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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
1961ref. 130381Culver City CA: Selznick International / RKO Radio Pictures 1961. Combined 16mm Continuity script for the 1961 re-release of the 1946 film. Based on the 1933 novel by Ethel Lina White. A mute woman lives in a small town in Vermont where a serial killer is targeting vulnerable women. Set in Vermont shot on location in Detroit MI. Green titled wrappers with back wrapper missing noted as Combined 16mm Continuity on the front wrapper dated May 9th 1961. 85 leaves with last page of text numbered 7. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples along the top edge. Selznick International / RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 133484Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1975. Collection of 10 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1975 UK film. Mimeo snipes and layout annotations on the versos of two stills. A made-for-television movie based on the 1933 novel "Some Must Watch" by Ethel Lina White and a remake of the 1945 Hitchcockian noir about a small-town psycho who chooses disabled women as his victims. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1987ref. 148979N.p.: New World Pictures 1987. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1987 film. Sequel to the 1986 horror comedy "House" directed by Steve Miner screenplay by Ethan Wiley and starring William Katt and George Wendt. Yuppies Jesse Aryle Gross and his girlfriend Kate Lar Park Lincoln inherit his parents' creepy old house and movie in with his best friend Charlie Jonathan Stark and his girlfriend Lana Amy Yasbeck. Things start to get strange after they discover a picture of his great-great grandfather in front of a Mayan temple holding a crystal skull. Shot on location in Los Angeles Culver City and Agoura California. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good with some splitting to the folds and a closed tear at the top vertical fold. New World Pictures unknown books
1997ref. 170396Paris: Columbia TriStar Films 1997. Vintage pressbook and nine color slides from the French release of the 1997 American film. Andrew Niccol's directorial debut. In a dystopian society where eugenics is the norm a young janitor is given the opportunity to impersonate a genetically superior man allowing him access to the higher echelons of society. Pressbook 6 x 8.25 inches. 60 leaves saddle-stapled. Near Fine with an ink annotation to the rear wrapper. Slides 1.5 x 1 inches housed in 2 x 2 cardboard sleeves. Near Fine or better. Columbia TriStar Films unknown books
1997ref. 171675Culver City CA: Columbia TriStar Films 1997. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1997 film including one composite photograph. Andrew Niccol's directorial debut. In a dystopian society where eugenics is the norm a young janitor is given the opportunity to impersonate a genetically superior man allowing him access to the higher echelons of society. 8 x 10 inches. About Fine. Columbia TriStar Films unknown books
1992ref. 158402N.p.: N.p. 1992. Vintage reference photograph from the 1992 film. Based upon the 1982 novel by William Wharton. In December 1945 the members of an American intelligence squad decide to negotiate with a small group of German soldiers who wish to surrender rather than die in one final offensive. Shot on location in Utah. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1992ref. 158397Overland Park KS: InterStar 1992. Vintage press kit for the 1992 film. Two-color illustrated pocketed folder containing five black and white photographs in the original glassine sleeve and a gathering of promotional reading material. Based upon the 1982 novel by William Wharton. In December 1945 the members of an American intelligence squad decide to negotiate with a small group of German soldiers who wish to surrender rather than die in one final offensive. Shot on location in Utah. Folder photographs and promotional material about Near Fine. InterStar unknown books
1997ref. 170396Paris: Columbia TriStar Films 1997. Vintage pressbook and nine color slides from the French release of the 1997 American film. Andrew Niccol's directorial debut. In a dystopian society where eugenics is the norm a young janitor is given the opportunity to impersonate a genetically superior man allowing him access to the higher echelons of society. Pressbook 6 x 8.25 inches. 60 leaves saddle-stapled. Near Fine with an ink annotation to the rear wrapper. Slides 1.5 x 1 inches housed in 2 x 2 cardboard sleeves. Near Fine or better. Columbia TriStar Films unknown
1968ref. 162560N.p.: Nordisk Tonefilm 1968. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1968 Swedish film. Both photographs with provenance stamps on the verso one with two labels obscuring a previous provenance stamp. One of a number of international films in the 1960s produced by Radley Metzger as noted on these photographs that today show no credit for him. Originally released in Sweden as Lejonsommar the film was released world-wide under the title "Summer of the Lion" and in the US as "Vibration." Sven-Bertil Taube stars as a frustrated writer who travels to an island off the coast of Sweden and becomes involved with Essy Persson as a sexy young temptress. Shot on location in Gotlands län Sweden. 8 x 10 inches. One photograph with a wax pencil annotation on the top right else Near Fine. Nordisk Tonefilm unknown books
