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1981ref. 139598Santa Monica: David Greene Productions 1981. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the US release of the 1981 television movie. A young woman becomes pregnant and must decide whether or not to keep the child. She consults her mother who once found herself in a similar situation. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine. David Greene Productions unknown books
1971ref. 148532London: ITC 1971. First Draft script for the 1972 British television film which aired on ABC on January 15 1972 and was theatrically released in Europe. Copy number "29" in holograph marker on title page. This early First Draft was written by screenwriter Philip Levene best known for his screenwriting and consultant work on the television series "The Avengers" from 1965 to 1968. Levene did not receive screen credit on the 1972 release. Bette Davis is Madame Sin a sinister villain hiding in a Scottish castle intent on world domination who kidnaps ex-CIA agent Anthony Lawrence played by Robert Wagner forcing him to help her hijack a Polaris submarine to attain a secret nuclear weapon. One of many films cashing on the popularity of the then-new James Bond films originally intended as a television pilot but released as a feature film. Shot on location in Berkshire and Piccadilly in London and Argyll and Bute in Scotland. Red untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Philip Levene and creator Lou Morheim. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. ITC unknown books
1973ref. 140022Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1973. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1973 film. Distributor rubber stamp on the verso. A modern retelling of the gospels of the Bible set in modern New York and a junkyard where Jesus is crucified. Based on Tebelak's 1971 book and the 1973 Broadway play and noted for its controversial costuming of religions figures in "hippie garb." Nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. 27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus with a few central pinholes and light toning. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 147686Los Angeles: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1970. Collection of 20 vintage black and white reference photographs from the 1970 film. A cautionary tale following a suburban couple who discover their teenage daughter is addicted to LSD and cocaine. Set in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown
1972ref. 135242Paris: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Two vintage borderless black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1972 French film "La course du lievre a travers les champs" release in the US as "And Hope to Die." Featured is a rare still of director Clement brandishing a rifle and a still of actor Trintignant contemplating the true value of a ten-dollar bill. Loosely based on David Goodis' 1954 seminal hardboiled novel "Black Friday" a paperback original. A French fugitive heads for Canada and ends up joining a gang of criminals in the midst of kidnapping the mentally-challenged daughter of a rival crimelord. The plan goes accordingly until the girl accidentally dies. Shot on location in Quebec Canada and Hauts-de-Seine France. Both stills 7 x 9.25 inches borderless as issued. Ink annotations on the versos else Near Fine overall. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1972ref. 135242Paris: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Two vintage borderless black-and-white reference still photographs from the 1972 French film "La course du lievre a travers les champs" release in the US as "And Hope to Die." Featured is a rare still of director Clement brandishing a rifle and a still of actor Trintignant contemplating the true value of a ten-dollar bill. Loosely based on David Goodis' 1954 seminal hardboiled novel "Black Friday" a paperback original. A French fugitive heads for Canada and ends up joining a gang of criminals in the midst of kidnapping the mentally-challenged daughter of a rival crimelord. The plan goes accordingly until the girl accidentally dies. Shot on location in Quebec Canada and Hauts-de-Seine France. Both stills 7 x 9.25 inches borderless as issued. Ink annotations on the versos else Near Fine overall. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1969ref. 150206London: Camera Press 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 television serial showing actors John Westbrook Roger Mutton and John Rapley. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. A one-season television series which dramatized the lives of John Churchill the first Duke of Marlborough and his wife Sarah. The show originally aired in the UK on BBC on September 27 1969 and was aired two years later in the US on PBS' long-running Masterpiece Classic series. 9.5 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Camera Press unknown books
1969ref. 150225N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless double weight satin-finish black and white photograph from the 1969 film one showing actors Robert Stephens Geraldine McEwan and Laurence Olivier the other showing Olivier alone. With a photographer's stamp on the verso noted only as "Dominic" along with a library stamp. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. A filmed version of the National Theatre Company play originally directed by Glen Byam Shaw which was based in turn on the 1900 play by August Strindberg. In their isolated home on the coast of Sweden an aging mentally ill ex-military captain engages in vicious battles of will with his wife a former actress whose marriage ended her career. Set in Sweden. One photograph 8 x 9.5 inches one photograph 7.5 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 150225N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless double weight satin-finish black and white photograph from the 1969 film one showing actors Robert Stephens Geraldine McEwan and Laurence Olivier the other showing Olivier alone. With a photographer's stamp on the verso noted only as "Dominic" along with a library stamp. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. A filmed version of the National Theatre Company play originally directed by Glen Byam Shaw which was based in turn on the 1900 play by August Strindberg. In their isolated home on the coast of Sweden an aging mentally ill ex-military captain engages in vicious battles of will with his wife a former actress whose marriage ended her career. Set in Sweden. One photograph 8 x 9.5 inches one photograph 7.5 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 150206London: Camera Press 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 television serial showing actors John Westbrook Roger Mutton and John Rapley. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. A one-season television series dramatizing the lives of John Churchill the first Duke of Marlborough and his wife Sarah. The show originally aired in the UK on BBC on September 27 1969 and was aired two years later in the US on PBS' long-running Masterpiece Classic series. 9.5 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Camera Press unknown
