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1981ref. 147355N.p.: N.p. 1981. Second Draft script for the eleventh episode of the fifth season of the anthology series "American Playhouse" originally aired on April 21 1986 on PBS. With a few small manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the front wrapper and page I-3-25. A local reporter receives a hefty bribe by a corrupt county commissioner to ignore an eco-activism group's protests against a new development but soon finds himself conflicted over the brutal tactics the commissioner uses to silence the activists. Set and shot in Fort Myers Florida Red untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Victor Nunez and director John D. MacDonald. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered IV-4-130. Dot matrix duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with a plastic prong. N.p. unknown
1934ref. 162225Paris: Pathe-Natan Pathe Consortium Cinema 1934. Four vintage reference Pathé-Natan photographs of Charles Vanel Oranes Demazis and others from the 1934 French film. Three photos with Pathé-Natan stamps on the verso and all four with annotations in manuscript pencil to same. Based on the classic 1862 novel by Victor Hugo. Considered by many to be the greatest adaptation of the novel. Shot in Biot Alpes-Maritimes and in Nice and Paris. One photograph 9.25 x 7 inches two photographs 6.5 x 9.25 inches one photograph 6.75 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine to Very Good plus one with two pinholes and faint discoloration on the center top edge and one with pinholes at the corners. Criterion Eclipse Series 4. Eureka Masters of Cinema 106. Pathe-Natan [Pathe Consortium Cinema] unknown books
1934ref. 162225Paris: Pathe-Natan Pathe Consortium Cinema 1934. Four vintage reference Pathé-Natan photographs of Charles Vanel Oranes Demazis and others from the 1934 French film. Three photos with Pathé-Natan stamps on the verso and all four with annotations in manuscript pencil to same. Based on the classic 1862 novel by Victor Hugo. Considered by many to be the greatest adaptation of the novel. Shot in Biot Alpes-Maritimes and in Nice and Paris. One photograph 9.25 x 7 inches two photographs 6.5 x 9.25 inches one photograph 6.75 x 4.75 inches. Near Fine to Very Good plus one with two pinholes and faint discoloration on the center top edge and one with pinholes at the corners. Criterion Eclipse Series 4. Eureka Masters of Cinema 106. Pathe-Natan [Pathe Consortium Cinema] unknown
1984ref. 146436N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for an apparently unproduced episode of "Magnum P.I." Jonathan Higgins asks private investigator Thomas Magnum to help clear the name of an old army friend with the help of the friend's son-who looks talks and acts exactly like Higgins. "Magnum P.I." ran for eight seasons and won actors Tom Selleck and John Hillerman Emmys for their portrayals of Magnum and Higgins respectively. Set on the island of Oahu Hawaii. Navy untitled faux leather wrappers. Title page present dated 1984 with credit for screenwriter Victor H. Royer. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with navy Velo binding. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 146436N.p.: N.p. 1984. Draft script for an apparently unproduced episode of "Magnum P.I." Jonathan Higgins asks private investigator Thomas Magnum to help clear the name of an old army friend with the help of the friend's son-who looks talks and acts exactly like Higgins. "Magnum P.I." ran for eight seasons and won actors Tom Selleck and John Hillerman Emmys for their portrayals of Magnum and Higgins respectively. Set on the island of Oahu Hawaii. Navy untitled faux leather wrappers. Title page present dated 1984 with credit for screenwriter Victor H. Royer. 47 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with navy Velo binding. N.p. unknown
1932ref. 137137Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1932 film with a printed snipe on the verso. Based on the novel by Upton Sinclair. Victor Fleming directs Dorothy Jordan and Lewis Stone in an early scene from his pre-Code epic about Prohibition. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1932ref. 156217N.p.: N.p. 1932. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1932 pre-Code film showing director Victor Fleming and a camera crew watching as actors Clark Gable and Jean Harlow film an intimate scene. Based on the 1928 play by Wilson Collison about a love triangle on a rubber plantation in French Indochina. The film was the second of six films Gable and Harlow made together following "The Secret Six" in 1931. Basis for the 1953 John Ford film "Mogambo" starring Gable and Ava Gardner. Set in French Indochina. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with two short closed tears at the top edge repaired with paper tape on the verso. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books
1948ref. 135635Culver City CA: Sierra Pictures / RKO Radio Pictures 1948. Draft script for the 1948 film "Joan of Arc" here under its working title "Joan of Lorraine." Original scripts from Fleming's films are rarely seen on the market. Based on Maxwell Anderson's play "Joan of Lorraine." Anderson's play debuted on Broadway in 1946 ran for 199 performances at the Alvin Theatre and closed in 1947. Ingrid Bergman who stars as Joan in the film also starred in the play and won the 1947 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. The film won three Academy Awards. Director Victor Fleming's final film featuring Bergman as Joan of Arc the 15th-century French peasant girl who led the French in battle against the invading English. Bergman portrays the martyr as a strong and spiritual figure who proves her devotion to the Dauphin Jose Ferrer later to become the King of France. She wins an alliance with the Governor of Vaucouleurs and the courtiers at Chinon leads her army in the Battle of Orleans is betrayed by the Burgundians. Joan was captured tortured and ultimately executed by the English and was later made a Catholic saint. Set in the village of Domremy shot on location in California. Tan titled wrappers. Distribution page present undated with receipt removed noted as copy No. 400. Title page integral with distribution page. 163 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Sierra