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1962ref. 146911London: Compagnia Cinematografica Montoro 1962. Vintage borderless photograph of Brigitte Bardot on the set from the 1962 film. "Brigitte BARDOT" and "PHOTO UNIFRANCE FILM" stamps on the verso. Bridgette Bardot stars in this semi-biographical film by Louie Malle about a young girl Jill who suddenly becomes a movie star and tries to manage the pressures and annoyances of celebrity. She returns home to Switzerland to escape from the paparazzi and seeks refuge in the arms of newly divorced Fabio Marcello Mastroianni. Set in and shot on location in France Switzerland and Italy. 7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Compagnia Cinematografica Montoro unknown books
1962ref. 144636Paris: Transcontinental Film Productions 1962. Two vintage photographs of Sidney Lumet directing on the set of the 1962 film. With manuscript annotations and a rubber stamp on the versos of each. Based on the 1955 play by Arthur Miller about an unhappily married man whose obsession with his niece leads to tragedy when she falls for an immigrant who is staying with them. The first American film to feature a kiss between two men though ultimately it is an act of accusation against one of the men rather than a romantic one. Shot on location in New York City and Rome. 7.5 x 5.5 inches. Near Fine. Transcontinental Film Productions unknown
1961ref. 144704Paris: Transcontinental Film Productions 1961. Vintage borderless photograph of director Sidney Lumet playwright Arthur Miller and actors Ralf Vallone and Raymond Pellegrin on the set of the 1962 film. With the stamp of photographer Jacques Moreau a mimeo snipe and manuscript annotations on the verso. Based on the 1955 play by Arthur Miller about an unhappily married man whose obsession with his niece leads to tragedy when she falls for an immigrant who is staying with them. The first American film to feature a kiss between two men though ultimately it is an act of accusation against one of the men rather than a romantic one. Filmed in both French and English versions. Shot on location in New York City and Rome. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Transcontinental Film Productions unknown
1961ref. 144704Paris: Transcontinental Film Productions 1961. Vintage borderless photograph of director Sidney Lumet playwright Arthur Miller and actors Ralf Vallone and Raymond Pellegrin on the set of the 1962 film. With the stamp of photographer Jacques Moreau a mimeo snipe and holograph annotations on the verso. Based on the 1955 play by Arthur Miller about an unhappily married man whose obsession with his niece leads to tragedy when she falls for an immigrant who is staying with them. The first American film to feature a kiss between two men though ultimately it is an act of accusation against one of the men rather than a romantic one. Filmed in both French and English versions. Shot on location in New York City and Rome. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Transcontinental Film Productions unknown books
1962ref. 144636Paris: Transcontinental Film Productions 1962. Two vintage photographs of Sidney Lumet directing on the set of the 1962 film. With holograph annotations and a rubber stamp on the versos of each. Based on the 1955 play by Arthur Miller about an unhappily married man whose obsession with his niece leads to tragedy when she falls for an immigrant who is staying with them. The first American film to feature a kiss between two men though ultimately it is an act of accusation against one of the men rather than a romantic one. Shot on location in New York City and Rome. 7.5 x 5.5 inches. Near Fine. Transcontinental Film Productions unknown books
1973ref. 156646Buckinghamshire: Pinewood Studios 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 film showing director Sidney Poitier and a camera crew filming a scene with Yvette Curtis on location in Trafalgar Square. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A recently widowed African American doctor and his daughter spend a month-long vacation in London where he falls in love with an African ambassador's niece. Set in London. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Pinewood Studios unknown
1973ref. 163742N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 film showing actress Marisa Berenson reclining on a bed. Roma Press Photo stamp and Paris distributor stamp on the verso. Two women discuss their sexual experiences ultimately concluding that life is harder as a woman. An early film appearance by Berenson who would go on to find greater fame in "Cabaret" 1972 and "Barry Lyndon" 1975. 10.75 x 8.25 inches. Lightly toned along the bottom edge else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 150021N.p.: N.p. 1978. Two vintage borderless reference photographs shot on the set of the 1978 film one showing Robert Altman behind the camera and one showing Altman and Carol Burnett in conversation. In a style that Altman invented and had by this time more than mastered a mishmash of overlapping stories all centering around a middle-class wedding in the American South told over the course of a single day. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 150021N.p.: N.p. 1978. Two vintage borderless photographs shot on the set of the 1978 film one of Robert Altman behind the camera and one of Altman and Carol Burnett. In a style that Altman invented and had by this time more than mastered a soup of overlapping stories told in the context of a middle-class wedding in the American South and all taking place on a single day. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1956ref. 143200Tokyo: Toho Company 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film. Copy belonging to an unknown cast or crew member with their annotations in manuscript pencil throughout. Text and titles in Japanese. A neglected wife begins an affair with a bank teller who offers to loan money for her husband to open a cafe. Actress Hideko Takamine would appear in many of director Mikio Naruse's films usually embodying the plight of contemporary women in Japan longing for emancipation. Set in Japan. White titled perfect-bound wrappers. 67 pages with last page of text numbered e-26. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good lightly foxed. Toho Company unknown
ref. WRCLIT80830London: WASA Films nd. 1108 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in lightly used ICM script binder. Very good and evidently unproduced under this title. WASA Films unknown books
1968ref. 162603N.p.: New York Film Productions 1968. Two vintage studio still photographs from the semi-experimental 1968 film. Both photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Phil has relationship issues with his fiancee Bea due largely to his unrealistic expectations. One day he finds comfort in letters he discovers in an abandoned cabin written by a man named Jon who is even more dysfunctional and delusional than Phil. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. New York Film Productions unknown
1961ref. 150014N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Jean-Claude Brialy and Anna Karina from the 1961 film. "Michel Casanova" stamp and "R. Levy" stamp on verso. Godard's homage to romantic comedies and the Hollywood musical about a woman who wants to have child but is caught between her resistant boyfriend and his overeager best friend. Perhaps the director's warmest and funniest film. Set in and shot on location in Paris. 9.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 238. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 142607France Italy: Euro International Film / Rome Paris Films 1960. Vintage borderless photograph from the soundtrack recording sessions for the 1961 film showing director Jean-Luc Godard composer Michel Legrand a visiting Serge Gainsbourg and some other guy in the studio drinking smoking and surrounded by women which is pretty much how we always imagine them. With the stamp Radio Luxembourg on the verso. Godard's homage to romantic comedies and the Hollywood musical about a woman who wants to have child but is caught between her resistant boyfriend and his overeager best friend. Perhaps his warmest and funniest film. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 238. Euro International Film / Rome Paris Films unknown books
1961ref. 150014N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Jean-Claude Brialy and Anna Karina from the 1961 film. "Michel Casanova" stamp and "R. Levy" stamp on verso. Godard's homage to romantic comedies and the Hollywood musical about a woman who wants to have child but is caught between her resistant boyfriend and his overeager best friend. Perhaps the director's warmest and funniest film. Set in and shot on location in Paris. 9.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 238. N.p. unknown books
1947ref. 160973Universal City: Universal-International 1947. Vintage reference photograph of director Zoltán Korda talking with producer and head of Universal-International William Goetz on the set of the 1948 film noir. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Aldous Huxley's 1922 short story "The Gioconda Smile" about an unfaithful husband who is wrongly charged with the murder of his first wife. 8 x 10 inches. Slightly curled else Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal-International unknown
1950ref. 157111Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1950. Archive of material from the 1951 film belonging to actor Lon McCallister including a Final Draft script with McCallister's annotations throughout an eleven-page shooting schedule four reference photographs and three poster mock-ups for the film. Additionally laid in with the script are two loose leaves one with notes in McCallister's hand noting lines of dialogue. A group of green army recruits nicknamed the "peach fuzz brigade" become hardened over the course of the Korean War facing violent raids and attacks by snipers. Script: Green titled Columbia Pictures wrappers noting the working title "Rookie in Korea" noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper and production No. 8031 dated Oct. 17 1950. Title page present dated October 17 1950 noted as Final Draft with credits for screenwriter William Sackheim. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with yellow revision pages throughout dated October 24 1950. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Photographs: 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown
ref. 258559 August 1927. On letterhead of New Grove Petworth Sussex. Mason was according to E. V. Lucas ‘famous in both hemispheres’. His entry in the Oxford DNB ends with this assessment: ‘His books were best-sellers for fifty years and the films made from them notably The Drum 1938 for which he wrote his own scenario and The Four Feathers 1939 were among the most popular in their time.’ 1p 12mo. In good condition lightly aged. Folded twice for postage. The valediction is in Mason's autograph: 'Yours sincerely / A. E. W. Mason'. The rest of the note is typed: 'Dear Rosemary Barron / I am very happy to send you my autograph since you are kind enough to say that you would like to have it.' 9 August 1927. On letterhead of New Grove, Petworth, Sussex. unknown
1970ref. 141294N.p.: N.p. 1970. First Draft script for an unproduced film. A group of celebrities and wealthy elites all meet at a remote mansion in order to learn how to avoid being kidnapped for ransom. Pink untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as FIRST DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Luther Davis. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered 149. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 158170N.p.: Gordon Park Jr. Robert Anderson Production 1974. Draft script for the 1975 film here under the working title "Aaron and Angela." A coming-of-age story set in Harlem about the love between a Black basketball player and a Puerto Rican girl sparking disapproval from their families and neighbors. Featuring excellent location footage of a violent decaying half-abandoned 1970s New York. Irene Cara's screen debut. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 1 1974 with credits for screenwriter Gerald Sanford. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema. Parish & Hill 1. Gordon Park Jr. Robert Anderson Production unknown
1952ref. 159661Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1952. Vintage reference photograph from the 1952 film. Two workers at an inn are accidentally handed a map to Captain Kidd's treasure on Skull Island. They are able to use this as leverage to get onto the captain's ship where they undergo a variety of humorous adventures. Set in Tortuga Haiti. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1970ref. 141401N.p.: N.p. 1970. Revised Draft script for an unproduced film. Single annotation in manuscript ink on page 106. Searching for deeper meaning in her life a single mother with three daughters decides to research and write a book on sex much to the chagrin of her friends and family. Set in Big Sur. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present noted as Revised with credit for screenwriter Blanche Hanalis. 164 leaves with last page of text numbered 161. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 143839Los Angeles: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1974. First Draft script for the 1975 episode "The Deadly Volley" from the television series "The Wide World of Mystery" first aired on January 27 1975. An unliked professional tennis team owner is nearly murdered and the team members are all suspects. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated 10/10/74 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Margaret Armen. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 88. Mimeograph duplication with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated 10/10/74 and 10/11/74. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown books
1987ref. 161345Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1987. Second Draft script for the 1988 film. Steven Seagal in his film debut stars as Nico Toscani an Italian-American ex-CIA agent and martial arts expert working for the Chicago police force. What begins as a drug trafficking investigation soon reveals the CIA's involvement in an international weapons-trade operation. Nico goes to great lengths to stop Zargon Henry Silva the corrupt CIA agent behind it all. Shot on location in O'ahu and Chicago. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 27 1987 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Steven Pressfield Ronald Shusett and Andrew Davis and story credits for Andrew Davis and Steven Seagal. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mechanical duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Moore The Good the Tough and the Deadly: Action Movies and Stars 1960s-2015. Warner Brothers unknown
1987ref. 144450Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1987. First draft script for the 1988 film. Steven Seagal's debut role as Nico Toscani an Italian-American ex-CIA agent and martial arts expert working for the Chicago police force. What begins as a drug trafficking investigation soon reveals the CIA's involvement in an international weapons-trade operation. Nico goes to great lengths to stop Zargon Henry Silva the corrupt CIA agent behind it all. Shot on location in O'ahu and Chicago. Orange titled studio wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper dated March 4 1987 with credits for screenwriters Steven Pressfield Ronald Shusett Andrew Davis and Steven Seagal. Title page present dated March 4 1987 noted as First Draft with credits for for screenwriters Steven Pressfield Ronald Shusett Andrew Davis and Steven Seagal. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 107. Photocopy rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
