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1982ref. 149773N.p.: N.p. 1982. Second Revised Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single copied manuscript annotation on the title page reading "Please return to: Pancho Kohner." A baby-crazy 35 year-old woman recruits a newly divorced stranger to impregnate her over the course of a no-strings-attached weekend but their time together takes a turn when they start to fall for each other. Screenwriter Carl Kleinschmitt was best known as a television writer including episodes of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "MASH." Set in Santa Barbara California. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated MARCH 29 1982 noted as 2nd REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter CARL KLEINSCHMITT. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 144958Paris: Films sans Frontieres 1974. Vintage borderless press photograph showing director Marco Ferreri on the set of the 1974 French-Italian film with camera and crew behind him. With stamps of photographer Bernard Prim and French magazine "Paru dans le point" as well as manuscript annotations on the verso. A farcical reenactment of the events leading up to and including The Battle of Little Big Horn anachronistically set in a contemporary area of Paris slated for urban renewal. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Near Fine. Cox 10000 Ways to Die. Films sans Frontieres unknown
1974ref. 144958Paris: Films sans Frontieres 1974. Vintage borderless press photograph showing director Marco Ferreri on the set of the 1974 French-Italian film with camera and crew behind him. With stamps of photographer Bernard Prim and French magazine "Paru dans le point" as well as manuscript annotations on the verso. A farcical reenactment of the events leading up to and including The Battle of Little Big Horn anachronistically set in a contemporary area of Paris slated for urban renewal. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Near Fine. Cox 10000 Ways to Die. Films sans Frontieres unknown books
ref. 150990N.p.: N.p. 1970. Collection of nine vintage reference photographs from the 1970 film including eight borderless and one with narrow margins and wide bottom margin. Two bear provenance stamps on the verso and one bears the stamp of photographer Andre Marinie. Three in the collection are on the set photographs featuring director Jacques Demy. Based on the 1695 French fairytale in verse by Charles Perrault and loosely based on Jean Cocteau's 1946 "Beauty and the Beast." Shot on location in Chambord Ecuille Gmabais Manche and Oise France. Photographs range in size from 7 x 5 inches to 10.5 x 7 inches. Generally about Near Fine. Criterion Collection 718. N.p. unknown
ref. 150845Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of Jacques Demy on the set of the 1970 film. Based on the 1695 French fairytale in verse by Charles Perrault with numerous references to Jean Cocteau's 1946 "Beauty and the Beast." Upon the deathbed of his beautiful wife the Blue Queen the Blue King promises he would only marry someone more beautiful than her and the only woman lovelier in the kingdom is their daughter the Blue Princess. With the help of her wise godmother the Fairy of the Lilac the Blue Princess escapes to a nearby village wearing the foul skin of the king's prize donkey. Shot on location in Chambord Ecuille Gmabais Manche and Oise France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 718. unknown
ref. 150990N.p.: N.p. 1970. Collection of nine vintage reference photographs from the 1970 film including eight borderless and one with narrow margins and wide bottom margin. Two bear provenance stamps on the verso and one bears the stamp of photographer Andre Marinie. Three in the collection are on the set photographs featuring director Jacques Demy. Based on the 1695 French fairytale in verse by Charles Perrault and loosely based on Jean Cocteau's 1946 "Beauty and the Beast." Shot on location in Chambord Ecuille Gmabais Manche and Oise France. Photographs range in size from 7 x 5 inches to 10.5 x 7 inches. Generally about Near Fine. Criterion Collection 718. N.p. unknown books
ref. 150845Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of Jacques Demy on the set of the 1970 film. Based on the 1695 French fairytale in verse by Charles Perrault with numerous references to Jean Cocteau's 1946 "Beauty and the Beast." Upon the deathbed of his beautiful wife the Blue Queen the Blue King promises he would only marry someone more beautiful than her and the only woman lovelier in the kingdom is their daughter the Blue Princess. With the help of her wise godmother the Fairy of the Lilac the Blue Princess escapes to a nearby village wearing the foul skin of the king's prize donkey. Shot on location in Chambord Ecuille Gmabais Manche and Oise France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 718. unknown books
1997ref. 171672Culver City CA: Columbia TriStar Films 1997. Two vintage composite studio still photographs from the 1997 film. Based on the 1988 book "Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia" by Joseph D. Pistone and Richard Woodley. An undercover FBI agent is unwittingly pulled into the Bonanno crime family and begins to rise in the family's ranks angering the older hitman who brought him in. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Columbia TriStar Films unknown books
