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1964ref. 149462London: Hammer Films 1964. Four vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1964 film. One with a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's German release affixed to the verso noting the film's German title "Die brennenden Augen von Schloss Bartimore." A small village in the early twentieth century is terrorized by Megaera the Gorgon a monster so hideous that even glancing at her face turns humans to stone. Set in eastern Europe. Two photographs 10 x 8 inches two photographs 9.25 x 7 inches. Very Good plus lightly faded in portions. Johnson and Del Vecchio Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography pp. 241-242. Hammer Films unknown books
1965ref. 150761Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1965. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1965 film. Two with printed mimeo snipes on the verso. Five passengers in a train carriage are joined by a mysterious doctor who predicts the destinies of each passenger using his Tarot deck. Intended as a successor to "Dead of Night" a wildly successful Ealing Studios horror anthology released twenty years prior. Set and shot on location in England. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased several with pinholes to the corners. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1998ref. 154472Burbank CA: Dimension Films 1998. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1998 film showing two images of actor Christopher Walken. Sequel to "The Prophecy" 1995. Fallen angel Gabriel returns to Earth to destroy a woman whose child will become the next savior of humankind. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Dimension Films unknown books
1978ref. 141100N.p.: N.p. 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. The travels of John Slade a transient hard-fighting and hard-drinking man. Told over two films Slade is followed through childhood and into adulthood when he is employed as the muscle behind a frequently attacked stage coach operation in the Old West. Set in American West. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1978 with credits for screenwriter Christopher Swider. 309 leaves with last page of text numbered 306. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine spiral bound. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 127087N.p.: Fanfare Films 1972. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1972 film. A Black cop tolerates his fellow white officers' disrespect and racism as well as disdain from his community for joining the force but is finally pushed over the edge after being passed over for a promotion. He goes on a violent personal crusade punctuated by psychedelic fever dreams including himself as a famous astronaut. Shot on location in Washington DC and Los Angeles. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good with pinholes to the corners dampstaining to the left side folds with two small accompanying chips and a closed tear to the center left margin. Fanfare Films unknown books
ref. 153631N.p.: N.p. 1983. Final Draft script belonging to actor Ron Travis with his ownership name in manuscript ink on the title page and his manuscript ink annotations throughout. Bound in after the script are a substantial number of call sheets cast and crew lists and production memos many with Travis' manuscript ink and pencil annotations. Based on the 1981 novel by Ernest K. Gann and written for the screen by Marc Norman who along with Tom Stoppard won the Oscar for Best Screenplay in 1998 for "Shakespeare in Love." A curmudgeonly pilot who finds himself stranded in the wilderness with his sole passenger a wealthy sixteen-year-old girl after crash-landing on a remote mountain ridge populated by ravenous wolves. Shot on location in Yugoslavia Croatia and Slovenia. Generic report wrappers mylar front wrapper and blue plastic rear wrapper as housed by Travis on the set. Title page present dated 22 October 1983 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Marc Norman and novelist Ernest K. Gann. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 103. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good pages lightly soiled and edgeworn throughout bound internally with a single gold prong. N.p. unknown books
1986ref. 167945Los Angeles: Cannon Films 1986. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1987 film. A magazine reporter fabricates a story about a New York pimp after he is unsuccessful getting information on the streets. But the police the district attorney and a real pimp all believe the story is about the real pimp. A longtime pet project of Christopher Reeve who only agreed to do Sidney J. Furie's "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace" 1987 if they backed and financed "Street Smart." Actor Morgan Fr65eeman's breakthrough role earning him an Academy Award nomination. Set in New York shot on location in New York and Montreal Canada. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine to Fine. Olive Films 1033. Cannon Films unknown books
1975ref. 168134Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1975. Vintage borderless color studio still photograph from the 1975 film. The fourth entry in the "Pink Panther" series and Peter Sellers' return to the series after declining to appear in "Inspector Clousseau" 1968. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1979ref. 168133Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1979. Vintage reference photograph from the 1979 film showing actor Christopher Plummer. During the Second World War a nurse falls in love with a handsome American pilot who is stationed in England although she is secretly married to a charming but dull British spy. Shot on location in Hertfordshire Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 141402Prague: Filmove studio Barrandov 1975. Revised Draft script for the 1975 film seen here under the working title "Assassination at Sarajevo." The story of a group of Yugoslav rebels who inadvertently begin World War I through their assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Set in Sarajevo. Mustard titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 4 1975 noted as Revised Script with credits for screenwriters Paul Jarrico Stevan Bulajic and Vladimir Bor and director Veljko Bulajic. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Filmove studio Barrandov unknown books
ref. 167968N.p.: N.p. 2005. Draft script for the 2005 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout denoting props and indicating potential script revisions and post-it tags on page fore-edges. Christopher Nolan's markedly darker edgier reboot of the "Batman" cinema franchise charting Bruce Wayne's transformation into the caped crusader. Followed by "The Dark Knight" 2008 and "The Dark Knight Rises" 2012. Set in Gotham City and Bhutan shot on location in Iceland the United Kingdom and Chicago. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter David Goyer. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus lightly dampstained on several leaves bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 141868N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. Lofton is primarily known for his work on the soap opera "All My Children." At a mission in the New Mexico Territory a newly completed chapel welcomes back an elder nun from her vacation where she is shocked to find the choir balconies have no staircase and are far too high for a typical staircase. The nuns must find some able-bodied men willing to work hard for very little to build them a proper staircase. Set in New Mexico Territory. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated January 1977 with credits for screenwriter Christopher Lofton. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1972ref. 160079Burbank CA: Hammer Films / Warner Brothers 1972. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1972 film. With manuscript pencil annotation on the verso identifying the film and actors Peter Cushing and Stephanie Beachum. In 1872 Dracula is killed by a professor with a stake through his heart and then buried by his servant. In present day 1972 the great grandchildren of the professor and the servant accidentally resurrect Dracula and he wants revenge. Set in London shot on location in Hertfordshire and London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some small creasing at the corners. Weldon 1983. Hammer Films / Warner Brothers unknown books
