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1969ref. 136883N.p.: N.p. 1969. Original ribbon copy typescript for Tay Garnett's screenplay adaptation of Mickey Spillane's 1967 novel. Profusely annotated by Garnett in blue and red ink on every page and with a annotations by him at the top right corner of the first leaf: "First Draft Work Copy" "Screenplay by Tay Garnett" and "From Mickey Spillane's novel." Raoul Walsh eventually worked with Garnett on the script but this draft precedes his involvement. The film was released on May 15 1970 and starred Yvette Mimieux Christopher George and Yvonne De Carlo. 182 leaves rectos only. Leaves supple Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown
1927ref. 149917Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1927. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1927 silent film showing actress Carmel Myers and vaudevillian-cartoonist Bert Levy here visiting the set in a cartoonist capacity. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. A light romantic comedy following a young woman who blackmails her prospective beau into marriage. Now considered a lost film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine lightly worn to the bottom left corner and top edge. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1970ref. 144470Paris: Les Films du Carrosse 1970. Two vintage borderless photographs from the set of the 1970 film. With Production company stamps on the versos. Based on the 1875 novel of the same name by Emile Zola. Father Mouret Francis Huster is a young priest working in a rural parish who falls in love with his nurse after suffering from a nervous breakdown and amnesia. As he regains his memory he is struck with immense guilt and ends their relationship. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Les Films du Carrosse unknown
1973ref. 171005N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 film showing Jesús Franco directing Doris Thomas and Britt Nichols. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil and ink and the stamp of photographer Mario Lippert on the verso. A group of nuns are possessed by demons and are subsequently subjected to torture and destruction. Hot on the heels of Ken Russell's "The Devils" 1971. Shot on location in Alicante Cascais and Sintra Portugal. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Thrower "The Delirious Cinema of Jess Franco: Volume Two. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 136240Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1975. Second Revised Draft script for the 1976 film "The Desperate Miles" seen here under the title "No Help Required." A disabled Vietnam war veteran takes a road trip from LA to San Diego in his wheelchair to prove himself. Green titled wrappers noted as 2nd Rev. on the front wrapper production No. 42128 dated 1/22/75 with credits for screenwriters Arthur Ross and Joel Rogosin. Title page present integral with the front wrapper. 92 leaves with last page of text numbered 82 and with 9 additional revision pages at the rear. Mimeograph duplication with blue green yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/8/75 and 1/22/75. Pages Near Fine wrappers Very Good bound with two gold brads. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown
1956ref. 140205Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Draft script for the 1956 film here under the working title "The Outlaws are in Town." Copy belonging to Robert Arthur who played Lonny Kesh with his name on the front wrapper in manuscript pencil and his manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout. Lonny Kesh Arthur works his family's farm in Georgia but has big dreams of going west. His dreams are realized one day as he heads to Texas and ends up running with a gang of outlaws. He eventually returns to the family farm to find his parents have passed on. All goes smoothly until his former gang shows up. Set in Georgia and Texas. Green titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 27 dated June 18 1956. Title page present dated June 18 1956 with credits for screenwriters Earle Snell and Kurt Neumann and author Bennett Foster. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Multilith duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated July 2 1956. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1954ref. 161668N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1954 film. A newspaper publisher assigns his two top reporters to educate the public on sex education and abortion after his teenage daughter dies from an illegal abortion. Shot on location in Benicia Berkeley Oakland and Pacifica California. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 129268Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Final Draft script for the 1968 film. Based on the 1966 novel by Roderick Thorp about a brooding detective who becomes embroiled in a case that uncovers a deep vein of police corruption within the department. Frank Sinatra's fourth collaboration with director Gordon Douglas a box office success. One of the first mainstream Hollywood films to include explicit depictions of the lives of gay men including the violence suffered by the gay community due to the indifference of the police. In 1979 Thorp wrote a sequel to "The Detective" entitled "Nothing Lasts Forever" adapted in 1988 as "Die Hard." Although Sinatra had contractual rights to star in the sequel he wisely turned it down due to his age and action movie history-and Bruce Willis' career-were made. Set in New York and shot on location in New York and in California. Light blue titled wrappers noted as Final and production No. 116 on the front wrapper dated August 17 1967. Title page present dated August 17 1967 noted as Final with credits for screenwriter Abby Mann and writer Roderick Thorp. 