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1976ref. 147447Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1976. Vintage photograph on the set of the 1976 film showing director Bernardo Bertolucci giving instructions to actors Robert De Niro Gerard Depardieu and Romolo Valli. Director Bernardo Bertolucci's epic film was a gargantuan undertaking requiring the resources of three European countries and a trio of American movie studios. Set in the small town of Parma the film follows two best friends born in 1901 whose lives diverge drastically as a result of their class differences and the rise of Fascism in Italy. Set in Parma Italy shot on location in Rome Lombardia and Campagnia Italy. 6 x 4 inches. Near Fine. Eureka 135. Olive Films 345. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1971ref. 167739Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 "surrealist documentary" rock film showing Frank Zappa. In 1970 Zappa completely re-formed the Mothers of Invention to include drummer Aynsley Dunber jazz keyboardist George Duke and three members of The Turtles. Zappa began to write a film for the new lineup and recorded "Chunga's Revenge" 1970 with them as a "preview." Subsequently Zappa met conductor Zubin Mehta and worked with him to produce a concert in May 1970 wherein the Los Angeles Philharmonic was augmented by the Mothers or vice versa as you like and referred to this as "the second preview." The film itself shot in a week at Pinewood Studios outside London was a tripped-out documentary about life as a musician on the road and Zappa characteristically chose an eclectic group of celebrities to join the proceedings including Theodore Bikel Ringo Starr and Keith Moon. The resulting soundtrack is a matter of debate among Zappa enthusiasts but is notable for its orchestral finale "Strictly Genteel" a touchstone for the variety of classical music experimentations Zappa would subsequently pursue. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1971ref. 137953Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1971. Vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1971 "surrealist documentary" rock film. The still depicts composer/screenwriter Frank Zappa conducting and singing. In 1970 Zappa completely re-formed the Mothers of Invention to include drummer Aynsley Dunber jazz keyboardist George Duke and three members of The Turtles. Zappa began to write a film for the new lineup and recorded "Chunga's Revenge" 1970 with them as a "preview." Subsequently Zappa met conductor Zubin Mehta and worked with him to produce a concert in May 1970 wherein the Los Angeles Philharmonic was augmented by the Mothers or vice versa as you like and referred to this as "the second preview." The film itself shot in a week at Pinewood Studios outside London was a tripped-out documentary about life as a musician on the road and Zappa characteristically chose an eclectic group of celebrities to join the proceedings including Theodore Bikel Ringo Starr and Keith Moon. The resulting soundtrack is a matter of debate among Zappa enthusiasts but is notable for its orchestral finale "Strictly Genteel" a touchstone for the variety of classical music experimentations Zappa would subsequently pursue. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. United Artists unknown books
1954ref. 172915Burbank CA: Buena Vista / Walt Disney Productions 1954. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1954 film. Based on the 1870 novel by Jules Verne. A professor and his assistant set out to find a giant sea monster that has been destroying ships in the Pacific Ocean only to discover the monster is a submarine manned by a reclusive sea Captain. Set in the Pacific Ocean shot on location in California Jamaica and the Bahamas. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with creasing along the top and right margins and at the corners. Weldon 1983. Buena Vista / Walt Disney Productions unknown
1954ref. 146173Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1954. Final Shooting Script for the 1954 film with blue yellow and green revisions throughout. Based on the 1870 novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne. Walt Disney's "20000 Leagues Under the Sea" was one of the most expensive and ambitious productions of its time. A 200 foot submarine a 225 pound diving suit a specially built soundstage with a 90 x 165 foot tank and a giant squid which weighed two tons and required a crew of 28 to operate were just some of the monumental challenges of the production. Disney's first CinemaScope motion picture "20000 Leagues Under the Sea" was a resounding success and went on to be considered one of greatest live-action adventure movies ever made. In 1868 off the coast of San Francisco Professor Aronnax Paul Lukas his assistant Conseil Peter Lorre and master harpooner Ned Land Kirk Douglas set sail upon a armed frigate to investigate a spate of sinkings rumored to be caused by a sea monster. After months of searching the "monster" is spotted sinking a merchant vessel and the frigate attacks only to be sunk themselves. Adrift in the ocean the three come upon a strange metal vessel and realize the "monster" is a "submerging boat." The trio are captured by Captain Nemo James Mason and taken aboard the submarine the Nautilus and journey on a voyage of adventure and discovery under the sea. Nominated for three Academy Awards winning two for Art Direction and Special Effects. Shot on location in California Jamaica and the Bahamas. Blue titled wrappers with affixed Walt Disney Productions label as called for with Disney scripts from this era noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Earl Felton. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Earl Felton. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 141. Mimeographed rectos only with blue yellow and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/30/54 and 3/1/54. Pages Near Fine plus wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1968ref. 161694Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Vintage reference photograph of director Stanley Kubrick talking with actors Gary Lockwood and Keir Dullea on the set of the 1968 film. Kubrick's sprawling science fiction epic traces the evolution of human intelligence under the influence of an unspecified alien force. The film's high scientific accuracy coupled with bleeding-edge special effects and minimal use of dialogue make "2001" universally recognized as one of the most influential films ever made. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Special Effects and nominated for three others including Best Director. Set variously in the desert in space in deep space and on the astral plane. Shot on location in Scotland England Arizona and Utah. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Ebert I. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 24. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Weldon 1983. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1968ref. 135016Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Vintage oversize borderless double weight black and white set design photograph from the 1968 film. Shown is a sample interior from the space station featured near the beginning of the film the "Hilton" sign marking Kubrick's groundbreaking use of ordinary commerce in a futuristic context. The director's sprawling science fiction epic traces the evolution of human intelligence under the influence of an unspecified alien force. The film's high scientific accuracy coupled with bleeding-edge special effects and minimal use of dialogue make "2001" universally recognized as one of the most influential films ever made. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Special Effects and nominated for three others including Best Director. Set variously in the desert in space in deep space and on the astral plane. Shot on location in Scotland England Arizona and Utah. 11 x 14 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
ref. 140754N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. Former Korean War vet and baseball player and current junkie has been completely out of his son's life as a father and only involved later on as a "friend" who happens to meet him on the street. His son is pursuing his dream of being a filmmaker while his father struggles to get clean and be a role model for his son. Set in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Richard Grand and Laurie Post. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
ref. 140754N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. Former Korean War vet and baseball player and current junkie has been completely out of his son's life as a father and only involved later on as a "friend" who happens to meet him on the street. His son is pursuing his dream of being a filmmaker while his father struggles to get clean and be a role model for his son. Set in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Richard Grand and Laurie Post. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with a silver prong binding. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 164245N.p.: N.p. 1977. Seven vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1977 film. Provenance stamps on the versos. Director Robert Altman's experimental dreamlike masterwork about three ethereal fractured women originally overlooked but later celebrated. Featuring brilliant performances from Shelley Duvall as the self-deluded socially maladroit Millie Rule as the mysterious pregnant painter Willie and Sissy Spacek as the young timid and fawning Pinky. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in a small California desert town and shot on location in Palm Springs Thousand Palms and Desert Hot Springs California. 9.5 x 7 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 158792N.p.: Lions Gate Films 1977. Three vintage studio still photographs of actress Janice Rule from the 1977 film. Director Robert Altman's experimental dreamlike masterwork about three ethereal fractured women originally overlooked but later celebrated. Featuring brilliant performances from Shelley Duvall as the self-deluded socially maladroit Millie Rule as the mysterious pregnant painter Willie and Sissy Spacek as the young timid and fawning Pinky. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in a small California desert town and shot on location in Palm Springs Thousand Palms and Desert Hot Springs California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Lions Gate Films unknown
