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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
1991ref. 142140Culver City CA: TriStar Pictures 1991. Vintage press kit for the 1991 film. Press kit includes six black and white photographs and a pamphlet of production information housed in a titled pictorial studio folder. Oliver Stone a self-professed Doors fan directs this star studded over-the-top biopic whose production struggled through over ten years of negotiations with the families and surviving band members depicted in the film. Val Kilmer delivers a convincing portrayal of Jim Morrison with Kevin Dillon Kyle MacLachla and Meg Ryan in supporting roles. Photos 10 x 8 inches. Production pamphlet 29 pages saddle stapled housed in a 9 x 12 inch folder. Photos and production pamphlet Fine in a Near Fine folder. TriStar Pictures unknown
1962ref. 142324Universal City London: K.N.P. Productions / Universal 1962. Draft script for the 1963 film. Laid in is a two page stapled cast list dated December 21 1962 as well as a three page stapled cast and unit list dated December 21 1962. Here under the working title "It's All Happening." A local talent-spotter organizes a benefit concert to save the orphanage he grew up in. Later categorized as a "children's musical" this film featured a great number of actual popular singer and bands active in the 1960s in England. Green untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated November 29 1962. 72 leaves with last page of text numbered 71. Multilith duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. K.N.P. Productions / Universal unknown
1966ref. 161997N.p.: Manson Distributing 1966. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1966 British film here under the British release title "The Naked World of Harrison Marks." All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos two with labels obscuring previous provenance stamps. A pseudo-documentary on the life and dreams of adult film director and photographer George Harrison Marks. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Manson Distributing unknown
1978ref. 161019Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1978. Complete set of eight color studio still photographs for the 1978 film. Stamp of Consolidated Theatre Services of Canada on the versos. Director Walter Hill's existential neo-noir heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" 1967 with some of the finest car-chase sequences ever committed to celluloid. The film follows a skilled getaway driver whose elusive escapes torment a self-assured police detective driving the detective to the brink of obsession. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US. Twilight Time 53. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1978ref. 149435Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1978. Vintage matte black-and-white reference photograph of director Walter Hill and actor Isabelle Adjani on the set of the 1978 film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso. Director Walter Hill's existential neo-noir heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" 1967 with some of the finest car-chase sequences ever committed to celluloid. The film follows a skilled getaway driver whose elusive escapes torment a self-assured police detective driving the detective to the brink of obsession. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US. Twilight Time 53. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1974ref. 160151Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / First Artists / Coleytown / Turman-Foster 1974. Revised Final Shooting script for the 1974 film. Based on the 1950 Lew Archer novel by Ross Macdonald. Private investigator Harper returns in this sequel to the eponymous 1966 film investigating a blackmail plot in a Louisiana bayou where he finds himself in between an ex-lover an oil tycoon and the local police. In this early draft of the script Paul Newman's character is named Lew Ryan perhaps evidence that the production did not begin as a direct sequel to "Harper" but simply as an adaptation of the source material. Set in Louisiana and shot there on location. Blue studio wrappers. Title page present dated September 16 1974 noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Keenan Wynn and novelist Ross Macdonald. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink yellow goldenrod and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/30/74 and 10/6/74. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Warner Brothers / First Artists / Coleytown / Turman-Foster unknown
1950ref. 142338N.p.: N.p. 1950. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. An Irish comedy involving a small village which finds itself on the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland i.e. the British Empire. A man and a woman on opposite sides of the border fall in love. Set in Ireland. Green titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present with credits for screenwriter G.E. Moore. 33 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 27. Ribbon copy typescript with type in black and red. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near fine bound with string binding. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 152439N.p.: N.p. 1961. Cut Version Draft script for Season 1 Episode 12 "Trick or Treason" of the NBC anthology series "The DuPont Show of the Week" which aired on December 17 1961 and is today presumably lost. Copy belonging to uncredited associate producer Milt Myers with script housed in spring binder with Myers name in gilt on lower right. Annotations in manuscript pencil throughout with first name of Monique van Vooren who played Krys written boldly and underlined on top of title page. Script is preceded by a six page "teaser" for the episode. Missing five pages likely as used or issued. From the estate of actress Monique van Vooren. American OSS captain DiLuca Martin Gabel who has fallen in love with the Dutch spy Krys is fed erroneous invasion plans through Holland which Krys reveals to the Nazis confusing them as the Allies prepare for the Battle of Normandy. "The Dupont Show of the Week" was a comedy drama and musical television anthology series which aired on NBC for three seasons from September 17 1961 to August 30 1964 and was nominated for eight Primetime Emmy Awards. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 10/25/61 noted as CUT VERSION with credits for screenwriter Leon Tokatyan. 87 leaves with last page of text numbered IV-23. Mimeograph duplication with the exception of four leaves IV6 - IV-8 and IV-19 which are carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus. Spring binder Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1960ref. C63709London 1960. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Near fine in slightly toned slightly marked at rear very good plus dust jacket. 8vo. pp 271. Colour dust jacket illustrated by Biro. Original publisher's green buckram cloth lettered white at spine. Ownership signature and address at front flyleaf of Karl Tunberg who wrote the screenplay for the film ""The 7th Dawn"" 1964 based on this novel and directed by Lewis Gilbert. hardcover
1948ref. 151699N.p.: N.p. 1948. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Jean Cocteau in conversation with actress Silvia Monfort while cinematographer Christian Matras looks on to the left. With the stamp of Le Parisien archive on the verso. Based on Cocteau's 1946 play. In nineteenth-century Europe a suicidal anarchist poet falls in love with the long-secluded queen who has been absent from the public eye for ten years due to her grief over her husband's death. Set in the fictional country of Krantz. 7 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1925ref. 137138Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1925. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1925 film with a mimeo snipe and photographer's stamp on the verso. Based on the unfinished 1832 novel "Dubrovsky" by Alexander Pushkin. A posed shot showing director Brown and stars Valentino and Banky with painter Federico Beltran Masses a well known figure in Hollywood because of his friendship with William Randolph Hearst. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with diagonal chips missing from two corners but the image largely unaffected. United Artists unknown
1958ref. 139786Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1958. Revised Final Draft script for the 1958 television episode of "The Ed Wynn Show." Copy belonging to actor Tom Irish with his name in green manuscript ink on the front wrapper and notation in green ink to a single page. Irish played an uncredited bit part named "Biff." In 1958 veteran vaudeville comedian Ed Wynn creator of the innovative live skit-based 1949 television show of the same name tried his hand at a third television series: a short-lived sitcom that would last only one season. Though Wynn was one of few beloved vaudevillians to make a successful transition to the small screen with his first show featuring high profile Hollywood guests and winning a Primetime Emmy Award for Best Live Show in 1950 his success would not last indefinitely. As television grew he would shift towards more serious dramatic roles. The 1958 iteration of "The Ed Wynn Show" would be the last series he put his name on before taking a spate of guest appearances and dramatic roles in various television shows and films. Yellow titled wrappers noted as production No. 4477 dated October 29 1958 with credits for screenwriters Laurence Marks and Milton Pascal. Title page present dated October 29 1958 noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Marks and Pascal. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered 38. Mimeograph on eye-rest green stock with yellow revision pages throughout dated October 31 1958. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
1972ref. 171235Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Rehearsal Draft script for the 1972 film. Production memo laid in with the script noting changes to shooting location for two scenes. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1964 play by Paul Zindel about an eccentric middle-aged mother struggling to raise her two daughters. Starring director Paul Newman's wife Joanne Woodward and one of their real-life daughters Nell Potts as Beatrice and Matilda respectively. Winner of Best Actress at Cannes for Woodward. Shot on location in Bridgeport Connecticut. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 14 1972 noted as Rehearsal Draft with credit for screenwriter Alvin Sargent. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Good wrapper Good with dampstaining affecting the last 50 leaves and rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1947ref. 164461Universal City: Universal-International 1947. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1947 film showing actors Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901. Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and was the first still photographer to win an Academy Award. He went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures where he worked well into the 1950s. Based on the 1945 memoir by Betty MacDonald about a young couple who decide to become chicken farmers leading to a number of humorous mishaps. Colbert was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Universal-International unknown
