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1973ref. 161160Los Angeles: National Theatre Westwood 1973. Vintage flyer for a preview screening of the 1973 film at the National Theatre Westwood in Los Angeles to benefit the Los Angeles International Film Exposition. An ambitious newly promoted homicide detective becomes disillusioned with the police force while investigating a case empathizing with the hippies other officers in his unit harass. Soundtrack by Chicago. Set and shot on lcoation in Fountain Hills and Monument Valley Arizona. 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. National Theatre Westwood unknown books
1973ref. 161160Los Angeles: National Theatre Westwood 1973. Vintage flyer for a preview screening of the 1973 film at the National Theatre Westwood in Los Angeles to benefit the Los Angeles International Film Exposition. An ambitious newly promoted homicide detective becomes disillusioned with the police force while investigating a case empathizing with the hippies other officers in his unit harass. Soundtrack by Chicago. Set and shot on lcoation in Fountain Hills and Monument Valley Arizona. 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. National Theatre Westwood unknown
1940ref. 164537Universal City: Universal Pictures 1940. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1940 film a publicity photograph of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Joan Bennett a test photograph of Bennett and a portrait photograph of Bennett. All three photographs with mimeo snipes on the versos two with stamps crediting photographer Ray Jones and one with a date stamp and a provenance stamp 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. A group of American adventures journey deep into the South American jungle with two native guides in search of a lost treasure buried under an ancient Incan city. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown books
1940ref. 164537Universal City: Universal Pictures 1940. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1940 film a publicity photograph of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Joan Bennett a test photograph of Bennett and a portrait photograph of Bennett. All three photographs with mimeo snipes on the versos two with stamps crediting photographer Ray Jones and one with a date stamp and a provenance stamp 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. A group of American adventures journey deep into the South American jungle with two native guides in search of a lost treasure buried under an ancient Incan city. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown
1950ref. 147783Los Angeles: United Artists 1950. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1950 film. A young woman visiting her aunt in California finds herself attracted to her aunt's neighbor a wealthy man unexplainably plagued by bad luck. Set and shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and faint toning. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward. United Artists unknown books
1978ref. 126967N.p.: Brut Productions 1978. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1978 film. James Toback's directorial debut wherein Harvey Keitel stars as a sexually dysfunctional young pianist torn between his work as a ruthless debt collector for his loan shark father and wanting to be a classical pianist like his mentally ill mother. Remade in 2005 as the French film "The Beat That My Heart Skipped" directed by Jacques Audiard and starring Romain Duris and Niels Arestrup. Set in and shot on location in New York. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with light edgewear and starting at the center folds. Grant US. Spicer US. Brut Productions unknown books
1978ref. 126967N.p.: Brut Productions 1978. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1978 film. James Toback's directorial debut wherein Harvey Keitel stars as a sexually dysfunctional young pianist torn between his work as a ruthless debt collector for his loan shark father and wanting to be a classical pianist like his mentally ill mother. Remade in 2005 as the French film "The Beat That My Heart Skipped" directed by Jacques Audiard and starring Romain Duris and Niels Arestrup. Set in and shot on location in New York. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with light edgewear and starting at the center folds. Grant US. Spicer US. Brut Productions unknown
1935ref. 146172Hollywood: Fox Film Corporation 1935. Final Shooting Script for the 1936 film with manuscript pencil annotations on the front wrapper. Included with the script is a bound set of revisions and retakes dated February 28 1936 also with manuscript pencil annotations on the front wrapper. A gambling rogue seduces rich women in order to use their dowries to support his decadent lifestyle and pay off his debts. When he falls in love with a copper heiress in the process of trying to swindle her he must decide between the wealth and power their marriage would bring him and the social disgrace she would encounter if his prior indiscretions were ever made public. Final shooting script 10-2-35: Green titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 10-2-35 with credits for screenwriter Allen Rivkin and story credits to Gene Markey. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/4/35 and 11/2/35. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Revisions and Retakes: Blue partial wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT / REVISIONS & RETAKES on the front wrapper dated February 28 1936 with credits for associate producer Edward T. Lowe and story credits to Gene Markey. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 3/2/36. Pages Near Fine wrapper Poor quite dry with some cracking and a lower right corner of the front rear wrapper detached bound internally with three gold brads. Fox Film Corporation unknown books
1935ref. 146172Hollywood: Fox Film Corporation 1935. Final Shooting Script for the 1936 film with manuscript pencil annotations on the front wrapper. Included with the script is a bound set of revisions and retakes dated February 28 1936 also with manuscript pencil annotations on the front wrapper. A gambling rogue seduces rich women in order to use their dowries to support his decadent lifestyle and pay off his debts. When he falls in love with a copper heiress in the process of trying to swindle her he must decide between the wealth and power their marriage would bring him and the social disgrace she would encounter if his prior indiscretions were ever made public. Final shooting script 10-2-35: Green titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 10-2-35 with credits for screenwriter Allen Rivkin and story credits to Gene Markey. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/4/35 and 11/2/35. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Revisions and Retakes: Blue partial wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT / REVISIONS & RETAKES on the front wrapper dated February 28 1936 with credits for associate producer Edward T. Lowe and story credits to Gene Markey. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 40. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 3/2/36. Pages Near Fine wrapper Poor quite dry with some cracking and a lower right corner of the front rear wrapper detached bound internally with three gold brads. Fox Film Corporation unknown
