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1988ref. WALTER-FILM004330Hubert Selby Jr. source Np: Neue Constantin Film ca. 1988 Two significantly variant vintage original film scripts: - Second Draft. 129 pp. - Shooting Script with Director's Revisions. 127 pp. This script belonged to construction coordinator Raymond Samitz with his name in ink on front wrapper. Both in die-cut plain wrappers with title showing NEAR FINE. Uli Edel directed this adaptation of Hubert Selby Jr.'s groundbreaking cult novel Last Exit to Brooklyn about Brooklyn in the 1950s with its sympathetic portrayal of a drag queen and plot lines involving bisexual characters. Bryant p. 71: "Union leader Harry Black is a bisexual who has an attraction to transvestites and boys… He gets beaten to a pulp and 'crucified' when he is caught trying to pick up a young boy in a vacant lot in his neighborhood." Neue Constantin Film paperback books
1968ref. 131473London: Anglo-Embassy Productions 1968. Draft British script for the 1969 UK film. From the collection of still photographer Bob Willoughby. Bob Willoughby 1927-2009 studied with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles worked as a photographer for magazines such as "Life" "Look" and "Harper's Bazaar" and as a set photographer for every major studio documenting some of most important films of the era and creating intimate portraits of some of Hollywood's greatest celebrities. Willoughby moved his family to County Cork Ireland in 1972 working on only a handful of films through the late 1970s and early 1980s this was one of his final films though he would continue to photograph exhibit and publish books for the remainder of his life. Based on Anne Piper's 1959 novel "Marry at Leisure" about Candida Ferris who goes to live with her relatives after the death of her father. Bored with life she leaves for Paris where she meets a young student and becomes pregnant but keeps the baby a secret from her family. Bored yet again with life she leaves for Italy where she meets an American and is soon pregnant again. As she leaves Italy a woman gives her baby to Candida at the train station. So with two babies and one on the way her life is unraveling quickly and her only confidant is Savage Andrews the caretaker of her late father. Pink titled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated July 1968 with credits for screenwriter and novelist Piper and screenwriter Davis. 113 leaves mechanical duplication on eye-rest green stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with two silver brads. Anglo-Embassy Productions unknown books
1981ref. 142567Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM / Charles H. Schneer Productions / Peerford 1981. Final Revised Draft script for the 1981 film. British script for the US-UK co-production with the address of UK production company Peerford on the title page. The final film to feature creature design and visual effects by pioneering stop motion animator Ray Harryhausen a fitting send off to both him and the special effects techniques that stretch back through film history to "King Kong" 1933 "The Lost World" 1925 and beyond but had already been eclipsed in the public imagination by the digital effects of "Star Wars" four years earlier. Based loosely on the Greek myth of Perseus and Andromeda. Remade in 2010 without any of the charm of the original. Set in Ancient Greece shot on location in the UK Spain Italy and Malta. Blue wrappers with title window die-cut in the British style. Title page present noted as Final Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Beverly Cross. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] / Charles H. Schneer Productions / Peerford unknown books
1967ref. 132399Hollywood: National Screen Service / Paramount Pictures 1967. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1967 UK film. A musical romp through northern England about two young women venturing out to find fame and fortune. 8 x 10 inches. A few light creases and an ink notation on the verso else Near Fine. National Screen Service / Paramount Pictures unknown books
1964ref. 133022London: British Lion Film Corporation 1964. Draft British script for the 1965 film. Based on the 1962 novel by Margaret Abrams and adapted by her for the screen. A coming-of-age story about a young boy 7 years old who finds himself the uncle of a nephew his same age. Director Davis began his career as camera operator on "A Taste of Honey" and "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" and "Tom Jones." His best known film is "Clash of the TItans" 1981. Shot on location in Shepperton Studios. Blue titled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated April 1964 with credits for screenwriter/novelist Abrams and screenwriter Davis. 107 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. British Lion Film Corporation unknown books
