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1964ref. 152272N.p.: Sigma III 1964. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1962 Italian film. Housed in its original brown paper envelope. Necrophiliac scientist Dr. Hichcock and his wife Cynthia are stalked by his first wife Margaretha who seeks vengeance for Hichcock's cruelties. The first horror film to receive the Italian VM18 "vietato ai minori di 18 anni" or no admittance under 18 rating which had been established only months prior to the film's release in April 1962. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Sigma III unknown
1958ref. 150887N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage reference photograph of Alec Guiness and producer John Bryan on the set of the 1958 film. Based on the 1944 novel by Joyce Cary. Alec Guiness who also wrote the screenplay stars as the cantankerous and ill-mannered aging artist Gulley Jimson. Determined to not let anything come between himself and his artistic vision he proceeds to paint a mural in the home of the millionaires Sir William and Lady Beeder away for a six week holiday. Set in London. 10 x 7.75 inches. Faded evenly else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 154. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 161827N.p.: Astro Films 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. A stripper is a mule for her gangster boyfriend transporting heroin from Mexico across the border into the US. Shot on location in Dallas and Houston Texas and Mexico City Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a half inch closed tear to the lower right. Astro Films unknown
1972ref. 139958England: Twentieth Century-Fox 1972. Original British quad poster for the 1972 American film "The Hot Rock" here under the British release title "How to Steal a Diamond." Printed in England by Lonsdale & Bartholomew. Distributor notation in manuscript ink on the verso. New Hollywood director Yates' adaptation of Westlake's 1970 novel "The Hot Rock." Dortmunder Redford and Kelp Segal are jewel thieves who plan to steal a diamond from a museum.over and over again. Shot on location in New York. Nominated for an Academy Award. 30 x 40 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus with a few pinholes faint stains to verso. Scarce. Lee p. 118. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1972ref. 156660N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage reference photograph of director Peter Yates and actor Robert Redford on the set of the 1972 film. Based on the 1970 novel by Donald Westlake about two jewel thieves who plan to steal a diamond from a museum.over and over again. A small gem of the New Hollywood cinema. Shot on location in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lee p. 118. N.p. unknown
1983ref. 155349Los Angeles: Woodfall America 1983. Draft script for the 1984 film. Based on John Irving's 1981 novel a dark comedy following the eccentric and disaster-prone Berry family who weather hardships and incest with humor and grace. Set in Vienna and New Hampshire and shot on location in Montreal Canada. Maroon untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 3/10/83 with credits for novelist John Irving and director Tony Richardson. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with rust marks from a paper clip affecting pages 19-21 wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a silver prong. Woodfall America unknown
2002ref. 156807Los Angeles: Miramax 2002. For Your Consideration script for the 2002 film. Based on Michael Cunningham's 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about three women of different generations whose lives are connected by Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel "Mrs. Dalloway." Nominated for nine Academy Awards winning one for Best Actress for Nicole Kidman. Shot on location in Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood Florida and New York in the US and in London and Longborough in England. White titled wrappers undated with credits for screenwriter David Hare and novelist Michael Cunningham. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. In a custom red cloth slipcase. Miramax unknown
1970ref. 141703N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Manuscript note laid in. In 1926 a sex worker decides to strike out on her own and form a bordello finding women who are brave and courageous enough to do what they want. Set in San Francisco. Lacking wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Garrie Bateson. 113 leaves pages not numbered. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine housed in a three ring binder. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 167632Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1974 film showing actress Janee Mitchell asleep with a snake ready to attack at the lower right. Four estranged cousins three Black one white convene at a mansion in the Atlanta outskirts to attend the reading of their late great-grandmother's will unaware that her voodoo powers from beyond the grave will involve them in a murderous re-birthing ritual. Set and shot on location in Atlanta Georgia. 10 x 8 inches. Light dampstaining on the top edge of the verso else Near Fine. Thrower Nightmare USA. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1973ref. 162732Los Angeles: Chocolate Chip / Pinto 1973. Final Draft script for the 1974 Blaxploitation film. Single annotation in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper noting copy No. 04. Four estranged cousins three Black one white convene at a mansion called Skull Mountain to attend the reading of their late great-grandmother's will unaware that her voodoo powers from beyond the grave will involve them in a murderous re-birthing ritual. Set and shot on location in Atlanta Georgia. Red pictorial titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper dated 3-28-73 with credits for director Ron Honthaner and screenwriter Mildred Pares. Title page present dated 4-23-73 noted as Final Draft with credit for Pares. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Thrower Nightmare USA. Chocolate Chip / Pinto unknown