1977ref. 166688N.p.: N.p. 1977. Ten vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1977 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the versos. Director Robert Altman's experimental dreamlike masterwork about three ethereal fractured women originally overlooked but later celebrated. Featuring brilliant performances from Shelley Duvall as the self-deluded socially maladroit Millie Janice Rule as the mysterious pregnant painter Willie and Sissy Spacek as the young timid and fawning Pinky. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in a small California desert town and shot on location in Palm Springs Thousand Palms and Desert Hot Springs California. 10 x 8 inches three with wide bottom margins. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 230. Ebert III. N.p. unknown
1999ref. 149053Beverly Hills CA: Imagine Entertainment 1999. Final Draft script for the 2000 television pilot originally aired on NBC on February 14. Copy belonging to costume designer Molly Maginnis warmly INSCRIBED on the title page by members of the cast and crew including screenwriter Noah Baumbach and actors Joanna Going Sabrina Grdevich Carlos Jacott Heidi Schanz and Eric Stoltz. From the collection of costume designer Molly Maginnis. An early darkly comic screenwriting effort from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Noah Baumbach best known for "Kicking and Screaming" 1995 "The Squid and the Whale" 2005 and "Marriage Story" 2019 following a group of friends struggling to adapt to life as adults. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Title page integral with front wrapper noted as FINAL DRAFT dated 4/29/99 with credits for screenwriter Noah Baumbach and director Thomas Schlamme. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication on yellow stock rectos only with one white revision page dated 4/23/99. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Imagine Entertainment unknown
1999ref. 149053Beverly Hills CA: Imagine Entertainment 1999. Final Draft script for the 2000 television pilot which originally aired on NBC on February 14. Copy belonging to costume designer Molly Maginnis warmly INSCRIBED on the title page by members of the cast and crew including screenwriter Noah Baumbach and actors Joanna Going Sabrina Grdevich Carlos Jacott Heidi Schanz and Eric Stoltz. From the collection of costume designer Molly Maginnis. An early darkly comic screenwriting effort from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Noah Baumbach best known for "Kicking and Screaming" 1995 "The Squid and the Whale" 2005 and "Marriage Story" 2019 following a group of friends struggling to adapt to life as adults. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Title page integral with front wrapper noted as FINAL DRAFT dated 4/29/99 with credits for screenwriter Noah Baumbach and director Thomas Schlamme. 61 leaves with last page of text numbered 55. Xerographic duplication on yellow stock rectos only with one white revision page dated 4/23/99. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Imagine Entertainment unknown books
1962ref. 167853N.p.: Screen Gems Inc 1962. Vintage double weight satin-finish reference photograph taken on the set of the 1957 film showing Van Heflin talking with an unidentified cast member during a smoke break between takes. Based on Elmore Leonard's 1953 short story. One of the first revisionist Westerns with a classicism that stands up to "High Noon" but a cynical attitude toward good and evil that was years ahead of its time. Shot on location in Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light discoloration on the top edge. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 657. Pitts 4370. Screen Gems Inc unknown
1962ref. 147889N.p.: Screen Gems Inc 1962. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film struck for 1962 re-release. Based on Elmore Leonard's 1953 short story "Three-Ten to Yuma." One of the first revisionist Westerns with a classicism that stands up to "High Noon" but an cynical attitude toward good and evil that was years ahead of its time. Glenn Ford's ambivalent character from "Gilda" is transplanted to a Western setting placed against Van Heflin's warmer but still hard boiled persona with unforgettable results. Shot on location in Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with some faint creasing in margins. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 657. Screen Gems Inc unknown books
1963ref. 151297Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1963. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film showing actors Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Anita Ekberg and Ursula Andress. With cropping annotations in holograph pencil on the verso along with a provenance stamp. Two sharpshooters duel over a large amount of cash carried by a railway official and eventually settle their differences by opening a casino. Shot on location in Mojave and Cantil California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request. Pitts 1422. Warner Brothers unknown books
