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1970ref. 147294N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in English. A wealthy British woman's orderly life is disrupted by her sudden marriage to a handsome unstable Sicilian man. As their relationship begins to degrade the woman suspects the marriage may have been one of convenience for her boorish new husband leading her to take violent and drastic measures to persuade him to change his misogynistic ways. Screenwriters Cesare Frugoni and Tonino Cervi were best known for their collaborations in Italian film in the late 20th century including "La nottata" 1975 "Chi dice donna dice donna" 1976 "Nest of Vipers" 1978 and "L'avaro" 1990. Set in London and rural England. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Cesare FRUGONI and Tonino CERVI. 210 leaves with last page of text numbered 207. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with perfect binding. N.p. unknown
1986ref. 167874Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1986. Seven vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1986 French film. Years after their affair the titular man and woman meet again in order to reflect on their relationship with the woman hoping to make a film about their experiences. Sequel to director Claude Lelouch's 1966 film "A Man and a Woman" and followed by "The Best Years of a Life" in 2019. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1966ref. 144479Paris: Les Films 13 1966. Four vintage photographs from the 1966 film. With agency stamps and manuscript annotations on the versos. Anne Gauthier Anouk Aimee and Jean-Louis Duroc Jean-Louis Trintignant meet as they drop their children off at boarding school. She works as a script supervisor and he as a race-car driver. They quickly become friends and as a romance starts to emerge they both reveal that each are widows still experiencing the grief of their losses. Winner of The Palme d'Or and the OCIC Award at the Cannes Film Festival also winner of two Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film. Nominated for two more. Shot on location in Paris Deauville and Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Les Films 13 unknown
1966ref. 144479Paris: Les Films 13 1966. Collection of four vintage photographs from the 1966 film. With agency stamps and holograph annotations on the versos. Anne Gauthier Anouk Aimee and Jean-Louis Duroc Jean-Louis Trintignant meet as they drop their children off at boarding school. She works as a script supervisor and he as a race-car driver. They quickly become friends and as a romance starts to emerge they both reveal that each are widows still experiencing the grief of their losses. Winner of The Palme d'Or and the OCIC Award at the Cannes Film Festival also winner of two Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film. Nominated for two more. Shot on location in Paris Deauville and Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Les Films 13 unknown books
1966ref. 150339N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage reference photograph of director Claude Lelouch who was also the cinematographer filming from the hood of Jean-Louis Duroc's Jean-Louis Tintignant mustang from the set of the 1966 film. Anne Gauthier Anouk Aimee and Jean-Louis Duroc Trintignant meet as they drop their children off at boarding school and quickly become friends. As romance develops they each reveal that they have lost a spouse and are still grieving complicating the blossoming relationship. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film and Best Screenplay nominated for Best Director and Best Actress. Winner of the Palm d'Or. Lelouch would make a sequel "A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later" in 1986 as well as another follow up film "The Best Years of a Life" in 2019 both still starring Aimee and Trintignant. Shot on location in Paris Deauville and Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer France. 10.25 x 8 inches. Two pin holes in upper left corner else Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1988ref. 169970Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1988. First Draft script for Season 1 Episode 4 of the 1989 television series. A spinoff of the 1985-1988 television series "Spenser: For Hire" which was based in turn on Robert B. Parker's long-running detective novel series. In this episode Hawk helps an old friend a defense attorney who has taken on a seemingly hopeless murder case. Originally aired on February 18 1989 on ABC. Shot on location in Washington DC. Red titled wrappers dated December 23 1988 and noted as First Draft on the front wrapper. Title page present dated December 23 1988 noted as First Draft with credit for screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith. 57 leaves with last page of text numbered 54. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1989ref. 129406Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / American Broadcasting Company ABC 1989. First Draft script for the season one episode eight of the 1989 television show originally broadcast March 25 1989 on ABC here under the working title "White Poison." Virgil Vogel credited here as Director but Harry Falk would receive final credit as Director of the episode. "Hawk" was based on a character from the crime drama series "Spencer: For Hire" 1985-1988. Avery Brooks an African American actor reprising his role from the former series starred as the sharp-dressed streetwise sunglasses-wearing elongated Colt revolver-toting vigilante with a deep sense of being. In this episode Hawk is tracking the source of heroin laced with strychnine but his task is constantly interrupted by a nosy reporter. Orange titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated January 27 1989. Title page present dated January 27 1989 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Parker and director Vogel as well as credits for executive producers producers associate producer and unit production manager. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers / American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1956ref. 143336Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Gaumont 1956. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1956 film showing director Robert Bresson demonstrating a small action to the film's lead actor Francois Leterrier. With holograph annotations on the verso. Based on the 1956 memoir "A Man Condemned to Death has Escaped" by Andre Devigny about a French Resistance member's escape from the Nazi controlled prison of Montluc. Like Devigny Bresson himself was a French POW during the war. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. 6.5 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with shallow diagonal creasing to the corners. Criterion Collection 650. Ebert IV. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby France. Gaumont unknown books
