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1964ref. 160359New York: Embassy Films 1964. Vintage program for two May 20 1964 screenings of the 1954 documentary at the Crystal Ballroom at the Delmonico Hotel New York preceded by an essay presented by historian author screenwriter and president of Embassy Films Inc. Alexandre Tarsaidze included in the second half of the brochure. The screenings were presented as a benefit for the Association of Russian War Invalids of the First World War. A chronological compilation of historical newsreel footage of Nicholas II and his family taken between 1896 and 1914. 7 x 10 inches Bi-fold. Very Good plus with two faint horizontal creases and two pinholes at the top left. Embassy Films unknown
1964ref. 160359New York: Embassy Films 1964. Vintage program for two May 20 1964 screenings of the 1954 documentary at the Crystal Ballroom at the Delmonico Hotel New York preceded by an essay presented by historian author screenwriter and president of Embassy Films Inc. Alexandre Tarsaidze included in the second half of the brochure. The screenings were presented as a benefit for the Association of Russian War Invalids of the First World War. A chronological compilation of historical newsreel footage of Nicholas II and his family taken between 1896 and 1914. 7 x 10 inches Bi-fold. Very Good plus with two faint horizontal creases and two pinholes at the top left. Embassy Films unknown books
1976ref. 148808N.p.: N.p. 1976. Revised Draft script for the 1977 film here with the slightly different working title "Empire of Ants." Loosely based on the 1905 short story by H.G. Wells. American International Pictures AIP third and final film in their H.G. Wells trilogy beginning with "The Food of the Gods" 1976 directed and written by Bert I. Gordon and starring Marjoe Gortner and Pamela Franklin and followed by "The Island of Dr. Moreau" 1977 directed by Don Taylor and starring Burt Lancaster and Michael York. Another classic "giant" movie from Bert I. Gordon following "King Dinosaur" 1955 "The Amazing Colossal Man" 1957 "Earth vs. the Spider" 1958 "Village of the Giants" 1956 and "Food of the Gods" 1976 this time featuring giant ants mutated by radioactive waste which attack a shady land developer and her prospective clients and threaten to take over a whole island town. Set in the Florida everglades and shot on location in Fort Pierce Belle Glade and Jensen Beach Florida. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 8 1976 noted as REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Jack Turley and story by Bert I. Gordon. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 148808N.p.: N.p. 1976. Revised Draft script for the 1977 film here with the slightly different working title "Empire of Ants." Loosely based on the 1905 short story by H.G. Wells. American International Pictures AIP third and final film in their H.G. Wells trilogy beginning with "The Food of the Gods" 1976 directed and written by Bert I. Gordon and starring Marjoe Gortner and Pamela Franklin and followed by "The Island of Dr. Moreau" 1977 directed by Don Taylor and starring Burt Lancaster and Michael York. Another classic "giant" movie from Bert I. Gordon following "King Dinosaur" 1955 "The Amazing Colossal Man" 1957 "Earth vs. the Spider" 1958 "Village of the Giants" 1956 and "Food of the Gods" 1976 this time featuring giant ants mutated by radioactive waste which attack a shady land developer and her prospective clients and threaten to take over a whole island town. Set in the Florida everglades and shot on location in Fort Pierce Belle Glade and Jensen Beach Florida. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 8 1976 noted as REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Jack Turley and story by Bert I. Gordon. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1992ref. 168031Los Angeles: Showtime / The Movie Channel 1992. Six vintage photographs from the Movie Channel re-release of the 1992 film including three compilation photographs. Two teenage misfits discover a frozen caveman in their backyard deciding to thaw him and help introduce him to the joys of modern life in Los Angeles. The film debut of actress Rose McGowan. Set and shot on location throughout Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Showtime / The Movie Channel unknown books
1999ref. 158401N.p.: N.p. 1999. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1999 film including three in color and one in black-and-white. Printed label of photographer Zade Rosenthal affixed to the versos. A New York policeman turned alcoholic security guard finds himself embroiled in a religious war culminating in Satan coming to Earth to find the woman who will bear his child the antichrist. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with light adhesive residue on the versos. N.p. unknown
1999ref. 158401N.p.: N.p. 1999. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1999 film including three in color and one in black-and-white. Printed label of photographer Zade Rosenthal affixed to the versos. A New York policeman turned alcoholic security guard finds himself embroiled in a religious war culminating in Satan coming to Earth to find the woman who will bear his child the antichrist. Set and shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with light adhesive residue on the versos. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 150559N.p.: Charles Band 1977. Four vintage matte-finish studio still photographs from the 1977 film. A NASA research scientist accidentally uncovers a supernatural plot to take over Earth by aliens from the planet Utopia. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Charles Band unknown