1973ref. 140783N.p.: N.p. 1973. Draft script for an unproduced film. Paul is a little person dealing with life the only way he knows how. He is typecast in Hollywood and frequently plays a ventriloquist's dummy and stared at when he is just trying to go about his day. He has great luck with women but not so much in forging close relationships. His only friends are other freaks and he hopes to hit it big at the horse races and on the stock market. Set in Hollywood. Title page present with credits for screenwriter J. Michael Nicholson. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between January 3 1973 and November 21 1973. Pages Near Fine bound in a standard three ringed binder with an affixed title label on the front board. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 140783N.p.: N.p. 1973. Draft script for an unproduced film. Paul is a little person dealing with life the only way he knows how. He is typecast in Hollywood and frequently plays a ventriloquist's dummy and stared at when he is just trying to go about his day. He has great luck with women but not so much in forging close relationships. His only friends are other freaks and he hopes to hit it big at the horse races and on the stock market. Set in Hollywood. Title page present with credits for screenwriter J. Michael Nicholson. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 118. Mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between January 3 1973 and November 21 1973. Pages Near Fine bound in a standard three ringed binder with an affixed title label on the front board. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 132296Poland: ZRF 1974. Original Polish A2 poster circa 1974 for the 1973 US film. Artwork by Jerzy Flisak. 15.75 x 23.25 inches. Near Fine. ZRF unknown books
ref. 130855Hollywood: Paramount Pictures. Final Draft script for the 1955 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy with his name on the front wrapper and his manuscript annotations throughout. Based on the novel "Jovanka e le altre" by Urgo Pirro. Once branded himself by the House Un-American Activities Committee award-winning director Martin Ritt focuses on the cruel branding of five women in this wartime drama. Some of his better-known films The Spy Who Came In from the Cold Norma Rae also deal with the question of social and ethical choices in the face of pressure. In this story the savagery of the Yugoslav partisans as they fight off Nazi occupation forces is also vented on five women accused of Nazi sympathies because of their sexual association with one German officer. The women played by Silvana Mangano Vera Miles Barbara Bel Geddes Jeanne Moreau and Carla Gravina have their heads shaved in order to brand them as traitors. Eleanor Mannikka AllMovie Filmed on location in Italy and Austria. Orange untitled wrappers with the Dino De Laurentiis stamp and numerous annotations. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriters Michael and Achilles for screenwriter Pirro and for director Ritt. 153 leaves mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown
ref. 130855Hollywood: Paramount Pictures. Final Draft script for the 1955 film. Actor Van Heflin's copy with his name on the front wrapper and his holograph annotations throughout. Based on the novel "Jovanka e le altre" by Urgo Pirro. Once branded himself by the House Un-American Activities Committee award-winning director Martin Ritt focuses on the cruel branding of five women in this standard wartime drama. Some of his better-known films The Spy Who Came In from the Cold Norma Rae also deal with the question of social and ethical choices in the face of pressure. In this story the savagery of the Yugoslav partisans as they fight off Nazi occupation forces is also vented on five women accused of Nazi sympathies because of their sexual association with one German officer. The women played by Silvana Mangano Vera Miles Barbara Bel Geddes Jeanne Moreau and Carla Gravina have their heads shaved in order to brand them as traitors. Eleanor Mannikka AllMovie Filmed on location in Italy and Austria. Orange untitled wrappers with the Dino De Laurentiis stamp and numerous annotations. Title page present noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriters Michael and Achilles for screenwriter Pirro and for director Ritt. 153 leaves mimeograph duplication with annotations throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1973ref. 161724N.p.: Lurco Films 1973. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1973 French/German film. One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso. A quintet of beautiful young girls travel for the summer to one of the girls' father's remote villa and spend their days shoplifting hitchhiking and having orgies. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Lurco Films unknown
1963ref. 162033N.p.: Biolane Corporation 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. A nebbish man travels back in time to meet naked cave people. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Biolane Corporation unknown
1964ref. 150639Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs and one vintage reference photograph from the 1964 film. Based on Charles G. Finney's 1935 fantasy novel "The Circus of Dr. Lao." A magical circus arrives in a small western town whose inhabitants see themselves reflected in its assemblage of mystical performers and animals. Set in the American west. 10 x 8 inches. Six Near Fine two Very Good plus with small nicks and brief accompanying creasing to the edges. Complete collation details available on request. Pitts 3783. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books