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1988ref. 158257N.p.: N.p. 1988. Vintage test photograph from the 1988 film showing actors Ricki Lake Divine and Jerry Stiller. Globe Photos stamp on the verso along with manuscript annotations in pencil and ink. Perhaps John Waters' most enduring film serving as the basis for the long running 2002 Broadway musical adaptation which itself became the basis for both the 2007 film starring John Travolta Michelle Pfeiffer and Queen Latifah and the 2016 broadcast "Hairspray Live!" on NBC. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light wear on the bottom right corner. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1988ref. 149687N.p.: N.p. 1988. Vintage reference photograph of actors Divine and Jerry Stiller from the 1988 film. Cult independent director John Waters' most enduring film following a kindhearted overweight teenager who becomes an overnight sensation on a Baltimore television dance show and subsequently uses her newfound fame to speak out in support of integration. Basis for the Tony Award winning 2002 musical and subsequent 2007 film adaptation directed by Adam Shankman and starring Nikki Blonsky Michelle Pfeiffer and John Travolta. Set and shot on location in Baltimore Maryland. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1994ref. 153192N.p.: N.p. 1994. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director John Waters on the set of the 1994 film. Brief manuscript ink annotations to the verso noting the film title and Waters' name. A seemingly normal middle-class housewife in suburban Baltimore moonlights as a maniacal unstoppable serial killer. Waters' ninth feature film. Shot on location in Baltimore. 5 x 7 inches. Fine. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 149464N.p.: Desert 1962. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1962 sexploitation film. With manuscript ink annotations on the verso identifying the film's title. A gold prospector lost in the desert encounters an oasis with several women wandering around in the nude. One photograph 9.5 x 7 inches one photograph 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Desert unknown books
1970ref. 162084N.p.: Wodwo Productions 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1970 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. An obscure little-known sexploitation film from 1970 the only known film credited to director John Vittoli and screenwriter Chase Frank. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Wodwo Productions unknown books
1970ref. 162084N.p.: Wodwo Productions 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1970 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. An obscure little-known sexploitation film from 1970 the only known film credited to director John Vittoli and screenwriter Chase Frank. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Wodwo Productions unknown
1985ref. 168112Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1985. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1985 film showing actor John Travolta. Loosely based on a series of articles that appeared in "Rolling Stone" in the late 1970s discussing the success of health clubs in Los Angeles as cruising spots for single young people. Shot on location in Jersey City and Santa Monica. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 141189N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A young woman dreams of being a painter but is forced by her controlling mother into being a concert pianist. She begins to break down when her mother decides to be a matchmaker bringing home prospective suitors for her daughter. Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Tarangelo. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 141189N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A young woman dreams of being a painter but is forced by her controlling mother into being a concert pianist. She begins to break down when her mother decides to be a matchmaker bringing home prospective suitors for her daughter. Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Tarangelo. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 160946Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures 1950. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1950 film noir. Lew Ayres stars as Lin Vanner a manager of an oil company who after learning the payroll was stolen in a hold-up pursues and kills an innocent robbery suspect. He goes to the man's widow for solace inadvertently beginning a journey down a road in which he slowly finds himself in the same position as his victim. Critically lauded on release the film remains highly underrated due to its failure at the box office. Shot on location in Pioneertown California. 4.75 x 28 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the extremities. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 145420Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1969. Vintage photograph of actor Gregory Peck and producer Mike Frankovich on the set of the 1969 film. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Martin Caidin's 1964 novel. After a crew of three astronauts are working in an orbiting space lab Jim Pruett Richard Crenna Clayton Stone James Franciscus and Buzz Lloyd Gene Hackman are ordered to return to Earth by the head of the program Charles Keith Gregory Peck. They soon find however that their rockets will not fire and they are unable to return. With only 42 hours of oxygen remaining and few options available Ted Dougherty David Janssen proposes a rescue mission using an experimental spacecraft that has yet to be tested. To make matters worse a hurricane is approaching the launch site. Winner of an Academy Award Best Effects and nominated for two more. Shot on location at Cape Canaveral in Florida. 7.5 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1966ref. 132301Poland: N.p. 1966. Original Polish A1 poster circa 1966 for the 1959 US film. Kirk Douglas and Earl Holliman reunite in this film after Gunfight at the OK Corral 1957 again under the direction of John Sturges. The story brings together elements of "High Noon" "3:10 to Yuma" and Sturges' "Bad Day at Black Rock." Remade in 1985 as the Indian film "Bhawani Junction." Shot by Charles Lang on location in Old Tucson Arizona and set in the fictitious neighboring towns of Pauley and Gun Hill. Artwork by Jerzy Flisak. 22.5 x 32 inches rolled. A few minor professional repairs on archival linen. Fine. Pitts 2240. N.p. unknown books
1951ref. 148080Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1951. Vintage studio still photograph of John Hodiak and Frank Korvac from the 1951 film. "7 AUG 27 51" stamp over blind stamp on the verso. John Sturges' deft adaptation of Eleazar Lipsky's 1950 novel is one of the best and most underrated courtroom-based noirs anchored by a performance by Spencer Tracy at the peak of his powers. Set in New York City shot on location in New York and California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear. Selby US. Spicer US. Silver and Ward US. Grant US. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1973ref. 147085N.p.: N.p. 1973. Revised scenes for second unit post-production re-shooting and editing for the 1973 film seen here under the working title "Valdez Horses." With annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. Based on the 1967 novel "The Valdez Horses" by Lee Hoffman about a mixed-race horse breeder who lives on the outskirts of New Mexican society a solitary life that is disrupted for better when he takes in a young runaway boy who asks to be his protégé. Set in southwest New Mexico shot on location in Andalucia Spain. Blue untitled wrappers. Lacking title page. 40 leaves with last page of text numbered 38. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1973ref. 147085N.p.: N.p. 1973. Revised scenes for second unit post-production re-shooting and editing for the 1973 film seen here under the working title "Valdez Horses." With annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout. Based on the 1967 novel "The Valdez Horses" by Lee Hoffman about a mixed-race horse breeder who lives on the outskirts of New Mexican society a solitary life that is disrupted for better when he takes in a young runaway boy who asks to be his protégé. Set in southwest New Mexico shot on location in Andalucia Spain. Blue untitled wrappers. Lacking title page. 40 leaves with last page of text numbered 38. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 132301Poland: N.p. 1966. Original Polish A1 poster circa 1966 for the 1959 US film. Kirk Douglas and Earl Holliman reunite in this film after Gunfight at the OK Corral 1957 again under the direction of John Sturges. The story brings together elements of "High Noon" "3:10 to Yuma" and Sturges' "Bad Day at Black Rock." Remade in 1985 as the Indian film "Bhawani Junction." Shot by Charles Lang on location in Old Tucson Arizona and set in the fictitious neighboring towns of Pauley and Gun Hill. Artwork by Jerzy Flisak. 22.5 x 32 inches rolled. A few minor professional repairs on archival linen. Fine. Pitts 2240. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 160946Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures 1950. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1950 film noir. Lew Ayres stars as Lin Vanner a manager of an oil company who after learning the payroll was stolen in a hold-up pursues and kills an innocent robbery suspect. He goes to the man's widow for solace inadvertently beginning a journey down a road in which he slowly finds himself in the same position as his victim. Critically lauded on release the film remains highly underrated due to its failure at the box office. Shot on location in Pioneertown California. 4.75 x 28 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the extremities. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1989ref. 161145Chicago: Full Circle Films 1989. Vintage press kit for the 1989 film seen here under the original release title "Uneasy Silence." Housed in a Full Circle Films pocketed folder the press kit contains two gatherings of promotional reading material and copied newspaper articles and reviews and five reference photographs housed in a glassine sleeve. Full Circle Films business card attached to the folder with a paperclip. A traumatized Vietnam veteran and the sole survivor of a terrible house fire find a fragile love while living on the streets of Chicago. Shot on location in Chicago. Folder Very Good plus with moderate rubbing and creasing on the extremities. Promotional materials and photographs Near Fine. Full Circle Films unknown books
