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1977ref. 154931N.p.: CIC 1977. Vintage British Quad poster for the UK release of the 1976 film. Based on the unfinished 1941 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. A tribute to early cinema wherein Robert De Niro plays a movie producer who nearly works himself to death. Director Elia Kazan's final directorial effort and notably the only film with De Niro and Jack Nicholson in a joint screen appearance. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in and shot on location in Hollywood. 39.75 x 29.75 inches Folded as issued. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. CIC unknown
1970ref. 140743N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Beans is the chauffeur secret agent Jedediah Norris a beautiful young woman who is in graduate school and adopted from Vietnam during the war by her father a black man named Tom Callahan. She is also a gourmet chef and is in desperate love with her boss but he only seems to notice her when she goofs. All the while she is an aspiring television star hoping to work in show business one day. Set in San Francisco. Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ezra Bowen. 26 leaves with last page of text numbered 25. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 140743N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Beans is the chauffeur secret agent Jedediah Norris a beautiful young woman who is in graduate school and adopted from Vietnam during the war by her father a black man named Tom Callahan. She is also a gourmet chef and is in desperate love with her boss but he only seems to notice her when she goofs. All the while she is an aspiring television star hoping to work in show business one day. Set in San Francisco. Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ezra Bowen. 26 leaves with last page of text numbered 25. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1996ref. 170742N.p.: N.p. 1996. Vintage black-and-white borderless reference photograph from the 1996 film showing Ewan McGregor drinking with his friends. Director Danny Boyle's second and best-known film an adaptation of the acclaimed 1993 novel by Irvine Welsh a darkly comic examination of the life of a heroin addict trying desperately to extract himself from his habit and the accompanying lifestyle. McGregor rose to international stardom on the strength of his performance as the lead Mark Renton and would return for the sequel "T2 Trainspotting" released in 2017. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1996ref. 170742N.p.: N.p. 1996. Vintage black-and-white borderless reference photograph from the 1996 film showing Ewan McGregor drinking with his friends. Director Danny Boyle's second and best-known film an adaptation of the acclaimed 1993 novel by Irvine Welsh a darkly comic examination of the life of a heroin addict trying desperately to extract himself from his habit and the accompanying lifestyle. McGregor rose to international stardom on the strength of his performance as the lead Mark Renton and would return for the sequel "T2 Trainspotting" released in 2017. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 146438Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a note typed on casting agent Paul Kohner's office letterhead introducing the screenplay addressed to actor Charles Bronson. The note is paper-clipped to a four page typed synopsis of the unproduced film "The Last Jump" which is also mentioned in the note. Based on noted South Carolinian humorist William Price Fox's 1967 novel following a pair of mischievous teenage boys trying to scrape together enough money to buy a car-encountering bootleggers revivalist preachers loan sharks and other figureheads of southern life in the 20th century along the way. Set in Columbia South Carolina. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 109 dated April 22 1968 with credits for screenwriter Everett Freeman and novelist William Price Fox. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1968ref. 146438Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a note typed on casting agent Paul Kohner's office letterhead introducing the screenplay addressed to actor Charles Bronson. The note is paper-clipped to a four page typed synopsis of the unproduced film "The Last Jump" which is also mentioned in the note. Based on noted South Carolinian humorist William Price Fox's 1967 novel following a pair of mischievous teenage boys trying to scrape together enough money to buy a car-encountering bootleggers revivalist preachers loan sharks and other figureheads of southern life in the 20th century along the way. Set in Columbia South Carolina. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 109 dated April 22 1968 with credits for screenwriter Everett Freeman and novelist William Price Fox. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1975ref. 117917N.p.: N.p. 1975. Draft script for an unproduced film. Vintage as assembled mostly from xerographically duplicated leaves with two leaves pp. 138 and 139 being ribbon copy. Written as a screenplay with dialogue and location information but lacking camera direction typical of a draft that is past the treatment stage but prior to the advanced draft screenplay stage. This would appear to have no relation to the later produced adaptation of the same novel director Stephen Fry's "Bright Young Things" 2003. Based on the 1930 novel by Evelyn Waugh about the dissolute lives of aristocrats and socialites living in postwar London. Pink wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated September 1975 noted as Amended first draft with credits for screenwriter John Wells and author Evelyn Waugh. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 117917N.p.: N.p. 1975. Draft script for an unproduced film. Vintage as assembled mostly from xerographically duplicated leaves with two leaves pp. 138 and 139 being ribbon copy. Written as a screenplay with dialogue and location information but lacking camera direction typical of a draft that is past the treatment stage but prior to the advanced draft screenplay stage. This would appear to have no relation to the later produced adaptation of the same novel director Stephen Fry's "Bright Young Things" 2003. Based on the 1930 novel by Evelyn Waugh about the dissolute lives of aristocrats and socialites living in postwar London. Pink wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated September 1975 noted as Amended first draft with credits for screenwriter John Wells and author Evelyn Waugh. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 149074Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1976. Final Shooting script for the 1977 film. Uncredited makeup artist Rick Schwartz's copy with his ownership name on the title page in manuscript link and with penciled check marks throughout relating to close-ups in the film. Secretarial notation of supervising producer Irwin Allen's name on the title page. A stunt-heavy 1970s powerhouse designed to capitalize on the enormous success of the 1971 film "Evel Knievel" but with this entry featuring inimitable motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel as himself. Also cast are Gene Kelly as his alcoholic mechanic and Leslie Nielsen as a power-hungry Mexican drug lord. Knievel is offered a fortune to perform in Mexico unaware that a drug cartel intends to kill him and use his tour bus to smuggle hundreds of kilos of cocaine. Set in California and Mexico shot on location in Monterey Park Burbank and Long Beach California. Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped FINAL on the front wrapper. Title page present dated February 13 1976 noted as SHOOTING FINAL with credits for screenwriter Antonio Santillan sic. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
ref. 149074Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1976. Final Shooting script for the 1977 film. Uncredited makeup artist Rick Schwartz's copy with his ownership name on the title page in manuscript link and with penciled check marks throughout relating to close-ups in the film. Secretarial notation of supervising producer Irwin Allen's name on the title page. A stunt-heavy 1970s powerhouse designed to capitalize on the enormous success of the 1971 film "Evel Knievel" but with this entry featuring inimitable motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel as himself. Also cast are Gene Kelly as his alcoholic mechanic and Leslie Nielsen as a power-hungry Mexican drug lord. Knievel is offered a fortune to perform in Mexico unaware that a drug cartel intends to kill him and use his tour bus to smuggle hundreds of kilos of cocaine. Set in California and Mexico shot on location in Monterey Park Burbank and Long Beach California. Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped FINAL on the front wrapper. Title page present dated February 13 1976 noted as SHOOTING FINAL with credits for screenwriter Antonio Santillan sic. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1958ref. 153663Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1958. Archive of six Revised Draft scripts for the 1958 three-part television episode originally aired on June 25 1958 on NBC. Collection includes three scripts noted as Acts I-III and one script duplicate of Act I only and two scripts compiling all three acts. Also included are two typescript pages noting story outlines for a proposed "87th Precinct" television series. Each script signed by screenwriter Larry Cohen and three scripts with manuscript pencil and ink annotations by Cohen throughout noting deletions and substantive revisions. "Kraft Theatre" was a dramatic anthology television series which aired on NBC from 1947 to 1958. In this episode loosely based on Ed McBain's "87th Precinct" novel series a solitary widow whose frequent calls to the police to report a burglar are usually ignored turns up dead in her apartment. An early venture for screenwriter Larry Cohen who would go on to write Blaxploitation films "Bone" 1972 "Black Caesar" 1973 and "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 as well as several popular horror and science fiction films including "It's Alive" 1974 "God Told Me To" 1976 and "The Stuff" 1985. Set and shot on location in New York. Act I Revised Script with pencil annotation on the front wrapper: Self wrappers. Title page present noted as REVISED dated 6/17/58 with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 30 leaves with last page of text numbered I-24. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with the last leaf detached from the binding partially bound with a single staple to the top left corner. Act II Revised Script: Self wrappers. Title page present noted as REVISED dated 6/17/58 with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered II-68. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine partially bound with a single staple to the top left corner. Act III Revised Script: Self wrappers. Title page present noted as REVISED dated 6/17/58 with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 34 leaves with last page of text numbered III-103. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine partially bound with a single staple to the top left corner. Act I Revised Script with no pencil annotation on the front wrapper: Self wrappers. Title page present noted as REVISED dated 6/17/58 with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 30 leaves with last page of text numbered I-24. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine partially bound with a single staple to the top left corner. Complete script: Lacking wrappers and title page possibly as issued. 144 leaves with last page of text numbered III-136. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine partially bound with a single staple to the top left corner. Revised complete script: Lacking and title page possibly as issued. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered III-87. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine partially bound with a single staple to the top left corner. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1969ref. 162110West Germany: Rank-Cinerama 1969. Vintage program for the 1969 German film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A woman has a mental breakdown after witnessing a man being violently attacked by a dog leaving her with strange effects on her sexuality. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Fine. Rank-Cinerama unknown books