1968ref. 140637Moore Park Australia: Embassy Pictures 1968. Draft UK script for the 1969 film. With several annotations in manuscript ink throughout. Based on Anne Piper's 1959 novel "Marry at Leisure" about Candida Ferris who goes to live with her relatives after the death of her father. Bored with life she leaves for Paris where she meets a young student and becomes pregnant but keeps the baby a secret from her family. Bored yet again with life she leaves for Italy where she meets an American and is soon pregnant again. As she leaves Italy a woman gives her baby to Candida at the train station. So with two babies and one on the way her life is unraveling quickly and her only confidant is Savage Andrews the caretaker of her late father. Set in London and Paris shot on location there as well as Venice. Pink blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated July 1968 with credits for screenwriter and author Anne Piper and novelist Desmond Davis. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a pink ribbon. Embassy Pictures unknown
1954ref. 140533N.p.: Federal Telefilms 1954. Draft script for Season One Episode 14 of the 1954-1956 television show which originally aired on September 23 1954. Copy belonging to episode director Derwin Abrahams with his name as Derwin Abbe on the front wrapper in holograph pencil and holograph pencil annotations on nearly every page. Based on the character created by Michael Arlen which first appeared in 1940 short story published in "Town & Country" magazine. The character would go on to appear in 15 films throughout the 1940s as well as a radio serial before finally being adapted as this early syndicated television show which ran for 39 episodes between 1954 and 1956. Beige titled wrappers noted as production No. 216 dated May 18 1954. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 47. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with some light dampstaining to both bound with three gold brads. Federal Telefilms unknown books
1946ref. 137483Los Angeles: Monogram Pictures 1946. Draft script for the 1946 film. Working copy belonging to actor Marshall Reed with his name in holograph pencil on the front wrapper. The final film in the Nevada McKenzie series in which US Marshal Jack "Nevada" McKenzie is asked to help investigate the death of a man who supposedly drowned in a haunted mine near a ghost town called Buckeye. Their investigation leads them deep into the secrets of the local community including corruption mental illness and murder on a grander scale than they first imagined. Gray titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Frank Young. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Young. 87 leaves with last page of text numbered 87. Mimeograph duplication. Light insect damage to the extremities of both pages and wrapper with light dampstaining as well. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Monogram Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 140533N.p.: Federal Telefilms 1954. Draft script for Season One Episode 14 of the 1954-1956 television show originally aired on September 23 1954. Copy belonging to episode director Derwin Abrahams with his name as Derwin Abbe on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil and manuscript pencil annotations on nearly every page. Based on the character created by Michael Arlen which first appeared in 1940 short story published in "Town & Country" magazine. The character would go on to appear in 15 films throughout the 1940s as well as a radio serial before finally being adapted as this early syndicated television show which ran for 39 episodes between 1954 and 1956. Beige titled wrappers noted as production No. 216 dated May 18 1954. 54 leaves with last page of text numbered 47. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with some light dampstaining to both bound with three gold brads. Federal Telefilms unknown
1946ref. 137483Los Angeles: Monogram Pictures 1946. Draft script for the 1946 film. Working copy belonging to actor Marshall Reed with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. The final film in the Nevada McKenzie series in which US Marshal Jack "Nevada" McKenzie is asked to help investigate the death of a man who supposedly drowned in a haunted mine near a ghost town called Buckeye. Their investigation leads them deep into the secrets of the local community including corruption mental illness and murder on a grander scale than they first imagined. Gray titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Frank Young. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Young. 87 leaves with last page of text numbered 87. Mimeograph duplication. Light insect damage to the extremities of both pages and wrapper with light dampstaining as well. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Monogram Pictures unknown
1979ref. 149864Sydney: Balmain Bijou 1979. Vintage offset lithograph poster for a series of screening of the 1978 UK film at the Balmain Bijou theatre in Sydney Australia circa 1979. Queen Elizabeth I travels to a dystopian 1970s London witnessing a lawless city overrun by a gang of punk girls. A cult classic featuring a soundtrack by Brian Eno performances by Adam Ant and Wayne County and the Electric Chairs who also appear in the film alongside a number of British punk icons including Jordan and Toyah Wilcox and cameos by the Slits and Souixse and the Banshees. 29 x 38.75 inches folded as issued. Very Good. Pinholes to the corners with light edgewear including some minor chipping and a single short closed tear and a tape shadow. Balmain Bijou unknown books
