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1948ref. 149885Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1948. Vintage studio still photograph of director Billy Wilder and actress Marlene Dietrich inspecting a film strip on the set of the 1948 film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso. An Iowa congresswoman enlists a US army captain to assist her in an investigation of a former Nazi entertainer. Unbeknownst to the congresswoman however the captain and the entertainer are engaged in an affair leading the captain to seduce the congresswoman in an attempt to hide his conflicting motives. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Shot on location in Berlin. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned with light wear to the bottom left corner. Selby US. Selby UK. Paramount Pictures unknown
1978ref. 148287N.p.: N.p. 1978. Collection of twelve vintage French color lobby cards from the 1978 film. Based on the novella by Thomas Tryon from his 1976 collection "Crowned Heads." A struggling Hollywood producer attempts to revive his career by luring a retired and reclusive actress back into the spotlight. Told in flashback beginning with her suicide-by-train. The fifth and final pairing of director Billy Wilder and actor William Holden who began their association in 1950 with the classic "Sunset Blvd." 1950. "Fedora" has been seen as a companion piece to that film. 11.25 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Eureka Masters of Cinema 147. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 146256N.p.: N.p. 1976. Draft script for the 1978 film. With a manuscript ink notation on the title page reading "draft completed 10/8/76." Based on the novella by Thomas Tryon from his 1976 collection "Crowned Heads." A struggling Hollywood producer attempts to revive his career by luring a retired and reclusive actress back into the spotlight. Told in flashback beginning with her suicide-by-train. The fifth and final pairing of director Billy Wilder and actor William Holden who began their association in 1950 with the classic "Sunset Blvd." 1950. "Fedora" has been seen as a companion piece to that film. White titled self wrappers with credits for screenwriters Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with light toning and soil bound with two gold brads. Eureka Masters of Cinema 147. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 141772Munich: Bavaria Atelier 1978. Press kit for the 1978 film. Full-color illustrated folder with six black-and-white borderless reference photographs and 15 gatherings of promotional reading material housed all together in a white envelope. Based on the novella by Thomas Tryon from his 1976 collection "Crowned Heads." A struggling Hollywood producer attempts to revive his career by luring a retired and reclusive actress back into the spotlight. Told in flashback beginning with her suicide-by-train. The fifth and final pairing of director Billy Wilder and actor William Holden who began their association in 1950 with the classic "Sunset Blvd." "Fedora" has been seen as a companion piece to that film. Set in Hollywood shot on location in France Germany and Greece. Folder and contents Near Fine. Envelope Very Good plus lightly toned on the edges. Bavaria Atelier unknown
1963ref. 147574Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1963. Collection of 18 vintage reference photographs from the 1963 film. Based on French playwright Alexandre Breffort's 1956 stage musical about the torrid romance between a French policeman and a prickly popular street prostitute. Actor Shirley MacLaine who traveled with Jack Lemmon to real Paris brothels to research their roles was nominated for an Academy Award and the film won an Academy Award for Best Music. Set in Paris. One photo borderless the others with a standard white margin. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall. United Artists unknown
1966ref. 136089Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1966. Five vintage borderless black-and-white studio still photographs from the set of the 1966 film. All photographs show Billy Wilder giving direction including scenes in a bedroom on a football field in a cemetery and more. Walter Matthau won an Academy Award for his role in the film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
2000ref. 169932Pine Bush New York: Abandon Pictures 2000. Draft script for the 2001 film. Agency copy in ICM Agency wrappers with a copied annotation on the title page noting "Please copy return." A retelling of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" set in suburban Pennsylvania in the 1970s following ambitious hamburger stand worker Joe McBeth. Shot on location in Halifax. White generic ICM agency wrappers. Title page present dated 02/08/00 noted as Production Draft with credit for director and screenwriter Billy Morrissette. 58 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Abandon Pictures unknown books
2000ref. 169932Pine Bush New York: Abandon Pictures 2000. Draft script for the 2001 film. Agency copy in ICM Agency wrappers with a copied annotation on the title page noting "Please copy return." A retelling of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" set in suburban Pennsylvania in the 1970s following ambitious hamburger stand worker Joe McBeth. Shot on location in Halifax. White generic ICM agency wrappers. Title page present dated 02/08/00 noted as Production Draft with credit for director and screenwriter Billy Morrissette. 58 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Abandon Pictures unknown
1980ref. 172931N.p.: Barber Rose Film 1980. Nine vintage reference photographs from the 1980 film. All photographs with a mimeo snipe attached to the verso. Follows the first ever animal Olympics where animals compete in winter and summer Olympic sports under continental teams. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Barber Rose Film unknown books
1991ref. 169054N.p.: Castle Rock Entertainment 1991. Rainbow Revision Shooting script for the 1992 film. Copy with the marker annotations of "Set Copy / Please Do Not Take" written on the front wrapper and a manuscript marker annotation of copy number "193" on the top of the title page. Billy Crystal's directorial debut about the rise and fall of a standup comedian named Buddy Young Jr. The film was adapted for the stage in 2021 with Crystal reprising his performance as Young. Beige untitled wrappers. Title page present dated September 26 1991 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriters Billy Crystal Lowell Ganz and Babloo Mandel. 155 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow green goldenrod and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/27/91 and 10/31/91. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Castle Rock Entertainment unknown books