Pictures / RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1948ref. 135635Culver City CA: Sierra Pictures / RKO Radio Pictures 1948. Draft script for the 1948 film "Joan of Arc" here under its working title "Joan of Lorraine." Original scripts from Fleming's films are rarely seen on the market. Based on Maxwell Anderson's play "Joan of Lorraine." Anderson's play debuted on Broadway in 1946 ran for 199 performances at the Alvin Theatre and closed in 1947. Ingrid Bergman who stars as Joan in the film also starred in the play and won the 1947 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. The film won three Academy Awards. Director Victor Fleming's final film featuring Bergman as Joan of Arc the 15th-century French peasant girl who led the French in battle against the invading English. Bergman portrays the martyr as a strong and spiritual figure who proves her devotion to the Dauphin Jose Ferrer later to become the King of France. She wins an alliance with the Governor of Vaucouleurs and the courtiers at Chinon leads her army in the Battle of Orleans is betrayed by the Burgundians. Joan was captured tortured and ultimately executed by the English and was later made a Catholic saint. Set in the village of Domremy shot on location in California. Tan titled wrappers. Distribution page present undated with receipt removed noted as copy No. 400. Title page integral with distribution page. 163 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Sierra Pictures / RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1932ref. 156217N.p.: N.p. 1932. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1932 pre-Code film showing director Victor Fleming and a camera crew watching as actors Clark Gable and Jean Harlow film an intimate scene. Based on the 1928 play by Wilson Collison about a love triangle on a rubber plantation in French Indochina. The film was the second of six films Gable and Harlow made together following "The Secret Six" in 1931. Basis for the 1953 John Ford film "Mogambo" starring Gable and Ava Gardner. Set in French Indochina. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with two short closed tears at the top edge repaired with paper tape on the verso. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown
1932ref. 137137Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1932 film with a printed snipe on the verso. Based on the novel by Upton Sinclair. Victor Fleming directs Dorothy Jordan and Lewis Stone in an early scene from his pre-Code epic about Prohibition. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1967ref. 162083N.p.: Leo-Todd Productions 1967. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Provenance stamps on the verso of each. An obscure and likely lost sexploitation film from 1967. A wife searches for her missing husband experiencing the city's seedy underbelly. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Leo-Todd Productions unknown books
1967ref. 162083N.p.: Leo-Todd Productions 1967. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Provenance stamps on the verso of each. An obscure and likely lost sexploitation film from 1967. A wife searches for her missing husband experiencing the city's seedy underbelly. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Leo-Todd Productions unknown
1924ref. 137171Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1924. Vintage publicity photograph for the 1924 film showing star John Gilbert relaxing with a book at his home. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1914 Russian play by Leonid Andreyev first published in English in 1922. The first film put into production under the newly formed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the first to feature Leo the Lion although it was not the first film released by the studio. The second film directed by Sjostrom known as "the father of Swedish cinema" after his move to Hollywood at the behest of Louis B. Mayer and a breakthrough picture for him as well as stars Chaney Shearer and Gilbert. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1924ref. 137171Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1924. Vintage publicity photograph for the 1924 film showing star John Gilbert relaxing with a book at his home. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1914 Russian play by Leonid Andreyev first published in English in 1922. The first film put into production under the newly formed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the first to feature Leo the Lion although it was not the first film released by the studio. The second film directed by Sjostrom known as "the father of Swedish cinema" after his move to Hollywood at the behest of Louis B. Mayer and a breakthrough picture for him as well as stars Chaney Shearer and Gilbert. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1988ref. 151216Sherman Oaks CA: The New Ingot Company 1988. Revised Draft script for the 1989 television film originally aired on April 24 on Turner Network Television. A dramatization of the life of noted twentieth century photographer Margaret Bourke-White best remembered as the first Western photographer permitted to take photographs of Soviet industry in the 1930s. Shot on location in Lafourche Parish Louisiana. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 9 1988 noted as Revised Turner Preproduction Draft with credits for screenwriters Marjorie David and Vicki Goldberg. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. The New Ingot Company unknown books
1988ref. 151216Sherman Oaks CA: The New Ingot Company 1988. Revised Draft script for the 1989 television film originally aired on April 24 on Turner Network Television. A dramatization of the life of noted twentieth century photographer Margaret Bourke-White best remembered as the first Western photographer permitted to take photographs of Soviet industry in the 1930s. Shot on location in Lafourche Parish Louisiana. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 9 1988 noted as Revised Turner Preproduction Draft with credits for screenwriters Marjorie David and Vicki Goldberg. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. The New Ingot Company unknown