1983ref. 147362N.p.: N.p. 1983. Draft script for the 1984 film. With a single holograph ink annotation to the front wrapper noting the number 76. Seven American teenagers are captured by ransom-seeking terrorists while vacationing in Central America and find themselves forced to fight with the help of a mercenary to defend their lives. Set in Central America shot on location in Mexico. Beige titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 15 1983 with credits for screenwriter David Fisher. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1990ref. 150407Universal City: Universal Studios 1990. Early First Draft script for the 2008 film dated 1990 from screenwriter Robin Swicord. Swicord who received a joint Story credit with screenwriter Eric Roth in the film's final release was first hired by Columbia Pictures to adapt Fitzgerald's short story as early as 1985 by 1989 the project moved to Universal Studios with producer Ray Stark holding the rights who is credited on this draft. It wasn't until 2003 that credited screenwriter Eric Roth would be brought on to adapt Swicord's screenplay with Gary Ross reported to direct . Paramount who developed a joint co-production with Universal for the project in 1999 announced David Fincher as director in 2005. Between 1990 and 2003 various directors screenwriters and actors were reported attached to the project including Frank Oz Martin Short Agnieszka Holland Daniel Day-Lewis Phil Alden Robinson Steven Spielberg Tom Cruise Spike Jonze Charlie Kaufman and Ron Howard. Based on the 1922 short story by F. Scott Fizgerald. David Fincher's melancholic and surprisingly heart-warming saga of the life of a man Brad Pitt who is born old and ages in reverse and the woman who he was always destined to love Daisy Cate Blanchett. Featuring remarkable visual effects deftly executed by Fincher. Winner of three Academy Awards nominated for ten others including Best Picture Best Director Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated January 1990 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Robin Swicord and author F. Scott Fitzgerald. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Criterion Collection 476. Universal Studios unknown books
2000ref. 149207N.p.: N.p. 2000. Draft script for the 2002 film printed on all red leaves with annotations in holograph pencil on three pages referring to location and sound effects e.g. "gas hissing". Loosely inspired by Terence Young's 1967 film "Wait Until Dark" starring Audrey Hepburn Alan Arkin Richard Crenna and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Recently divorced Meg Altman Jodi Foster and her diabetic daughter Sara Kristen Stewart spending their first night in a newly-purchased brownstone awaken to find three burglars Forest Whitaker Dwight Yoakam and Jared Leto have broken in and seek refuge in the house's panic room where a floor safe containing three million in bonds reside which the burglars are seeking. Set in the Upper West Side New York City. Red titled wrappers dated June 22 2000 with credits for screenwriter David Koepp. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with rough tear on last leaf integral with back wrapper bound with two gold brads. Grant US. N.p. unknown books
1995ref. 155633N.p.: N.p. 1995. Vintage reference photograph of actors Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt talking with producer Arnold Kopelson between takes on the set of the 1995 film. Two detectives-one younger and inexperienced the other older and ready to retire-track down a serial killer who bases his murders on the seven deadly sins. Director David Fincher's breakthrough film. Shot on location throughout California. 10 x 6.5 inches. Fine. Ebert IV. Grant US. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown
1995ref. 164015N.p.: N.p. 1995. Archive of three original scripts and a collection of green revision scripts for the 1996 film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. Archive includes: A Fourth Draft script on pink and yellow leaves copy belonging to Construction Foreman Ramsey Smith with the manuscript ink annotations of "Ramsey S." and copy number "98" on the title page. A Third Draft script on blue leaves copy belonging to Scher with the manuscript ink annotations of "Chris Scher" and copy number "88" on the title page. A Second Draft script on white leaves with a manuscript marker annotation of "1/" on the title page. And a collection of 53 green revision pages for the Fourth Draft script copy belonging to Scher with the manuscript ink annotations of "Chris" and copy number "94" on the title page. Based on the 1984 play by Michael Brady. On the second anniversary of his wife Gillian's Michelle Pfeiffer death and birthday David Peter Gallagher who spends his evenings walking the beach talking with his wife's ghost has his in-laws come to stay for the weekend with him his daughter and her friend hoping to snap him back into the present. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Set in Nantucket Massachusetts shot on location in Massachusetts North Carolina and California. Fourth Draft Script: Front wrapper integral with title page dated September 28 1995 noted as Fourth Draft with credits for screenwriter David E. Kelley and playwright Michael Brady. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only on pink and yellow revision pages dated September 27 1995 and September 28 1995. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Third Draft Script: Front wrapper integral with title page dated September 11 1995 noted as Third Draft with credits for screenwriter David E. Kelley and playwright Michael Brady. 100 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Second Draft Script: Front wrapper integral with title page dated July 25 1995 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter David E. Kelley and playwright Michael Brady. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper CONDITIONWRAPPER bound with two gold brads. Green Revision Pages: Front wrapper integral with title page dated October 4 1995 noted as Fourth Draft with credits for screenwriter David E. Kelley and playwright Michael Brady. 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 161546N.p.: MDA Film 1971. Six studio still photographs from the 1971 film. Five photographs with provenance stamps on the versos one of which is on a label obscuring an older provenance stamp. After an artist's suicide friends and lovers share their memories of him most of whom are convinced he would never have killed himself and that one of them had something to do with his demise. Set in and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall. MDA Film unknown