1980ref. 172931N.p.: Barber Rose Film 1980. Nine vintage reference photographs from the 1980 film. All photographs with a mimeo snipe attached to the verso. Follows the first ever animal Olympics where animals compete in winter and summer Olympic sports under continental teams. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Barber Rose Film unknown
1991ref. 169054N.p.: Castle Rock Entertainment 1991. Rainbow Revision Shooting script for the 1992 film. Copy with the marker annotations of "Set Copy / Please Do Not Take" written on the front wrapper and a manuscript marker annotation of copy number "193" on the top of the title page. Billy Crystal's directorial debut about the rise and fall of a standup comedian named Buddy Young Jr. The film was adapted for the stage in 2021 with Crystal reprising his performance as Young. Beige untitled wrappers. Title page present dated September 26 1991 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriters Billy Crystal Lowell Ganz and Babloo Mandel. 155 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow green goldenrod and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/27/91 and 10/31/91. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Castle Rock Entertainment unknown
ref. 160647Hollywood: Motown-Weston-Furie Productions 1971. Final Shooting script for the 1972 film. Copy belonging to early production designer Harry Horner with his name in manuscript ink on the title page. Noted as copy No. 23 on the lower right corner of the title page with manuscript pencil and ink annotations on six pages. According to the AFI Catalog immediately prior to the commencement of photography several last-minute changes were made to the production crew including the replacement of Harry Horner with Carl Anderson. The script found here also co-credits director Sidney J. Furie as screenwriter with Terence McCloy. Furie did not receive a screenwriting credit in the final film. Based on Billie Holiday's 1956 autobiography co-authored by William Duffy which recounts Holiday's troubled rise to fame failed romantic relationships and drug addiction. Diana Ross' film debut. Set in New York and Baltimore. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 11 1971 noted as Final Shooting Script with credits for screenwriters Sidney J. Furie and Terence McCloy. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near FIne wrapper Near FIne bound in a Near Fine red three-ring binder. Motown-Weston-Furie Productions unknown books
ref. 160647Hollywood: Motown-Weston-Furie Productions 1971. Final Shooting script for the 1972 film. Copy belonging to early production designer Harry Horner with his name in manuscript ink on the title page. Noted as copy No. 23 on the lower right corner of the title page with manuscript pencil and ink annotations on six pages. According to the AFI Catalog immediately prior to the commencement of photography several last-minute changes were made to the production crew including the replacement of Harry Horner with Carl Anderson. The script found here also co-credits director Sidney J. Furie as screenwriter with Terence McCloy. Furie did not receive a screenwriting credit in the final film. Based on Billie Holiday's 1956 autobiography co-authored by William Duffy which recounts Holiday's troubled rise to fame failed romantic relationships and drug addiction. Diana Ross' film debut. Set in New York and Baltimore. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 11 1971 noted as Final Shooting Script with credits for screenwriters Sidney J. Furie and Terence McCloy. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near FIne wrapper Near FIne bound in a Near Fine red three-ring binder. Motown-Weston-Furie Productions unknown
1926ref. 171412N.p.: N.p. 1926. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1926 film showing actress Billie Dove. Distribution stamp on the verso. After the death of his father at the hands of a bloody pirate gang a nobleman infiltrates the gang and becomes a buccaneer himself quietly seeking revenge. The third feature to be filmed in early two-tone Technicolor first introduced in "The Toll of the Sea" 1922. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine lightly toned with faint soil at the bottom right corner of the margin. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books
1926ref. 171412N.p.: N.p. 1926. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1926 film showing actress Billie Dove. Distribution stamp on the verso. After the death of his father at the hands of a bloody pirate gang a nobleman infiltrates the gang and becomes a buccaneer himself quietly seeking revenge. The third feature to be filmed in early two-tone Technicolor first introduced in "The Toll of the Sea" 1922. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine lightly toned with faint soil at the bottom right corner of the margin. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown
1935ref. 164466Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1935. Five vintage photographs from the 1935 film including three double weight reference photographs one on-the-set and two test Photographs Photographers one of Joan Bennett and one of Billie Burke. All five photographs with a studio stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones on the versos and four with mimeo snipes on the same. 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. A wealthy patriarch is continuously irritated and dismayed by his family's outrageous behavior. After winding up in prison for tax evasion he befriends his cellmate a bootlegger and fellow tax evader whom he names as executor of his estate upon his release. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall one with light creasing and edgewear. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1935ref. 164466Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1935. Five vintage photographs from the 1935 film including three double weight reference photographs one on-the-set and two test Photographs Photographers one of Joan Bennett and one of Billie Burke. All five photographs with a studio stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones on the versos and four with mimeo snipes on the same. 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. A wealthy patriarch is continuously irritated and dismayed by his family's outrageous behavior. After winding up in prison for tax evasion he befriends his cellmate a bootlegger and fellow tax evader whom he names as executor of his estate upon his release. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall one with light creasing and edgewear. Columbia Pictures unknown
