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1958ref. 144613Paris: Cinedis 1958. Four original single weight black-and-white press photographs from a premiere of the 1958 French-Italiam film. Starring actor Toto is seen with mistress and colleague Franca Faldini cavorting with fans and Toto with the host of the event. Photographer Traverso's rubberstamp numerical notation in manuscript pencil and film title in manuscript ink on the verso. Housed in an original Cinedis manila envelope with French film title in manuscript pencil on the front. In an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France a French customs agent Fernandel watches every move of an Italian smuggler Toto who eventually discovers that the agent is Italian not French. Faldini did not appear in this film but collaborated with Toto on eight earlier films including "Toto and the Women" 1952 and "Dov'e la liberta." 1954. Shot on location in Italy. Entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival in 1958. 5 x 7 inches. Light curling else Near Fine. Cinedis unknown
1950ref. 142329N.p.: N.p. 1950. Draft script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. A gentleman pays the bail of a recently-jailed political activist who is then invited to a meeting of the League of Free Men. When the activist turns up murdered a few days later with a mysterious note found on his body the police begin investigating exactly what this organization is all about. Set in London. Brown titled wrappers with typescript title label affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present noted as First Version with credits for G.E. Moore. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Ribbon copy typescript with type in black and red. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with a string binding. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 166018Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1969. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1969 film both showing director Gordon Parks on the set. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on director Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set and shot on location in Kansas. 8 x 10 inches one with a wide bottom margin. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown
1970ref. 170872Bruxelles Brussels: Warner Brothers 1970. Vintage Belgian petite poster for the 1969 film. Based on director photographer and screenwriter Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set and shot on location in Kansas. 21.5 x 17.5 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with light toning to the extremities and a small splash to the middle top margin see image. Warner Brothers unknown
1970ref. 170873N.p.: Warner Brothers 1970. Vintage French grande affiche poster for the 1969 film. Based on director and screenwriter Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set and shot on location in Kansas. 45.5 x 82 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine with modest starting to some of the center folds. Warner Brothers unknown
1969ref. 159025Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1969. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1969 film including three single weight and one double weight. All four show director Gordon Parks on the set. Three with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Based on director Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set and shot on location in Kansas. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Warner Brothers unknown
1960ref. 153076Universal City: Universal-International 1960. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1960 film one showing actor Phillip Terry emerging from a swamp the other showing Terry and actors Coleen Gray and John Van Dreelen watching Estelle Hemsley who is in costume as an African priestess. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the copyright stamp of still photographer John Nelson-Sullivan. An endocrinologist travels with his aging alcoholic wife to Africa where they discover a secret drug to restore youth-one which however requires the user to sacrifice a man in order to acquire the fluid from his pineal gland. Released as a double feature with the Hammer production "The Brides of Dracula." 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Universal-International unknown
1955ref. 150839N.p.: N.p. 1955. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Edward Dmytryk and Humprey Bogart between takes on the set of the 1955 film. Printed French snipe layout annotations in manuscript pencil and "Cinemonde" stamp on verso. Based on the 1951 novel by William E. Barrett. An American mercenary crashes his plane in a remote region in China and becomes an aid to a vicious warlord. Shot on location in Hong Kong and Malibu California. 10 x 8.25inches. Very Good plus with light creasing. N.p. unknown
1962ref. 152089Burbank CA: Buena Vista / Walt Disney Productions 1962. Vintage pressbook for the 1962 film. A family adventure film centered on the experiences of Lobo a wolf living in the southwest US. Loosely based on Lobo the King of Currumpaw a famed 1890s wolf which was captured by bounty hunter Ernest Seton. Shot on location in Sedona Arizona. 15 pages saddle stitched 11 x 14.25 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and soiled to the wrappers. Buena Vista / Walt Disney Productions unknown
