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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
1960ref. 148770N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage studio still photograph of Laurence Olivier and Brenda de Banzie from the 1960 British film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. 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. Olivier was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Shot on location in Morecambe Lancashire and West Yorkshire England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with layout annotations to top corners in manuscript wax pencil. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 149977Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1982. Vintage borderless reference studio still photograph from the 1982 film. "1982 20th Century-Fox" stamp on verso. Based on the 1978 Frank De Felitta novel about a real case of an alleged haunting. In 1974 Culver City Doris Bither claimed the ghosts of three men were raping her. De Felitta was present during the investigation with lead researcher and parapsychologist Dr. Barry Taff who served as technical advisor on "The Entity" as well as being represented in the film by the character Gene Kraft. "The Entity" is one of the few possession films that ends with White Science and Black Magic in a draw. Critics of the time dismissed the film but it still became something of a cult classic that evoked "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Exorcist." Martin Scorsese considers "The Entity" as one of the greatest horror films of all time. In a Halloween themed contribution to the website "The Daily Beast" 2013 "The Entity" scored fourth place in Scorsese's list. Shot on location in El Segundo and Santa Monica California. 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Scorcese The Dark Eleven. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1969ref. 161699N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 film with a provenance stamp on the verso and a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. Hippie exploitation horror film wherein a speed freak and two girl companions head out to the countryside to visit the speed freak's sister and her incestuous son where a rash of killings soon begin. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 156676N.p.: N.p. 1974. Seven vintage color reference photographs from the 1974 French adult film. Included with the set is a flyer for the Dutch release of the film. A professor who is about to win the Nobel Prize takes a trip into the countryside where he becomes involved with an outdoor brothel. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with pinholes at the corners. Flyer 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus moderately edgeworn. N.p. unknown
1954ref. 128682Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1954. Final shooting script for the 1954 film. Manuscript annotations on the front wrapper reading "Revisions / Blue 9-28-54" and "part of 'Admiral John Hoskins.'" One of Republic's most elaborate productions of the 1950s "The Eternal Sea" is the biography of American admiral John M. Hoskins. Sterling Hayden delivers a superbly understated performance as Hoskins who continued to serve throughout WW2 despite the loss of a leg in the early phases of the conflict. The admiral's farsighted activities as commander of the aircraft carrier Princeton led to the development of the more sophisticated jet-aircraft carriers of the Korean War. The well-chosen supporting cast includes Alexis Smith as Hoskin's wife Sue Dean Jagger as Admiral Thomas L. Semple Morris Ankrum as Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble and John Maxwell as Adm. William "Bull" Halsey whose life story would serve as the basis for the 1960 film The Gallant Hours. Elmer Bernstein's soaring musical score is the icing on the cake. Pink titled wrappers noted as Final Shooting on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 20044 dated September 1 1954 with credits for screenwriter Rivkin for director Auer and for writer Haines. 116 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 9-28-54. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good some short closed tears and creasing at the corners bound with two gold brads. Republic Pictures unknown
1990ref. 162930N.p.: N.p. 1990. Draft script for an unproduced short film. A man is trying to get his heart checked but his doctor will only speak to him in riddles. White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper with credits for screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic. Title page integral with front wrapper. 20 leaves with last page of text numbered 19. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine unbound. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 149505Los Angeles: Lawrence Schiller Productions 1982. Original borderless photograph of director Lawrence Schiller consulting with novelist Norman Mailer regarding the script for the 1982 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1979 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Mailer who adapted his own book for the screen about the final years in the life of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore following his release from prison in Illinois and through to his re-incarceration in a Provo Utah prison and eventual execution for having committed multiple murders in Utah. Nominated for five Emmy Awards winning two including Outstanding Lead Actor for Tommy Lee Jones. A turning point in television movies wherein Jones and Arquette play wholly unsympathetic characters without reservation. One of the finest films of the 1980s on television or the silver screen. Set in Utah and Oregon shot on location in Utah. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Reyes 155. Lawrence Schiller Productions unknown
1947ref. 165206Universal City: Universal Pictures 1947. Two vintage publicity photographs featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Paula Corday from the 1947 film. Both photographs with mimeo snipes affixed to the versos one also with a provenance stamp on the verso. 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 went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Loosely based on the 1926 novel "His Majesty the King" by Cosmo Hamilton. King Charles II lives in exile in the Netherlands after being deposed by Oliver Cromwell and his supporters. There Charles falls in love with a farm girl while hiding from Cromwell's assassins. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown
1947ref. 164413Universal City: Universal Pictures 1947. Two vintage publicity photographs from the 1947 film both showing actor Nigel Bruce. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso of one. Loosely based on the 1926 novel "His Majesty the King" by Cosmo Hamilton. King Charles II lives in exile in the Netherlands after being deposed by Oliver Cromwell and his supporters. There Charles falls in love with a farm girl while hiding from Cromwell's assassins. 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 went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Universal Pictures unknown
1960ref. 147254N.p.: N.p. 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Incomplete as issued noted as part one of two. Engaged Czechoslovakian immigrants Bogdan and Shari are promptly separated on their first day in New York City. Luckily Shari befriends Harold a young architect who with the help of his world-wise mother and spacious modern apartment! cares for Shari. Meanwhile Bogdan searches frantically for his fiancee but eventually must leave New York to seek employment in Texas. Prolific French screenwriter Jacques Deval was best known for "Tovarich" 1937 and "Tuesday's Guest" 1950. Set in New York City. Dark green untitled card wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Jacques Deval. 41 leaves with last page of text numbered 39. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1973ref. 150408Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Two vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1973 film one showing director William Friedkin and one showing Friedkin and screenwriter William Peter Blatty. Based on the 1971 novel by screenwriter William Peter Blatty. The first and finest film in the series following the demonic possession of a twelve-year-old girl and the ensuing attempts to purge her body of the evil spirit. One of the great genre films of the 1970s that accomplished the uncommon feat of being an over-the-top sensation upon its release and gaining subsequent status as a classic with a strangeness and depth supplied by the strength of Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow's performances. One 9.75 x 8 inches one 9.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown
1973ref. 154955Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1973 film showing director William Friedkin in conversation with young actress Linda Blair between takes. Based on the 1971 novel by screenwriter William Peter Blatty. The first and finest film in the series following the demonic possession of a twelve-year-old girl and the ensuing attempts to purge her body of the evil spirit. One of the great genre films of the 1970s that accomplished the uncommon feat of being an over-the-top sensation upon its release and gaining subsequent status as a classic with a strangeness and depth supplied by the strength of Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow's performances. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine with light creasing at the corners. National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown
1973ref. 149689Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage publicity photograph of actress Linda Blair in front of the National Theatre in Westwood California where crowds have lined up to see "The Exorcist." With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1971 novel by screenwriter William Peter Blatty. The first and finest film in the series following the demonic possession of a twelve year-old girl and the ensuing attempts to purge her body of the evil spirit. One of the great genre films of the 1970s that accomplished the uncommon feat of being an over-the-top sensation upon its release and gaining subsequent status as a classic with a strangeness and depth supplied by the strength of Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow's performances. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown
1972ref. 135017Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1972. Vintage oversize borderless double weight black and white photograph from the 1972 film. An amazing image showing Max von Sydow looming above-and seemingly beyond-a very possessed young Linda Blair. One of the great genre films of the 1970s that accomplished the uncommon feat of being an over-the-top sensation upon its release and gaining subsequent status as a classic with a strangeness and depth supplied by Burstyn and Sydow that only increases with repeated viewings. Another distinction of "The Exorcist" was that it walked away with 2 Oscars including Best Screenplay for Blatty along with 8 nominations including Best Picture a feat nearly unheard for a horror film. 11 x 14 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1971ref. 159627Los Angeles: Boxoffice International 1971. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 sexploitation film. A middling Spaghetti Western actor dreams that he has become Casanova the world's greatest lover after he is knocked unconscious during a sex party. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Boxoffice International unknown
1926ref. 171390Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Vintage portrait photograph of French actor Renée Adorée issued to promote her appearance in Josef von Sternberg's 1926 silent film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on Alden Brooks' 1924 novel "Escape" about a wealthy Frenchman who leaves his affluence behind to become an artist. Currently considered a lost film. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good evenly toned. with a few nicks and creases to the margins. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1978ref. 137031New York: Interstar 1978. Revised Shooting script for the 1980 film. Vigilante crime drama focuses on a Vietnam vet who wreaks revenge on the streets of New York for his wartime friend who was mugged and subsequently crippled. In the vein of "Death Wish" 1974 but with more exterminating. A cult classic. Shot on location in New York and Ventura County California. Red Studio Duplicating wrappers with a credit for screenwriter Glickenhaus on the front wrapper. Title page present dated 8/9/79 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with a credit for screenwriter Glickenhaus. 173 leaves with last page of text numbered 170. Mechanical duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/24/79 and 8/27/79. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Arrow 554. Hardy The Gangster Film. Interstar unknown
1963ref. 166166London: Parroch-McCallum Productions 1963. Draft script for the 1964 UK-US film copy belong to Art Director George Provis with manuscript pencil and ink annotations on eight pages. Laid in are two copies of a carbon typescript copy set listing dated "19.3.1963" one with manuscript pencil annotations listing costs and a "With Compliments" slip on Shepperton Studio letterhead. Provenance available upon request. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. When a wealthy family member goes missing the family seeks the help of a sullen teenage orphan played by Francesca Annis who is said to have psychic powers. Inspiration for the 1978 film "Eyes of Laura Mars" directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two flat metal brads. Laid in pages Near Fine bound with a paper clip. Parroch-McCallum Productions unknown
1962ref. 148348N.p.: N.p. 1962. Four vintage French lobby cards from the 1962 film. "Consortium Pathe" stamp on versos. Two Corsican criminal families are at war with each other in Paris. Set in Paris. 11.75 x 9.25 inches. Pinholes at corners and light edgewear else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 161706N.p.: Walnut International 1969. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 film. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos two with labels obscuring previous provenance stamps. An early ambitious skin flick period piece wherein John Alderman stars as a playboy gangster running a bootlegging racket in the east side of Chicago with the help of Playboy Playmate Vicki Carbe who runs his speakeasy. Shot on location in MacArthur Park and Spahn Ranch Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good one with a diagonal crease to the lower right and one with a center horizontal crease. Walnut International unknown