1968ref. 171042N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage vernacular color photograph of Dean Martin director Andrew V. McLaglen and uncredited camera operator Al Meyers on the set of the 1968 film. Photograph belonging to uncredited camera operator Myers with pencil annotations in Myers' hand on the verso noting the title McLaglen and Martin and "with Bill Clothier 19" William H. Clothier was the director of photography who Myers worked under. British born Albert Myers usually credited as Al Myers was a camera operator and camera crew member in Hollywood for over 50 years beginning in the late 1920s. He is credited in 30 films from 1927 to 1978 and assuredly worked on many more films uncredited during that time. His credits include "The Virginian" 1946 "Carmen Jones" 1954 "The Man with the Golden Arm" 1955 and "The Defiant Ones" 1958. Two brothers are pursued by a posse after robbing a bank and taking a widow as hostage but accidentally flee into a territory controlled by a gang of violent Mexican bandoleros. Set in Texas shot on location in Arizona Texas and Utah. 8 x 10 inches mounted to a heavy stock paper. Very Good plus with faint spotting and light edgewear see image. Pitts 237. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 151601N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage contact sheet from the 1967 film showing 36 images of actress Raquel Welch sporting a bandolier and cowboy hat. Two brothers are pursued by a posse after robbing a bank and taking a widow as hostage but accidentally flee into a territory controlled by a gang of violent Mexican bandoleros. Set in Texas shot on location in Arizona Texas and Utah. 8.25 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 237. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 151601N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage contact sheet from the 1967 film showing 36 images of actress Raquel Welch sporting a bandolier and cowboy hat. Two brothers are pursued by a posse after robbing a bank and taking a widow as hostage but accidentally flee into a territory controlled by a gang of violent Mexican bandoleros. Set in Texas shot on location in Arizona Texas and Utah. 8.25 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 237. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 171042N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage vernacular color photograph of Dean Martin director Andrew V. McLaglen and uncredited camera operator Al Meyers on the set of the 1968 film. Photograph belonging to uncredited camera operator Myers with pencil annotations in Myers' hand on the verso noting the title McLaglen and Martin and "with Bill Clothier 19" William H. Clothier was the director of photography who Myers worked under. British born Albert Myers usually credited as Al Myers was a camera operator and camera crew member in Hollywood for over 50 years beginning in the late 1920s. He is credited in 30 films from 1927 to 1978 and assuredly worked on many more films uncredited during that time. His credits include "The Virginian" 1946 "Carmen Jones" 1954 "The Man with the Golden Arm" 1955 and "The Defiant Ones" 1958. Two brothers are pursued by a posse after robbing a bank and taking a widow as hostage but accidentally flee into a territory controlled by a gang of violent Mexican bandoleros. Set in Texas shot on location in Arizona Texas and Utah. 8 x 10 inches mounted to a heavy stock paper. Very Good plus with faint spotting and light edgewear see image. Pitts 237. N.p. unknown
1989ref. 163313N.p.: N.p. 1989. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1989 film showing actors James Spader and Laura San Giacomo talking with director Steven Soderbergh. Director and screenwriter Steven Soderbergh's directorial debut and a landmark of independent cinema. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Winner of the Palme d'Or making Soderbergh the youngest director to receive the prize. Set and shot on location in Baton Rouge Louisiana. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 938. N.p. unknown books
1989ref. 163313N.p.: N.p. 1989. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1989 film showing actors James Spader and Laura San Giacomo talking with director Steven Soderbergh. Director and screenwriter Steven Soderbergh's directorial debut and a landmark of independent cinema. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Winner of the Palme d'Or making Soderbergh the youngest director to receive the prize. Set and shot on location in Baton Rouge Louisiana. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 938. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 147348Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. Included with the script is a typed synopsis of the film. An Army veteran travels to California to convince the most highly-decorated man in the US military now an aged comic book lending librarian to come out of retirement to lead a mercenary mission to recoup 30 million dollars on behalf of the Prime Minister of a small South American country. Set on the California coast and the fictional town of Playa del Oro. Orange non-standard titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 1 1974 with credits for screenwriter James Poe. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1974ref. 147348Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. Included with the script is a typed synopsis of the film. An Army veteran travels to California to convince the most highly-decorated man in the US military now an aged comic book lending librarian to come out of retirement to lead a mercenary mission to recoup 30 million dollars on behalf of the Prime Minister of a small South American country. Set on the California coast and the fictional town of Playa del Oro. Orange non-standard titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 1 1974 with credits for screenwriter James Poe. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1978ref. 158831N.p.: DAL Productions 1978. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1978 film. Four criminals escape prison during the 1977 New York City blackout and take base in an apartment building where they terrorize the current tenants. Set in New York City shot on location in New York City and Montréal Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. DAL Productions unknown books
1966ref. 155646N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the iconic 1966 British film showing actors Alan Bates and Lynn Redgrave. Printed label of The Salt Lake Tribune on the verso along with a Received stamp dated Feb 18 1967. Based on the 1965 novel by Margaret Forster a portrait of 1960s Swinging London about a young woman who is torn between romances with her father's employer and the boyfriend of her pregnant flatmate. Set in London. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus with a manuscript annotation in pencil on the bottom left corner of the recto. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 155646N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the iconic 1966 British film showing actors Alan Bates and Lynn Redgrave. Printed label of The Salt Lake Tribune on the verso along with a Received stamp dated Feb 18 1967. Based on the 1965 novel by Margaret Forster a portrait of 1960s Swinging London about a young woman who is torn between romances with her father's employer and the boyfriend of her pregnant flatmate. Set in London. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus with a manuscript annotation in pencil on the bottom left corner of the recto. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 161886Los Angeles: CBS Television Network 1976. Final Draft script for Season 9 Episode 22 of the 1968-1980 police procedural television series. Copy belonging to actor Logan Clarke with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and his annotations on the rear wrapper. The series followed the exploits of a fictional state police task force in Hawaii led by Detective Captain Steve McGarrett. In this episode a teenage runaway is framed for murder by a gangster with a grudge against the girl's father. Originally aired on March 31 1977 on CBS. Red titled wrappers dated November 23 1976 noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper with credit for screenwriter Anne Collins noted as production No. 0621. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication on pink stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. CBS Television Network unknown books
1976ref. 161886Los Angeles: CBS Television Network 1976. Final Draft script for Season 9 Episode 22 of the 1968-1980 police procedural television series. Copy belonging to actor Logan Clarke with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and his annotations on the rear wrapper. The series followed the exploits of a fictional state police task force in Hawaii led by Detective Captain Steve McGarrett. In this episode a teenage runaway is framed for murder by a gangster with a grudge against the girl's father. Originally aired on March 31 1977 on CBS. Red titled wrappers dated November 23 1976 noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper with credit for screenwriter Anne Collins noted as production No. 0621. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication on pink stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. CBS Television Network unknown
1979ref. 137104Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1979. Two Draft scripts for the 1981 film. One is a Second Draft script dated December 1979 the other is an Agency script in generic Agency wrappers undated. Directed by Bob Rafelson and based on the 1939 novel by James M. Cain "Postman" was one of the gems of early 1980 cinema along with "The Verdict" and neo-noir and brought David Mamet to the attention of the filmmaking world leading to his working not only as a screenwriter but an important director. Mamet's grim update of Cain's classic hard-boiled novel was largely panned on release but is today held in high regard and is considered a major influence on the genre. Shot on location in Santa Barbara California. 1979 script: Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 1979 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Mamet and novelist Cain. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographically reproduced. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Undated script: Black titled pictorial wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Mamet and novelist Cain. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus perfect-bound. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown books
1980ref. 134735London: Granada Television 1980. Two borderless photographs from the 1981 film. One photo with a snipe attached to the verso. Directed by Bob Rafelson and based on the 1939 novel by James M. Cain "Postman" was one of the gems of late 1970s cinema along with "The Verdict" and brought David Mamet to the attention of the filmmaking world leading to his working not only as a screenwriter but an important director. Mamet's grim update of Cain's classic hard-boiled novel was somewhat panned on release but is today held in high regard and is considered a major influence on the genre. Photographs 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Granada Television unknown books
1979ref. 137104Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System CBS 1979. Two Draft scripts for the 1981 film. One is a Second Draft script dated December 1979 the other is an Agency script in generic Agency wrappers undated. Directed by Bob Rafelson and based on the 1939 novel by James M. Cain "Postman" was one of the gems of early 1980 cinema along with "The Verdict" and neo-noir and brought David Mamet to the attention of the filmmaking world leading to his working not only as a screenwriter but an important director. Mamet's grim update of Cain's classic hard-boiled novel was largely panned on release but is today held in high regard and is considered a major influence on the genre. Shot on location in Santa Barbara California. 1979 script: Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 1979 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Mamet and novelist Cain. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographically reproduced. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Undated script: Black titled pictorial wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Mamet and novelist Cain. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus perfect-bound. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] unknown
