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1969ref. 166018Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1969. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1969 film both showing director Gordon Parks on the set. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on director Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set and shot on location in Kansas. 8 x 10 inches one with a wide bottom margin. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown
1970ref. 170872Bruxelles Brussels: Warner Brothers 1970. Vintage Belgian petite poster for the 1969 film. Based on director photographer and screenwriter Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set and shot on location in Kansas. 21.5 x 17.5 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with light toning to the extremities and a small splash to the middle top margin see image. Warner Brothers unknown
1970ref. 170873N.p.: Warner Brothers 1970. Vintage French grande affiche poster for the 1969 film. Based on director and screenwriter Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set and shot on location in Kansas. 45.5 x 82 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine with modest starting to some of the center folds. Warner Brothers unknown
1974ref. 145245Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1974. Vintage flyer for the 1974 film likely for a specific theatre as it advertises "Starts May 1" about three weeks after the film's initial release on April 10. A Blaxploitation Western take on Bonnie and Clyde about two Robin Hood-esque bank robbers in the American Southwest who long for a quiet life. Shot on location in New Mexico. 9 x 12 inches. Very Good plus with vertical and horizontal folds and light edgewear. Manuscript annotations on the verso. Parish and Hill Black Action Films 213. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 210. Columbia Pictures unknown
1970ref. 133268Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1970. Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1970 UK film. In Elizabethan England a coven of witches is massacred by evil Lord Whitman Price but the coven's leader invokes a magical servant a "banshee" for revenge. A prime vessel for Vincent Price who basically carries the film. Shot on location in Middlesex England. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases overall else Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1971ref. 144376Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1971. Vintage photograph of Gordon Hessler shooting on the set of the 1971 film. Mimeo snipe with identifying manuscript annotations in pencil. Based loosely on the Edgar Allan Poe's 1841 story of the same name. Madeline is an actress in a theater troupe in Paris at the turn of the century that is performing Poe's "Murders In The Rue Morgue." Her mother was murdered bye an ax-man some years ago and all of a sudden Madeline begins to dream of the same horrible killer. Soon after these dreams a former lover of Madeline's mother long thought to be dead after an accident on stage comes back to murder members of the troupe. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1971ref. 144376Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1971. Vintage photograph of Gordon Hessler shooting on the set of the 1971 film. Mimeo snipe with identifying manuscript annotations in pencil. Based loosely on the Edgar Allan Poe's 1841 story of the same name. Madeline is an actress in a theater troupe in Paris at the turn of the century that is performing Poe's "Murders In The Rue Morgue." Her mother was murdered bye an ax-man some years ago and all of a sudden Madeline begins to dream of the same horrible killer. Soon after these dreams a former lover of Madeline's mother long thought to be dead after an accident on stage comes back to murder members of the troupe. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown
1968ref. 152562Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Vintage reference photograph from the 1968 film showing actors Jim Brown Diahann Carroll Julie Harris Ernest Borgnine Warren Oates Jack Klugman and Don Sutherland. Mimeo snipe to the verso. Based on the 1966 Parker novel "The Seventh" by Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark. A gang of thieves begins to fall apart when half a million dollars stolen from the Los Angeles Coliseum goes missing. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1968ref. 152561Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1968 film one showing Brown with basketball star Bill Russell the other showing Brown play-fighting with boxer Muhammad Ali. Mimeo snipe to the verso. In 1967 Brown and Russell both participated in the infamous "Cleveland Summit" a meeting of prominent Black athletes to discuss the controversy around Ali's draft dodging charges. Based on the 1966 Parker novel "The Seventh" by Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark. A gang of thieves begins to fall apart when half a million dollars stolen from the Los Angeles Coliseum goes missing. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1968ref. 152562Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Vintage reference photograph from the 1968 film showing actors Jim Brown Diahann Carroll Julie Harris Ernest Borgnine Warren Oates Jack Klugman and Don Sutherland. Mimeo snipe to the verso. Based on the 1966 Parker novel "The Seventh" by Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark. A gang of thieves begins to fall apart when half a million dollars stolen from the Los Angeles Coliseum goes missing. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1968ref. 152561Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1968 film one showing Brown with basketball star Bill Russell the other showing Brown play-fighting with boxer Muhammad Ali. Mimeo snipe to the verso. In 1967 Brown and Russell both participated in the infamous "Cleveland Summit" a meeting of prominent Black athletes to discuss the controversy around Ali's draft dodging charges. Based on the 1966 Parker novel "The Seventh" by Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark. A gang of thieves begins to fall apart when half a million dollars stolen from the Los Angeles Coliseum goes missing. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1968ref. 149585Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Vintage reference photograph from the 1968 film showing actors Frank Sinatra and Lee Remick. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1966 novel. A brooding New York detective investigates the murder of a gay man-a crime that none of his fellow officers will take seriously due to the victim's sexuality. Sinatra's fourth collaboration with director Gordon Douglas a box office success and one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to explicitly depict and discuss the lives of gay men. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light creases to the edges and a light splash to the right edge. Grant US. Twilight Time. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1962ref. 131827Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1962. Treatment script for the 1963 film. Paul Brenner at AllMovie: It's Bob Hope as phony explorer Matt Merriwether who promotes himself as an expert on the dark continent basing his exploration of the African subcontinent on old diaries of his uncle. When an American space capsule crashes in an uncharted region of Africa Merriwether based on his alleged expert knowledge of the region is selected to recover the capsule. Joining Merriwether and his pre-Kervorkian suicide kit is security agent Frederica Larsen Edie Adams. Hot on their heels are Russian agents Luba Anita Ekberg and Dr. Ezra Mungo Lionel Jeffries who want to get to the space capsule first. Self wrappers. Title page present integral with front wrapper dated 1st June 1962 noted as Original Screen Treatment on the front wrapper with credits for producers Saltzman and Broccoli. 35 leaves mimeograph on gray stock. Pages Very Good plus to Near Fine side stapled with a single staple. United Artists unknown books
1965ref. 130135Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Final script for the 1966 film. The 1960s remake of the classic 1939 John Ford Western in which a group of ten unlikely traveling companions on a stagecoach to Cheyenne must fight together when beset upon by both outlaws and Native Americans. Shot on location in Colorado. Blue titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper production No. 58 dated April 9 1965. Title page present dated April 9 1965 noted as Final with credit for screenwriter Landon. 137 leaves Multilith duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 6-9-75. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1973ref. 162525New York: American International Pictures AIP 1973. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1973 film both showing Jim Brown and Gloria Hendry. Sequel to the 1972 film "Slaughter" directed by Jack Starrett and starring Jim Brown. One of the quintessential franchises in the Blaxploitation genre about a former Green Beret and Vietnam veteran who sets out for revenge against the mob after the death of his parents. Shot on location in Miami Florida. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1967ref. 129268Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Final Draft script for the 1968 film. Based on the 1966 novel by Roderick Thorp about a brooding detective who becomes embroiled in a case that uncovers a deep vein of police corruption within the department. Frank Sinatra's fourth collaboration with director Gordon Douglas a box office success. One of the first mainstream Hollywood films to include explicit depictions of the lives of gay men including the violence suffered by the gay community due to the indifference of the police. In 1979 Thorp wrote a sequel to "The Detective" entitled "Nothing Lasts Forever" adapted in 1988 as "Die Hard." Although Sinatra had contractual rights to star in the sequel he wisely turned it down due to his age and action movie history-and Bruce Willis' career-were made. Set in New York and shot on location in New York and in California. Light blue titled wrappers noted as Final and production No. 116 on the front wrapper dated August 17 1967. Title page present dated August 17 1967 noted as Final with credits for screenwriter Abby Mann and writer Roderick Thorp. 161 leaves with last page of text numbered 160. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1962ref. 131827Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1962. Treatment script for the 1963 film. Paul Brenner at AllMovie: It's Bob Hope as phony explorer Matt Merriwether who promotes himself as an expert on the dark continent basing his exploration of the African subcontinent on old diaries of his uncle. When an American space capsule crashes in an uncharted region of Africa Merriwether based on his alleged expert knowledge of the region is selected to recover the capsule. Joining Merriwether and his pre-Kervorkian suicide kit is security agent Frederica Larsen Edie Adams. Hot on their heels are Russian agents Luba Anita Ekberg and Dr. Ezra Mungo Lionel Jeffries who want to get to the space capsule first. Self wrappers. Title page present integral with front wrapper dated 1st June 1962 noted as Original Screen Treatment on the front wrapper with credits for producers Saltzman and Broccoli. 35 leaves mimeograph on gray stock. Pages Very Good plus to Near Fine side stapled with a single staple. United Artists unknown