1968ref. 162560N.p.: Nordisk Tonefilm 1968. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1968 Swedish film. Both photographs with provenance stamps on the verso one with two labels obscuring a previous provenance stamp. One of a number of international films in the 1960s produced by Radley Metzger as noted on these photographs that today show no credit for him. Originally released in Sweden as Lejonsommar the film was released world-wide under the title "Summer of the Lion" and in the US as "Vibration." Sven-Bertil Taube stars as a frustrated writer who travels to an island off the coast of Sweden and becomes involved with Essy Persson as a sexy young temptress. Shot on location in Gotlands län Sweden. 8 x 10 inches. One photograph with a wax pencil annotation on the top right else Near Fine. Nordisk Tonefilm unknown
1942ref. 162029N.p.: N.p. 1942. Vintage reference photograph from the 1942 film showing actor Errol Flynn in a leather aviator jacket. Photographer stamp on the verso. 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 war film about a group of Allied aviators who must escape the Third Reich after being shot down near the Polish border and captured by the Germans. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with creasing and a small splash on the recto and adhesive residue on the verso. N.p. unknown books
1942ref. 162029N.p.: N.p. 1942. Vintage reference photograph from the 1942 film showing actor Errol Flynn in a leather aviator jacket. Photographer stamp on the verso. 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 war film about a group of Allied aviators who must escape the Third Reich after being shot down near the Polish border and captured by the Germans. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with creasing and a small splash on the recto and adhesive residue on the verso. N.p. unknown
1940ref. 148233Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1940. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1940 film one with "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" stamp on the verso. Based on the 1937 play "Parfumerie." Klara Novak Margaret Sullavan is the new employee at the Matuschek and Company store and Alfred Kralik James Stewart their best salesman can't stand each other unaware they're falling in love through the post as anonymous pen pals. Selected for the National Film Registry in 1999. Set in Budapest. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at corners one with two small pieces of paper tape at top pinholes on verso. Rosenbaum 1000. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1941ref. 150534Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1941. Vintage wide reference photograph of Ernst Lubitsch playing piano on the set of the 1942 film. Remade in 1983 directed by Alan Johnson starring Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft. Carol Lombard's final film having died in an airplane accident during post-production. Jack Benny and Carole Lombard star as Joseph and Maria Tura husband and wife thespians in Nazi occupied Warsaw who inadvertently become part of the Resistance and must utilize every acting trick in the book to retrieve a list of Polish Resistance fighters from a German spy. Set in Warsaw immediately before and during the 1939 German invasion. 10 x 8 inches image 4.5 x 3.75 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Criterion Collection 670. United Artists unknown books
1941ref. 150534Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1941. Vintage wide reference photograph of Ernst Lubitsch playing piano on the set of the 1942 film. Remade in 1983 directed by Alan Johnson starring Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft. Carol Lombard's final film having died in an airplane accident during post-production. Jack Benny and Carole Lombard star as Joseph and Maria Tura husband and wife thespians in Nazi occupied Warsaw who inadvertently become part of the Resistance and must utilize every acting trick in the book to retrieve a list of Polish Resistance fighters from a German spy. Set in Warsaw immediately before and during the 1939 German invasion. 10 x 8 inches image 4.5 x 3.75 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. Criterion Collection 670. United Artists unknown
1972ref. 162048N.p.: Atlantic Film 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1971 German film. Provenance stamp on the verso. A German "report" film wherein reporters researching sex in the office present various examples of sexual encounters at the office. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Nilsen Warped and Faded. Atlantic Film unknown books
