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1995ref. 166472Santa Monica: Beacon Communications 1995. Draft script for the 1997 film. Communists hijack Air Force One with the First Lady and her daughter onboard forcing the president to decide whether he will break his vow never to capitulate to terrorist demands or sacrifice the lives of his family. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Shot on location in Washington DC throughout California and in Cleveland and Mansfield Ohio in the US and in Moscow Russia. Self wrappers. Title page present dated August 22 1995 with credit for screenwriter Andrew W. Marlowe. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Beacon Communications unknown
1954ref. 146381N.p.: N.p. 1954. Draft script for a US Air Force training video. Script belonging to an uncredited cast member apparently cast in the role of the narrator with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout. Laid in with the script are two pieces of paper with drawings of flight patterns ostensibly to be used during production and a paper fragment noting addresses names and other details. A three-part training video for Air Force pilot instructors. Set on the Orlando Air Force Base in Orlando Florida. Blue titled wrappers noted as PROJECT NO. 19130 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated 6 MAY 1954 noted as PROJECT NO. 19130 with credits for writer Nat S. Linden and a number of tech advisors. 79 leaves with last page of text numbered 70. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light dampstaining and edgewear. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 133199N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage oversize double weight candid photograph of Alan Arkin Art Garfunkel and Martin Sheen on the set of Mike Nichols' "Catch-22" in 1969. Shot and struck by the film's still photographer Bob Willoughby. The photographer has written at the top of the verso in manuscript pencil: "Candid during rehearsal / The boys break up in briefing room scene / Art Garfunkel Alan Arkin Martin Sheen." Also with Willoughby's ASMP rubber stamp for both his New York and Ireland addresses. Full provenance available. After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles photographer Robert Willoughby began working for magazines such as "Life" "Look" and "Harper's Bazaar" in the late 1940s. He spent the next 20-plus years as a set photographer for every major studio and magazine with his images seen in print literally every week of his career. Willoughby's photographs are in the permanent collections of ten museums including The National Portrait Galleries in Washington DC and London the Bibliotheque Nationale de France The Museum of Modern Art and The Tate Modern. In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. 13.5 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 160411N.p.: Europ-Films 1961. Vintage French poster for the 1961 Hungarian film seen here under the French title "Les cignognes s'envolent a l'aube." Based on a true love affair between a Hungarian doctor and a Russian girl during World War II. A man recalls through flashback the parting words of a woman "I'll Come Back." Director Mihaly Szemes' best-known film winner of a Silver Prize at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival 1961. Shot on location in Hungary. 22.5 x 30 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine. Europ-Films unknown
1963ref. 143919Paris: Ucinex 1963. Original Moyenne medium poster for the 1963 French release of the 1961 Hungarian film seen here under the French title "Les cigognes s'envolent a l'aube." Numerical notation on the verso in manuscript pencil. Based on a true love affair between a Hungarian doctor and a Russian girl during World War II. Director Mihaly Szemes' best-known film winner of a Silver Prize at the second Moscow International Film Festival in 1961. 22.25 x 30 inches folded as issued. About Near Fine lightly creased with toning at the folds. Ucinex unknown
1970ref. 149801Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1970. Archive of five vintage oversize double weight photographs from the 1970 film four of which are borderless. One photograph SIGNED and dated 1969 by photographer Alan Pappe on the verso all photographs with his stamp. All five photographs feature legendary Italian director Federico Fellini in his cameo role as himself with one showing the director on the set with a clapboard and crew members in front of him while a second features a manuscript pencil annotation describing Fellini and actor Donald Sutherland discussing a scene with an out-of-frame director Paul Mazursky. Pappe worked as a film still and press photographer for 30 years photographing a who's who of film and music stars including iconic images of Sharon Tate Jimi Hendrix and Liza Minnelli as well as album cover for the "Grease" soundtrack album and the interior images of Jefferson Airplane's "After Bathing at Baxter's." His 1972 "Time" magazine cover photograph of Minnelli in "Cabaret" is part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. A young filmmaker struggles to come up with ideas for new film after his previous commercial and critical success while ruminating on his past present and possible futures. One photograph 11 x 11 inches four photographs roughly 14 x 11 or 11 x 14 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1970ref. 157995N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film showing Donald Sutherland watching a fantasy version of himself on a camera crane. Handwritten snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Heavily influenced by Federico Fellini's "8 1/2" 1963 about an aging film director agonizing over his next project loosely based on director Paul Mazursky's own experiences after the success of "Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice" 1969. Shot on location in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. About Very Good plus with a small tear on the top edge repaired with paper tape. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 172856Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 re-release of the 1956 film. A fictionalized account of the life of Alexander the Great who conquered the entire known world in his relatively short life. Shot on location in Andalucía and Madrid Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Twilight Time. United Artists unknown