1952ref. 135967Los Angeles: Vanguard Films 1952. Report and Synopsis script for an unproduced film. Script notes Jennifer Jones as recommendation for the titular role. The events of the life of first lady of Argentina Eva Perón. Red titled wrappers noted as Report and Synopsis on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter David Weiss. 17 leaves with last page of text numbered 17. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine unbound. Vanguard Films unknown books
1989ref. 159710San Francisco: Klub Komotion 1989. Vintage flyer for a 1989 film screening at San Francisco's Klub Komotion held on December 2 1989. In addition to the screening the flyer advertises poetry by Q.R. Hand accompanied by Lewis Jordan on sax and music by Fuzz Factor. Based on the 1950 French novel "La Rue Cases-Nègres" by Joseph Zobel. Set in 1930s Martinique a young boy José living in a shanty village succeeds in his studies allowing him to attend school in the capital but his scholarship only covers a fraction of the tuition. Set in and shot on location in Martinique France. Q.R. Hand Jr. was an acclaimed poet and community health worker in the Mission District of San Francisco. He published three books of poetry "I Speak to the Poet in Man" 1985 "How Sweet It Is" 1996 and Whose Really Blues" 2008. Lewis Jordan is a musician poet actor and playwright and a founding member of United Front a seminal San Francisco Bay Area Ensemble. Fuzz Factor was a marimba driven rock project active in the Bay Area in the late 190s and early 1990s. Klub Komotion was a popular punk and alternative San Francisco nightclub located at 2779 Sixteenth Street during the 1980s and 1990s. 8.5 x 14 inches. With a few pinholes to the far corners else Near Fine. Klub Komotion unknown books
1968ref. 147869Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 film. "Film Buff's Center" stamp on the verso. Based on the 1958 novel "The Bounty Killer" by Marvin H. Albert. Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western. Mexican fugitive Jose Gomez Tomas Milian returns to his village pursued by the notorious bounty hunter Luke Chilson Richard Wyler. The debut of Milian in the Western genre. Set in Mexico shot on location in Andalucia Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light creasing near edge. Cox "10000 Ways to Die. United Artists unknown books
1984ref. 166528Beverly Hills CA: Warner Brothers Television 1984. Rainbow Revision Final Draft script for the tenth episode of the second season of the Emmy Award-winning CBS television series which aired on December 10 1984. Copy belonging to actor Nick Dimitri with the pencil annotations of his name the character name "Anatole Yulanovski" and the page and scene numbers on which his character appears on the front wrapper with manuscript pencil annotations on five pages underlining his character. Laid in is a call sheet printed on the recto and verso with copied annotations dated "November 14 1984." Of note Dimitri is not credited as being in this episode on IMDB and the character of "Anatoli Ulanovsky" is credited as being played by actor Gerry Gibson. Created by Brad Buckner and Eugenie Ross-Leming "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" starred Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner as the titular characters a divorced housewife and a secret agent with whom she's fallen in love who both end up working for a secret government agency. The series premiered on CBS on October 3 1983 and aired for 88 episodes for four seasons ending on May 28 1987. In this episode Billy Mel Stewart is kidnapped and the agency is put on alert while Lee Boxleitner and Amanda Jackson work with a Soviet agency to locate a bomb to prevent World War 3. Orange titled wrappers noted as REVISED SECOND DRAFT on the front wrapper dated October 30 1984. Title page present dated November 2 1984 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Rudolph Borchert. 80 leaves with last page of text numbered 64. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow green buff and cherry revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/2/84 and 11/16/84. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers Television unknown books
1984ref. 166528Beverly Hills CA: Warner Brothers Television 1984. Rainbow Revision Final Draft script for the tenth episode of the second season of the Emmy Award-winning CBS television series which aired on December 10 1984. Copy belonging to actor Nick Dimitri with the pencil annotations of his name the character name "Anatole Yulanovski" and the page and scene numbers on which his character appears on the front wrapper with manuscript pencil annotations on five pages underlining his character. Laid in is a call sheet printed on the recto and verso with copied annotations dated "November 14 1984." Of note Dimitri is not credited as being in this episode on IMDB and the character of "Anatoli Ulanovsky" is credited as being played by actor Gerry Gibson. Created by Brad Buckner and Eugenie Ross-Leming "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" starred Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner as the titular characters a divorced housewife and a secret agent with whom she's fallen in love who both end up working for a secret government agency. The series premiered on CBS on October 3 1983 and aired for 88 episodes for four seasons ending on May 28 1987. In this episode Billy Mel Stewart is kidnapped and the agency is put on alert while Lee Boxleitner and Amanda Jackson work with a Soviet agency to locate a bomb to prevent World War 3. Orange titled wrappers noted as REVISED SECOND DRAFT on the front wrapper dated October 30 1984. Title page present dated November 2 1984 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Rudolph Borchert. 80 leaves with last page of text numbered 64. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow green buff and cherry revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/2/84 and 11/16/84. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers Television unknown