1989ref. 161145Chicago: Full Circle Films 1989. Vintage press kit for the 1989 film seen here under the original release title "Uneasy Silence." Housed in a Full Circle Films pocketed folder the press kit contains two gatherings of promotional reading material and copied newspaper articles and reviews and five reference photographs housed in a glassine sleeve. Full Circle Films business card attached to the folder with a paperclip. A traumatized Vietnam veteran and the sole survivor of a terrible house fire find a fragile love while living on the streets of Chicago. Shot on location in Chicago. Folder Very Good plus with moderate rubbing and creasing on the extremities. Promotional materials and photographs Near Fine. Full Circle Films unknown
1945ref. 137348Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1945. Original pressbook for the 1945 film based on an original story by John Steinbeck and Jack Wagner. The duo received an Academy Award nomination for their work. 12.25 x 15 inches. 28 pages saddle stapled. Light fading on the front edges lightly rubbed and soiled about Near Fine overall. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1980ref. 152211N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for the 1982 film. SIGNED on the title page by director and screenwriter David S. Ward. Based on John Steinbeck's novels "Cannery Row" 1945 and "Sweet Thursday" 1954. David S. Ward's directorial debut. In 1940s Monterey a self employed marine biologist and former baseball star begins a relationship with a drifter working at the local bordello. Shot on location in Monterey and San Diego California Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter David S. Ward and author John Steinbeck. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1949ref. 148867North Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1949. Four vintage photographs two studio still photographs and two publicity photographs one iconic photograph of Robert Mitchum and one headshot of Shepperd Studwick all from the 1949 film. Based on the novella by John Steinbeck who also wrote the screenplay published in full in 1937. A young boy Peter Miles is enamored with the colt he has been entrusted to raise only to find the colt has caught an illness and is dying. Steinbeck's first film assignment though other Steinbeck screenplays would end up being released prior to "The Red Pony." At the time it was the longest and costliest production in Republic history borrowing Robert Mitchum from RKO and also starring Myrna Loy. Set in and shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing in margins and even fading on three of the photographs and a small bruise in the right margin of one. Republic Pictures unknown books
1974ref. 139926Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. First Draft script for an unproduced television movie. Based on John Steinbeck's 1939 novel of the same title and adapted from the screenplay by Nunnally Johnson for the 1940 film. During the Great Depression and dustbowl era a family of tenant farmers living and suffering in Oklahoma and forced to move west abandoning their home. They end up in California with many other "Okies" like them searching for a new future. Peter Knopf is a Emmy-nominated writer best known for his work on "Posse" 1975 "Peter and Paul" 1981 and "Not My Kid" 1985. Set in Oklahoma and California. Green titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper dated April 12 1974. Title page present dated April 12 1974 noted as First Draft with credits for novelist Steinbeck screenwriter Knopf screenwriter Johnson and producer Stanley Hough. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1957ref. 137347Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Original Pressbook for the 1957 film based on John Steinbeck's 1947 novel. 13 x 16.5 inches. 16 pages saddle stapled. About Near Fine. Horizontal fold as issued with some light soil. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
ref. 158711Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1982. Small archive of material from the 1982 film including a Master Stencil Final Revised Draft screenplay with studio secretarial annotations throughout a press kit with eight studio still photographs and six gatherings of promotional material and a complete set of eight lobby cards. Based on John Steinbeck's novels "Cannery Row" 1945 and "Sweet Thursday" 1954. David S. Ward's directorial debut. In 1940s Monterey a self employed marine biologist and former baseball star befriends a drifter working at the local bordello. Set and shot on location in Monterey and San Diego California. Screenplay: Self wrappers. Title page present dated October 24 1980 noted as FINAL REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter David S. Ward and novelist John Steinbeck. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/17/80 and 2/17/81. Pages Near Fine unbound. Lobby cards 14 x 11 inches. About Fine. Press folder photographs and promotional photographs Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
