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1957ref. 146759N.p.: Edward L. Alperson Productions 1957. Collection of 22 vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film. A classic underrated Dwan film a revenge western in which a young gunslinger Scott Brady seeks to avenge his father's killings and Anne Bancroft plays a young Native American girl who falls in love with him along the way. Written by the pulp fiction writer Steve Fisher one of few who would successfully transition from pulps to Hollywood films with credits including film noirs such as "Lady in the Lake" "Song of the Thin Man" "Johnny Angel" and many more. Set in the border town of Mission Texas shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine light edgewear and some with light creasing in corner margins. Pitts 3367. Edward L. Alperson Productions unknown books
1938ref. 132192Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1938. Final Script for the 1938 film. Loosely based on the events surrounding the construction of the Suez Canal the film stirred controversy upon its release when the descendants of main characters Matthieu and Ferdinand de Lesseps unsuccessfully sued the studio for libel. With all the elaborate costuming special effects and production costs typical of a Zanuck picture its cinematic qualities do their best to offset what can only be called a very unique take on historical accuracy. Nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Cinematography Best Original Score and Best Sound Recording. Power and Annabella were married shortly after the film's release. Set in Paris and Egypt shot on location in Arizona and California. Pale blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 178 dated April 8 1938. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated April 8 1938 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters Dunne and Josephson. 186 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1930ref. 146907N.p.: Gloria Productions 1930. Vintage double weight photograph from the 1930 film. Stamps on the verso reading: "Gloria Swanson in 'What a Widow' Directed by Allan Dwan United Artists Picture" and "United Artists Corporation." A young woman inherits a fortune from her late elderly husband and is pursued by several high society suitors. Gloria Swanson's first picture originally filmed with sound and the final film produced by her Gloria Productions studio. Now considered a lost film its trailer is preserved at the Library of Congress and soundtrack is preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Gloria Productions unknown books
1955ref. 149955Santa Monica: RKO Radio Pictures 1955. Vintage reference photograph of Virginia Mayo and Allan Dwan on the set of the 1955 film. Rita Mayo and Bully David Farrar convince her ex Dan Dennis Morgan to join them in an expedition to steal rare black pearls from the natives of a South Pacific island. Shot on location in Hawaii. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear and small crease on upper right edge else Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1952ref. 132214Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1952. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1952 film. Production number rubber-stamped and in ink on the verso. A biographical musical about American composer Stephen Foster. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Republic Pictures unknown books
1955ref. 149955Santa Monica: RKO Radio Pictures 1955. Vintage reference photograph of Virginia Mayo and Allan Dwan on the set of the 1955 film. Rita Mayo and Bully David Farrar convince her ex Dan Dennis Morgan to join them in an expedition to steal rare black pearls from the natives of a South Pacific island. Shot on location in Hawaii. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear and small crease on upper right edge else Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1938ref. 132192Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1938. Final Script for the 1938 film. Loosely based on the events surrounding the construction of the Suez Canal the film stirred controversy upon its release when the descendants of main characters Matthieu and Ferdinand de Lesseps unsuccessfully sued the studio for libel. With all the elaborate costuming special effects and production costs typical of a Zanuck picture its cinematic qualities do their best to offset what can only be called a very unique take on historical accuracy. Nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Cinematography Best Original Score and Best Sound Recording. Power and Annabella were married shortly after the film's release. Set in Paris and Egypt shot on location in Arizona and California. Pale blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 178 dated April 8 1938. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated April 8 1938 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters Dunne and Josephson. 186 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1957ref. 146759N.p.: Edward L. Alperson Productions 1957. Collection of 22 vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film. A classic underrated Dwan film a revenge western in which a young gunslinger Scott Brady seeks to avenge his father's killings and Anne Bancroft plays a young Native American girl who falls in love with him along the way. Written by the pulp fiction writer Steve Fisher one of few who would successfully transition from pulps to Hollywood films with credits including film noirs such as "Lady in the Lake" "Song of the Thin Man" "Johnny Angel" and many more. Set in the border town of Mission Texas shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine light edgewear and some with light creasing in corner margins. Pitts 3367. Edward L. Alperson Productions unknown
1930ref. 146907N.p.: Gloria Productions 1930. Vintage double weight photograph from the 1930 film. Stamps on the verso reading: "Gloria Swanson in 'What a Widow' Directed by Allan Dwan United Artists Picture" and "United Artists Corporation." A young woman inherits a fortune from her late elderly husband and is pursued by several high society suitors. Gloria Swanson's first picture originally filmed with sound and the final film produced by her Gloria Productions studio. Now considered a lost film its trailer is preserved at the Library of Congress and soundtrack is preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Set in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Gloria Productions unknown
1937ref. 141571Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1937. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1937 film. Based on the 1880 novel "Heidi's Lehr" by Johanna Spyri. Along with "The Little Princess" 1939 "Heidi" stands as Shirley Temple's greatest triumph and one of the best literary adaptations of the 1930s. . Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine manuscript graphite notation to the verso. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1957ref. 164825Universal City: Universal-International 1957. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1957 film showing actors Alix Talton and Craig Stevens being menaced by the massive titular insect. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A prehistoric praying mantis is freed from the ice and wreaks havoc on the American military stationed in the northern Arctic slowly making its way south. The film utilized a giant paper mâché mantis with an internal hydraulic system for several scenes involving the creature and special effects crew also created two smaller models for scenes where the mantis walked or flew. 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. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Universal-International unknown books
