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1945ref. 155840Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1945. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1945 film showing actors Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Cinema International Corporation. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A pair of sailors on shore leave in Hollywood help a would-be film star make it big. The first of three films to pair Sinatra and Kelly followed by "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" and "On the Town" 1949. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1952ref. 155305Universal City: Universal Pictures 1952. Vintage reference photograph from the 1952 film showing actors Frank Sinatra and Alex Nicol. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. A small-town singer gets a taste of success at a gangster's popular nightclub but his burgeoning fame comes at a high price both financially and emotionally. Made during Sinatra's mid-career slump one year before his career-reviving performance in "From Here to Eternity" 1953. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1952ref. 164809Universal City: Universal Pictures 1952. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1952 film showing actor Frank Sinatra. Partial snipe on the verso. A small-town singer gets a taste of success at a gangster's popular nightclub but his burgeoning fame comes at a high price both financially and emotionally. Made during Sinatra's mid-career slump one year before his career-reviving performance in "From Here to Eternity" 1953. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1945ref. 159128Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1945. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1945 film showing actors Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra with then-child actor Dean Stockwell. A pair of sailors on shore leave in Hollywood help a would-be film star make it big. The first of three films to pair Sinatra and Kelly followed by "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" and "On the Town" 1949. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus evenly toned with light creasing at the corners. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1945ref. 155840Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1945. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1945 film showing actors Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Cinema International Corporation. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A pair of sailors on shore leave in Hollywood help a would-be film star make it big. The first of three films to pair Sinatra and Kelly followed by "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" and "On the Town" 1949. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1955ref. 162873Beverly Hills CA: Kent Productions 1955. Draft script for the 1956 Western film. Specially bound copy belonging to actor Robert Osterloh with his name in gilt on the front board. The brother of a notorious gunfighter must help take down two desperadoes who have invaded his town. Actor Frank Sinatra's first serious Western allowing him to play against type as a dislikable character. Bound in full maroon leather with two raised spine bands and gilt titles and rule. Title page integral with the distribution page stamped copy No. 101 with credit for Sinatra director Don McGuire and screenwriter David P. Harmon. Distribution page present with receipt intact. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white revision pages dated 11/15/55 and 11/28/55 bound in throughout. Pages Fine binding about Fine. Kent Productions unknown
1952ref. 164809Universal City: Universal Pictures 1952. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1952 film showing actor Frank Sinatra. Partial snipe on the verso. A small-town singer gets a taste of success at a gangster's popular nightclub but his burgeoning fame comes at a high price both financially and emotionally. Made during Sinatra's mid-career slump one year before his career-reviving performance in "From Here to Eternity" 1953. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1952ref. 155305Universal City: Universal Pictures 1952. Vintage reference photograph from the 1952 film showing actors Frank Sinatra and Alex Nicol. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. A small-town singer gets a taste of success at a gangster's popular nightclub but his burgeoning fame comes at a high price both financially and emotionally. Made during Sinatra's mid-career slump one year before his career-reviving performance in "From Here to Eternity" 1953. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
ref. 158051Hollywood: Frsco Productions 1976. Archive of three draft scripts for an unproduced film including One First Draft script one Second Draft Shooting script and one Third Draft Shooting script. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the title page of the First Draft and cast pages of the Second Draft Shooting script. A musical spoof of John Huston's classic 1941 film noir "The Maltese Falcon." Screenwriter Frank Saletri a criminal defense lawyer in Los Angeles worked as a part-time screenwriter and producer primarily of exploitation especially Blaxploitation films. Saletri's screenwriting work was largely unproduced with the exception of the 1973 film "Blackenstein" and the possible exception of "Black the Ripper" a questionably apocryphal film whose existence has been debated for decades among grindhouse fans. First Draft: Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1975 noted as First Draft in manuscript pencil annotation with credits for screenwriter Frank Ritenhyde Saletri. 144 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Second Draft Shooting script: Green untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1976 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Frank Ritenhyde Saletri. 179 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Third Draft Shooting script: Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1976 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT THIRD DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Frank Ritenhyde Saletri. 181 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Frsco Productions unknown books
