a somewhat feminist perspective campy dialogue and guerilla cinematography. Shot on location in various California destinations including Malibu Lagoon State Beach. Meyer even shot various scenes at his beach-front home in Los Angeles. All stills 8 x 10 inches some differ slightly in size. Two US stills Very Good plus others Near Fine. UK stills Near Fine. Pad-Ram Enterprises unknown
1961ref. 134255Los Angeles: Pad-Ram Enterprises 1961. Original pressbooks two variants for 1961 re-releases of the 1959 film. Featured are the two most commonly seen layouts used for publicity: the full-color illustrated "hat" variant and the other with Mr. Teas surrounded by a bevy of well-developed women the female leads of the film from left to right: Ann Peters Michele Roberts Dawn Danielle and Marilyn Wesley. The story finds the shy Mr. Teas played by William Ellis Teas a door-to-door dental appliance salesman who has a chemical reaction with an anesthetic that allows him to have X-ray vision as in "seeing through women's clothes." He also overcomes all of his inhibitions leading to ribald encounters with his dental nurse his therapist his secretary a girl in a bar etc. Russ Meyer's first feature produced by Pad-Ram Enterprises a monogram using the initials of director Russell Albion Meyer and producer Peter A. DeCenzie and the film that basically launched the lighthearted "nudie" pictures of the early 1960s. The film was immediately touted as "ribald" and "Frenchy" with regard to the "genuinely sexy sequences with generous expanses of attractive flesh" that used to be seen strictly in foreign films. At a time when Hollywood moguls were losing audiences to the comfort of in-home cinema through television Meyer and DeCenzie who spent years on the burlesque and night club circuits released an independent naturally sexy endeavor in the tradition of the great Chaplin films. The bigger productions companies would never have made a film as far overboard on sex. For his debut Russ Meyer did even more of the crew work than usual shooting in four days during the spring of 1958 with a budget of $24000 ultimately making over $1.5 million worldwide. The film was marketed as a "nudist" film with a "French" sensibility but exhibited all the distinctive traits for which Meyer would soon become known including large bosoms insane plots a somewhat feminist perspective campy dialogue and guerilla cinematography. Shot on location in various California destinations including Malibu Lagoon State Beach. Meyer even shot various scenes at his beach-front home in Los Angeles. Both pressbooks 11 x 17 inches folded horizontally. "Hat" variant includes a 9 x 12 ad mat dated "Fri. Aug. 18 1961." Light rubbing overall rubber stamps from "Sack Amusement Enterprises" in Dallas Texas and a few light creases and tiny closed tears else Near Fine. Pad-Ram Enterprises unknown
1969ref. 139328Middlesex England: Eve Productions Cinecenta 1969. Vintage black-and-white double weight British still photograph from the 1968 US film. Rubber stamp on the verso of COLTMAN DISPLAYS LTD a distributor in Middlesex England. "Vixen!" was one of Meyer's best sleaziest and most commercially successful films made at the peak of his independent productions after "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" in 1965 and before "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" in 1970. What is less well known is that this film by way of Ms. Gavin marked a breakthrough in the onscreen portrayal of women in terms of sexual aggression using the then-new platform of late 1960s American independent cinema and the aftermath of the Summer of Love as a canvas. Gavin's titular character is a married woman whose sexual boundaries are none but instead of being a typical sex romp the film heads off into areas that can be reasonably described as unexplored by sexploitation films including communism race relations political debate and terrorist activity. But also present in the film are many of the genre's more familiar themes breast size incest nonstop sexual activity and a generous dose of humor. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with edge creasing and a single short tear. Eve Productions Cinecenta unknown
1968ref. 139327California: Eve Productions 1968. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1968 film. Seen in the stills is Erica Gavin Vixen and Jon Evans Judd and a split image with Erica Gavin and Harrison Page Niles the duo responsible for the film's thick racial tensions. "Vixen!" was one of Meyer's best sleaziest and most commercially successful films made at the peak of his independent productions after "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" in 1965 and before "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" in 1970. What is less well known is that this film by way of Ms. Gavin marked a breakthrough in the onscreen portrayal of women in terms of sexual aggression using the then-new platform of late 1960s American independent cinema and the aftermath of the Summer of Love as a canvas. Gavin's titular character is a married woman whose sexual boundaries are none but instead of being a typical sex romp the film heads off into areas that can be reasonably described as unexplored by sexploitation films including communism race relations political debate and terrorist activity. But also present in the film are many of the genre's more familiar themes breast size incest nonstop sexual activity and a generous dose of humor. 8 x 10 inches. One still with a faint tape ghost and two short tears else Near Fine overall. Eve Productions unknown
1990ref. 134461Los Angeles: Discovery Productions 1990. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1949 Jim Thompson novel. The story of a small town movie theater owner who gets mixed up in a murderous love triangle with his wife and lover. Though a film from this script was never made the original Thompson story adapted by a different writer remains in possible development. Lacking front wrapper with a red rear wrapper. Title page present dated June 1 1990 with credits for screenwriter Birkin and novelist Thompson. 113 leaves photocopy. Fine condition bound with three gold brads. Discovery Productions unknown books