1999ref. 135833London: Target Television 1999. Three Draft scripts for episodes two and three of the 1999 three-part television miniseries. This listing includes two separate drafts for episode 3. Also includes 13 pages of photocopied storyboards and six pages of call sheets and shooting location information. Copies belonging to make-up artist Teresa Kelly with her manuscript name and annotations to the later script for episode 3 the call sheet and the storyboards and filming information. The story of a family's struggle with a severely ADHD son and his improvement through the use of prescription drugs behavioral changes and a special school. Nominated for a British Academy Television Award and a Royal Television Society Award. Set in the United Kingdom shot on location in Hertfordshire England. Episode 2 of 3: Tall white self wrappers as issued dated 28th June 1999 with credits for screenwriter Marchant. Title page present integral with the front wrapper. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a single silver brad. Episode 3 of 3 28th June 1999: Tall white self wrappers as issued dated 28th June 1999 with credits for screenwriter Marchant. Title page present integral with the front wrapper. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered 69. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a single silver brad. Episode 3 of 3 22nd July 1999: Tall white self wrappers as issued dated 22nd July 1999 with credits for screenwriter Marchant. Title page present integral with the front wrapper. 58 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Mechanical duplication with pink and green revision pages throughout dated 31st July 1999 and 9th August 1999 respectively. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with a single silver brad. Target Television unknown books
1999ref. 135833London: Target Television 1999. Three Draft scripts for episodes two and three of the 1999 three-part television miniseries. This listing includes two separate drafts for episode 3. Also includes 13 pages of photocopied storyboards and six pages of call sheets and shooting location information. Copies belonging to make-up artist Teresa Kelly with her manuscript name and annotations to the later script for episode 3 the call sheet and the storyboards and filming information. The story of a family's struggle with a severely ADHD son and his improvement through the use of prescription drugs behavioral changes and a special school. Nominated for a British Academy Television Award and a Royal Television Society Award. Set in the United Kingdom shot on location in Hertfordshire England. Episode 2 of 3: Tall white self wrappers as issued dated 28th June 1999 with credits for screenwriter Marchant. Title page present integral with the front wrapper. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a single silver brad. Episode 3 of 3 28th June 1999: Tall white self wrappers as issued dated 28th June 1999 with credits for screenwriter Marchant. Title page present integral with the front wrapper. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered 69. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a single silver brad. Episode 3 of 3 22nd July 1999: Tall white self wrappers as issued dated 22nd July 1999 with credits for screenwriter Marchant. Title page present integral with the front wrapper. 58 leaves with last page of text numbered 57. Mechanical duplication with pink and green revision pages throughout dated 31st July 1999 and 9th August 1999 respectively. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with a single silver brad. Target Television unknown
1978ref. 158057N.p.: N.p. 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. Two-page budget analysis laid in with the script dated March 20 1978. Based on the 1975 off-Broadway play "Boy Meets Boy" a lighthearted musical comedy about a romance between two men in 1936 in an alternate reality where lesbian and gay relationships are as accepted as heterosexual ones in the 1930s. The play originally opened on September 17 1975 at the Actor's Playhouse in New York and starred David Gallegly Joe Barrett and Raymond Wood. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1977 June 23 noted as FIRST DRAFT SCREENPLAY. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a black velo binding. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 171148Los Angeles: David Diamond 1969. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a 14-page carbon typescript summary of the film dated January 2 1969. Based on screenwriter Bill S. Ballinger's 1968 novel "The Source of Fear." In modern-day Israel archaeologists search for the Biblical city of Zoar eventually uncovering and getting trapped in an ancient cave that holds the key to the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated July 1st 1969 with credit for Ballinger. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. David Diamond unknown books
1969ref. 171148Los Angeles: David Diamond 1969. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a 14-page carbon typescript summary of the film dated January 2 1969. Based on screenwriter Bill S. Ballinger's 1968 novel "The Source of Fear." In modern-day Israel archaeologists search for the Biblical city of Zoar eventually uncovering and getting trapped in an ancient cave that holds the key to the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated July 1st 1969 with credit for Ballinger. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. David Diamond unknown
1974ref. 147341N.p.: N.p. 1974. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With extensive annotations in manuscript ink throughout noting substantive revisions. Based on Bill Pronzini's 1974 novel wherein a small town's entire population is cut off from the outside world by a massive blizzard unaware that three professional killers are trapped in their midst. Set in the Sierra Nevadas. White non-standard titled front wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated October 11 1974 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Christopher Knopf and director Peter Yates. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good lightly soiled bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 147341N.p.: N.p. 1974. First Draft script for an unproduced film. With extensive annotations in manuscript ink throughout noting substantive revisions. Based on Bill Pronzini's 1974 novel wherein a small town's entire population is cut off from the outside world by a massive blizzard unaware that three professional killers are trapped in their midst. Set in the Sierra Nevadas. White non-standard titled front wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Title page present dated October 11 1974 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Christopher Knopf and director Peter Yates. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good lightly soiled bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