1959ref. 167557Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1959. Vintage publicity portrait photograph of Carolyn Craig from the 1959 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. An eccentric millionaire offers a substantial reward to anyone able to spend the entire night in the titular house on Haunted Hill. Basis for the 1999 remake starring Geoffrey Rush and Taye Diggs. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. Exterior shots of the house were filmed at Los Angeles' Ennis Brown House originally designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1924. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a diagonal crease affecting the bottom left corner. Allied Artists unknown
1992ref. 163846N.p.: N.p. 1992. Draft script for the 1994 film copy belonging to Dan Mazur creative executive to Twentieth Century-Fox producer Lawrence Gordon for the film. The Coen brothers' paean to the films of Frank Capra Howard Hawks and Preston Sturges wherein Norville Barnes a decent but naive mailroom clerk is secretly chosen by ruthless members of the company's board to be the company's president after the founder's suicide in an attempt to depress the company's stocks and secretly gain control. The script was originally conceived shortly shortly after Joel Coen worked as assistant editor on Sam Raimi's 1981 film "The Evil Dead" and was reportedly completed by the Coen brothers and Sam Raimi in 1985. Production didn't begin however until 1991 following the success of the Coen brothers' 1991 film "Bartin Fink." Heralded for its visual effects and production design including a scale model of New York City the film was the Coen brothers' then-biggest budget to date. Originally released to mixed reviews the film has since been reappraised and is now considered a cult classic. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Chicago Illinois and North Carolina. Untitled lavender wrappers. Title page present dated 1992 with credits for screenwriters Joel Coen Ethan Coen and Sam Raimi. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 145780Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1978. Draft script for the 1979 film. Illustrated front wrapper based on Saul Bass' poster design for the film. Copy belonging to uncredited crew member David Hitchcock with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Manuscript annotations throughout primarily indicating deleted scenes. Also included is a carbon typed letter signed by Otto Preminger dated 19th October 1979 to dubbing editor Peter Pennell terminating his employment at the conclusion of production. The final film directed by director Otto Preminger based on the 1978 novel by Graham Greene with screenplay written by Tom Stoppard about a low-level bureaucrat in the British Secret Service M16 who finds himself unknowingly used by the Soviets as he struggles with his love for his family and the ambiguity of his ethical responsibilities. Set and shot on location in UK and Kenya. White illustrated titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1978 with credits for screenwriter Tom Stoppard and novelist Graham Greene rubber stamped copy No. 146. 146 leaves with last page of text numbered 146. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a silver prong binding. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
2001ref. 164034N.p.: N.p. 2001. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film including a six page "Alternate Ending" preceded by a memo notice that both "endings will be shot." Laid in are three gatherings of revisions each with a label on their title page for credited crew member "Brian Markey / Construction Coordinator." From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. The three gatherings of revisions are: Eight pages of "White Revised Pages" dated 12/06/01. Seven pages of "Pink4" revision pages dated 12/12/01. And two pages of "Goldenrod4" revision pages dated 01/16/02. Tommy Lee Jones stars as a former military instructor tasked with tracking down his former student Benicio del Toro who has "gone rogue" and has been tracking and viciously murder hunters in the wilderness of British Columbia. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Shot on location in Oregon and Washington. Front wrapper integral with title page with last revisions dated 06/06/01 with credits for screenwriter Art Monterastelli. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. The three gatherings of revision pages are each attached by one or two staples to the top left. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1961ref. 152712Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1961. Vintage borderless photograph of Jackie Gleason from the 1961 film. Based on the 1959 novel by Walter Tevis about a small-time pool hustler who challenges a champion for a shot at the big time. Jackie Gleason famously did all of his own billiards shots while pool legend Willie Mosconi served as a technical advisor and stand in for the other actors. Nominated for nine Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actor Best Actress and twice for Best Supporting Actor. Shot on location in New York including the use of several actual pool halls. 7 x 9 inches. About Near Fine with some shallow light creasing to the corners. National Film Registry. Ebert II. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1978ref. 150459London: BFI Production 1978. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the UK release of the 1978 film. An experimental mystery loosely based on the work of French writer Pierre Klossowski by noted Chilean filmmaker Raul Ruiz following an art collector obsessed with creating tableaux vivants of his most beloved canvasses a collection of six paintings by a mysterious nineteenth century painter. Set and shot on location in France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. BFI Production unknown