1987ref. 139456Los Angeles: TNT / Agamemnon Films / British Lion Film Corporation 1987. British Draft script for the 1988 television film originally airing on December 21 1988 on TNT the first made-for-television movie produced for the fledging network. Brief annotations in manuscript ink throughout. Based on the 1960 Broadway play by Robert Bolt about Sir Thomas More's devotion to the Catholic Church during the English Reformation. Previously filmed in a 1966 Academy Award winning theatrical release directed by Fred Zimmerman and starring Paul Scofield Wendy Hiller and Leo McKern. Tan wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated November 16 1987 with a credit for screenwriter Bolt. 180 leaves with last page of text numbered 177. Xerographically reproduced. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong brad. TNT / Agamemnon Films / British Lion Film Corporation unknown
1987ref. 139456Los Angeles: TNT / Agamemnon Films / British Lion Film Corporation 1987. British Draft script for the 1988 television film originally airing on December 21 1988 on TNT the first made-for-television movie produced for the fledging network. Brief annotations in holograph ink throughout. Based on the 1960 Broadway play by Robert Bolt about Sir Thomas More's devotion to the Catholic Church during the English Reformation. Previously filmed in a 1966 Academy Award winning theatrical release directed by Fred Zimmerman and starring Paul Scofield Wendy Hiller and Leo McKern. Tan blank wrappers with die-cut title window. Title page present dated November 16 1987 with a credit for screenwriter Bolt. 180 leaves with last page of text numbered 177. Xerographically reproduced. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong brad. TNT / Agamemnon Films / British Lion Film Corporation unknown books
1970ref. 141044N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A sociology professor is preparing for his sabbatical when his overworked wife decides they should also take a sabbatical from their marriage so that the professor can learn to take care of himself. Set in New England. Yellow titled wrapper. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Leo Townsend. 53 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 52. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a spiral binding. N.p. unknown
1943ref. 129711N.p.: N.p. 1943. Treatment script by Elizabeth Meehan for an unproduced film. Meehan was a British screenwriter who worked in Hollywood and the UK in the 1920s 30s and 40s. Among the 29 credits she amassed she is best known for "The Great Gatsby" 1926 "Laugh Clown Laugh" 1928 and "Oliver Twist" 1933. A romantic melodrama about women on the home front during World War II told through the lives of a group of female cab drivers and their correspondence with one particularly lonely soldier using numerous aliases to write them. With only one significant male role the soldier who only appears at the beginning and end of the story the main action of the film features women exclusively making it something of an unusual story for it's time. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for Elizabeth Meehan. 18 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1964ref. 164256N.p.: N.p. 1964. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1964 film including one of director Jean-Luc Godard pushing longtime cinematographer Raoul Cotard seated in a wheelchair on the set. Layout annotations in ink and pencil on the versos and one with a Télérama stamp. Godard used a cameraman seated in a wheelchair instead of a camera dolly in several films including "Breathless" 1959. During a period of romantic tumult a woman discovers she is pregnant with two possible fathers. After premiering at the Venice Film Festival the film was briefly banned in France for its scandalous depiction of infidelity and was only passed by the censors after forcing Godard to make several small changes including changing the film's title from "The Married Woman" to the slightly less inflammatory "A Married Woman." Four photographs 7.25 x 9.5 inches one photograph 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Masters of Cinema 80. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 141953N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced television movie. A drama set during the Mexican Revolution. Jack Lewis was a screenwriter actor and stuntman who is known for his war films and Westerns in particular "A Yank in Viet-Nam" 1964 and "Billy the Kid Versus Dracula" 1966. Set in Mexico. White titled self wrappers with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. Title page integral with front wrapper. 89 leaves with last page of text numbered 86. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine unbound housed in a manila folder. N.p. unknown
1946ref. 118614London: The Archers / Eagle-Lion 1946. Original UK Program for the 1946 film released in the US as "Stairway to Heaven." SIGNED by director Michael Powell on page 12 just above the photo next to his biographical sketch. While it is certainly arguable that the greatest Powell-Pressburger film is a 10-way tie for first place "A Matter of Life and Death" is probably the most philosophically ambitious of their masterpieces. David Niven is a British wartime aviator who unwittingly cheats death and must ultimately argue for his continued existence before a celestial court. In between these two events is a wildly imaginative and surreal tale told first in Technicolor on earth then in Dye-Monochrome black-and-white in heaven. This oversize program book evokes the spirit of the film beautifully with clever use of two-color processes mostly pink and blue throughout. Includes biographies and large photos of the principal actors reviews an essay about the techniques used to shoot the film and credits for the cast and crew. The credits and promotion are specific to the UK rather than international or US distribution of the film through Eagle-Lion and General Distributors. Self-wrappers 14.5 x 11.5 inches saddle-stapled. Very Good plus condition with fine shallow creasing at the wrapper extremities. The Archers / Eagle-Lion unknown books
1945ref. 137348Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1945. Original pressbook for the 1945 film based on an original story by John Steinbeck and Jack Wagner. The duo received an Academy Award nomination for their work. 12.25 x 15 inches. 28 pages saddle stapled. Light fading on the front edges lightly rubbed and soiled about Near Fine overall. Paramount Pictures unknown