1977ref. 150559N.p.: Charles Band 1977. Four vintage matte-finish studio still photographs from the 1977 film. A NASA research scientist accidentally uncovers a supernatural plot to take over Earth by aliens from the planet Utopia. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Charles Band unknown books
1981ref. 152296Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1981. Final Draft script for the 1982 film. Copy belonging to special effects crew member John Burke with his name on the front wrapper in manuscript ink and his manuscript pencil annotations to the rear wrapper and throughout. Missing two pages likely as used or issued. While visiting his daughter in a small Colorado town a retired New York policeman becomes involved in solving the case of a string of cattle mutilations. Shot on location in Colorado New York and Wyoming. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 218 dated 2/27/81 with credits for director Alan Rudolph. Title page present noted as FINAL DRAFT dated 2/27/81 with credits for director Alan Rudolph. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/13/81 and 10/1/81. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1981ref. 152296Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1981. Final Draft script for the 1982 film. Copy belonging to special effects crew member John Burke with his name on the front wrapper in manuscript ink and his manuscript pencil annotations to the rear wrapper and throughout. Missing two pages likely as used or issued. While visiting his daughter in a small Colorado town a retired New York policeman becomes involved in solving the case of a string of cattle mutilations. Shot on location in Colorado New York and Wyoming. Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 218 dated 2/27/81 with credits for director Alan Rudolph. Title page present noted as FINAL DRAFT dated 2/27/81 with credits for director Alan Rudolph. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/13/81 and 10/1/81. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1958ref. 141434Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film. Text in Japanese. Based on a novel by Shinju Fujiwara. Five people assemble ten years after the end of the Pacific War at a military station to uncover a stash of morphine worth a fortune now whcih was buried by the medical officer Mashimoto at the abdication of the Emperor. One of members of the group does not belong there. Orange titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Nikkatsu unknown
1958ref. 141434Tokyo: Nikkatsu 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film. Text in Japanese. Based on a novel by Shinju Fujiwara. Five people assemble ten years after the end of the Pacific War at a military station to uncover a stash of morphine worth a fortune now whcih was buried by the medical officer Mashimoto at the abdication of the Emperor. One of members of the group does not belong there. Orange titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Nikkatsu unknown books
1973ref. 130510London: Atlantic Productions 1973. Original UK Quad poster for the 1973 British film. Greene's novel was set in Stockholm and involved the internal deconstruction of a ne'er-do-well bodyguard Anthony Farrant who finds himself working for a dubious Swedish financier whose character is loosely inspired by Ivar Kreuger. The setting of the film version was changed to Nazi Germany during the Second World War. 30 x 40 inches. Fine. Phillips US. Atlantic Productions unknown
1973ref. 130510London: Atlantic Productions 1973. Original UK Quad poster for the 1973 British film. Greene's novel was set in Stockholm and involved the internal deconstruction of a ne'er-do-well bodyguard Anthony Farrant who finds himself working for a dubious Swedish financier whose character is loosely inspired by Ivar Kreuger. The setting of the film version was changed to Nazi Germany during the Second World War. 30 x 40 inches. Fine. Phillips US. Atlantic Productions unknown books
1978ref. 141488New York: Barovick Konecky Braun Schwartz and Kay 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single annotation in manuscript pencil on the first page. Based on the 1978 novel by Michael Barak. In order to win World War II and understand where Nazi Germany's bombs are going to fall Winston Churchill tasks his intelligence service with stealing the German Enigma machine. Set in London. Tan wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Briley and author Michael Barak. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Barovick Konecky Braun Schwartz and Kay unknown
1983ref. 148085N.p.: Embassy Pictures 1983. Vintage studio still photograph of Sam Neill and Derek Jacobi from the 1983 film. Based on Michael Barak's 1978 novel "The Enigma Sacrifice." C.I.A. Agent Bodley Michael Lonsdale recruits East German dissident Alex Holbeck Martin Sheen to infiltrate Soviet intelligence to prevent five KGB agents from assassinating Soviet dissidents in the west. Set in Paris and Berlin shot on location in France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Embassy Pictures unknown books
1978ref. 141488New York: Barovick Konecky Braun Schwartz and Kay 1978. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single annotation in manuscript pencil on the first page. Based on the 1978 novel by Michael Barak. In order to win World War II and understand where Nazi Germany's bombs are going to fall Winston Churchill tasks his intelligence service with stealing the German Enigma machine. Set in London. Tan wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter John Briley and author Michael Barak. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Barovick Konecky Braun Schwartz and Kay unknown books
1957ref. 143197Kyoto: Daiei Studios 1957. Draft script for the 1958 Japanese film. Based on the 1956 novel "Kinkakuji" "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" by Yukio Mishima which is loosely based on the actual event of the burning of the Reliquary or Golden Pavilion of Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto by a young Buddhist acolyte in 1950. The book was one of three Mishima novels adapted by Paul Schrader for episodes in his film "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters" 1985. Daiei released "Conflagration" "Enj " an adaptation of the same novel directed by Ichikawa Kon in 1958. The title and name of the temple in the film was changed from Kinkakuji after Buddhist opposition threatened problems with filming in Kyoto. This is a script from that film before the name change. Set and shot on location in Kyoto. White titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 12. Title page present. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered e-27. Mechanical duplication. Toning due to aging throughout mildew water damage wrapper split at spine with mild foxing non archival tape to spine and title page overall about Good condition. Daiei Studios unknown
1957ref. 143197Kyoto: Daiei Studios 1957. Draft script for the 1958 Japanese film. Based on the 1956 novel "Kinkakuji" "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" by Yukio Mishima which is loosely based on the actual event of the burning of the Reliquary or Golden Pavilion of Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto by a young Buddhist acolyte in 1950. The book was one of three Mishima novels adapted by Paul Schrader for episodes in his film "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters" 1985. Daiei released "Conflagration" "Enj " an adaptation of the same novel directed by Ichikawa Kon in 1958. The title and name of the temple in the film was changed from Kinkakuji after Buddhist opposition threatened problems with filming in Kyoto. This is a script from that film before the name change. Set and shot on location in Kyoto. White titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 12. Title page present. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered e-27. Mechanical duplication. Toning due to aging throughout mildew water damage wrapper split at spine with mild foxing non archival tape to spine and title page overall about Good condition. Daiei Studios unknown books
ref. 015987Sacha Guitry (1885-1957), écrivain, réalisateur, scénariste, metteur en scène. Manuscrit autographe, sd, 4p in-4. Notes, difficiles à lire, au crayon rouge, à déchiffrer. Petits manques. [259]
1964ref. 145411Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1964. Vintage photograph from set of the 1964 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on Thomas Heggen's 1946 novel titled "Mister Roberts" that was later adapted for Broadway in 1948 and in 1955 for the screen using the same name by director Joshua Logan. This film is Logan's sequel to the 1955 film. Shot on location in Mexico and California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1944ref. 149848Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1944. Draft script for the 1944 film. Based on the popular Arsene Lupin mystery series created by Maurice Leblanc. In this entry roguish gentleman thief Lupin robs a young heiress of her jewels while on a train to England but later reconsiders his actions and saves her life. Set in England. Tan titled wrappers dated May 24 1944 with credits for screenwriter Bertram Millhauser and character credits to Maurice Leblanc. Title page present dated April 27 1944 with credits for screenwriter Bertram Millhauser and character credits to Maurice Leblanc. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only with five blue revision pages bound in after the script dated 10/24/44. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good dry and brittle with wear to the top and bottom edges of the front wrapper bound with three gold brads. United Artists unknown
1944ref. 149848Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1944. Draft script for the 1944 film. Based on the popular Arsene Lupin mystery series created by Maurice Leblanc. In this entry roguish gentleman thief Lupin robs a young heiress of her jewels while on a train to England but later reconsiders his actions and saves her life. Set in England. Tan titled wrappers dated May 24 1944 with credits for screenwriter Bertram Millhauser and character credits to Maurice Leblanc. Title page present dated April 27 1944 with credits for screenwriter Bertram Millhauser and character credits to Maurice Leblanc. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 117. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only with five blue revision pages bound in after the script dated 10/24/44. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good dry and brittle with wear to the top and bottom edges of the front wrapper bound with three gold brads. United Artists unknown books
1944ref. 165426Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Vintage publicity photograph of Charles Korvin from the 1944 film with four provenance stamps on the verso. 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. Based on the gentleman thief character Arsène Lupin who was featured in 17 novels and 39 novellas by French author Maurice Leblanc. Charles Korvin stars as Lupin a French jewel thief who robs and falls in love with an heiress played by Ella Raines. Korvin famously refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee HUAC and was blacklisted in 1952 after which Korvin worked primarily in broadcast television. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