1957ref. 164825Universal City: Universal-International 1957. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1957 film showing actors Alix Talton and Craig Stevens being menaced by the massive titular insect. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A prehistoric praying mantis is freed from the ice and wreaks havoc on the American military stationed in the northern Arctic slowly making its way south. The film utilized a giant paper mâché mantis with an internal hydraulic system for several scenes involving the creature and special effects crew also created two smaller models for scenes where the mantis walked or flew. 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. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Universal-International unknown
1940ref. 166071N.p.: N.p. 1940. Vintage reference photograph from the 1940 Italian film showing a 17-year-old Alida Valli. File stamp and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Valli appeared in bit parts in Italian comedies between 1934 and 1940 finally making her dramatic debut in 1941 in Mario Soldati's "Piccolo mondo antico." She received a special Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival for her performance and would go on to star in a number of American French and Italian films through the ensuing decades. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 162176N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless lobby card for the German release of the 1974 Spanish film. 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 sadistic mentally unstable man tortures the new servant girl at his mother's sprawling countryside estate. Shot on location in Venezuela. 11.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with a diagonal crease at the bottom left corner. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 162176N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless lobby card for the German release of the 1974 Spanish film. 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 sadistic mentally unstable man tortures the new servant girl at his mother's sprawling countryside estate. Shot on location in Venezuela. 11.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with a diagonal crease at the bottom left corner. N.p. unknown
1940ref. 166071N.p.: N.p. 1940. Vintage reference photograph from the 1940 Italian film showing a 17-year-old Alida Valli. File stamp and annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Valli appeared in bit parts in Italian comedies between 1934 and 1940 finally making her dramatic debut in 1941 in Mario Soldati's "Piccolo mondo antico." She received a special Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival for her performance and would go on to star in a number of American French and Italian films through the ensuing decades. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1970ref. 160915Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1970 film showing actor Ryan O'Neal. Printed mimeo snipe and Paramount stamp on the verso. Based on the 1970 novel by screenwriter Erich Segal. An enormously successful romantic drama about the tumultuous relationship between a working-class musician and a wealthy law student. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning one. Shot on location in New York and Massachusetts. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1970ref. 160915Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1970 film showing actor Ryan O'Neal. Printed mimeo snipe and Paramount stamp on the verso. Based on the 1970 novel by screenwriter Erich Segal. An enormously successful romantic drama about the tumultuous relationship between a working-class musician and a wealthy law student. Nominated for seven Academy Awards winning one. Shot on location in New York and Massachusetts. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
1981ref. 150753N.p.: American Panorama 1981. Two vintage black and white studio still photographs from the 1981 film. With manuscript ink annotations on the bottom right corner of the recto noting production No. 82-617. A British couple inadvertently release a demon from its ancestral home in a Mexican mine. Shot on location in California Nevada and Mexico. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Thrower Nightmare USA. Vinegar Syndrome 94. American Panorama unknown books
1978ref. 152294Rome: Excelsior 1978. English-language treatment script for an unproduced Italian film. With a single manuscript ink annotation to page 2 noting an editorial revision. Laid in with the script is a xerographically duplicated cost estimate sheet in both English and Italian noting the name of cinematographer Pasqualino de Santis dated July 1978. A middle-aged newlywed nobleman feels trapped in his marriage to his young wife a beautiful but avaricious middle-class woman and is led to increasingly bizarre measures in order to escape her clutches. Ostensibly intended as a follow-up to "Divorce Italian Style" 1961 co-written by screenwriter Alfredo Giannetti and "Marriage Italian Style" 1964. Set in Sicily. Green wrappers with a title label and credits for screenwriter A. Giannetti affixed to the front wrapper. Missing title page presumably as issued. 8 leaves with last page of text numbered 6. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine with perfect binding. Excelsior unknown books
1970ref. 152295Rome: Excelsior 1970. Original English-language treatment script for an unproduced Italian film. A factory worker recounts his life and loves to his captors after being taken by government operatives on suspicion of having subversive ties. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Alfredo Giannetti with the stamp of Excelsior Cinematografica. 8 leaves with last page of text numbered 6. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine with perfect binding. Excelsior unknown books
1970ref. 152295Rome: Excelsior 1970. Original English-language treatment script for an unproduced Italian film. A factory worker recounts his life and loves to his captors after being taken by government operatives on suspicion of having subversive ties. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Alfredo Giannetti with the stamp of Excelsior Cinematografica. 8 leaves with last page of text numbered 6. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine with perfect binding. Excelsior unknown
1975ref. 154401New York: Independent International Pictures Corporation 1975. Vintage pressbook for the US release of the 1970 German exploitation film. Detective Perrak's investigation into the murder of a transgender woman leads into an underworld of sexual corruption and blackmail. Shot on location in Bendestorf and Hamburg Germany. 11 x 17 inches Bi-fold. Horizontally Folded as issued. Near Fine. Independent International Pictures Corporation unknown books
1975ref. 128122East Brunswick NJ: Independent-International Pictures 1975. Original Pressbook for the 1975 film first released in Germany in 1970. Tappert would revisit his role as "Kommissar Perrak" in the long-running series "Derrick" 1974-1998 only under the name "Oberinspektor Stephan Derrick." Erika Pluhar and Judy Winter are the femme fatales whips included. 4 pages folded 11 x 17 inches. Black-and-white interior color exterior. Near Fine with a touch of toning to the fold. Independent-International Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 154401New York: Independent International Pictures Corporation 1975. Vintage pressbook for the US release of the 1970 German exploitation film. Detective Perrak's investigation into the murder of a transgender woman leads into an underworld of sexual corruption and blackmail. Shot on location in Bendestorf and Hamburg Germany. 11 x 17 inches Bi-fold. Horizontally Folded as issued. Near Fine. Independent International Pictures Corporation unknown
