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ref. 146809N.p.: N.p. Unknown. Draft script for an unproduced film. In post-apocalyptic America a former drive-in movie theatre owner tries to keep his land from the predatory bankers who now hold a monopoly on the nation's resources. Screenwriters Rod Amateau and Harold Nebenzal were best known for co-writing "The Wilby Conspiracy" 1975. Set in the American West. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Rod Amateau and Harold Nebenzal. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 149023N.p.: Royal Films International 1967. Vintage one sheet poster for the US release of the 1966 French film. A modern adaptation of the 1872 Emile Zola play "La Curee." Pampered young Renee Saccard Jane Fonda married to the older wealthy industrialist Alexandre Saccard Michel Piccoli is tricked out of her fortune when she falls for his son Maxime Peter McEnery. The second of four films Vadim and Fonda would make together. Set in Paris. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus some splitting to three of the folds. Royal Films International unknown
1966ref. 142164France: Les Films Marceau-Cocinor / Mega Film 1966. Four vintage press photographs from the 1966 film. Each with the stamp of Robert Levy on the verso and two with the stamp of press agency Parimage. One image shows director Roger Vadim carrying a smiling Jane Fonda whom he married just prior to the start of filming. A modern adaptation of the 1872 novel "La Curee" by Emil Zola about a wealthy young woman who marries and older man only to be tricked out of her fortune when she falls for his son. The second of four films Vadim and Fonda would make together. 9.25 x 7.25 inches three photographs with wide bottom margins. Near Fine. Les Films Marceau-Cocinor / Mega Film unknown
1970ref. 147475Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Vintage double weight borderless candid photograph of actor-singer Charles Aznavour and his wife Ulla Thorsell on the set of the 1970 film. Based on the 1968 novel by Hugh Atkinson. The story of four marathon runners from different countries as they prepare to compete in the Olympic games in Rome. Set and shot on location in Austria Denmark England Australia Italy and Japan. 8 x 10.5 inches. Light curling with two small imperfections to the top edge else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1968ref. 161749N.p.: Joseph Brenner Associates 1968. Four vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1963 Argentinian film. Released in Argentina as "La cigarra no es un bicho" The Cicada is Not a Bug. Provenance stamps and labels on the versos. Six couples arrive at a Buenos Aires hostel called La Cigarra and are quarantined because of an outbreak of bubonic plague-leading to sex in every imaginable combination. Shot on location in Buenos Aires. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall. Joseph Brenner Associates unknown
1968ref. 153241London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Revised Draft script for the 1970 film. Copy belonging to crew member Bert Lea with his name in manuscript ink annotation to the title page. Playfully altered on the front wrapper with two images from the film. Based on the 1968 novel by Hugh Atkinson. The story of four marathon runners from different countries as they prepare to compete in the Olympic games in Rome. Set and shot on location in Austria Denmark England Australia Italy and Japan. Maroon untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 20.10.68 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter Erich Segal and novelist Hugh Atkinson. 141 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1947ref. 148425Los Angeles: Allied Artists 1947. Vintage US lobby card from the 1947 film noir. With a few brief annotations to the verso. Based on the 1937 novel following a small-town racketeer who suffers a mental breakdown when his turf is threatened by a ruthless sinister gangster. Set in the fictional boardwalk town of Neptune Beach Brooklyn. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good with a two-inch tear to the top edge and light toning and two tape reinforcements to the top and bottom edges of the verso. Allied Artists unknown
1980ref. 167451Universal City: Universal Television 1980. Draft script for the fourth episode of the 1981 NBC mini-series here under the working title "The Gangster Chronicles: An American Story: Chapter IV" which aired on February 21 1981. Copy with a manuscript marker annotations of "role:- Aiello" on the title page and the underlining of "Narrative" on the first and last page of the script. The thirteen part critically-acclaimed Emmy Award-winning mini-series was an attempt at presenting an historically accurate crime drama about the lives of Bugsy Siegel Joe Penny Lucky Luciano Michael Nouri and Meyer Lansky Brian Benben beginning in 1907 and spanning seven decades. The series premiered on February 12 1981 and was aired over nine nights ending on May 8 1981. Later released in an edited 121-minute version on videocassette entitled "Gangster Wars." Shot on location in Capitola and Santa Cruz California. Front wrapper integral with title page dated October 21 1980 with credits for screenwriter Richard Alan Simmons. 53 leaves with last page of text numbered 237 with the script beginning on page 194. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Universal Television unknown
1978ref. 126628Cambridge Film Production 1978. Very Good. 8 original color lobby cards for the adult film about a drug smuggling operation that goes awry. Yachts topless women acrobatic rope tricks. All aboard! 8 x 10 inches tiny white border. Near Fine overall. Cambridge Film Production unknown
1980ref. 162166Japan: Herald Ace / Nippon Herald Films 1980. Vintage pressbook for the 1980 film. A Japanese-Italian coproduction with text in both Japanese and Italian. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A pickpocket meets and falls in love with a naive wealthy girl at an art museum and the couple go to a deserted beach to live together. Director Yasuzô Masumura's penultimate film and only western production. 8.5 x 11.75 inches. Ten leaves in side-stapled pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. Herald Ace / Nippon Herald Films unknown
