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1959ref. 151991N.p.: Robert and Raymond Hakim 1959. Vintage oversize double weight studio still photograph with bottom margin of Antonella Lualdi from the 1959 film noir. "20" stamp on verso. Based on 1952 novel "The Key to Nicholas Street" by Stanley Ellin about a wealthy vintner finds it difficult to balance the demands of his wife his children his best friend and his recently murdered mistress. Director Claude Chabrol's first color film and his first psychological thriller a genre which would largely define Chabrol's long and prolific career. Set and shot on location in Aix-en-Provence France. 11.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing in far corners and foxing along the bottom margin. Grant US. Robert and Raymond Hakim unknown books
1977ref. 142870Hollywood: Paramount Television / National Broadcasting Company NBC 1977. Draft script for the 1978 television film originally aired on April 9 1978 on NBC. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. An elderly married couple find themselves increasingly dependent on their grown children as their physical and mental health deteriorates. Fred Astaire won an Emmy Award as Best Actor and Helen Hayes received a nomination as Best Actress for her performance. Additional Emmy nominations included Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress Patty Duke Supporting Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Outstanding Cinematography in Entertainment Programming for a Special Joseph Biroc. Green full calf binding with titled paper wrappers as issued with credits for screenwriter Gerald Di Pego. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Gerald Di Pego. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus presentation binding Near Fine. Paramount Television / National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
1977ref. 142870Hollywood: Paramount Television / National Broadcasting Company NBC 1977. Draft script for the 1978 television film originally aired on April 9 1978 on NBC. Presentation copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. An elderly married couple find themselves increasingly dependent on their grown children as their physical and mental health deteriorates. Fred Astaire won an Emmy Award as Best Actor and Helen Hayes received a nomination as Best Actress for her performance. Additional Emmy nominations included Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress Patty Duke Supporting Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Outstanding Cinematography in Entertainment Programming for a Special Joseph Biroc. Green full calf binding with titled paper wrappers as issued with credits for screenwriter Gerald Di Pego. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Gerald Di Pego. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus presentation binding Near Fine. Paramount Television / National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1972ref. 160515N.p.: N.p. 1972. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 film both showing actors Patricia Collins and Jerry Orbach. Based on Frederick Exley's classic 1968 novel about a middle-aged alcoholic writer who suffers a mental breakdown. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival. Shot on location in New York and Toronto. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1957ref. 173039Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Five vintage hand-tinted British front-of-house cards from the 1957 film. Based on Ernest Hemingway's 1929 semi-autobiographical novel about an American soldier stationed in Italy whose romance with a Red Cross nurse becomes his only joy amidst the horrors of war. The second film adaptation of Hemingway's novel and the final film produced by David O. Selznick. Set in Italy and Switzerland shot on location in Italy. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1957ref. 136403Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. In Selznick Studio wrappers with the insignia on the front wrapper. An original production script with a perforated distribution leaf preceding the title page. The second film version of Ernest Hemingway's 1929 novel and also the last film produced by David O. Selznick. Frederick Henry Hudson is an American serving in the Italian Army during WWI where he meets Catherine Barkley Jones a Red cross nurse. They have a torrid affair which results in pregnancy. The two gradually lose contact with one another. But Henry makes it to Switzerland where Barkley is hospitalized. The baby is stillborn and Barkley dies shortly afterward. Set in Europe shot on location in Italy. White titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Hecht original director Vidor and producer Selznick. Title page present dated 1957 with a credit for screenwriter Hecht. 177 leaves with last page of text numbered 173. Mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Davenport p. 122. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1957ref. 268762The Selnick Company Inc 1957. First Edition. Trade Paperback. iii 173 pages Mimeographed sheets printed on recto only. Dated January 26 1957. Shooting script. Title page forward page 'Cast of Principal Characters' on 3rd introductory page followed by script. 1.5 inch blue wrapper around script. Script pages are not 3-hole punched. Accompanied with bright yellow Selnick Studio folder. The 24 pages of corrections are printed on recto only and detail changes to dialogue or scene arrangements identified by page number in the January 26 1957 screenplay. First edition thus. A fine copy inbright yellow Selnick Studio wrappers paperback. The Selnick Company, Inc paperback
