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1978ref. 146577N.p.: N.p. 1978. Draft script for the 1985 film. Text in English. Based on the 1960 German novel wherein a crew of bored sailors stationed on a floating lighthouse must suddenly fight to defend their vessel from a criminal trio seeking to overtake the ship. An early draft of the script written seven years before the film's release. Set and shot on location in Germany. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 1978 with credits for screenwriter and novelist Siegfried Lenz screenwriter Rainer Soehnlein and translator Scott Morrison. 206 leaves with last page of text numbered 202. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
1990ref. 163900Los Angeles: Linguini Productions 1990. Draft script for the 1991 film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. A British bartender and a magic-obsessed waitress at a successful brasserie in Chelsea decide to team up to rob the restaurant. 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 films including "The Last Seduction" "Pulp Fiction" "From Dusk Till Dawn" "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. Set in New York shot on location in New York City and Los Angeles. Blue rear wrapper lacking front wrapper. Title page present dated April 26 1990 with credits for screenwriters Tamar Brott and Richard Shepard. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with a large binder clip. Linguini Productions unknown
1991ref. 168485N.p.: N.p. 1991. Vintage reference photograph from the 1991 film showing David Bowie and Rosanna Arquette. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. A British bartender and a magic-obsessed waitress at a successful brasserie in Chelsea decide to team up to rob the restaurant. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with two sets of pinholes at the top left corner. N.p. unknown
ref. 146327N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. A young man with amnesia in the aftermath of a bloody car accident finds himself embroiled in a mysterious government plot. Tall burnt orange untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriters James Foster and John Davis. 130 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good with dampstaining to the title page and final leaves wrapper Very Good plus with some fading and rusting near the binding bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
1963ref. 145423Universal City: Universal Pictures 1963. Three vintage studio still photographs from the set of the 1963 film. Based on Philip MacDonald's 1959 novel. A star-studded film about a former intelligence officer who receives a list of eleven names all people who have died under mysterious circumstances. Set in London shot on location in Ireland and England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1960ref. 151698N.p.: N.p. 1960. Two vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1960 film one showing director Jean-Luc Godard and a camera crew filming a scene with actor Michel Subor the other showing Godard and cinematographer Raoul Coutard. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso. During the Algerian War a French agent is ordered to assassinate a member of the National Liberation Front of Algeria FLN but cannot complete the mission due to his involvement with a pro-FLN woman. Shot in 1960 but not released until 1963 due to a French ban on torture scenes thus Godard's second feature film but fourth to be released. Set in Algeria shot on location in Switzerland. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 1010. Grant France. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 149763N.p.: N.p. 1976. Two vintage color reference photographs from the 1976 film one showing actor Jodie Foster the other showing actor Scott Jacoby and the back of Connie Foster Jodie's older sister and body double for the scene. One with a collector label on the verso and manuscript ink annotations noting the film's German title the other with a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's Dutch release. Based on Laird Koenig's 1974 novel wherein a teenage girl living alone attempts to hide a dark familial secret from her upper-crust neighbors. To the displeasure of several producers Jodie Foster who was 13 years old at the time of filming refused to appear in a sex scene with Jacoby leading director Nicolas Gessner to call in Foster's 21 year-old sister as a nude body double. Set in Wells Harbor Maine and shot on location in Montreal and Knowlton Quebec. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners and light fading overall. N.p. unknown
1953ref. 173031Burbank CA: Walt Disney 1953. Eight vintage hand-tinted British front-of-house cards from the 1953 Disney film. A documentary following the everyday behaviors of the desert-dwelling animals of the southwestern US. The first feature-length film in Walt Disney Productions' "True-Life Adventures" film series which focused on animal behavior and zoology. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary. Shot on location in Utah California and Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. National Film Registry. Walt Disney unknown
1953ref. 149681Burbank CA: Walt Disney 1953. Vintage reference photograph from the 1953 film showing sound effects specialists Jim McDonald "Rusty" Jones and Earl Hatch in the studio using a variety of instruments several appearing makeshift to create musical accompaniment for the film. A documentary following the everyday behaviors of the desert-dwelling animals of the southwestern US. The first feature-length film in Walt Disney Productions' "True-Life Adventures" film series which focused on animal behavior and zoology. Shot on location in Tucson Arizona. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. National Film Registry. Walt Disney unknown
1946ref. 156250New York: RKO Radio Pictures 1946. Vintage reference photograph from the 1946 film noir seen here under the working title "What Nancy Wanted" showing actor Robert Mitchum in an artist's studio. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. RKO Radio Pictures stamp on the verso crediting photographer Alex Kahle. Moments before his wedding a man learns that his fiancée is a kleptomaniac who has cheated lied and even killed in her previous relationships. Set in Manhattan. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1969ref. 167032Universal City: Universal - Public Arts Productions 1969. Draft script for the 1969 film here under the working title "The Savarona Syndrome" copy belonging to uncredited actor Nick Dimitri with the manuscript ink annotations of his name and character "cat burglar" on the front wrapper and circling the character on the "Cast" page. Based on the 1963 novel "The Twelfth of Never" by director and screenwriter Douglas Heyes. Harry Guardino stars as private investigator Leo Gordon hired to trail the mistress of a reclusive billionaire. The morning after a dalliance between the investigator and his subject Gordon finds the mistress murdered and has to find the killer and the reason he was set up as the fall guy. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles and Southern California. Front wrapper integral with the title page dated Novmeber 13 1968 with credits for screenwriter Douglas Heyes. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 121. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with green revision pages throughout dated 1/3/69. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Universal - Public Arts Productions unknown
1987ref. 145894London: HandMade Films 1987. Revised Draft script for the 1987 film. Single manuscript notation in ink on page 62 a scene deletion. Based on the 1955 novel by Brian Moore. A pious spinster living in a boardinghouse begins an ersatz romance with a fellow resident looking to bankroll his next business venture. Novelist Moore born and raised in Belfast was highly acclaimed for his vivid descriptions of life in Ireland after the Second World War in particular for his exploration of The Troubles. Set and shot on location in Dublin. Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated February 1987 noted as Revised Draft with credits for screenwriter Peter Nelson and novelist Brian Moore. 105 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with white Velo binding partially loose. Indicator 123. HandMade Films unknown
1960ref. 153165N.p.: N.p. 1960. Draft script for an unproduced Western film. Based on the 1959 novel by James Woodruff Smith. A solitary cowboy ventures into the wilderness seeking to take his revenge on the gunslinger who kidnapped his mother and left his father to die. Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for novelist and screenwriter James Woodruff Smith. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 152456Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1966. Revised Final Draft script for the 21st episode of season one of the 1965-1966 television series originally aired on February 16 1966 on ABC. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Based on the 1958 film directed by Martin Ritt which was in turn based on the 1931 novella "Spotted Horses" the 1939 short story "Barn Burning" and the 1940 novel "The Hamlet" by William Faulkner. The series followed the Varners a wealthy Mississippi family whose patriarch is forced to confront the newly arrived young son of his former rival who challenges the Varners' control over the town. Set in the fictitious town of Frenchman's Bend Mississippi. Red titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper dated January 11 1966. Title page present dated January 11 1966 noted as REVISED FINAL with credits for screenwriter Mike Zagor. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 60. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
1964ref. 152455Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1964. First Draft script for the pilot episode of the 1965-1966 television series originally aired on September 16 1965 on ABC. Based on the 1958 film directed by Martin Ritt which was in turn based on the 1931 novella "Spotted Horses" the 1939 short story "Barn Burning" and the 1940 novel "The Hamlet" by William Faulkner. The series followed the Varners a wealthy Mississippi family whose patriarch is forced to confront the newly arrived young son of his former rival who challenges the Varners' control over the town. Set in the fictitious town of Frenchman's Bend Mississippi. Red titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated October 7 1964. Title page present dated October 7 1964 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Earl Hamner film screenwriters Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. and story and novel credits to William Faulkner. 63 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Multilith duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with blue pink green and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 12/3/64 and 12/21/64. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
1940ref. 152288Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1940. Vintage pressbook and distributor's material for the 1940 film. Based on several early one-act plays by Eugene O'Neill including "The Moon of the Caribbees" "In the Zone" "Bound East for Cardiff" and "The Long Voyage Home." In the early days of World War II Ole John Wayne and his comrades smuggle drink and dames aboard their ship the SS Glencairn leading to mounting tensions between the crew. Materials varying sizes generally Very Good plus. Rosenbaum 1000. United Artists unknown
1962ref. 149644Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1962. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1962 film showing a group of Allied troops storming Pegasus Bridge with a camera crew in the foreground. With manuscript pencil annotations on the verso regarding layout along with the stamp of Marine films. Based on screenwriter Cornelius Ryan's 1959 book. A star-studded dramatization of the events of D-Day from both the Allied and Axis perspectives with many scenes such as the aforementioned storming of Pegasus Bridge filmed at their corresponding real-life French locations. Set and shot on location in France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1968ref. 142606London: Hammer Films 1968. Vintage press photograph from the 1968 film. With stamp and mimeograph snipe from the Associated Press on the verso identifying actress Dana Gillespie here posed with a giant scorpion as a champion junior water skier. Based on the 1938 novel "Uncharted Sea" by Dennis Wheatley about the passengers and crew of a steamer run aground on an island in the Saragasso Sea filled as one would expect with man-eating seaweed giant crabs even more giant scorpions pirates and the descendants of Spanish Conquistadors who believe the Inquisition is still on. 6 x 8 inches with a wide bottom margin. Near Fine. Hammer Films unknown
1990ref. 150003Culver City CA: Patchett Kaufman 1990. Revised Shooting script for the 1990 television film originally aired on September 10 1990. A dramatization of the life of notorious gangster Al Capone's brother who disavows a life of crime moves to Nebraska using the alias "Richard Hart" and becomes a town marshal. Set in Illinois Nebraska and New York. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated February 28 1990 noted as REVISED Shooting Script with credits for director and screenwriter John Gray. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between March 1 1990 and March 8 1990. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. Patchett Kaufman unknown
1947ref. 149135Universal City: Universal Pictures 1947. Vintage reference photograph of Agnes Moorehead being made to look 105 by makeup artist Bud Westmore on the set of the 1947 film noir. Mimeo snipe on verso. Loosely based on Henry James' 1888 novella "The Aspern Papers." A young publisher Robert Cummings attempts to obtain a famous writer's long-lost love letters which are kept hidden by the poet's former mistress Agnes Moorehead now an elderly recluse living in a decaying Venetian mansion. The old woman's niece Susan Hayward who acts as her live-in caretaker agrees to help the publisher find the poems discovering in the process the house holds far darker secrets. The first and only film directed by Martin Gabel. Set in Venice. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1969ref. 168503Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1969. Vintage transparency from the 1969 film showing Sidney Poitier on the set. Loosely based on F.L. Green's 1945 novel "Odd Man Out." A Black militant intends to rob a factory payroll in order to aid his imprisoned revolutionaries but through an unexpected turn of events he is forced to rely on a young social worker to help pull off the heist. 5 x 4 inches. Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1969ref. 161143N.p.: N.p. 1969. Five vintage reference photographs from the classic 1969 British science fiction film including one borderless and three double weight. A womanizing secret agent uncovers a secret race of beautiful alien superwomen who are kidnapping human women to help repopulate their planet. Shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Jezebel 6. N.p. unknown
1965ref. 171371Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 documentary film showing Hedy Lamarr in a scene from the 1933 film "Ecstasy" fully nude floating in the water. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
1960ref. 150632N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Philippe de Boca on the set of the 1960 film. Victor Jean-Pierre Cassel is in love with Suzanne Genevieve Cluny but doesn't understand her need for commitment and desire for a family until his friend Francois Jean-Louis Maury declares his willingness to offer Suzanne everything she wants. Shot on location in Paris France. 9.25 x 7 inches. Light creasing along top else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 159200Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1967. Vintage reference photograph from the 1967 film. When two students are expelled for publishing an off-campus newspaper their professor resigns to advocate for youth movements and the use of LSD. The students eventually have a change of heart about their professor. Set in and shot on location in San Francisco. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Weldon 1983. Columbia Pictures unknown