161 leaves with last page of text numbered 160. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1968ref. 149585Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Vintage reference photograph from the 1968 film showing actors Frank Sinatra and Lee Remick. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1966 novel. A brooding New York detective investigates the murder of a gay man-a crime that none of his fellow officers will take seriously due to the victim's sexuality. Sinatra's fourth collaboration with director Gordon Douglas a box office success and one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to explicitly depict and discuss the lives of gay men. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light creases to the edges and a light splash to the right edge. Grant US. Twilight Time. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1968ref. 161669N.p.: Boxoffice International 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 sexploitation film. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. A fanciful account of the Marquis de Sade and the women who are irresistibly drawn to him. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Boxoffice International unknown
1975ref. 150626Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1975. Complete set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the US release of the 1974 Italian film. A convent's vicious power-hungry Mother Superior bullies and torments those who stand in her way but the arrival of an agnostic writer looking for new material threatens to challenge the nun's power. Shot on location in Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1968ref. 163705Burbank CA: Warner Brothers - Seven Arts 1968. Vintage two-color banner poster for US release of the 1966 Italian film printed in black and a bold fluorescent orange. One of only a short run of highly-regarded films released by Warner Brothers-Seven Arts between 1967 and 1969. Rare in this size format. Loosely based on the early sixteenth century novella "Belfagor arcidiavolo" by Niccolò Machiavelli. Vittorio Gassman stars as Belfagor a devil sent back to earth to stoke a war between Rome and Florence in medieval Italy to bolster the number of hell's incoming souls but quickly becomes distracted by amorous feelings for the beautiful Claudine Auger as the Maddalena de'Medici. Starring Mickey Rooney as Adramalek a Puckish demon invisible to everyone but Belfagor. Set in and shot on location in Tuscany Sicily and Rome Italy. 118.5 x 24 inches. Light rubbing and edgewear else Near Fine. Bright and unfaded. Note: The fluorescent orange color can not be reproduced in a photograph and is a much brighter orange than depicted in the image. Warner Brothers - Seven Arts unknown
1962ref. 143309Paris: Filmsonor 1962. Original black-and-white borderless still photograph from the 1962 French-Italian film. Costarring actors Alain Delon Georges Wilson and Madeleine Robinson share a drink in the segment "Tes pere et mere honoreras" Honor they Father and Mother. Rubber-stamped "Photo LIMOT" and numerical notation in manuscript pencil on the verso. An epic comedy on the Book of Exodu's most epic tale with elements based on David Alexander's novel "Murder Points a Finger" 1953. Over a series of 8 episodes various commandments are portrayed by prominent European actors including Mel Ferrer Louis de Funés Danielle Darrieux Charles Azvanour Fernandel and Dany Saval. Photographer Limot's debut film was "They Were Five" 1936 another Duvivier film followed by work with notable directors like Sascha Guitry Christian-Jaque Henri Verneuil and Marcel Carné. 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. Filmsonor unknown
1962ref. 143284Paris: Filmsonor / Mondex / Procinex 1962. Original French program for the 1962 French-Italian film here under the original French title "Le diable et les 10 commandements." Illustrated wrappers featuring esoteric cartoons by Vaissier with original glassine. Contents of the program include film credits synopsis actor biographies and advertisement campaigns; often these programs are illustrated throughout with still photographs from the film this production seems to have invested the visual element entirely in the wrapper art. An epic comedy on the Book of Exodu's most epic tale with elements based on David Alexander's novel "Murder Points a Finger" 1953. Over a series of 8 episodes various commandments are portrayed by prominent European actors including Alain Delon Mel Ferrer Louis de Funés Danielle Darrieux Charles Azvanour Fernandel and Dany Saval. 9.25 x 11.75 inches 18 leaves. Very Good plus with light dampstaining and foxing most reserved to the wrapper and glassine. Filmsonor / Mondex / Procinex unknown
