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1965ref. 132451Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. First Draft script for the 1965 film. Included are production notes dated November 1965 laid in and an architectural sketch of the "sky truck" noted as "REVISED / APR. 22. '65" As deluxe a script for this film as we have seen and a highspot for noted director Robert Aldrich. One of the great adventure films of the twentieth century wherein a cargo plane with fewer than a dozen men goes down in the Sahara in a sandstorm. One of the men is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for an airplane they will build to escape before food and water are depleted. Black titled wrappers noted as 2ND DRAFT on the front wrapper dated April 6th. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Heller and novelist Trevor. 178 leaves mechanical duplication with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/15/65 and 4/27/65. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine with a small fingernail-size bruise at the top left corner of the front wrapper. Bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1986ref. 169589Paris: Sipa Press 1986. Eight vintage color slides from the French release of the 1986 film. Based on the 1957 short story by George Langelaan and a remake of the 1958 film directed by Kurt Neumann. A classic work of body horror about an eccentric inventor who begins to undergo unexpected and horrific mutations when a common house fly slips into his newly invented teleportation device. Winner of an Academy Award. 1.5 x 1 inches in the original 2 x 2 cardboard sleeves. About Fine. Carlson Destroy All Movies. Sipa Press unknown
1986ref. 158427N.p.: Twentieth Century-Fox 1986. Eight vintage glossy Italian Photobusta posters for the 1986 film. Based on the 1957 short story by George Langelaan. Remake of the 1958 film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Al Hedison Patricia Owens and Vincent Price. Director David Cronenberg's classic remake wherein eccentric inventor Seth Brundle Jeff Goldblum begins to undergo unexpected and horrific mutatio when a common house fly slips into his newly invented teleportation device. Winner of an Academy Award. 26.25 x 18.25 inches. Near Fine overall. Carlson Destroy All Movies. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1977ref. 156017N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Dino Risi and actress Anicée Alvina on the set of the 1977 film. Stamp of Israel Film Archive on the verso. Based on the 1966 novel "Un'anima persa" by Giovanni Arpino. An amateur painter discovers that his aunt and uncle's run-down mansion is home to a number of strange and macabre secrets. Risi's second adaptation of Arpino's novel following "Profumo di donna" in 1974. Set and shot on location in Venice. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 136089Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1966. Five vintage borderless black-and-white studio still photographs from the set of the 1966 film. All photographs show Billy Wilder giving direction including scenes in a bedroom on a football field in a cemetery and more. Walter Matthau won an Academy Award for his role in the film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1915ref. 171490N.p.: N.p. 1915. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1915 silent film one showing Edward Martindel and Mary Pickford the other showing Martindel Pickford and Mildred Morris. Contemporary annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos. Years after abandoning his daughter to an orphanage a wealthy painter attempts a reconciliation. The original film premiered in 1915 directed by Allan Dwan but was destroyed in a fire shortly after its release and is today considered lost. The film was re-made with the same cast directed by John B. O'Brien and released in 1916. One 8.75 x 8 inches the other 10 x 8 inches. Good edgeworn with chips at two corners moderately toned. N.p. unknown
1949ref. 161687Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1949. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1949 film. In approaching the film adaptation of Ayn Rand's 1943 work director King Vidor dispensed with typical Hollywood production techniques and focused on creating an expressionistic film one that literally echoed the architectural underpinnings of its characters' philosophies motives and ambitions. Unusual choices included modernist cinematography expressionistic set designs and wardrobe and having Rand herself write the heady screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1949ref. 161625Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1949. Five vintage promotional photographs four of which are in color from the landmark 1949 film adaptation of Ayn Rand's 1943 novel "The Fountainhead." Each photo with the film's title logo at the bottom margin. One photo framed to look like a "book" to tie in with the popularity of the novel. In approaching the film adaptation of Rand's iconoclastic work Vidor dispensed with typical Hollywood production techniques and focused on creating an expressionistic film one that literally echoed the architectural underpinnings of its characters' philosophies motives and ambitions. Unusual choices included modernist cinematography expressionistic set designs and wardrobe and having Ms. Rand herself write the heady screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1949ref. 161624Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1949. Four vintage reference photographs from the landmark 1949 film adaptation of Ayn Rand's 1943 novel "The Fountainhead." In approaching the film adaptation of Rand's iconoclastic work Vidor dispensed with typical Hollywood production techniques and focused on creating an expressionistic film one that literally echoed the architectural underpinnings of its characters' philosophies motives and ambitions. Unusual choices included modernist cinematography expressionistic set designs and wardrobe and having Ms. Rand herself write the heady screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1949ref. 148507Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1949. Three vintage photographs of Patricia Neal applying makeup on the set of the 1949 film. Adapted to the screen by Ayn Rand from her novel one of only three screenplays she wrote during her brief tenure in Hollywood. In approaching the film adaptation of Rand's iconoclastic work King Vidor dispensed with typical Hollywood production techniques and focused on creating an expressionistic film one that literally echoed the architectural underpinnings of its characters' philosophies motives and ambitions. Unusual choices included modernist cinematography expressionistic set designs and wardrobe and having Ms. Rand herself adapt her own screenplay. Two photographs 7.5 x 9.25 inches. One photograph 7.75 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear. Warner Brothers unknown
1921ref. 143526US: Metro Pictures Corporation 1921. Vintage photograph from the 1921 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1916 anti-war novel by Vincent Basco Ibanez about a French and German family on both sides of World War I. Along with "The Sheik" later the same year the film the catapulted Rudolph Valentino to stardom and helped create his "Great Lover" image. The film also launched the career of director Rex Ingram made screenwriter June Mathis one of the most powerful woman in Hollywood inspired a tango craze and was the first to gross over $1000000 at the box office. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a partial and faint studio stamp on the recto light soil and edgewear. National Film Registry. Metro Pictures Corporation unknown
1963ref. 161738N.p.: Audubon Films 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1963 French film. A wealthy American girl who enjoys painting nudes of her chic friends draws the affections of two French bohemians. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Audubon Films unknown
1977ref. 168484N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage reference photograph from the 1977 French film showing actors Françoise Fabian and Dayle Haddon. Provenance stamp and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the life of famed French brothel keeper Madame Claude who ran a high-class escort service in the heart of Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 169563Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film showing actor Gene Hackman. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Gene Hackman along with three additional nominations. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1972ref. 167514N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage color reference photograph from the 1972 French softcore film. A married American journalist is seduced by two stewardesses kicking off a series of unusual and occasionally political occurrences. 5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good plus. Bier 734. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 146899N.p.: Europrodis 1972. Six vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1972 film with one of Jose Benazeraf being double weight with matte finish. "Hubert Toyot" stamp on the verso. Catherine Franck and Patricial Hermenier play sexually liberated air hostesses who seduce American journalist played by Rod Cameron and move on to their next conquest but he refuses to accept it and pursues them. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine some curling one with small crease in upper right corner. Europrodis unknown
1981ref. 172055Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1981. Vintage reference photograph from the 1981 film showing director Karel Reisz with author John Fowles on the set. Based on Fowles' 1969 novel about two actors who begin to find their real-life circumstances mirroring their characters' relationship. Shot on location in Dorset. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good or better moderately creased to the corners with light toning overall. Criterion Collection 768. United Artists unknown
1981ref. 138784Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1981. Vintage black-and-white French press photograph from the set 1981 UK film. Shown are director Karel Reisz and actors Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons conferring on a scene. French press stamp and a copyright sticker from United Artists on the verso. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1971ref. 171024N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film showing William Friedkin behind the camera during filming on location in Georgetown with an unidentified crew member at the right. William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Gene Hackman along with three additional nominations. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 165082N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 film showing cinematographer Owen Roizman and a camera crew preparing to shoot a night scene on location. Printed snipe affixed to the verso. William Friedkin made his name with this gritty adaptation of Robin Moore's nonfiction account of east coast drug trafficking. Perhaps the greatest of the many 1970s crime films that were shot on location in New York City with glorious period detail in nearly every frame. The screenplay was written by author Ernest Tidyman one year after the publication of his seminal Harlem-based crime novel "Shaft." Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Gene Hackman along with three additional nominations. 10 x 8 inches with wide margins. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US. N.p. unknown
ref. 146815N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced television series composed entirely of fictitious newspaper clippings telegrams letters and various correspondence between the characters. Robin and Jennifer form The Friday Girls a service for-hire which performs any task that in their own words "takes too much time or too much 'know how' for the client" involving them in a variety of strange and idiosyncratic adventures. Set in Beverly Hills CA. Pink titled wrappers. Title page present noted as A TV Series Premise with credits for screenwriters Rebecca Drenick Marla Simon and Halle Mandel. Approximately 40 leaves. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with faint rusting to the binding of the front wrapper and a few leaves likely from a paper clip bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 166735Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1993 neo-noir film. Laid in is a map with directions to a location shooting. One of most successful action films of the 1990s and a peak for actor Harrison Ford. Based on the 1963-1963 ABC television series created by Roy Huggins which itself was loosely inspired by the 1954 trial of Sam Sheppard. Harrison Ford stars as Dr. Richard Kimble who after being framed for the murder of his wife and sentenced to death escapes from custody and sets out to find the real killer and clear his name all while being hunted by the police and a team of US Marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard played by Tommy Lee Jones. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Jones. Set in and shot on location in North Carolina and Chicago Illinois. Front wrapper integral with title page dated January 25 1993 noted as REVISED DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Jeb Stuart. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 135. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink revision pages throughout dated 02/02/93. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Penzler 101. Warner Brothers unknown
1960ref. 152019N.p.: Pennebaker Productions 1960. Vintage double weight reference photograph of Marlon Brando Joanne Woodward Anna Magnani Sydney Lumet and cinematographer Boris Kaufman on the set of the 1960 film. Based on Tennesee Williams' 1957 play "Orpheus Descending" which itself was a revision of Williams' 1940 play "Battle of Angels." A man flees the law in New Orleans and finds work at a small-town store run by the resentful and frustrated Lady Torrance whose husband lies ill in the apartment above the store. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with thin two inch bruise to upper left portion of the image. Criterion Collection 515. Pennebaker Productions unknown
1960ref. 135689Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph of Marlon Brando on the set of the 1960 film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. With a Hollywood bookshop stamp on the verso along with an inked price notation. Criterion Collection 515. United Artists unknown
1962ref. 131830London: Albatross 1962. Shooting script for the 1962 film. Date notation of "12 Sept 1982" in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper label. Hal Erickson at AllMovie: "The Fur Collar" is the principal clue in a mystery involving an espionage ring. Reporter John Bentley assigned to the Paris beat does his best to route out the spies. When his enemies try to assassinate him Bentley pretends to be dead the better to work undercover. Martin Benson co-stars as Inspector Legrain Bentley's friendly enemy. Burgundy titled wrappers noted as Shooting Script on the front wrapper. Title page present noted as Shooting Script in master scenes. 116 leaves carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus internal prong binding. Albatross unknown