1966ref. 159144Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1966. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1966 UK film showing actor Michael Caine in conversation with director Lewis Gilbert. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Bill Naughton's 1966 play set in sexy swinging 1960s London about a young working class chauffeur who decides to change his womanizing behavior after a tuberculosis diagnosis and the birth of his son. Director Lewis Gilbert breaks the fourth wall in this film with Caine directly addressing the camera in attempt to gain sympathy from the audience a technique used again by Gilbert in "Shirley Valentine" 1989. Gilbert also addressed the then-taboo issues of pregnancy and abortion in an uncommonly candid style. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine lightly age toned. Paramount Pictures unknown
1943ref. 130866Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1943. Revised Draft script for the 1944 film. The second of Universal's Technicolor fantasy adventures after "Arabian Nights" 1942 and "White Savage" 1943 loosely based on the classic Arabian Nights tales with a fitting score by Edward Ward to match Lubin's directorial flair. A fun but often overlooked desert romp. Gray titled wrappers noted as Revised and copy No. 113 on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7142 dated 5-20-43 with credit for screenwriter Hartmann. 114 leaves mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Poor with front wrapper starting bound with three gold brads. Weaver p. 565. Universal Pictures unknown
1949ref. 170744Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1949. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1949 film noir. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Loosely based on the Faust myth about a district attorney who makes a deal with the devil in order to put a criminal ringleader behind bars. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good or better lightly toned with creasing at three corners. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1967ref. 162219N.p.: Screen Gems 1967. Vintage reference photograph of actor Sammy Davis Jr. in the recording studio on the set of the 1966 animated musical film holding a poster with a drawing by John Tenniel and pointing to the character Davis voiced in the movie-the Cheshire cat. A modern adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic 1865 novel with Alice falling through the "looking glass" of the television screen into Wonderland. Originally broadcast on ABC on March 30 1966 the special featured music by composer Charles Strouse and lyricist Lee Adams best known for the Broadway production "Bye Bye Birdie" 1960. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Screen Gems unknown
1977ref. 149743N.p.: N.p. 1977. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1977 French film showing actress Sylvia Kristel variously with director Claude Chabrol and actors Charles Vanel and Jean Carmet. A young woman in the process of leaving her husband discovers her car's windshield has mysteriously shattered forcing her to spend the night at an isolated mansion in the countryside. Shot on location in Villennes sur Seine France. 7 x 4.5 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1972ref. C102028London: Josef Shaftel Productions 1972. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Alice's adventures in Wonderland: Final shooting script by William Sterling copy belonging to actor Mike Elles playing Guinea Pig Two; with his signature on the title page. Typed 159 page script presented in a black card binder with title window/ Original Programme of the 'Royal Premiere in the Gracious Presence of Her Majesty The Queen in aid of The Gurkha Welfare Appeal Odeon Marble Arch 4th December 1972. Small 4to. Original publisher's wraps in old gold lettered Black and Orange with background illustrations of the traditional characters from the book. Contents Include Frontispiece photograph of HM Queen Elizabeth II; information on The Gurkha Welfare Appeal Premiere Committee with Patron Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten of Burma and many period advertisements which add graphic interest; 32 Page souvenir booklet with Cast List Technical Credits and copious colour production photographs. Loosely inserted black and white stills photographs x 5 featuring the Guinea Pigs; Newspaper review clippings x 3 by Giles Brandreth and Lida Handsley with a feature on Fiona Fullerton 'The Girl Lord Snowdon Discovered.' / Production flyer for the Premiere promoting The Gurkha Welfare Appeal and a colour production illustration of Fiona Fullerton as Alice surrounded by a cast of characters/ Josef Shaftel Productions 'Script Amendments and Deletions' 24 March 1972 issued to all concerned from Rene DuPont/ Six typed Call Sheets No.s 13452734 giving scene details with artists and characters involved. Very good. Josef Shaftel Productions paperback
1969ref. 160695Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1969. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 film both showing Tina Chen and Arlo Guthrie. Based on Guthrie's 1967 folk protest song a narrative loosely based on Guthrie's own experiences being jailed for littering and later using the record of his arrest to escape the Vietnam draft. Set and shot on location in New York and Massachusetts. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1969ref. 149517Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1969. Five vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1969 film. Included are: 1 a shot of Arlo Guthrie on a motorcycle next to Michael McLanahan 2 a shot of director Arthur Penn producer Hillard Elkins and another crew member on motorcycles 3 a shot of McLanahan Penn and actress Patricia Quinn working on a scene 4 Guthrie with Quinn and 5 Guthrie with a donkey and members of the cast. Based on Arlo Guthrie's 1967 folk protest song a narrative loosely based on Guthrie's own experiences being jailed for littering and later using the record of his arrest to escape the Vietnam draft. Set and shot on location in New York and Massachusetts. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1969ref. 164092N.p.: N.p. 1969. Archive of 339 contact sheets comprising over 6750 studio still and on-the-set images from renowned still photographer Muky from the 1969 film. The archive is bound in two three-ring binders each labeled with the title "Directed by Arthur Penn" and "Still Photographs by Muky" with the binders labeled "Volume 1" and "Volume 2" on the spine respectively. The contact sheets in the archive are nearly all mounted back-to-back and affixed to the left edge with binders tape each with a three-hole punch to the binders tape. Muky born Menyhert Munkacsi was a renowned photographer for over 60 years and one of the foremost still photographers in the movie industry for over 25 years. Beginning as a photographer for theatrical productions in Budapest Hungary Muky was hired by Warner Brothers in the mid 1930s. By the 1950's Muky was one of Hollywood's most well respected still photographers. After relocating to New York in the mid 1950s Muky became perhaps the best known film still photographer in New York. Among the films on which Muky worked include: "12 Angry Men" 1957 "The Apartment" 1960 "The Miracle Worker" 1962 "Midnight Cowboy" 1969 and "Dog Day Afternoon" 1975. Based on Guthrie's 1967 folk protest song a narrative loosely based on Guthrie's own experiences being jailed for littering and later using the record of his arrest to escape the Vietnam draft. Set and shot on location in New York and Massachusetts. 339 Contact Sheets 8.5 x 10 inches all but eleven mounted back-to-back. Near Fine overall. Two Binders 11 x 11.5 x 3.25 inches. Very Good plus with light overall rubbing. N.p. unknown
1988ref. 169170Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1988. Vintage film program for the 1988 film. Bi-fold with a two color front panel and full credits in the interior spread. In 1988 Earth makes first contact with an alien civilization and in 1991 after three years of quarantine the "Newcomers" are slowly integrated into society. Mandy Patinkin stars as Sam Francisco the first "Newcomer" police officer partnered with a racist police officer James Caan to investigate a homicide. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. The film spawned a short-lived Fox television series 1989-1990 five Fox network television movies 1994-1997 as well as eight comic books 1988-1992 and eight novels 1993-1995. 9 x 11.5 inch Bi-fold. Very Good with light overall rubbing and creasing to the extremities. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1950ref. 157686Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1950. Vintage reference photograph from the 1950 film showing actors George Sanders and Ann Baxter. Printed mimeo snipe in French affixed to the verso along with a provenance stamp. Based on the 1946 story "The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr. An aging Broadway star finds her life slowly and insidiously overtaken by her new assistant an ambitious young woman named Eve. Nominated for 14 Academy Awards winning six including Best Picture. The only film in Oscar history to receive four acting nominations for women-Bette Davis and Anne Baxter for Best Actress and Celeste Holm and Thelma Ritter for Best Supporting Actress. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus moderately faded. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 1003. Ebert I. Rosenbaum 1000. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1962ref. 143587N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1962 film showing Frankenheimer with camera trained on Warren Beatty. Printed mimeo snipe on the verso that refers to Beatty as the film's "exciting young star" and notes James Leo Herlihy as author of the source novel and playwright William Inge in the unusual role of screenwriter. John Frankenheimer's third film. Set in Key West Florida and shot on location there. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1981ref. 151184Universal City: Universal Pictures 1981. Vintage press kit for the 1981 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing ten black and white photographs and eleven gatherings of promotional reading material. A middle-aged executive in the midst of a midlife begins an affair with his son's girlfriend a suburban housewife who is married to a volatile fireman. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1976ref. 150124N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage reference photograph with horizontal margins of director Alan J. Pakula Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford on the set of the 1976 film. Based on the 1974 book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. The iconic New Hollywood account of the Watergate investigation starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman in exceptionally strong performances as Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein respectively who uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation. Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and nominated for four others including Best Picture and Best Director. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Spicer US Neo-Noir. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 135370Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1974. Two vintage black and white still reference photographs from the 1974 film. Both with mimeograph snipes on the verso and one with a red press crop line at the right margin. Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and nominated for four others including Best Picture and Best Director. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1968ref. 161456New York: Morris Kaplan 1968. Three vintage still photographs from the 1968 film. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the verso two with labels on the versos obscuring previous provenance stamps. Henning an ambitious fashion photographer begins a series of erotic nudes with his favorite model Leslie until the mysterious model Joyce arrives and threatens to disrupt the studio and Henning's plans. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Vinegar Syndrome 147. Nilsen Warped and Faded. Morris Kaplan unknown
1964ref. 156276Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri SF 1964. Collection of eleven vintage reference photographs from the 1964 Swedish film. Stamps of DLS-Film Holland on the versos and several with layout annotations in manuscript ink and pencil. Embossed censor blindstamp at the upper right corner of each photograph. A pretentious music critic tries to use salacious information about a famed cellist's sex life in order to blackmail the cellist into performing a composition the critic has written. One of Ingmar Bergman's only comedy films and his first film to be shot in color a parody of Federico Fellini's "8 1/2" 1963. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Svensk Filmindustri [SF] unknown