1990ref. 134461Los Angeles: Discovery Productions 1990. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1949 Jim Thompson novel. The story of a small town movie theater owner who gets mixed up in a murderous love triangle with his wife and lover. Though a film from this script was never made the original Thompson story adapted by a different writer remains in possible development. Lacking front wrapper with a red rear wrapper. Title page present dated June 1 1990 with credits for screenwriter Birkin and novelist Thompson. 113 leaves photocopy. Fine condition bound with three gold brads. Discovery Productions unknown
1942ref. 159797Los Angeles: Walt Disney Productions 1942. Three vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photographs from the 1942 film. Printed mimeo snipes and photographer stamps on the versos. Based on the 1894 collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling. A Technicolor live-action version of the classic Kipling stories made by the Hungarian-born filmmaking team of director Zoltan Korda producer Alexander Korda and art director Vincent Korda. The production brilliantly utilized live exotic animals and featured Indian actor Sabu as Mowgli the boy raised by wolves who can communicate with the animals of the jungle. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Cinematography. Shot on location in Sherwood Forest California. 9 x 12 inches. Fine. Criterion Collection Eclipse Series 30. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1942ref. 159797Los Angeles: Walt Disney Productions 1942. Three vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photographs from the 1942 film. Printed mimeo snipes and photographer stamps on the versos. Based on the 1894 collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling. A Technicolor live-action version of the classic Kipling stories made by the Hungarian-born filmmaking team of director Zoltan Korda producer Alexander Korda and art director Vincent Korda. The production brilliantly utilized live exotic animals and featured Indian actor Sabu as Mowgli the boy raised by wolves who can communicate with the animals of the jungle. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Cinematography. Shot on location in Sherwood Forest California. 9 x 12 inches. Fine. Criterion Collection Eclipse Series 30. Walt Disney Productions unknown
ref. 147264N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced television documentary short film or television special. A proposed documentary short addressing the dangers of driving while visually impaired. Screenwriter Rudy Makoul suffered from macular degeneration an incurable eye disease which worsens with age. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present noted as An outline for a Documentary Special with credits for screenwriter Rudy Makoul. 9 leaves with last page of text numbered 7. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a small paper clip on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
ref. 147264N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced television documentary short film or television special. A proposed documentary short addressing the dangers of driving while visually impaired. Screenwriter Rudy Makoul suffered from macular degeneration an incurable eye disease which worsens with age. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present noted as An outline for a Documentary Special with credits for screenwriter Rudy Makoul. 9 leaves with last page of text numbered 7. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a small paper clip on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1925ref. 137138Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1925. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1925 film with a mimeo snipe and photographer's stamp on the verso. Based on the unfinished 1832 novel "Dubrovsky" by Alexander Pushkin. A posed shot showing director Brown and stars Valentino and Banky with painter Federico Beltran Masses a well known figure in Hollywood because of his friendship with William Randolph Hearst. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with diagonal chips missing from two corners but the image largely unaffected. United Artists unknown books
1925ref. 137138Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1925. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1925 film with a mimeo snipe and photographer's stamp on the verso. Based on the unfinished 1832 novel "Dubrovsky" by Alexander Pushkin. A posed shot showing director Brown and stars Valentino and Banky with painter Federico Beltran Masses a well known figure in Hollywood because of his friendship with William Randolph Hearst. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with diagonal chips missing from two corners but the image largely unaffected. United Artists unknown
1956ref. 152016Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1956. Vintage reference photograph of Anne Baxter director Rudolph Mate and Charlton Heston on the set of the 1956 film. Capt. Colt Saunders Heston returns to Texas from the Civil War to find his land wanted by carpetbaggers and his town controlled by corrupt Yankees. Set in Texas shot on location in Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 4373. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1949ref. 156125N.p.: Herzog Film 1949. Vintage program for the 1949 German film. Text and titles in German. After World War II the American troops occupying a small German town attempt to make peace with the locals by organizing a musical show starring a multinational orchestra led by a successful music student who has recently returned from entertaining troops on the Eastern Front. 8 x 11.5 inches. Bi-fold. Very Good plus moderately age toned. Herzog Film unknown books
1949ref. 156125N.p.: Herzog Film 1949. Vintage program for the 1949 German film. Text and titles in German. After World War II the American troops occupying a small German town attempt to make peace with the locals by organizing a musical show starring a multinational orchestra led by a successful music student who has recently returned from entertaining troops on the Eastern Front. 8 x 11.5 inches. Bi-fold. Very Good plus moderately age toned. Herzog Film unknown