ref. 158051Hollywood: Frsco Productions 1976. Archive of three draft scripts for an unproduced film including One First Draft script one Second Draft Shooting script and one Third Draft Shooting script. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the title page of the First Draft and cast pages of the Second Draft Shooting script. A musical spoof of John Huston's classic 1941 film noir "The Maltese Falcon." Screenwriter Frank Saletri a criminal defense lawyer in Los Angeles worked as a part-time screenwriter and producer primarily of exploitation especially Blaxploitation films. Saletri's screenwriting work was largely unproduced with the exception of the 1973 film "Blackenstein" and the possible exception of "Black the Ripper" a questionably apocryphal film whose existence has been debated for decades among grindhouse fans. First Draft: Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1975 noted as First Draft in manuscript pencil annotation with credits for screenwriter Frank Ritenhyde Saletri. 144 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Second Draft Shooting script: Green untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1976 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Frank Ritenhyde Saletri. 179 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Third Draft Shooting script: Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1976 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT THIRD DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Frank Ritenhyde Saletri. 181 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Frsco Productions unknown
1946ref. 136046Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1946. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph of actress Myrna Loy from the set of the 1946 film. Based on the 1936 memoir of Hiram Percy Maxim "A Genius in the Family." Loy is shown here in period dress in the doorway of her personal trailer. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1946ref. 136046Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1946. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph of actress Myrna Loy from the set of the 1946 film. Based on the 1936 memoir of Hiram Percy Maxim "A Genius in the Family." Loy is shown here in period dress in the doorway of her personal trailer. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1984ref. 159116N.p.: N.p. 1984. Second Draft script for an unproduced film using the hook from singer-songwriter John Cougar Mellencamp's 1983 song "Pink Houses" as its moniker. Annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting copy No. 20. An unproduced drama about unemployed steelworkers in western Pennsylvania by acclaimed screenwriter and director Frank Pierson. Pierson was the writer of "Dog Day Afternoon" 1975 winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay and co-writer of "Cool Hand Luke" 1967 "Cat Ballou" 1965 and "A Star is Born" 1976 among many others. Pierson served as the President of the Writers Guild of America West for two terms in the 1980s and 1990s and was also associated with the American Film Institute the Academy of American Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Sundance Film Festival. Considered by many to be one of the best unproduced still-unfilmed screenplays written in the wake of an April 1984 "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" magazine article about the spate of films about American milltowns. Orange untitled wrappers. Title page present dated June 7 1984 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Frank Pierson. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine with light offsetting on the last page of the script. Bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1978ref. 147860Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1978. Vintage studio still photograph of Judd Hirsh Shelley Winters and Susan Sarandon from the 1978 film. Mimeo snipe affixed to verso and folded over recto. Based on Peter Maas' 1975 novel about a modern day criminal Gypsy family living in New York whose aging patriarch "king" Zharko Stepanowicz Sterling Hayden passes his leadership to his unwilling grandson Dave Eric Roberts leaving Dave's father Groffo Hirsh angry and resentful. Eric Roberts film debut. Set in and shot on location in New York and New Jersey. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear. Olive Films 645VQ. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1984ref. 159116N.p.: N.p. 1984. Second Draft script for an unproduced film using the hook from singer-songwriter John Cougar Mellencamp's 1983 song "Pink Houses" as its moniker. Annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting copy No. 20. An unproduced drama about unemployed steelworkers in western Pennsylvania by acclaimed screenwriter and director Frank Pierson. Pierson was the writer of "Dog Day Afternoon" 1975 winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay and co-writer of "Cool Hand Luke" 1967 "Cat Ballou" 1965 and "A Star is Born" 1976 among many others. Pierson served as the President of the Writers Guild of America West for two terms in the 1980s and 1990s and was also associated with the American Film Institute the Academy of American Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Sundance Film Festival. Considered by many to be one of the best unproduced still-unfilmed screenplays written in the wake of an April 1984 "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" magazine article about the spate of films about American milltowns. Orange untitled wrappers. Title page present dated June 7 1984 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Frank Pierson. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine with light offsetting on the last page of the script. Bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 160525Universal City: Universal Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Frank Perry talking with actors Richard Benjamin and Carrie Snodgress on the set of the 1970 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso along with a provenance stamp. Based on Sue Kaufman's 1967 novel about a New York housewife in an abusive relationship who begins an affair with a sadistic but successful writer who treats her as cruelly as her husband. Adapted for the screen by Eleanor Perry who worked almost exclusively with her husband Frank Perry. Set and shot on location in New York. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. About Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 146916N.p.: Alsid Productions 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 film showing Barbara Hershey sunning herself in a bikini. Based on the 1968 Evan Hunter aka Ed McBain novel of the same name. Three teens bond while spending a summer on Fire Island. When they're joined by a fourth the dynamic between the trio is thrown causing one to become increasingly jealous and unstable. Set and shot on location in Long Island New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine light edgewear. Alsid Productions unknown books
1970ref. 160525Universal City: Universal Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Frank Perry talking with actors Richard Benjamin and Carrie Snodgress on the set of the 1970 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso along with a provenance stamp. Based on Sue Kaufman's 1967 novel about a New York housewife in an abusive relationship who begins an affair with a sadistic but successful writer who treats her as cruelly as her husband. Adapted for the screen by Eleanor Perry who worked almost exclusively with her husband Frank Perry. Set and shot on location in New York. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. About Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1969ref. 146916N.p.: Alsid Productions 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 film showing Barbara Hershey sunning herself in a bikini. Based on the 1968 Evan Hunter aka Ed McBain novel of the same name. Three teens bond while spending a summer on Fire Island. When they're joined by a fourth the dynamic between the trio is thrown causing one to become increasingly jealous and unstable. Set and shot on location in Long Island New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine light edgewear. Alsid Productions unknown
1956ref. 133745N.p.: N.p. 1956. Draft script for an unproduced film "Just Before Laughter" based on the 1955 novel "A Change of Climate" by Stanley Kauffman. Copy belonging to screenwriter Partos with a Jaffe Agency label on the title page. The story of a professor who leaves his teaching position to become a salesman at a company he later finds had corrupt dealings with the US Army. Set in New York and Florida. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Partos and novelist Kauffmann. 131 leaves mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1944ref. 133742N.p.: N.p. 1944. Treatment script and copy of the original story for an unproduced film "The Murder on Jefferson Street" based on the 1944 short story by Dorothy Canfield. Copy belonging to screenwriter Frank Partos with his name in manuscript pencil. Also included with the script are contracts from Dorothy Canfield Story Magazine and Harcourt Brace and Company signing over the story's film and television rights to Partos. A psychological thriller set in a Middle Western town called Huntsville the story follows the career paths of two men who work in the same office as one attempts to psychologically damage the other in order to take his better position. Housed in a blank black spring binder. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Partos and story writer Canfield. 128 leaves carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine spring binder Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1956ref. 133745N.p.: N.p. 1956. Draft script for an unproduced film "Just Before Laughter" based on the 1955 novel "A Change of Climate" by Stanley Kauffman. Copy belonging to screenwriter Partos with a Jaffe Agency label on the title page. The story of a professor who leaves his teaching position to become a salesman at a company he later finds had corrupt dealings with the US Army. Set in New York and Florida. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Partos and novelist Kauffmann. 131 leaves mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1944ref. 133742N.p.: N.p. 1944. Treatment script and copy of the original story for an unproduced film "The Murder on Jefferson Street" based on the 1944 short story by Dorothy Canfield. Copy belonging to screenwriter Frank Partos with his name in manuscript pencil. Also included with the script are contracts from Dorothy Canfield Story Magazine and Harcourt Brace and Company signing over the story's film and television rights to Partos. A psychological thriller set in a Middle Western town called Huntsville the story follows the career paths of two men who work in the same office as one attempts to psychologically damage the other in order to take his better position. Housed in a blank black spring binder. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Partos and story writer Canfield. 128 leaves carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine spring binder Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1921ref. 148257Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1921. Vintage reference photograph of actress May McAvoy from the 1921 silent film. With the stamp of Realart Pictures on the verso. Today considered a lost film. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with a few small one inch tears and accompanying creasing to the edges. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1943ref. 145007N.p.: Pine-Thomas Productions 1943. Vintage photograph of members of the crew on the set of the 1943 film. A nitroglycerine trucker teaches his girlfriend's brother how to manage such the dangerous job until he eventually gets into a tragic accident. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Pine-Thomas Productions unknown books