1957ref. 172431Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film. Based on a July 1955 Reader's Digest article "Gangsters in the Dress Business" by Lester Velie. Gangsters hired to union-bust for a garment company continue to gravely injure and kill union organizers and people in the company who question their presence. Shot on location in Los Angeles CA and New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Six photographs Very Good plus to Near Fine one photograph Very Good with a loss at the top right corner and chips from the right edge. Grant US. Selby US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown
1959ref. 144110Paris: Cinedis 1959. Collection of 269 vintage black-and-white photographs for the 1959 French film. The collection consists of two unique and complimentary pieces one being a film still keybook with 68 contact prints of small format negatives most with 12 images per print amounting to over 800 images captured. Nearly all images with series number bordering the image and credits at the top for photo laboratory Tele-Photo film studio Cinedis film title and photographer Rosselle housed in a 2-ring paper binder with original French titles. The other piece is nearly 170 smaller photographs elegantly presented mounted with cello tape on thick stock in a "Lavis aquarelle" brand spiral bound notebook with maroon faux leather front wrapper. Series numbers and small "x" annotations in manuscript ink on the pages several with small white borders and several with series number on the verso in manuscript pencil. Photos without borders also have series number at the edges etched in the original film negative before photo development as on the keybook prints. Nearly all photographs have numerical annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos a few smaller photographs have rubber-stamps on the versos crediting Richard Pierre film titles director Bastia and costars Alfred Adam and Noel Roquevart. Also included are 27 loose photographs a few with rubber-stamps on the verso crediting starring actors and French film titles and a small press packet from Cinedis detailing film credits synopsis and star biographies. Starring actors Richard and Pierre are amply represented in the collection and seen in nearly every image mostly in their official uniforms. Actress Zuber is equally present in striking high-contrast images cuddling bunnies fishing at a river and wielding a rifle. The notebook depicts images seen in the film while the keybook depicts on-the-set sequences test shots candid moments and images of the crew; the loose photos show both candid and action shots. An expansive perspective of a little seen comedy about a gendarme who travels to a small town looking for a disappeared woman a town known for its distrust of police officers. Director Bastia was an assistant director in the 1940s and 1950s when he worked almost exclusively with director Jean Boyer until his debut with "Nous autres à Champignol" 1957 the first in this series involving gendarmes and Champignol followed by this film and finally "The Boss of Champignol" 1966. Photographs in large quarto notebook 3.5 x 4.75 inches keybook contact prints 8.25 x 10.5 inches 2-hole punched several trimmed and loose photos range from 4.75 x 6.75 inches to 7 x 9.25 inches. Photographs about Near Fine with light curling a handful with short creases press packet Near Fine notebook Near Fine and binder Very Good. Cinedis unknown
1958ref. 162944New York: Pictorial Parade 1958. Vintage oversize satin finish photograph from the set of the 1959 film showing actor Sal Mineo in costume as Gene Krupa. Stamps of photographer Jack Albin and "Pictorial Parade" on the verso. A dramatization of the life of legendary jazz drummer and bandleader Gene Krupa whose ostentatious lifestyle and drug and alcohol addictions nearly wrecked his career. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 10.25 x 13.5 inches archivally matted in a 20 x 16 inch 8-ply white mat. Very Good plus. Pictorial Parade unknown
1926ref. 172200Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1926. Vintage reference photograph from the 1926 film showing actor Buster Keaton as Johnny Gray the train engineer. During the Civil War an engineer must work to save the two loves of his life: a woman named Annabelle Lee and a train named The General. A box office disappointment upon release but long since reconsidered and now ranked among the the finest of Keaton's films. Shot on location in California and Oregon. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a few short closed tears to the top margin. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Eureka Masters of Cinema 173. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 60. United Artists unknown
1926ref. 157682N.p.: N.p. 1926. Vintage reference photograph from the 1926 film showing actor Buster Keaton in an elevator wearing a jaunty hat. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. During the Civil War an engineer must work to save the two loves of his life: a woman named Annabelle Lee and a train named The General. A box office disappointment upon release but long since reconsidered and now ranked among the the finest of Keaton's films. Shot on location in California and Oregon. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Eureka Masters of Cinema 173. Godard Histoires du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 60. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 160674New York: Globe Photos 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1961 film showing actress Jayne Mansfield having her makeup touched up on the set. Mimeo snipe in German on the verso along with several copyright stamps. A fictionalized portrayal of the prolific Hollywood star and nightclub dancer George Raft known for his many roles portraying gangsters and known for having real-life underworld connections made while Raft was still living. Shot on location in Los Angeles. 8.5 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Globe Photos unknown
1972ref. 170451Los Angeles: First Artists / National General Pictures 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the 1972 film showing director Sam Peckinpah behind the camera. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A ballet of violence and to date easily the finest adaptation of a Jim Thompson novel ever produced. Other grand alliances made this one of the great crime films of the New American Cinema including a supremely confident Steve McQueen as an antihero and a young Walter Hill-who first encountered McQueen on the set of "Bullitt" four years prior-handling the screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Light toning to margins else Near Fine. Grant US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. First Artists / National General Pictures unknown