1944ref. WRCLIT60306Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1944. Two volumes each foliated in reel/page format as: 11097101110108 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Second item stapled at left margin first formerly stapled. Some corner creases "Master File Copy" and production number stamps on title leaf of first item pencil annotations name and ink file number on title leaf of second. Very good. Two late production states of the script for the 1945 film based on a story idea by Jack Wagner cowritten with John Steinbeck and adapted as a screenplay by Frank Butler. The release dialogue script records a print totaling 51 more feet than the censorship script. Irving Pichel directed and Dorothy Lamour J. Carrol Naish and Arturo de Cordova led the cast. Obviously little apart from Steinbeck's treatment for the film the Valentine collection included a carbon typescript may be easily identified as purely Steinbeck's work; however nothing relating to the script saw lifetime publication so even continuity scripts such as these take on some significance for Steinbeck scholars. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1945ref. 137348Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1945. Original pressbook for the 1945 film based on an original story by John Steinbeck and Jack Wagner. The duo received an Academy Award nomination for their work. 12.25 x 15 inches. 28 pages saddle stapled. Light fading to the front edges lightly rubbed and soiled about Near Fine overall. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1945ref. 137328Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1945. Original complete set of 8 lobby cards for the 1945 film based on an original story by John Steinbeck and Jack Wagner. The duo received an Academy Award nomination for their work. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus. Lightly soiled with pinholes but still bright. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1992ref. 158397Overland Park KS: InterStar 1992. Vintage press kit for the 1992 film. Two-color illustrated pocketed folder containing five black and white photographs in the original glassine sleeve and a gathering of promotional reading material. Based upon the 1982 novel by William Wharton. In December 1945 the members of an American intelligence squad decide to negotiate with a small group of German soldiers who wish to surrender rather than die in one final offensive. Shot on location in Utah. Folder photographs and promotional material about Near Fine. InterStar unknown
1992ref. 158402N.p.: N.p. 1992. Vintage reference photograph from the 1992 film. Based upon the 1982 novel by William Wharton. In December 1945 the members of an American intelligence squad decide to negotiate with a small group of German soldiers who wish to surrender rather than die in one final offensive. Shot on location in Utah. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 143236Paris: Filmsonor 1960. Collection of 11 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the set of the 1960 French-Italian film here under the original French title "Une fille pour l'été." Featured are several images of the cast and crew on the waterfront basking in the shade director Molinaro in white straw hat and images of starring actress Petit including a striking portrait image of her under an elegant sconce and with Auclair reading scripts. All but one photograph with annotations in the verso in manuscript ink film title names of persons pictured and all but two photographs with numerical annotations on the verso in manuscript pencil. Based on a novel presumed by screenwriter Clavel. Philippe Auclair is an unsung artist with a mistress he does not love. He spends leisurely vacations at Paule's Presle in the Riviera where he meets Manette Petit a poor girl whom he befriends and lusts for to the chagrin of Manette herself under the romantic allure of Philippe. Late in the canon of cinematographer Jean Bourgoin whose credits include some of Jean Renoir's films in the 1930s Orson Welles' film noir "Confidential Report" 1955 and Jacques Tati's "Mon Oncle" 1958. 1 photograph 3.25 x 4.25 inches remaining photographs 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus overall. Filmsonor unknown
1960ref. 162165N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage borderless lobby card for the German release of the 1960 French 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. Based on Maurice Clavel's 1955 novel about a little-known artist's summer relationship with a beautiful poor young woman. 9.25 x 11.5 inches. Very Good with two hole punches at the left and right sides closed with paper tape on the verso. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 143236Paris: Filmsonor 1960. Collection of 11 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the set of the 1960 French-Italian film here under the original French title "Une fille pour l'été." Featured are several images of the cast and crew on the waterfront basking in the shade director Molinaro in white straw hat and images of starring actress Petit including a striking portrait image of her under an elegant sconce and with Auclair reading scripts. All but one photograph with annotations in the verso in holograph ink film title names of persons pictured and all but two photographs with numerical annotations on the verso in holograph pencil. Based on a novel presumed by screenwriter Clavel. Philippe Auclair is an unsung artist with a mistress he does not love. He spends leisurely vacations at Paule's Presle in the Riviera where he meets Manette Petit a poor girl whom he befriends and lusts for to the chagrin of Manette herself under the romantic allure of Philippe. Late in the canon of cinematographer Jean Bourgoin whose credits include some of Jean Renoir's films in the 1930s Orson Welles' film noir "Confidential Report" 1955 and Jacques Tati's "Mon Oncle" 1958. 1 photograph 3.25 x 4.25 inches remaining photographs 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus overall. Filmsonor unknown books
1970ref. 141057N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. An ambitious young man heads to Hollywood to make his fortune. There he falls in love with a prostitute and begins hustling in order to get her off the streets. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ellis St. Joseph. 118 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with a black Velo binding. N.p. unknown