1970ref. 150194N.p.: N.p. 1970. Reference still photograph of Jean Marais and Francoise Arnould from the 1953 film struck circa 1970s. "Gala Film Distributors" stamp on verso. Based on the 1952 French novel "18 Fantomes" by Stanislas-Andre Steeman. Detective Marco Marais investigates the murder of girl found bound in her bed at a respectable boarding school. 8 x 10.25 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and small crease in top right corner margin. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 141659N.p.: N.p. 1974. Bound collection of research materials for an unproduced film. A collection of quotes stories accounts of life-changing accounts reviews and a discography of Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington who passed away the same year this archive was assembled. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August/September 1974 noted as Research File with credits for research Michael Barlow. 54 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 53. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 141659N.p.: N.p. 1974. Bound collection of research materials for an unproduced film. A collection of quotes stories accounts of life-changing accounts reviews and a discography of Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington who passed away the same year this archive was assembled. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August/September 1974 noted as Research File with credits for research Michael Barlow. 54 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 53. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1988ref. 151216Sherman Oaks CA: The New Ingot Company 1988. Revised Draft script for the 1989 television film originally aired on April 24 on Turner Network Television. A dramatization of the life of noted twentieth century photographer Margaret Bourke-White best remembered as the first Western photographer permitted to take photographs of Soviet industry in the 1930s. Shot on location in Lafourche Parish Louisiana. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 9 1988 noted as Revised Turner Preproduction Draft with credits for screenwriters Marjorie David and Vicki Goldberg. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. The New Ingot Company unknown
1988ref. 151216Sherman Oaks CA: The New Ingot Company 1988. Revised Draft script for the 1989 television film originally aired on April 24 on Turner Network Television. A dramatization of the life of noted twentieth century photographer Margaret Bourke-White best remembered as the first Western photographer permitted to take photographs of Soviet industry in the 1930s. Shot on location in Lafourche Parish Louisiana. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 9 1988 noted as Revised Turner Preproduction Draft with credits for screenwriters Marjorie David and Vicki Goldberg. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. The New Ingot Company unknown books
1944ref. 171768Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1944. Vintage studio still photograph from the classic 1944 film noir showing Tom Powers on the train tracks. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Director Billy Wilder making the right decision at the right time as usual decided it was time to bring in lauded hard-boiled crime fiction author Raymond Chandler to work on a great crime drama using James Cain's seminal hard-boiled novella. Wilder and Chandler worked on the script for several weeks together and at one point Cain was even brought in to resolve some questions. The result was a film that set the standard for all that would follow in what came to be known as the noir style using a cut-up time structure Barbara Stanwyck in a blonde wig Fred MacMurray as a soulless sucker and Edward G. Robinson as the straight man who brings pathos to the proceedings. Nominated for seven Academy Awards a rare feat for a genre picture including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenwriter Best Cinematography and Best Actress. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Grant US. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown
1944ref. 171768Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1944. Vintage studio still photograph from the classic 1944 film noir showing Tom Powers on the train tracks. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Director Billy Wilder making the right decision at the right time as usual decided it was time to bring in lauded hard-boiled crime fiction author Raymond Chandler to work on a great crime drama using James Cain's seminal hard-boiled novella. Wilder and Chandler worked on the script for several weeks together and at one point Cain was even brought in to resolve some questions. The result was a film that set the standard for all that would follow in what came to be known as the noir style using a cut-up time structure Barbara Stanwyck in a blonde wig Fred MacMurray as a soulless sucker and Edward G. Robinson as the straight man who brings pathos to the proceedings. Nominated for seven Academy Awards a rare feat for a genre picture including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenwriter Best Cinematography and Best Actress. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Grant US. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Spicer US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1977ref. 162549Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1977. Three vintage reference photographs from the American release of the 1977 Italian film all three showing actress Ursula Andress in the bath. A police commissioner teams up with a political activist to solve the murder of a prince. Set and shot on location in Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1977ref. 162549Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1977. Three vintage reference photographs from the American release of the 1977 Italian film all three showing actress Ursula Andress in the bath. A police commissioner teams up with a political activist to solve the murder of a prince. Set and shot on location in Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
2000ref. 163706Los Angeles: Permut Presentations / Rat Entertainment 2000. Draft script for the 2001 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with two manuscript leaves bound in after the title page listing special effects and audio elements of the film and annotations in manuscript pencil throughout the script underlining the same. Loosely based on Guy Elmes' 1957 film "Across the Bridge" based in turn on the 1938 short story by Graham Greene. After he is attacked by members of a Mexican drug cartel for flagging a transaction as illegal an investment banker decides to swap identities with a fast-talking con man. Set in New York Texas and Mexico and shot on location in New York City Los Angeles CA and Needles CA. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 2/17/00 with credit for director and screenwriter George Gallo. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 95. Xerographic duplication rectos only with a single white revision page dated 2/18/00. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Permut Presentations / Rat Entertainment unknown