1970ref. 150147N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. A man and a woman arrive at the North Pole with unknown debts and immediately are set to work for an oil company under the supervision of a hard-nosed warden who sends the man to a work camp and the woman to work in an igloo brothel. White titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Darec Haris. 259 leaves with last page of text numbered 258. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good lightly toned throughout wrapper Very Good bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 147198Paris: Peri Productions 1982. Draft script for an unproduced film. Overcome with jealousy over her infidelity a crime and mystery novel writer murders his dream woman and decides to frame her lover for the crime. Set in Paris and on the French Riviera. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1982 with credits for screenwriter MARC WERNER. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 133. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Good with light tide marks on the front wrapper and binding of the first four leaves wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. Peri Productions unknown
1965ref. 166067London: Paramount Film Service 1965. Revised Draft script for the 1966 British film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name written on the top of the title page and manuscript pencil and marker annotations on nearly every page with clippings of the shooting schedule and set requirements frequently affixed to the verso of the opposing page and two pencil illustrations of the house and cottage from the film on the verso of the last page. 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. Michael Parks stars as an arrogant young art student who seduces the overprotective mother of his friend played by a stunning Jennifer Jones. Shot on location in Middlesex and London. Purple untitled wrappers with a die-cut window in the British style. Title page present dated 16 July 1965 noted as Revised Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Millard Lampell. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue pink and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 14 September 1965 and 31 August 1965. Unbound as issued. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Paramount Film Service unknown
1969ref. 170354N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 film showing actor Rod Steiger getting fake tattoos drawn on by make-up artists in preparation for shooting. Layout annotations on the verso in manuscript ink. Based on Ray Bradbury's 1951 short story collection centered on a wandering ex-carnival member whose body is fully tattooed. His tattoos are allegedly created by a time-traveling woman and each tells a unique story. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Lentz US. N.p. unknown
1959ref. 161847N.p.: N.p. 1959. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1959 film one photograph under the original release title "Steam Heat." Director Russ Meyer's first commercially successful film. Shot without sound with a voice-over narration and a musical theme added and noted for extensive female nudity. Mr. Teas is a door to door salesman selling dentists' appliances who seems to encounter buxom nude women everywhere he goes. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles and Malibu California. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one with faint creasing light edgewear and four pinholes and one with light edgewear a half inch closed tear to the upper right side and a small chip in the bottom margin. N.p. unknown
1959ref. 152047Hollywood: Pad-Ram Enterprises 1959. Vintage pressbook for the 1959 film. A door-to-door dental appliance salesman has a chemical reaction to an anesthetic which grants him X-ray vision as in "seeing through women's clothes." He subsequently overcomes all of his inhibitions leading to ribald encounters with his dental nurse his therapist his secretary a girl in a bar etc. Russ Meyer's first feature produced by Pad-Ram Enterprises a monogram using the initials of director Russell Albion Meyer and producer Peter A. DeCenzie the film that basically launched the lighthearted nudie pictures of the early 1960s. At a time when Hollywood moguls were losing audiences to the comfort of in-home cinema through television Meyer and DeCenzie who spent years on the burlesque and nightclub circuits released an independent naturally sexy endeavor in the tradition of the great Chaplin films. For his debut Meyer did even more of the crew work than usual shooting in four days during the spring of 1958 with a budget of $24000 ultimately making over $1.5 million worldwide. The film was marketed as a "Frenchy" "nudist" film but exhibited all the distinctive traits for which Meyer would soon become known including large bosoms insane plots an arguably feminist perspective campy dialogue and guerilla cinematography. Shot on location in various California destinations including Malibu Lagoon State Beach. One leaf bi-fold. 11 x 17 inches. Very Good plus overall. Pad-Ram Enterprises unknown