1957ref. 268766The Selnick Company Inc 1957. Trade Paperback. Mimeographed typed sheets printed on recto only: 2 8 1 5 2 3 6 2 2 2 9. 2 2. Includes information on The Cast The Story The Producer The Director The Production Vittorio De Sica's comments on the film About the Film About the Book The Makers Biography of David O. Selnick Biography of Jennifer Jones Biography of Rock Hudson Biography of Vittorio De Sica Biographies of others. 'Official Advertising Billing Revised October 23 1957.' Revised edition October 23 1957. A fine copy brad bound. The Selnick Company, Inc paperback
1957ref. 269293The Selnick Company Inc 1957. First Edition. Trade Paperback. iii 173 pages Mimeographed sheets printed on recto only. Dated January 26 1957. Shooting script. Title page forward page 'Cast of Principal Characters' on 3rd introductory page followed by script. 1.5 inch blue wrapper around script. Script pages are not 3-hole punched. Accompanied with bright yellow Selnick Studio folder. The 24 pages of corrections are printed on recto only and detail changes to dialogue or scene arrangements identified by page number in the January 26 1957 screenplay. First edition first printing. Near fine copies of both items. Accompanied with bright yellow 3-pronged folder of The Selnick Company. The Selnick Company, Inc paperback
1957ref. 136403Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. In Selznick Studio wrappers with the insignia on the front wrapper. An original production script with a perforated distribution leaf preceding the title page. The second film version of Ernest Hemingway's 1929 novel and also the last film produced by David O. Selznick. Frederick Henry Hudson is an American serving in the Italian Army during WWI where he meets Catherine Barkley Jones a Red cross nurse. They have a torrid affair which results in pregnancy. The two gradually lose contact with one another. But Henry makes it to Switzerland where Barkley is hospitalized. The baby is stillborn and Barkley dies shortly afterward. Set in Europe shot on location in Italy. White titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Hecht original director Vidor and producer Selznick. Title page present dated 1957 with a credit for screenwriter Hecht. 177 leaves with last page of text numbered 173. Mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Davenport p. 122. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1970ref. WRCLIT61276Np: Bart-Palevsky Productions 1970. 1132 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only of blue stock. Bradbound in hot-stamped wrappers. Title hand- lettered on spine. Very good or better. An unspecified draft of this unproduced adaptation to the screen of Hemingway's novel. Petitclerc wrote the script for the 1977 adaptation of ISLANDS IN THE STREAM. Bart-Palevsky Productions unknown books
1957ref. WRCLIT67361Culver City: The Selznick Studio 1957. 4173 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos. Bradbound in white production company wrappers. About fine. An unspecified but very close to final draft of Hecht's adaptation of Hemingway's novel. It was the novel's second screen adaptation to reach production. This draft notes Charles Vidor as director after John Huston left over budget disagreements and includes prefatory material not included in earlier drafts. Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones starred. The Selznick Studio unknown books
1957ref. WRCLIT67380Culver City: The Selznick Studio 1957. 4173 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos. Bradbound in bright orange production company wrappers. Near fine. An unidentified preproduction draft of Hecht's adaptation of Hemingway's novel. It was the novel's second screen adaptation to reach production. This draft still designates John Huston as director but he left the project as a consequence of budget disputes a few months later and Charles Vidor took over. Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones starred. Duplicate from the Selznick archive. The Selznick Studio unknown books
1957ref. WRCLIT66792Culver City: The Selznick Studio 1957. 4173 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos. Bradbound in bright orange production company wrappers. Large chips at crown and toe of wrapper otherwise very good internally fine. Copy #6 of this preproduction draft of Hecht's adaptation of Hemingway's novel. It was the novel's second screen adaptation to reach production. This draft still designates John Huston as director but he left the project as a consequence of budget disputes a few months later and Charles Vidor took over. Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones starred. The Selznick Studio unknown books
1957ref. WRCLIT67360Culver City: The Selznick Studio 1957. 3191 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in canary yellow production company wrappers. Some minor spots of red offsetting to lower edge of upper wrapper otherwise very near fine. An unspecified but substantially preproduction draft of Hecht's adaptation of Hemingway's novel. It was the novel's second screen adaptation to reach production. This draft precedes John Huston's coming on board as director and of course his departure at which point Charles Vidor took over. This draft is nearly 20 leaves longer than several subsequent drafts. Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones starred. The Selznick Studio unknown books
1986ref. 152504Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1986. Archive of five original architectural blueprints for location shooting purposes relating to the 1986 comedy film. Each blueprint numbered one through five out of five labeled "Ext. Pazzo Mansion" with the Beverly Hills address of the house and credits for director Blake Edwards production designer Roger Maus and others. The blueprints detail both interiors and exteriors for sections of the house as well as indicated places where the existing house would be augmented by new set construction. The location was used as the home of Paul Servino's mob boss character Tony Pazzo and his wife Claudia Pazzo played by Maria Conchita Alonso. A remake of Laurel and Hardy's classic 1932 short "The Music Box" about two friends who overhear a plot to fix a horse race and try to capitalize on it while being pursued by both the mob fixers and the police. 36 x 24 inches. Stapled on the left edge and rolled. Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown
1985ref. 148722Los Angeles: Blake Edwards Entertainment 1985. Draft script for the 1986 film here under the working title "The Music Box." The second page of the script is a statement from Blake Edwards expressing his intent of utilizing "broad improvisation" and leaving the concise script with relatively minimal dialogue. Noted in the AFI Catalog. Inspired by the classic and Academy Award winning Laurel & Hardy short "The Music Box" 1932 directed by James Parrott. Originally intended by Edwards to be a vehicle for Richard Pryor and Burt Reynolds. Actor and gambler Spencer Holden Ted Danson overhears gangsters Binky and Turnip Stuart Margolin and Richard Mulligan at the racetrack talking about doping a horse to win the race. When the thugs find out they trail him and his restauranteur buddy Dennis Powel Howie Mandel to make sure they don't go to the authorities. Untitled Blake Edwards Entertainment wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Blake Edwards. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Blake Edwards Entertainment unknown books
1948ref. 149569Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1948. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1948 film showing director Billy Wilder demonstrating how to embrace actress Marlene Dietrich with actor John Lund looking on in the background. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with several manuscript annotations regarding layout. 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 overall with light creases to the corners. Selby US. Selby UK. Paramount Pictures unknown
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
1947ref. 163341Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1947. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1948 film showing actress Marlene Dietrich. Mimeo snipe on the verso. An Iowa congresswoman enlists an American army captain to assist her in an investigation of a former Nazi entertainer in postwar Berlin. 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. About Near Fine. Selby US. Selby UK. Paramount Pictures unknown
1948ref. 170351N.p.: N.p. 1948. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1948 film showing actress Marlene Dietrich looking typically glamorous. Mimeo snipe and annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the verso. An Iowa congresswoman enlists an American army captain to assist her in an investigation of a former Nazi entertainer in postwar Berlin. 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. Lightly creased at one corner else Near Fine. Selby US. Selby UK. N.p. unknown
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 holograph 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 books
1948ref. 149569Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1948. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1948 film showing director Billy Wilder demonstrating how to embrace actress Marlene Dietrich with actor John Lund looking on in the background. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with several holograph annotations regarding layout. 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 toned with light creases to the corners. Selby US. Selby UK. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1955ref. 152124London: Contemporary Films 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from the UK release of the 1955 Polish film showing actors Tadeusz Lomnicki Urszula Modrzynska Tadeusz Janczar Ryszard Kotys and Roman Polanski. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on screenwriter Bohdan Czeszko's 1951 novel "Pokolenie." Andrzej Wajda's first film as director and the first entry in what would become known as his Three War Films trilogy set during World War II followed by "Kanal" 1956 and "Ashes and Diamonds" 1958. Set and shot on location in Warsaw. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Criterion Collection 283. Contemporary Films unknown
1955ref. 152124London: Contemporary Films 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from the UK release of the 1955 Polish film showing actors Tadeusz Lomnicki Urszula Modrzynska Tadeusz Janczar Ryszard Kotys and Roman Polanski. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on screenwriter Bohdan Czeszko's 1951 novel "Pokolenie." Andrzej Wajda's first film as director and the first entry in what would become known as his Three War Films trilogy set during World War II followed by "Kanal" 1956 and "Ashes and Diamonds" 1958. Set and shot on location in Warsaw. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned. Criterion Collection 283. Contemporary Films unknown books