1971ref. 161697N.p.: N.p. 1971. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 film. Both photographs with provenance stamps on the versos one on a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. A girl from the country escapes her abusive step father to Florida and is introduced into the world of prostitution by two seasoned working girls. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 152544London: Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors 1980. Vintage program for the UK release of the 1980 film. A lush production directed in a neoclassical style by David Lynch based on two nonfiction accounts by Sir Frederick Treves "The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences" and Ashley Montagu "The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity". The true story of Joseph Merrick a gentle and intelligent man reviled for his severe deformities. Nominated for eight Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director and Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in London. 8.25 x 11.5 inches. Bi-fold. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 1051. Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors unknown
1962ref. 151080N.p.: N.p. 1962. Five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1962 film including one of Jean Renoir sitting amongst the cast on the set of the film. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil provenance stamp and label of film historian "Maurice Bessy" and "Le Caporal Epingle" stamp all on verso. Two photos shown please inquire to see others. Based on the 1947 novel by Jacques Perret. A comedic account of a French aristocrat's repeated attempts to escape from a German POW camp during WWII. A companion piece to Renoir's earlier WWI set masterpiece "Le Grande Illusion" 1937. Shot on location in Paris France and Vienna Austria. 9.5 x 7 inches. Some light edgewear else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 140952France: Les Films du Cyclope / Omnia Films 1962. Vintage photograph from the 1962 film showing Jean Renoir directing star Jean-Pierre Cassel and some supporting actors during an outdoor shot with the boom operator in the background. Manuscript pencil notation on the verso identifying the subjects and film. Based on Jacques Perret's 1947 novel a comedic account of a French aristocrat's repeated attempts to escape from a German POW camp during WWII and a companion piece to Renoir's earlier WWI set masterpiece "Le Grande Illusion" 1937. 10.75 x 8.25 inches. Light creasing to the borders Near Fine. Les Films du Cyclope / Omnia Films unknown
1985ref. 168039Los Angeles: Embassy Films 1985. Six vintage publicity photographs for the US release of the 1985 British film. After his family moves to Brazil for his father's engineering job an American boy is kidnapped by an indigenous tribe and raised in the Amazon jungle. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Embassy Films unknown
1933ref. 148767Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1933. Vintage reference photograph of Paul Robeson in full regalia from the 1933 film struck circa 1970s. With a provenance stamp on the verso. Based on Eugene O'Neill's 1920 play following a cunning railway porter who gradually manipulates his way into control of a small Caribbean island. Actor Paul Robeson's first sound feature a breakthrough role which secured the actor's status as one of the first African American leading actors of mainstream cinema. Set throughout the American South and in the Caribbean Islands shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 370. United Artists unknown
1933ref. 159022Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1933. Vintage linen-backed keybook reference photograph from the 1933 film showing actor Paul Robeson. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Eugene O'Neill's 1920 play following a cunning railway porter who gradually manipulates his way into control of a small Caribbean island. Actor Paul Robeson's first sound feature a breakthrough role which secured the actor's status as one of the first African American leading actors of mainstream cinema. Set throughout the American south and in the Caribbean Islands shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light wear along the top edge image unaffected. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 370. United Artists unknown
1961ref. 143276Tokyo: Takarazuka Productions 1961. First Draft script for the 1961 film. Working copy belonging to uncredited crew member Takahashi Toshihiro with his name rubber stamped on the first leaf and the last page of text. Director Yasjiro Ozu's penultimate film about a widower and his daughters who become concerned when he begins visiting an old flame while also trying to find husbands for his youngest daughter and widowed daughter-in-law. White titled wrappers noted as 1 on the front wrapper dated 1961. Title page present. 52 leaves with last page of text numbered d-26. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with some slight foxing. Criterion Collection Eclipse Series 3. Takarazuka Productions unknown
1960ref. 161018N.p.: N.p. 1960. Six vintage studio still photographs from the 1960 film. Based on the 1957 play written at the behest of actor Laurence Olivier who reprised his role as Archie Rice an embittered third-rate music hall performer facing the dissipation of his industry and personal life. Set and shot on location in London and Morecambe. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with some faint wear on the top edges and five with old price stickers on the verso. N.p. unknown