1973ref. 162525New York: American International Pictures AIP 1973. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1973 film both showing Jim Brown and Gloria Hendry. Sequel to the 1972 film "Slaughter" directed by Jack Starrett and starring Jim Brown. One of the quintessential franchises in the Blaxploitation genre about a former Green Beret and Vietnam veteran who sets out for revenge against the mob after the death of his parents. Shot on location in Miami Florida. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown
1965ref. 130135Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Final script for the 1966 film. The 1960s remake of the classic 1939 John Ford Western in which a group of ten unlikely traveling companions on a stagecoach to Cheyenne must fight together when beset upon by both outlaws and Native Americans. Shot on location in Colorado. Blue titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper production No. 58 dated April 9 1965. Title page present dated April 9 1965 noted as Final with credit for screenwriter Landon. 137 leaves Multilith duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 6-9-75. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1967ref. 129268Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Final Draft script for the 1968 film. Based on the 1966 novel by Roderick Thorp about a brooding detective who becomes embroiled in a case that uncovers a deep vein of police corruption within the department. Frank Sinatra's fourth collaboration with director Gordon Douglas a box office success. One of the first mainstream Hollywood films to include explicit depictions of the lives of gay men including the violence suffered by the gay community due to the indifference of the police. In 1979 Thorp wrote a sequel to "The Detective" entitled "Nothing Lasts Forever" adapted in 1988 as "Die Hard." Although Sinatra had contractual rights to star in the sequel he wisely turned it down due to his age and action movie history-and Bruce Willis' career-were made. Set in New York and shot on location in New York and in California. Light blue titled wrappers noted as Final and production No. 116 on the front wrapper dated August 17 1967. Title page present dated August 17 1967 noted as Final with credits for screenwriter Abby Mann and writer Roderick Thorp. 161 leaves with last page of text numbered 160. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1968ref. 149585Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Vintage reference photograph from the 1968 film showing actors Frank Sinatra and Lee Remick. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1966 novel. A brooding New York detective investigates the murder of a gay man-a crime that none of his fellow officers will take seriously due to the victim's sexuality. Sinatra's fourth collaboration with director Gordon Douglas a box office success and one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to explicitly depict and discuss the lives of gay men. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light creases to the edges and a light splash to the right edge. Grant US. Twilight Time. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1976ref. 141015N.p.: N.p. 1976. Draft script for an unproduced television program. A Latino man goes to small claims court to collect money owed by his landlady. He then begins translating for a different man who does not speak English helping the man win his case. Set in California. Lacking wrappers. Title page present dated April 2 1976 with credits for screenwriter Gonzalo Munevar. 49 leaves with last page of text numbered 49. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 141015N.p.: N.p. 1976. Draft script for an unproduced television program. A Latino man goes to small claims court to collect money owed by his landlady. He then begins translating for a different man who does not speak English helping the man win his case. Set in California. Lacking wrappers. Title page present dated April 2 1976 with credits for screenwriter Gonzalo Munevar. 49 leaves with last page of text numbered 49. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 132198Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Collection of 3 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1960 UK film. Based on the play "Spider's Web" by Agatha Christie about a young woman who needs to dispose of a body before the police and her politician husband get to the house. 8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing and faint corner creases else Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1965ref. 140922France: Athos Films / Chaumiane / Filmstudio 1965. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1965 film. Four with manuscript pencil annotations on the verso crediting photographer Georges Pierre one with the stamp of Cinemagence on the verso. Godard transplants fictional detective Lemmy Caution played by Eddie Constantine as he was in several French films based on the character created by pulp novelist Peter Cheyney into a dystopian future where he is on a mission to kill the machine intelligence that rules over a fascist state where emotion is outlawed. 7.25 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 25. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Athos Films / Chaumiane / Filmstudio unknown books