1979ref. 156345London: Mainline 1979. Two vintage photographs from the 1979 film including one borderless and one bordered both showing actress Toyah Wilcox. One with the printed label of Mainline Pictures on the verso and one with manuscript ink and pencil annotations. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Derek Jarman's avant-garde adaptation of William Shakespeare's 17th century play fusing direct quotes from the play with camp punk and New Age sensibilities featuring previous Jarman collaborators Wilcox Karl Johnson Jack Birkett and Helen Wellington-Lloyd. Shot on location at Stoneleigh Abbey in Warwickshire. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Mainline unknown
1970ref. 128309N.p.: Trans American Films 1970. Original US one sheet poster for the 1970 British film. One of director Ford's tame films as he would eventually do more pornographic films in the late 1970s. Sex drugs and rock n' roll abound and the decade is well represented. Esme Johns' only film title as "Sally" the groupie and she is poignantly captured her in a green skirt atop her suitcases. 27 x 41 inches folded. Studio stamp on the verso. Very Good plus with a few pinholes closed tears and light creases. Trans American Films unknown books
1970ref. 128362N.p.: Trans American Films 1970. Original US one sheet poster for the 1970 British film. Despite the subject matter a tame release from director Ford who would move into more explicit pornographic films in the late 1970s. Posters for the film are not often seen at auction. 27 x 41 inches folded. Studio stamp on the verso. Very Good plus with a couple of pinholes and tiny closed tears and a few faint tape ghosts to the verso. Trans American Films unknown books
1970ref. 128309N.p.: Trans American Films 1970. Original US one sheet poster for the 1970 British film. One of director Ford's tame films as he would eventually do more pornographic films in the late 1970s. Sex drugs and rock n' roll abound and the decade is well represented. Esme Johns' only film title as "Sally" the groupie and she is poignantly captured her in a green skirt atop her suitcases. 27 x 41 inches folded. Studio stamp on the verso. Very Good plus with a few pinholes closed tears and light creases. Trans American Films unknown
1972ref. 161334N.p.: N.p. 1972. Two vintage double weight matte-finish color reference photographs from the 1972 film. Two-inch round blindstamps on the upper right corner of both photographs. A sexploitation anthology about marital infidelity with each story told from the woman's perspective. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with pinholes at the corners. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 128362N.p.: Trans American Films 1970. Original US one sheet poster for the 1970 British film. Despite the subject matter a tame release from director Ford who would move into more explicit pornographic films in the late 1970s. Posters for the film are not often seen at auction. 27 x 41 inches folded. Studio stamp on the verso. Very Good plus with a couple of pinholes and tiny closed tears and a few faint tape ghosts to the verso. Trans American Films unknown
1959ref. 144663Paris: Les Films Ariane 1959. Collection of 322 original black-and-white keybook still photographs from the 1959 French-Italian film. Small photos affixed with cello tape on thick stock in a folio "Lavis aquarelle" brand spiral bound notebook with maroon faux leather front wrapper. Each photo is numbered in holograph ink on the page and in mimeograph on the verso all credited to photographer Dole on the recto. The keybook illustrates a few film sequences most with a stoic Gabin in hat with several composed studio portraits of actress Nat. Included are four larger single photographs of Gabin doing a chair trick in a pub a sequence present in the keybook also credited to Dole on the recto. Based on Lefevre's novel "Rue des Prairies" 1955. Gabin plays a POW who returns a widower and in charge of three children. His experiences during the war are relieve through heavy drinking but he has a warm side that proves beneficial. Photographer Dolé was consistent if anything a regular with directors like Denys de La Patelliere Jean Delannoy and Grangier and several Jean Gabin films. Keybook photos 3.5 x 4.5 inches four photos 9.25 x 11.75 inches small white borders. Light curling else Near Fine. Notebook Very Good plus. Les Films Ariane unknown books
1958ref. 140515Paris: Filmsonor 1958. Collection of 288 vintage black-and-white still photographs for the 1958 French film. Housed in two quarto "Lavis aquarelle" brand spiral bound notebooks with maroon faux leather front wrapper and printed French titles affixed to the front wrappers each photo with series number etched in the original film negative before development mimeograph series number on the verso and credited to photographer M. Dole on the recto. Small "x" annotations on several pages. Each photo number noted on the page in holograph ink. Based on Maurice Druon's 1948 novel the film stars Jean Gabin as the head of a wealthy French family ruling his fortune and estate with an iron fist and leaving little room for his heirs to prove worthy of the wealth. Photographer Dole was consistent if anything a regular with directors de La Patelliere Jean Delannoy and Gilles Grangier and several Jean Gabin films. Photographs 3.25 x 4.5 inches mounted four to a page with cello tape on 9.25 x 12.75 inch leaves. Photos Near Fine overall notebooks Very Good plus. Complete collation details available on request. Filmsonor unknown books