1943ref. 135506Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1943. Vintage black-and-white studio photograph from the 1943 film noir. Based on the 1942 novel "Black Alibi" by Cornell Woolrich. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good condition with edge creasing and a few closed tears and with two cello tape repairs to the verso. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US. Rosenbaum 1000. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1963ref. 150213Rome: Titanus 1963. Vintage oversize borderless double weight photograph of director Luchino Visconti with actors Burt Lancaster and Serge Regiani on the set of the 1963 film. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil and the stamp of photographer G. B. Poletto on the verso. Based on the 1958 novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Visconti's classic spacious homage to the quiet death of the Sicilian aristocracy of the mid-nineteenth century one of the great films of Italian cinema. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Rome Lazio and Sicily Italy. 9.5 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing and tiny bruise on right side. BFI 1087. Criterion Collection 235. Ebert II. Godard Histoires de cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 22. Titanus unknown
1963ref. 150212N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage borderless photograph of Luchino Visconti Burt Lancaster and crew on the set of the 1963 film. Coat of Arms with Leopard and "Le Guepard" stamps on the verso. Based on the 1958 novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Visconti's classic spacious homage to the quiet death of the Sicilian aristocracy of the mid-nineteenth century one of the great films of Italian cinema. Perhaps the apex of Ms. Cardinale's career and one of a handful of examples of Burt Lancaster's willingness to take on literate complex roles. Nominated for an Academy Award. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Rome Lazio and Sicily Italy. 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1087. Criterion Collection 235. Ebert II. Godard Histoires de cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 22. N.p. unknown
1963ref. 150521Rome: Titanus 1963. Vintage oversize borderless double weight photograph of Burt Lancaster. Photographer "G. B. Poletto" stamp on verso. Based on the 1958 novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Visconti's classic spacious homage to the quiet death of the Sicilian aristocracy of the mid-nineteenth century one of the great films of Italian cinema. Perhaps the apex of Ms. Cardinale's career and one of a handful of examples of Burt Lancaster's willingness to take on literate complex roles. Nominated for an Academy Award. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Rome Lazio and Sicily Italy. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus with some light creasing and edgewear. BFI 1087. Criterion Collection 235. Ebert II. Godard Histoires de cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader Canon Fodder 22. Titanus unknown
1940ref. 156009N.p.: N.p. 1940. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1940 film showing director William Wyler and actress Bette Davis enjoying tea on the set. A rubber plantation owner's wife claims self defense after shooting her secret lover but a damning letter in her own hand may uncover the truth. 9 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US. N.p. unknown
1940ref. 149144N.p.: Vitagraph 1940. Vintage keybook photograph of L-to-R Herbert Marshall James Stephenson back to camera director William Wyler and Bette Davis lunching at the Warner Brothers commissary during the filming of the 1940 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Claiming self defense after shooting a man David Newell she was secretly having an affair with Leslie Crosbie Bette Davis is defended by an increasingly skeptical lawyer James Stephenson. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Cinematography Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor. 11 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Grant US. Vitagraph unknown
1970ref. 155986Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1970. Vintage pressbook for the 1970 film. Based on the 1965 novel "The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones" by Jesse Hill Ford. A wealthy African American funeral director suspects a white policeman of having an affair with his considerably younger wife leading to a series of violent interactions with the police force who seek to avoid public exposure of the interracial affair. Director William Wyler's final film. Set in the fictional town of Somerset Tennessee and shot on location in Humboldt Tennessee. Seven pages saddle stapled. 11 x 17 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased at the edges. Columbia Pictures unknown
1970ref. 155991Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1970. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1970 film. Based on the 1965 novel "The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones" by Jesse Hill Ford. A wealthy African American funeral director suspects a white policeman of having an affair with his considerably younger wife leading to a series of violent interactions with the police force who seek to avoid public exposure of the interracial affair. Director William Wyler's final film. Set in the fictional town of Somerset Tennessee and shot on location in Humboldt Tennessee. 27 x 41 inches folded as issued. Very Good plus with light creasing at the corners and a small closed tear at the center. Columbia Pictures unknown