1972ref. 158714New York: National General Pictures 1972. Vintage double weight matte-finish reference photograph from the set of the 1972 film showing director Sam Peckinpah at work on location. Peckinpah at the peak of his powers a ballet of violence and to date easily the finest adaptation of a Jim Thompson novel ever produced. Other grand alliances made this one of the great crime films of New Hollywood Cinema including a supremely confident Steve McQueen as an anti-hero and a young Walter Hill-who first encountered McQueen on the set of "Bullitt" 4 years prior-handling the screenplay. Approximately 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lee The Heist Film. Spicer Neo-Noir US. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir US. Grant US. National General Pictures unknown
1972ref. 150387New York: National General Pictures 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1972 film showing director Sam Peckinpah with actors Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Peckinpah at the peak of his powers a ballet of violence and to date easily the finest adaptation of a Jim Thompson novel ever produced. Other grand alliances made this one of the great crime films of New Hollywood Cinema including a supremely confident Steve McQueen as an anti-hero and a young Walter Hill-who first encountered McQueen on the set of "Bullitt" 4 years prior-handling the screenplay. Approximately 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lee The Heist Film. Spicer Neo-Noir US. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir US. Grant US. National General Pictures unknown
1964ref. 147167Los Angeles: Villa di Stefano Productions 1964. First Draft script for the 1964 television film originally aired on CBS. With actor Martin Landau's copied annotations throughout. Included are a set of synopses for proposed episodes a shooting schedule a distributor's announcement booklet and various other documents related to production. Also included is an original celluloid print of the film on a single reel in its original mailing case with cloth straps dated 2/18/65 addressed from director Joseph Stefano to Landau on the mailing label in manuscript black ink and INSCRIBED by Stefano to Landau at the top left corner of the case in the same ink: "To Martin / Whose splendid brilliance and warmth put the special spark in this bright fire / Your grateful and admiring friend / Joe Stefano." Fearful of being buried alive a woman installs a phone in the crypt in which she plans to be in case of emergencies. Months after her death the phone begins to ring presenting a new ghostly case for Landau's paranormal investigator. The film was intended to be the pilot for a new paranormal thriller series tentatively titled "The Haunted" as titled on the front wrapper but the series wasn't picked up and the pilot was released as a television movie after additional footage was shot. Black titled wrappers with credits for director-screenwriter Joseph Stefano noted as PILOT SCRIPT ONE. Title page present dated July 27 1964 noted as PILOT SCRIPT ONE with credits for director-screenwriter Joseph Stefano. 77 leaves with last page of text numbered 76. Early Xerox rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Film reel and film stock are unexamined. Villa di Stefano Productions unknown
1942ref. 167995Universal City: Universal Pictures 1942. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1942 film. One with a mimeo snipe on the verso and three with annotations in manuscript ink on the same. The fourth film in Universal Pictures' Frankenstein series preceded by "Frankenstein" 1931 "Bride of Frankenstein" 1935 and "Son of Frankenstein" 1939 and the first to star Lon Chaney as the monster. Set in the fictional village of Frankenstein. 8 x 10 inches. Generally Very Good plus to Near Fine one photograph with tape near the margins of the recto one with pinholes at the corners and one with paper residue at the bottom left corner. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horror. Universal Pictures unknown
1960ref. 151134London: J. Arthur Rank 1960. Draft script for the pilot episode of the 1961-1964 television series originally aired on ATV on September 9 1961. Based on the 1959 book by John Gosling. The series followed an elite division of Scotland Yard nicknamed the "Ghost Squad" generally sent to investigate unusual cases which fell outside the scope of normal police work. In this first entry a squad operator is sent to investigate a criminal ring smuggling gold from Hong Kong to Karachi. Red titled wrappers noted as DRAFT OF PILOT SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated 14th June 1960. Title page present dated June 1960 noted as DRAFT OF PILOT SCRIPT. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 54. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine lightly faded to the binding and top edge of the front wrapper side stitched. J. Arthur Rank unknown
1935ref. 143369Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1935. Vintage photograph of director René Clair on the set of the 1935 film. With the stamp of Pathe-RKO on the verso. Based on the 1935 short story "Sir Tristram Goes West" by Eric Keown first published in "Punch" magazine about an American who buys a Scottish castle and has it moved to Florida unaware that the castle's ghost comes with it. 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1958ref. 156322N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage reference photograph of Lauren Bacall smoking a cigarette between takes on the set of the 1958 film. A childless woman learns she has a terminal heart condition and adopts a young orphan whom she hopes will console her husband after she passes. Based on the 1946 film "Sentimental Journey" directed by Walter Lang. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 161784New York: CIP 1966. Vintage still photograph from the 1966 film. Two labels on the verso. Joyana Frederics stars as Poontang Plenty a secret agent dedicted to defeating evil and cracking the secret of invisibility. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing. CIP unknown