1975ref. 146429N.p.: N.p. 1975. First Draft script for an unproduced film written by the Oscar-winning screenwriter Ernest Tidyman. Based on Martin Caidin's 1974 novel. An American ace pilot and his Japanese counterpart take to the skies during World War II to duel and are eventually forced into a friendship built on necessity. Screenwriter Ernest Tidyman previously won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "The French Connection" 1971 and was also known for writing both the John Shaft novel series and the screenplay for the 1971 film. Set in and above Japan. Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 6 1975 noted as "first draft" with credits for screenwriter Tidyman and novelist Martin Caidin. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with tape reinforcements to its silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 146429N.p.: N.p. 1975. First Draft script for an unproduced film written by the Oscar-winning screenwriter Ernest Tidyman. Based on Martin Caidin's 1974 novel. An American ace pilot and his Japanese counterpart take to the skies during World War II to duel and are eventually forced into a friendship built on necessity. Screenwriter Ernest Tidyman previously won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "The French Connection" 1971 and was also known for writing both the John Shaft novel series and the screenplay for the 1971 film. Set in and above Japan. Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated May 6 1975 noted as "first draft" with credits for screenwriter Tidyman and novelist Martin Caidin. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with tape reinforcements to its silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 146683N.p.: Lippert Pictures 1965. Collection of 20 vintage studio still photographs from the 1965 film in their original brown paper sleeve stamped "THE RETURN OF MR. MOTO 25 STILLS SET A." Mr. Moto the fictional Japanese secret agent created by author John P. Marquand appearing in 6 of his novels between 1935 and 1957 and portrayed by Peter Lorre in 8 motion pictures between 1937 and 1939 as well as a 1951 radio show starring James Monks is here portrayed by Henry Silva an undercover Interpol agent investigating the bombing of Middle East oil fields assisted by Beta Oil secretary Maxine Powell Suzanne Lloyed and Police Inspector Jim Halliday Stanley Morgan. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paper sleeve Near Fine closed tear along one edge. Lippert Pictures unknown books
1965ref. 146683N.p.: Lippert Pictures 1965. Collection of 20 vintage studio still photographs from the 1965 film in their original brown paper sleeve stamped "THE RETURN OF MR. MOTO 25 STILLS SET A." Mr. Moto the fictional Japanese secret agent created by author John P. Marquand appearing in 6 of his novels between 1935 and 1957 and portrayed by Peter Lorre in 8 motion pictures between 1937 and 1939 as well as a 1951 radio show starring James Monks is here portrayed by Henry Silva an undercover Interpol agent investigating the bombing of Middle East oil fields assisted by Beta Oil secretary Maxine Powell Suzanne Lloyed and Police Inspector Jim Halliday Stanley Morgan. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paper sleeve Near Fine closed tear along one edge. Lippert Pictures unknown
1961ref. 156240Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1961. Revised Final Draft script for the 1962 film. Based on Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms" as well as his "Nick Adams" stories about a 19-year-old who leaves his Michigan home holding various jobs before signing up to become an ambulance driver for the Italian Army during World War I. Nominated for five Golden Globes including Best Drama and Best Supporting Actor. Shot on location in Mellen Wisconsin and in Verona Italy. Red titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper dated October 17 1961. Title page present dated October 17 1961 noted as Revised Final with credits for screenwriter A.E. Hotchner. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 67. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/23/61 and 11/27/61. Pages with silverfish damage to the top of the confidentiality page and a small amount to the top of the title page else Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1960ref. 153707N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced television episode. Incomplete as issued. Based on Ernest Hemingway's 1925 short story about a young man dealing with discontent and malaise while living with his family after returning from World War I. An unproduced venture by screenwriter Larry Cohen best known for his 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 in Oklahoma. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for story writer Ernest Hemingway and screenwriter Larry Cohen. 13 leaves not numbered. Carbon typescript rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound. N.p. unknown books
1964ref. 137342Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1964. Original pressbook for the 1964 film the second time Hemingway's short story was adapted for the screen following the classic 1946 version starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner. Notable as Ronald Reagan's last film role and perhaps in preparation for his move into politics the first time he played a villain. 12 x 18 inches. 12 pages saddle stapled. Light foxing overall else Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1950ref. 160936Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1950. Vintage mini-banner poster for the 1950 film. Based on the 1923 short story "My Old Man" by Ernest Hemingway. John Garfield stars as a crooked washed-up expatriate jockey on the run from a racketeer for not throwing a race while trying to redeem himself for the sake of his son. Remade in 1979 as the CBS television film "My Old Man" directed by John Erman and starring Kristy McNichol and Warren Oates. Shot on location in Sherwood Forest California. 4.75 x 28 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at the extremities. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books