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1946ref. 153990Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1946. Vintage reference photograph of director Robert Florey arranging a shot with actor Peter Lorre on the set of the 1946 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with a Warner Brothers stamp the stamp of photographer Mac Julian and a provenance stamp. Based on the 1919 short story by W.F. Harvey. A wealthy disabled pianist with an interest in the occult is found murdered in his Italian villa leading local villagers to suspect evil forces involved in his death. Peter Lorre's final film for Warner Brothers ending a five-year involvement. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant UK. Selby UK. Spicer UK. Warner Brothers unknown
1922ref. 158284Beverly Hills CA: Warner Brothers 1922. Set of three vintage hand-tinted lobby cards for the 1922 film. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1922 novel. A young husband and wife spend money with aplomb anticipating a large payout once the man's grandfather dies. When the patriarch passes away and they discover they have been left nothing in his will. Considered today to be a lost film. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus some with pinholes to the corners lightly and evenly toned. Warner Brothers unknown
1972ref. 70572Los Angeles: Betnic Productions Inc 1972. Wraps. Very good. Revised Draft of this unproduced screenplay. Veteran producer Frank P. Rosenberg hired Ernest Tidyman 1928-84 to adapt Jeanne Rejaunier's best-selling novel which deals with the glamourous sometimes sleazy life of topflight New York fashion models. Tidyman began work on the project in 1970 immediately prior to writing the screenplays for Shaft 1971 based on his 1970 novel and French Connection 1971 which established him as one of the top screenwriters in the business. The production was ultimately abandoned. However this draft includes casting notes with potential candidates for each role listed in order of preference - for instance the actresses targeted for the role of Charlene include Eleanor Parker Bette Davis Joan Crawford Susan Hayward Ava Gardner Rita Hayworth Anne Baxter and Angela Lansbury - as well as brief bios of the preferred producer Gordon Oliver director Gordon Douglas and production manager Nate Barrager. Green titled vinyl wrappers noted as "Revised Draft" on the title page which is dated November 8 1972 and includes credits for Tidyman Rejaunier and Betnic Productions. 169 mimeographed pages with the last page numbered 154. The contents are crisp and clean. Some very light edgewear to the wrappers which are bound with two brads with the remnants of a paper label to the spine; otherwise very good. Scarce OCLC locates no copies. Betnic Productions Inc unknown
1972ref. 169567N.p.: N.p. 1972. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 French film. French release stamps on the versos. Based on the 1951 novel by Belgian author Françoise Mallet-Joris who also co-wrote the screenplay with director Guy Casaril. A wealthy lonely 15-year-old girl is seduced by her father's girlfriend a manipulative older woman who hopes to marry the girl's widowed father. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine to Fine. N.p. unknown
1986ref. 166553N.p.: N.p. 1986. Revised Draft script for the 1987 film with rainbow revisions. Based on the 1982 novel "The Religion" by Robert Stuart Nathan writing as Nicholas Conde. A police psychiatrist attempts to uncover the culprits behind a series of ritualistic child murders linked to a voodoo cult. Set in New York shot on location in New York City and Ontario Canada. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 6/18/86 with credit for screenwriter Mark Frost. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/17/86 and 6/18/86. Pages Very Good plus with title page and first page of text detached from the binding. Bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 161434N.p.: N.p. 1978. Second Draft script for the 1979 film. Based on Sylvia Plath's influential semi-autobiographical 1963 novel about a young woman who suffers a series of mental breakdowns at her family's home in New England in the 1950s. Set in New York and New England shot on location in New Jersey and New York. Blue titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated April 17 1978 noted as 4th polish/2nd draft with credits for Sylvia Plath and screenwriter Marjorie Kellogg. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 5/30/78. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with adhesive residue on the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 150728N.p.: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1979. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1979 film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso and a stamp noting production No. 79-22 on the bottom right corner of the recto. Based on Sylvia Plath's influential semi-autobiographical 1963 novel about a young woman who suffers a series of mental breakdowns at her family's home in New England in the 1950s. Set in New York and New England shot on location in New Jersey and New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown
1962ref. 161534N.p.: N.p. 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 film with a provenance stamp on the verso. A re-edited version of the 1958 German film "The Sin Began with Eva" by Fritz Umgelter with additional nude scenes featuring Playboy model June Wilkinson shot by a young Francis Ford Coppola then still a film student. A bellboy aspiring to be a private eye spies on the suspicious activities of women in the hotel who turn out to be representatives of a lingerie manufacturer. Shot on location in Bavaria and San Francisco. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1987ref. 150490N.p.: The Callender Company 1987. Vintage studio still photograph of Peter Greenaway and crew on the set of the 1987 film. Paper snipe on verso. American architect Stourley Kracklite Brian Dennehy arrives in Rome to supervise an exhibition for the little known French architect Etienne-Louis Boullee. Over several months working on the exhibition Kracklite's health and marriage deteriorate as he becomes convinced he is being poisoned like Caesar Augustus. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in and shot on location in Rome Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1092. The Callender Company unknown
1970ref. 144010Beverly Hills CA: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Paper clipped on the front wrapper is a typed note initialed by Edwin Blum in blue manuscript ink. Two women repeatedly arrange to be the beneficiaries on the life insurance policies of numerous dead men. In the course of their activities a romance is struck up with an insurance executive. Beige titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Edwin Blum. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Edwin Blum. 119 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1999ref. 139964Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1999. Vintage press kit for the 1999 film. Includes six page pamphlet on the cast filmmakers synopsis and film production. Also includes a black and white film still photograph. Housed in a photo illustrated folder. Director Malcom D. Lee's directorial debut in part financed by his cousin Spike Lee. The first major lead role for Taye Diggs who plays an author whose upcoming autobiographical novel will spill the beans on all the dirt between his friends set to release with unfortunate timing just around a wedding at which he will see many of them. "The Best Man" proved the mainstream commercial viability of African American romantic comedies. Folder Very Good plus with light rubbing and creasing. Contents about Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1978ref. 142871Burbank CA: Ross Hunter Productions Inc. / National Broadcasting Company NBC 1978. First Draft script for the 1979 television film conceived and aired in 2 parts originally by NBC on May 27 1979. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in navy full calf with gilt titles on cover and spine with Hunter's name on the front board. Based on the 1976 novel of the same name by New York Times bestseller Helen Van Slyke. A widow raises rebellious children dates a younger man and renews a romance with an old friend. Donna Reed's television movie debut but also brought her back to television after a twelve-year absence. Ross Hunter's final project. Set in New York and Ireland shot on location in Los Angeles. Green full calf binding with titled paper wrappers as issued noted as Second Draft on the front wrapper dated August 31 1978 with credits for screenwriter Stanford Whitmore. Title page present dated August 31 1978 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Stanford Whitmore adapted from the novel by Helen Van Slyke. 220 leaves with last page of text numbered 231. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus presentation binding Near Fine. Ross Hunter Productions Inc. / National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
1972ref. 128339N.p.: New World Pictures 1972. Original US one sheet poster a variant size in a variant yellow color scheme for the 1972 Italian film. An early role for Vonetta McGee who would star in television shows like "L.A. Law" and "Bustin' Loose" and several other Blaxploitation films in the 1970s. The film poster here is the yellow variant also known to have been printed in red. 23 x 34.25 inches folded. Studio label on the verso. Very Good plus with a couple of short closed tears and a couple of light stains. Parish and Hill 14. New World Pictures unknown
1963ref. 156632N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph of director Satyajit Ray and a camera crew capturing a scene with Anil Chatterjee and Madhavi Mukherjee on the set of the 1963 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A young housewife goes to work as a saleswoman in order to save her family from financial peril finding her relationships with her husband and their traditional conservative family changing as she gains independence in the modern world. Shot on location in Calcutta. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Criterion Collection 668. N.p. unknown
1955ref. 158962Glendale CA: Allied Artists Pictures 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1955 film noir. A police lieutenant is ordered by his boss to stop trying to catch a sadistic gangster but finds himself increasingly obsessed with catching the man-and increasingly bewitched by the man's girlfriend. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pin holes at the corners and one small chip missing from the top left corner. Grant US. Olive Films. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Allied Artists Pictures unknown
1978ref. 151102Universal City: Universal Pictures 1978. Vintage press kit for the 1978 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing 2 black and white photographs and 18 gatherings of promotional reading material. A radical hippie turned private eye is hired to investigate a fake campaign flyer showing the incumbent governor of California with a Berkeley activist who has been missing for years. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Universal Pictures unknown
1977ref. 158139Universal City: Universal Studios 1977. Final Shooting Draft for the 1978 film. A New Hollywood neo-noir based on Simon's 1973 novel. Moses Wine Dreyfuss is a 1960s radical-turned-private eye who is hired by Lila Anspach to investigate a smear campaign against a popular political candidate. The investigation soon becomes a murder case involving a hippie leader whose values like Wine's have been compromised over the years. Set in California shot on location in southern California. Red titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 02111 dated October 19 1977. Title page present noted as Final Shooting Draft with credits for screenwriter Roger L. Simon. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Grant US. Spicer US. Universal Studios unknown
1939ref. 151805Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1939. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1939 film. A prison warden must decide between keeping a huge lot of stolen goods and saving a man from the electric chair. Tall yellow titled wrappers. Title page present noted as production No. 1032 with credits for director Arthur Lubin and actors Victor McLaglen and Jackie Cooper. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads at the top edge. Universal Pictures unknown
1955ref. 145400Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1955. Vintage press photograph from the set of the 1955 film. Based on Clifford Odets' 1949 Broadway play. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant Worldwide. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. United Artists unknown
1959ref. 149576Rome: Union Photos 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1959 Italian film showing actress Elsa Martinelli. With the stamps of Union Photos and Atlantic Press on the verso. Loosely based on Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1955 novel "Ragazzi di vita" following three amoral young men as they make their way through Rome's seedy criminal underworld. The third collaboration between director Mauro Bolognini and screenwriter Pasolini who would of course go on to become a great and arguably better-known filmmaker in his own right preceded by "Marisa" 1957 and "Giovani mariti" 1958 and followed by "Bell' Antonio" 1960 and "From a Roman Balcony" 1960. Set and shot on location in Rome. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Union Photos unknown
1974ref. 156710N.p.: N.p. 1974. Vintage oversize borderless color reference photograph from the 1974 film showing a topless Nathalie Courval. Two couples visit the castle of an actor who specializes in playing vampires but soon begin to question whether his sinister behavior is indeed a performance. 12 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with moderate wear and creasing at the corners. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 167741N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1968 sexploitation film showing a topless Annette Johnson. Provenance stamp on the verso. A playboy is framed for the murder of a girl he met at a discotheque and finds himself drawn into the seedy underworld of London. Shot on location in Brighton England. 8 x 10.25 inches. About Fine. BFI B1106. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 161538N.p.: ScreenCom International 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film both with provenance stamps on the versos. A playboy is framed for the murder of a girl he met at a discotheque and finds himself drawn into the seedy underworld of London. Shot on location in Brighton England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear one photograph with wax pencil annotations and a small chip in the right margin. BFI B1106. ScreenCom International unknown
2010ref. 158461N.p.: N.p. 2010. Revised Final Draft script for an unproduced episode for an imagined fifth season of the 1965-1969 Western television series. The series followed the adventures of the Barkley family in San Joaquin Valley in the 1870s. In this follow-up the fourth Barkley son Eugene makes a reappearance when he returns home from college. Written for the Williamsburg Film Festival in 2010. Clear mylar front wrapper black rear wrapper. Title page present noted as Revised final draft with credit for Thomas M. Crawford. 50 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Xerographic duplication rectos and versos. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1978ref. 146513N.p.: N.p. 1978. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Criminals plan a massive theft from a military air base in order to secure the materials to build a nuclear warhead. Screenwriter Josef Shaftel was better known for "The Biggest Bundle of them All" 1968. Set in Boston Chicago Las Vegas and New York. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated June 15 1978 noted as Film Treatment with credits for screenwriters JOSEF SHAFTEL and PAUL WHEELER. 32 leaves with last page of text numbered 31. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