1970ref. 161871N.p.: Audubon Films 1970. Three vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1970 Italian/German film. All three photographs with provenance stamps on the versos one with two labels on the verso obscuring a previous provenance stamp. After a father mother and son watch a stag film in their castle home they drive into town to a local carnival. There they meet a girl they believe is the woman in the film and invite her back to their castle for the evening. Shot on location in Castello Piccolomini Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus one photograph with a small chip in the lower left margin. Audubon Films unknown
1983ref. 169954New York: Cates Films 1983. Revised script for an unproduced film. A drama about a psychology professor who gets involved with a sexual abuse case against a respected therapist. Playwright Jerome Coopersmith wrote prolifically for television and the stage throughout the mid- to late-twentieth century. He is best remembered today for his writing for "Hawaii Five-O" 1968-1980 and the 1974 Christmas television special "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" but also contributed episodes for "Armstrong Circle Theater" "The Streets of San Francisco" "Combat!" "Spenser for Hire" and others. In 1965 he received a Tony nomination for the Sherlock Holmes Broadway musical "Baker Street" and wrote and co-wrote a number of off-Broadway plays including "Eleanor" 1967 about the early life of Eleanor Roosevelt. Coopersmith and Cates Films would work together in 2004 on the television movie adaptation of the 1980 Mary Higgins Clark novel "The Cradle Will Fall." Untitled William Morris Agency wrappers with clear front wrapper and navy rear wrapper. Title page present noted as Revised dated November 1983 with credit for Coopersmith. 107 leaves with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Cates Films unknown
1947ref. 160183London: Ealing Studios 1947. Vintage program for the 1947 film. With original four-color illustrations throughout by Edward Ardizzone. A scarce and very expressive piece from Ealing Studios at the height of its glory. Based on the 1839 novel by Charles Dickens. Considered one of the most Dickensian of all Dickens adaptation with a dark mood and attention to the author's lowdown characters throughout. 10.75 x 8.5 inches. Saddle-stapled 16 pages. Faint foxing on the page edges and rear wrapper else about Near Fine. Ealing Studios unknown
1955ref. 141133Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC 1955. First Draft script for an unproduced episode of the 1955-1961 television series. One of television's first Westerns a series following famed marshal Wyatt Earp as he attempts to maintain order and law on the American frontier. Nominated for two prime time Emmy awards. Set in Arizona and shot on location in California and Arizona. Pink titled self-wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper with credit for screenwriter Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a staple. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown
ref. 141136Burbank CA: American Broadcasting Company ABC. First Draft script for the 1955 television program. One of the first television Westerns in which Wyatt Earp is a marshal in a local town in the southwest. Nominated for two prime time Emmy Awards. Set in American West. Set in Arizona and shot on location in California and Arizona. Pink titled self-wrappers noted as First draft on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter Wilda McGinnis. 33 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a staple. American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown
1948ref. 152133N.p.: Brecher Productions 1948. Final Shooting script for the 1949 film. Copy belonging to uncredited editor Walter Thompson with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper and his manuscript pencil annotations throughout. The daughter of a factory worker causes an uproar in her family when she announces her engagement to her father's boss' son. Notable for having been written by but not starring Groucho Marx. Set in California. Red titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated August 24 1948. Title page present undated with credits for director-screenwriter Irving Brecher. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/3/48 and 10/7/48. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Brecher Productions unknown
ref. 140050N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. A cab driver in Mexico is devoutly dedicated to his daughter which causes a great change in his life. Joe Raciti was an actor best known for his work in "The Firebrand" 1962 in which he portrayed Jack Garcia. Set in Mexico City. Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Joseph A. Raciti-Carlyle. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 164282London: Cinegate 1975. Four vintage studio still photographs from the UK release of the 1952 Japanese film. Provenance stamps and layout annotations on the versos. Based on Saikaku Ihara's 1686 collection of short stories about a noblewoman who falls into ruin as a result of her affair with a lowly page. Among director Kenji Mizoguchi's finest films an exploration of class gender and the search for dignity in seventeenth-century Japan. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Criterion Collection 664. Ebert IV. Rosenbaum 1000. Cinegate unknown