1958ref. 144083Paris: Cinedis 1958. several with square cuts all leaves hole-punched. Very Good plus overall with curling and light foxing a few with discoloration. Cinedis unknown books
1958ref. 143106Paris: Filmsonor 1958. Collection of 109 vintage black-and-white still photographs for the 1958 French film. All photographs with mimeograph series number on the verso. Images of cast and crew expertly captured including director Patelliere working with cameraman on the set. Photographs range in size several with white borders several credit photographer M. Dole on the recto. Housed in original box with "Papiers as de trefle" paper label their "open in red light only" warning and French film title in holograph ink on the box top. Based on Maurice Druon's 1948 novel the film stars Jean Gabin as the head of a wealthy French family ruling his fortune and estate with an iron fist and leaving little room for his heirs to prove worthy of the wealth. Photographs from 3.25 x 4.5 inches to 9.5 x 12 inches most under 7 inches. Photos Near Fine overall slight curling a few with short creases. Box Very Good. Complete collation details available on request. Filmsonor unknown books
1958ref. 143312Paris: Filmsonor 1958. Four vintage black-and-white candid photographs of Nadine Tallier from the 1958 French film. Tallier played the role of "Sylvain" in the film pictured here enjoying a cigarette. Notations in holograph ink and rubber stamp for photographer Kirchmeyer on the versos. Based on Maurice Druon's 1948 novel the film stars Jean Gabin as the head of a wealthy French family ruling his fortune and estate with an iron fist and leaving little room for his heirs to prove worthy of the wealth. Tallier was an actress from 1949 to 1964 notable films include "The Girl in the Bikini" 1952 "Royal Affairs in Versailles" 1954 "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" 1956 "Folies-Bergere" 1956 and "Cigarettes Whiskey and Wild Women" 1959. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine with slight curling. Filmsonor unknown books
1959ref. 144663Paris: Les Films Ariane 1959. Collection of 322 original black-and-white keybook still photographs from the 1959 French-Italian film. Small photos affixed with cello tape on thick stock in a folio "Lavis aquarelle" brand spiral bound notebook with maroon faux leather front wrapper. Each photo is numbered in manuscript ink on the page and in mimeograph on the verso all credited to photographer Dole on the recto. The keybook illustrates a few film sequences most with a stoic Gabin in hat with several composed studio portraits of actress Nat. Included are four larger single photographs of Gabin doing a chair trick in a pub a sequence present in the keybook also credited to Dole on the recto. Based on Lefevre's novel "Rue des Prairies" 1955. Gabin plays a POW who returns a widower and in charge of three children. His experiences during the war are relieve through heavy drinking but he has a warm side that proves beneficial. Photographer Dolé was consistent if anything a regular with directors like Denys de La Patelliere Jean Delannoy and Grangier and several Jean Gabin films. Keybook photos 3.5 x 4.5 inches four photos 9.25 x 11.75 inches small white borders. Light curling else Near Fine. Notebook Very Good plus. Les Films Ariane unknown
1958ref. 143312Paris: Filmsonor 1958. Four vintage black-and-white candid photographs of Nadine Tallier from the 1958 French film. Tallier played the role of "Sylvain" in the film pictured here enjoying a cigarette. Notations in manuscript ink and rubber stamp for photographer Kirchmeyer on the versos. Based on Maurice Druon's 1948 novel the film stars Jean Gabin as the head of a wealthy French family ruling his fortune and estate with an iron fist and leaving little room for his heirs to prove worthy of the wealth. Tallier was an actress from 1949 to 1964 notable films include "The Girl in the Bikini" 1952 "Royal Affairs in Versailles" 1954 "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" 1956 "Folies-Bergere" 1956 and "Cigarettes Whiskey and Wild Women" 1959. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine with slight curling. Filmsonor unknown
1958ref. 143106Paris: Filmsonor 1958. Collection of 109 vintage black-and-white still photographs for the 1958 French film. All photographs with mimeograph series number on the verso. Images of cast and crew expertly captured including director Patelliere working with cameraman on the set. Photographs range in size several with white borders several credit photographer M. Dole on the recto. Housed in original box with "Papiers as de trefle" paper label their "open in red light only" warning and French film title in manuscript ink on the box top. Based on Maurice Druon's 1948 novel the film stars Jean Gabin as the head of a wealthy French family ruling his fortune and estate with an iron fist and leaving little room for his heirs to prove worthy of the wealth. Photographs from 3.25 x 4.5 inches to 9.5 x 12 inches most under 7 inches. Photos Near Fine overall slight curling a few with short creases. Box Very Good. Filmsonor unknown