1973ref. 132466London: Rank Organisation 1973. Collection of 4 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1973 UK film. Based on the 1968 John Blackburn horror novel about three apparent suicides a mysterious bus accident involving 30 oprhan children and the use of hypnosis to determine the truth. Considered to be among the best performances of both Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. 8 x 10 inches with no borders as issued. Light rubbing to the extremities else Near Fine. Rank Organisation unknown books
1982ref. 146960N.p.: N.p. 1982. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. The discount section of an unfashionable department store is staffed by a motley crew of social misfits. Set in Manhattan. White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 24 1982 with credits for screenwriters Christopher Koseluk and Steven L. Kravitz. 10 leaves with last page of text numbered 9. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light rust from a paper clip to the top edge of the verso of the last leaf bound with one staple at the top left corner. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 146959N.p.: N.p. 1982. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. With a blank memo note on the letterhead of screenwriter Craig Kellem attached to the first leaf with a paper clip. A consumer safety manager and a madcap inventor try to hide their marriage from the toy company where both work. Set in downtown Los Angeles. White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 7 1982 with credits for screenwriters Christopher Koseluk and Steven L. Kravitz. 14 leaves with last page of text numbered 13. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light rust from a paper clip to the top edge of the first leaf bound with one staple at the top left corner. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 140989New York: Rick Leed 1984. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in is a letter from screenwriter and playwright Christopher Humble to John Huston of the Paul Kohner Agency. Based on Humble's 1984 play based in turn on a true event in Irish history wherein the Earls of Tyrone and Tyrconnell fled Ireland with 90 of their followers to escape British rule and establish an army to invade Ireland a venture which failed and ultimately brought Protestant rule to Northern Ireland. Set in Ireland. White titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1984 with credit for screenwriter and playwright Christopher Humble. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a black Velo binding. Rick Leed unknown books
1980ref. 153826Los Angeles: Monarex 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1970 film directed by Carol Reed. Years into the future World War III has decimated most of the planet leaving the final battle to take place in southeast Asia. Clear mylar front wrapper red rear wrapper. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Christopher French. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 91. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads. Monarex unknown books
1984ref. 162212N.p.: N.p. 1984. Vintage color borderless reference photograph from the 1984 French film showing a nude Valérie Kaprisky in the shower. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. While on holiday at Saint-Tropez a sexually adventurous teenage girl falls for an older man who himself is interested only in the girl's mother. 7 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 146960N.p.: N.p. 1982. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. The discount section of an unfashionable department store is staffed by a motley crew of social misfits. Set in Manhattan. White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 24 1982 with credits for screenwriters Christopher Koseluk and Steven L. Kravitz. 10 leaves with last page of text numbered 9. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light rust from a paper clip to the top edge of the verso of the last leaf bound with one staple at the top left corner. N.p. unknown
ref. 167968N.p.: N.p. 2005. Draft script for the 2005 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with their annotations in manuscript ink and pencil throughout denoting props and indicating potential script revisions and post-it tags on page fore-edges. Christopher Nolan's markedly darker edgier reboot of the "Batman" cinema franchise charting Bruce Wayne's transformation into the caped crusader. Followed by "The Dark Knight" 2008 and "The Dark Knight Rises" 2012. Set in Gotham City and Bhutan shot on location in Iceland the United Kingdom and Chicago. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter David Goyer. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus lightly dampstained on several leaves bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 2616London 23 November 1970. English playwright screenwriter and director born 1946. 4 pages folio bifoliate. On yellow paper. Stain at head of first page and somewhat creased but in good condition overall. The contract is printed for Anthony Blond Limited by Frank Rook Ltd. The relevant passages are filled in in manuscript including a description of the work to be published as a 'selection of poetry written by the author for inclusion in a volume provisionally entitled Blondbooks Poetry 2'. There does not appear to be any record of this book in the British Library catalogue nor is playwright Christopher Hampton known for original poetry. [London,] 23 November 1970. unknown
1977ref. 150559N.p.: Charles Band 1977. Four vintage matte-finish studio still photographs from the 1977 film. A NASA research scientist accidentally uncovers a supernatural plot to take over Earth by aliens from the planet Utopia. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Charles Band unknown
1978ref. 141100N.p.: N.p. 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. The travels of John Slade a transient hard-fighting and hard-drinking man. Told over two films Slade is followed through childhood and into adulthood when he is employed as the muscle behind a frequently attacked stage coach operation in the Old West. Set in American West. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1978 with credits for screenwriter Christopher Swider. 309 leaves with last page of text numbered 306. Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine spiral bound. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 146959N.p.: N.p. 1982. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. With a blank memo note on the letterhead of screenwriter Craig Kellem attached to the first leaf with a paper clip. A consumer safety manager and a madcap inventor try to hide their marriage from the toy company where both work. Set in downtown Los Angeles. White lacking titled wrappers. Title page present dated September 7 1982 with credits for screenwriters Christopher Koseluk and Steven L. Kravitz. 14 leaves with last page of text numbered 13. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with light rust from a paper clip to the top edge of the first leaf bound with one staple at the top left corner. N.p. unknown