1985ref. 163259N.p.: N.p. 1985. First Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1985-1986 television series. An updated version of the 1969-1974 television show "Love American Style" focused on love and relationships and following in the vignette style of the original. In this episode a couple finds a pair of women's underwear in their car and the husband not knowing why they were there comes up with ridiculous excuses to get his wife to understand. Set in San Francisco. Beige titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper production No. 1-066 dated 11/15/85 with credits for screenwriter R.S. Allen. Title page integral with front wrapper. 18 leaves with last page of text numbered 17. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1945ref. 146433N.p.: N.p. 1945. Revised Draft script for the 1945 film here under the working title "The Fugitive." With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper reading "92." All leaves watermarked CONTRACT FILE COPY. NOTE: script is incomplete as issued with text ending on page 92. The twelfth entry in the fourteen film Sherlock Holmes series featuring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce loosely based on Arthur Conan Doyle's 1911 short story "The Adventure of the Red Circle." The prime minister of the fictitious eastern European country Rovinia begs Holmes and Watson to escort Prince Nikolas back home as the king has been assassinated and the prince must ascend to the throne. The transatlantic voyage proves to be a dangerous journey and every passenger becomes a suspect though Holmes carries more than a few tricks and surprises up his cape. Set in Algiers. Tan titled wrappers rubber-stamped production No. 7309 dated May 20 1945. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with three closed tears on the front wrapper and light edgewear overall bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1943ref. 165456Universal City: Universal Pictures 1943. Two vintage photographs of Bela Lugosi as Frankenstein's Monster for the 1943 film. One photograph with a provenance label on 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 first of Universal's "monster rally films" which incorporated seemingly disparate Universal monsters into a single narrative and the only film to feature Lugosi as the monster originally made famous by Boris Karloff in the 1931 film "Frankenstein." Accidentally revived by grave robbers"wolf man" Lawrence Talbot seeks out Dr. Frankenstein in the hopes of finding a cure only to discover the doctor has died but finds his creature still very much alive. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1943ref. 165456Universal City: Universal Pictures 1943. Two vintage photographs of Bela Lugosi as Frankenstein's Monster for the 1943 film. One photograph with a provenance label on 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 first of Universal's "monster rally films" which incorporated seemingly disparate Universal monsters into a single narrative and the only film to feature Lugosi as the monster originally made famous by Boris Karloff in the 1931 film "Frankenstein." Accidentally revived by grave robbers"wolf man" Lawrence Talbot seeks out Dr. Frankenstein in the hopes of finding a cure only to discover the doctor has died but finds his creature still very much alive. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1945ref. 146433N.p.: N.p. 1945. Revised Draft script for the 1945 film here under the working title "The Fugitive." With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper reading "92." All leaves watermarked CONTRACT FILE COPY. NOTE: script is incomplete as issued with text ending on page 92. The twelfth entry in the fourteen film Sherlock Holmes series featuring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce loosely based on Arthur Conan Doyle's 1911 short story "The Adventure of the Red Circle." The prime minister of the fictitious eastern European country Rovinia begs Holmes and Watson to escort Prince Nikolas back home as the king has been assassinated and the prince must ascend to the throne. The transatlantic voyage proves to be a dangerous journey and every passenger becomes a suspect though Holmes carries more than a few tricks and surprises up his cape. Set in Algiers. Tan titled wrappers rubber-stamped production No. 7309 dated May 20 1945. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with three closed tears on the front wrapper and light edgewear overall bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 144963Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1970. Vintage studio still photograph of director Roy Ward Baker and cinematographer Moray Grant on the set of the 1970 Hammer horror film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1872 story "Carmilla" by Sheridan Le Fanu about a female vampire named Marcilla Karnstein Ingrid Pitt who comes back from death renamed Mircalla and spreads havoc. She kills the daughter of General Von Spielsdorf Peter Cushing who swears revenge on the beguiling seductive bloodsucker. Set in Styria shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Johnson and Del Vecchio p. 317. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1970ref. 140333N.p.: American International Pictures AIP 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 British-American film. Based on Sheridan Le Fanu's 1871 novella "Carmilla." An erotic vampire horror entry in which a beautiful seductive vampire befriends a young woman and begins to feast off her blood. The lesbian relationship between the vampire and her young victim concerned the censor who warned that they might have to cut significant portions before it was suitable for release. However once the production company made it clear that the lesbian relationship was implied in the source material and was not simply a sensationalist ploy the film was released uncensored. Set in Styria shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Johnson and Del Vecchio p. 317. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