1941ref. 148690Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1941. Final Draft script for the 1942 film. Production No. 690 and copy No. 140 both rubber stamped on the front wrapper with FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. John T. Bromley Joseph Allen a young man from high society is physically humiliated by a prizefighter William Haade before his socialite sweetheart Jenny Killian Brenda Joyce. He goes to a training camp to redeem his self-respect and ensure his success in a rematch. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Shot on location in Sherwood Forest California. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 140 and production No. 690 dated OCT. 23 1941. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated October 23 1941 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Walter Bullock. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/27/41 and 11/11/41. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a few small closed tears bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1941ref. 148690Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1941. Final Draft script for the 1942 film. Production No. 690 and copy No. 140 both rubber stamped on the front wrapper with FINAL printed at the top right corner of same. John T. Bromley Joseph Allen a young man from high society is physically humiliated by a prizefighter William Haade before his socialite sweetheart Jenny Killian Brenda Joyce. He goes to a training camp to redeem his self-respect and ensure his success in a rematch. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Shot on location in Sherwood Forest California. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 140 and production No. 690 dated OCT. 23 1941. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated October 23 1941 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Walter Bullock. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/27/41 and 11/11/41. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a few small closed tears bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1990ref. 1261471990 N°43-44 - Lettres modernes Minard, collection "Études cinématographiques" - 1990 - Revue trimestrielle - In-12, broché- 260 pages - Quelques illustrations en N&B in-texte
1968ref. 163705Burbank CA: Warner Brothers - Seven Arts 1968. Vintage two-color banner poster for US release of the 1966 Italian film printed in black and a bold fluorescent orange. One of only a short run of highly-regarded films released by Warner Brothers-Seven Arts between 1967 and 1969. Rare in this size format. Loosely based on the early sixteenth century novella "Belfagor arcidiavolo" by Niccolò Machiavelli. Vittorio Gassman stars as Belfagor a devil sent back to earth to stoke a war between Rome and Florence in medieval Italy to bolster the number of hell's incoming souls but quickly becomes distracted by amorous feelings for the beautiful Claudine Auger as the Maddalena de'Medici. Starring Mickey Rooney as Adramalek a Puckish demon invisible to everyone but Belfagor. Set in and shot on location in Tuscany Sicily and Rome Italy. 118.5 x 24 inches. Light rubbing and edgewear else Near Fine. Bright and unfaded. Note: The fluorescent orange color can not be reproduced in a photograph and is a much brighter orange than depicted in the image. Warner Brothers - Seven Arts unknown books
1968ref. 163705Burbank CA: Warner Brothers - Seven Arts 1968. Vintage two-color banner poster for US release of the 1966 Italian film printed in black and a bold fluorescent orange. One of only a short run of highly-regarded films released by Warner Brothers-Seven Arts between 1967 and 1969. Rare in this size format. Loosely based on the early sixteenth century novella "Belfagor arcidiavolo" by Niccolò Machiavelli. Vittorio Gassman stars as Belfagor a devil sent back to earth to stoke a war between Rome and Florence in medieval Italy to bolster the number of hell's incoming souls but quickly becomes distracted by amorous feelings for the beautiful Claudine Auger as the Maddalena de'Medici. Starring Mickey Rooney as Adramalek a Puckish demon invisible to everyone but Belfagor. Set in and shot on location in Tuscany Sicily and Rome Italy. 118.5 x 24 inches. Light rubbing and edgewear else Near Fine. Bright and unfaded. Note: The fluorescent orange color can not be reproduced in a photograph and is a much brighter orange than depicted in the image. Warner Brothers - Seven Arts unknown
1942ref. 160003Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1942. Two vintage reference photographs of Ethel Waters from the 1942 film. A successful American newspaper reporter is sent to cover the war in Europe. A British spy asks him to bring a coded message to Cairo where he finds out a movie star he is a fan of is a Nazi spy. Set in the Mediterranean and Cario Egypt shot in Hollywood and on location in Santa Monica Bay California. Both photos 4 x 5 inches. About Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1970ref. 141411N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A successful doctor suffers a mental breakdown due to her survivor's guilt after being the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust. She becomes obsessed with a man four years older than her whom she met previously in a refugee camp in France. Set in New York. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Ethel Tyne. 28 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 27. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong. N.p. unknown books
