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1944ref. 171768Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1944. Vintage studio still photograph from the classic 1944 film noir showing Tom Powers on the train tracks. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Director Billy Wilder making the right decision at the right time as usual decided it was time to bring in lauded hard-boiled crime fiction author Raymond Chandler to work on a great crime drama using James Cain's seminal hard-boiled novella. Wilder and Chandler worked on the script for several weeks together and at one point Cain was even brought in to resolve some questions. The result was a film that set the standard for all that would follow in what came to be known as the noir style using a cut-up time structure Barbara Stanwyck in a blonde wig Fred MacMurray as a soulless sucker and Edward G. Robinson as the straight man who brings pathos to the proceedings. Nominated for seven Academy Awards a rare feat for a genre picture including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenwriter Best Cinematography and Best Actress. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Grant US. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1944ref. 171768Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1944. Vintage studio still photograph from the classic 1944 film noir showing Tom Powers on the train tracks. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Director Billy Wilder making the right decision at the right time as usual decided it was time to bring in lauded hard-boiled crime fiction author Raymond Chandler to work on a great crime drama using James Cain's seminal hard-boiled novella. Wilder and Chandler worked on the script for several weeks together and at one point Cain was even brought in to resolve some questions. The result was a film that set the standard for all that would follow in what came to be known as the noir style using a cut-up time structure Barbara Stanwyck in a blonde wig Fred MacMurray as a soulless sucker and Edward G. Robinson as the straight man who brings pathos to the proceedings. Nominated for seven Academy Awards a rare feat for a genre picture including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenwriter Best Cinematography and Best Actress. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Grant US. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1956ref. 150455N.p.: N.p. 1956. Vintage reference photograph from the 1956 film showing actors Leslie Nielsen Anne Francis and Frankie Darro in the "Robby the Robot" suit. A pioneering science fiction film a document of its time with groundbreaking visual effects and approach to depicting future technologies many of which have since been adapted as conventions of the genre. One of the first films to establish a robot as a character with a distinct personality and outside of science fiction cinema the first feature film of any genre to use an entirely electronic musical score composed by electronic music legends Bebe and Louis Barron. Set in outer space. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1956ref. 150455N.p.: N.p. 1956. Vintage reference photograph from the 1956 film showing actors Leslie Nielsen Anne Francis and Frankie Darro in the "Robby the Robot" suit. A pioneering science fiction film a document of its time with groundbreaking visual effects and approach to depicting future technologies many of which have since been adapted as conventions of the genre. One of the first films to establish a robot as a character with a distinct personality and outside of science fiction cinema the first feature film of any genre to use an entirely electronic musical score composed by electronic music legends Bebe and Louis Barron. Set in outer space. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1956ref. 148868Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1956. Vintage studio still photograph of the American R&B and jump blues musical group The Treniers from the 1956 film. Mimeo snipe and Columbia Pictures Corp. stamp on verso. Rock and Roll star Arnie Haines Alan Dale returns home to the town of Melondale which banned Rock and Roll music and with the help of disc Jockey Alan Freed as himself tries to convince the town that the music won't turn their children into delinquents. With notable lip-syncing performances from Bill Haley and His Comets Little Richard and The Treniers. A follow-up to the 1956 Rock and Roll film "Rock Around the Clock" also directed by Fred F. Sears and written by Robert E. Kent and also featuring Alan Freed and Bill Haley and His Comets. Set in the fictitious town of Melondale shot on location in Los Angeles California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 167872Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1954. Vintage reference photograph from the 1954 film noir showing Adele Jergens and Luther Adler. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A citizen's committee attempts to convince a reformed gangster to infiltrate a Miami mob boss' crime syndicate with the help of the boss' girlfriend's sister. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1953ref. 139794N.p.: Robert Cohn Productions 1953. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1953 film. B-film about the Korean War starring John Hodiak. Fred F. Sears used a combination of stock footage and live action to form his picture. Shot on location in South Korea. 10 x 8 inches. Fair with a large crease to the bottom right corner and blue manuscript annotations to the verso. Robert Cohn Productions unknown books