1972ref. 144513Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1972. Draft script for the 1972 film. With actor Betty Anne Rees' first name and phone number in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Karen Claudia Jennings quits her job at a cannery and joins a roller derby team. She quickly clashes with Mickey Betty Anne Rees the star skater and stirs jealousy amongst the whole team as she dominates the rink. Following in the wake of the successful roller derby film "Kansas City Bomber" released earlier the same year starring Raquel Welch. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Howard R. Cohen and Vernon Zimmerman. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Mechanical duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 9/17. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1972ref. 144513Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1972. Draft script for the 1972 film. With actor Betty Anne Rees' first name and phone number in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Karen Claudia Jennings quits her job at a cannery and joins a roller derby team. She quickly clashes with Mickey Betty Anne Rees the star skater and stirs jealousy amongst the whole team as she dominates the rink. Following in the wake of the successful roller derby film "Kansas City Bomber" released earlier the same year starring Raquel Welch. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Howard R. Cohen and Vernon Zimmerman. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 92. Mechanical duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 9/17. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown
1953ref. 146323N.p.: N.p. 1953. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Included with the script are four partially-bound identical sets of carbon typescript pages listing prospective filming locations and camerawork and two smaller unbound leaves one blank and one with manuscript ink annotations to the recto. Screenwriter Vera Caspary was best known for her 1942 novel "Laura" the basis for the classic 1944 film noir and the project that most strongly established her presence among Hollywood studios as a desirable writer for film. Years later however in the midst of the HUAC investigations Caspary became persona non grata as she had been an active member of the Communist Party in the 1930s and never fully shed her proletarian leanings. In order to avoid prosecution and the potential destruction of her career Caspary moved to Europe and spent several years searching for studio financing and writing film treatments including the never-produced "Street Song." The project tells the story of an acclaimed but vain opera singer who falls in with a group of street musicians and learns humility and ultimately love. Tall orange titled wrappers noted as Treatment on the front wrapper dated 14th April 1953 noted as Copy No. 15 with credits for screenwriter Vera Caspary. Title page present dated 14th April 1953 noted as Treatment with credits for Caspary. 77 leaves with last page of text numbered 76. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with some rust to the first few leaves and light foxing wrapper Very Good plus bound with green string. N.p. unknown books
1953ref. 146323N.p.: N.p. 1953. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Included with the script are four partially-bound identical sets of carbon typescript pages listing prospective filming locations and camerawork and two smaller unbound leaves one blank and one with manuscript ink annotations to the recto. Screenwriter Vera Caspary was best known for her 1942 novel "Laura" the basis for the classic 1944 film noir and the project that most strongly established her presence among Hollywood studios as a desirable writer for film. Years later however in the midst of the HUAC investigations Caspary became persona non grata as she had been an active member of the Communist Party in the 1930s and never fully shed her proletarian leanings. In order to avoid prosecution and the potential destruction of her career Caspary moved to Europe and spent several years searching for studio financing and writing film treatments including the never-produced "Street Song." The project tells the story of an acclaimed but vain opera singer who falls in with a group of street musicians and learns humility and ultimately love. Tall orange titled wrappers noted as Treatment on the front wrapper dated 14th April 1953 noted as Copy No. 15 with credits for screenwriter Vera Caspary. Title page present dated 14th April 1953 noted as Treatment with credits for Caspary. 77 leaves with last page of text numbered 76. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with some rust to the first few leaves and light foxing wrapper Very Good plus bound with green string. N.p. unknown
1954ref. 168220Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1954. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1954 West German film. Sequel to the 1953 film "Stars Over Colombo" in which the Maharajah kidnaps a beautiful Swedish circus rider whose heart is promised to another. Shot on location in Bavaria and Hamburg and in Colombo Sri Lanka. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Republic Pictures unknown books
ref. 8560Œuvre originale en couleurs tirée à 750 exemplaires ainsi de 50HC signés au crayon par VANCE.Dargaud-Vance /Van Hamme Bleu cobalt 1992.Petite pliure angle inférieur droit sinon bon exemplaire
1957ref. 167591Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1957. Vintage publicity portrait photograph from the 1957 British film showing actress Martine Carol. A ship captain is hired by a French woman who wants him to track down and free her brother a political prisoner in Albania. Set in Albania and Greece shot on location in Almuñécar Spain and Athens Greece. 8 x 10 inches. Lightly toned else about Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1965ref. 158640N.p.: Unknown 1965. Vintage press kit for the 1965 film. Pictorial white envelope containing seven studio still photographs and two matte-finish reference photographs and one newspaper clipping with an advertisement for the film. A European-style sexploitation film about a love triangle between one woman and two jealous men during a sailing trip to Catalina Island. Set in location in Los Angeles Catalina Island and Malibu. Envelope photographs and clipping Very Good plus with light offsetting on the envelope. Unknown unknown books