1965ref. 161893N.p.: Vansan Productions 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. Struggling Greenwich Village artist Tyler is in love with the belittling and mean cabaret dancer Lisa. After a nightmarish three-day LSD trip Tyler returns to his apartment to find Lisa murdered and doesn't know if he killed her. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Vansan Productions unknown
1980ref. 146088N.p.: N.p. 1980. First Draft script for the 1983 film. Accompanied by a twenty-page German language program and single-page English promotional synopsis for the film. An early draft written by screenwriter Jeffrey Boam a year after the novel's release at the request of Lorimar Film Entertainment before they shuttered their film division and the rights went to Dino De Laurentiis. This draft of the script includes a gruesome ending in which Johnny has a vision of the Castle Rock serial killer as he dies which director David Cronenberg later requested be revised. Based on the 1979 novel by Stephen King about a man who wakes up from a five year coma with an uncontrollable psychic power: the ability to see the past and future of anyone he touches. King is said to have approved of Boam and Cronenberg's substantial changes to his work stating that they "intensified the power of the narrative." Set in Castle Rock Maine shot on location in Ontario. Partial blue untitled wrapper. Title page present dated November 17 1980 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Jeffrey Boam and novelist Stephen King. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Manually reproduced rectos only. Pages Near Fine uniformly age toned wrapper Very Good plus with light soil and dampstaining bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 144464Montreal: Canadian Film Development Corporation CFDC 1975. Collection of three vintage borderless photographs from the 1975 film. With holograph annotations on the versos. A high-rise apartment building is infected by a parasite that turns its victims into sex-crazed maniacs that can infect with the slightest touch. Shot on location in Montreal Canada. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Arrow 1497. Canuxploitation Complete. Canadian Film Development Corporation [CFDC] unknown books
1979ref. 150770N.p.: New World Pictures 1979. Collection of eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1979 film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso. Canadian auteur David Cronenberg's sixth film completed shortly after an acrimonious divorce following the dissolving relationship between a demonically disturbed man and his mentally ill ex-wife who is confined in an unorthodox controversial psychiatric institute. Although the film initially received mixed critical reception it has since been reconsidered as a cult film notable in particular for its frank discussion of mental illness and motherhood. Set and shot on location in Toronto and Mississauga Ontario. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Canuxploitation Complete. Criterion Collection 777. New World Pictures unknown books
1977ref. 149717N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1977 Canadian film showing actress Marilyn Chambers. David Cronenberg's fourth feature continuing his meditation on horrific transformations of the human body. The film follows a woman who after being injured in a motorcycle accident and undergoing experimental surgery develops an orifice under one of her armpits. The orifice hides a phallic stinger that she uses to feed on people's blood. Her victims become rabid zombies whose bite spreads the disease leading to a murderous citywide pandemic. Set and shot on location in Toronto. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 144942Los Angeles: Embassy Pictures 1981. Vintage photograph showing director David Cronenberg and crew shooting a scene from actress Jennifer O'Neil's point-of-view on the set of the 1981 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. A shadowy security company seeks to use "scanners" people with various psychic abilities as weapons but are opposed by an underground movement vying for world domination. A cult classic and a breakthrough for Cronenberg released a year before "Videodrome" would put him firmly on the horror auteur map. 10 x 8 inches with wide horizontal margins. Margins lightly toned else Near Fine. Canuxploitation Complete. Criterion Collection 712. Embassy Pictures unknown books
1977ref. 170411N.p.: N.p. 1977. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1977 Canadian film both showing actress Marilyn Chambers. Annotations in manuscript ink on the versos. David Cronenberg's fourth feature continuing his meditation on horrific transformations of the human body about a woman who after being injured in a motorcycle accident and undergoing experimental surgery develops a phallic blood-sucking stinger in an orifice under one of her armpits. Set and shot on location in Toronto. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 169540N.p.: N.p. 1975. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1975 film. Snipes in German affixed to the verso noting the film's German release title "Parasiten-Mörder." A high-rise apartment building is infected by a parasite that turns its victims into sex-crazed maniacs with the infection spreading at the slightest touch. An early influential entry in the body horror canon. Shot on location in a single high-rise building at Nuns' Island. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Arrow 1497. Canuxploitation Complete. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 163767Saint-Ouen France: Société Nouvelle de Doublage SND 1976. Vintage press kit for the 1976 French release of the 1975 Canadian film. White pocketed folder containing three black-and-white photographs 13 leaves of promotional reading material six color lobby cards and a German promotional leaflet. A high-rise apartment building is infected by a parasite that turns its victims into sex-crazed maniacs with the infection spreading at the slightest touch. An early influential entry in the body horror canon. Shot on location at Nuns' Island. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Arrow 1497. Canuxploitation Complete. Société Nouvelle de Doublage [SND] unknown