1953ref. 139795Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1953. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1953 film. A cowboy wrongfully convicted with a gang of burglars sets out to claim a portion of their hidden loot. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with a manuscript notation to the verso. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1957ref. 140421Los Angeles: Clover Productions 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1957 film. A goofy film about the inner squabbles of a record company. An attempt by producer Sam Katzman to repeat the success of "Rock Around the Clock." 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Clover Productions unknown books
1956ref. 148868Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1956. Vintage studio still photograph of the American R&B and jump blues musical group The Treniers from the 1956 film. Mimeo snipe and Columbia Pictures Corp. stamp on verso. Rock and Roll star Arnie Haines Alan Dale returns home to the town of Melondale which banned Rock and Roll music and with the help of disc Jockey Alan Freed as himself tries to convince the town that the music won't turn their children into delinquents. With notable lip-syncing performances from Bill Haley and His Comets Little Richard and The Treniers. A follow-up to the 1956 Rock and Roll film "Rock Around the Clock" also directed by Fred F. Sears and written by Robert E. Kent and also featuring Alan Freed and Bill Haley and His Comets. Set in the fictitious town of Melondale shot on location in Los Angeles California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
1990ref. 171491Hollywood CA: Stephen J. Cannell Productions 1990. Revised Draft script for Season 7 Episode 12 of the 1984-1991 television series here under working title "Critical Mass Part One." Originally aired January 9 1991 on NBC. Series following two rule-breaking cops forced together as partners by their superiors. In this episode one of the officers is hunted by a serial killer who targets cops. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper production No. 5712 dated November 1 1990 with credits for screenwriter David H. Balkan and director Corey Allen. Title page integral with front self wrapper. 77 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/01/90 and 11/09/90. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Stephen J. Cannell Productions unknown books
1990ref. 171474Hollywood CA: Stephen J. Cannell Productions 1990. Revised Draft script for Season 7 Episode 6 of the 1984-1991 television series here under working title "When the Shark Bites" originally aired October 31 1990 on NBC. Series following two rule-breaking cops forced together as partners by their superiors. In this episode the police Captain attempts to protect his father after discovering his connections to the mob. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. Blue titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper production No. 5707 dated September 14 1990 with credits for screenwriter Simon Muntner and director Peter Crane. Title page integral with front wrapper. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered "47/48". Xerographic duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated 09/14/90. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Stephen J. Cannell Productions unknown books
1990ref. 171491Hollywood CA: Stephen J. Cannell Productions 1990. Revised Draft script for Season 7 Episode 12 of the 1984-1991 television series here under working title "Critical Mass Part One." Originally aired January 9 1991 on NBC. Series following two rule-breaking cops forced together as partners by their superiors. In this episode one of the officers is hunted by a serial killer who targets cops. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper production No. 5712 dated November 1 1990 with credits for screenwriter David H. Balkan and director Corey Allen. Title page integral with front self wrapper. 77 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/01/90 and 11/09/90. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Stephen J. Cannell Productions unknown
1990ref. 171474Hollywood CA: Stephen J. Cannell Productions 1990. Revised Draft script for Season 7 Episode 6 of the 1984-1991 television series here under working title "When the Shark Bites" originally aired October 31 1990 on NBC. Series following two rule-breaking cops forced together as partners by their superiors. In this episode the police Captain attempts to protect his father after discovering his connections to the mob. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. Blue titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper production No. 5707 dated September 14 1990 with credits for screenwriter Simon Muntner and director Peter Crane. Title page integral with front wrapper. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered "47/48". Xerographic duplication rectos only with revision pages throughout dated 09/14/90. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Stephen J. Cannell Productions unknown
1966ref. 146399Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1966. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single small manuscript ink annotation to page 123 changing "who" to "whom." Not to be confused with the 1943 1948 1999 or 2020 produced films with the same title. Based on Richard Martin Stern's 1963 mystery thriller by Fred Coe who was also initially slated to direct. A private investigator moves back to his hometown to bury his late father but finds himself quickly entangled in a criminal case involving the sexual assault of a local woman. Screenwriter Fred Coe was best known for directing "A Thousand Clowns" 1965 which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 48 dated October 1 1966 and dated as copied October 17 1966 with credits for screenwriter Fred Coe and novelist Richard Martin Stern. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 194 leaves with last page of text numbered 192. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated 10-13-66. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with light toning to the extremities and tearing at the rear wrapper's binding bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1969ref. 147779N.p.: Cinema Center Films 1969. Two vintage studio still photographs one borderless from the 1979 film. One of Salome Jens and one of Jens and Nancy Marchand. Natalie Miller Patty Duke is an insecure girl living in Greenwich Village apartment and falls in love with David Harris James Farentino an architect who wants to become a painter and has an affair later discovering he is married with a family. Al Pacino's film debut in a brief screen appearance. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with some light edgewear. Cinema Center Films unknown books