1979ref. 140079N.p.: N.p. 1979. Revised Final Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in are two additional half sheets of paper. Copy belonging to casting director Marvin Paige with his name on label tape affixed to the front wrapper. Based on Raymond Radiguet's novel "Le Diable au corps" this unpublished novel features a young married woman with a husband away fighting a war and her affair with a sixteen year old boy. Published in France it was incredibly scandalous especially as it was published after France had exited World War I and the novel was proven later to be partly autobiographical. Two movies one in 1947 and another in 1986 were produced based on this book and despite being written this screenplay was never adapted for full production. Thomas Thompson was a screenwriter best known for his extensive work writing and producing episodes of the television series "Bonanza" which ran from 1959 until 1969. Set in France. Brown untitled vinyl three-ring binder with logo of the Von-Young Agency printed on the front board. Title page present dated May 2 1979 noted as Revised Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Robert E. Thompson and novelist Raymond Radiguet. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine binder Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 167751N.p.: N.p. 1977. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1977 French film. Provenance labels and layout annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. A young alienated student grapples with his diminished faith in relationships religion and politics ultimately deciding that ending his life is the only option. Restricted to ages 18 and older in France as a result of its suicidal themes and described by Richard Hell as "by far the most punk movie ever." 9.5 x 7 inches. Two Near Fine one Very Good plus with ink residue on the recto. Godard Histoires du cinema. Olive Films 322. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 147023N.p.: Constantin-Film 1976. Vintage French-Canadian poster for the 1974 German film "Magdalena vom Teufel besessen" released in the US as "Beyond the Darkness" "Magdalena Possessed by the Devil" and "The Devil's Female." With the latter title tipped on to the poster demonstrating the ad hoc distribution process for grindhouse and exploitation films which often saw titles change at a moment's notice to better catch the public's attention and sometimes trick them into seeing a film they've already seen. German sexploitation knock-off of William Friedkin's 1973 horror classic "The Exorcist" about a student at a girl's boarding school who is possessed by a demon. 22 x 34 inches folded as issued. Very Good with some light edgewear several small closed tears to right edge pinholes to corners and light rubbing to center text but still bright and unfaded. Constantin-Film unknown
1968ref. 140838N.p.: Wolper Pictures 1968. Revised Draft script for the 1968 film. Based on the book of the same name by Robert H. Adleman and Col. George Walton. Based on the 1966 book by Robert H. Adleman and Col. George Walton in turn based on the true story of a specially trained unit of misfit American and Canadian soldiers given the seemingly impossible task to capture Mt. La Difensa and prove their merit. Set in America England and Italy shot on location in Utah and Italy. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1/13/67 noted as Final Revised with credits for William Roberts. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Rubber stamped on the title page #79. Wolper Pictures unknown
1926ref. 171413Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Vintage reference photograph from the 1926 silent film showing Norma Shearer cuddling with a small dog. Mimeo snipe on the verso. The first of seven films made in the US by Danish director Benjamin Christensen about a young trapeze artist who falls in love with a petty criminal. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus moderately toned with a diagonal crease to the bottom left corner. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1992ref. 171933N.p.: N.p. 1992. Revised First Draft for an unproduced film. Not to be confused with the 1997 film starring Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino. A legal drama about a nurse who fights for justice after being sexually assaulted by a powerful wealthy bachelor. Set in Los Angeles. Self wrappers. Title page present dated 9/3/93 noted as 1st Revision with credit for screenwriter Todd Graff. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 172515N.p.: N.p. 1971. Substantial archive of material relating to the 1971 film including 125 original photographs two SIGNED by actress Georgina Hale eight original color slides 18 French front-of-house cards a press kit a program a promotional book and two magazines with articles about the film. The 125 photographs in the archive include 63 studio still photographs 61 reference photographs two in color and one wardrobe test photograph including two photographs one black and white and one color signed by actress Georgina Hale. Eight of the photographs are on-the-set photographs featuring director Ken Russell and stars Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed. 16 of the studio still photographs are borderless with caption margins along the bottom and eight of the reference photographs are borderless one with cropping annotations on the verso and one with a German mimeo snipe on the verso. One on-the-set reference photograph struck circa 1980 one with yellow wax pencil cropping annotations on the recto and six with ink annotations of collation numbers in the bottom margins. The archive also includes: Eight original color slides from the film. Eighteen color French front-of-house cards. An original 24 page "The Devils" promotional book with an embossed "The Devils" white book jacket with the heading on the first page "Background Information about 'The Devils' and Some Events in History Leading to the Incident at Loudon." A one page two-color program printed on the verso and recto. A press kit in a "The Devils / Warner Bros. Travelcade of Summer Films / April 1971" folder with an embossed gold "The Devils" sticker on the front housing two two-page press releases "The Featured Players - From King to Exorcist ." and "Black Lips Beauty Spots and 'Mortal Sin' Tints." The July 9 1971 issue of "The Daily Telegraph Magazine" featuring a cover article "Ken Russell: The Return of the Old-Style Movie Director." The April 1978 issue of the Spanish film magazine "Dirigido Por." featuring a cover article on the film. Based on the 1960 play by John Whiting and on Aldous Huxley's 1952 book "The Devils of Loudun." A dramatization of the fall of Urbain Grandier a Catholic priest accused of witchcraft and demonic conspiracy by a group of hysterical nuns. Often regarded as one of the more controversial films of the twentieth century due in large part to its heavily violent and sexual content in a religious context widely censored before its release. Photographs: 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall two photographs with small chips to the top right corner one with a tiny bruise to the upper left. Slides: 2 x 2 inches. Near Fine. 18 color French front-of-house cards: 8.75 x 11 inches. Near Fine. "The Devils" promotional book: Near Fine saddle-stapled with embossed Very Good plus jacket with light soiling rubbing and toning and a 1.5 inch tear to the front jacket near the spine. Program: 8 x 11 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Press Kit: Folder 9 x 12 inches Very Good plus with light edgewear and rubbing. Press Releases 8.5 x 11 Near Fine. "The Daily Telegraph Magazine": 9.75 x 12 inches saddle-stapled. Very Good plus with light rubbing and edgewear. "Dirigido Por." magazine: 8 x 11 inches perfect bound. Very Good plus with wear and rubbing at the spine and staple holes near the spine. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 130807Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1961. Draft script for the 1961 television episode. Actor Van Heflin's copy. "The Dick Powell Show" was an American anthology series that ran on NBC from 1961 to 1963 ending when the show's host Dick Powell died of lung cancer. It featured a number of notable screenwriters and directors including Aaron Spelling William Friedkin and Bruce Geller. Ronald Regan guest starred on the original pilot. Light blue titled wrappers noted as production No. 4715 dated May 19 1961. Title page present dated May 9 1961 with credits for screenwriter Spies and for producers Spelling and Powell. 84 leaves mimeograph duplication with pink goldenrod yellow green and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 5-26-61 and 7-20-61. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Shooting schedule and staff list also included. Shooting schedule 4 leaves on blue stock with annotations mimeograph duplication Fine. Staff list 1 leaf mimeograph duplication Fine. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
1972ref. 148271N.p.: Greenwich Film Productions 1972. Five vintage French lobby cards from the 1972 film. Six bourgeois friends try to sit down to a meal together and are repeatedly interrupted by surreal dream-like happenings in Buñuel's satiric masterpiece. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film also nominated for Best Screenplay. Set in and shot on location in Paris. 4 11.5 x 8.25 inches 1 11 x 8.75 inches. Very Good plus two with pinholes at top corners one with crease on far lower left. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Rosenbaum 1000. Ebert II. Criterion Collection 102. Schrader 33. Greenwich Film Productions unknown
1972ref. 148275N.p.: Greenwich Film Productions 1972. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1972 film with provenance stamp of film historian "Maurice Bessy" on the verso. Six bourgeois friends try to sit down to a meal together and are repeatedly interrupted by surreal dream-like happenings in Buñuel's satiric masterpiece. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film also nominated for Best Screenplay. Set in and shot on location in Paris. 9.5 x 7 inches. One uniformly faded else Near Fine. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Rosenbaum 1000. Ebert II. Criterion Collection 102. Schrader 33. Greenwich Film Productions unknown
1963ref. 153714New York: Plautus Productions 1963. Revised Draft script for the 1963 television episode originally aired on October 17 1963 on CBS. Manuscript ink annotations by screenwriter Larry Cohen to the first 19 pages noting substantive revisions and Cohen's playful annotation to the title page crossing through "The Nurses" and writing "Florence Nightmare" possibly a working title over the printed title. The series title was changed from "The Nurses" to "The Doctors and the Nurses" for the second season. The series ran from 1962 to 1965 and followed the interpersonal dramas of a group of doctors and nurses at the fictitious Alden General Hospital in New York. In this episode a man attempts suicide and is left partially paralyzed and is tended by Nurse Kelly. An early venture for screenwriter Larry Cohen who would go on to write Blaxploitation films "Bone" 1972 "Black Caesar" 1973 and "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 as well as several popular horror and science fiction films including "It's Alive" 1974 "God Told Me To" 1976 and "The Stuff" 1985. Set in New York. Self wrappers housed in a manila envelope. Title page present dated April 5 1963 noted as Revised Mimeo and production No. 34 with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. 84 leaves with last page of text numbered IV-77. Mimeograph duplication on pink stock rectos only. Title page Very Good plus with light wear and dampstaining to the edges else Pages Near Fine unbound. Envelope Very Good plus overall. Plautus Productions unknown