2000ref. 163706Los Angeles: Permut Presentations / Rat Entertainment 2000. Draft script for the 2001 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member with two manuscript leaves bound in after the title page listing special effects and audio elements of the film and annotations in manuscript pencil throughout the script underlining the same. Loosely based on Guy Elmes' 1957 film "Across the Bridge" based in turn on the 1938 short story by Graham Greene. After he is attacked by members of a Mexican drug cartel for flagging a transaction as illegal an investment banker decides to swap identities with a fast-talking con man. Set in New York Texas and Mexico and shot on location in New York City Los Angeles CA and Needles CA. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 2/17/00 with credit for director and screenwriter George Gallo. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 95. Xerographic duplication rectos only with a single white revision page dated 2/18/00. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Permut Presentations / Rat Entertainment unknown books
ref. 143888N.p.: N.p. Typed script for an unproduced film with manuscript annotations and type corrections throughout. Thomas a bureaucrat for an oppressive regime goes undercover as a clown to spy on civilians until his legitimacy is called into question on both fronts. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as First draft on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Laszlo Gorog and cinematographer Roger Barlow. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Typed. Pages Good wrapper Good bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 143888N.p.: N.p. Typed script for an unproduced film with manuscript annotations and type corrections throughout. Thomas a bureaucrat for an oppressive regime goes undercover as a clown to spy on civilians until his legitimacy is called into question on both fronts. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as First draft on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Laszlo Gorog and cinematographer Roger Barlow. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Typed. Pages Good wrapper Good bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 146900N.p.: Films du Berry 1976. Four vintage borderless studio still photographs and one contact sheet from the 1976 film. Two larger gloss finish photographs and two smaller matte finish photographs and contact sheet containing eleven images. Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil more commonly known as Jean Rollin had gained notoriety and some scandal with his early French vampire films "Le Viol du Vampire" 1968 "La Vampier Nue" 1970 "Le Frisson des Vampires" 1970 and "Requiem pour un Vampire" 1971. When beginning production on his first non-vampire film "La Rose de Fer" 1973 he found himself in need of funding and began making adult sex films which he continued to direct under a variety of pseudonyms through the mid-1980s. Two photographs 7 x 9.5 inches two photographs 5 x 7 inches Contact Sheet 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Hinds 222. Films du Berry unknown books
1976ref. 157637N.p.: N.p. 1976. Seven vintage borderless reference photographs of Tania Busselier and Eva Khris from the 1976 French film. One with the stamp of photographer Hubert Toyot on the verso. JJean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil more commonly known as Jean Rollin had gained notoriety and some scandal with his early French vampire films "Le Viol du Vampire" 1968 "La Vampier Nue" 1970 "Le Frisson des Vampires" 1970 and "Requiem pour un Vampire" 1971. When beginning production on his first non-vampire film "La Rose de Fer" 1973 he found himself in need of funding and began making adult sex films which he continued to direct under a variety of pseudonyms through the mid-1980s. Two photographs 7 x 5 inches five photographs 9.25 x 7 inches. Very Good plus. Hinds 222. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 157637N.p.: N.p. 1976. Seven vintage borderless reference photographs of Tania Busselier and Eva Khris from the 1976 French film. One with the stamp of photographer Hubert Toyot on the verso. JJean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil more commonly known as Jean Rollin had gained notoriety and some scandal with his early French vampire films "Le Viol du Vampire" 1968 "La Vampier Nue" 1970 "Le Frisson des Vampires" 1970 and "Requiem pour un Vampire" 1971. When beginning production on his first non-vampire film "La Rose de Fer" 1973 he found himself in need of funding and began making adult sex films which he continued to direct under a variety of pseudonyms through the mid-1980s. Two photographs 7 x 5 inches five photographs 9.25 x 7 inches. Very Good plus. Hinds 222. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 146900N.p.: Films du Berry 1976. Four vintage borderless studio still photographs and one contact sheet from the 1976 film. Two larger gloss finish photographs and two smaller matte finish photographs and contact sheet containing eleven images. Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil more commonly known as Jean Rollin had gained notoriety and some scandal with his early French vampire films "Le Viol du Vampire" 1968 "La Vampier Nue" 1970 "Le Frisson des Vampires" 1970 and "Requiem pour un Vampire" 1971. When beginning production on his first non-vampire film "La Rose de Fer" 1973 he found himself in need of funding and began making adult sex films which he continued to direct under a variety of pseudonyms through the mid-1980s. Two photographs 7 x 9.5 inches two photographs 5 x 7 inches Contact Sheet 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Hinds 222. Films du Berry unknown