1966ref. 146399Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1966. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single small manuscript ink annotation to page 123 changing "who" to "whom." Not to be confused with the 1943 1948 1999 or 2020 produced films with the same title. Based on Richard Martin Stern's 1963 mystery thriller by Fred Coe who was also initially slated to direct. A private investigator moves back to his hometown to bury his late father but finds himself quickly entangled in a criminal case involving the sexual assault of a local woman. Screenwriter Fred Coe was best known for directing "A Thousand Clowns" 1965 which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 48 dated October 1 1966 and dated as copied October 17 1966 with credits for screenwriter Fred Coe and novelist Richard Martin Stern. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 194 leaves with last page of text numbered 192. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated 10-13-66. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good with light toning to the extremities and tearing at the rear wrapper's binding bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1965ref. 139745N.p.: American International Pictures AIP 1965. Vintage studio still photograph of Fred Clark from the 1965 film. An Army sergeant is launched into space with a chimpanzee and returns to earth a changed man. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with a manuscript notation to the verso. Hirschhorn p. 383. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1952ref. 144804North Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1952. Vintage photograph from the 1952 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Martians invade Earth with plans to build a Hydrogen bomb that will blast Earth out of its orbit so that Mars can take its place and thrive closer to the sun. Larry Martin Judd Holdren leader of the Inter-Planetary Patrol investigates the Martian invaders in his jet-powered rocket suit . 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Republic Pictures unknown books
1952ref. 144804North Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1952. Vintage photograph from the 1952 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso. Martians invade Earth with plans to build a Hydrogen bomb that will blast Earth out of its orbit so that Mars can take its place and thrive closer to the sun. Larry Martin Judd Holdren leader of the Inter-Planetary Patrol investigates the Martian invaders in his jet-powered rocket suit . 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Republic Pictures unknown
1970ref. 151266New York: Grove Press 1970. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 art-hardcore film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. An aspiring young filmmaker wants to make his own films but to raise the necessary money must first make some stag films enlisting the help of several teenage flower-children in 1968 Greenwich Village. Featuring an early appearance by a young Robert Altman who plays a porno distributor. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grove Press unknown books
1970ref. 161703N.p.: Grove Press 1970. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film. Five photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. A pair of filmmakers in hopes of raising money to shoot a documentary on Lenny Bruce decide to meet that goal by shooting pornographic films with runaway flower kids in Greenwich Village over a weekend. Aspects of cinema verite mixed with sexploitation with an early appearance by actress Joy Bang and a cameo by Robert Altman in the same year he directed MASH. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some faint creasing edgewear and one with a wax pencil annotation on the recto. Grove Press unknown books
1972ref. 162178N.p.: Fred Baker Films 1972. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1972 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. An obscure 1972 sexploitation film from filmmaker Fred Baker now likely lost. Noted as a documentary on IMDB. 8 x 10 inches. Wax pencil annotation to the lower left corner else Near Fine. Fred Baker Films unknown books
1970ref. 151266New York: Grove Press 1970. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 art-hardcore film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. An aspiring young filmmaker wants to make his own films but to raise the necessary money must first make some stag films enlisting the help of several teenage flower-children in 1968 Greenwich Village. Featuring an early appearance by a young Robert Altman who plays a porno distributor. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grove Press unknown
1970ref. 161703N.p.: Grove Press 1970. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film. Five photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. A pair of filmmakers in hopes of raising money to shoot a documentary on Lenny Bruce decide to meet that goal by shooting pornographic films with runaway flower kids in Greenwich Village over a weekend. Aspects of cinema verite mixed with sexploitation with an early appearance by actress Joy Bang and a cameo by Robert Altman in the same year he directed MASH. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some faint creasing edgewear and one with a wax pencil annotation on the recto. Grove Press unknown
