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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
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 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
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
1969ref. 162110West Germany: Rank-Cinerama 1969. Vintage program for the 1969 German film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A woman has a mental breakdown after witnessing a man being violently attacked by a dog leaving her with strange effects on her sexuality. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Fine. Rank-Cinerama unknown books
1928ref. 148280Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Vintage reference photograph from the 1928 film showing actress Dorothy Sebastian. Based on screenwriter Michael Arlen's 1924 novel "The Green Hat" which he also adapted for theatre in 1925 about two childhood sweethearts who are banned from marriage due to class differences. Arlen's novel was considered so daring in the US that producers attempted to distance the film from the source text as much as possible in order to placate the Hays Commission eliminating all references to drug use sexually transmitted diseases and homosexuality which were key points within the original narrative. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] 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
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 books
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
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 books
1972ref. 149263N.p.: Trans World Attractions 1972. Vintage one sheet poster for the US release of the 1969 French film. Gilles Alain Libolt and Veronique Anna Gael fall in love and marry but soon after the birth of their child they find their romance fading. A wealthy playboy pursuing the impetuous Veronique may prove too difficult for her to resist. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus rough crease along the center very small closed tear at top margin. Trans World Attractions unknown books
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
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 books
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
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 books
1957ref. 150851Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1957 British film one showing actress Mai Zetterling the other showing Zetterling tending to actor Tyrone Power. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Columbia Pictures. 20 survivors of a sunken luxury liner find themselves crowded onto a lifeboat fitted for 9 people causing no small consternation as their food and water run out and a hurricane approaches. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus one with manuscript ink annotations on the right edge of the recto. Both photos with a serrated edge at the left margin from where they were once attached to a keybook tab. Columbia Pictures unknown books
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
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 books
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
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 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. 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 books
1967ref. 151771N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph of director Joseph Losey in conversation with actors Dirk Bogarde and Stanley Baker on the set of the 1967 film. With a printed mimeo snipe in Spanish affixed to the verso. Based on the 1965 novel by Nicholas Mosley. A professor at Oxford University finds himself enamored with his beautiful young student Anna the fiancee of his other student Michael. Their three lives become horribly entwined by a brutal car crash. The second of three legendary collaborations between director Joseph Losey and screenwriter Harold Pinter the others being "The Servant" 1963 and The Go-Between" 1970. Shot on location in Oxford London and Middlesex UK. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 151771N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage reference photograph of director Joseph Losey in conversation with actors Dirk Bogarde and Stanley Baker on the set of the 1967 film. With a printed mimeo snipe in Spanish affixed to the verso. Based on the 1965 novel by Nicholas Mosley. A professor at Oxford University finds himself enamored with his beautiful young student Anna the fiancee of his other student Michael. Their three lives become horribly entwined by a brutal car crash. The second of three legendary collaborations between director Joseph Losey and screenwriter Harold Pinter the others being "The Servant" 1963 and The Go-Between" 1970. Shot on location in Oxford London and Middlesex UK. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