1959ref. 134256Los Angeles: Pad-Ram Enterprises 1959. A Eight vintage still photographs from the 1959 film. Included are 4 stills from the US release and 4 stills from the UK release under the title "Mr. Teas and His Playthings." From a cursory glance one can immediately see the differences with regard to nudity paid by both US and UK publicists the UK stills decidedly more liberal with regard to the "forbidden flesh." The US stills were taken directly from scenes of the film and the UK stills appear to be from either a deleted scene or a mock setup designed for foreign publicity with Mr. Teas seen in a bathhouse with the "Buxom Bath House Beauties" Baby Dahl Chicky Fricase Frenchie Tost Teri Clawthe that were not seen in the final cut. The UK stills purport "Monstrous Murder!" and "Sizzling Suspense!" taglines however the final cut features neither murder nor suspense. The story finds the shy Mr. Teas played by William Ellis Teas a door-to-door dental appliance salesman who has a chemical reaction with an anesthetic that allows him to have X-ray vision as in "seeing through women's clothes." He also overcomes all of his inhibitions leading to ribald encounters with his dental nurse his therapist his secretary a girl in a bar etc. Russ Meyer's first feature produced by Pad-Ram Enterprises a monogram using the initials of director Russell Albion Meyer and producer Peter A. DeCenzie and the film that basically launched the lighthearted "nudie" pictures of the early 1960s. The film was immediately touted as "ribald" and "Frenchy" with regard to the "genuinely sexy sequences with generous expanses of attractive flesh" that used to be seen strictly in foreign films. At a time when Hollywood moguls were losing audiences to the comfort of in-home cinema through television Meyer and DeCenzie who spent years on the burlesque and night club circuits released an independent naturally sexy endeavor in the tradition of the great Chaplin films. The bigger productions companies would never have made a film as far overboard on sex. For his debut Russ Meyer did even more of the crew work than usual shooting in four days during the spring of 1958 with a budget of $24000 ultimately making over $1.5 million worldwide. The film was marketed as a "nudist" film with a "French" sensibility but exhibited all the distinctive traits for which Meyer would soon become known including large bosoms insane plots a somewhat feminist perspective campy dialogue and guerilla cinematography. Shot on location in various California destinations including Malibu Lagoon State Beach. Meyer even shot various scenes at his beach-front home in Los Angeles. All stills 8 x 10 inches some differ slightly in size. Two US stills Very Good plus others Near Fine. UK stills Near Fine. Pad-Ram Enterprises unknown
1961ref. 134255Los Angeles: Pad-Ram Enterprises 1961. Original pressbooks two variants for 1961 re-releases of the 1959 film. Featured are the two most commonly seen layouts used for publicity: the full-color illustrated "hat" variant and the other with Mr. Teas surrounded by a bevy of well-developed women the female leads of the film from left to right: Ann Peters Michele Roberts Dawn Danielle and Marilyn Wesley. The story finds the shy Mr. Teas played by William Ellis Teas a door-to-door dental appliance salesman who has a chemical reaction with an anesthetic that allows him to have X-ray vision as in "seeing through women's clothes." He also overcomes all of his inhibitions leading to ribald encounters with his dental nurse his therapist his secretary a girl in a bar etc. Russ Meyer's first feature produced by Pad-Ram Enterprises a monogram using the initials of director Russell Albion Meyer and producer Peter A. DeCenzie and the film that basically launched the lighthearted "nudie" pictures of the early 1960s. The film was immediately touted as "ribald" and "Frenchy" with regard to the "genuinely sexy sequences with generous expanses of attractive flesh" that used to be seen strictly in foreign films. At a time when Hollywood moguls were losing audiences to the comfort of in-home cinema through television Meyer and DeCenzie who spent years on the burlesque and night club circuits released an independent naturally sexy endeavor in the tradition of the great Chaplin films. The bigger productions companies would never have made a film as far overboard on sex. For his debut Russ Meyer did even more of the crew work than usual shooting in four days during the spring of 1958 with a budget of $24000 ultimately making over $1.5 million worldwide. The film was marketed as a "nudist" film with a "French" sensibility but exhibited all the distinctive traits for which Meyer would soon become known including large bosoms insane plots a somewhat feminist perspective campy dialogue and guerilla cinematography. Shot on location in various California destinations including Malibu Lagoon State Beach. Meyer even shot various scenes at his beach-front home in Los Angeles. Both pressbooks 11 x 17 inches folded horizontally. "Hat" variant includes a 9 x 12 ad mat dated "Fri. Aug. 18 1961." Light rubbing overall rubber stamps from "Sack Amusement Enterprises" in Dallas Texas and a few light creases and tiny closed tears else Near Fine. Pad-Ram Enterprises unknown
1943ref. 146470Universal City: Universal Pictures 1943. Revised Draft script for the 1944 film. With a few small manuscript pencil annotations throughout noting the name of an unknown crew member. A condemned murderer escapes from jail when Nazis bomb the French prison where he is being held. Encountering the body of a dead French soldier he steals the man's identification papers and uniform and escapes to Africa joining the Resistance Movement and in doing so finding new purpose and a sense of patriotism to France. Set in France and French Equatorial Africa. Beige titled wrappers noted as REVISED on the front wrapper rubber-stamped production No. 7126 dated AUGUST 4 1943 with credits for director JULIEN DUVIVIER. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/12/43 and 10/4/43. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good with front wrapper detached from binding bound with three gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown
