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1961ref. 161309N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage reference photograph from the 1961 film showing Marilyn Monroe playing paddle ball. A bleak haunting film exploring the loss of independence about a recent divorcée who enters into an unstable relationship with an aging cowboy whom she meets in the Nevada desert. The final completed feature for Gable and Marilyn Monroe before their deaths. Notoriously a trying endeavor for the actress who was struggling with her drug problem and pending divorce from Miller and would often fail to show up to the set and for Huston who would drink and occasionally fall asleep while filming. Gable performed all of his own stunts then suffered a heart attack only two days after filming ended and died ten days later. Shot on location in Nevada. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a single pinhole at each corner. N.p. unknown
1939ref. 152229N.p.: N.p. 1939. Treatment script for the 1939 film here under the working title "The Investors." With manuscript ink annotations on the title page and throughout noting substantive and editorial revisions. Based on the 1925 short story "The Investors" by Edgar Wallace. Elderly Mr. Reeder Will Fyffe investigates the mysterious disappearances of 27 people involved in shady financial dealings. The second Wallace adaptation directed by Jack Raymond and featuring Will Fyffe and Kay Walsh preceded by "The Mind of Mr. Reeder" in 1939. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Richard Starr and story credits to Edgar Wallace. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good lightly edgeworn with soil to the first ten leaves bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 165393London: HandMade Films 1982. Archive of material from the 1982 British film including two screenplays and multiple production documents as well as a manuscript costume design book with fabric samples and notes regarding costuming. Archive belonging to assistant costume designer Jane Hamilton with her name in manuscript ink on the title page of one script. Archive includes several production documents including a list of revisions to the script call sheets a directory and location contact sheet a map a shooting schedule and production memos. After a decade of missionary work in Africa an Anglican priest returns to London and attempts to adjust to his new assignment: ministering to the city's prostitutes. Set in turn-of-the-century London and shot on location in London Hampshire and Surrey England. Script dated 2nd February 1982: Script housed in a three-ring binder. Purple untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 2nd February 1982 with credit for screenwriter Michael Palin. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Script dated 22nd February 1982: Script housed in a titled three-ring binder. Title page present dated 22nd February 1982 with credit for Palin. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between March 8 and 9 1982. Pages Near Fine. Costume design book and production documents generally Very Good plus to Near Fine. Costume design book has several fabric samples detached from leaves having been originally attached with cello tape. HandMade Films unknown
1977ref. 171038N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1977 film showing André Dussollier and Anémone covered in wires. A slapstick satire of modernism and government control about a French couple who are chosen by the Ministry of the Future to be the country's "model couple" and used as test subjects for the creation of a new updated city by the year 2000. 5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus moderately toned. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 152417N.p.: N.p. 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. After his sister is lured into snorting a fatal dose of heroin by a dastardly biker gang a teenage boy and his group of friends vow to take their revenge and stop the bikers forming their own "moped mob." Black untitled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter E.L. "Tony" Duke. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver clasp. N.p. unknown
1972ref. 161989N.p.: Mature Pictures 1972. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1972 film. Two with provenance stamps on the versos. Booking agent investigates the brutal murder of his sister Gay leading him to his best friend Parker who owns the strip club where Gay worked. Shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Mature Pictures unknown
1970ref. 167477Hollywood: Aaron Spelling Productions 1970. Final Draft script for Season 1 Episode 1 of the 1970-1971 television series. Copy belonging to actor Jack Naughton with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Laid in with the script is a xerographically duplicated shooting location map. The short-lived series followed three independent criminologists-George Maharis Yvette Mimieux and Ralph Bellamy-who took on especially dangerous high-profile cases. In this debut episode the trio attempt to solve a murder of a man found with a hole in his head that did not come from a bullet. Originally aired on October 10 1970 on ABC. Red titled wrappers noted as story No. 261 on the front wrapper. Title page present dated June 30 1970 noted as FINAL DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Burton Wohl. 70 leaves with last page of text numbered 62. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between August 7 and 18 1970. Pages Near Fine wrapper about Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Aaron Spelling Productions unknown
1980ref. 160792Santa Monica: Hermes Productions 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Noted as "MASTER" in manuscript ink and copy No. 8 in manuscript pencil on the title page. A military drama about a coed group of US Marine recruits in San Diego. Screenwriter Nicholas Corea better known for his work on "The Incredible Hulk" television series enlisted as a Marine during the Vietnam War and was awarded a Purple Heart. Red titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Nicholas Corea. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Nicholas Corea. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Hermes Productions unknown
1980ref. 165752N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage borderless publicity photograph of Boris Karloff in costume as Imhotep being drawn by illustrator Willy Pogány taken by photographer Ray Jones and struck by the photographer from the original negative circa 1980. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. A contemporary of Edmund Dulac Harry Rountree Sarah Stilwell Weber artist Willy Pogány is perhaps best remembered today for his versatile illustrations for children's books. He also worked prolifically as a sculptor painter portraitist and muralist and even briefly as a designer of stage sets and costumes. During the 1930s Pogány moved to Los Angeles where he found employment as an art director in Hollywood. Karloff's second film after his runaway success in "Frankenstein" in which he plays an Egyptian high priest awakened from death by a British field exposition. After disguising himself as a scientist he falls in love with a woman he believes to be the latest incarnation of a priestess from his past. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors 1931-1946. N.p. unknown
1959ref. 147069N.p.: Hammer Film Productions 1959. Collection of ten vintage photographs two reference photographs and eight studio still photographs from the 1959 film. Three photos shown. Please inquire for additional images. Although an ostensible remake of the hit 1932 Universal film Hammer Film adaptation of this title borrowed its plot largely from Universal's "The Mummy's Hand" 1940 and "The Mummy's Tomb" 1942 with the climax taken directly from "The Mummy's Ghost" 1944. When British archeologists led by John Banning Peter Cushing despoil the tomb of an Egyptian high priestess Princess Anaka Yvonne Furneaux they awaken her keeper and former lover high priest Kharis Christopher Lee. The only Hammer film to feature the actor combination of Lee Cushing and Michael Ripper. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine some light creasing one with two closed tears and pinholes and one photo with top right corner clipped. Hammer Film Productions unknown
1967ref. 151240N.p.: N.p. 1967. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1967 film showing actor Eddie Powell as The Mummy carrying actress Elizabeth Sellars. With a provenance stamp on the verso. A team of archaeologists revive an Egyptian pharaoh who subsequently seeks retribution for the violation of his tomb. The third in Hammer Films' Mummy cycle preceded by "The Mummy" 1959 and "The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb" 1964 and followed by "Blood from the Mummy's Tomb" 1971. The final Hammer film to be produced at Bray Studios before the company's 1967 relocation to Elstree and Pinewood Studios. Set in Egypt. 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
1944ref. 164457Universal City: Universal Pictures 1944. Vintage borderless publicity photograph from the 1944 film showing actress Virginia Christine. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901. Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and was the first still photographer to win an Academy Award. He went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures where he worked well into the 1950s. After being unearthed due to an irrigation project the mummy Kharis roams the bayou searching for his lost love Princess Ananka. The fifth entry in Universal's "Mummy" series preceded by "The Mummy's Ghost." Set in the Louisiana bayou. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors. Universal Pictures unknown
2011ref. 167669Burbank CA: DMP Productions 2011. Vintage set designer's reference bible for the 2011 film with 18 full-color film sets represented. The seventh Muppets feature film in which Kermit and two human friends attempt to reunite the Muppets who have been disbanded for years in order to save the Muppet Theater from destruction. Intended to revive the franchise after years of inactivity following Disney's acquisition of the Muppets in 2004. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Bret McKenzie's "Man or Muppet." Set in Los Angeles Paris Reno and the fictional city of Smalltown and shot on location in Los Angeles Reno and Zürich. Housed in a generic white three-ring binder with board inserts noting the film's title and the names email addresses and phone numbers of leadman Lou Mugavero decorator Tracey Doyle and assistant decorator Leighanne Haddock. Binder and contents about Fine. DMP Productions unknown
1944ref. 133742N.p.: N.p. 1944. Treatment script and copy of the original story for an unproduced film "The Murder on Jefferson Street" based on the 1944 short story by Dorothy Canfield. Copy belonging to screenwriter Frank Partos with his name in manuscript pencil. Also included with the script are contracts from Dorothy Canfield Story Magazine and Harcourt Brace and Company signing over the story's film and television rights to Partos. A psychological thriller set in a Middle Western town called Huntsville the story follows the career paths of two men who work in the same office as one attempts to psychologically damage the other in order to take his better position. Housed in a blank black spring binder. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Partos and story writer Canfield. 128 leaves carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine spring binder Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 162089West Germany: Cinerama Filmgesellschaft 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the West German release of the 1974 French film showing actress Sirpa Lane. Printed mimeo snipe in German affixed to the verso. 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. An adventurous young woman is determined to enjoy every sexual experience life has to offer even if the pursuit leads her into danger. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Cinerama Filmgesellschaft unknown
1970ref. 138454Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1970. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1970 UK film. Featuring an image of Glenda Jackson seated looking pensive in a nightdress. Hand-retouched affixed to a backing board and prepared for use in advertising. Based on the 1937 collection of personal correspondence between Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his patron Nadezha von Meck edited by her granddaughter Barbara von Meck and Catherine Drinker Bowen. Director Ken Russell's dramatic and visually stunning depiction of composer Tchaikovsky's turbulent life where his passion for his music spills over into his personal life as well. Presented largely in flashbacks nightmares and fantasy sequences the film illustrates the true stories of his nymphomaniac wife his homosexual feelings for Count Anton Chiluvsky and his unusual relationship with his widowed patron to whom he never spoke. Shot on location in Somerset England. Photo 8 x 10 inches on 10 x 15 inch mat board. Very Good plus. United Artists unknown
1970ref. 152098Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1970. Original photographic mock-up from the 1970 film showing actor Richard Chamberlain in character with the background retouched in gray paint matted and mounted on illustration board. With annotations to the mat and board in manuscript ink and pencil. Based on the 1937 collection of personal correspondence between Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his patron Nadezha von Meck edited by her granddaughter Barbara von Meck and Catherine Drinker Bowen. Director Ken Russell's dramatic and visually stunning depiction of composer Tchaikovsky's turbulent life. Presented largely in flashbacks nightmares and fantasy sequences the film illustrates the true stories of his nymphomaniac wife his homosexual feelings for Count Anton Chiluvsky and his unusual relationship with his widowed patron to whom he never spoke. Shot on location in Somerset England. Photograph 8 x 10 inches board 10 x 15 inches. Generally Very Good plus lightly age-toned with faint soil to the bottom right corner. United Artists unknown
1935ref. 129885N.p.: Grand National Pictures 1935. Early Draft script for the 1939 film "The Mysterious Mr. Reeder" here under the working title and the title Monogram Pictures used for its 1940 re-release "The Mind of Mr. Reeder." Copy belonging to screenwriter Bryan Edgar Wallace Edgar Wallace's son with his name and manuscript annotations in pencil on the front wrapper. Based on the 1925 collection of short stories "The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder" by Edgar Wallace. The second Mr. Reeder film this time seeing the absentminded detective investigate a gang of counterfeiters. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 1 1935 with credit for writer Wallace. 78 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a teal cord. Okuda 71. Grand National Pictures unknown
1957ref. 151605New York: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1957. Vintage press kit for the US release of the 1957 Japanese film here called an "editor's portfolio." Full-color illustrated pocketed folder containing ten black and white photographs and four gatherings of promotional reading material. A giant alien robot destroys an entire village an event which is shortly followed by the invasion of the Mysterians a pacifist alien race who request a small piece of land on Earth and the right to marry human women. Folder photographs and promotional material Near Fine. BFI 679. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1929ref. 148879Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1929. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1929 part-talkie film. Mimeo snipes on the versos. Loosely based on the 1874 novel by Jules Verne. The benevolent scientist-leader of a volcanic island is attacked by an evil baron leading to a submarine chase in which they discover a race of water-bound humanoids. Shooting for the film began in 1926 but the advent of talkies and bad weather would slow production ultimately delaying release until 1929. Lauded as an impressive cinematic feat the astronomical price tag of the production-over $1 million in 1929-all but guaranteed the film would be a financial disaster at the box office turning studios off to the idea of science fiction for many years. All color copies were believed lost but in 2013 one existing color print was discovered in Prague and has since been restored through a collaboration between US film experts and the Czech National Film Archive. 8 x 10 inches. With even fading else Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1964ref. 170562N.p.: N.p. 1964. Collection of 23 vintage reference photographs from the 1964 film. All but one with mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. Director Samuel Fuller's bizarre outrageous and perverse pulp masterwork. A former call girl tries to make good in a new town nursing handicapped children only to fall in love with a seemingly saintly businessman who has a dark secret of his own. Set in the fictional town of Grantville USA. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine to Fine one Very Good plus with a light crease and short closed tear. Criterion Collection 18. Scorsese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Spicer US. Silver and Ward US. Grant US. N.p. unknown
1967ref. 168188Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1967. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1967 film. Frank Sinatra's last film with Warner Brothers. Based on the 1966 novel by Francis Clifford about an industrialist who is pulled into a Cold War espionage scheme. Shot on location in London and Copenhagen. 10 x 8 inches. Two Near Fine one Very Good plus. Warner Brothers unknown
1970ref. 162000N.p.: R and S Film Enterprises 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1970 film. Both photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. A rare pair of photographs from Rita Hayworth's low-budget wanderings between 1967-1970 during which she worked with French and Italian genre filmmakers as well as the likes of William Grefè in the US. Note however that Ms. Hayworth is not present in either of these images. A psychedelic exploitation film in which Hayworth stars as a wealthy matron married to a wheelchair-bound husband. She has an affair with a young author triggering disastrous results. Shot on location in Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. R and S Film Enterprises unknown
1970ref. 137527N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film adapted from the collaborative novel written by Joseph Conrad and Ford Maddox Ford in 1909 but not published until after Conrad's death in 1924. The third of three collaborations by the two novelists. Black stiff generic report wrappers with a red-and-white title label on the front wrapper crediting screenwriter Lowe and novelists Conrad and Ford. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Lowe and novelists Conrad and Ford. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Photocopied. Toning to the title page else pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver prong binding. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 160221Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Revised Draft script for the 1972 film. Based on the 1971 debut novel of Joseph Wambaugh who wrote almost exclusively about the day-to-day lives and work of Los Angeles police officers. The film follows three rookies entering the Los Angeles police department as they are paired with veteran partners and experience their first hardships on the challenging city beat. The first of four Wambaugh adaptations in the 1970s. White pictorial titled wrappers undated. Title page present dated August 6 1971 noted as Revised with credit for screenwriter Stirling Silliphant. 128 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown
